Psalm 145:8-9

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⁸The Lord is gracious and compassionate,^(A)
slow to anger and rich in love.^(B)

⁹The Lord is good^(C) to all;
he has compassion^(D) on all he has made.

Psalm 145:14-21

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¹⁴The Lord upholds^(A) all who fall
    and lifts up all^(B) who are bowed down.^(C)
¹⁵The eyes of all look to you,
    and you give them their food^(D) at the proper time.
¹⁶You open your hand
    and satisfy the desires^(E) of every living thing.

¹⁷The Lord is righteous^(F) in all his ways
    and faithful in all he does.^(G)
¹⁸The Lord is near^(H) to all who call on him,^(I)
    to all who call on him in truth.
¹⁹He fulfills the desires^(J) of those who fear him;^(K)
    he hears their cry^(L) and saves them.^(M)
²⁰The Lord watches over^(N) all who love him,^(O)
    but all the wicked he will destroy.^(P)

²¹My mouth will speak^(Q) in praise of the Lord.
Let every creature^(R) praise his holy name^(S)
for ever and ever.

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Isaiah 51:17-23

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The Cup of the Lord’s Wrath

¹⁷Awake, awake!^(A)
    Rise up, Jerusalem,
you who have drunk from the hand of the Lord
    the cup^(B) of his wrath,^(C)
you who have drained to its dregs^(D)
    the goblet that makes people stagger.^(E)
¹⁸Among all the children^(F) she bore
    there was none to guide her;^(G)
among all the children she reared
    there was none to take her by the hand.^(H)
¹⁹These double calamities^(I) have come upon you—
    who can comfort you?^(J)—
ruin and destruction,^(K) famine^(L) and sword^(M)—
    who can^[a] console you?
²⁰Your children have fainted;
    they lie at every street corner,^(N)
    like antelope caught in a net.^(O)
They are filled with the wrath^(P) of the Lord,
    with the rebuke^(Q) of your God.

²¹Therefore hear this, you afflicted^(R) one,
    made drunk,^(S) but not with wine.
²²This is what your Sovereign Lord says,
    your God, who defends^(T) his people:
“See, I have taken out of your hand
    the cup^(U) that made you stagger;
from that cup, the goblet of my wrath,
    you will never drink again.
²³I will put it into the hands of your tormentors,^(V)
    who said to you,
    ‘Fall prostrate^(W) that we may walk^(X) on you.’
And you made your back like the ground,
    like a street to be walked on.”^(Y)

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Footnotes

Isaiah 51:19 Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; Masoretic Text / how can I

Romans 9:6-13

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God’s Sovereign Choice

⁶It is not as though God’s word^(A) had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.^(B) ⁷Nor because they are his descendants are they all Abraham’s children. On the contrary, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”^[a]^(C) ⁸In other words, it is not the children by physical descent who are God’s children,^(D) but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham’s offspring.^(E) ⁹For this was how the promise was stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.”^[b]^(F)

¹⁰Not only that, but Rebekah’s children were conceived at the same time by our father Isaac.^(G) ¹¹Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad^(H)—in order that God’s purpose^(I) in election might stand: ¹²not by works but by him who calls—she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”^[c]^(J) ¹³Just as it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”^[d]^(K)