Bible Reading for September 30 and October 1
World English Bible
Sept.
30
Psalms
118-120
Psa
118:1 Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness
endures forever.
Psa
118:2 Let Israel now say that his loving kindness endures forever.
Psa
118:3 Let the house of Aaron now say that his loving kindness
endures forever.
Psa
118:4 Now let those who fear Yahweh say that his loving kindness
endures forever.
Psa
118:5 Out of my distress, I called on Yah. Yah answered me with
freedom.
Psa
118:6 Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to
me?
Psa
118:7 Yahweh is on my side among those who help me. Therefore I will
look in triumph at those who hate me.
Psa
118:8 It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence
in man.
Psa
118:9 It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence
in princes.
Psa
118:10 All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of Yahweh, I
cut them off.
Psa
118:11 They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. In the name of
Yahweh I indeed cut them off.
Psa
118:12 They surrounded me like bees. They are quenched like the
burning thorns. In the name of Yahweh I cut them off.
Psa
118:13 You pushed me back hard, to make me fall, but Yahweh helped
me.
Psa
118:14 Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation.
Psa
118:15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the
righteous. "The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly.
Psa
118:16 The right hand of Yahweh is exalted! The right hand of Yahweh
does valiantly!"
Psa
118:17 I will not die, but live, and declare Yah's works.
Psa
118:18 Yah has punished me severely, but he has not given me over to
death.
Psa
118:19 Open to me the gates of righteousness. I will enter into
them. I will give thanks to Yah.
Psa
118:20 This is the gate of Yahweh; the righteous will enter into it.
Psa
118:21 I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me, and have
become my salvation.
Psa
118:22 The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of
the corner.
Psa
118:23 This is Yahweh's doing. It is marvelous in our eyes.
Psa
118:24 This is the day that Yahweh has made. We will rejoice and be
glad in it!
Psa
118:25 Save us now, we beg you, Yahweh! Yahweh, we beg you, send
prosperity now.
Psa
118:26 Blessed is he who comes in the name of Yahweh! We have
blessed you out of the house of Yahweh.
Psa
118:27 Yahweh is God, and he has given us light. Bind the sacrifice
with cords, even to the horns of the altar.
Psa
118:28 You are my God, and I will give thanks to you. You are my
God, I will exalt you.
Psa
118:29 Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving
kindness endures forever.
Psa
119
1
Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to
Yahweh's law.
2
Blessed are those who keep his
statutes, who seek him with their whole heart.
3
Yes, they do nothing wrong.
They walk in his ways.
4
You have commanded your
precepts, that we should fully obey them.
5
Oh that my ways were steadfast
to obey your statutes!
6
Then I wouldn’t be
disappointed, when I consider all of your commandments.
7
I will give thanks to you with
uprightness of heart, when I learn your righteous judgments.
8
I will observe your statutes.
Don’t utterly forsake me. BET
9
How can a young man keep his
way pure? By living according to your word.
10
With my whole heart, I have
sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments.
11
I have hidden your word in my
heart, that I might not sin against you.
12
Blessed are you, Yahweh. Teach
me your statutes.
13
With my lips, I have declared
all the ordinances of your mouth.
14
I have rejoiced in the way of
your testimonies, as much as in all riches.
15
I will meditate on your
precepts, and consider your ways.
16
I will delight myself in your
statutes. I will not forget your word. GIMEL
17
Do good to your servant. I
will live and I will obey your word.
18
Open my eyes, that I may see
wondrous things out of your law.
19
I am a stranger on the earth.
Don’t hide your commandments from me.
20
My soul is consumed with
longing for your ordinances at all times.
21
You have rebuked the proud who
are cursed, who wander from your commandments.
22
Take reproach and contempt
away from me, for I have kept your statutes.
23
Though princes sit and slander
me, your servant will meditate on your statutes.
24
Indeed your statutes are my
delight, and my counselors. DALED
25
My soul is laid low in the
dust. Revive me according to your word!
26
I declared my ways, and you
answered me. Teach me your statutes.
27
Let me understand the teaching
of your precepts! Then I will meditate on your wondrous works.
28
My soul is weary with sorrow:
strengthen me according to your word.
29
Keep me from the way of
deceit. Grant me your law graciously!
30
I have chosen the way of
truth. I have set your ordinances before me.
