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J A N U A R Y
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J A N U A R Y
My enemies surround me like a herd
of bulls;
fierce bulls of Bashan have
hemmed me in!
13 Like lions they open their jaws
against me,
roaring and tearing into their prey.
14 My life is poured out like water,
and all my bones are out of joint.
My heart is like wax,
melting within me.
15 My strength has dried up like
sunbaked clay.
My tongue sticks to the roof
of my mouth.
You have laid me in the dust and
left me for dead.
16 My enemies surround me like a pack
of dogs;
an evil gang closes in on me.
They have pierced* my hands
and feet.
17 I can count all my bones.
My enemies stare at me and gloat.
18 They divide my garments among
themselves
and throw dice* for my clothing.
12
22:16 As in some Hebrew manuscripts and Greek and
Syriac versions; most Hebrew manuscripts read They are
like a lion at. 22:18 Hebrew cast lots.
PROVERBS 5:7-14
So now, my sons, listen to me. Never
stray from what I am about to say: Stay
away from her! Don’t go near the door of
her house! If you do, you will lose your
honor and will lose to merciless people
all you have achieved. Strangers will
consume your wealth, and someone
else will enjoy the fruit of your labor. In
the end you will groan in anguish when
disease consumes your body. You will
say, “How I hated discipline! If only I had
not ignored all the warnings! Oh, why
didn’t I listen to my teachers? Why
didn’t I pay attention to my instructors?
I have come to the brink of utter ruin,
and now I must face public disgrace.”
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EXODUS 4:1–5:21
But Moses protested again, “What if
they won’t believe me or listen to me?
What if they say, ‘The Lord never appeared to you’?”
2 Then the Lord asked him, “What is
that in your hand?”
“A shepherd’s staff,” Moses replied.
3“Throw it down on the ground,” the
Lord told him. So Moses threw down
the staff, and it turned into a snake! Moses jumped back.
4Then the Lord told him, “Reach out
and grab its tail.” So Moses reached out
and grabbed it, and it turned back into a
shepherd’s staff in his hand.
5“Perform this sign,” the Lord told
him. “Then they will believe that the
Lord, the God of their ancestors—the
God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and
the God of Jacob—really has appeared
to you.”
6Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now
put your hand inside your cloak.” So Moses
put his hand inside his cloak, and when he
took it out again, his hand was white as
snow with a severe skin disease.* 7“Now
put your hand back into your cloak,” the
Lord said. So Moses put his hand back in,
and when he took it out again, it was as
healthy as the rest of his body.
8The Lord said to Moses, “If they do
not believe you and are not convinced by
the first miraculous sign, they will be
convinced by the second sign. 9And if
they don’t believe you or listen to you
even after these two signs, then take
some water from the Nile River and pour
it out on the dry ground. When you do,
the water from the Nile will turn to blood
on the ground.”
10But Moses pleaded with the Lord,
“O Lord, I’m not very good with words. I
never have been, and I’m not now, even
though you have spoken to me. I get
tongue-tied, and my words get tangled.”
