Psalms 89; Psalms 90; Romans 14

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Psalms 89

1 I will sing about the Lord's faithful love forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations.
2 For I will declare, "Faithful love is built up forever; You establish Your faithfulness in the heavens."
3 [The Lord said,] "I have made a covenant with My chosen one; I have sworn an oath to David My servant:
4 'I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.' " Selah
5 Lord, the heavens praise Your wonders- Your faithfulness also- in the assembly of the holy ones.
6 For who in the skies can compare with the Lord? Who among the heavenly beings is like the Lord?
7 God is greatly feared in the council of the holy ones, more awe-inspiring than all who surround Him.
8 Lord God of Hosts, who is strong like You, Lord? Your faithfulness surrounds You.
9 You rule the raging sea; when its waves surge, You still them.
10 You crushed Rahab like one who is slain; You scattered Your enemies with Your powerful arm.
11 The heavens are Yours; the earth also is Yours. The world and everything in it-You founded them.
12 North and south-You created them. Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.
13 You have a mighty arm; Your hand is powerful; Your right hand is lifted high.
14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; faithful love and truth go before You.
15 Happy are the people who know the joyful shout; Lord, they walk in the light of Your presence.
16 They rejoice in Your name all day long, and they are exalted by Your righteousness.
17 For You are their magnificent strength; by Your favor our horn is exalted.
18 Surely our shield belongs to the Lord, our king to the Holy One of Israel.
19 You once spoke in a vision to Your loyal ones and said: "I have granted help to a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
20 I have found David My servant; I have anointed him with My sacred oil.
21 My hand will always be with him, and My arm will strengthen him.
22 The enemy will not afflict him; no wicked man will oppress him.
23 I will crush his foes before him and strike those who hate him.
24 My faithfulness and love will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted.
25 I will extend his power to the sea and his right hand to the rivers.
26 He will call to Me, 'You are my Father, my God, the rock of my salvation.'
27 I will also make him My firstborn, greatest of the kings of the earth.
28 I will always preserve My faithful love for him, and My covenant with him will endure.
29 I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as heaven lasts.
30 If his sons forsake My instruction and do not live by My ordinances,
31 if they dishonor My statutes and do not keep My commandments,
32 then I will call their rebellion to account with the rod, their sin with blows.
33 But I will not withdraw My faithful love from him or betray My faithfulness.
34 I will not violate My covenant or change what My lips have said.
35 Once and for all I have sworn an oath by My holiness; I will not lie to David.
36 His offspring will continue forever, his throne like the sun before Me,
37 like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky." Selah
38 But You have spurned and rejected him; You have become enraged with Your anointed.
39 You have repudiated the covenant with Your servant; You have completely dishonored his crown.
40 You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his fortified cities to ruins.
41 All who pass by plunder him; he has become a joke to his neighbors.
42 You have lifted high the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice.
43 You have also turned back his sharp sword and have not let him stand in battle.
44 You have made his splendor cease and have overturned his throne.
45 You have shortened the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah
46 How long, Lord? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your anger keep burning like fire?
47 Remember how short my life is. Have You created everyone for nothing?
48 What man can live and never see death? Who can save himself from the power of Sheol? Selah
49 Lord, where are the former acts of Your faithful love that You swore to David in Your faithfulness?
50 Remember, Lord, the ridicule against Your servants- in my heart I carry [abuse] from all the peoples-
51 how Your enemies have ridiculed, Lord, how they have ridiculed every step of Your anointed.
52 May the Lord be praised forever. Amen and amen. BOOK IV (Psalms 90-106)
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Psalms 90

1 Lord, You have been our refuge in every generation.
2 Before the mountains were born, before You gave birth to the earth and the world, from eternity to eternity, You are God.
3 You return mankind to the dust, saying, "Return, descendants of Adam."
4 For in Your sight a thousand years are like yesterday that passes by, like a few hours of the night.
5 You end their life; they sleep. They are like grass that grows in the morning-
6 in the morning it sprouts and grows; by evening it withers and dries up.
7 For we are consumed by Your anger; we are terrified by Your wrath.
8 You have set our unjust ways before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
9 For all our days ebb away under Your wrath; we end our years like a sigh.
10 Our lives last seventy years or, if we are strong, eighty years. Even the best of them are struggle and sorrow; indeed, they pass quickly and we fly away.
11 Who understands the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear that is due You.
12 Teach us to number our days carefully so that we may develop wisdom in our hearts.
13 Lord-how long? Turn and have compassion on Your servants.
14 Satisfy us in the morning with Your faithful love so that we may shout with joy and be glad all our days.
15 Make us rejoice for as many days as You have humbled us, for as many years as we have seen adversity.
16 Let Your work be seen by Your servants, and Your splendor by their children.
17 Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us; establish for us the work of our hands- establish the work of our hands!
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Romans 14

1 Accept anyone who is weak in faith, but don't argue about doubtful issues.
2 One person believes he may eat anything, but one who is weak eats only vegetables.
3 One who eats must not look down on one who does not eat; and one who does not eat must not criticize one who does, because God has accepted him.
4 Who are you to criticize another's household slave? Before his own Lord he stands or falls. And stand he will! For the Lord is able to make him stand.
5 One person considers one day to be above another day. Someone else considers every day to be the same. Each one must be fully convinced in his own mind.
6 Whoever observes the day, observes it to the Lord. Whoever eats, eats to the Lord, since he gives thanks to God; and whoever does not eat, it is to the Lord that he does not eat, yet he thanks God.
7 For none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself.
8 If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
9 Christ died and came to life for this: that He might rule over both the dead and the living.
10 But you, why do you criticize your brother? Or you, why do you look down on your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.
11 For it is written: As I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow to Me, and every tongue will give praise to God.
12 So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.
13 Therefore, let us no longer criticize one another, but instead decide not to put a stumbling block or pitfall in your brother's way.
14 (I know and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. Still, to someone who considers a thing to be unclean, to that one it is unclean.)
15 For if your brother is hurt by what you eat, you are no longer walking according to love. By what you eat, do not destroy that one for whom Christ died.
16 Therefore, do not let your good be slandered,
17 for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
18 Whoever serves the Messiah in this way is acceptable to God and approved by men.
19 So then, we must pursue what promotes peace and what builds up one another.
20 Do not tear down God's work because of food. Everything is clean, but it is wrong for a man to cause stumbling by what he eats.
21 It is a noble thing not to eat meat, or drink wine, or do anything that makes your brother stumble.
22 Do you have faith? Keep it to yourself before God. Blessed is the man who does not condemn himself by what he approves.
23 But whoever doubts stands condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith, and everything that is not from faith is sin.
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