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Today's Readings
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Monday, 19th March 2018 --- 10 Baramhat 1734
Matins
Proverbs 8 : 1 - 11 Isaiah 43 : 10 - 28 Job 32 : 6 - 16
Proverbs 8 : 1 - 11
Chapter 8
1 | Does not wisdom cry out, And understanding lift up her voice?
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2 | She takes her stand on the top of the high hill, Beside the way, where the paths meet.
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3 | She cries out by the gates, at the entry of the city, At the entrance of the doors:
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4 | "To you, O men, I call, And my voice is to the sons of men.
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5 | O you simple ones, understand prudence, And you fools, be of an understanding heart.
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6 | Listen, for I will speak of excellent things, And from the opening of my lips will come right things;
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7 | For my mouth will speak truth; Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
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8 | All the words of my mouth are with righteousness; Nothing crooked or perverse is in them.
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9 | They are all plain to him who understands, And right to those who find knowledge.
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10 | Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold;
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11 | For wisdom is better than rubies, And all the things one may desire cannot be compared with her.
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Isaiah 43 : 10 - 28
Chapter 43
10 | "You are My witnesses," says the LORD, "And My servant whom I have chosen, That you may know and believe Me, And understand that I am He. Before Me there was no God formed, Nor shall there be after Me.
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11 | I, even I, am the LORD, And besides Me there is no savior.
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12 | I have declared and saved, I have proclaimed, And there was no foreign god among you; Therefore you are My witnesses," Says the LORD, "that I am God.
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13 | Indeed before the day was, I am He; And there is no one who can deliver out of My hand; I work, and who will reverse it?"
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14 | Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel: "For your sake I will send to Babylon, And bring them all down as fugitives--The Chaldeans, who rejoice in their ships.
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15 | I am the LORD, your Holy One, The Creator of Israel, your King."
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16 | Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea And a path through the mighty waters,
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17 | Who brings forth the chariot and horse, The army and the power (They shall lie down together, they shall not rise; They are extinguished, they are quenched like a wick):
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18 | "Do not remember the former things, Nor consider the things of old.
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19 | Behold, I will do a new thing, Now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness And rivers in the desert.
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20 | The beast of the field will honor Me, The jackals and the ostriches, Because I give waters in the wilderness And rivers in the desert, To give drink to My people, My chosen.
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21 | This people I have formed for Myself; They shall declare My praise.
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22 | "But you have not called upon Me, O Jacob; And you have been weary of Me, O Israel.
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23 | You have not brought Me the sheep for your burnt offerings, Nor have you honored Me with your sacrifices. I have not caused you to serve with grain offerings, Nor wearied you with incense.
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24 | You have bought Me no sweet cane with money, Nor have you satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices; But you have burdened Me with your sins, You have wearied Me with your iniquities.
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25 | "I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake; And I will not remember your sins.
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26 | Put Me in remembrance; Let us contend together; State your case, that you may be acquitted.
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27 | Your first father sinned, And your mediators have transgressed against Me.
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28 | Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary; I will give Jacob to the curse, And Israel to reproaches.
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Job 32 : 6 - 16
Chapter 32
6 | So Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, answered and said: "I am young in years, and you are very old; Therefore I was afraid, And dared not declare my opinion to you.
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7 | I said, "Age should speak, And multitude of years should teach wisdom.'
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8 | But there is a spirit in man, And the breath of the Almighty gives him understanding.
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9 | Great men are not always wise, Nor do the aged always understand justice.
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10 | "Therefore I say, "Listen to me, I also will declare my opinion.'
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11 | Indeed I waited for your words, I listened to your reasonings, while you searched out what to say.
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12 | I paid close attention to you; And surely not one of you convinced Job, Or answered his words--
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13 | Lest you say, "We have found wisdom'; God will vanquish him, not man.
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14 | Now he has not directed his words against me; So I will not answer him with your words.
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15 | "They are dismayed and answer no more; Words escape them.
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16 | And I have waited, because they did not speak, Because they stood still and answered no more.
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Acknowledgement
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