Psalm 16

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Psalm 16

A miktam^[a] of David.

¹Keep me safe,^(A) my God,
for in you I take refuge.^(B)

²I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;^(C)
    apart from you I have no good thing.”^(D)
³I say of the holy people^(E) who are in the land,^(F)
    “They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.”
⁴Those who run after other gods^(G) will suffer^(H) more and more.
    I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods
    or take up their names^(I) on my lips.

⁵Lord, you alone are my portion^(J) and my cup;^(K)
    you make my lot^(L) secure.
⁶The boundary lines^(M) have fallen for me in pleasant places;
    surely I have a delightful inheritance.^(N)
⁷I will praise the Lord, who counsels me;^(O)
    even at night^(P) my heart instructs me.
⁸I keep my eyes always on the Lord.
    With him at my right hand,^(Q) I will not be shaken.^(R)

⁹Therefore my heart is glad^(S) and my tongue rejoices;
    my body also will rest secure,^(T)
¹⁰because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,^(U)
    nor will you let your faithful^[b] one^(V) see decay.^(W)
¹¹You make known to me the path of life;^(X)
    you will fill me with joy in your presence,^(Y)
    with eternal pleasures^(Z) at your right hand.^(AA)

Footnotes

Psalm 16:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
Psalm 16:10 Or holy

Song of Songs 5:9-6:3

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Friends

⁹How is your beloved better than others,
most beautiful of women?^(A)
How is your beloved better than others,
that you so charge us?

She

¹⁰My beloved is radiant and ruddy,
    outstanding among ten thousand.^(B)
¹¹His head is purest gold;
    his hair is wavy
    and black as a raven.
¹²His eyes are like doves^(C)
    by the water streams,
washed in milk,^(D)
    mounted like jewels.
¹³His cheeks^(E) are like beds of spice^(F)
    yielding perfume.
His lips are like lilies^(G)
    dripping with myrrh.^(H)
¹⁴His arms are rods of gold
    set with topaz.
His body is like polished ivory
    decorated with lapis lazuli.^(I)
¹⁵His legs are pillars of marble
    set on bases of pure gold.
His appearance is like Lebanon,^(J)
    choice as its cedars.
¹⁶His mouth^(K) is sweetness itself;
    he is altogether lovely.
This is my beloved,^(L) this is my friend,
    daughters of Jerusalem.^(M)

Friends

6 Where has your beloved^(N) gone,
most beautiful of women?^(O)
Which way did your beloved turn,
that we may look for him with you?

She

²My beloved has gone^(P) down to his garden,^(Q)
    to the beds of spices,^(R)
to browse in the gardens
    and to gather lilies.
³I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine;^(S)
    he browses among the lilies.^(T)

1 Corinthians 15:1-11

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The Resurrection of Christ

15 Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel^(A) I preached to you,^(B) which you received and on which you have taken your stand. ²By this gospel you are saved,^(C) if you hold firmly^(D) to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.

³For what I received^(E) I passed on to you^(F) as of first importance^[a]: that Christ died for our sins^(G) according to the Scriptures,^(H) ⁴that he was buried,^(I) that he was raised^(J) on the third day^(K) according to the Scriptures,^(L) ⁵and that he appeared to Cephas,^[b]^(M) and then to the Twelve.^(N) ⁶After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep.^(O) ⁷Then he appeared to James,^(P) then to all the apostles,^(Q) ⁸and last of all he appeared to me also,^(R) as to one abnormally born.

⁹For I am the least of the apostles^(S) and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted^(T) the church of God.^(U) ¹⁰But by the grace^(V) of God I am what I am, and his grace to me^(W) was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them^(X)—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.^(Y) ¹¹Whether, then, it is I or they,^(Z) this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.