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reading plan entry for day #27

Psalm 119:89–176 ()

LAMEDH

[89] Yahweh, your word is settled in heaven forever.
[90] Your faithfulness is to all generations.
You have established the earth, and it remains.
[91] Your laws remain to this day,
for all things serve you.
[92] Unless your law had been my delight,
I would have perished in my affliction.
[93] I will never forget your precepts,
for with them, you have revived me.
[94] I am yours.
Save me, for I have sought your precepts.
[95] The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me.
I will consider your statutes.
[96] I have seen a limit to all perfection,
but your commands are boundless.

MEM

[97] How I love your law!
It is my meditation all day.
[98] Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies,
for your commandments are always with me.
[99] I have more understanding than all my teachers,
for your testimonies are my meditation.
[100] I understand more than the aged,
because I have kept your precepts.
[101] I have kept my feet from every evil way,
that I might observe your word.
[102] I have not turned away from your ordinances,
for you have taught me.
[103] How sweet are your promises to my taste,
more than honey to my mouth!
[104] Through your precepts, I get understanding;
therefore I hate every false way.

NUN

[105] Your word is a lamp to my feet,
and a light for my path.
[106] I have sworn, and have confirmed it,
that I will obey your righteous ordinances.
[107] I am afflicted very much.
Revive me, Yahweh, according to your word.
[108] Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth.
Yahweh, teach me your ordinances.
[109] My soul is continually in my hand,
yet I won’t forget your law.
[110] The wicked have laid a snare for me,
yet I haven’t gone astray from your precepts.
[111] I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever,
for they are the joy of my heart.
[112] I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever,
even to the end.

SAMEKH

[113] I hate double-minded men,
but I love your law.
[114] You are my hiding place and my shield.
I hope in your word.
[115] Depart from me, you evildoers,
that I may keep the commandments of my God.
[116] Uphold me according to your word, that I may live.
Let me not be ashamed of my hope.
[117] Hold me up, and I will be safe,
and will have respect for your statutes continually.
[118] You reject all those who stray from your statutes,
for their deceit is in vain.
[119] You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross.
Therefore I love your testimonies.
[120] My flesh trembles for fear of you.
I am afraid of your judgments.

AYIN

[121] I have done what is just and righteous.
Don’t leave me to my oppressors.
[122] Ensure your servant’s well-being.
Don’t let the proud oppress me.
[123] My eyes fail looking for your salvation,
for your righteous word.
[124] Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness.
Teach me your statutes.
[125] I am your servant. Give me understanding,
that I may know your testimonies.
[126] It is time to act, Yahweh,
for they break your law.
[127] Therefore I love your commandments more than gold,
yes, more than pure gold.
[128] Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right.
I hate every false way.

PE

[129] Your testimonies are wonderful,
therefore my soul keeps them.
[130] The entrance of your words gives light.
It gives understanding to the simple.
[131] I opened my mouth wide and panted,
for I longed for your commandments.
[132] Turn to me, and have mercy on me,
as you always do to those who love your name.
[133] Establish my footsteps in your word.
Don’t let any iniquity have dominion over me.
[134] Redeem me from the oppression of man,
so I will observe your precepts.
[135] Make your face shine on your servant.
Teach me your statutes.
[136] Streams of tears run down my eyes,
because they don’t observe your law.

TZADHE

[137] You are righteous, Yahweh.
Your judgments are upright.
[138] You have commanded your statutes in righteousness.
They are fully trustworthy.
[139] My zeal wears me out,
because my enemies ignore your words.
[140] Your promises have been thoroughly tested,
and your servant loves them.
[141] I am small and despised.
I don’t forget your precepts.
[142] Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness.
Your law is truth.
[143] Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me.
Your commandments are my delight.
[144] Your testimonies are righteous forever.
Give me understanding, that I may live.

