31This God—his way is perfect;the word of the LORD proves true;he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.
32“For who is God, but the LORD?And who is a rock, except our God?33This God is my strong refugeand has made my way blameless.34He made my feet like the feet of a deerand set me secure on the heights.35He trains my hands for war,so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.36You have given me the shield of your salvation,and your gentleness made me great.37You gave a wide place for my steps under me,and my feet did not slip;38I pursued my enemies and destroyed them,and did not turn back until they were consumed.39I consumed them; I thrust them through, so that they did not rise;they fell under my feet.40For you equipped me with strength for the battle;you made those who rise against me sink under me.41You made my enemies turn their backs to me,those who hated me, and I destroyed them.42They looked, but there was none to save;they cried to the LORD, but he did not answer them.43I beat them fine as the dust of the earth;I crushed them and stamped them down like the mire of the streets.
44“You delivered me from strife with my people;you kept me as the head of the nations;people whom I had not known served me.45Foreigners came cringing to me;as soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me.46Foreigners lost heartand came trembling out of their fortresses.
47“The LORD lives, and blessed be my rock,and exalted be my God, the rock of my salvation,48the God who gave me vengeanceand brought down peoples under me,49who brought me out from my enemies;you exalted me above those who rose against me;you delivered me from men of violence.
50“For this I will praise you, O LORD, among the nations,and sing praises to your name.51Great salvation he brings to his king,and shows steadfast love to his anointed,to David and his offspring forever.”
23:1Now these are the last words of David:
The oracle of David, the son of Jesse,the oracle of the man who was raised on high,the anointed of the God of Jacob,the sweet psalmist of Israel:
2“The Spirit of the LORD speaks by me;his word is on my tongue.3The God of Israel has spoken;the Rock of Israel has said to me:When one rules justly over men,ruling in the fear of God,4he dawns on them like the morning light,like the sun shining forth on a cloudless morning,like rain that makes grass to sprout from the earth.
5“For does not my house stand so with God?For he has made with me an everlasting covenant,ordered in all things and secure.For will he not cause to prosperall my help and my desire?6But worthless men are all like thorns that are thrown away,for they cannot be taken with the hand;7but the man who touches themarms himself with iron and the shaft of a spear,and they are utterly consumed with fire.”
8These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth a Tahchemonite; he was chief of the three. He wielded his spear against eight hundred whom he killed at one time. 9And next to him among the three mighty men was Eleazar the son of Dodo, son of Ahohi. He was with David when they defied the Philistines who were gathered there for battle, and the men of Israel withdrew. 10He rose and struck down the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clung to the sword. And the LORD brought about a great victory that day, and the men returned after him only to strip the slain. 11And next to him was Shammah, the son of Agee the Hararite. The Philistines gathered together at Lehi, where there was a plot of ground full of lentils, and the men fled from the Philistines. 12But he took his stand in the midst of the plot and defended it and struck down the Philistines, and the LORD worked a great victory. 13And three of the thirty chief men went down and came about harvest time to David at the cave of Adullam, when a band of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim. 14David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then at Bethlehem. 15And David said longingly, “Oh, that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem that is by the gate!” 16Then the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate and carried and brought it to David. But he would not drink of it. He poured it out to the LORD 17and said, “Far be it from me, O LORD, that I should do this. Shall I drink the blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives?” Therefore he would not drink it. These things the three mighty men did. 18Now Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the thirty. And he wielded his spear against three hundred men and killed them and won a name beside the three. 19He was the most renowned of the thirty and became their commander, but he did not attain to the three. 20And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was a valiant man of Kabzeel, a doer of great deeds. He struck down two ariels of Moab. He also went down and struck down a lion in a pit on a day when snow had fallen. 21And he struck down an Egyptian, a handsome man. The Egyptian had a spear in his hand, but Benaiah went down to him with a staff and snatched the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear. 22These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and won a name beside the three mighty men. 23He was renowned among the thirty, but he did not attain to the three. And David set him over his bodyguard. 24Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, 25Shammah of Harod, Elika of Harod, 26Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh of Tekoa, 27Abiezer of Anathoth, Mebunnai the Hushathite, 28Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai of Netophah, 29Heleb the son of Baanah of Netophah, Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the people of Benjamin, 30Benaiah of Pirathon, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash, 31Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth of Bahurim, 32Eliahba the Shaalbonite, the sons of Jashen, Jonathan, 33Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite, 34Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai of Maacah, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite, 35Hezro of Carmel, Paarai the Arbite, 36Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite, 37Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai of Beeroth, the armor-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah, 38Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, 39Uriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in all. 24:1Again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, “Go, number Israel and Judah.” 2So the king said to Joab, the commander of the army, who was with him, “Go through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and number the people, that I may know the number of the people.” 