Songs of Praise

12 In that day(A) you will say:

“I will praise(B) you, Lord.
    Although you were angry with me,
your anger has turned away(C)
    and you have comforted(D) me.
Surely God is my salvation;(E)
    I will trust(F) and not be afraid.
The Lord, the Lord himself,(G) is my strength(H) and my defense[a];
    he has become my salvation.(I)
With joy you will draw water(J)
    from the wells(K) of salvation.

In that day(L) you will say:

“Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name;(M)
    make known among the nations(N) what he has done,
    and proclaim that his name is exalted.(O)
Sing(P) to the Lord, for he has done glorious things;(Q)
    let this be known to all the world.
Shout aloud and sing for joy,(R) people of Zion,
    for great(S) is the Holy One of Israel(T) among you.(U)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 12:2 Or song

21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord;(A)
    I am not guilty of turning(B) from my God.
22 All his laws are before me;(C)
    I have not turned away from his decrees.
23 I have been blameless(D) before him
    and have kept myself from sin.
24 The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness,(E)
    according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.

25 To the faithful(F) you show yourself faithful,(G)
    to the blameless you show yourself blameless,
26 to the pure(H) you show yourself pure,
    but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.(I)
27 You save the humble(J)
    but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.(K)
28 You, Lord, keep my lamp(L) burning;
    my God turns my darkness into light.(M)
29 With your help(N) I can advance against a troop[a];
    with my God I can scale a wall.

30 As for God, his way is perfect:(O)
    The Lord’s word is flawless;(P)
    he shields(Q) all who take refuge(R) in him.
31 For who is God besides the Lord?(S)
    And who is the Rock(T) except our God?
32 It is God who arms me with strength(U)
    and keeps my way secure.(V)
33 He makes my feet like the feet of a deer;(W)
    he causes me to stand on the heights.(X)
34 He trains my hands for battle;(Y)
    my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
35 You make your saving help my shield,
    and your right hand sustains(Z) me;
    your help has made me great.
36 You provide a broad path(AA) for my feet,
    so that my ankles do not give way.(AB)

37 I pursued my enemies(AC) and overtook them;
    I did not turn back till they were destroyed.
38 I crushed them(AD) so that they could not rise;(AE)
    they fell beneath my feet.(AF)
39 You armed me with strength(AG) for battle;
    you humbled my adversaries(AH) before me.
40 You made my enemies turn their backs(AI) in flight,
    and I destroyed(AJ) my foes.
41 They cried for help, but there was no one to save them(AK)
    to the Lord, but he did not answer.(AL)
42 I beat them as fine as windblown dust;(AM)
    I trampled them[b] like mud in the streets.
43 You have delivered me from the attacks of the people;
    you have made me the head of nations.(AN)
People I did not know(AO) now serve me,
44     foreigners(AP) cower before me;
    as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.
45 They all lose heart;(AQ)
    they come trembling(AR) from their strongholds.(AS)

46 The Lord lives!(AT) Praise be to my Rock!(AU)
    Exalted be God(AV) my Savior!(AW)
47 He is the God who avenges(AX) me,
    who subdues nations(AY) under me,
48     who saves(AZ) me from my enemies.(BA)
You exalted me above my foes;
    from a violent man(BB) you rescued me.
49 Therefore I will praise you, Lord, among the nations;(BC)
    I will sing(BD) the praises of your name.(BE)

50 He gives his king great victories;
    he shows unfailing love to his anointed,(BF)
    to David(BG) and to his descendants forever.(BH)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 18:29 Or can run through a barricade
  2. Psalm 18:42 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac and Targum (see also 2 Samuel 22:43); Masoretic Text I poured them out

Prologue

The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave(A) him to show his servants what must soon take place.(B) He made it known by sending his angel(C) to his servant John,(D) who testifies to everything he saw—that is, the word of God(E) and the testimony of Jesus Christ.(F) Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it,(G) because the time is near.(H)

Greetings and Doxology

John,

To the seven churches(I) in the province of Asia:

Grace and peace to you(J) from him who is, and who was, and who is to come,(K) and from the seven spirits[a](L) before his throne, and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness,(M) the firstborn from the dead,(N) and the ruler of the kings of the earth.(O)

To him who loves us(P) and has freed us from our sins by his blood,(Q) and has made us to be a kingdom and priests(R) to serve his God and Father(S)—to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.(T)

“Look, he is coming with the clouds,”[b](U)
    and “every eye will see him,
even those who pierced him”;(V)
    and all peoples on earth “will mourn(W) because of him.”[c]
So shall it be! Amen.

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,”(X) says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come,(Y) the Almighty.”(Z)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 1:4 That is, the sevenfold Spirit
  2. Revelation 1:7 Daniel 7:13
  3. Revelation 1:7 Zech. 12:10

37 On the last and greatest day of the festival,(A) Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.(B) 38 Whoever believes(C) in me, as Scripture has said,(D) rivers of living water(E) will flow from within them.”[a](F) 39 By this he meant the Spirit,(G) whom those who believed in him were later to receive.(H) Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.(I)

40 On hearing his words, some of the people said, “Surely this man is the Prophet.”(J)

41 Others said, “He is the Messiah.”

Still others asked, “How can the Messiah come from Galilee?(K) 42 Does not Scripture say that the Messiah will come from David’s descendants(L) and from Bethlehem,(M) the town where David lived?” 43 Thus the people were divided(N) because of Jesus. 44 Some wanted to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him.(O)

Unbelief of the Jewish Leaders

45 Finally the temple guards went back to the chief priests and the Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring him in?”

46 “No one ever spoke the way this man does,”(P) the guards replied.

47 “You mean he has deceived you also?”(Q) the Pharisees retorted. 48 “Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him?(R) 49 No! But this mob that knows nothing of the law—there is a curse on them.”

50 Nicodemus,(S) who had gone to Jesus earlier and who was one of their own number, asked, 51 “Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing?”

52 They replied, “Are you from Galilee, too? Look into it, and you will find that a prophet does not come out of Galilee.”(T)

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Footnotes

  1. John 7:38 Or me. And let anyone drink 38 who believes in me.” As Scripture has said, “Out of him (or them) will flow rivers of living water.”

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