LEVITICUS 15

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Laws About Bodily Discharges  15:1 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 2 “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When any man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean. 3 And this is the law of his uncleanness for a discharge: whether his body runs with his discharge, or his body is blocked up by his discharge, it is his uncleanness. 4 Every bed on which the one with the discharge lies shall be unclean, and everything on which he sits shall be unclean. 5 And anyone who touches his bed shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening. 6 And whoever sits on anything on which the one with the discharge has sat shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening. 7 And whoever touches the body of the one with the discharge shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening. 8 And if the one with the discharge spits on someone who is clean, then he shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening. 9 And any saddle on which the one with the discharge rides shall be unclean. 10 And whoever touches anything that was under him shall be unclean until the evening. And whoever carries such things shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening. 11 Anyone whom the one with the discharge touches without having rinsed his hands in water shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening. 12 And an earthenware vessel that the one with the discharge touches shall be broken, and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
    13 “And when the one with a discharge is cleansed of his discharge, then he shall count for himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes. And he shall bathe his body in fresh water and shall be clean. 14 And on the eighth day he shall take two turtledoves or two pigeons and come before the Lord to the entrance of the tent of meeting and give them to the priest. 15 And the priest shall use them, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. And the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord for his discharge.
    16 “If a man has an emission of semen, he shall bathe his whole body in water and be unclean until the evening. 17 And every garment and every skin on which the semen comes shall be washed with water and be unclean until the evening. 18 If a man lies with a woman and has an emission of semen, both of them shall bathe themselves in water and be unclean until the evening.
    19 “When a woman has a discharge, and the discharge in her body is blood, she shall be in her menstrual impurity for seven days, and whoever touches her shall be unclean until the evening. 20 And everything on which she lies during her menstrual impurity shall be unclean. Everything also on which she sits shall be unclean. 21 And whoever touches her bed shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening. 22 And whoever touches anything on which she sits shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening. 23 Whether it is the bed or anything on which she sits, when he touches it he shall be unclean until the evening. 24 And if any man lies with her and her menstrual impurity comes upon him, he shall be unclean seven days, and every bed on which he lies shall be unclean.
    25 “If a woman has a discharge of blood for many days, not at the time of her menstrual impurity, or if she has a discharge beyond the time of her impurity, all the days of the discharge she shall continue in uncleanness. As in the days of her impurity, she shall be unclean. 26 Every bed on which she lies, all the days of her discharge, shall be to her as the bed of her impurity. And everything on which she sits shall be unclean, as in the uncleanness of her menstrual impurity. 27 And whoever touches these things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening. 28 But if she is cleansed of her discharge, she shall count for herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean. 29 And on the eighth day she shall take two turtledoves or two pigeons and bring them to the priest, to the entrance of the tent of meeting. 30 And the priest shall use one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. And the priest shall make atonement for her before the Lord for her unclean discharge.
    31 “Thus you shall keep the people of Israel separate from their uncleanness, lest they die in their uncleanness by defiling my tabernacle that is in their midst.”
    32 This is the law for him who has a discharge and for him who has an emission of semen, becoming unclean thereby; 33 also for her who is unwell with her menstrual impurity, that is, for anyone, male or female, who has a discharge, and for the man who lies with a woman who is unclean.

PSALM 44

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Come to Our HelpTo the choirmaster. A Maskil of the Sons of Korah.
44:1

O God, we have heard with our ears,

our fathers have told us,

what deeds you performed in their days,

in the days of old: 2

you with your own hand drove out the nations,

but them you planted;

you afflicted the peoples,

but them you set free; 3

for not by their own sword did they win the land,

nor did their own arm save them,

but your right hand and your arm,

and the light of your face,

for you delighted in them.
4

You are my King, O God;

ordain salvation for Jacob! 5

Through you we push down our foes;

through your name we tread down those who rise up against us. 6

For not in my bow do I trust,

nor can my sword save me. 7

But you have saved us from our foes

and have put to shame those who hate us. 8

In God we have boasted continually,

and we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah
9

But you have rejected us and disgraced us

and have not gone out with our armies. 10

You have made us turn back from the foe,

and those who hate us have gotten spoil. 11

You have made us like sheep for slaughter

and have scattered us among the nations. 12

You have sold your people for a trifle,

demanding no high price for them. 13

You have made us the taunt of our neighbors,

the derision and scorn of those around us. 14

You have made us a byword among the nations,

a laughingstock among the peoples. 15

All day long my disgrace is before me,

and shame has covered my face 16

at the sound of the taunter and reviler,

at the sight of the enemy and the avenger.
17

All this has come upon us,

though we have not forgotten you,

and we have not been false to your covenant. 18

Our heart has not turned back,

nor have our steps departed from your way; 19

yet you have broken us in the place of jackals

and covered us with the shadow of death. 20

If we had forgotten the name of our God

or spread out our hands to a foreign god, 21

would not God discover this?

