Day 189 The Bible in a Year (Orthodox canon)

Psalm 45 (46)

1 For the end, for the sons of Core; a Psalm concerning secret things. 2 God is our refuge and strength, a help in the afflictions that have come heavily upon us. 3 Therefore will we not fear when the earth is troubled, and the mountains are removed into the depths of the seas. 4 Their waters have roared and been troubled, the mountains have been troubled by his might. Pause. 5 The flowings of the river gladden the city of God: the Most High has sanctified his tabernacle. 6 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her with his countenance. 7 The nations were troubled, the kingdoms tottered: he uttered his voice, the earth shook. 8 The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our helper. Pause. 9 Come, and behold the works of the Lord, what wonders he has achieved on the earth. 10 Putting an end to wars as for the ends of the earth; he will crush the bow, and break in pieces the weapon, and burn the bucklers with fire. 11 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth. 12 The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our helper.

Psalm 46 (47)

1 For the end, a Psalm for the sons of Core. 2 Clap your hands, all ye nations; shout to God with a voice of exultation. 3 For the Lord most high is terrible; [he is] a great king over all the earth. 4 He has subdued the peoples under us, and the nations under our feet. 5 He has chosen out his inheritance for us, the beauty of Jacob which he loved. Pause. 6 God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with a sound of a trumpet. 7 Sing praises to our God, sing praises: sing praises to our King, sing praises. 8 For God is king of all the earth: sing praises with understanding. 9 God reigns over the nations: God sits upon the throne of his holiness. 10 The rulers of the people are assembled with the God of Abraam: for God's mighty ones of the earth have been greatly exalted.

Psalm 47 (48)

1 A Psalm of praise for the sons of Core on the second [day] of the week. 2 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in his holy mountain. 3 The city of the great King is well planted [on] the mountains of Sion, with the joy of the whole earth, [on] the sides of the north. 4 God is known in her palaces, when he undertakes to help her. 5 For, behold, the kings of the earth were assembled, they came together. 6 They saw, and so they wondered: they were troubled, they were moved. 7 Trembling took hold on them: there were the pangs as of a woman in travail. 8 Thou wilt break the ships of Tharsis with a vehement wind. 9 As we have heard, so have we also seen, in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God has founded it for ever. Pause. 10 We have thought of thy mercy, O God, in the midst of thy people. 11 According to thy name, O God, so is also thy praise to the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness. 12 Let mount Sion rejoice, let the daughters of Judæa exult, because of thy judgments, O Lord. 13 Go round about Sion, and encompass her: tell ye her towers. 14 Mark ye well her strength, and observe her palaces; that ye may tell the next generation. 15 For this is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide for evermore.

1 John 5

1 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God. Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him. 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his commandments. 3 For this is loving God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous. 4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith. 5 Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? 6 This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. 7 For there are three who testify: 8 the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and the three agree as one. 9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is God’s testimony which he has testified concerning his Son. 10 He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who doesn’t believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given concerning his Son. 11 The testimony is this: that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He who has the Son has the life. He who doesn’t have God’s Son doesn’t have the life. 13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God. 14 This is the boldness which we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us. 15 And if we know that he listens to us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him. 16 If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for those who sin not leading to death. There is sin leading to death. I don’t say that he should make a request concerning this. 17 All unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not leading to death. 18 We know that whoever is born of God doesn’t sin, but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn’t touch him. 19 We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one. 20 We know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life. 21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols.