Psalm 89:1-18

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Psalm 89^[a]

A maskil^[b] of Ethan the Ezrahite.

¹I will sing^(A) of the Lord’s great love forever;
    with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known^(B)
    through all generations.
²I will declare that your love stands firm forever,
    that you have established your faithfulness in heaven itself.^(C)
³You said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one,
    I have sworn to David my servant,
⁴‘I will establish your line forever
    and make your throne firm through all generations.’”^[c]^(D)

⁵The heavens^(E) praise your wonders, Lord,
    your faithfulness too, in the assembly^(F) of the holy ones.
⁶For who in the skies above can compare with the Lord?
    Who is like the Lord among the heavenly beings?^(G)
⁷In the council^(H) of the holy ones^(I) God is greatly feared;
    he is more awesome than all who surround him.^(J)
⁸Who is like you,^(K) Lord God Almighty?^(L)
    You, Lord, are mighty, and your faithfulness surrounds you.

⁹You rule over the surging sea;
    when its waves mount up, you still them.^(M)
¹⁰You crushed Rahab^(N) like one of the slain;
    with your strong arm you scattered^(O) your enemies.
¹¹The heavens are yours,^(P) and yours also the earth;^(Q)
    you founded the world and all that is in it.^(R)
¹²You created the north and the south;
    Tabor^(S) and Hermon^(T) sing for joy^(U) at your name.
¹³Your arm is endowed with power;
    your hand is strong, your right hand exalted.^(V)

¹⁴Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;^(W)
    love and faithfulness go before you.^(X)
¹⁵Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you,
    who walk^(Y) in the light^(Z) of your presence, Lord.
¹⁶They rejoice in your name^(AA) all day long;
    they celebrate your righteousness.
¹⁷For you are their glory and strength,^(AB)
    and by your favor you exalt our horn.^[d]^(AC)
¹⁸Indeed, our shield^[e]^(AD) belongs to the Lord,
    our king^(AE) to the Holy One of Israel.

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Footnotes

Psalm 89:1 In Hebrew texts 89:1-52 is numbered 89:2-53.
Psalm 89:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
Psalm 89:4 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 37, 45 and 48.
Psalm 89:17 Horn here symbolizes strong one.
Psalm 89:18 Or sovereign

Hosea 2:14-23

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¹⁴“Therefore I am now going to allure her;
    I will lead her into the wilderness^(A)
    and speak tenderly to her.
¹⁵There I will give her back her vineyards,
    and will make the Valley of Achor^[a]^(B) a door of hope.
There she will respond^[b]^(C) as in the days of her youth,^(D)
    as in the day she came up out of Egypt.^(E)

¹⁶“In that day,” declares the Lord,
    “you will call me ‘my husband’;^(F)
    you will no longer call me ‘my master.^[c]’
¹⁷I will remove the names of the Baals from her lips;^(G)
    no longer will their names be invoked.^(H)
¹⁸In that day I will make a covenant for them
    with the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky
    and the creatures that move along the ground.^(I)
Bow and sword and battle
    I will abolish^(J) from the land,
    so that all may lie down in safety.^(K)
¹⁹I will betroth^(L) you to me forever;
    I will betroth you in^[d] righteousness and justice,^(M)
    in^[e] love and compassion.^(N)
²⁰I will betroth you in^[f] faithfulness,
    and you will acknowledge^(O) the Lord.^(P)

²¹“In that day I will respond,”
    declares the Lord—
“I will respond^(Q) to the skies,
    and they will respond to the earth;
²²and the earth will respond to the grain,
    the new wine and the olive oil,^(R)
    and they will respond to Jezreel.^[g]^(S)
²³I will plant^(T) her for myself in the land;
    I will show my love to the one I called ‘Not my loved one.^[h]^(U)’
I will say to those called ‘Not my people,^[i]’ ‘You are my people’;^(V)
    and they will say, ‘You are my God.^(W)’”

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Footnotes

Hosea 2:15 Achor means trouble.
Hosea 2:15 Or sing
Hosea 2:16 Hebrew baal
Hosea 2:19 Or with
Hosea 2:19 Or with
Hosea 2:20 Or with
Hosea 2:22 Jezreel means God plants.
Hosea 2:23 Hebrew Lo-Ruhamah (see 1:6)
Hosea 2:23 Hebrew Lo-Ammi (see 1:9)

Acts 20:17-38

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¹⁷From Miletus,^(A) Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders^(B) of the church. ¹⁸When they arrived, he said to them: “You know how I lived the whole time I was with you,^(C) from the first day I came into the province of Asia.^(D) ¹⁹I served the Lord with great humility and with tears^(E) and in the midst of severe testing by the plots of my Jewish opponents.^(F) ²⁰You know that I have not hesitated to preach anything^(G) that would be helpful to you but have taught you publicly and from house to house. ²¹I have declared to both Jews^(H) and Greeks that they must turn to God in repentance^(I) and have faith in our Lord Jesus.^(J)

²²“And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem,^(K) not knowing what will happen to me there. ²³I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit warns me^(L) that prison and hardships are facing me.^(M) ²⁴However, I consider my life worth nothing to me;^(N) my only aim is to finish the race^(O) and complete the task^(P) the Lord Jesus has given me^(Q)—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.^(R)

²⁵“Now I know that none of you among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom^(S) will ever see me again.^(T) ²⁶Therefore, I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of any of you.^(U) ²⁷For I have not hesitated to proclaim to you the whole will of God.^(V) ²⁸Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock^(W) of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers.^(X) Be shepherds of the church of God,^[a]^(Y) which he bought^(Z) with his own blood.^[b]^(AA) ²⁹I know that after I leave, savage wolves^(AB) will come in among you and will not spare the flock.^(AC) ³⁰Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples^(AD) after them. ³¹So be on your guard! Remember that for three years^(AE) I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.^(AF)

³²“Now I commit you to God^(AG) and to the word of his grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance^(AH) among all those who are sanctified.^(AI) ³³I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.^(AJ) ³⁴You yourselves know that these hands of mine have supplied my own needs and the needs of my companions.^(AK) ³⁵In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”

³⁶When Paul had finished speaking, he knelt down with all of them and prayed.^(AL) ³⁷They all wept as they embraced him and kissed him.^(AM) ³⁸What grieved them most was his statement that they would never see his face again.^(AN) Then they accompanied him to the ship.^(AO)

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Acts 20:28 Many manuscripts of the Lord
Acts 20:28 Or with the blood of his own Son

Luke 5:1-11

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Jesus Calls His First Disciples^(A)

5 One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret,^[a] the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of God.^(B) ²He saw at the water’s edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. ³He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat.^(C)

⁴When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.”^(D)

⁵Simon answered, “Master,^(E) we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything.^(F) But because you say so, I will let down the nets.”

⁶When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break.^(G) ⁷So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.

⁸When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!”^(H) ⁹For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken, ¹⁰and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon’s partners.

Then Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid;^(I) from now on you will fish for people.” ¹¹So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him.^(J)

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