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Psalm 1 - NIV: Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the LORD, and who meditates on his law day and night. The same identification is given in the text of the NKJV but a footnote reads 'or, a son of the gods,' and both NIV and NASV actually have the latter reading in their texts. In four different places in 1 and 2 Kings, 'sodomites' is changed to 'perverted persons.' The NKJV does not deserve its respected name. It is a perverted version. 1 John 4:7-10 New International Version (NIV) God’s Love and Ours. 7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 10 This is love: not.
Psalm 7a
A shiggaionb of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning Cush, a Benjamite.
1Lord my God, I take refuge in you;
save and deliver me from all who pursue me,
2or they will tear me apart like a lion
and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
3Lord my God, if I have done this
and there is guilt on my hands—
4if I have repaid my ally with evil
or without cause have robbed my foe—
5then let my enemy pursue and overtake me;
let him trample my life to the ground
and make me sleep in the dust.c
6Arise, Lord, in your anger;
rise up against the rage of my enemies.
Awake, my God; decree justice.
7Let the assembled peoples gather around you,
while you sit enthroned over them on high.
8Let the Lord judge the peoples.
Vindicate me, Lord, according to my righteousness,
according to my integrity, O Most High.
9Bring to an end the violence of the wicked
and make the righteous secure—
you, the righteous God
who probes minds and hearts.
10My shieldd is God Most High,
who saves the upright in heart.
11God is a righteous judge,
a God who displays his wrath every day.
12If he does not relent,
hee will sharpen his sword;
he will bend and string his bow.
13He has prepared his deadly weapons;
he makes ready his flaming arrows.
14Whoever is pregnant with evil
conceives trouble and gives birth to disillusionment.
15Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out
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falls into the pit they have made.
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16The trouble they cause recoils on them;
their violence comes down on their own heads.
17I will give thanks to the Lord because of his righteousness;
I will sing the praises of the name of the Lord Most High.
Footnotes:a1In Hebrew texts 7:1-17 is numbered 7:2-18.
b1Title: Probably a literary or musical term
c5The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.
d10Or sovereign
e12Or If anyone does not repent,
God
1 Peter 4:7, ESV: 'The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers.'
1 Peter 4:7, KJV: 'But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.'
1 Peter 4:7, NASB: 'The end of all things is near; therefore, be of sound judgment and sober spirit for the purpose of prayer.'
1 Peter 4:7, NLT: 'The end of the world is coming soon. Therefore, be earnest and disciplined in your prayers.'
1 Peter 4:7, CSB: 'The end of all things is near; therefore, be alert and sober-minded for prayer.'
More specifically, Peter writes that the end of all things is near, or 'draws near.' Everything necessary for history to come to an end has already happened. Messiah has come, lived, died (1 Peter 3:18), been resurrected (1 Peter 3:21), and ascended back to His Father where He reigns now over the universe (1 Peter 3:22) and is ready right now to judge all who live and have ever lived (1 Peter 4:5). Along with the other New Testament writers, Peter affirms that we are now living in the last days or end times. True, by God's grace, it has been 2,000 years since Peter wrote these words (2 Peter 3:9). That span seems extremely long to short-lived humans (2 Peter 3:3–4), but the day continues to draw ever nearer. So, what is the right response to this awareness that the end of all things is near? Panic? Isolation? Indulgence in pleasure-seeking? Peter's answer is that the most rational response is to pray. And, that prayer requires strong and clear minds. This is yet another reason not to jump into the mindless pleasure-seeking described in prior verses. Instead, Peter writes, we must be self-controlled, or alert, or exercising sound judgment about our choices. And we should be sober-minded. In this context, 'sober' means 'serious.' In other words, we should be careful about how we live. Our choices impact our ability to think clearly. It is better to be self-controlled, so that we can pray.
How necessary is prayer for Christians? It is crucial. How concerned are we about keeping our minds nimble and focused for the purpose of praying? That's a harder question. What, if anything, is keeping us from thinking clearly and praying faithfully?
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