Bible in a Year.

On the 130th day, 2 Samuel 12 shows Nathan confronting David about his sin, bringing repentance and spiritual restoration. 1 Chronicles 16 recounts the organization of worship and the celebration of praise to God. Psalm 51 is a powerful hymn of repentance, teaching us to seek forgiveness and purity of heart before the Lord.

1. And the Lord sent Nathan to David: and when he was come to him, he said to him: There were two men in one city, the one rich, and the other poor.

2. The rich man had exceeding many sheep and oxen.

3. But the poor man had nothing at all but one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up, and which had grown up in his house together with his children, eating of his bread, and drinking of his cup, and sleeping in his bosom: and it was unto him as a daughter.

4. And when a certain stranger was come to the rich man, he spared to take of his own sheep and oxen, to make a feast for that stranger, who was come to him, but took the poor man's ewe, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.

5. And David's anger being exceedingly kindled against that man, he said to Nathan: As the Lord liveth, the man that hath done this is a child of death.

6. He shall restore the ewe fourfold, because he did this thing, and had no pity.

7. And Nathan said to David: Thou art the man. Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee from the hand of Saul,

8. And gave thee thy master's house and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and Juda: and if these things be little, I shall add far greater things unto thee.

9. Why therefore hast thou despised the word of the Lord, to do evil in my sight? Thou hast killed Urias the Hethite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

10. Therefore the sword shall never depart from thy house, because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Urias the Hethite to be thy wife.

11. Thus saith the Lord: Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thy own house, and I will take thy wives before thy eyes I and give them to thy neighhour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.

12. For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing in the sight of all Israel, and in the sight of the sun.

13. And David said to Nathan: I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said to David: The Lord also hath taken away thy sin: thou shalt not die.

14. Nevertheless, because thou hast given occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, for this thing, the child that is born to thee, shall surely die.

15. And Nathan returned to his house. The Lord also struck the child which the wife of Urias had borne to David, and his life was despaired of.

16. And David besought the Lord for the child: and David kept a fast, and going in by himself lay upon the ground.

17. And the ancients of his house came, to make him rise from the ground: but he would not, neither did he eat meat with them.

18. And it came to pass on the seventh day that the child died: and the servants of David feared to tell him, that the child was dead. For they said: Behold when the child was yet alive, we spoke to him, and he would not hearken to our voice: how much more will he afflict himself if we tell him that the child is dead?

19. But when David saw his servants whispering, he understood that the child was dead: and he said to his servants: Is the child dead? They answered him: He is dead.

20. Then David arose from the ground, and washed and anointed himself: and when he had changed his apparel, he went into the house of the Lord: and worshipped, and then he came into his own house, and he called for bread, and ate.

21. And his servants said to him: What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive, but when the child was dead, thou didst rise up, and eat bread.

22. And he said: While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept for him: for I said: Who knoweth whether the Lord may not give him to me, and the child may live?

23. But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Shall I be able to bring him back any more? I shall go to him rather: but he shall not return to me.

24. And David comforted Bethsabee his wife, and went in unto her, and slept with her: I and she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon, and the Lord loved him.

25. And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and called his name, Amiable to the Lord, because the Lord loved him.

26. And Joab fought against Rabbath of the children of Ammon, and laid close siege to the royal city.

27. And Joab sent messengers to David, saying: I have fought against Rabbath, and the city of waters is about to be taken.

28. Now therefore gather thou the rest of the people together, and besiege the city and take it: lest when the city shall be wasted by me, the victory be ascribed to my name.

29. Then David gathered all the people together, and went out against Rabbath: and after fighting, he took it.

30. And he took the crown of their king from his head, the weight of which was a talent of gold, set with most precious stones, and it was put upon David's head, and the spoils of the city which were very great he carried away.

31. And bringing forth the people thereof he sawed them, and drove over them chariots armed with iron: and divided them with knives, and made them pass through brickkilns: so did he to all the cities of the children of Ammon: and David returned, with all the army to Jerusalem.

1. So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent, which David had pitched for it : and they offered holocausts, and peace offerings before God.

2. And when David had made an end of offering holocausts, and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord.

3. And he divided to all and every one, both men and women, a loaf of bread, and a piece of roasted beef, and flour fried with oil.

4. And he appointed Levites to minister before the ark of the Lord, and to remember his works, and to glorify, and praise the Lord God of Israel.

