Psalm 119:17-32

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ג Gimel

¹⁷Be good to your servant^(A) while I live,
    that I may obey your word.^(B)
¹⁸Open my eyes that I may see
    wonderful things in your law.
¹⁹I am a stranger on earth;^(C)
    do not hide your commands from me.
²⁰My soul is consumed^(D) with longing
    for your laws^(E) at all times.
²¹You rebuke the arrogant,^(F) who are accursed,^(G)
    those who stray^(H) from your commands.
²²Remove from me their scorn^(I) and contempt,
    for I keep your statutes.^(J)
²³Though rulers sit together and slander me,
    your servant will meditate on your decrees.
²⁴Your statutes are my delight;
    they are my counselors.

ד Daleth

²⁵I am laid low in the dust;^(K)
    preserve my life^(L) according to your word.^(M)
²⁶I gave an account of my ways and you answered me;
    teach me your decrees.^(N)
²⁷Cause me to understand the way of your precepts,
    that I may meditate on your wonderful deeds.^(O)
²⁸My soul is weary with sorrow;^(P)
    strengthen me^(Q) according to your word.^(R)
²⁹Keep me from deceitful ways;^(S)
    be gracious to me^(T) and teach me your law.
³⁰I have chosen^(U) the way of faithfulness;^(V)
    I have set my heart^(W) on your laws.
³¹I hold fast^(X) to your statutes, Lord;
    do not let me be put to shame.
³²I run in the path of your commands,
    for you have broadened my understanding.

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Amos 8:13-9:4

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¹³“In that day

“the lovely young women and strong young men^(A)
    will faint because of thirst.^(B)
¹⁴Those who swear by the sin of Samaria^(C)—
    who say, ‘As surely as your god lives, Dan,’^(D)
    or, ‘As surely as the god^[a] of Beersheba^(E) lives’—
    they will fall,^(F) never to rise again.^(G)”

Israel to Be Destroyed

9 I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and he said:

“Strike the tops of the pillars
    so that the thresholds shake.
Bring them down on the heads^(H) of all the people;
    those who are left I will kill with the sword.
Not one will get away,
    none will escape.^(I)
²Though they dig down to the depths below,^(J)
    from there my hand will take them.
Though they climb up to the heavens above,^(K)
    from there I will bring them down.^(L)
³Though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel,^(M)
    there I will hunt them down and seize them.^(N)
Though they hide from my eyes at the bottom of the sea,^(O)
    there I will command the serpent^(P) to bite them.^(Q)
⁴Though they are driven into exile by their enemies,
    there I will command the sword^(R) to slay them.

“I will keep my eye on them
for harm^(S) and not for good.^(T)”^(U)

Footnotes

Amos 8:14 Hebrew the way

1 John 2:1-6

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2 My dear children,^(A) I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate^(B) with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. ²He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins,^(C) and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.^(D)

Love and Hatred for Fellow Believers

³We know^(E) that we have come to know him^(F) if we keep his commands.^(G) ⁴Whoever says, “I know him,”^(H) but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person.^(I) ⁵But if anyone obeys his word,^(J) love for God^[a] is truly made complete in them.^(K) This is how we know^(L) we are in him: ⁶Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.^(M)