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Daily Bible Reading
May 21 - Old & New Testament
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Psalms 4,5,6
Psalm 4
A Night Prayer
For the choir director: with stringed instruments.(a) A Davidic psalm.
1 Answer me when I call,
God, who vindicates me.[a](b)
You freed me from affliction;(c)
be gracious to me and hear my prayer.
2 How long, exalted men, will my honor be insulted?(d)
How long will you love what is worthless(e)
and pursue a lie?
3 Know that the
Lord
has set apart
the faithful for Himself;
the
Lord
will hear when I call to Him.
4 Be angry[b] and do not sin;(f)
on your bed, reflect in your heart and be still.(g)
5 Offer sacrifices in righteousness[c](h)
and trust in the
Lord
.(i)
6 Many are saying, "Who can show us anything good?"
Look on us with favor,
Lord
.(j)
7 You have put more joy in my heart
than they have when their grain and new wine abound.(k)
8 I will both lie down and sleep in peace,(l)
for You alone,
Lord
, make me live in safety.(m)
Psalm 5
The Refuge of the Righteous
For the choir director: with the flutes. A Davidic psalm.
1 Listen to my words,
Lord
;
consider my sighing.(a)
2 Pay attention to the sound of my cry,(b)
my King and my God,(c)
for I pray to You.
3 At daybreak,(d)
Lord
, You hear my voice;
at daybreak I plead my case to You(e) and watch expectantly.
4 For You are not a God who delights in wickedness;
evil cannot dwell with You.(f)
5 The boastful cannot stand in Your presence;(g)
You hate all evildoers.(h)
6 You destroy those who tell lies;(i)
the
Lord
abhors a man of bloodshed and treachery.(j)
7 But I enter Your house
by the abundance of Your faithful love;(k)
I bow down toward Your holy temple
in reverential awe of You.(l)
8
Lord
, lead me in Your righteousness(m)
because of my adversaries;[a]
make Your way straight before me.(n)
9 For there is nothing reliable in what they say;[b](o)
destruction is within them;
their throat is an open grave;
they flatter with their tongues.(p)
10 Punish them, God;
let them fall by their own schemes.(q)
Drive them out(r) because of their many crimes,
for they rebel against You.(s)
11 But let all who take refuge in You rejoice;(t)
let them shout for joy forever.
May You shelter them,(u)
and may those who love Your name boast about You.(v)
12 For You,
Lord
, bless the righteous one;
You surround him with favor like a shield.(w)
Psalm 6
A Prayer for Mercy
For the choir director: with stringed instruments, according to Sheminith.(a) A Davidic psalm.
1
Lord
, do not rebuke me in Your anger;
do not discipline me in Your wrath.(b)
2 Be gracious to me,
Lord
, for I am weak;[a](c)
heal me,(d)
Lord
, for my bones are shaking;(e)
3 my whole being is shaken with terror.(f)
And You,
Lord
—how long?(g)
4 Turn,
Lord
! Rescue me;
save me because of Your faithful love.(h)
5 For there is no remembrance of You in death;
who can thank You in Sheol?(i)
6 I am weary from my groaning;(j)
with my tears I dampen my pillow[b]
and drench my bed every night.(k)
7 My eyes are swollen from grief;(l)
they[c] grow old because of all my enemies.
8 Depart from me, all evildoers,
for the
Lord
has heard the sound of my weeping.(m)
9 The
Lord
has heard my plea for help;(n)
the
Lord
accepts my prayer.(o)
10 All my enemies will be ashamed and shake with terror;
they will turn back(p) and suddenly be disgraced.(q)
John 7:1-27
Chapter 7
The Unbelief of Jesus' Brothers
1 After this, Jesus traveled in Galilee,(a) since He did not want to travel in Judea(b) because the Jews(c) were trying to kill Him.(d) 2 The Jewish Festival of Tabernacles[a][b](e) was near, 3 so His brothers(f) said to Him, "Leave here and go to Judea so Your disciples can see Your works(g) that You are doing. 4 For no one does anything in secret while he's seeking public recognition. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world." 5 (For not even His brothers believed in Him.)
6 Jesus told them, "My time(h) has not yet arrived, but your time is always at hand. 7 The world cannot hate(i) you, but it does hate Me because I testify about it—that its deeds are evil. 8 Go up to the festival yourselves. I'm not going up to the festival yet,[c] because My time has not yet fully come." 9 After He had said these things, He stayed in Galilee.
Jesus at the Festival of Tabernacles
10 After His brothers had gone up to the festival, then He also went up, not openly but secretly. 11 The Jews were looking for Him at the festival and saying, "Where is He?" 12 And there was a lot of discussion about Him among the crowds. Some were saying, "He's a good(j) man." Others were saying, "No, on the contrary, He's deceiving(k) the people." 13 Still, nobody was talking publicly about Him because they feared the Jews.
14 When the festival was already half over, Jesus went up into the temple complex(l) and began to teach. 15 Then the Jews were amazed and said, "How does He know the Scriptures,(m) since He hasn't been trained?"
16 Jesus answered them, "My teaching isn't Mine but is from the One who sent Me.(n) 17 If anyone wants to do His will,(o) he will understand whether the teaching is from God or if I am speaking on My own. 18 The one who speaks for himself seeks his own glory.(p) But He who seeks the glory(q) of the One who sent Him is true,(r) and there is no unrighteousness in Him.(s) 19 Didn't Moses(t) give you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law!(u) Why do you want to kill Me?"
20 "You have a demon!" the crowd responded. "Who wants to kill You?"
21 "I did one work,(v) and you are all amazed," Jesus answered. 22 "Consider this: Moses has given you circumcision(w)—not that it comes from Moses but from the fathers(x)—and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.(y) 23 If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath(z) so that the law of Moses(aa) won't be broken, are you angry at Me because I made a man entirely well on the Sabbath? 24 Stop judging(ab) according to outward appearances; rather judge according to righteous judgment."
The Identity of the Messiah
25 Some of the people of Jerusalem(ac) were saying, "Isn't this the man they want to kill? 26 Yet, look! He's speaking publicly and they're saying nothing to Him. Can it be true that the authorities(ad) know He is the Messiah?(ae) 27 But we know where this man is from.(af) When the Messiah comes, nobody will know where He is from."
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