JOSHUA 16

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The Allotment for Ephraim and Manasseh  16:1 The allotment of the people of Joseph went from the Jordan by Jericho, east of the waters of Jericho, into the wilderness, going up from Jericho into the hill country to Bethel. 2 Then going from Bethel to Luz, it passes along to Ataroth, the territory of the Archites. 3 Then it goes down westward to the territory of the Japhletites, as far as the territory of Lower Beth-horon, then to Gezer, and it ends at the sea.
    4 The people of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their inheritance.
    5 The territory of the people of Ephraim by their clans was as follows: the boundary of their inheritance on the east was Ataroth-addar as far as Upper Beth-horon, 6 and the boundary goes from there to the sea. On the north is Michmethath. Then on the east the boundary turns around toward Taanath-shiloh and passes along beyond it on the east to Janoah, 7 then it goes down from Janoah to Ataroth and to Naarah, and touches Jericho, ending at the Jordan. 8 From Tappuah the boundary goes westward to the brook Kanah and ends at the sea. Such is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Ephraim by their clans, 9 together with the towns that were set apart for the people of Ephraim within the inheritance of the Manassites, all those towns with their villages. 10 However, they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so the Canaanites have lived in the midst of Ephraim to this day but have been made to do forced labor.

PSALM 83

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O God, Do Not Keep SilenceA Song. A Psalm of Asaph.
83:1

O God, do not keep silence;

do not hold your peace or be still, O God! 2

For behold, your enemies make an uproar;

those who hate you have raised their heads. 3

They lay crafty plans against your people;

they consult together against your treasured ones. 4

They say, “Come, let us wipe them out as a nation;

let the name of Israel be remembered no more!” 5

For they conspire with one accord;

against you they make a covenant— 6

the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,

Moab and the Hagrites, 7

Gebal and Ammon and Amalek,

Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre; 8

Asshur also has joined them;

they are the strong arm of the children of Lot. Selah
9

Do to them as you did to Midian,

as to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon, 10

who were destroyed at En-dor,

who became dung for the ground. 11

Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,

all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna, 12

who said, “Let us take possession for ourselves

of the pastures of God.”
13

O my God, make them like whirling dust,

like chaff before the wind. 14

As fire consumes the forest,

as the flame sets the mountains ablaze, 15

so may you pursue them with your tempest

and terrify them with your hurricane! 16

Fill their faces with shame,

that they may seek your name, O Lord. 17

Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever;

let them perish in disgrace, 18

that they may know that you alone,

whose name is the Lord,

are the Most High over all the earth.

PSALM 84

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My Soul Longs for the Courts of the LordTo the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah.
84:1

How lovely is your dwelling place,

O Lord of hosts! 2

My soul longs, yes, faints

for the courts of the Lord;

my heart and flesh sing for joy

to the living God.
3

Even the sparrow finds a home,

and the swallow a nest for herself,

where she may lay her young,

at your altars, O Lord of hosts,

my King and my God. 4

Blessed are those who dwell in your house,

ever singing your praise! Selah
5

Blessed are those whose strength is in you,

in whose heart are the highways to Zion. 6

As they go through the Valley of Baca

they make it a place of springs;

the early rain also covers it with pools. 7

They go from strength to strength;

each one appears before God in Zion.
8

O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;

give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah 9

Behold our shield, O God;

look on the face of your anointed!
10

For a day in your courts is better

than a thousand elsewhere.

I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God

than dwell in the tents of wickedness. 11

For the Lord God is a sun and shield;

the Lord bestows favor and honor.

No good thing does he withhold

from those who walk uprightly. 12

O Lord of hosts,

blessed is the one who trusts in you!

PROVERBS 24

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24:1

Be not envious of evil men,

nor desire to be with them, 2

for their hearts devise violence,

and their lips talk of trouble.
3

By wisdom a house is built,

and by understanding it is established; 4

by knowledge the rooms are filled

with all precious and pleasant riches. 5

A wise man is full of strength,

and a man of knowledge enhances his might, 6

for by wise guidance you can wage your war,

and in abundance of counselors there is victory. 7

Wisdom is too high for a fool;

in the gate he does not open his mouth.
8

Whoever plans to do evil

will be called a schemer. 9

The devising of folly is sin,

and the scoffer is an abomination to mankind.
10

If you faint in the day of adversity,

your strength is small. 11

Rescue those who are being taken away to death;

hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter. 12

If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,”

does not he who weighs the heart perceive it?

Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it,

and will he not repay man according to his work?
13

My son, eat honey, for it is good,

and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste. 14

Know that wisdom is such to your soul;

if you find it, there will be a future,

and your hope will not be cut off.
15

Lie not in wait as a wicked man against the dwelling of the righteous;

do no violence to his home; 16

for the righteous falls seven times and rises again,

but the wicked stumble in times of calamity.
17

Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,

and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles, 18

lest the Lord see it and be displeased,

and turn away his anger from him.
19

Fret not yourself because of evildoers,

and be not envious of the wicked, 20

for the evil man has no future;

the lamp of the wicked will be put out.
21

My son, fear the Lord and the king,

and do not join with those who do otherwise, 22

for disaster will arise suddenly from them,

and who knows the ruin that will come from them both? More Sayings of the Wise23 These also are sayings of the wise.

Partiality in judging is not good. 24

Whoever says to the wicked, “You are in the right,”

will be cursed by peoples, abhorred by nations, 25

but those who rebuke the wicked will have delight,

and a good blessing will come upon them. 26

Whoever gives an honest answer

kisses the lips.
27

Prepare your work outside;

get everything ready for yourself in the field,

and after that build your house.
28

Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause,

and do not deceive with your lips. 29

Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me;

I will pay the man back for what he has done.”
30

I passed by the field of a sluggard,

by the vineyard of a man lacking sense, 31

and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns;

the ground was covered with nettles,

and its stone wall was broken down. 32

Then I saw and considered it;

I looked and received instruction. 33

A little sleep, a little slumber,

a little folding of the hands to rest, 34

and poverty will come upon you like a robber,

and want like an armed man.