Psalm 77:1-2

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Psalm 77^[a]

For the director of music. For Jeduthun. Of Asaph. A psalm.

¹I cried out to God^(A) for help;
    I cried out to God to hear me.
²When I was in distress,^(B) I sought the Lord;
    at night^(C) I stretched out untiring hands,^(D)
    and I would not be comforted.^(E)

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Footnotes

Psalm 77:1 In Hebrew texts 77:1-20 is numbered 77:2-21.

Psalm 77:11-20

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¹¹I will remember the deeds of the Lord;
yes, I will remember your miracles^(A) of long ago.
¹²I will consider^(B) all your works
and meditate on all your mighty deeds.”^(C)

¹³Your ways, God, are holy.
    What god is as great as our God?^(D)
¹⁴You are the God who performs miracles;^(E)
    you display your power among the peoples.
¹⁵With your mighty arm you redeemed your people,^(F)
    the descendants of Jacob and Joseph.

¹⁶The waters^(G) saw you, God,
    the waters saw you and writhed;^(H)
    the very depths were convulsed.
¹⁷The clouds poured down water,^(I)
    the heavens resounded with thunder;^(J)
    your arrows^(K) flashed back and forth.
¹⁸Your thunder was heard in the whirlwind,^(L)
    your lightning^(M) lit up the world;
    the earth trembled and quaked.^(N)
¹⁹Your path^(O) led through the sea,^(P)
    your way through the mighty waters,
    though your footprints were not seen.

²⁰You led your people^(Q) like a flock^(R)
by the hand of Moses and Aaron.^(S)

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2 Kings 1:13-18

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¹³So the king sent a third captain with his fifty men. This third captain went up and fell on his knees before Elijah. “Man of God,” he begged, “please have respect for my life^(A) and the lives of these fifty men, your servants! ¹⁴See, fire has fallen from heaven and consumed the first two captains and all their men. But now have respect for my life!”

¹⁵The angel^(B) of the Lord said to Elijah, “Go down with him; do not be afraid^(C) of him.” So Elijah got up and went down with him to the king.

¹⁶He told the king, “This is what the Lord says: Is it because there is no God in Israel for you to consult that you have sent messengers^(D) to consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron? Because you have done this, you will never leave^(E) the bed you are lying on. You will certainly die!” ¹⁷So he died,^(F) according to the word of the Lord that Elijah had spoken.

Because Ahaziah had no son, Joram^[a]^(G) succeeded him as king in the second year of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah. ¹⁸As for all the other events of Ahaziah’s reign, and what he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel?

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Footnotes

2 Kings 1:17 Hebrew Jehoram, a variant of Joram

2 Kings 2:3-5

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³The company^(A) of the prophets at Bethel came out to Elisha and asked, “Do you know that the Lord is going to take your master from you today?”

“Yes, I know,” Elisha replied, “so be quiet.”

⁴Then Elijah said to him, “Stay here, Elisha; the Lord has sent me to Jericho.^(B)”

And he replied, “As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they went to Jericho.

⁵The company^(C) of the prophets at Jericho went up to Elisha and asked him, “Do you know that the Lord is going to take your master from you today?”

“Yes, I know,” he replied, “so be quiet.”

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Luke 9:21-27

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Jesus Predicts His Death

²¹Jesus strictly warned them not to tell this to anyone.^(A) ²²And he said, “The Son of Man^(B) must suffer many things^(C) and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law,^(D) and he must be killed^(E) and on the third day^(F) be raised to life.”^(G)

²³Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.^(H) ²⁴For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it.^(I) ²⁵What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit their very self? ²⁶Whoever is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them^(J) when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.^(K)