Jonah 4: The Struggle To Accept God’s Sovereign Mercy

Jonah 4: The Struggle To Accept God’s Sovereign Mercy

Jonah 4:1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.

Jonah 4:2 And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.

Jonah 4:3 Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.

Jonah 4:5 So Jonah went out ofthe city, and sat on the east side ofthe city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city.

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Jonah 4:6 And the LORD God prepared a gourd and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad ofthe gourd.

Jonah 4:8 And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.

Jonah 4:10 Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not labored, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:

Jonah 4:11 And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than six score thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?

Psalm 91: A Declaration Of Trust In God’s Sovereignty

Psalm 91: A Declaration Of Trust In God’s Sovereignty

Psalm 91:1 He that dwelleth in the secret place ofthe most High shall abide under the shadow ofthe Almighty

Psalm 91:3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence,

Psalm 91:4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

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Psalm 91:6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday

Psalm 91:7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand, but it shall not come nigh thee.

Psalm 91:9 Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;

Psalm 91:10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

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Psalm 91:12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

Psalm 91:13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.

Psalm 91:14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high because he hath known my name.

Psalm 91:15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honor him.

Psalm 92: Thriving In The Courts Of Our God

Psalm 92:1 It is a good thing give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, 0 most High:

Psalm 92:3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.

Psalm 92:4 For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.

Psalm 92:5 O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.

Psalm 92:7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed forever:

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Psalm 92:9 For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.

Psalm 92:10 But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.

Psalm 92:11 Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.

Psalm 92:12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

Psalm 92:14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;

Psalm 93: Worshiping The King Of Glory And Power

Psalm 93:1 The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is established, that it cannot be moved.

Psalm 93:3 The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.

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Psalm 88: Trusting God When All Seems Lost

Psalm 88: Trusting God When All Seems Lost

Psalm 88:1 O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:

Psalm 88:4 am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:

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Psalm 88:5 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.

Psalm 88:6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

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Psalm 88:8 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

Psalm 88:9 Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

Psalm 88:10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.

Psalm 88:11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?

Psalm 88:12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

Psalm 88:13 But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.

Psalm 88:14 LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?

Psalm 88:15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

Psalm 88:16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.

Psalm 89: God’s Unfailing Love And Our Trust

Psalm 89:1 I will sing of the mercies of the LORD forever; with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.

Psalm 89:2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up forever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.

Psalm 89:4 Thy seed will I establish forever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.

Psalm 89:5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation ofthe saints.

Psalm 89:6 For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?

Psalm 89:7 God is great to be feared in the assembly of the saints and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.

Psalm 89:8 O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?

Psalm 89:10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.

Psalm 89:11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.

Psalm 89:12 The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.

Psalm 89:14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.

Psalm 89:15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.

Psalm 89:16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.

Psalm 89:17 For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favor, our horn shall be exalted.

Psalm 89:19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

Psalm 89:20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:

Psalm 89:21 With whom my hand shall be established: mineÿ arm also shall strengthen him.

Psalm 89:22 The enemy shall not exact upon him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

Psalm 89:23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.

Psalm 89:24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

Psalm 89:25 I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.

Psalm 89:26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.

Psalm 89:28 My mercy will I keep for him forevermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.

Psalm 89:29 His seed also will I make to endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

Psalm 89:30 If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;

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Psalm 89:32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

Psalm 89:33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

Psalm 89:34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

Psalm 89:35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.

Psalm 89:36 His seed shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before me.

Psalm 89:37 It shall be established forever as the moon and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.

Psalm 89:38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.

Psalm 89:39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.

Psalm 89:40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.

Psalm 89:41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbors.

Psalm 89:42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

Psalm 89:43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.

Psalm 89:44 Thou hast made his glory to cease and cast his throne down to the ground.

Psalm 89:45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.

Psalm 89:46 How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself forever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?

Psalm 89:47 Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?

Psalm 89:48 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

Psalm 89:49 Lord, where are thy former loving kindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?

Psalm 89:50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;

Psalm 89:51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of Thine anointed.

Psalm 89:52 Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.

Psalm 90: A Prayer For Perspective And Grace In Life’s Journey

Psalm 90:1 Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.

Psalm 90:2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

Psalm 90:4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

Psalm 90:5 Thou earnest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

Psalm 90:6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

Psalm 90:8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

Psalm 90:9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.

Psalm 90:10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength, they are fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

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Psalm 90:12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

Psalm 90:14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

Psalm 90:16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.

Psalm 90:17 And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.

Psalm 85: A Vision Of God’s Peace And Justice

Psalm 85: A Vision Of God’s Peace And Justice

Psalm 85:2 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah,

Psalm 85:4 Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.

Psalm 85:6 Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?

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Psalm 85:7 Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation.

Psalm 85:8 I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.

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Psalm 85:10 Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

Psalm 85:11 Truth shall spring out of the earth, and righteousness shall look down from heaven.

