Psalm 113

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Psalm 113

¹Praise the Lord.^[a]^(A)

Praise the Lord, you his servants;^(B)
    praise the name of the Lord.
²Let the name of the Lord be praised,^(C)
    both now and forevermore.^(D)
³From the rising of the sun^(E) to the place where it sets,
    the name of the Lord is to be praised.

⁴The Lord is exalted^(F) over all the nations,
    his glory above the heavens.^(G)
⁵Who is like the Lord our God,^(H)
    the One who sits enthroned^(I) on high,^(J)
⁶who stoops down to look^(K)
    on the heavens and the earth?

⁷He raises the poor^(L) from the dust
    and lifts the needy^(M) from the ash heap;
⁸he seats them^(N) with princes,
    with the princes of his people.
⁹He settles the childless^(O) woman in her home
    as a happy mother of children.

Praise the Lord.

Footnotes

Psalm 113:1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah; also in verse 9

Exodus 23:1-9

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Laws of Justice and Mercy

23 “Do not spread false reports.^(A) Do not help a guilty person by being a malicious witness.^(B)

²“Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you give testimony in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice^(C) by siding with the crowd,^(D) ³and do not show favoritism^(E) to a poor person in a lawsuit.

⁴“If you come across your enemy’s^(F) ox or donkey wandering off, be sure to return it.^(G) ⁵If you see the donkey^(H) of someone who hates you fallen down under its load, do not leave it there; be sure you help them with it.

⁶“Do not deny justice^(I) to your poor people in their lawsuits. ⁷Have nothing to do with a false charge^(J) and do not put an innocent^(K) or honest person to death,^(L) for I will not acquit the guilty.^(M)

⁸“Do not accept a bribe,^(N) for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent.

⁹“Do not oppress a foreigner;^(O) you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners, because you were foreigners in Egypt.

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Romans 3:1-8

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God’s Faithfulness

3 What advantage, then, is there in being a Jew, or what value is there in circumcision? ²Much in every way!^(A) First of all, the Jews have been entrusted with the very words of God.^(B)

³What if some were unfaithful?^(C) Will their unfaithfulness nullify God’s faithfulness?^(D) ⁴Not at all! Let God be true,^(E) and every human being a liar.^(F) As it is written:

“So that you may be proved right when you speak
and prevail when you judge.”^[a]^(G)

⁵But if our unrighteousness brings out God’s righteousness more clearly,^(H) what shall we say? That God is unjust in bringing his wrath on us? (I am using a human argument.)^(I) ⁶Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world?^(J) ⁷Someone might argue, “If my falsehood enhances God’s truthfulness and so increases his glory,^(K) why am I still condemned as a sinner?”^(L) ⁸Why not say—as some slanderously claim that we say—“Let us do evil that good may result”?^(M) Their condemnation is just!