March 12 - Numbers 24-25 and Psalms 91-93

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Numbers 24 1 And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him.
3 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
4 He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
5 How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!
6 As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.
7 He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
8 God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.
9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.
10 ¶ And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times.
11 Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honour.
12 And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying,
13 If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak?
14 And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.
15 ¶ And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
16 He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
18 And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.
19 Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.
20 ¶ And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever.
21 And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
22 Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
23 And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!
24 And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.
25 And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak also went his way.
Numbers 25 1 And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.
2 And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.
3 And Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.
4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.
5 And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baal-peor.
6 ¶ And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
7 And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand;
8 And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.
9 And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.
10 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
11 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.
12 Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:
13 And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.
14 Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites.
15 And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian.
16 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
17 Vex the Midianites, and smite them:
18 For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake.

 


PSALM 91 1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
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I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
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Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
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He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
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Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
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Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
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A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
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Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
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Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
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There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
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For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
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They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
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Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
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Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
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He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
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With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.

A Psalm or Song for the sabbath day.

PSALM 92 1 It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:
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To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,
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Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.
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For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.
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O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.
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A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
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When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:
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But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore.
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For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
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But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.
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Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.
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The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
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Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.
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They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
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To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

PSALM 93 1 The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.
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Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting.
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The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.
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The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.
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Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for ever.

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