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Psalm 37:1-18 (Listen)

• Psalm 36
• Psalm 37
• Psalm 38

He Will Not Forsake His Saints

1 Of David.

37 uFret not yourself because of evildoers;

be not venvious of wrongdoers!

2 For they will soon wfade like xthe grass

and wither ylike the green herb.

3 zTrust in the Lord, and do good;

adwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.2

4 bDelight yourself in the Lord,

and he will cgive you the desires of your heart.

5 dCommit your way to the Lord;

ztrust in him, and he will act.

6 eHe will bring forth your righteousness as the light,

and your justice as fthe noonday.

7 gBe still before the Lord and wait patiently for him;

hfret not yourself over the one who iprospers in his way,

over the man who carries out evil devices!

8 jRefrain from anger, and forsake wrath!

hFret not yourself; it tends only to evil.

9 kFor the evildoers shall be cut off,

but those who wait for the Lord shall linherit the land.

10 In mjust a little while, the wicked will be no more;

though you look carefully at nhis place, he will not be there.

11 But othe meek shall inherit the land

and delight themselves in pabundant peace.

12 The wicked qplots against the righteous

and rgnashes his teeth at him,

13 but the Lord slaughs at the wicked,

for he sees that his tday is coming.

14 The wicked draw the sword and ubend their bows

to bring down the poor and needy,

to slay those whose vway is upright;

15 their sword shall enter their own heart,

and their wbows shall be broken.

16 xBetter is the little that the righteous has

than the abundance of many wicked.

17 For ythe arms of the wicked shall be broken,

but the Lord zupholds the righteous.

18 The Lord aknows the days of the blameless,

and their bheritage will remain forever;

• Psalm 36
• Psalm 37
• Psalm 38

Psalm 37:19-40 (Listen)

• Psalm 36
• Psalm 37
• Psalm 38

19 they are not put to shame in evil times;

in cthe days of famine they have abundance.

20 But the wicked will perish;

the enemies of the Lord are like dthe glory of the pastures;

they vanish—like esmoke they vanish away.

21 The wicked borrows but does not pay back,

but the righteous fis generous and gives;

22 for those blessed by the Lord1 shall ginherit the land,

but those cursed by him hshall be cut off.

23 The isteps of a man are jestablished by the Lord,

when he delights in his way;

24 kthough he fall, he shall not be cast headlong,

for the Lord lupholds his hand.

25 I have been young, and now am old,

yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken

or his children mbegging for bread.

26 He is ever nlending generously,

and his children become a blessing.

27 oTurn away from evil and do good;

so shall you pdwell forever.

28 For the Lord qloves justice;

he will not forsake his rsaints.

They are preserved forever,

but the children of the wicked shall be scut off.

29 The righteous shall inherit the land

and pdwell upon it forever.

30 The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom,

and his tongue speaks justice.

31 tThe law of his God is in his heart;

his usteps do not slip.

32 The wicked vwatches for the righteous

and seeks to put him to death.

33 The Lord will not wabandon him to his power

or let him xbe condemned when he is brought to trial.

34 yWait for the Lord and keep his way,

and he will exalt you to inherit the land;

you will look on zwhen the wicked are cut off.

35 aI have seen a wicked, ruthless man,

spreading himself like ba green laurel tree.2

36 But he passed away,3 and behold, che was no more;

though I sought him, he could not be found.

37 Mark the blameless and behold the upright,

for there is a future for the man of dpeace.

38 But etransgressors shall be altogether destroyed;

the future of the wicked fshall be cut off.

39 gThe salvation of the righteous is from the Lord;

he is their stronghold in hthe time of trouble.

40 The Lord helps them and idelivers them;

jhe delivers them from the wicked and saves them,

because they ktake refuge in him.

• Psalm 36
• Psalm 37
• Psalm 38

Habakkuk 3:1-10 (Listen)

• Habakkuk 2
• Habakkuk 3
• Zephaniah 1

Habakkuk's Prayer

3 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth.

2 O Lord, xI have heard the report of you,

and yyour work, O Lord, do I fear.

