Psalm 130

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My Soul Waits for the Lord

A Song of ^(A)Ascents.

130 Out of ^(B)the depths I cry to you, O Lord!
² O Lord, hear my voice!
^(C)Let your ears be attentive
to ^(D)the voice of my pleas for mercy!

³If you, O Lord, should ^(E)mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could ^(F)stand?
⁴But with you there is ^(G)forgiveness,
^(H)that you may be feared.

⁵I ^(I)wait for the Lord, ^(J)my soul waits,
    and ^(K)in his word I hope;
⁶my soul ^(L)waits for the Lord
    more than ^(M)watchmen for ^(N)the morning,
    more than watchmen for the morning.

⁷O Israel, ^(O)hope in the Lord!
    For ^(P)with the Lord there is steadfast love,
    and with him is plentiful redemption.
⁸And he will ^(Q)redeem Israel
    from all his iniquities.

Ezekiel 36:8-15

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⁸“But you, O mountains of Israel, ^(A)shall shoot forth your branches and yield your fruit to my people Israel, for ^(B)they will soon come home. ⁹For ^(C)behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and ^(D)you shall be tilled and sown. ¹⁰And ^(E)I will multiply people on you, the whole house of Israel, all of it. ^(F)The cities shall be inhabited and the waste places rebuilt. ¹¹And I will multiply on you ^(G)man and beast, and ^(H)they shall multiply and be fruitful. And I will cause you to be inhabited as in ^(I)your former times, and ^(J)will do more good to you than ever before. ^(K)Then you will know that I am the Lord. ¹²I will let people walk on you, even my people Israel. ^(L)And they shall possess you, and you shall be their inheritance, and you shall no longer ^(M)bereave them of children. ¹³Thus says the Lord God: Because they say to you, ^(N)‘You devour people, and you bereave your nation of children,’ ¹⁴therefore you shall no longer devour people and no longer bereave your nation of children, declares the Lord God. ¹⁵And I will not let you hear anymore ^(O)the reproach of the nations, and you shall no longer bear the disgrace of the peoples and no longer cause your nation to stumble, declares the Lord God.”

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Luke 24:44-53

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⁴⁴Then he said to them, ^(A)“These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, ^(B)that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” ⁴⁵Then ^(C)he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, ⁴⁶and said to them, “Thus ^(D)it is written, ^(E)that the Christ should suffer and on the third day ^(F)rise from the dead, ⁴⁷and that ^(G)repentance for^[a] the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed ^(H)in his name ^(I)to all nations, ^(J)beginning from Jerusalem. ⁴⁸^(K)You are witnesses of these things. ⁴⁹And behold, I am sending ^(L)the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you ^(M)are clothed with ^(N)power ^(O)from on high.”

The Ascension

⁵⁰And ^(P)he led them out as far as ^(Q)Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. ⁵¹While he blessed them, ^(R)he parted from them and was carried up into heaven. ⁵²And they ^(S)worshiped him and ^(T)returned to Jerusalem ^(U)with great joy, ⁵³and ^(V)were continually in the temple ^(W)blessing God.