Psalm 9:1-14

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Psalm 9^[a]^[b]

For the director of music. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A psalm of David.

¹I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart;^(A)
I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.^(B)
²I will be glad and rejoice^(C) in you;
I will sing the praises^(D) of your name,^(E) O Most High.

³My enemies turn back;
    they stumble and perish before you.
⁴For you have upheld my right^(F) and my cause,^(G)
    sitting enthroned^(H) as the righteous judge.^(I)
⁵You have rebuked the nations^(J) and destroyed the wicked;
    you have blotted out their name^(K) for ever and ever.
⁶Endless ruin has overtaken my enemies,
    you have uprooted their cities;^(L)
    even the memory of them^(M) has perished.

⁷The Lord reigns forever;^(N)
    he has established his throne^(O) for judgment.
⁸He rules the world in righteousness^(P)
    and judges the peoples with equity.^(Q)
⁹The Lord is a refuge^(R) for the oppressed,^(S)
    a stronghold in times of trouble.^(T)
¹⁰Those who know your name^(U) trust in you,
    for you, Lord, have never forsaken^(V) those who seek you.^(W)

¹¹Sing the praises^(X) of the Lord, enthroned in Zion;^(Y)
proclaim among the nations^(Z) what he has done.^(AA)
¹²For he who avenges blood^(AB) remembers;
he does not ignore the cries of the afflicted.^(AC)

¹³Lord, see how my enemies^(AD) persecute me!
    Have mercy^(AE) and lift me up from the gates of death,^(AF)
¹⁴that I may declare your praises^(AG)
    in the gates of Daughter Zion,^(AH)
    and there rejoice in your salvation.^(AI)

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Footnotes

Psalm 9:1 Psalms 9 and 10 may originally have been a single acrostic poem in which alternating lines began with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In the Septuagint they constitute one psalm.
Psalm 9:1 In Hebrew texts 9:1-20 is numbered 9:2-21.

Job 16:1-21

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Job

16 Then Job replied:

²“I have heard many things like these;
    you are miserable comforters,^(A) all of you!^(B)
³Will your long-winded speeches never end?^(C)
    What ails you that you keep on arguing?^(D)
⁴I also could speak like you,
    if you were in my place;
I could make fine speeches against you
    and shake my head^(E) at you.
⁵But my mouth would encourage you;
    comfort^(F) from my lips would bring you relief.^(G)

⁶“Yet if I speak, my pain is not relieved;
    and if I refrain, it does not go away.^(H)
⁷Surely, God, you have worn me out;^(I)
    you have devastated my entire household.^(J)
⁸You have shriveled me up—and it has become a witness;
    my gauntness^(K) rises up and testifies against me.^(L)
⁹God assails me and tears^(M) me in his anger^(N)
    and gnashes his teeth at me;^(O)
    my opponent fastens on me his piercing eyes.^(P)
¹⁰People open their mouths^(Q) to jeer at me;^(R)
    they strike my cheek^(S) in scorn
    and unite together against me.^(T)
¹¹God has turned me over to the ungodly
    and thrown me into the clutches of the wicked.^(U)
¹²All was well with me, but he shattered me;
    he seized me by the neck and crushed me.^(V)
He has made me his target;^(W)
¹³    his archers surround me.^(X)
Without pity, he pierces^(Y) my kidneys
    and spills my gall on the ground.
¹⁴Again and again^(Z) he bursts upon me;
    he rushes at me like a warrior.^(AA)

¹⁵“I have sewed sackcloth^(AB) over my skin
    and buried my brow in the dust.^(AC)
¹⁶My face is red with weeping,^(AD)
    dark shadows ring my eyes;^(AE)
¹⁷yet my hands have been free of violence^(AF)
    and my prayer is pure.^(AG)

¹⁸“Earth, do not cover my blood;^(AH)
    may my cry^(AI) never be laid to rest!^(AJ)
¹⁹Even now my witness^(AK) is in heaven;^(AL)
    my advocate is on high.^(AM)
²⁰My intercessor^(AN) is my friend^[a]^(AO)
    as my eyes pour out^(AP) tears^(AQ) to God;
²¹on behalf of a man he pleads^(AR) with God
    as one pleads for a friend.

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Footnotes

Job 16:20 Or My friends treat me with scorn

Matthew 24:45-51

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⁴⁵“Who then is the faithful and wise servant,^(A) whom the master has put in charge of the servants in his household to give them their food at the proper time? ⁴⁶It will be good for that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.^(B) ⁴⁷Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.^(C) ⁴⁸But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, ‘My master is staying away a long time,’ ⁴⁹and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.^(D) ⁵⁰The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. ⁵¹He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.^(E)