For he knows the secrets of the heart. 22

Yet for your sake we are killed all the day long;

we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.
23

Awake! Why are you sleeping, O Lord?

Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever! 24

Why do you hide your face?

Why do you forget our affliction and oppression? 25

For our soul is bowed down to the dust;

our belly clings to the ground. 26

Rise up; come to our help!

Redeem us for the sake of your steadfast love!

PSALM 45

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Your Throne, O God, Is ForeverTo the choirmaster: according to Lilies. A Maskil of the Sons of Korah; a love song.
45:1

My heart overflows with a pleasing theme;

I address my verses to the king;

my tongue is like the pen of a ready scribe.
2

You are the most handsome of the sons of men;

grace is poured upon your lips;

therefore God has blessed you forever. 3

Gird your sword on your thigh, O mighty one,

in your splendor and majesty!
4

In your majesty ride out victoriously

for the cause of truth and meekness and righteousness;

let your right hand teach you awesome deeds! 5

Your arrows are sharp

in the heart of the king’s enemies;

the peoples fall under you.
6

Your throne, O God, is forever and ever.

The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of uprightness; 7

you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness.

Therefore God, your God, has anointed you

with the oil of gladness beyond your companions; 8

your robes are all fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia.

From ivory palaces stringed instruments make you glad; 9

daughters of kings are among your ladies of honor;

at your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir.
10

Hear, O daughter, and consider, and incline your ear:

forget your people and your father’s house, 11

and the king will desire your beauty.

Since he is your lord, bow to him. 12

The people of Tyre will seek your favor with gifts,

the richest of the people.
13

All glorious is the princess in her chamber, with robes interwoven with gold. 14

In many-colored robes she is led to the king,

with her virgin companions following behind her. 15

With joy and gladness they are led along

as they enter the palace of the king.
16

In place of your fathers shall be your sons;

you will make them princes in all the earth. 17

I will cause your name to be remembered in all generations;

therefore nations will praise you forever and ever.

PROVERBS 17

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17:1

Better is a dry morsel with quiet

than a house full of feasting with strife. 2

A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully

and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers. 3

The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold,

and the Lord tests hearts. 4

An evildoer listens to wicked lips,

and a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue. 5

Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker;

he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished. 6

Grandchildren are the crown of the aged,

and the glory of children is their fathers. 7

Fine speech is not becoming to a fool;

still less is false speech to a prince. 8

A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of the one who gives it;

wherever he turns he prospers. 9

Whoever covers an offense seeks love,

but he who repeats a matter separates close friends. 10

A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding

than a hundred blows into a fool. 11

An evil man seeks only rebellion,

and a cruel messenger will be sent against him. 12

Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs

rather than a fool in his folly. 13

If anyone returns evil for good,

evil will not depart from his house. 14

The beginning of strife is like letting out water,

so quit before the quarrel breaks out. 15

He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous

are both alike an abomination to the Lord. 16

Why should a fool have money in his hand to buy wisdom

when he has no sense? 17

A friend loves at all times,

and a brother is born for adversity. 18

One who lacks sense gives a pledge

and puts up security in the presence of his neighbor. 19

Whoever loves transgression loves strife;

he who makes his door high seeks destruction. 20

A man of crooked heart does not discover good,

and one with a dishonest tongue falls into calamity. 21

He who sires a fool gets himself sorrow,

and the father of a fool has no joy. 22

A joyful heart is good medicine,

but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. 23

The wicked accepts a bribe in secret

to pervert the ways of justice. 24

The discerning sets his face toward wisdom,

but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth. 25

A foolish son is a grief to his father

and bitterness to her who bore him. 26

To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good,

nor to strike the noble for their uprightness. 27

Whoever restrains his words has knowledge,

and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding. 28

Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise;

when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.