5. Asaph the chief, and next after him Zacharias: moreover Jahiel, and Semiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mathathias, and Eliab, and Banaias, and Obededom: and Jehiel over the instruments of psaltery, and harps: and Asaph sounded with cymbals:

6. But Banaias, and Jaziel the priests, to sound the trumpet continually before the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

7. In that day David made Asaph the chief to give praise to the Lord with his brethren.

8. Praise ye the Lord, and call upon his name: make known his doings among the nations.

9. Sing to him, yea, sing praises to him: and relate all his wondrous works.

10. Praise ye his holy name: let the heart I of them rejoice, that seek the Lord.

11. Seek ye the Lord, and his power: seek ye his face evermore.

12. Remember his wonderful works, which he hath done: his signs, and the judgments of his mouth.

13. O ye seed of Israel his servants, ye children of Jacob his chosen.

14. He is the Lord our God: his judgments are in all the earth.

15. Remember for ever his covenant: the word, which he commanded to a thousand generations.

16. The covenant which he made with Abraham: and his oath to Isaac.

17. And he appointed the same to Jacob for a precept: and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:

18. Saying: To thee will I give the land of Chanaan: the lot of your inheritance.

19. When they were but a small number: very few and sojourners in it.

20. And they passed from nation to nation: and from a kingdom to another people.

21. He suffered no man to do them wrong: and reproved kings for their sake.

22. Touch not my anointed: and do no evil to my prophets.

23. Sing ye to the Lord, all the earth: shew forth from day to day his salvation.

24. Declare his glory among the Gentiles: his wonders among all people.

25. For the Lord is great and exceedingly to be praised: and he is to be feared above all gods.

26. For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the Lord made the heavens.

27. Praise and magnificence are before him: strength and joy in his place.

28. Bring ye to the Lord, O ye families of the nations: bring ye to the Lord glory and empire.

29. Give to the Lord glory to his name, bring up sacrifice, and come ye in his sight: and adore the Lord in holy becomingness.

30. Let all the earth be moved at his presence : for he hath founded the world immoveable.

31. Let the heavens rejoice, and the earth be glad: and let them say among the nations: The Lord hath reigned.

32. Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all things that are in them.

33. Then shall the trees of the wood give praise before the Lord: because he is come to judge the earth.

34. Give ye glory to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

35. And say ye: Save us, O God our saviour: and gather us together, and deliver us from the nations, that we may give glory to thy holy name, and may rejoice in singing thy praises.

36. Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel from eternity to eternity: and let all the people say Amen, and a hymn to God.

37. So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, Asaph and his brethren to minister in the presence of the ark continually day by day, and in their courses.

38. And Obededom, with his brethren sixty-eight: and Obededom the son of Idithun, and Hosa he appointed to be porters.

39. And Sadoc the priest, and his brethren priests, before the tabernacle of the Lord in the high place, which was in Gabaon.

40. That they should offer holocausts to the Lord upon the altar of holocausts continually, morning and evening, according to all that is written in the law of the Lord, which he commanded Israel.

41. And after him Heman, and Idithun, and the rest that were chosen, every one by his name to give praise to the Lord: because his mercy endureth for ever.

42. And Heman and Idithun sounded the trumpet, and played on the cymbals, and all kinds of musical instruments to sing praises to God: and the sons of Idithun he made porters.

43. And all the people returned to their houses: and David to bless also his own house.

1. Unto the end, a psalm of David,

2. when Nathan the prophet came to him after he had sinned with Bethsabee.

3. Have mercy on me, O God, according to thy great mercy. And according to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my iniquity.

4. Wash me yet more from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

5. For I know my iniquity, and my sin is always before me.

6. To thee only have I sinned, and have done evil before thee: that thou mayst be justified in thy words and mayst overcome when thou art judged.

7. For behold I was conceived in iniquities; and in sins did my mother conceive me.

8. For behold thou hast loved truth: the uncertain and hidden things of thy wisdom thou hast made manifest to me.

9. Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be cleansed: thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow.

10. To my hearing thou shalt give joy and gladness: and the bones that have been humbled shall rejoice.

11. Turn away thy face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.

12. Create a clean heart in me, O God: and renew a right spirit within my bowels.

13. Cast me not away from thy face; and take not thy holy spirit from me.

14. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, and strengthen me with a perfect spirit.

15. I will teach the unjust thy ways: and the wicked shall be converted to thee.

16. Deliver me from blood, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall extol thy justice.

17. O Lord, thou wilt open my lips: and my mouth shall declare thy praise.

18. For if thou hadst desired sacrifice, I would indeed have given it: with burnt offerings thou wilt not be delighted.

19. A sacrifice to God is an afflicted spirit: a contrite and humbled heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

20. Deal favourably, O Lord, in thy good will with Sion; that the walls of Jerusalem may be built up.

21. Then shalt thou accept the sacrifice of justice, oblations and whole burnt offerings: then shall they lay calves upon thy altar.