A Plea for Deliverance and Forgiveness

A Psalm of David.

25 To (A)You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
O my God, I (B)trust in You;
Let me not be ashamed;
(C)Let not my enemies triumph over me.
Indeed, let no one who [a]waits on You be ashamed;
Let those be ashamed who deal treacherously without cause.

(D)Show me Your ways, O Lord;
Teach me Your paths.
Lead me in Your truth and teach me,
For You are the God of my salvation;
On You I wait all the day.

Remember, O Lord, (E)Your tender mercies and Your lovingkindnesses,
For they are from of old.
Do not remember (F)the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions;
(G)According to Your mercy remember me,
For Your goodness’ sake, O Lord.

Good and upright is the Lord;
Therefore He teaches sinners in the way.
The humble He guides in justice,
And the humble He teaches His way.
10 All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth,
To such as keep His covenant and His testimonies.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 25:3 Waits for You in faith

26 “Nevertheless they (A)were disobedient
And rebelled against You,
(B)Cast Your law behind their backs
And killed Your (C)prophets, who [a]testified against them
To turn them to Yourself;
And they worked great provocations.
27 (D)Therefore You delivered them into the hand of their enemies,
Who oppressed them;
And in the time of their trouble,
When they cried to You,
You (E)heard from heaven;
And according to Your abundant mercies
(F)You gave them deliverers who saved them
From the hand of their enemies.

28 “But after they had rest,
(G)They again did evil before You.
Therefore You left them in the hand of their enemies,
So that they had dominion over them;
Yet when they returned and cried out to You,
You heard from heaven;
And (H)many times You delivered them according to Your mercies,
29 And [b]testified against them,
That You might bring them back to Your law.
Yet they acted [c]proudly,
And did not heed Your commandments,
But sinned against Your judgments,
(I)‘Which if a man does, he shall live by them.’
And they shrugged their shoulders,
[d]Stiffened their necks,
And would not hear.
30 Yet for many years You had patience with them,
And [e]testified (J)against them by Your Spirit (K)in Your prophets.
Yet they would not listen;
(L)Therefore You gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.
31 Nevertheless in Your great mercy
(M)You did not utterly consume them nor forsake them;
For You are God, gracious and merciful.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 9:26 admonished or warned them
  2. Nehemiah 9:29 admonished them
  3. Nehemiah 9:29 presumptuously
  4. Nehemiah 9:29 Became stubborn
  5. Nehemiah 9:30 admonished or warned them

The Destruction of Jerusalem(A)

20 (B)“But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is near. 21 Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those who are in the midst of her depart, and let not those who are in the country enter her. 22 For these are the days of vengeance, that (C)all things which are written may be fulfilled. 23 (D)But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! For there will be great distress in the land and wrath upon this people. 24 And they will fall by the edge of the sword, and be led away captive into all nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles (E)until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

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