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Thursday, 23rd March 2017 --- 14 Baramhat 1733
Matins
Isaiah 42 : 5 - 16 Proverbs 4 : 20 - 27 Job 29 : 2 - 20 1 Samuel 3 : 1 - 20
Isaiah 42 : 5 - 16
Chapter 42
| 5 | Thus says God the LORD, Who created the heavens and stretched them out, Who spread forth the earth and that which comes from it, Who gives breath to the people on it, And spirit to those who walk on it: |
| 6 | "I, the LORD, have called You in righteousness, And will hold Your hand; I will keep You and give You as a covenant to the people, As a light to the Gentiles, |
| 7 | To open blind eyes, To bring out prisoners from the prison, Those who sit in darkness from the prison house. |
| 8 | I am the LORD, that is My name; And My glory I will not give to another, Nor My praise to carved images. |
| 9 | Behold, the former things have come to pass, And new things I declare; Before they spring forth I tell you of them." |
| 10 | Sing to the LORD a new song, And His praise from the ends of the earth, You who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, You coastlands and you inhabitants of them! |
| 11 | Let the wilderness and its cities lift up their voice, The villages that Kedar inhabits. Let the inhabitants of Sela sing, Let them shout from the top of the mountains. |
| 12 | Let them give glory to the LORD, And declare His praise in the coastlands. |
| 13 | The LORD shall go forth like a mighty man; He shall stir up His zeal like a man of war. He shall cry out, yes, shout aloud; He shall prevail against His enemies. |
| 14 | "I have held My peace a long time, I have been still and restrained Myself. Now I will cry like a woman in labor, I will pant and gasp at once. |
| 15 | I will lay waste the mountains and hills, And dry up all their vegetation; I will make the rivers coastlands, And I will dry up the pools. |
| 16 | I will bring the blind by a way they did not know; I will lead them in paths they have not known. I will make darkness light before them, And crooked places straight. These things I will do for them, And not forsake them. |
Proverbs 4 : 20 - 27
Chapter 4
| 20 | My son, give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings. |
| 21 | Do not let them depart from your eyes; Keep them in the midst of your heart; |
| 22 | For they are life to those who find them, And health to all their flesh. |
| 23 | Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life. |
| 24 | Put away from you a deceitful mouth, And put perverse lips far from you. |
| 25 | Let your eyes look straight ahead, And your eyelids look right before you. |
| 26 | Ponder the path of your feet, And let all your ways be established. |
| 27 | Do not turn to the right or the left; Remove your foot from evil. |
Job 29 : 2 - 20
Chapter 29
| 2 | "Oh, that I were as in months past, As in the days when God watched over me; |
| 3 | When His lamp shone upon my head, And when by His light I walked through darkness; |
| 4 | Just as I was in the days of my prime, When the friendly counsel of God was over my tent; |
| 5 | When the Almighty was yet with me, When my children were around me; |
| 6 | When my steps were bathed with cream, And the rock poured out rivers of oil for me! |
| 7 | "When I went out to the gate by the city, When I took my seat in the open square, |
| 8 | The young men saw me and hid, And the aged arose and stood; |
| 9 | The princes refrained from talking, And put their hand on their mouth; |
| 10 | The voice of nobles was hushed, And their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth. |
| 11 | When the ear heard, then it blessed me, And when the eye saw, then it approved me; |
| 12 | Because I delivered the poor who cried out, The fatherless and the one who had no helper. |
| 13 | The blessing of a perishing man came upon me, And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. |
| 14 | I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; My justice was like a robe and a turban. |
| 15 | I was eyes to the blind, And I was feet to the lame. |
| 16 | I was a father to the poor, And I searched out the case that I did not know. |
| 17 | I broke the fangs of the wicked, And plucked the victim from his teeth. |
| 18 | "Then I said, "I shall die in my nest, And multiply my days as the sand. |
| 19 | My root is spread out to the waters, And the dew lies all night on my branch. |
| 20 | My glory is fresh within me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.' |
1 Samuel 3 : 1 - 20
Chapter 3
| 1 | Now the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was rare in those days; there was no widespread revelation. |
| 2 | And it came to pass at that time, while Eli was lying down in his place, and when his eyes had begun to grow so dim that he could not see, |
| 3 | and before the lamp of God went out in the tabernacle of the LORD where the ark of God was, and while Samuel was lying down, |
| 4 | that the LORD called Samuel. And he answered, "Here I am!" |
| 5 | So he ran to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." And he said, "I did not call; lie down again." And he went and lay down. |
| 6 | Then the LORD called yet again, "Samuel!" So Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, "Here I am, for you called me." He answered, "I did not call, my son; lie down again." |
| 7 | (Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, nor was the word of the LORD yet revealed to him.) |
| 8 | And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. So he arose and went to Eli, and said, "Here I am, for you did call me." Then Eli perceived that the LORD had called the boy. |
| 9 | Therefore Eli said to Samuel, "Go, lie down; and it shall be, if He calls you, that you must say, "Speak, LORD, for Your servant hears."' So Samuel went and lay down in his place. |
| 10 | Now the LORD came and stood and called as at other times, "Samuel! Samuel!" And Samuel answered, "Speak, for Your servant hears." |
| 11 | Then the LORD said to Samuel: "Behold, I will do something in Israel at which both ears of everyone who hears it will tingle. |
| 12 | In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end. |
| 13 | For I have told him that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knows, because his sons made themselves vile, and he did not restrain them. |
| 14 | And therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be atoned for by sacrifice or offering forever." |
| 15 | So Samuel lay down until morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel was afraid to tell Eli the vision. |
| 16 | Then Eli called Samuel and said, "Samuel, my son!" He answered, "Here I am." |
| 17 | And he said, "What is the word that the LORD spoke to you? Please do not hide it from me. God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all the things that He said to you." |
| 18 | Then Samuel told him everything, and hid nothing from him. And he said, "It is the LORD. Let Him do what seems good to Him." |
| 19 | So Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground. |
| 20 | And all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel had been established as a prophet of the LORD. |