31
I cling to your statutes,
Yahweh. Don’t let me be disappointed.
32
I run in the path of your
commandments, for you have set my heart free. HEY
33
Teach me, Yahweh, the way of
your statutes. I will keep them to the end.
34
Give me understanding, and I
will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.
35
Direct me in the path of your
commandments, for I delight in them.
36
Turn my heart toward your
statutes, not toward selfish gain.
37
Turn my eyes away from looking
at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.
38
Fulfill your promise to your
servant, that you may be feared.
39
Take away my disgrace that I
dread, for your ordinances are good.
40
Behold, I long for your
precepts! Revive me in your righteousness. WAW
41
Let your loving kindness also
come to me, Yahweh, your salvation, according to your word.
42
So I will have an answer for
him who reproaches me, for I trust in your word.
43
Don’t snatch the word of
truth out of my mouth, for I put my hope in your ordinances.
44
So I will obey your law
continually, forever and ever.
45
I will walk in liberty, for I
have sought your precepts.
46
I will also speak of your
statutes before kings, and will not be disappointed.
47
I will delight myself in your
commandments, because I love them.
48
I reach out my hands for your
commandments, which I love. I will meditate on your statutes. ZAYIN
49
Remember your word to your
servant, because you gave me hope.
50
This is my comfort in my
affliction, for your word has revived me.
51
The arrogant mock me
excessively, but I don’t swerve from your law.
52
I remember your ordinances of
old, Yahweh, and have comforted myself.
53
Indignation has taken hold on
me, because of the wicked who forsake your law.
54
Your statutes have been my
songs, in the house where I live.
55
I have remembered your name,
Yahweh, in the night, and I obey your law.
56
This is my way, that I keep
your precepts. CHET
57
Yahweh is my portion. I
promised to obey your words.
58
I sought your favor with my
whole heart. Be merciful to me according to your word.
59
I considered my ways, and
turned my steps to your statutes.
60
I will hurry, and not delay,
to obey your commandments.
61
The ropes of the wicked bind
me, but I won’t forget your law.
62
At midnight I will rise to
give thanks to you, because of your righteous ordinances.
63
I am a friend of all those who
fear you, of those who observe your precepts.
64
The earth is full of your
loving kindness, Yahweh. Teach me your statutes. TET
65
Do good to your servant,
according to your word, Yahweh.
66
Teach me good judgment and
knowledge, for I believe in your commandments.
67
Before I was afflicted, I went
astray; but now I observe your word.
68
You are good, and do good.
Teach me your statutes.
69
The proud have smeared a lie
upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.
70
Their heart is as callous as
the fat, but I delight in your law.
71
It is good for me that I have
been afflicted, that I may learn your statutes.
72
The law of your mouth is
better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. YUD
73
Your hands have made me and
formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.
74
Those who fear you will see me
and be glad, because I have put my hope in your word.
75
Yahweh, I know that your
judgments are righteous, that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
76
Please let your loving
kindness be for my comfort, according to your word to your servant.
77
Let your tender mercies come
to me, that I may live; for your law is my delight.
78
Let the proud be disappointed,
for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will meditate on your
precepts.
79
Let those who fear you turn to
me. They will know your statutes.
80
Let my heart be blameless
toward your decrees, that I may not be disappointed. KAF
81
My soul faints for your
salvation. I hope in your word.
82
My eyes fail for your word. I
say, “When will you comfort me?”
83
For I have become like a
wineskin in the smoke. I don’t forget your statutes.
84
How many are the days of your
servant? When will you execute judgment on those who persecute me?
85
The proud have dug pits for
me, contrary to your law.
86
All of your commandments are
faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me!
87
They had almost wiped me from
the earth, but I didn’t forsake your precepts.
88
Preserve my life according to
your loving kindness, so I will obey the statutes of your mouth.
LAMED
89
Yahweh, your word is settled
in heaven forever.
90
Your faithfulness is to all
generations. You have established the earth, and it remains.
91
Your laws remain to this day,
for all things serve you.
92
Unless your law had been my
delight, I would have perished in my affliction.
93
I will never forget your
precepts, for with them, you have revived me.
94
I am yours. Save me, for I
have sought your precepts.
95
The wicked have waited for me,
to destroy me. I will consider your statutes.
96
I have seen a limit to all
perfection, but your commands are boundless. MEM
97
How I love your law! It is my
meditation all day.
