Thursday, May 12, 2011

Evening Meditations 2011-5-12


ESV

Psa 18:1  To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who addressed the words of this song to the LORD on the day when the LORD rescued him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said: I love you, O LORD, my strength.
Psa 18:2  The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
Psa 18:3  I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.
Psa 18:4  The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of destruction assailed me;
Psa 18:5  the cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
Psa 18:6  In my distress I called upon the LORD; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears.
Psa 18:7  Then the earth reeled and rocked; the foundations also of the mountains trembled and quaked, because he was angry.
Psa 18:8  Smoke went up from his nostrils, and devouring fire from his mouth; glowing coals flamed forth from him.
Psa 18:9  He bowed the heavens and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.
Psa 18:10  He rode on a cherub and flew; he came swiftly on the wings of the wind.
Psa 18:11  He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him, thick clouds dark with water.
Psa 18:12  Out of the brightness before him hailstones and coals of fire broke through his clouds.
Psa 18:13  The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice, hailstones and coals of fire.
Psa 18:14  And he sent out his arrows and scattered them; he flashed forth lightnings and routed them.
Psa 18:15  Then the channels of the sea were seen, and the foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.
Psa 18:16  He sent from on high, he took me; he drew me out of many waters.
Psa 18:17  He rescued me from my strong enemy and from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
Psa 18:18  They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my support.
Psa 18:19  He brought me out into a broad place; he rescued me, because he delighted in me.
Psa 18:20  The LORD dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.
Psa 18:21  For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
Psa 18:22  For all his rules were before me, and his statutes I did not put away from me.
Psa 18:23  I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from my guilt.
Psa 18:24  So the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
Psa 18:25  With the merciful you show yourself merciful; with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;
Psa 18:26  with the purified you show yourself pure; and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.
Psa 18:27  For you save a humble people, but the haughty eyes you bring down.
Psa 18:28  For it is you who light my lamp; the LORD my God lightens my darkness.
Psa 18:29  For by you I can run against a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall.
Psa 18:30  This God--his way is perfect; the word of the LORD proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.
Psa 18:31  For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God?--
Psa 18:32  the God who equipped me with strength and made my way blameless.

Psa 18:33  He made my feet like the feet of a deer and set me secure on the heights.
Psa 18:34  He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
Psa 18:35  You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your right hand supported me, and your gentleness made me great.
Psa 18:36  You gave a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip.
Psa 18:37  I pursued my enemies and overtook them, and did not turn back till they were consumed.
Psa 18:38  I thrust them through, so that they were not able to rise; they fell under my feet.
Psa 18:39  For you equipped me with strength for the battle; you made those who rise against me sink under me.
Psa 18:40  You made my enemies turn their backs to me, and those who hated me I destroyed.
Psa 18:41  They cried for help, but there was none to save; they cried to the LORD, but he did not answer them.
Psa 18:42  I beat them fine as dust before the wind; I cast them out like the mire of the streets.
Psa 18:43  You delivered me from strife with the people; you made me the head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me.
Psa 18:44  As soon as they heard of me they obeyed me; foreigners came cringing to me.
Psa 18:45  Foreigners lost heart and came trembling out of their fortresses.
Psa 18:46  The LORD lives, and blessed be my rock, and exalted be the God of my salvation--
Psa 18:47  the God who gave me vengeance and subdued peoples under me,
Psa 18:48  who delivered me from my enemies; yes, you exalted me above those who rose against me; you rescued me from the man of violence.
Psa 18:49  For this I will praise you, O LORD, among the nations, and sing to your name.
Psa 18:50  Great salvation he brings to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his offspring forever.  




Pro 24:1  Be not envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them,
Pro 24:2  for their hearts devise violence, and their lips talk of trouble.
Pro 24:3  By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established;
Pro 24:4  by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches.

Pro 24:5  A wise man is full of strength, and a man of knowledge enhances his might,
Pro 24:6  for by wise guidance you can wage your war, and in abundance of counselors there is victory.
Pro 24:7  Wisdom is too high for a fool; in the gate he does not open his mouth.
Pro 24:8  Whoever plans to do evil will be called a schemer.
Pro 24:9  The devising of folly is sin, and the scoffer is an abomination to mankind.
Pro 24:10  If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small.
Pro 24:11  Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter.
Pro 24:12  If you say, "Behold, we did not know this," does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it, and will he not repay man according to his work?
Pro 24:13  My son, eat honey, for it is good, and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.
Pro 24:14  Know that wisdom is such to your soul; if you find it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
Pro 24:15  Lie not in wait as a wicked man against the dwelling of the righteous; do no violence to his home;
Pro 24:16  for the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity.
Pro 24:17  Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles,
Pro 24:18  lest the LORD see it and be displeased, and turn away his anger from him.
Pro 24:19  Fret not yourself because of evildoers, and be not envious of the wicked,
Pro 24:20  for the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be put out.
Pro 24:21  My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not join with those who do otherwise,
Pro 24:22  for disaster will arise suddenly from them, and who knows the ruin that will come from them both?
Pro 24:23  These also are sayings of the wise. Partiality in judging is not good.
Pro 24:24  Whoever says to the wicked, "You are in the right," will be cursed by peoples, abhorred by nations,
Pro 24:25  but those who rebuke the wicked will have delight, and a good blessing will come upon them.
Pro 24:26  Whoever gives an honest answer kisses the lips.
Pro 24:27  Prepare your work outside; get everything ready for yourself in the field, and after that build your house.
Pro 24:28  Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
Pro 24:29  Do not say, "I will do to him as he has done to me; I will pay the man back for what he has done."
Pro 24:30  I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of a man lacking sense,
Pro 24:31  and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.
Pro 24:32  Then I saw and considered it; I looked and received instruction.
Pro 24:33  A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
Pro 24:34  and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.  




Mat 16:1  And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test him they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
Mat 16:2  He answered them, "When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.'
Mat 16:3  And in the morning, 'It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.' You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.
Mat 16:4  An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah." So he left them and departed.
Mat 16:5  When the disciples reached the other side, they had forgotten to bring any bread.
Mat 16:6  Jesus said to them, "Watch and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."
Mat 16:7  And they began discussing it among themselves, saying, "We brought no bread."
Mat 16:8  But Jesus, aware of this, said, "O you of little faith, why are you discussing among yourselves the fact that you have no bread?
Mat 16:9  Do you not yet perceive? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you gathered?
Mat 16:10  Or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets you gathered?
Mat 16:11  How is it that you fail to understand that I did not speak about bread? Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."
Mat 16:12  Then they understood that he did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Mat 16:13  Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?"
Mat 16:14  And they said, "Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets."
Mat 16:15  He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"
Mat 16:16  Simon Peter replied, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
Mat 16:17  And Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.
Mat 16:18  And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Mat 16:19  I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."
Mat 16:20  Then he strictly charged the disciples to tell no one that he was the Christ.
Mat 16:21  From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.
Mat 16:22  And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, "Far be it from you, Lord! This shall never happen to you."
Mat 16:23  But he turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man."
Mat 16:24  Then Jesus told his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
Mat 16:25  For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

Mat 16:26  For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?
Mat 16:27  For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay each person according to what he has done.
Mat 16:28  Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom."  





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