One Year Pray for America Bible - Flipbook - Page 42
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Yet you made them only a little
lower than God*
and crowned them* with glory
and honor.
You gave them charge of
everything you made,
putting all things under their
authority—
the flocks and the herds
and all the wild animals,
the birds in the sky, the fish in
the sea,
and everything that swims the
ocean currents.
O Lord, our Lord, your majestic
name fills the earth!
8:title Hebrew according to the gittith.
8:2 Greek
version reads to give you praise. Compare Matt 21:16.
8:4 Hebrew what is man that you should think of
him, / the son of man that you should care for him?
8:5a Or Yet you made them only a little lower than the
angels; Hebrew reads Yet you made him [i.e., man]
a little lower than Elohim.
8:5b Hebrew him [i.e.,
man]; similarly in 8:6.
PROVERBS 2:615
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For the Lord grants wisdom!
From his mouth come
knowledge and
understanding.
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He grants a treasure of common
sense to the honest.
He is a shield to those who walk
with integrity.
He guards the paths of the just
and protects those who are
faithful to him.
Then you will understand what is
right, just, and fair,
and you will find the right way
to go.
For wisdom will enter your heart,
and knowledge will fill you
with joy.
Wise choices will watch over you.
Understanding will keep you
safe.
Wisdom will save you from evil
people,
from those whose words are
twisted.
These men turn from the right way
to walk down dark paths.
They take pleasure in doing wrong,
and they enjoy the twisted ways
of evil.
Their actions are crooked,
and their ways are wrong.
Lord, the air is thick with promises and five-point plans.
But wisdom begins with knowing you, and no plan apart
from yours will stand. I pray all elected officials will ask
you what you would have them do, where you would lead
this nation. Amen.
GENESIS 20:1–22:24
Abraham moved south to the Negev
and lived for a while between Ka
desh and Shur, and then he moved
on to Gerar. While living there as a
foreigner, 2 Abraham introduced his
wife, Sarah, by saying, “She is my sister.” So King Abimelech of Gerar sent
for Sarah and had her brought to him
at his palace.
3 But that night God came to Abime
lech in a dream and told him, “You are
a dead man, for that woman you have
taken is already married!”
4 But Abimelech had not slept with
her yet, so he said, “Lord, will you
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destroy an innocent nation? 5 Didn’t
Abraham tell me, ‘She is my sister’?
And she herself said, ‘Yes, he is my
brother.’ I acted in complete innocence! My hands are clean.”
6 In the dream God responded, “Yes,
I know you are innocent. That’s why I
kept you from sinning against me, and
why I did not let you touch her. 7 Now
return the woman to her husband, and
he will pray for you, for he is a prophet.
Then you will live. But if you d
on’t return her to him, you can be sure that
you and all your people will die.”
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Abimelech got up early the next
morning and quickly called all his