3But Joab said to the king, “May the LORD your God add to the people a hundred times as many as they are, while the eyes of my lord the king still see it, but why does my lord the king delight in this thing?” 4But the king’s word prevailed against Joab and the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army went out from the presence of the king to number the people of Israel. 5They crossed the Jordan and began from Aroer, and from the city that is in the middle of the valley, toward Gad and on to Jazer. 6Then they came to Gilead, and to Kadesh in the land of the Hittites; and they came to Dan, and from Dan they went around to Sidon, 7and came to the fortress of Tyre and to all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites; and they went out to the Negeb of Judah at Beersheba. 8So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days. 9And Joab gave the sum of the numbering of the people to the king: in Israel there were 800,000 valiant men who drew the sword, and the men of Judah were 500,000. 10But David’s heart struck him after he had numbered the people. And David said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, O LORD, please take away the iniquity of your servant, for I have done very foolishly.” 11And when David arose in the morning, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying, 12“Go and say to David, ‘Thus says the LORD, Three things I offer you. Choose one of them, that I may do it to you.’” 13So Gad came to David and told him, and said to him, “Shall three years of famine come to you in your land? Or will you flee three months before your foes while they pursue you? Or shall there be three days’ pestilence in your land? Now consider, and decide what answer I shall return to him who sent me.” 14Then David said to Gad, “I am in great distress. Let us fall into the hand of the LORD, for his mercy is great; but let me not fall into the hand of man.” 15So the LORD sent a pestilence on Israel from the morning until the appointed time. And there died of the people from Dan to Beersheba 70,000 men. 16And when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was working destruction among the people, “It is enough; now stay your hand.” And the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. 17Then David spoke to the LORD when he saw the angel who was striking the people, and said, “Behold, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand be against me and against my father’s house.” 18And Gad came that day to David and said to him, “Go up, raise an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.” 19So David went up at Gad’s word, as the LORD commanded. 20And when Araunah looked down, he saw the king and his servants coming on toward him. And Araunah went out and paid homage to the king with his face to the ground. 21And Araunah said, “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” David said, “To buy the threshing floor from you, in order to build an altar to the LORD, that the plague may be averted from the people.” 22Then Araunah said to David, “Let my lord the king take and offer up what seems good to him. Here are the oxen for the burnt offering and the threshing sledges and the yokes of the oxen for the wood. 23All this, O king, Araunah gives to the king.” And Araunah said to the king, “May the LORD your God accept you.” 24But the king said to Araunah, “No, but I will buy it from you for a price. I will not offer burnt offerings to the LORD my God that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. 25And David built there an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD responded to the plea for the land, and the plague was averted from Israel. 26Then they sailed to the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee. 27When Jesus had stepped out on land, there met him a man from the city who had demons. For a long time he had worn no clothes, and he had not lived in a house but among the tombs. 28When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before him and said with a loud voice, “What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me.” 29For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For many a time it had seized him. He was kept under guard and bound with chains and shackles, but he would break the bonds and be driven by the demon into the desert.) 30Jesus then asked him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Legion,” for many demons had entered him. 31And they begged him not to command them to depart into the abyss. 32Now a large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside, and they begged him to let them enter these. So he gave them permission. 33Then the demons came out of the man and entered the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and drowned. 34When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they fled and told it in the city and in the country. 35Then people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid. 36And those who had seen it told them how the demon-possessed man had been healed. 37Then all the people of the surrounding country of the Gerasenes asked him to depart from them, for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and returned. 38The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying, 39“Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you.” And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.
140:1Deliver me, O LORD, from evil men;preserve me from violent men,2who plan evil things in their heartand stir up wars continually.3They make their tongue sharp as a serpent’s,and under their lips is the venom of asps. Selah
4Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked;preserve me from violent men,who have planned to trip up my feet.5The arrogant have hidden a trap for me,and with cords they have spread a net;beside the way they have set snares for me. Selah
6I say to the LORD, You are my God;give ear to the voice of my pleas for mercy, O LORD!7O LORD, my Lord, the strength of my salvation,you have covered my head in the day of battle.8Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked;do not further their evil plot, or they will be exalted! Selah
9As for the head of those who surround me,let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!10Let burning coals fall upon them!Let them be cast into fire,into miry pits, no more to rise!11Let not the slanderer be established in the land;let evil hunt down the violent man speedily!
12I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted,and will execute justice for the needy.13Surely the righteous shall give thanks to your name;the upright shall dwell in your presence.
21Death and life are in the power of the tongue,and those who love it will eat its fruits.22He who finds a wife finds a good thingand obtains favor from the LORD.2 Samuel 22:31–24:25
Luke 8:26–39
Psalm 140
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
Proverbs 18:21–22
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