Psalm 86: A Declaration Of God’s Goodness And Faithfulness

Psalm 86:1 Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.

Psalm 86:3 Be merciful unto me, 0 Lord: for I cry unto thee daily.

Psalm 86:5 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

Psalm 86:6 Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.

Psalm 86:8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works.

Psalm 86:9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.

Psalm 86:11 Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.

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Psalm 86:13 For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.

Psalm 86:14 O God, the proud rise against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul, and have not set thee before them

Psalm 86:15 But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.

Psalm 86:17 Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me

Psalm 87: A Vision Of Unity In God’s Kingdom

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Psalm 87:4 I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.

Psalm 82: God’s Judgment On Corrupt Leadership

Psalm 82: God’s Judgment On Corrupt Leadership

Psalm 82:2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.

Psalm 82:4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out ofthe hand of the wicked.

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Psalm 82:7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.

Psalm 83: God’s Sovereignty Over The Nations

Psalm 83:1 Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

Psalm 83:2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

Psalm 83:4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

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Psalm 83:5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:

Psalm 83:6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;

Psalm 83:7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;

Psalm 83:9 Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:

Psalm 83:10 Which perished at En-dor: they became as dung for the earth.

Psalm 83:11 Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:

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Psalm 83:13 O My God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.

Psalm 83:14 As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;

Psalm 83:15 So persecute them with thy tempest and make them afraid with thy storm.

Psalm 83:17 Let them be confounded and troubled forever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:

Psalm 84: A Journey To The House Of The Lord

Psalm 84:1 How amiable are thy tabernacles, 0 LORD of hosts!

Psalm 84:4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.

Psalm 84:5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.

Psalm 84:6 Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.

Psalm 84:8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.

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Psalm 84:10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

Psalm 79: A Prayer For Mercy, Justice, And Renewal

Psalm 79: A Prayer For Mercy, Justice, And Renewal

Psalm 79:1 O God, the heathen come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple has they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.

Psalm 79:2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts ofthe earth.

Psalm 79:3 Their blood has they shed like water round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them.

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Psalm 79:4 We become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

Psalm 79:5 How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry forever? shall thy jealousy bum like fire?

Psalm 79:6 Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.

Psalm 79:7 For they have[ÿlevoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.

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Psalm 79:9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name’s sake.

Psalm 79:10 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.

Psalm 79:11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;

Psalm 79:12 And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

Psalm 79:13 So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks forever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.

Psalm 80: A Cry For Help, Hope, And Restoration

Psalm 80:1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.

Psalm 80:3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

Psalm 80:4 O LORO God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

Psalm 80:5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears, and givest them tears to drink in great measure.

Psalm 80:6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.

Psalm 80:9 Thou prepared room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.

Psalm 80:10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.

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Psalm 80:12 Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?

Psalm 80:13 The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast ofthe field doth devour it.

Psalm 80:14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;

Psalm 80:15 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.

Psalm 80:16 is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

Psalm 80:17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.

Psalm 80:19 Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved

Psalm 81: God’s Call To Worship And Faithful Living

Psalm 81:1 Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob

Psalm 81:4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law ofthe God of Jacob.

Psalm 81:5 This he ordained in Joseph/or testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.

Psalm 81:6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.

Psalm 81:7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

Psalm 81:8 Hear, O my people and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;

Psalm 81:9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god

Psalm 81:10 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

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Psalm 81:12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

Psalm 81:14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

Psalm 81:15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured forever.

Psalm 73: Wrestling With Faith And Trusting In God’s Sovereignty

Psalm 73: Wrestling With Faith And Trusting In God’s Sovereignty

Psalm 73:1 Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.

Psalm 73:2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.

Psalm 73:3 For I was envious at the foolish when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

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Psalm 73:4 For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.

Psalm 73:5 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.

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Psalm 73:7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish,

Psalm 73:8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.

Psalm 73:9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

Psalm 73:10 Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.

Psalm 73:11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the highest?

Psalm 73:12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.

Psalm 73:13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain and washed my hands in innocency.

Psalm 73:14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.

Psalm 73:15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.

Psalm 73:16 When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;

Psalm 73:17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.

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Psalm 73:19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.

Psalm 73:20 As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.

Psalm 73:21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.

Psalm 73:22 So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.

Psalm 73:23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.

Psalm 73:24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel and afterward receive me to glory.

Psalm 73:25 Who has I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.

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Psalm 73:27 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.

Psalm 73:28 But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.

Psalm 74: From Lament To Hope In God’s Redeeming Power

Psalm 74:1 O God, why hast thou cast us forever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

Psalm 74:2 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

Psalm 74:3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.

Psalm 74:4 Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns/or signs.

Psalm 74:5 A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.

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Psalm 74:7 They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.

Psalm 74:8 They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.

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Psalm 74:10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name forever?

Psalm 74:11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.

Psalm 74:12 For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst ofthe earth.

Psalm 74:13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou breakest the heads ofthe dragons in the waters.

