March 7: Deuteronomy 1:32–33; Deuteronomy 32:11–12; 2 Chronicles 32:8; Psalm 1:6; Psalm 34:19; Psalm 37:23–24; Proverbs 2:8; Zephaniah 3:17; Romans 8:28; Isaiah 53:5–6; Isaiah 53:8; Isaiah 53:10; Matthew 27:46; Romans 4:24–25; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Galatians 3:13; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 Peter 3:18

Morning:

Deuteronomy 1:32–33; Deuteronomy 32:11–12; 2 Chronicles 32:8; Psalm 1:6; Psalm 34:19; Psalm 37:23–24; Proverbs 2:8; Zephaniah 3:17; Romans 8:28

Watching over the way of his saints.

The Lord your God… went before you in the way to seek you out a place to pitch your tents, in fire by night and in the cloud by day, to show you by what way you should go.—Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that flutters over its young, spreading out its wings, catching them, bearing them on its pinions, the Lord alone guided him.—The steps of a man are established by the Lord, when he delights in his way; though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the Lord upholds his hand.—Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.—For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.—And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.—“With us is the Lord our God, to help us and to fight our battles.”

The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness.

Deuteronomy 1:32–33 (Listen)

32 Yet in spite of this word you did not believe the LORD your God, 33 who went before you in the way to seek you out a place to pitch your tents, in fire by night and in the cloud by day, to show you by what way you should go.

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Deuteronomy 32:11–12 (Listen)

11   Like an eagle that stirs up its nest,
    that flutters over its young,
  spreading out its wings, catching them,
    bearing them on its pinions,
12   the LORD alone guided him,
    no foreign god was with him.

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2 Chronicles 32:8 (Listen)

8 With him is an arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God, to help us and to fight our battles.” And the people took confidence from the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

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Psalm 1:6 (Listen)

6   for the LORD knows the way of the righteous,
    but the way of the wicked will perish.

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Psalm 34:19 (Listen)

19   Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
    but the LORD delivers him out of them all.

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Psalm 37:23–24 (Listen)

23   The steps of a man are established by the LORD,
    when he delights in his way;
24   though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong,
    for the LORD upholds his hand.

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Proverbs 2:8 (Listen)

8   guarding the paths of justice
    and watching over the way of his saints.

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Zephaniah 3:17 (Listen)

17   The LORD your God is in your midst,
    a mighty one who will save;
  he will rejoice over you with gladness;
    he will quiet you by his love;
  he will exult over you with loud singing.

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Romans 8:28 (Listen)

28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good,1 for those who are called according to his purpose.

Footnotes

[1] 8:28 Some manuscripts God works all things together for good, or God works in all things for the good

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Evening:

Isaiah 53:5–6; Isaiah 53:8; Isaiah 53:10; Matthew 27:46; Romans 4:24–25; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Galatians 3:13; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 Peter 3:18

“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace… and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all…. stricken for the transgression of my people…. Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him; he has put him to grief.

Jesus our Lord… was delivered up for our trespasses.—For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God.—He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.

For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.—Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us.

Isaiah 53:5–6 (Listen)

5   But he was pierced for our transgressions;
    he was crushed for our iniquities;
  upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,
    and with his wounds we are healed.
6   All we like sheep have gone astray;
    we have turned—every one—to his own way;
  and the LORD has laid on him
    the iniquity of us all.

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Isaiah 53:8 (Listen)

8   By oppression and judgment he was taken away;
    and as for his generation, who considered
  that he was cut off out of the land of the living,
    stricken for the transgression of my people?

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Isaiah 53:10 (Listen)

10   Yet it was the will of the LORD to crush him;
    he has put him to grief;1
  when his soul makes2 an offering for guilt,
    he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days;
  the will of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.

Footnotes

[1] 53:10 Or he has made him sick


[2] 53:10 Or when you make his soul

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Matthew 27:46 (Listen)

46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

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Romans 4:24–25 (Listen)

24 but for ours also. It will be counted to us who believe in him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord, 25 who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.

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2 Corinthians 5:21 (Listen)

21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

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Galatians 3:13 (Listen)

13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree”—

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1 Peter 2:24 (Listen)

24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.

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1 Peter 3:18 (Listen)

18 For Christ also suffered1 once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,

Footnotes

[1] 3:18 Some manuscripts died

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