| (Psa 1 NKJV)
Blessed is the man
Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,
Nor stands in the path of sinners,
Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
{2} But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
And in His law he meditates day and night.
{3} He shall be like a tree
Planted by the rivers of water,
That brings forth its fruit in its season,
Whose leaf also shall not wither;
And whatever he does shall prosper.
{4} The ungodly are not so,
But are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
{5} Therefore the ungodly
shall not stand in the judgment,
Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
{6} For the LORD knows the way of the righteous,
But the way of the ungodly shall perish.
(John 11:25-26 NKJV)
Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in
Me, though he may die, he shall live. {26} "And whoever lives and believes
in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?"
(1 Cor 6:19-20 NKJV)
Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in
you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? {20} For you were
bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit,
which are God's.
(Isa 40 NKJV)
"Comfort, yes, comfort My people!" Says your God.
{2} "Speak comfort to Jerusalem, and cry out to her, That her warfare is
ended, That her iniquity is pardoned; For she has received from the Lord's
hand Double for all her sins."
{3} The voice of one crying in the wilderness: "Prepare the way of the LORD;
Make straight in the desert A highway for our God.
{4} Every valley shall be exalted And every mountain and hill brought low;
The crooked places shall be made straight And the rough places smooth;
{5} The glory of the LORD shall be revealed, And all flesh shall see it
together; For the mouth of the LORD has spoken."
{6} The voice said, "Cry out!" And he said, "What shall I cry?" "All flesh
is grass, And all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.
{7} The grass withers, the flower fades, Because the breath of the LORD
blows upon it; Surely the people are grass.
{8} The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands
forever."
{9} O Zion, You who bring good tidings, Get up into the high mountain; O
Jerusalem, You who bring good tidings, Lift up your voice with strength,
Lift it up, be not afraid; Say to the cities of Judah, "Behold your God!"
{10} Behold, the Lord GOD shall come with a strong hand, And His arm shall
rule for Him; Behold, His reward is with Him, And His work before Him.
{11} He will feed His flock like a shepherd; He will gather the lambs with
His arm, And carry them in His bosom, And gently lead those who are with
young.
{12} Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, Measured heaven
with a span And calculated the dust of the earth in a measure? Weighed the
mountains in scales And the hills in a balance?
{13} Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, Or as His counselor has taught
Him?
{14} With whom did He take counsel, and who instructed Him, And taught Him
in the path of justice? Who taught Him knowledge, And showed Him the way of
understanding?
{15} Behold, the nations are as a drop in a bucket, And are counted as the
small dust on the scales; Look, He lifts up the isles as a very little thing.
{16} And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, Nor its beasts sufficient for a
burnt offering.
{17} All nations before Him are as nothing, And they are counted by Him less
than nothing and worthless.
{18} To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to
Him?
{19} The workman molds an image, The goldsmith overspreads it with gold, And
the silversmith casts silver chains.
{20} Whoever is too impoverished for such a contribution Chooses a tree that
will not rot; He seeks for himself a skillful workman To prepare a carved
image that will not totter.
{21} Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from
the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
{22} It is He who sits above the circle of the earth, And its inhabitants
are like grasshoppers, Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, And
spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.
{23} He brings the princes to nothing; He makes the judges of the earth
useless.
{24} Scarcely shall they be planted, Scarcely shall they be sown, Scarcely
shall their stock take root in the earth, When He will also blow on them,
And they will wither, And the whirlwind will take them away like stubble.
{25} "To whom then will you liken Me, Or to whom shall I be equal?" says the
Holy One.
{26} Lift up your eyes on high, And see who has created these things, Who
brings out their host by number; He calls them all by name, By the greatness
of His might And the strength of His power; Not one is missing.
{27} Why do you say, O Jacob, And speak, O Israel: "My way is hidden from
the LORD, And my just claim is passed over by my God"?
{28} Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the LORD,
The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary. His
understanding is unsearchable.
{29} He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might He increases
strength.
{30} Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall
utterly fall,
{31} But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall
mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall
walk and not faint.
(Psa 19 NKJV)
The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament shows His handiwork.
{2} Day unto day utters speech, And night unto night reveals knowledge.
{3} There is no speech nor language Where their voice is not heard.
{4} Their line has gone out through all the earth, And their words to the
end of the world. In them He has set a tabernacle for the sun,
{5} Which is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, And rejoices like
a strong man to run its race.
{6} Its rising is from one end of heaven, And its circuit to the other end;
And there is nothing hidden from its heat.
{7} The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul; The testimony of
the LORD is sure, making wise the simple;
{8} The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment
of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes;
{9} The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever; The judgments of the
LORD are true and righteous altogether.
{10} More to be desired are they than gold, Yea, than much fine gold;
Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
{11} Moreover by them Your servant is warned, And in keeping them there is
great reward.
{12} Who can understand his errors? Cleanse me from secret faults.
{13} Keep back Your servant also from presumptuous sins; Let them not have
dominion over me. Then I shall be blameless, And I shall be innocent of
great transgression.
{14} Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable
in Your sight, O LORD, my strength and my Redeemer.
Isaiah 55
The Compassion of the LORD
1(A) "Come, everyone who thirsts,
come to the waters;
and he who has no money,
(B) come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
without money and without price.
2(C) Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread,
and your labor for that which does not satisfy?
Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good,
and delight yourselves in rich food.
3Incline your ear, and come to me;
(D) hear, that your soul may live;
(E) and I will make with you an everlasting covenant,
(F) my steadfast, sure love for(G) David.
4(H) Behold, I made him a witness to the peoples,
(I) a leader and commander for the peoples.
5(J) Behold, you shall call a nation that you do not know,
and(K) a nation that did not know you shall run to you,
because of the LORD your God, and of the Holy One of Israel,
(L) for he has glorified you.
6(M) "Seek the LORD while he may be found;
call upon him while he is near;
7let the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
let him return to the LORD, that he may have compassion on him,
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
8For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD.
9(N) For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
10(O) "For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven
and do not return there but water the earth,
making it bring forth and sprout,
(P) giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,
11so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth;
it shall not return to me empty,
but(Q) it shall accomplish that which I purpose,
and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.
12(R) "For you shall go out in joy
and be led forth in peace;
(S) the mountains and the hills before you
shall break forth into singing,
and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
13(T) Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress;
instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle;
and it shall make a name for the LORD,
an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off."
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