Psalm 64

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Psalm 64^[a]

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

¹Hear me, my God, as I voice my complaint;^(A)
protect my life from the threat of the enemy.^(B)

²Hide me from the conspiracy^(C) of the wicked,^(D)
    from the plots of evildoers.
³They sharpen their tongues like swords^(E)
    and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.^(F)
⁴They shoot from ambush at the innocent;^(G)
    they shoot suddenly, without fear.^(H)

⁵They encourage each other in evil plans,
    they talk about hiding their snares;^(I)
    they say, “Who will see it^[b]?”^(J)
⁶They plot injustice and say,
    “We have devised a perfect plan!”
    Surely the human mind and heart are cunning.

⁷But God will shoot them with his arrows;
    they will suddenly be struck down.
⁸He will turn their own tongues against them^(K)
    and bring them to ruin;
    all who see them will shake their heads^(L) in scorn.^(M)
⁹All people will fear;^(N)
    they will proclaim the works of God
    and ponder what he has done.^(O)

¹⁰The righteous will rejoice in the Lord^(P)
and take refuge in him;^(Q)
all the upright in heart will glory in him!^(R)

Footnotes

Psalm 64:1 In Hebrew texts 64:1-10 is numbered 64:2-11.
Psalm 64:5 Or us

Job 19:1-22

New International Version

Job

19 Then Job replied:

²“How long will you torment^(A) me
    and crush^(B) me with words?
³Ten times^(C) now you have reproached^(D) me;
    shamelessly you attack me.
⁴If it is true that I have gone astray,
    my error^(E) remains my concern alone.
⁵If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me^(F)
    and use my humiliation against me,
⁶then know that God has wronged me^(G)
    and drawn his net^(H) around me.^(I)

⁷“Though I cry, ‘Violence!’ I get no response;^(J)
    though I call for help,^(K) there is no justice.^(L)
⁸He has blocked my way so I cannot pass;^(M)
    he has shrouded my paths in darkness.^(N)
⁹He has stripped^(O) me of my honor^(P)
    and removed the crown from my head.^(Q)
¹⁰He tears me down^(R) on every side till I am gone;
    he uproots my hope^(S) like a tree.^(T)
¹¹His anger^(U) burns against me;
    he counts me among his enemies.^(V)
¹²His troops advance in force;^(W)
    they build a siege ramp^(X) against me
    and encamp around my tent.^(Y)

¹³“He has alienated my family^(Z) from me;
    my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.^(AA)
¹⁴My relatives have gone away;
    my closest friends^(AB) have forgotten me.
¹⁵My guests^(AC) and my female servants^(AD) count me a foreigner;
    they look on me as on a stranger.
¹⁶I summon my servant, but he does not answer,
    though I beg him with my own mouth.
¹⁷My breath is offensive to my wife;
    I am loathsome^(AE) to my own family.
¹⁸Even the little boys^(AF) scorn me;
    when I appear, they ridicule me.^(AG)
¹⁹All my intimate friends^(AH) detest me;^(AI)
    those I love have turned against me.^(AJ)
²⁰I am nothing but skin and bones;^(AK)
    I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.^[a]

²¹“Have pity on me, my friends,^(AL) have pity,
for the hand of God has struck^(AM) me.
²²Why do you pursue^(AN) me as God does?^(AO)
Will you never get enough of my flesh?^(AP)

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Footnotes

Job 19:20 Or only by my gums

Ephesians 2:11-22

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Jew and Gentile Reconciled Through Christ

¹¹Therefore, remember that formerly^(A) you who are Gentiles by birth and called “uncircumcised” by those who call themselves “the circumcision” (which is done in the body by human hands)^(B)— ¹²remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners^(C) to the covenants of the promise,^(D) without hope^(E) and without God in the world. ¹³But now in Christ Jesus you who once^(F) were far away have been brought near^(G) by the blood of Christ.^(H)

¹⁴For he himself is our peace,^(I) who has made the two groups one^(J) and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, ¹⁵by setting aside in his flesh^(K) the law with its commands and regulations.^(L) His purpose was to create in himself one^(M) new humanity out of the two, thus making peace, ¹⁶and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross,^(N) by which he put to death their hostility. ¹⁷He came and preached peace^(O) to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.^(P) ¹⁸For through him we both have access^(Q) to the Father^(R) by one Spirit.^(S)

¹⁹Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers,^(T) but fellow citizens^(U) with God’s people and also members of his household,^(V) ²⁰built^(W) on the foundation^(X) of the apostles and prophets,^(Y) with Christ Jesus himself^(Z) as the chief cornerstone.^(AA) ²¹In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple^(AB) in the Lord. ²²And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.^(AC)