Psalm 82

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Psalm 82

A psalm of Asaph.

¹God presides in the great assembly;
he renders judgment^(A) among the “gods”:^(B)

²“How long will you^[a] defend the unjust
    and show partiality^(C) to the wicked?^[b]^(D)
³Defend the weak and the fatherless;^(E)
    uphold the cause of the poor^(F) and the oppressed.
⁴Rescue the weak and the needy;
    deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

⁵“The ‘gods’ know nothing, they understand nothing.^(G)
They walk about in darkness;^(H)
all the foundations^(I) of the earth are shaken.

⁶“I said, ‘You are “gods”;^(J)
you are all sons of the Most High.’
⁷But you will die^(K) like mere mortals;
you will fall like every other ruler.”

⁸Rise up,^(L) O God, judge^(M) the earth,
for all the nations are your inheritance.^(N)

Footnotes

Psalm 82:2 The Hebrew is plural.
Psalm 82:2 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.

Amos 1:1-2:3

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1 The words of Amos, one of the shepherds of Tekoa^(A)—the vision he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake,^(B) when Uzziah^(C) was king of Judah and Jeroboam^(D) son of Jehoash^[a] was king of Israel.^(E)

²He said:

“The Lord roars^(F) from Zion
and thunders^(G) from Jerusalem;^(H)
the pastures of the shepherds dry up,
and the top of Carmel^(I) withers.”^(J)

Judgment on Israel’s Neighbors

³This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Damascus,^(K)
    even for four, I will not relent.^(L)
Because she threshed Gilead
    with sledges having iron teeth,
⁴I will send fire^(M) on the house of Hazael^(N)
    that will consume the fortresses^(O) of Ben-Hadad.^(P)
⁵I will break down the gate^(Q) of Damascus;
    I will destroy the king who is in^[b] the Valley of Aven^[c]
and the one who holds the scepter in Beth Eden.^(R)
    The people of Aram will go into exile to Kir,^(S)”
says the Lord.^(T)

⁶This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Gaza,^(U)
    even for four, I will not relent.^(V)
Because she took captive whole communities
    and sold them to Edom,^(W)
⁷I will send fire on the walls of Gaza
    that will consume her fortresses.
⁸I will destroy the king^[d] of Ashdod^(X)
    and the one who holds the scepter in Ashkelon.
I will turn my hand^(Y) against Ekron,
    till the last of the Philistines^(Z) are dead,”^(AA)
says the Sovereign Lord.^(AB)

⁹This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Tyre,^(AC)
    even for four, I will not relent.^(AD)
Because she sold whole communities of captives to Edom,
    disregarding a treaty of brotherhood,^(AE)
¹⁰I will send fire on the walls of Tyre
    that will consume her fortresses.^(AF)”

¹¹This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Edom,^(AG)
    even for four, I will not relent.
Because he pursued his brother with a sword^(AH)
    and slaughtered the women of the land,
because his anger raged continually
    and his fury flamed unchecked,^(AI)
¹²I will send fire on Teman^(AJ)
    that will consume the fortresses of Bozrah.^(AK)”

¹³This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Ammon,^(AL)
    even for four, I will not relent.
Because he ripped open the pregnant women^(AM) of Gilead
    in order to extend his borders,
¹⁴I will set fire to the walls of Rabbah^(AN)
    that will consume^(AO) her fortresses
amid war cries^(AP) on the day of battle,
    amid violent winds^(AQ) on a stormy day.
¹⁵Her king^[e] will go into exile,
    he and his officials together,^(AR)”
says the Lord.^(AS)

2 This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Moab,^(AT)
    even for four, I will not relent.
Because he burned to ashes^(AU)
    the bones of Edom’s king,
²I will send fire on Moab
    that will consume the fortresses of Kerioth.^[f]^(AV)
Moab will go down in great tumult
    amid war cries^(AW) and the blast of the trumpet.^(AX)
³I will destroy her ruler^(AY)
    and kill all her officials with him,”^(AZ)
says the Lord.^(BA)

Footnotes

Amos 1:1 Hebrew Joash, a variant of Jehoash
Amos 1:5 Or the inhabitants of
Amos 1:5 Aven means wickedness.
Amos 1:8 Or inhabitants
Amos 1:15 Or / Molek
Amos 2:2 Or of her cities

James 2:14-26

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Faith and Deeds

¹⁴What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds?^(A) Can such faith save them? ¹⁵Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food.^(B) ¹⁶If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it?^(C) ¹⁷In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.^(D)

¹⁸But someone will say, “You have faith; I have deeds.”

Show me your faith without deeds,^(E) and I will show you my faith^(F) by my deeds.^(G) ¹⁹You believe that there is one God.^(H) Good! Even the demons believe that^(I)—and shudder.

²⁰You foolish person, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless^[a]?^(J) ²¹Was not our father Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?^(K) ²²You see that his faith and his actions were working together,^(L) and his faith was made complete by what he did.^(M) ²³And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,”^[b]^(N) and he was called God’s friend.^(O) ²⁴You see that a person is considered righteous by what they do and not by faith alone.

²⁵In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction?^(P) ²⁶As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.^(Q)

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