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Through My Bible Yr 03 – August 31

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Through My Bible Yr 03 – August 31

2 Thessalonians 2:1-12

2 Thessalonians 2

The Man of Sin

¹Now, about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together with him, we ask you, brothers, ²not to be quickly shaken from your composure or disturbed by a spirit, a message, or a letter thought to be from us, which says that the day of the Lord has already come. ³Let no one deceive you in any way, because that day will not come until the falling away comes first, and the man of sin^[1] is revealed—the son of destruction. ⁴He opposes and exalts himself above everyone who is called God or every object of worship, so that he sits in the temple of God, displaying himself as God.

⁵Do you not remember that, while I was still with you, I kept telling you these things? ⁶And now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed in his own time. ⁷In fact, the mystery of this lawlessness is already at work, but only until the one who is now holding him back moves out of the way. ⁸Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will consume with^[2] the breath of his mouth and destroy when he appears in splendor at his coming.

⁹The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the work of Satan, with every kind of miracle, that is, with false signs and wonders, ¹⁰and with every kind of unrighteousness that deceives those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. ¹¹And because of this, God continues to send them a strong delusion, so that they believe the lie, ¹²in order that all those may be condemned who refused to believe the truth but instead delighted in unrighteousness.

Footnotes

2 Thessalonians 2:3 Some witnesses to the text read lawlessness. (“Witnesses to the text” mentioned in footnotes may include Greek manuscripts, lectionaries, translations, and quotations in the church fathers.)
2 Thessalonians 2:8 Some witnesses to the text read slay by.

Through My Bible Yr 03 – August 30

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2 Thessalonians 1

Greeting

¹Paul, Silas,^[1] and Timothy,

To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

²Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

The Judgment at Christ’s Coming

³We are always obligated to thank God for you, brothers,^[2] as is fitting, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love that each and every one of you has for one another is increasing. ⁴So we ourselves boast about you in God’s churches in regard to your patient endurance and faith in all your persecutions and in the trials that you are enduring. ⁵This is evidence of God’s righteous verdict that resulted in your being counted worthy of God’s kingdom, for which you also suffer. ⁶Certainly, it is right for God to repay trouble to those who trouble you, ⁷and to give relief to you, who are troubled along with us. When the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his powerful angels, ⁸he will exercise vengeance in flaming fire on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. ⁹Such people will receive a just penalty: eternal destruction away from the presence of the Lord and from his glorious strength, ¹⁰on that day when he comes to be glorified among his saints, and to be marveled at among all those who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed. ¹¹For this reason, we are always praying for you, that our God will make you worthy of your calling and use his power to fulfill every good desire and work of your faith, ¹²so that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you and you in him, in keeping with the grace of our God and Lord Jesus Christ.

Footnotes

2 Thessalonians 1:1 Silvanus in Greek
2 Thessalonians 1:3 When context indicates it, the Greek word for brothers may refer to all fellow believers, male and female.

Through My Bible Yr 03 – August 29

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1 Thessalonians 5

Instruction Concerning the Signs of the End Times

¹Concerning the times and dates, brothers, there is no need to write to you, ²for you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. ³When people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will suddenly come on them, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will certainly not escape. ⁴But you, brothers, are not in the dark so that this day takes you by surprise like a thief, ⁵for you are all sons of the light and sons of the day. We do not belong to the night or the darkness. ⁶So then let us not sleep like everyone else, but rather let us remain alert and sober.

⁷To be sure, those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. ⁸But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet. ⁹You see, God did not appoint us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. ¹⁰He died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him. ¹¹Therefore, encourage one another and build each other up, just as you are also doing.

Final Exhortations and Greetings

¹²Brothers, we ask you to take note of those who work hard among you, who exercise leadership over you in the Lord, and who admonish you. ¹³Hold them in the highest regard in love, on account of their work. Live at peace with each other.

¹⁴We also encourage you, brothers, to admonish those who are idle. Encourage those who are discouraged, help those who are weak, and be patient with everyone. ¹⁵See to it that no one repays evil with evil, but instead, always strive to do good to each other and to everyone else.

¹⁶Rejoice always. ¹⁷Pray without ceasing. ¹⁸In everything give thanks. For this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. ¹⁹Do not extinguish the Spirit. ²⁰Do not treat prophecies with contempt. ²¹But^[1] test everything. Hold on to the good. ²²Keep away from every kind^[2] of evil.

