Psalm 20

New International Version

Psalm 20^[a]

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

¹May the Lord answer you when you are in distress;^(A)
    may the name of the God of Jacob^(B) protect you.^(C)
²May he send you help^(D) from the sanctuary^(E)
    and grant you support^(F) from Zion.^(G)
³May he remember^(H) all your sacrifices
    and accept your burnt offerings.^[b]^(I)
⁴May he give you the desire of your heart^(J)
    and make all your plans succeed.^(K)
⁵May we shout for joy^(L) over your victory
    and lift up our banners^(M) in the name of our God.

May the Lord grant all your requests.^(N)

⁶Now this I know:
    The Lord gives victory to his anointed.^(O)
He answers him from his heavenly sanctuary
    with the victorious power of his right hand.^(P)
⁷Some trust in chariots^(Q) and some in horses,^(R)
    but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.^(S)
⁸They are brought to their knees and fall,^(T)
    but we rise up^(U) and stand firm.^(V)
⁹Lord, give victory to the king!
    Answer us^(W) when we call!

Footnotes

Psalm 20:1 In Hebrew texts 20:1-9 is numbered 20:2-10.
Psalm 20:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.

Jeremiah 31:15-22

New International Version

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.”

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 31:22 Or will protect

Luke 19:41-44

New International Version

⁴¹As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it^(A) ⁴²and said, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes. ⁴³The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side.^(B) ⁴⁴They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls.^(C) They will not leave one stone on another,^(D) because you did not recognize the time of God’s coming^(E) to you.”