Friday, December 12, 2014

Advent - Week 2 - Peace - Isaiah 7:10-17 and Psalm 16

ISAIAH 7:10–17

10Again the LORD spoke to Ahaz, saying, 11Ask a sign of the LORD your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven. 12But Ahaz said, I will not ask, and I will not put the LORD to the test.13Then Isaiah said: "Hear then, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary mortals, that you weary my God also? 14Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Look, the young woman is with child and shall bear a son, and shall name him Immanuel. 15He shall eat curds and honey by the time he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good. 16For before the child knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land before whose two kings you are in dread will be deserted. 17The LORD will bring on you and on your people and on your ancestral house such days as have not come since the day that Ephraim departed from Judah - the king of Assyria."


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PSALM 16

1   Protect me, O God, for in you I take refuge. 
2   I say to the LORD, “You are my Lord; 
          I have no good apart from you.”


3   As for the holy ones in the land, they are the noble, 
          in whom is all my delight.


4   Those who choose another god multiply their sorrows; 
          their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out 
          or take their names upon my lips.


5   The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; 
          you hold my lot. 
6   The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; 
          I have a goodly heritage.


7   I bless the LORD who gives me counsel; 
          in the night also my heart instructs me. 
8   I keep the LORD always before me; 
          because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.


9   Therefore my heart is glad, and my soul rejoices; 
          my body also rests secure. 
10  For you do not give me up to Sheol, 
          or let your faithful one see the Pit.


11  You show me the path of life. 
          In your presence there is fullness of joy; 
          in your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

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