²³May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. ²⁴The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.

²⁵Brothers, pray for us. ²⁶Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss. ²⁷I put you under oath to the Lord to read this letter to all the holy^[3] brothers.

²⁸The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

Footnotes

1 Thessalonians 5:21 A few witnesses to the text omit But.
1 Thessalonians 5:22 Or appearance
1 Thessalonians 5:27 A few witnesses to the text omit holy.

Through My Bible Yr 03 – August 28

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1 Thessalonians 4

Instruction Concerning Sexual Propriety

¹Therefore, beyond this, brothers, just as you received instruction from us about how you are to walk^[1] so as to please God (as indeed you are doing), we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus that you do so even more. ²To be sure, you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus. ³Indeed, this is God’s will: that you be sanctified, namely, that you keep yourselves away from sexual immorality. ⁴He wants each of you to learn to obtain a wife^[2] for yourself^[3] in a way that is holy and honorable, ⁵not in lustful passion like the heathen, who do not know God. ⁶No one is to overstep and take advantage of his brother in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, just as we said previously and solemnly testified to it. ⁷For God did not call us for uncleanness, but in sanctification. ⁸Consequently, whoever rejects this is not rejecting a man, but the God who gives you his Holy Spirit.

Instruction Concerning Brotherly Love and Labor

⁹Concerning brotherly love, there is no need to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God, with the result that you love one another. ¹⁰In fact, you are doing so toward all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we encourage you, brothers, to do this even more, ¹¹and to make it your ambition to live a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, just as we instructed you. ¹²Do this so that you are conducting yourselves decently toward outsiders and are not lacking anything.

Instruction Concerning the Resurrection of the Dead at Christ’s Second Coming

¹³We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who have fallen asleep,^[4] so that you do not grieve in the same way as the others, who have no hope. ¹⁴Indeed, if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, then in the same way we also believe that God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep through Jesus.

¹⁵In fact, we tell you this by the word of the Lord: We who are alive and left until the coming of the Lord will certainly not go on ahead of those who have fallen asleep. ¹⁶For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. ¹⁷Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up in the clouds together with them, to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord. ¹⁸Therefore, encourage one another with these words.

Footnotes

1 Thessalonians 4:1 Or conduct yourselves
1 Thessalonians 4:4 Literally vessel
1 Thessalonians 4:4 Or each one of you to learn to control your own body
1 Thessalonians 4:13 A few witnesses to the text read are falling asleep.

Through My Bible Yr 03 – August 27

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1 Thessalonians 3

Timothy’s Mission and Good Report

¹So, when we could not stand it any longer, we thought it best to remain behind in Athens alone, ²and we sent Timothy, our brother and coworker for God in the gospel of Christ.^[1] We sent him to strengthen and encourage you in your faith, ³so that no one will be shaken by these trials, for you know well that we are destined for this. ⁴In fact, even when we were with you, we told you ahead of time that we were going to suffer, and it happened just that way, as you know. ⁵This is why, when I could not stand it any longer, I sent to find out about your faith, because I was afraid that somehow the Tempter had tempted you and our labor might have been for nothing.

⁶But now, Timothy has returned to us from you and has told us the good news about your faith and love. He also told us that you always have fond memories of us and long to see us, just as much as we also long to see you. ⁷Because of this, brothers, in all our distress and affliction, we have been encouraged about you through your faith. ⁸For now we really live, if you are standing firm in the Lord. ⁹Indeed, how can we thank God enough for you in return for all the joy we have before God on account of you? ¹⁰Night and day we are praying earnestly to see you in person and to supply what is lacking in your faith.

¹¹May God our Father himself and our Lord Jesus direct our way to you. ¹²And may the Lord increase your love and make it overflow for each other and for all people, just as ours does for you, ¹³so that he may establish your hearts as blameless in holiness before our God and Father, when our Lord Jesus comes with all his saints.^[2]

Footnotes

1 Thessalonians 3:2 Some witnesses to the text read our brother, God’s servant, and our coworker in the gospel of Christ.
1 Thessalonians 3:13 Or holy ones, referring to the holy angels

Through My Bible Yr 03 – August 26

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1 Thessalonians 2

Paul Defends His Ministry Among the Thessalonians

¹Indeed, brothers, you yourselves know that our visit to you was not a waste of time. ²Even though we had suffered previously and were treated shamefully in Philippi (as you know), we were bold in our God to speak the gospel of God to you in the face of great opposition. ³For our appeal does not come from error or impure motives, or by way of deceit. ⁴Instead, just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please people but God, who examines our hearts. ⁵Indeed, as you know, we never at any time used flattering speech, nor did we act with greed as a motive. God is our witness. ⁶Also, we did not seek the praise of people (neither yours nor anyone else’s), ⁷even though we could have been a burden as Christ’s apostles. On the contrary, we were gentle^[1] among you, like a nursing mother taking care of her own children. ⁸We yearned for you so much that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God, but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us.

