|
Today's Readings
|
|
Monday, 22nd April 2024 --- 14 Baramoudah 1740
Matins
Proverbs 10 : 1 - 16 Isaiah 48 : 17 - end Isaiah 49 : 1 - 4 Job 38 : 1 - 36
Proverbs 10 : 1 - 16
Chapter 10
| 1 | The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son makes a glad father, But a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
|
| 2 | Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, But righteousness delivers from death.
|
| 3 | The LORD will not allow the righteous soul to famish, But He casts away the desire of the wicked.
|
| 4 | He who has a slack hand becomes poor, But the hand of the diligent makes rich.
|
| 5 | He who gathers in summer is a wise son; He who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.
|
| 6 | Blessings are on the head of the righteous, But violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
|
| 7 | The memory of the righteous is blessed, But the name of the wicked will rot.
|
| 8 | The wise in heart will receive commands, But a prating fool will fall.
|
| 9 | He who walks with integrity walks securely, But he who perverts his ways will become known.
|
| 10 | He who winks with the eye causes trouble, But a prating fool will fall.
|
| 11 | The mouth of the righteous is a well of life, But violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
|
| 12 | Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all sins.
|
| 13 | Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has understanding, But a rod is for the back of him who is devoid of understanding.
|
| 14 | Wise people store up knowledge, But the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
|
| 15 | The rich man's wealth is his strong city; The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
|
| 16 | The labor of the righteous leads to life, The wages of the wicked to sin.
|
Isaiah 48 : 17 - end
Chapter 48
| 17 | Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel: "I am the LORD your God, Who teaches you to profit, Who leads you by the way you should go.
|
| 18 | Oh, that you had heeded My commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, And your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
|
| 19 | Your descendants also would have been like the sand, And the offspring of your body like the grains of sand; His name would not have been cut off Nor destroyed from before Me."
|
| 20 | Go forth from Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! With a voice of singing, Declare, proclaim this, Utter it to the end of the earth; Say, "The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!"
|
| 21 | And they did not thirst When He led them through the deserts; He caused the waters to flow from the rock for them; He also split the rock, and the waters gushed out.
|
| 22 | "There is no peace," says the LORD, "for the wicked."
|
Isaiah 49 : 1 - 4
Chapter 49
| 1 | "Listen, O coastlands, to Me, And take heed, you peoples from afar! The LORD has called Me from the womb; From the matrix of My mother He has made mention of My name.
|
| 2 | And He has made My mouth like a sharp sword; In the shadow of His hand He has hidden Me, And made Me a polished shaft; In His quiver He has hidden Me."
|
| 3 | "And He said to me, "You are My servant, O Israel, In whom I will be glorified.'
|
| 4 | Then I said, "I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and in vain; Yet surely my just reward is with the LORD, And my work with my God."'
|
Job 38 : 1 - 36
Chapter 38
| 1 | Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:
|
| 2 | "Who is this who darkens counsel By words without knowledge?
|
| 3 | Now prepare yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer Me.
|
| 4 | "Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.
|
| 5 | Who determined its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it?
|
| 6 | To what were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone,
|
| 7 | When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?
|
| 8 | "Or who shut in the sea with doors, When it burst forth and issued from the womb;
|
| 9 | When I made the clouds its garment, And thick darkness its swaddling band;
|
| 10 | When I fixed My limit for it, And set bars and doors;
|
| 11 | When I said, "This far you may come, but no farther, And here your proud waves must stop!'
|
| 12 | "Have you commanded the morning since your days began, And caused the dawn to know its place,
|
| 13 | That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it?
|
| 14 | It takes on form like clay under a seal, And stands out like a garment.
|
| 15 | From the wicked their light is withheld, And the upraised arm is broken.
|
| 16 | "Have you entered the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in search of the depths?
|
| 17 | Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the doors of the shadow of death?
|
| 18 | Have you comprehended the breadth of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this.
|
| 19 | "Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And darkness, where is its place,
|
| 20 | That you may take it to its territory, That you may know the paths to its home?
|
| 21 | Do you know it, because you were born then, Or because the number of your days is great?
|
| 22 | "Have you entered the treasury of snow, Or have you seen the treasury of hail,
|
| 23 | Which I have reserved for the time of trouble, For the day of battle and war?
|
| 24 | By what way is light diffused, Or the east wind scattered over the earth?
|
| 25 | "Who has divided a channel for the overflowing water, Or a path for the thunderbolt,
|
| 26 | To cause it to rain on a land where there is no one, A wilderness in which there is no man;
|
| 27 | To satisfy the desolate waste, And cause to spring forth the growth of tender grass?
|
| 28 | Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew?
|
| 29 | From whose womb comes the ice? And the frost of heaven, who gives it birth?
|
| 30 | The waters harden like stone, And the surface of the deep is frozen.
|
| 31 | "Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, Or loose the belt of Orion?
|
| 32 | Can you bring out Mazzaroth in its season? Or can you guide the Great Bear with its cubs?
|
| 33 | Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth?
|
| 34 | "Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, That an abundance of water may cover you?
|
| 35 | Can you send out lightnings, that they may go, And say to you, "Here we are!'?
|
| 36 | Who has put wisdom in the mind? Or who has given understanding to the heart?
|
Acknowledgement
Opening page