Jeremiah’s Complaint

You deceived[a](A) me, Lord, and I was deceived[b];
    you overpowered(B) me and prevailed.
I am ridiculed(C) all day long;
    everyone mocks(D) me.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 20:7 Or persuaded
  2. Jeremiah 20:7 Or persuaded

Listen to my cry,(A)
    for I am in desperate need;(B)
rescue me(C) from those who pursue me,
    for they are too strong(D) for me.

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10 Better is one day in your courts
    than a thousand elsewhere;
I would rather be a doorkeeper(A) in the house of my God
    than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

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The Lord said to him:

“I have heard(A) the prayer and plea you have made before me; I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting my Name(B) there forever. My eyes(C) and my heart will always be there.

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16 I have chosen(A) and consecrated this temple so that my Name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.

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13 “Rise and thresh,(A) Daughter Zion,
    for I will give you horns of iron;
I will give you hooves of bronze,
    and you will break to pieces many nations.”(B)
You will devote their ill-gotten gains to the Lord,(C)
    their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.

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17 Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers(A) and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father(B) and your Father, to my God and your God.’”

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“In my distress(A) I called(B) to the Lord;
    I called out to my God.
From his temple he heard my voice;
    my cry came to his ears.

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24 Your procession, God, has come into view,
    the procession of my God and King into the sanctuary.(A)

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Psalm 145[a]

A psalm of praise. Of David.

I will exalt you,(A) my God the King;(B)
    I will praise your name(C) for ever and ever.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 145:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, the verses of which (including verse 13b) begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.

For to us a child is born,(A)
    to us a son is given,(B)
    and the government(C) will be on his shoulders.(D)
And he will be called
    Wonderful Counselor,(E) Mighty God,(F)
    Everlasting(G) Father,(H) Prince of Peace.(I)

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She has not acknowledged(A) that I was the one
    who gave her the grain, the new wine and oil,(B)
who lavished on her the silver and gold(C)
    which they used for Baal.(D)

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31 The one who comes from above(A) is above all; the one who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks as one from the earth.(B) The one who comes from heaven is above all.

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Then you will look and be radiant,(A)
    your heart will throb and swell with joy;(B)
the wealth(C) on the seas will be brought to you,
    to you the riches of the nations will come.

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35 The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you,(A) and the power of the Most High(B) will overshadow you. So the holy one(C) to be born will be called[a] the Son of God.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 1:35 Or So the child to be born will be called holy,

David and all Israel went to Baalah(A) of Judah (Kiriath Jearim) to bring up from there the ark of God the Lord, who is enthroned between the cherubim(B)—the ark that is called by the Name.

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Give thanks(A) to the Lord of lords:(B)
His love endures forever.

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He has laid waste his dwelling like a garden;
    he has destroyed(A) his place of meeting.(B)
The Lord has made Zion forget
    her appointed festivals and her Sabbaths;(C)
in his fierce anger he has spurned
    both king and priest.(D)

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19 Again and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spit on him. Falling on their knees, they paid homage to him.

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Three hundred of them(A) drank from cupped hands, lapping like dogs. All the rest got down on their knees to drink.

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