One Year Bible.

O God, Be Not Silent

¹A song. A Psalm of Asaph.

O God, be not silent; be not speechless;

be not still, O God.

²See how Your enemies rage,

how Your foes have reared their heads.

³With cunning they scheme against Your people

and conspire against those You cherish,

⁴saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation;

may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”

⁵For with one mind they plot together;

they form an alliance against You—

⁶the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,

of Moab and the Hagrites,

⁷of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek,

of Philistia with the people of Tyre.

⁸Even Assyria has joined them,

lending strength to the sons of Lot.

Selah

⁹Do to them as You did to Midian,

as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,

¹⁰who perished at Endor

and became like dung on the ground.

¹¹Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,

and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,

¹²who said, “Let us possess for ourselves

the pastures of God.”

¹³Make them like tumbleweed, O my God,

like chaff before the wind.

¹⁴As fire consumes a forest,

as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,

¹⁵so pursue them with Your tempest,

and terrify them with Your storm.

¹⁶Cover their faces with shame,

that they may seek Your name, O LORD.

¹⁷May they be ever ashamed and terrified;

may they perish in disgrace.

¹⁸May they know that You alone,

whose name is the LORD,

are Most High over all the earth.

A Call to Prayer

¹First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone— ²for kings and all those in authority— so that we may lead tranquil and quiet lives in all godliness and dignity. ³This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, ⁴who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

⁵For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, ⁶who gave Himself as a ransom for all — the testimony that was given at just the right time.

⁷For this reason I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the Gentiles. I am telling the truth; I am not lying about anything. ⁸Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.

Instructions to Women

⁹Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, ¹⁰but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess to worship God.

¹¹A woman must learn in quietness and full submissiveness. ¹²I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet. ¹³For Adam was formed first, and then Eve. ¹⁴And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was deceived and fell into transgression. ¹⁵Women, however, will be saved through childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.

I Have Stilled My Soul

¹A song of ascents. Of David.

My heart is not proud, O LORD,

my eyes are not haughty.

I do not aspire to great things

or matters too lofty for me.

²Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul;

like a weaned child with his mother,

like a weaned child is my soul within me.

³O Israel, put your hope in the LORD,

both now and forevermore.