⁹Surely, brothers, you remember our labor and hardship! We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you, while we preached the gospel of God to you. ¹⁰You are witnesses, and so is God, of how devout, righteous, and blameless we were toward you who believe. ¹¹In the same way, you know that we treated each of you as a father deals with his own children: ¹²encouraging, comforting, and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who is calling you into his kingdom and glory.

¹³There is also another reason we give thanks to God unceasingly, namely, when you received God’s word, which you heard from us, you did not receive it as the word of men but as the word of God (as it really is), which is now at work in you who believe. ¹⁴Yes, brothers, you became imitators of God’s churches in Judea, which are in Christ Jesus, because you suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they did from the Jews ¹⁵who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and who severely persecuted us. They are not pleasing to God and are hostile to all people. ¹⁶By hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved, they are always filling up the full measure of their sins. And the wrath has come upon them completely.^[2]

Paul’s Desire to See the Thessalonians

¹⁷As for us, brothers, after we were separated from you like orphans for just a short time (in person, not in our heart), it was with great desire that we made every effort to see you again in person. ¹⁸For we wanted to come to you (I, Paul, wanted this, not just once, but twice), but Satan hindered us. ¹⁹Indeed, who is our hope or joy or crown about which we boast before our Lord Jesus when he returns? Is it not you? ²⁰Yes, you are our glory and our joy.

Footnotes

1 Thessalonians 2:7 Some witnesses to the text read infants. This would change the translation to: we could have been a burden as Christ’s apostles, but we were infants among you. Like a nursing mother taking care of her own children, ⁸we yearned. . .
1 Thessalonians 2:16 Or has come upon them at last

Through My Bible Yr 03 – August 25

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1 Thessalonians 1

Greeting

¹Paul, Silas,^[1] and Timothy,

To the church of the Thessalonians, which is in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.^[2]

Thanksgiving for the Faith of the Thessalonians

²We always give thanks to God for all of you as we make mention of you in our prayers, ³because we constantly remember before God our Father your work produced by faith, your labor produced by love, and your patient endurance produced by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁴Dear brothers,^[3] loved by God, we know that God has chosen you, ⁵because our gospel did not come to you with mere words, but with power, with the Holy Spirit, and with deep conviction. You yourselves know very well what kind of people we proved to be for your sake, while we were with you. ⁶You also became imitators of us and of the Lord, when you welcomed the word during a time of great affliction with the joy from the Holy Spirit, ⁷so that you became a model for all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia.^[4] ⁸Indeed, the word of the Lord has resounded from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith in God has become known. As a result, we do not need to say anything, ⁹because they themselves inform us about what kind of reception we received from you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God. ¹⁰They also report how you patiently wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead—Jesus, the one who is going to rescue us from the coming wrath.

Footnotes

1 Thessalonians 1:1 Silvanus in Greek
1 Thessalonians 1:1 A few witnesses to the text omit from God. . . Jesus Christ. (“Witnesses to the text” mentioned in footnotes may include Greek manuscripts, lectionaries, translations, and quotations in the church fathers.)
1 Thessalonians 1:4 When context indicates it, the Greek word for brothers may refer to all fellow believers, male and female.
1 Thessalonians 1:7 Macedonia and Achaia were the two provinces comprising Greece.

Through My Bible Yr 03 – August 24

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Psalm 28 – 29

Psalm 28

My Rock

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By David.

Protect Me From the Wicked

¹O Lord, I keep calling to you.
My Rock, do not be deaf to me.
If you remain silent to me,
I will become like those who go down to the pit.
²Hear the sound of my plea for mercy when I cry out to you,
when I lift up my hands toward your most holy sanctuary.
³Do not drag me away with the wicked, with those evildoers.
They speak peace to their neighbors but hide evil in their hearts.