98
Your commandments make me
wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me.
99
I have more understanding than
all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.
100
I understand more than the
aged, because I have kept your precepts.
101
I have kept my feet from every
evil way, that I might observe your word.
102
I have not turned aside from
your ordinances, for you have taught me.
103
How sweet are your promises to
my taste, more than honey to my mouth!
104
Through your precepts, I get
understanding; therefore I hate every false way. NUN
105
Your word is a lamp to my
feet, and a light for my path.
106
I have sworn, and have
confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances.
107
I am afflicted very much.
Revive me, Yahweh, according to your word.
108
Accept, I beg you, the willing
offerings of my mouth. Yahweh, teach me your ordinances.
109
My soul is continually in my
hand, yet I won’t forget your law.
110
The wicked have laid a snare
for me, yet I haven’t gone astray from your precepts.
111
I have taken your testimonies
as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
112
I have set my heart to perform
your statutes forever, even to the end. SAMEKH
113
I hate double-minded men, but
I love your law.
114
You are my hiding place and my
shield. I hope in your word.
115
Depart from me, you evildoers,
that I may keep the commandments of my God.
116
Uphold me according to your
word, that I may live. Let me not be ashamed of my hope.
117
Hold me up, and I will be
safe, and will have respect for your statutes continually.
118
You reject all those who stray
from your statutes, for their deceit is in vain.
119
You put away all the wicked of
the earth like dross. Therefore I love your testimonies.
120
My flesh trembles for fear of
you. I am afraid of your judgments. AYIN
121
I have done what is just and
righteous. Don’t leave me to my oppressors.
122
Ensure your servant’s
well-being. Don’t let the proud oppress me.
123
My eyes fail looking for your
salvation, for your righteous word.
124
Deal with your servant
according to your loving kindness. Teach me your statutes.
125
I am your servant. Give me
understanding, that I may know your testimonies.
126
It is time to act, Yahweh, for
they break your law.
127
Therefore I love your
commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold.
128
Therefore I consider all of
your precepts to be right. I hate every false way. PEY
129
Your testimonies are
wonderful, therefore my soul keeps them.
130
The entrance of your words
gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.
131
I opened my mouth wide and
panted, for I longed for your commandments.
132
Turn to me, and have mercy on
me, as you always do to those who love your name.
133
Establish my footsteps in your
word. Don’t let any iniquity have dominion over me.
134
Redeem me from the oppression
of man, so I will observe your precepts.
135
Make your face shine on your
servant. Teach me your statutes.
136
Streams of tears run down my
eyes, because they don’t observe your law. TZADI
137
You are righteous, Yahweh.
Your judgments are upright.
138
You have commanded your
statutes in righteousness. They are fully trustworthy.
139
My zeal wears me out, because
my enemies ignore your words.
140
Your promises have been
thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.
141
I am small and despised. I
don’t forget your precepts.
142
Your righteousness is an
everlasting righteousness. Your law is truth.
143
Trouble and anguish have taken
hold of me. Your commandments are my delight.
144
Your testimonies are righteous
forever. Give me understanding, that I may live. KUF
145
I have called with my whole
heart. Answer me, Yahweh! I will keep your statutes.
146
I have called to you. Save me!
I will obey your statutes.
147
I rise before dawn and cry for
help. I put my hope in your words.
148
My eyes stay open through the
night watches, that I might meditate on your word.
149
Hear my voice according to
your loving kindness. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your
ordinances.
150
They draw near who follow
after wickedness. They are far from your law.
151
You are near, Yahweh. All your
commandments are truth.
152
Of old I have known from your
testimonies, that you have founded them forever. RESH
153
Consider my affliction, and
deliver me, for I don’t forget your law.
154
Plead my cause, and redeem me!
Revive me according to your promise.
155
Salvation is far from the
wicked, for they don’t seek your statutes.
156
Great are your tender mercies,
Yahweh. Revive me according to your ordinances.
157
Many are my persecutors and my
adversaries. I haven’t swerved from your testimonies.
158
I look at the faithless with
loathing, because they don’t observe your word.
159
Consider how I love your
precepts. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your loving kindness.
160
All of your words are truth.
Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever. SIN
AND SHIN
161
Princes have persecuted me
without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words.
162
I rejoice at your word, as one
who finds great spoil.
