If You Desert God’s Law 1 The wicked are edgy with guilt, ready to run off even when no one’s after them; Honest people are relaxed and confident, bold as lions. 2 When the country is in chaos, everybody has a plan to fix it— But it takes a leader of real understanding to straighten […]
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Proverbs 29
If People Can’t See What God Is Doing 1 For people who hate discipline and only get more stubborn, There’ll come a day when life tumbles in and they break, but by then it’ll be too late to help them. 2 When good people run things, everyone is glad, but when the ruler is bad, […]
Proverbs 30
God? Who Needs Him? 1-2 The skeptic swore, “There is no God! No God!—I can do anything I want! I’m more animal than human; so-called human intelligence escapes me. 3-4 “I flunked ‘wisdom.’ I see no evidence of a holy God. Has anyone ever seen Anyone climb into Heaven and take charge? grab the winds […]
Proverbs 31
Speak Out for Justice 1 The words of King Lemuel, the strong advice his mother gave him: 2-3 “Oh, son of mine, what can you be thinking of! Child whom I bore! The son I dedicated to God! Don’t dissipate your virility on fortune-hunting women, promiscuous women who shipwreck leaders. 4-7 “Leaders can’t afford to […]
Psalm 1
1 How well God must like you— you don’t hang out at Sin Saloon, you don’t slink along Dead-End Road, you don’t go to Smart-Mouth College. 2-3 Instead you thrill toGod’s Word, you chew on Scripture day and night. You’re a tree replanted in Eden, bearing fresh fruit every month, Never dropping a leaf, always […]
Psalm 2
1-6 Why the big noise, nations? Why the mean plots, peoples? Earth-leaders push for position, Demagogues and delegates meet for summit talks, The God-deniers, the Messiah-defiers: “Let’s get free of God! Cast loose from Messiah!” Heaven-throned God breaks out laughing. At first he’s amused at their presumption; Then he gets good and angry. Furiously, he […]
Psalm 3
A David Psalm, When He Escaped for His Life from Absalom, His Son 1-2 God! Look! Enemies past counting! Enemies sprouting like mushrooms, Mobs of them all around me, roaring their mockery: “Hah! No help forhimfrom God!” 3-4 But you,God, shield me on all sides; You ground my feet, you lift my head high; With […]
Psalm 4
A David Psalm 1 When I call, give me answers. God, take my side! Once, in a tight place, you gave me room; Now I’m in trouble again: grace me! hear me! 2 You rabble—how long do I put up with your scorn? How long will you lust after lies? How long will you live […]
Psalm 5
A David Psalm 1-3 Listen,God! Please, pay attention! Can you make sense of these ramblings, my groans and cries? King-God, I need your help. Every morning you’ll hear me at it again. Every morning I lay out the pieces of my life on your altar and watch for fire to descend. 4-6 You don’t socialize […]
Psalm 6
A David Psalm 1-2 Please,God, no more yelling, no more trips to the woodshed. Treat me nice for a change; I’m so starved for affection. 2-3 Can’t you see I’m black-and-blue, beat up badly in bones and soul? God, how long will it take for you to let up? 4-5 Break in,God, and break up […]