Punish the Wicked

⁴Give to them what they have done to others.
According to their evil actions,
according to the deeds of their hands,
punish them.
Repay to them what they deserve.
⁵Because they do not recognize the works of the Lord
or the deeds of his hands,
he will tear them down and not build them up.

Then I Will Praise You

⁶Blessed be the Lord,
because he has heard the sound of my plea for mercy.
⁷The Lord is my strength and my shield.
In him my heart trusts, and I am helped.
My heart also celebrates.
With my song I will give thanks to him.
⁸The Lord is their strength.
He is a stronghold of salvation for his anointed king.
⁹Save your people, and bless the people that belong to you.
Shepherd them, and carry them forever.

Psalm 29

The God of Glory Thunders

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A psalm by David.

The God of Glory Thunders

¹Ascribe to the Lord, you sons of God,^[1]
Ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
²Ascribe to the Lord the glory of his name.
Bow down to the Lord in the splendor of holiness.
³The voice of the Lord is heard over the waters.
The God of glory thunders.
The Lord thunders above the mighty waters.
⁴The voice of the Lord thunders in power.
The voice of the Lord thunders in majesty.
⁵The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars.
The Lord shatters the cedars of Lebanon.
⁶He makes Mount Lebanon skip like a calf.
Sirion^[2] skips like a young wild ox.
⁷The voice of the Lord slashes with flashes of fire.
⁸The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness.
The Lord shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh.
⁹The voice of the Lord destroys the oaks^[3]
and strips the forests bare.
So in his temple they all say, “Glory!”
¹⁰The Lord is seated over the flood.
The Lord is seated as King forever.
¹¹The Lord gives strength to his people.
The Lord blesses his people with peace.

Footnotes

Psalm 29:1 In this verse the Hebrew word translated God is elim rather than the usual elohim. Elim could also be translated mighty ones or heavenly beings. It seems to refer to the angels.
Psalm 29:6 Sirion and Mount Lebanon are names for Mount Hermon.
Psalm 29:9 Or makes the deer give birth. The Hebrew text provides vowels for the word as if it were the word for deer, rather than the word for oaks. Shattering oaks seems to fit the context and the parallelism better than makes the deer give birth.

Through My Bible Yr 03 – August 23

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Psalm 27

The Stronghold of My Life

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By David.

Safe in God’s Stronghold

¹The Lord is my light and my salvation—
whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life—
of whom shall I be afraid?
²When evildoers advance against me to eat my flesh,
when my foes and my enemies come against me,
it is they who will stumble and fall.
³If an army lines up against me, my heart will not fear.
If war rises against me, even then I will keep trusting.

Happy in God’s Temple

⁴One thing I ask from the Lord. This is what I seek:
that I live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,
to gaze on the beauty of the Lord,
and to seek him in his temple.^[1]
⁵Yes, he will hide me in his shelter on the day of trouble.
He will hide me in his tent.
He will set me high on a rock.
⁶Then my head will be lifted up above the enemies who surround me.
I will offer sacrifices at his tent with a joyful shout.
I will sing and make music to the Lord.

Confident in Prayer

⁷Hear me, O Lord. With my voice I call.
Be merciful to me and answer me.
⁸When you say, “Seek my face,” my heart says to you,
“Your face, Lord, I will seek.”
⁹Do not hide your face from me.
Do not turn your servant away in anger.
You have been my help.
Do not reject me or forsake me, O God who saves me.
¹⁰If my father and my mother abandoned me,
the Lord would take me in.

Walking in God’s Path

¹¹Lord, teach me your way,
and lead me in a straight path because of my oppressors.
¹²Do not give me up to the desire of my foes,
because false witnesses rise up against me,
and so do those who breathe out violence.

At Home in God’s Land

¹³Unless I was confident to see the goodness of the Lord
in the land of the living—^[2]
¹⁴Wait for the Lord. Be strong and take heart,
and wait for the Lord!

Footnotes

Psalm 27:4 The Hebrew word hekal, usually translated temple, means big house. It can refer to a palace or a temple. It can apply to the tent sanctuaries built by Moses and David and to the temple building constructed by Solomon.
Psalm 27:13 As it stands, the Hebrew text is an incomplete sentence which calls for a conclusion such as “I would have lost hope.” As the text stands, the construction breaks off and jumps to a positive affirmation. Some Hebrew manuscripts omit the initial word unless and have a positive statement: I am confident that I will . . .