163
I hate and abhor falsehood. I
love your law.
164
Seven times a day, I praise
you, because of your righteous ordinances.
165
Those who love your law have
great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble.
166
I have hoped for your
salvation, Yahweh. I have done your commandments.
167
My soul has observed your
testimonies. I love them exceedingly.
168
I have obeyed your precepts
and your testimonies, for all my ways are before you. TAV
169
Let my cry come before you,
Yahweh. Give me understanding according to your word.
170
Let my supplication come
before you. Deliver me according to your word.
171
Let my lips utter praise, for
you teach me your statutes.
172
Let my tongue sing of your
word, for all your commandments are righteousness.
173
Let your hand be ready to help
me, for I have chosen your precepts.
174
I have longed for your
salvation, Yahweh. Your law is my delight.
175
Let my soul live, that I may
praise you. Let your ordinances help me.
176
I have gone astray like a lost
sheep. Seek your servant, for I don’t forget your commandments.
Psa
120:1 In my distress, I cried to Yahweh. He answered me.
Psa
120:2 Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips, from a deceitful
tongue.
Psa
120:3 What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you,
you deceitful tongue?
Psa
120:4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
Psa
120:5 Woe is me, that I live in Meshech, that I dwell among the
tents of Kedar!
Psa
120:6 My soul has had her dwelling too long with him who hates
peace.
Psa
120:7 I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war.
Oct.
1
Psalms
121-124
Psa
121:1 I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come
from?
Psa
121:2 My help comes from Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.
Psa
121:3 He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will
not slumber.
Psa
121:4 Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
Psa
121:5 Yahweh is your keeper. Yahweh is your shade on your right
hand.
Psa
121:6 The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.
Psa
121:7 Yahweh will keep you from all evil. He will keep your soul.
Psa
121:8 Yahweh will keep your going out and your coming in, from this
time forth, and forevermore.
Psa
122:1 I was glad when they said to me, "Let's go to Yahweh's
house!"
Psa
122:2 Our feet are standing within your gates, Jerusalem;
Psa
122:3 Jerusalem, that is built as a city that is compact together;
Psa
122:4 where the tribes go up, even Yah's tribes, according to an
ordinance for Israel, to give thanks to the name of Yahweh.
Psa
122:5 For there are set thrones for judgment, the thrones of David's
house.
Psa
122:6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Those who love you will
prosper.
Psa
122:7 Peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your
palaces.
Psa
122:8 For my brothers' and companions' sakes, I will now say, "Peace
be within you."
Psa
122:9 For the sake of the house of Yahweh our God, I will seek your
good.
Psa
123:1 To you I do lift up my eyes, you who sit in the heavens.
Psa
123:2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their
master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress; so our
eyes look to Yahweh, our God, until he has mercy on us.
Psa
123:3 Have mercy on us, Yahweh, have mercy on us, for we have
endured much contempt.
Psa
123:4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scoffing of those who
are at ease, with the contempt of the proud.
Psa
124:1 If it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, let Israel now
say,
Psa
124:2 if it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, when men rose
up against us;
Psa
124:3 then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath
was kindled against us;
Psa
124:4 then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would
have gone over our soul;
Psa
124:5 then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.
Psa
124:6 Blessed be Yahweh, who has not given us as a prey to their
teeth.
Psa
124:7 Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler's snare.
The snare is broken, and we have escaped.
Psa
124:8 Our help is in the name of Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.
Sept.
30
2
Corinthians 10
2Co
10:1 Now I Paul, myself, entreat you by the humility and gentleness
of Christ; I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being
absent am of good courage toward you.
2Co
10:2 Yes, I beg you that I may not, when present, show courage with
the confidence with which I intend to be bold against some, who
consider us to be walking according to the flesh.
2Co
10:3 For though we walk in the flesh, we don't wage war according to
the flesh;
2Co
10:4 for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty
before God to the throwing down of strongholds,
2Co
10:5 throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted
against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into
captivity to the obedience of Christ;
2Co
10:6 and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your
obedience will be made full.
2Co
10:7 Do you look at things only as they appear in front of your
face? If anyone trusts in himself that he is Christ's, let him
consider this again with himself, that, even as he is Christ's, so
also we are Christ's.
