Old and New Testament Reading Plan: NIV- July 28, 2020

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View today's reading at Bible Gateway Psalm 49-50 Psalm 49 For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm. 1 Hear this, all you peoples;     listen, all who live in this world, 2 both low and high,     rich and poor alike: 3 My mouth will speak words of wisdom;     the meditation of my heart will give you understanding. 4 I will turn my ear to a proverb;     with the harp I will expound my riddle: 5 Why should I fear when evil days come,     when wicked deceivers surround me— 6 those who trust in their wealth     and boast of their great riches? 7 No one can redeem the life of another     or give to God a ransom for them— 8 the ransom for a life is costly,     no payment is ever enough— 9 so that they should live on forever     and not see decay. 10 For all can see that the wise die,     that the foolish and the senseless also perish,     leaving their wealth to others. 11 Their tombs will remain their houses forever,     their dwellings for endless generations,     though they had named lands after themselves. 12 People, despite their wealth, do not endure;     they are like the beasts that perish. 13 This is the fate of those who trust in themselves,     and of their followers, who approve their sayings. 14 They are like sheep and are destined to die;     death will be their shepherd     (but the upright will prevail over them in the morning). Their forms will decay in the grave,     far from their princely mansions. 15 But God will redeem me from the realm of the dead;     he will surely take me to himself. 16 Do not be overawed when others grow rich,     when the splendor of their houses increases; 17 for they will take nothing with them when they die,     their splendor will not descend with them. 18 Though while they live they count themselves blessed—     and people praise you when you prosper— 19 they will join those who have gone before them,     who will never again see the light of life. 20 People who have wealth but lack understanding     are like the beasts that perish. Psalm 50 A psalm of Asaph. 1 The Mighty One, God, the Lord,     speaks and summons the earth     from the rising of the sun to where it sets. 2 From Zion, perfect in beauty,     God shines forth. 3 Our God comes     and will not be silent; a fire devours before him,     and around him a tempest rages. 4 He summons the heavens above,     and the earth, that he may judge his people: 5 "Gather to me this consecrated people,     who made a covenant with me by sacrifice." 6 And the heavens proclaim his righteousness,     for he is a God of justice. 7 "Listen, my people, and I will speak;     I will testify against you, Israel:     I am God, your God. 8 I bring no charges against you concerning your sacrifices     or concerning your burnt offerings, which are ever before me. 9 I have no need of a bull from your stall     or of goats from your pens, 10 for every animal of the forest is mine,     and the cattle on a thousand hills. 11 I know every bird in the mountains,     and the insects in the fields are mine. 12 If I were hungry I would not tell you,     for the world is mine, and all that is in it. 13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls     or drink the blood of goats? 14 "Sacrifice thank offerings to God,     fulfill your vows to the Most High, 15 and call on me in the day of trouble;     I will deliver you, and you will honor me." 16 But to the wicked person, God says: "What right have you to recite my laws     or take my covenant on your lips? 17 You hate my instruction     and cast my words behind you. 18 When you see a thief, you join with him;     you throw in your lot with adulterers. 19 You use your mouth for evil     and harness your tongue to deceit. 20 You sit and testify against your brother     and slander your own mother's son. 21 When you did these things and I kept silent,     you thought I was exactly like you. But I now arraign you     and set my accusations before you. 22 "Consider this, you who forget God,     or I will tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you: 23 Those who sacrifice thank offerings honor me,     and to the blameless I will show my salvation." New International Version (NIV) Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica Romans 1 1 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God— 2 the gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures 3 regarding his Son, who as to his earthly life was a descendant of David, 4 and who through the Spirit of holiness was appointed the Son of God in power by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord. 5 Through him we received grace and apostleship to call all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith for his name's sake. 6 And you also are among those Gentiles who are called to belong to Jesus Christ. 7 To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be his holy people: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul's Longing to Visit Rome 8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being reported all over the world. 9 God, whom I serve in my spirit in preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you 10 in my prayers at all times; and I pray that now at last by God's will the way may be opened for me to come to you. 11 I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong— 12 that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith. 13 I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that I planned many times to come to you (but have been prevented from doing so until now) in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles. 14 I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish. 15 That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome. 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. 17 For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: "The righteous will live by faith." God's Wrath Against Sinful Humanity 18 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, 19 since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20 For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse. 21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles. 24 Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. 25 They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen. 26 Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. 27 In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error. 28 Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done. 29 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; 31 they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy. 32 Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them. New International Version (NIV) Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica

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