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 9:5-15

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⁵The Lord, the Lord Almighty—
he touches the earth and it melts,^(A)
    and all who live in it mourn;
the whole land rises like the Nile,
    then sinks like the river of Egypt;^(B)
⁶he builds his lofty palace^[a]^(C) in the heavens
    and sets its foundation^[b] on the earth;
he calls for the waters of the sea
    and pours them out over the face of the land—
    the Lord is his name.^(D)

⁷“Are not you Israelites
    the same to me as the Cushites^[c]?”^(E)
declares the Lord.
“Did I not bring Israel up from Egypt,
    the Philistines^(F) from Caphtor^[d]^(G)
    and the Arameans from Kir?^(H)

⁸“Surely the eyes of the Sovereign Lord
    are on the sinful kingdom.
I will destroy^(I) it
    from the face of the earth.
Yet I will not totally destroy
    the descendants of Jacob,”
declares the Lord.^(J)
⁹“For I will give the command,
    and I will shake the people of Israel
    among all the nations
as grain^(K) is shaken in a sieve,^(L)
    and not a pebble will reach the ground.^(M)
¹⁰All the sinners among my people
    will die by the sword,^(N)
all those who say,
    ‘Disaster will not overtake or meet us.’^(O)

Israel’s Restoration

¹¹“In that day

“I will restore David’s^(P) fallen shelter^(Q)—
    I will repair its broken walls
    and restore its ruins^(R)—
    and will rebuild it as it used to be,^(S)
¹²so that they may possess the remnant of Edom^(T)
    and all the nations that bear my name,^[e]^(U)”
declares the Lord, who will do these things.^(V)

¹³“The days are coming,”^(W) declares the Lord,

“when the reaper^(X) will be overtaken by the plowman^(Y)
    and the planter by the one treading^(Z) grapes.
New wine^(AA) will drip from the mountains
    and flow from all the hills,^(AB)
¹⁴    and I will bring^(AC) my people Israel back from exile.^[f]^(AD)

“They will rebuild the ruined cities^(AE) and live in them.
    They will plant vineyards^(AF) and drink their wine;
    they will make gardens and eat their fruit.^(AG)
¹⁵I will plant^(AH) Israel in their own land,^(AI)
    never again to be uprooted^(AJ)
    from the land I have given them,”^(AK)

says the Lord your God.^(AL)

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Footnotes

Amos 9:6 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
Amos 9:6 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
Amos 9:7 That is, people from the upper Nile region
Amos 9:7 That is, Crete
Amos 9:12 Hebrew; Septuagint so that the remnant of people / and all the nations that bear my name may seek me
Amos 9:14 Or will restore the fortunes of my people Israel

John 6:41-51

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⁴¹At this the Jews there began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” ⁴²They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph,^(A) whose father and mother we know?^(B) How can he now say, ‘I came down from heaven’?”^(C)

⁴³“Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus answered. ⁴⁴“No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them,^(D) and I will raise them up at the last day. ⁴⁵It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’^[a]^(E) Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me. ⁴⁶No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God;^(F) only he has seen the Father. ⁴⁷Very truly I tell you, the one who believes has eternal life.^(G) ⁴⁸I am the bread of life.^(H) ⁴⁹Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.^(I) ⁵⁰But here is the bread that comes down from heaven,^(J) which anyone may eat and not die. ⁵¹I am the living bread^(K) that came down from heaven.^(L) Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”^(M)