Day
35. 4-February Daily Reading (Prophets
and Writings).
Psalms 35, Proverbs 4.
Psalms
35.
1 \Vce=Speaker=“LeslieEarnestLOW”\. A Psalm of David.. .\Vce=Speaker=“LeslieEarnest”\.
By David. Contend, YHWH, with
those who contend with me. Fight
against those who fight against me.
2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help.
3 Brandish the spear and block those who pursue
me. Tell my soul, “I am your
salvation.”
4 Let those who seek after my soul be
disappointed and brought to dishonor.
Let those who plot my ruin be turned back and confounded.
5 Let them be as chaff before the wind, YHWH’s angel driving them on.
6 Let their way be dark and slippery, YHWH’s angel pursuing them.
7 For without cause they have hidden their net
in a pit for me. Without cause they
have dug a pit for my soul.
8 Let destruction come on him unawares. Let his net that he has hidden catch
himself. Let him fall into that
destruction.
9 My soul shall be joyful in YHWH! It shall rejoice in his salvation.
10 All my bones shall say, “YHWH, who is like
you, who delivers the poor from him who
is too strong for him; yes, the poor
and the needy from him who robs him?”
11 Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don’t know
about.
12 They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul.
13 But as for me, when they were sick, my
clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my
soul with fasting. My prayer returned
into my own bosom.
14 I behaved myself as though it had been my
friend or my brother. I bowed down
mourning, as one who mourns his mother.
15 But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and
gathered themselves together. The
attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I didn’t know it. They tore at me, and didn’t cease.
16 Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed their teeth at me.
17 ADONAI, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction, my precious life from the lions.
18 I will give you thanks in the great
assembly. I will praise you among many
people.
19 Don’t let those who are my enemies
wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let
those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.
20 For they don’t speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against
those who are quiet in the land.
21 Yes, they opened their mouth wide against
me. They said, “Aha! Aha! Our eye has
seen it!”
22 You have seen it, YHWH! Don’t keep
silent. ADONAI, don’t be far from me.
23 Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my
ELOHIM! My ADONAI, contend for me!
24 Vindicate me, YHWH my ELOHIM, according to
your righteousness. Don’t let them
gloat over me.
25 Don’t let them say in their heart, “Aha!
That’s the way we want it!” Don’t let
them say, “We have swallowed him up!”
26 Let them be disappointed and confounded
together who rejoice at my calamity.
Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves
against me.
27 Let them shout for joy and be glad, who
favor my righteous cause. Yes, let them
say continually, “YHWH be magnified,
who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant!”
28 My tongue shall talk about your
righteousness and about your praise all day long.
Proverbs
4.
1 \Vce=Speaker=“LeslieEarnestLOW”\. Security in Wisdom. .\Vce=Speaker=“LeslieEarnest”\.
Listen, sons, to a father’s
instruction. Pay attention and know
understanding;
2 for I give you sound learning. Don’t forsake my Torah (teaching and
instruction).
3 For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my
mother.
4 He taught me, and said to me: “Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.
5 Get wisdom.
Get understanding. Don’t forget,
neither swerve from the words of my mouth.
6 Don’t forsake her, and she will preserve
you. Love her, and she will keep you.
7 Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though
it costs all your possessions, get understanding.
8 Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor, when you
embrace her.
9 She will give to your head a garland of
grace. She will deliver a crown of
splendor to you.”
10 Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many.
11 I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths.
12 When you go, your steps will not be
hampered. When you run, you will not
stumble.
13 Take firm hold of instruction. Don’t let her go. Keep her, for she is your life.
14 Don’t enter into the path of the
wicked. Don’t walk in the way of evil
men.
15 Avoid it, and don’t pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.
16 For they don’t sleep, unless they do
evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless
they make someone fall.
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
18 But the path of the righteous is like the
dawning light, that shines more and
more until the perfect_ day.
19 The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don’t know what they stumble over.
20 My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings.
21 Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the midst of your heart.
22 For they are life to those who find
them, and health to their whole body.
23 Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.
24 Put away from yourself a perverse
mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.
25 Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.
26 Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established.
27 Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the
left. Remove your foot from evil.
! ! End of
The Daily Reading from the PROPHETS AND WRITINGS! Praise Yah! (HNV-yet version, in the public domain.)
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