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SEPTEMBER 10
Declare His deeds among the peoples, And it will go to the silversmith for
Make mention that His name jewelry.
is exalted. 5 Take away the wicked from before the
5 Sing to the LORD, king,
For He has done excellent things; And his throne will be established in
This is known in all the earth. righteousness.
6 Cry out and shout, O inhabitant
of Zion, 2 Corinthians 2:1–17
For great is the Holy One of Israel in But I determined this within myself, that I
your midst!” 2 would not come again to you in sorrow.
2 For if I make you sorrowful, then who is he
Psalm 106:6–18
who makes me glad but the one who is made
6 We have sinned with our fathers, sorrowful by me?
We have committed iniquity,
We have done wickedly.
7 Our fathers in Egypt did not
understand Your wonders;
They did not remember the multitude 2:2 Although Paul was sensitive to the
of Your mercies, Corinthians’ pain and sadness from the past
But rebelled by the sea—the Red Sea. confrontation, because of his commitment to
purity he would confront them again if neces-
8 Nevertheless He saved them for His sary.“The one who is made sorrowful”refers to
name’s sake, one convicted by his sin. In particular, there
That He might make His mighty power was apparently on Paul’s last visit,a man in the
known. church who confronted him with the accusa-
9 He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it tions taken from the false teachers.The church
dried up; had not dealt with that man in Paul’s defense,
So He led them through the depths, and Paul was deeply grieved over that lack of
As through the wilderness. loyalty. The only thing that would bring Paul
10 He saved them from the hand of him joy would be repentance from such a one and
who hated them, any who agreed with him, and Paul had been
And redeemed them from the hand of waiting for it.
the enemy.
11 The waters covered their enemies;
There was not one of them left. 3
12 Then they believed His words; And I wrote this very thing to you, lest,
They sang His praise. when I came, I should have sorrow over those
from whom I ought to have joy, having confi-
13 They soon forgot His works; dence in you all that my joy is the joy of you all.
They did not wait for His counsel, 4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart
14 But lusted exceedingly in the I wrote to you, with many tears, not that you
wilderness, should be grieved, but that you might know
And tested God in the desert. the love which I have so abundantly for you.
15 And He gave them their request, 5 But if anyone has caused grief, he has not
But sent leanness into their soul. grieved me, but all of you to some extent—not
to be too severe. This punishment which was
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16 When they envied Moses in the camp,
And Aaron the saint of the LORD, inflicted by the majority is sufficient for such a
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17 The earth opened up and swallowed man, so that, on the contrary, you ought rather
Dathan, to forgive and comfort him, lest perhaps such
And covered the faction of Abiram. a one be swallowed up with too much sorrow.
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18 A fire was kindled in their company; Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love to
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The flame burned up the wicked. him. For to this end I also wrote, that I might
put you to the test, whether you are obedient
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Proverbs 25:3–5 in all things. Now whom you forgive any-
thing, I also forgive. For if indeed I have for-
3 As the heavens for height and the
earth for depth, given anything, I have forgiven that one for
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So the heart of kings is unsearchable. your sakes in the presence of Christ, lest Sa-
tan should take advantage of us; for we are not
4 Take away the dross from silver, ignorant of his devices.
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