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NOVEMBER 3
17 The LORD has done what He purposed; Psalm 119:137–144
He has fulfilled His word TSADDE
Which He commanded in days of old. S
137 Righteous are You, O LORD,
He has thrown down and has not
pitied, And upright are Your judgments.
138 Your testimonies, which You have
And He has caused an enemy
to rejoice over you; commanded,
He has exalted the horn of your Are righteous and very faithful.
139 My zeal has consumed me,
adversaries.
Because my enemies have forgotten
18 Their heart cried out to the Lord, Your words.
“O wall of the daughter of Zion, 140 Your word is very pure;
Let tears run down like a river day Therefore Your servant loves it.
and night; 141 I am small and despised,
Give yourself no relief; Yet I do not forget Your precepts.
Give your eyes no rest. 142 Your righteousness is an everlasting
righteousness,
19 “Arise, cry out in the night,
At the beginning of the watches; And Your law is truth.
143 Trouble and anguish have overtaken
Pour out your heart like water before
the face of the Lord. me,
Lift your hands toward Him Yet Your commandments are my
For the life of your young children, delights.
144 The righteousness of Your testimonies
Who faint from hunger at the head
of every street.” is everlasting;
Give me understanding, and I shall live.
20 “See, O LORD, and consider!
To whom have You done this? Proverbs 28:9–10
Should the women eat their offspring, 9 One who turns away his ear from
The children they have cuddled? hearing the law,
Should the priest and prophet be slain Even his prayer is an abomination.
In the sanctuary of the Lord?
10 Whoever causes the upright to go
astray in an evil way,
He himself will fall into his own pit;
But the blameless will inherit good.
2:20 See, O LORD, and consider! The chapter
closes by placing the issue before God. Titus 3:1–15
women eat their offspring. Hunger became Remind them to be subject to rulers and
so desperate in the 18-month siege that 3 authorities, to obey, to be ready for every
women resorted to the unbelievable—even good work, to speak evil of no one, to be
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eating their children (4:10; Lev. 26:29; Deut. peaceable, gentle, showing all humility to all
28:53,56,57; Jer. 19:9).
men. For we ourselves were also once foolish,
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disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts
and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hate-
21 “Young and old lie
On the ground in the streets;
My virgins and my young men
Have fallen by the sword; 3:1–11 In his closing remarks,Paul admonished
You have slain them in the day of Your Titus to remind believers under his care of their
anger, attitudes toward:1) the unsaved rulers (v.1) and
You have slaughtered and not pitied. people in general (v.2);2) their previous state as
“You have invited as to a feast day
22 unbelievers lost in sin (v. 3); 3) of their gracious
The terrors that surround me. salvation through Jesus Christ (vv. 4–7); 4) of
their righteous testimony to the unsaved world
In the day of the LORD’s anger (v. 8); 5) and of their responsibility to oppose
There was no refugee or survivor. false teachers and factious members within the
Those whom I have borne and church (vv.9–11).All of these matters are essen-
brought up tial to effective evangelism.
My enemies have destroyed.”

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