Psalm 144 (MT: 145)

 Translation: ESV

A Song of Praise. Of David.

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Date: September 25 2021

1 I will extol you, my God and King,
   and bless your name forever and ever.
2 Every day I will bless you
   and praise your name forever and ever.

3 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised,
and his greatness is unsearchable.

4 One generation shall commend your works to another,
and shall declare your mighty acts.
5 On the glorious splendor of your majesty,
and on your wondrous works, I will meditate.
6 They shall speak of the might of your awesome deeds,
and I will declare your greatness.
7 They shall pour forth the fame of your abundant goodness
and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.


8 The Lord is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
9 The Lord is good to all,
and his mercy is over all that he has made.


10 All your works shall give thanks to you, O Lord,
and all your saints shall bless you!
11 They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom
and tell of your power,
12 to make known to the children of man your mighty deeds,
and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.
13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
and your dominion endures throughout all generations.


[The Lord is faithful in all his words
and kind in all his works.]
14 The Lord upholds all who are falling
and raises up all who are bowed down.
15 The eyes of all look to you,
and you give them their food in due season.
16 You open your hand;
you satisfy the desire of every living thing.
17 The Lord is righteous in all his ways
and kind in all his works.
18 The Lord is near to all who call on him,
to all who call on him in truth.
19 He fulfills the desire of those who fear him;
he also hears their cry and saves them.
20 The Lord preserves all who love him,
but all the wicked he will destroy.


21 My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord,
and let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.

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Proverbs 25

Translation: ESV

1 These also are proverbs of Solomon which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied.

2 It is the glory of God to conceal things,

    but the glory of kings is to search things out.

3 As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth,

    so the heart of kings is unsearchable.

4 Take away the dross from the silver,

    and the smith has material for a vessel;

5 take away the wicked from the presence of the king,

    and his throne will be established in righteousness.

6 Do not put yourself forward in the king's presence

    or stand in the place of the great,

7 for it is better to be told, “Come up here,”

    than to be put lower in the presence of a noble.

What your eyes have seen

8     do not hastily bring into court,

for what will you do in the end,

    when your neighbor puts you to shame?

9 Argue your case with your neighbor himself,

    and do not reveal another's secret,

10 lest he who hears you bring shame upon you,

    and your ill repute have no end.

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Date: September 21 2021

11 A word fitly spoken

     is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.

12 Like a gold ring or an ornament of gold

    is a wise reprover to a listening ear.

13 Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest

    is a faithful messenger to those who send him;

    he refreshes the soul of his masters.

14 Like clouds and wind without rain

    is a man who boasts of a gift he does not give.

15 With patience a ruler may be persuaded,

    and a soft tongue will break a bone.

16 If you have found honey, eat only enough for you,

    lest you have your fill of it and vomit it.

17 Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house,

    lest he have his fill of you and hate you.

18 A man who bears false witness against his neighbor

    is like a war club, or a sword, or a sharp arrow.

19 Trusting in a treacherous man in time of trouble

    is like a bad tooth or a foot that slips.

20 Whoever sings songs to a heavy heart

    is like one who takes off a garment on a cold day,

    and like vinegar on soda.

21 If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat,

    and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,

22 for you will heap burning coals on his head,

    and the Lord will reward you.

23 The north wind brings forth rain,

    and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.

24 It is better to live in a corner of the housetop

    than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.

25 Like cold water to a thirsty soul,

    so is good news from a far country.

26 Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain

    is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.

27 It is not good to eat much honey,

    nor is it glorious to seek one's own glory.

28 A man without self-control

    is like a city broken into and left without walls.

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Job 34

 Translation: ESV

1 Then Elihu answered and said:

2 “Hear my words, you wise men,

and give ear to me, you who know;

3 for the ear tests words

as the palate tastes food.

4 Let us choose what is right;

let us know among ourselves what is good.

5 For Job has said, ‘I am in the right,

and God has taken away my right;

6 in spite of my right I am counted a liar;

my wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’

7 What man is like Job,

who drinks up scoffing like water,

8 who travels in company with evildoers

and walks with wicked men?

9 For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing

that he should take delight in God.’

10 “Therefore, hear me, you men of understanding:

far be it from God that he should do wickedness,

and from the Almighty that he should do wrong.

11 For according to the work of a man he will repay him,

and according to his ways he will make it befall him.

12 Of a truth, God will not do wickedly,

and the Almighty will not pervert justice.

13 Who gave him charge over the earth,

and who laid on him the whole world?

14 If he should set his heart to it

and gather to himself his spirit and his breath,

15 all flesh would perish together,

and man would return to dust.

16 “If you have understanding, hear this;

listen to what I say.

17 Shall one who hates justice govern?

Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty,

18 who says to a king, ‘Worthless one,’

and to nobles, ‘Wicked man,’

19 who shows no partiality to princes,

nor regards the rich more than the poor,

for they are all the work of his hands?

20 In a moment they die;

at midnight the people are shaken and pass away,

and the mighty are taken away by no human hand.

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Date: September 20 2021

21 “For his eyes are on the ways of a man,

and he sees all his steps.

22 There is no gloom or deep darkness

where evildoers may hide themselves.

23 For God has no need to consider a man further,

that he should go before God in judgment.

24 He shatters the mighty without investigation

and sets others in their place.

25 Thus, knowing their works,

he overturns them in the night, and they are crushed.

26 He strikes them for their wickedness

in a place for all to see,

27 because they turned aside from following him

and had no regard for any of his ways,

28 so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him,

and he heard the cry of the afflicted—

29 When he is quiet, who can condemn?

When he hides his face, who can behold him,

whether it be a nation or a man?—

30 that a godless man should not reign,

that he should not ensnare the people.

31 “For has anyone said to God,

‘I have borne punishment; I will not offend any more;

32 teach me what I do not see;

if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more’?

33 Will he then make repayment to suit you,

because you reject it?

For you must choose, and not I;

therefore declare what you know.

34 Men of understanding will say to me,

and the wise man who hears me will say:

35 ‘Job speaks without knowledge;

his words are without insight.’

36 Would that Job were tried to the end,

because he answers like wicked men.

37 For he adds rebellion to his sin;

he claps his hands among us

and multiplies his words against God.”

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