Psalm 119:97-104

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מ Mem

⁹⁷Oh, how I love your law!^(A)
    I meditate^(B) on it all day long.
⁹⁸Your commands are always with me
    and make me wiser^(C) than my enemies.
⁹⁹I have more insight than all my teachers,
    for I meditate on your statutes.^(D)
¹⁰⁰I have more understanding than the elders,
    for I obey your precepts.^(E)
¹⁰¹I have kept my feet^(F) from every evil path
    so that I might obey your word.^(G)
¹⁰²I have not departed from your laws,^(H)
    for you yourself have taught^(I) me.
¹⁰³How sweet are your words to my taste,
    sweeter than honey^(J) to my mouth!^(K)
¹⁰⁴I gain understanding^(L) from your precepts;
    therefore I hate every wrong path.^(M)

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Jeremiah 31:15-26

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¹⁵This is what the Lord says:

“A voice is heard in Ramah,^(A)
    mourning and great weeping,
Rachel weeping for her children
    and refusing to be comforted,^(B)
    because they are no more.”^(C)

¹⁶This is what the Lord says:

“Restrain your voice from weeping
    and your eyes from tears,^(D)
for your work will be rewarded,^(E)”
declares the Lord.
    “They will return^(F) from the land of the enemy.
¹⁷So there is hope^(G) for your descendants,”
declares the Lord.
    “Your children^(H) will return to their own land.

¹⁸“I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning:
    ‘You disciplined^(I) me like an unruly calf,^(J)
    and I have been disciplined.
Restore^(K) me, and I will return,
    because you are the Lord my God.
¹⁹After I strayed,^(L)
    I repented;
after I came to understand,
    I beat^(M) my breast.
I was ashamed^(N) and humiliated
    because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’^(O)
²⁰Is not Ephraim my dear son,
    the child^(P) in whom I delight?
Though I often speak against him,
    I still remember^(Q) him.
Therefore my heart yearns for him;
    I have great compassion^(R) for him,”
declares the Lord.

²¹“Set up road signs;
    put up guideposts.^(S)
Take note of the highway,^(T)
    the road that you take.
Return,^(U) Virgin^(V) Israel,
    return to your towns.
²²How long will you wander,^(W)
    unfaithful^(X) Daughter Israel?
The Lord will create a new thing^(Y) on earth—
    the woman will return to^[a]^(Z) the man.”

²³This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “When I bring them back from captivity,^[b]^(AA) the people in the land of Judah and in its towns will once again use these words: ‘The Lord bless^(AB) you, you prosperous city,^(AC) you sacred mountain.’^(AD) ²⁴People will live^(AE) together in Judah and all its towns—farmers and those who move about with their flocks.^(AF) ²⁵I will refresh the weary^(AG) and satisfy the faint.”^(AH)

²⁶At this I awoke^(AI) and looked around. My sleep had been pleasant to me.

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 31:22 Or will protect
Jeremiah 31:23 Or I restore their fortunes

Mark 10:46-52

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Blind Bartimaeus Receives His Sight^(A)

⁴⁶Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus (which means “son of Timaeus”), was sitting by the roadside begging. ⁴⁷When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth,^(B) he began to shout, “Jesus, Son of David,^(C) have mercy on me!”

⁴⁸Many rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

⁴⁹Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.”

So they called to the blind man, “Cheer up! On your feet! He’s calling you.” ⁵⁰Throwing his cloak aside, he jumped to his feet and came to Jesus.

⁵¹“What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus asked him.

The blind man said, “Rabbi,^(D) I want to see.”

⁵²“Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.”^(E) Immediately he received his sight and followed^(F) Jesus along the road.

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