2Co
10:8 For though I should boast somewhat abundantly concerning our
authority, (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for
casting you down) I will not be disappointed,
2Co
10:9 that I may not seem as if I desire to terrify you by my
letters.
2Co
10:10 For, "His letters," they say, "are weighty and
strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is despised."
2Co
10:11 Let such a person consider this, that what we are in word by
letters when we are absent, such are we also in deed when we are
present.
2Co
10:12 For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with some
of those who commend themselves. But they themselves, measuring
themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves,
are without understanding.
2Co
10:13 But we will not boast beyond proper limits, but within the
boundaries with which God appointed to us, which reach even to you.
2Co
10:14 For we don't stretch ourselves too much, as though we didn't
reach to you. For we came even as far as to you with the Good News of
Christ,
2Co
10:15 not boasting beyond proper limits in other men's labors, but
having hope that as your faith grows, we will be abundantly enlarged
by you in our sphere of influence,
2Co
10:16 so as to preach the Good News even to the parts beyond you,
not to boast in what someone else has already done.
2Co
10:17 But "he who boasts, let him boast in the Lord."
2Co
10:18 For it isn't he who commends himself who is approved, but whom
the Lord commends.
Oct. 1
2
Corinthians 11
2Co
11:1 I wish that you would bear with me in a little foolishness, but
indeed you do bear with me.
2Co
11:2 For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. For I married
you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to
Christ.
2Co
11:3 But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve in
his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity
that is in Christ.
2Co
11:4 For if he who comes preaches another Jesus, whom we did not
preach, or if you receive a different spirit, which you did not
receive, or a different "good news", which you did not
accept, you put up with that well enough.
2Co
11:5 For I reckon that I am not at all behind the very best
apostles.
2Co
11:6 But though I am unskilled in speech, yet I am not unskilled in
knowledge. No, in every way we have been revealed to you in all
things.
2Co
11:7 Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself that you might be
exalted, because I preached to you God's Good News free of charge?
2Co
11:8 I robbed other assemblies, taking wages from them that I might
serve you.
2Co
11:9 When I was present with you and was in need, I wasn't a burden
on anyone, for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, supplied
the measure of my need. In everything I kept myself from being
burdensome to you, and I will continue to do so.
2Co
11:10 As the truth of Christ is in me, no one will stop me from this
boasting in the regions of Achaia.
2Co
11:11 Why? Because I don't love you? God knows.
2Co
11:12 But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion
from them that desire an occasion, that in which they boast, they may
be found even as we.
2Co
11:13 For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers,
masquerading as Christ's apostles.
2Co
11:14 And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of
light.
2Co
11:15 It is no great thing therefore if his servants also masquerade
as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their
works.
2Co
11:16 I say again, let no one think me foolish. But if so, yet
receive me as foolish, that I also may boast a little.
2Co
11:17 That which I speak, I don't speak according to the Lord, but
as in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting.
2Co
11:18 Seeing that many boast after the flesh, I will also boast.
2Co
11:19 For you bear with the foolish gladly, being wise.
2Co
11:20 For you bear with a man, if he brings you into bondage, if he
devours you, if he takes you captive, if he exalts himself, if he
strikes you on the face.
2Co
11:21 I speak by way of disparagement, as though we had been weak.
Yet however any is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also.
2Co
11:22 Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are
they the seed of Abraham? So am I.
2Co
11:23 Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself)
I am more so; in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly,
in stripes above measure, in deaths often.
2Co
11:24 Five times from the Jews I received forty stripes minus one.
2Co
11:25 Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three
times I suffered shipwreck. I have been a night and a day in the
deep.
2Co
11:26 I have been in travels often, perils of rivers, perils of
robbers, perils from my countrymen, perils from the Gentiles, perils
in the city, perils in the wilderness, perils in the sea, perils
among false brothers;
2Co
11:27 in labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and
thirst, in fastings often, and in cold and nakedness.
2Co
11:28 Besides those things that are outside, there is that which
presses on me daily, anxiety for all the assemblies.
2Co
11:29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is caused to stumble, and
I don't burn with indignation?
2Co
11:30 If I must boast, I will boast of the things that concern my
weakness.
2Co
11:31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ, he who is blessed
forevermore, knows that I don't lie.
2Co
11:32 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king guarded the
city of the Damascenes desiring to arrest me.
2Co
11:33 Through a window I was let down in a basket by the wall, and
escaped his hands.