In the midst of the years zrevive it;

in the midst of the years make it known;

ain wrath remember mercy.

3 God came from bTeman,

cand the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah

His splendor covered the heavens,

and the earth was full of his praise.

4 dHis brightness was like the light;

rays flashed from his hand;

and there he veiled his power.

5 eBefore him went pestilence,

and plague followed fat his heels.1

6 He stood gand measured the earth;

he looked and shook the nations;

then the heternal mountains iwere scattered;

the everlasting hills sank low.

His were jthe everlasting ways.

7 I saw the tents of kCushan in affliction;

lthe curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.

8 mWas your wrath against the rivers, O Lord?

Was your anger against the rivers,

mor your indignation against the sea,

nwhen you rode on your horses,

non your chariot of salvation?

9 You stripped the sheath from your bow,

calling for many arrows.2 Selah

pYou split the earth with rivers.

10 qThe mountains saw you and writhed;

the raging waters swept on;

rthe deep gave forth its voice;

sit lifted its hands on high.

Habakkuk 3:11-15 (Listen)

• Habakkuk 2
• Habakkuk 3
• Zephaniah 1

11 tThe sun and moon stood still in their place

uat the light of your arrows as they sped,

at the flash of your glittering spear.

12 vYou marched through the earth in fury;

wyou threshed the nations in anger.

13 vYou went out for the salvation of your people,

for the salvation of xyour anointed.

yYou crushed the head of the house of the wicked,

laying him bare from thigh to neck.1 Selah

14 You pierced with his own arrows the heads of his warriors,

who came like a whirlwind to scatter me,

rejoicing as if to devour the poor in secret.

15 zYou trampled the sea with your horses,

the surging of mighty waters.

Habakkuk 3:16-18 (Listen)

• Habakkuk 2
• Habakkuk 3
• Zephaniah 1

16 aI hear, and bmy body trembles;

my lips quiver at the sound;

crottenness enters into my bones;

my legs tremble beneath me.

Yet dI will quietly wait for the day of trouble

to come upon people who invade us.

Habakkuk Rejoices in the Lord

17 Though the fig tree should not blossom,

nor fruit be on the vines,

the produce of the olive fail

and the fields yield no food,

the flock be cut off from the fold

and there be no herd in the stalls,

18 eyet I will rejoice in the Lord;

fI will take joy in the God of my salvation.

Philippians 3:12-21 (Listen)

• Philippians 2
• Philippians 3
• Philippians 4

Straining Toward the Goal

12 Not that I have already lobtained this or mam already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. 13 Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: nforgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for othe prize of the upward pcall of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Let those of us who are qmature think this way, and if in anything ryou think otherwise, sGod will reveal that also to you. 16 Only tlet us hold true to what we have attained.

17 Brothers, ujoin in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk vaccording to the example you have in us. 18 For wmany, of whom I have often told you and now tell you xeven with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ. 19 yTheir end is destruction, ztheir god is their belly, and athey glory in their shame, with bminds set on earthly things. 20 But cour citizenship is in heaven, and dfrom it we eawait a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who will transform four lowly body gto be like his glorious body, hby the power that enables him even ito subject all things to himself.

John 17:1-8 (Listen)

• John 16
• John 17
• John 18

The High Priestly Prayer

17 When Jesus had spoken these words, mhe lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, nthe hour has come; oglorify your Son that the Son may pglorify you, 2 since qyou have given him authority over all flesh, rto give eternal life to all swhom you have given him. 3 tAnd this is eternal life, uthat they know you vthe only wtrue God, and xJesus Christ whom you have sent. 4 I yglorified you on earth, zhaving accomplished the work that you gave me to do. 5 And now, Father, aglorify me in your own presence with the glory bthat I had with you cbefore the world existed.

6 d“I have manifested your name to the people ewhom you gave me out of the world. fYours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. 7 Now they know that everything fthat you have given me is from you. 8 For I have given them gthe words that you gave me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that hI came from you; and ithey have believed that you sent me.