Psalm 74:14 Thou breakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

Psalm 74:15 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.

Psalm 74:16 The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun

Psalm 74:17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.

Psalm 74:18 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

Psalm 74:19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the Wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor forever.

Psalm 74:20 Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.

Psalm 74:21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name

Psalm 74:22 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.

Psalm 74:23 Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.

Psalm 75: Divine Judgment, Humility, And The Glory Of God

Psalm 75:1 Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare

Psalm 75:2 When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.

Psalm 75:3 The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.

Psalm 75:4 I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:

Psalm 75:5 Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.

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Psalm 75:7 But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.

Psalm 75:8 For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.

Psalm 75:9 But I will declare forever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

Psalm 75:10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.

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Isaiah 55:1 CSB Context

As a prophet of God, Isaiah urged people to decide: Will you believe God or not? Will you accept his invitation and trust him? Isaiah lived during the eighth century before Christ was born.

He is the only author mentioned in the book that carries his name, but scholars generally believe that two of his disciples, perhaps more, helped to write the sixty-six chapters.

The Old Testament book provides several prophecies of the coming Christ and, overall, points to our need for salvation.

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Isaiah 55:1 CSB Meaning

It is fitting that so much of Isaiah is focused on the Lord’s saving power, for Isaiah’s name means “the salvation of Yahweh.”

In chapter 12, he offers a song of praise with this especially reassuring verse: “Indeed, God is my salvation; I will trust him and not be afraid” (12:2 CSB).

Each of us has received the greatest invitation ever: to come to God with our sins and with our cares.

Isaiah 55:1 makes it clear: “Come, everyone who is thirsty, come to the water; and you without silver, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without silver and without cost!”

So much of today’s world is transactional. We pay money for goods and services. We do a favor for someone, and expect—or at least hope—they’ll return the favor.

That’s not how it is with God though. If we thirst for his living water, if we need rescuing, he provides freely. All are welcome to his blessings.

Isaiah 55:1 CSB Application

If stress or anxious feelings have left you empty or like you’re not in good enough shape for God, fight back those thoughts. Resist the urge to withdraw from him.

Remember that while Christ was on earth, he ministered to those in need—people who were in no position to “repay” him.

Think of the blind man he healed, the wedding hosts at Cana, and the paralyzed man whose sins he forgave.

Accept God’s invitation as expressed in Isaiah 55:1. Pray and ask him for what you need. Enjoy the blessings of salvation—the water, the wine, and the milk that represent far more than physical sustenance.

Our Savior already paid the cost when he died on the cross for us. Receive His grace freely.

“But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. ‘Do not fear their threats; do not be frightened.’”

Aaron’s Budding Staff: A Sign Of God’s Chosen Leadership In Numbers 17

Aaron’s Budding Staff: A Sign Of God’s Chosen Leadership In Numbers 17

Numbers 17:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Numbers 17:2 Speak unto the children of Israel and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man’s name upon his rod,

Numbers 17:3 And thou shalt write Aaron’s name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers,

Numbers 17:4 And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.

Numbers 17:5 And it shall come to pass, that the man’s rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.

Numbers 17:6 And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their fathers’ houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.

Numbers 17:7 And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness

Numbers 17:8 And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.

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Numbers 17:10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron’s rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not,

Numbers 17:11 And Moses did so: as the LORD commanded him, so did he,

Numbers 17:12 And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.

Numbers 17:13 Whosoever cometh anything near unto the tabernacle ofthe LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?

The Life And Teachings Of Jesus Christ Jesus In The Temple

The Life And Teachings Of Jesus Christ Jesus In The Temple

Luke 2:41-52

2:41 His parents went every year to Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover.

2:42 When He Was Twelve Years Old, They Went Up To Jerusalem According To The Custom Of The Feast,

2:43 And When They Had Fulfilled The Days, As They Were Returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. Joseph And His Mother Didn’t Know It,

2:44 But Supposing Him To Be In The Company, They Went A Day’S Journey, And They Looked For Him Among Their Relatives and acquaintances.

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2:45 When They Didn’T Find Him, They Returned To Jerusalem, Looking For Him.

2:46 It Happened After Three Days They Found Him In The Temple, Sitting In The Midst of the teachers, both listening to them and asking them questions.

2:47 All Who Heard Him Were Amazed At His Understanding And His Answers.

2:48 When They Saw Him, They Were Astonished, And His Mother Said To Him, “Son, Why Have You Treated Us This Way? Behold, Your Father And I Were Anxiously Looking For You.”

2:49 He Said To Them, “Why Were You Looking For Me? Didn’t You Know That I Must Be In My Father’s House?” 2:50 They Didn’t Understand The Saying Which He Spoke To Them.

2:51 And He Went Down With Them And Came To Nazareth. He Was Subject To Them, And His Mother Kept All These Sayings In Her Heart.

2:52 And Jesus Increased In Wisdom And Stature, And In Favor With God And Men.