29, Psalm 119:89-176; Job 2; Isaiah 23; John 19:17-42

Psalm 119

89 For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven. 13 I
90 Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
91 They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants. 9 I
92 Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction. 10 I
93 I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me. 7 I
94 I am thine, save me: for I have sought thy precepts. 12 I
95 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
96 I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad. 13 I
97 O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. 29 I
98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me. 5 I
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts. 2 I
101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word. 4 I
102 I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me. 4 I
103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! 14 I
104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way. 6 I
105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. 33 I
106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments. 2 I
107 I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O Lord, according unto thy word. 10 I
108 Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord, and teach me thy judgments.
109 My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law. 2 I
110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
111 Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart. 2 I
112 I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end. 13 I
113 I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love. 6 I
114 Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word. 17 I
115 Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God. 3 I
116 Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope. 4 I
117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually. 6 I
118 Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.
119 Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.
120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
121 I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.
122 Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
123 Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
124 Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes. 10 I
125 I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies. 10 I
126 It is time for thee, Lord, to work: for they have made void thy law. 21 I
127 Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold. 32 I
128 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way. 2 I
129 Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them. 11 I
130 The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple. 18 I
131 I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments. 5 I
132 Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name. 2 I
133 Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. 21 I
134 Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.
135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes. 2 I
136 Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law. 24 I
137 Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy judgments. 6 I
138 Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful. 4 I
139 My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
140 Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it. 20 I
141 I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.
142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth. 10 I
143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights. 6 I
144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live. 2 I
145 I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord: I will keep thy statutes. 4 I
146 I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies. 2 I
147 I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word. 4 I
148 Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word. 6 I
149 Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O Lord, quicken me according to thy judgment.
150 They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.
151 Thou art near, O Lord; and all thy commandments are truth. 7 I
152 Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.
153 Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law. 4 I
154 Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.
155 Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes. 2 I
156 Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord: quicken me according to thy judgments.
157 Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies. 4 I
158 I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word. 5 I
159 Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O Lord, according to thy lovingkindness.
160 Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever. 9 I
161 Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word. 6 I
162 I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.
163 I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love. 10 I
164 Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments. 6 I
165 Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them. 31 I
166 Lord, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments. 7 I
167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly. 7 I
168 I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.
169 Let my cry come near before thee, O Lord: give me understanding according to thy word. 15 I
170 Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word. 12 I
171 My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes. 8 I
172 My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness. 6 I
173 Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts. 15 I
174 I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my delight. 9 I
175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me. 3 I
176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments. 14 I

 

Job 2

1 Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the Lord.
2 And the Lord said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
3 And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.
4 And Satan answered the Lord, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
5 But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.
6 And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life. 4 I
7 So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
9 Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die. 4 I
10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips. 9 I
11 Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.
12 And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
13 So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

 

Isaiah 23

1 The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.
2 Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.
3 And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.
4 Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins.
5 As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.
6 Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle.
7 Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.
8 Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?
9 The Lord of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth. 2 I
10 Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength.
11 He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the Lord hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof. 4 I
12 And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest.
13 Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin.
14 Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.
15 And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.
16 Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.
17 And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the Lord will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.
18 And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the Lord: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the Lord, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.

 

John 19

17 And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: 8 I
18 Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst. 8 I
19 And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was Jesus Of Nazareth The King Of The Jews. 10 I
20 This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin. 6 I
21 Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.
22 Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.
23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. 8 I
24 They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did. 4 I
25 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
26 When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! 6 I
27 Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home. 8 I
28 After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
29 Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. 4 I
31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
32 Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.
33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs: 4 I
34 But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water. 2 I
35 And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe. 8 I
36 For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken. 6 I
37 And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced. 6 I
38 And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus. 2 I
39 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. 6 I
40 Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. 4 I
41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.
42 There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews’ preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand. 8 I