Through My Bible Yr 03 – August 22

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Psalm 26

Vindicate Me, O Lord

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By David.

Affirmation of Innocence and Plea for Judgment

¹Judge me favorably, O Lord,
because I have walked in my integrity.
In the Lord I have trusted. I have not wavered.
²Test me, O Lord, and examine me.
Refine my thoughts and my emotions,
³for your mercy is in front of my eyes,
and I keep walking in your truth.

Separation From Evil

⁴I do not sit with deceivers.
I do not associate with hypocrites.
⁵I hate the company of evildoers.
I do not sit with the wicked.

Affirmation of Innocence and Love for God

⁶I wash my hands from sin,
so I can march around your altar, O Lord,
⁷ to shout thanks to you
and to proclaim all your wonderful deeds.
⁸Lord, I love the house where you reside,
the place where your glory dwells.

Separation From Evil

⁹Do not snatch my soul away along with sinners,
nor my life with bloodthirsty men,
¹⁰who grasp wicked schemes in their hands,
whose right hands are full of bribes.

Affirmation of Innocence and Prayer for Redemption

¹¹But as for me, I will walk in my integrity.
Redeem me and be merciful to me.
¹²My feet stand on level ground.
In the assemblies I will bless the Lord.

Through My Bible Yr 03 – August 21

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Psalm 25

Teach Me Your Ways

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By David.

A Prayer for Protection

¹To you, O Lord, I will lift up my soul.
²In you I have trusted, O my God.
Do not let me be put to shame.
Do not let my enemies triumph over me.
³All who hope in you will never be put to shame,
but those who are treacherous for no reason will be put to shame.

A Prayer for Forgiveness

⁴Make known to me your ways, O Lord.
Teach me your paths.
⁵Make me walk in your truth and teach me,
because you are the God who saves me.
In you I hope all day long.
⁶Remember, O Lord, your compassion and your mercy,
for they are from eternity.^[1]
⁷Do not remember the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways.
According to your mercy remember me,
because of your goodness, O Lord.
⁸Good and upright is the Lord.
Therefore, he instructs sinners in the right way.
⁹He directs the humble to what is just,
and he teaches the humble his way.
¹⁰All the ways of the Lord are mercy and truth
for those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.
¹¹For the sake of your name, O Lord,
you forgive my guilt, although it is great.

A Prayer for a Godly Life

¹²Who, then, is the man who fears the Lord?
The Lord will instruct him in the way he chooses.
¹³That man will enjoy a good life,
and his descendants will possess the land.
¹⁴The guidance^[2] of the Lord is with those who fear him.
His covenant will give them knowledge.

A Second Prayer for Protection

¹⁵My eyes are always on the Lord,
because he frees my feet from the net.
¹⁶Turn toward me and be gracious to me,
because I am lonely and afflicted.
¹⁷The distress of my heart increases.^[3]
Bring me out of my anguish.
¹⁸See my affliction and my trouble,
and take away all my sins.
¹⁹See my enemies—
how they have increased,
and how violently they hate me!
²⁰Guard my life and rescue me.
Do not let me be put to shame,
for I have taken refuge in you.
²¹May integrity and uprightness protect me,
because I wait for you.
²²Redeem Israel, O God, from all its distress!

Footnotes

Psalm 25:6 Or from of old
Psalm 25:14 The Hebrew word used here implies the kind of advice given by a close friend and confidant.
Psalm 25:17 Or, following an alternate reading of the Hebrew, relieve the distress of my heart

Through My Bible Yr 03 – August 20

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Psalm 23 – 24

Psalm 23

The King of Love My Shepherd Is

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A psalm by David.

The Shepherd Provides for His People

¹The Lord is my shepherd.
I lack nothing.
²He causes me to lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside quiet waters.
³He restores my soul.
He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

The Shepherd Protects His People

⁴Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil, for you are with me.
Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

The Royal Host Provides for His People

⁵You set a table for me in the presence of my foes.
You drench my head with oil.^[1]
My cup is overflowing.
⁶Surely goodness and mercy will pursue me all the days of my life,
and I will live in the house of the Lord forever.^[2]

Psalm 24

The King of Glory

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By David. A psalm.

