Daily Readings

¹ So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God.² And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD.³ And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine.⁴ And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel:⁵ Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obededom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;⁶ Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.⁷ Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank the LORD into the hand of Asaph and his brethren.⁸ Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people.⁹ Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works.¹⁰ Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.¹¹ Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually.¹² Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;¹³ O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.¹⁴ He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.¹⁵ Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he commanded to a thousand generations;¹⁶ Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;¹⁷ And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,¹⁸ Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance;¹⁹ When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.²⁰ And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people;²¹ He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,²² Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.²³ Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; shew forth from day to day his salvation.²⁴ Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works among all nations.²⁵ For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods.²⁶ For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.²⁷ Glory and honour are in his presence; strength and gladness are in his place.²⁸ Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength.²⁹ Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.³⁰ Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.³¹ Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say among the nations, The LORD reigneth.³² Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein.³³ Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the LORD, because he cometh to judge the earth.³⁴ O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.³⁵ And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise.³⁶ Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD.³⁷ So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required:³⁸ And Obededom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obededom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters:³⁹ And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon,⁴⁰ To offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of the burnt offering continually morning and evening, and to do according to all that is written in the law of the LORD, which he commanded Israel;⁴¹ And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever;⁴² And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters.⁴³ And all the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his house.

¹ The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,² Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:³ Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:⁴ With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:⁵ By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:⁶ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;⁷ Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.⁸ They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.⁹ Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.¹⁰ Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.¹¹ Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,¹² Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.¹³ Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.¹⁴ Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.¹⁵ Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.¹⁶ By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.¹⁷ Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.¹⁸ Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.¹⁹ All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.²⁰ Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,²¹ Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it,²² And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Zidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her.²³ For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her streets; and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her by the sword upon her on every side; and they shall know that I am the LORD.²⁴ And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them, that despised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.²⁵ Thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob.²⁶ And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and they shall know that I am the LORD their God.

¹ Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)² And all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia:³ Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,⁴ Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:⁵ To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.⁶ I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:⁷ Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.⁸ But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.⁹ As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.¹⁰ For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.¹¹ But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.¹² For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.¹³ For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:¹⁴ And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.¹⁵ But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,¹⁶ To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:¹⁷ Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.¹⁸ Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days.¹⁹ But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's brother.²⁰ Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.²¹ Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia;²² And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea which were in Christ:²³ But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.²⁴ And they glorified God in me.

¹ Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also.² And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.³ But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised:⁴ And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:⁵ To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.⁶ But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man's person:) for they who seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me:⁷ But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter;⁸ (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)⁹ And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.¹⁰ Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.¹¹ But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.¹² For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.¹³ And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation.¹⁴ But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?¹⁵ We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,¹⁶ Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.¹⁷ But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.¹⁸ For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.¹⁹ For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.²⁰ I am crucified with Christ: neverthless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.²¹ I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.