Psalm 145

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Psalm 145^[a]

A psalm of praise. Of David.

¹I will exalt you,^(A) my God the King;^(B)
I will praise your name^(C) for ever and ever.
²Every day I will praise^(D) you
and extol your name^(E) for ever and ever.

³Great^(F) is the Lord and most worthy of praise;^(G)
    his greatness no one can fathom.^(H)
⁴One generation^(I) commends your works to another;
    they tell^(J) of your mighty acts.^(K)
⁵They speak of the glorious splendor^(L) of your majesty—
    and I will meditate on your wonderful works.^[b]^(M)
⁶They tell^(N) of the power of your awesome works—^(O)
    and I will proclaim^(P) your great deeds.^(Q)
⁷They celebrate your abundant goodness^(R)
    and joyfully sing^(S) of your righteousness.^(T)

⁸The Lord is gracious and compassionate,^(U)
slow to anger and rich in love.^(V)

⁹The Lord is good^(W) to all;
    he has compassion^(X) on all he has made.
¹⁰All your works praise you,^(Y) Lord;
    your faithful people extol^(Z) you.^(AA)
¹¹They tell of the glory of your kingdom^(AB)
    and speak of your might,^(AC)
¹²so that all people may know of your mighty acts^(AD)
    and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.^(AE)
¹³Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,^(AF)
    and your dominion endures through all generations.

The Lord is trustworthy^(AG) in all he promises^(AH)
    and faithful in all he does.^[c]
¹⁴The Lord upholds^(AI) all who fall
    and lifts up all^(AJ) who are bowed down.^(AK)
¹⁵The eyes of all look to you,
    and you give them their food^(AL) at the proper time.
¹⁶You open your hand
    and satisfy the desires^(AM) of every living thing.

¹⁷The Lord is righteous^(AN) in all his ways
    and faithful in all he does.^(AO)
¹⁸The Lord is near^(AP) to all who call on him,^(AQ)
    to all who call on him in truth.
¹⁹He fulfills the desires^(AR) of those who fear him;^(AS)
    he hears their cry^(AT) and saves them.^(AU)
²⁰The Lord watches over^(AV) all who love him,^(AW)
    but all the wicked he will destroy.^(AX)

²¹My mouth will speak^(AY) in praise of the Lord.
Let every creature^(AZ) praise his holy name^(BA)
for ever and ever.

Footnotes

Psalm 145:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, the verses of which (including verse 13b) begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
Psalm 145:5 Dead Sea Scrolls and Syriac (see also Septuagint); Masoretic Text On the glorious splendor of your majesty / and on your wonderful works I will meditate
Psalm 145:13 One manuscript of the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls and Syriac (see also Septuagint); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text do not have the last two lines of verse 13.

Song of Songs 4:9-5:1

New International Version

⁹You have stolen my heart, my sister, my bride;^(A)
    you have stolen my heart
with one glance of your eyes,
    with one jewel of your necklace.^(B)
¹⁰How delightful^(C) is your love^(D), my sister, my bride!
    How much more pleasing is your love than wine,^(E)
and the fragrance of your perfume^(F)
    more than any spice!
¹¹Your lips drop sweetness as the honeycomb, my bride;
    milk and honey are under your tongue.^(G)
The fragrance of your garments
    is like the fragrance of Lebanon.^(H)
¹²You are a garden^(I) locked up, my sister, my bride;^(J)
    you are a spring enclosed, a sealed fountain.^(K)
¹³Your plants are an orchard of pomegranates^(L)
    with choice fruits,
    with henna^(M) and nard,
¹⁴    nard and saffron,
    calamus and cinnamon,^(N)
    with every kind of incense tree,
    with myrrh^(O) and aloes^(P)
    and all the finest spices.^(Q)
¹⁵You are^[a] a garden^(R) fountain,^(S)
    a well of flowing water
    streaming down from Lebanon.

She

¹⁶Awake, north wind,
    and come, south wind!
Blow on my garden,^(T)
    that its fragrance^(U) may spread everywhere.
Let my beloved^(V) come into his garden
    and taste its choice fruits.^(W)

He

5 I have come into my garden,^(X) my sister, my bride;^(Y)
I have gathered my myrrh with my spice.
I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey;
I have drunk my wine and my milk.^(Z)

Friends

Eat, friends, and drink;
drink your fill of love.

Footnotes

Song of Songs 4:15 Or I am (spoken by She)

Luke 5:33-39

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Jesus Questioned About Fasting^(A)

³³They said to him, “John’s disciples^(B) often fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours go on eating and drinking.”

³⁴Jesus answered, “Can you make the friends of the bridegroom^(C) fast while he is with them? ³⁵But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them;^(D) in those days they will fast.”

³⁶He told them this parable: “No one tears a piece out of a new garment to patch an old one. Otherwise, they will have torn the new garment, and the patch from the new will not match the old. ³⁷And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins; the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. ³⁸No, new wine must be poured into new wineskins. ³⁹And no one after drinking old wine wants the new, for they say, ‘The old is better.’”

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