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Bible Reading Plan
Daily Bible Reading
May 27 - Old & New Testament
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Psalms 20,21,22
Psalm 20
Deliverance in Battle
For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.
1 May Yahweh answer you in a day of trouble;(a)
may the name of Jacob's God protect you.(b)
2 May He send you help from the sanctuary
and sustain you from Zion.(c)
3 May He remember all your offerings
and accept your burnt offering.(d)
4 May He give you what your heart desires(e)
and fulfill your whole purpose.(f)
5 Let us shout for joy at your victory(g)
and lift the banner in the name of our God.(h)
May Yahweh fulfill all your requests.(i)
6 Now I know that the
Lord
gives victory to His anointed;(j)
He will answer him from His holy heaven
with mighty victories from[a] His right hand.(k)
7 Some take pride in chariots, and others in horses,
but we take pride in the name of Yahweh our God.(l)
8 They collapse and fall,
but we rise and stand firm.(m)
9
Lord
, give victory to the king!(n)
May He[b] answer us on the day that we call.
Psalm 21
The King's Victory
For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.
1
Lord
, the king finds joy in Your strength.
How greatly he rejoices in Your victory!(a)
2 You have given him his heart's desire(b)
and have not denied the request of his lips.(c)
3 For You meet him with rich blessings;
You place a crown of pure gold on his head.(d)
4 He asked You for life, and You gave it to him—
length of days forever and ever.(e)
5 His glory is great through Your victory;
You confer majesty and splendor on him.(f)
6 You give him blessings forever;(g)
You cheer him with joy in Your presence.(h)
7 For the king relies on the
Lord
;
through the faithful love of the Most High
he is not shaken.(i)
8 Your hand will capture all your enemies;
your right hand will seize those who hate you.(j)
9 You will make them burn
like a fiery furnace when you appear;
the
Lord
will engulf them in His wrath,
and fire will devour them.(k)
10 You will wipe their descendants from the earth
and their offspring from the human race.(l)
11 Though they intend to harm[a] you
and devise a wicked plan, they will not prevail.(m)
12 Instead, you will put them to flight
when you aim your bow[b] at their faces.(n)
13 Be exalted,
Lord
, in Your strength;
we will sing and praise Your might.(o)
Psalm 22
From Suffering to Praise
For the choir director: according to "The Deer of the Dawn."[a] A Davidic psalm.
1 My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?(a)
Why are You so far from my deliverance(b)
and from my words of groaning?[b](c)
2 My God, I cry by day, but You do not answer,
by night, yet I have no rest.(d)
3 But You are holy,
enthroned on the praises of Israel.(e)
4 Our fathers trusted in You;
they trusted, and You rescued them.(f)
5 They cried to You and were set free;
they trusted in You and were not disgraced.(g)
6 But I am a worm and not a man,(h)
scorned by men and despised by people.(i)
7 Everyone who sees me mocks me;
they sneer[c] and shake their heads:(j)
8 "He relies on[d] the
Lord
;
let Him rescue him;
let the
Lord
[e] deliver him,
since He takes pleasure in him."(k)
9 You took me from the womb,
making me secure while at my mother's breast.(l)
10 I was given over to You at birth;[f]
You have been my God from my mother's womb.(m)
11 Do not be far from me, because distress is near
and there is no one to help.(n)
12 Many bulls surround me;
strong ones of Bashan encircle me.(o)
13 They open their mouths against me—
lions, mauling and roaring.(p)
14 I am poured out like water,(q)
and all my bones are disjointed;(r)
my heart is like wax,
melting within me.(s)
15 My strength is dried up like baked clay;(t)
my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.(u)
You put me into the dust of death.(v)
16 For dogs have surrounded me;(w)
a gang of evildoers has closed in on me;
they pierced[g] my hands and my feet.(x)
17 I can count all my bones;
people[h] look and stare at me.(y)
18 They divided my garments among themselves,
and they cast lots for my clothing.(z)
19 But You,
Lord
, don't be far away.(aa)
My strength, come quickly to help me.(ab)
20 Deliver my life from the sword,(ac)
my only life[i] from the power of these dogs.
21 Save me from the mouth of the lion!(ad)
You have rescued[j] me
from the horns of the wild oxen.
22 I will proclaim Your name to my brothers;
I will praise You in the congregation.(ae)
23 You who fear Yahweh, praise Him!(af)
All you descendants of Jacob, honor Him!
All you descendants of Israel, revere Him!(ag)
24 For He has not despised or detested
the torment of the afflicted.(ah)
He did not hide His face from him(ai)
but listened when he cried to Him for help.(aj)
25 I will give praise[k] in the great congregation
because of You;(ak)
I will fulfill my vows
before those who fear You.[l](al)
26 The humble[m] will eat and be satisfied;(am)
those who seek the
Lord
will praise Him.
May your hearts live forever!(an)
27 All the ends of the earth will remember
and turn to the
Lord
.
All the families of the nations
will bow down before You,(ao)
28 for kingship belongs to the
Lord
;
He rules over the nations.(ap)
29 All who prosper on earth will eat and bow down;
all those who go down to the dust
will kneel before Him—
even the one who cannot preserve his life.(aq)
30 Their descendants will serve Him;
the next generation will be told about the Lord.(ar)
31 They will come and tell a people yet to be born
about His righteousness—
what He has done.(as)
John 10:1-21
Chapter 10
The Ideal Shepherd
1 "I assure you: Anyone who doesn't enter the sheep pen by the door but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.(a) 2 The one who enters by the door is the shepherd(b) of the sheep.(c) 3 The doorkeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 When he has brought all his own outside, he goes ahead of them. The sheep follow him because they recognize his voice. 5 They will never follow a stranger; instead they will run away from him, because they don't recognize the voice of strangers."
6 Jesus gave them this illustration, but they did not understand(d) what He was telling them.
The Good Shepherd
7 So Jesus said again, "I assure you: I am(e) the door of the sheep.(f) 8 All who came before Me[a] are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn't listen to them. 9 I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved and will come in and go out and find pasture. 10 A thief comes only to steal(g) and to kill and to destroy.(h) I have come so that they may have life and have it in abundance.
11 "I am the good shepherd.(i) The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.(j) 12 The hired man, since he is not the shepherd and doesn't own the sheep, leaves them[b] and runs away when he sees a wolf(k) coming. The wolf then snatches and scatters them. 13 This happens because he is a hired man and doesn't care about the sheep.
14 "I am the good shepherd. I know My own sheep, and they know Me, 15 as the Father knows Me, and I know the Father.(l) I lay down My life(m) for the sheep. 16 But I have other sheep(n) that are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock, one shepherd.(o) 17 This is why the Father loves Me,(p) because I am laying down My life(q) so I may take it up again. 18 No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down on My own. I have the right to lay it down, and I have the right to take it up again. I have received this command from My Father." (r)
19 Again a division(s) took place among the Jews because of these words. 20 Many of them were saying, "He has a demon(t) and He's crazy! Why do you listen to Him?" 21 Others were saying, "These aren't the words of someone demon-possessed. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?"(u)
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