QOPH

[145] I have called with my whole heart.
Answer me, Yahweh!
I will keep your statutes.
[146] I have called to you. Save me!
I will obey your statutes.
[147] I rise before dawn and cry for help.
I put my hope in your words.
[148] My eyes stay open through the night watches,
that I might meditate on your word.
[149] Hear my voice according to your loving kindness.
Revive me, Yahweh, according to your ordinances.
[150] They draw near who follow after wickedness.
They are far from your law.
[151] You are near, Yahweh.
All your commandments are truth.
[152] Of old I have known from your testimonies,
that you have founded them forever.

RESH

[153] Consider my affliction, and deliver me,
for I don’t forget your law.
[154] Plead my cause, and redeem me!
Revive me according to your promise.
[155] Salvation is far from the wicked,
for they don’t seek your statutes.
[156] Great are your tender mercies, Yahweh.
Revive me according to your ordinances.
[157] Many are my persecutors and my adversaries.
I haven’t swerved from your testimonies.
[158] I look at the faithless with loathing,
because they don’t observe your word.
[159] Consider how I love your precepts.
Revive me, Yahweh, according to your loving kindness.
[160] All of your words are truth.
Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever.

SIN AND SHIN

[161] Princes have persecuted me without a cause,
but my heart stands in awe of your words.
[162] I rejoice at your word,
as one who finds great plunder.
[163] I hate and abhor falsehood.
I love your law.
[164] Seven times a day, I praise you,
because of your righteous ordinances.
[165] Those who love your law have great peace.
Nothing causes them to stumble.
[166] I have hoped for your salvation, Yahweh.
I have done your commandments.
[167] My soul has observed your testimonies.
I love them exceedingly.
[168] I have obeyed your precepts and your testimonies,
for all my ways are before you.

TAV

[169] Let my cry come before you, Yahweh.
Give me understanding according to your word.
[170] Let my supplication come before you.
Deliver me according to your word.
[171] Let my lips utter praise,
for you teach me your statutes.
[172] Let my tongue sing of your word,
for all your commandments are righteousness.
[173] Let your hand be ready to help me,
for I have chosen your precepts.
[174] I have longed for your salvation, Yahweh.
Your law is my delight.
[175] Let my soul live, that I may praise you.
Let your ordinances help me.
[176] I have gone astray like a lost sheep.
Seek your servant, for I don’t forget your commandments.

Proverbs 27 ()

[1] Don’t boast about tomorrow;
for you don’t know what a day may bring.
[2] Let another man praise you,
and not your own mouth;
a stranger, and not your own lips.
[3] A stone is heavy,
and sand is a burden;
but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
[4] Wrath is cruel,
and anger is overwhelming;
but who is able to stand before jealousy?
[5] Better is open rebuke
than hidden love.
[6] The wounds of a friend are faithful,
although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
[7] A full soul loathes a honeycomb;
but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.
[8] As a bird that wanders from her nest,
so is a man who wanders from his home.
[9] Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart;
so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.
[10] Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend.
Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster.
A neighbor who is near is better than a distant brother.
[11] Be wise, my son,
and bring joy to my heart,
then I can answer my tormentor.
[12] A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge;
but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
[13] Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger.
Hold it for a wayward woman!
[14] He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning,
it will be taken as a curse by him.
[15] A continual dropping on a rainy day
and a contentious wife are alike:
[16] restraining her is like restraining the wind,
or like grasping oil in his right hand.

[17] Iron sharpens iron;
so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.
[18] Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit.
He who looks after his master shall be honored.
[19] Like water reflects a face,
so a man’s heart reflects the man.
[20] Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied;
and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.
[21] The crucible is for silver,
and the furnace for gold;
but man is refined by his praise.
[22] Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain,
yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.

[23] Know well the state of your flocks,
and pay attention to your herds,
[24] for riches are not forever,
nor does the crown endure to all generations.
[25] The hay is removed, and the new growth appears,
the grasses of the hills are gathered in.
[26] The lambs are for your clothing,
and the goats are the price of a field.
[27] There will be plenty of goats’ milk for your food,
for your family’s food,
and for the nourishment of your servant girls.

Proverbs 27:20 Sheol is the place of the dead.