The King of Glory Owns the Whole World

¹The earth is the Lord’s
and everything that fills it,
the world and all who live in it,
²because he founded it on the seas,
and he established it on the rivers.^[3]

The King of Glory Is Served by a Holy People

³Who may go up to the mountain of the Lord?
Who may stand in his holy place?
⁴He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
whose soul is not set on what is false,
who does not swear deceitfully.
⁵He will receive blessing from the Lord
and righteousness from the God who saves him.
⁶Such are the people of Jacob who look for the Lord,
who seek your face.^[4] Interlude

The King of Glory Comes

⁷Lift up your heads, you gates.
Lift yourselves up, you ancient doors,
and the King of Glory will come in.
⁸Who is this King of Glory?
The Lord strong and mighty,
the Lord mighty in battle.
⁹Lift up your heads, you gates.
Lift up, you ancient doors,
and the King of Glory will come in.
¹⁰Who is he, this King of Glory?
The Lord of Armies—he is the King of Glory. Interlude^[5]

Footnotes

Psalm 23:5 Scenting someone with perfumed olive oil was a part of celebrations. The verb used here is not the verb used for anointing someone to an office.
Psalm 23:6 Literally for length of days or for days without end
Psalm 24:2 Or ocean currents
Psalm 24:6 Literally this is the generation (or circle) of those who seek him, who seek your face Jacob. The syntax of the verse is difficult. It appears that in the Hebrew Jacob should be understood as an apposition to those who seek him. The Greek reads the generation of those who look for him, who seek the face of the God of Jacob.
Psalm 24:10 The Hebrew selah seems to indicate a musical interlude for reflection.

Through My Bible Yr 03 – August 19

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Through My Bible Yr 03 – August 19

Psalm 22:22-31

Psalm 22

Part Two: The Messiah’s Glory
The Messiah’s Vow

²²I will declare your name to my brothers.
In the midst of the congregation I will praise you.
²³You who fear the Lord, praise him!
All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!
Stand in awe of him, all you descendants of Israel!
²⁴For he has not despised nor detested the affliction of the afflicted.
He has not hidden his face from him,
but when he cried out to him, he heard.
²⁵You are the source of my praise in the great congregation.^[1]
I will fulfill my vows in the presence of those who fear him.

The Glory of Messiah’s Kingdom

²⁶The poor will eat and be satisfied.
Those who seek him will praise the Lord—
may he live in your hearts forever!^[2]
²⁷All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord,
and all the families of the nations will bow down before you.
²⁸For the kingdom belongs to the Lord,
and he rules over the nations.
²⁹All the rich of the earth will eat and bow down.
All who go down to the dust will kneel before him—
those who cannot keep themselves alive.^[3]
³⁰Descendants will serve him.
For generations people will be told about the Lord.
³¹They will come and proclaim his righteousness
to a people yet to be born—
because he has done it.

Footnotes

Psalm 22:25 This verse may mean that the Son praises the Father in the great congregation (as in verse 22) or that the Father praises the Son in the great congregation. The first option seems to fit the context best.
Psalm 22:26 Or may your hearts live forever
Psalm 22:29 The ancient versions read my soul will live for him rather than my soul will not live.

Through My Bible Yr 03 – August 18

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Through My Bible Yr 03 – August 18

Psalm 22:1-21

Psalm 22

Why Have You Forsaken Me?

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For the choir director. According to “Doe of the Dawn.”^[1]
A psalm by David.

Part One: The Messiah’s Suffering
The Messiah’s Plea

¹My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
My groaning does nothing to save me.
²My God, I call out by day, but you do not answer.
I call out by night, but there is no relief for me.^[2]

God’s Help in the Past

³Yet you are seated as the Holy One, praised by Israel.
⁴In you our fathers trusted.
They trusted and you delivered them.
⁵They cried out to you, and they were rescued.
They trusted in you, and they were not disappointed.

God’s Present Absence

⁶But I am a worm and not a man,
scorned by men and despised by the people.
⁷All who see me mock me. They sneer.
They shake their heads.
⁸They say, “Trust in the Lord.”^[3]
“Let the Lord deliver him.
Let him rescue him, if he delights in him.”^[4]

The Mutual Love of Father and Son

⁹But you are the one who brought me out of the belly.
You made me trust when I was at my mother’s breasts.
¹⁰I was cast on you from the womb.
From the belly of my mother you have been my God.
¹¹Do not be distant from me, for distress is near,
and there is no one to help.

The Power of His Enemies

¹²Many bulls surround me.
Strong bulls from Bashan encircle me.
¹³Enemies open their mouths wide against me,
like a lion that tears its prey and roars.
¹⁴Like water I am poured out.
All my bones are pulled apart.
My heart has become like wax.
It has melted in the middle of my chest.
¹⁵My strength is dried up like broken pottery,
and my tongue is stuck to the roof of my mouth.
You lay me in the dust of death.
¹⁶For dogs have surrounded me.
A band of evil men has encircled me.
They have pierced^[5] my hands and my feet.
¹⁷I can count all my bones.
They stare and gloat over me.
¹⁸They divide my garments among them.
For my clothing they cast lots.

The Greater Power of God

¹⁹But you, O Lord, do not be distant.
O my Strength, come quickly to help me.
²⁰Deliver my life from the sword,
my only life from the power of the dog.
²¹Save me from the mouth of the lion.
From the horns of the wild oxen you have answered me.^[6]

Footnotes

Psalm 22:1 This may be the name of the tune. An alternate reading is help at dawn.
Psalm 22:2 Or I am never silent
Psalm 22:8 Literally roll [your troubles] to the Lord
Psalm 22:8 The first part of the quotation is addressed to the suffering Messiah. The second part is addressed to their fellow mockers, so they are marked as two separate quotations.
Psalm 22:16 The reading they have pierced is found in some Hebrew manuscripts, including one of the oldest, as well as in other ancient versions. Most Hebrew manuscripts read like a lion instead of a verb.
Psalm 22:21 Or answer me

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Through My Bible Yr 03 – August 31

Through My Bible Yr 03 – August 31

2 Thessalonians 2:1-12

2 Thessalonians 2

The Man of Sin

Footnotes

Through My Bible Yr 03 – August 30

Through My Bible Yr 03 – August 30

2 Thessalonians 1

Greeting

The Judgment at Christ’s Coming

Footnotes

Through My Bible Yr 03 – August 29

Through My Bible Yr 03 – August 29

1 Thessalonians 5

Instruction Concerning the Signs of the End Times

Final Exhortations and Greetings

Footnotes

Through My Bible Yr 03 – August 28

Through My Bible Yr 03 – August 28

1 Thessalonians 4

Instruction Concerning Sexual Propriety

Instruction Concerning Brotherly Love and Labor

Instruction Concerning the Resurrection of the Dead at Christ’s Second Coming

Footnotes

Through My Bible Yr 03 – August 27

Through My Bible Yr 03 – August 27

1 Thessalonians 3

Timothy’s Mission and Good Report

Footnotes

Through My Bible Yr 03 – August 26

Through My Bible Yr 03 – August 26

1 Thessalonians 2

Paul Defends His Ministry Among the Thessalonians

Paul’s Desire to See the Thessalonians

Footnotes

Through My Bible Yr 03 – August 25

Through My Bible Yr 03 – August 25

1 Thessalonians 1

Greeting

Thanksgiving for the Faith of the Thessalonians

Footnotes

Through My Bible Yr 03 – August 24

Through My Bible Yr 03 – August 24

Psalm 28 – 29

Psalm 28

My Rock

Heading By David.

Protect Me From the Wicked

Punish the Wicked

Then I Will Praise You

Psalm 29

The God of Glory Thunders

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The God of Glory Thunders

Footnotes

Through My Bible Yr 03 – August 23

Through My Bible Yr 03 – August 23

Psalm 27

Psalm 27

The Stronghold of My Life

Heading By David.

Safe in God’s Stronghold

Happy in God’s Temple

Confident in Prayer

Walking in God’s Path

At Home in God’s Land

Footnotes

Through My Bible Yr 03 – August 22

Through My Bible Yr 03 – August 22

Psalm 26

Psalm 26

Vindicate Me, O Lord

Heading By David.

Affirmation of Innocence and Plea for Judgment

Separation From Evil

Affirmation of Innocence and Love for God

Separation From Evil

Affirmation of Innocence and Prayer for Redemption

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By David.

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A psalm by David.

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By David.

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By David.

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By David.

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A psalm by David.

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By David. A psalm.

Part Two: The Messiah’s Glory
The Messiah’s Vow

Part One: The Messiah’s Suffering
The Messiah’s Plea