Psalm 66:1-9

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Psalm 66

For the director of music. A song. A psalm.

¹Shout for joy to God, all the earth!^(A)
²    Sing the glory of his name;^(B)
    make his praise glorious.^(C)
³Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds!^(D)
    So great is your power
    that your enemies cringe^(E) before you.
⁴All the earth bows down^(F) to you;
    they sing praise^(G) to you,
    they sing the praises of your name.”^[a]

⁵Come and see what God has done,
    his awesome deeds^(H) for mankind!
⁶He turned the sea into dry land,^(I)
    they passed through^(J) the waters on foot—
    come, let us rejoice^(K) in him.
⁷He rules forever^(L) by his power,
    his eyes watch^(M) the nations—
    let not the rebellious^(N) rise up against him.

⁸Praise^(O) our God, all peoples,
let the sound of his praise be heard;
⁹he has preserved our lives^(P)
and kept our feet from slipping.^(Q)

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Footnotes

Psalm 66:4 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 7 and 15.

Jeremiah 51:47-58

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⁴⁷For the time will surely come
    when I will punish the idols^(A) of Babylon;
her whole land will be disgraced^(B)
    and her slain will all lie fallen within her.^(C)
⁴⁸Then heaven and earth and all that is in them
    will shout^(D) for joy over Babylon,
for out of the north^(E)
    destroyers^(F) will attack her,”
declares the Lord.

⁴⁹“Babylon must fall because of Israel’s slain,
    just as the slain in all the earth
    have fallen because of Babylon.^(G)
⁵⁰You who have escaped the sword,
    leave^(H) and do not linger!
Remember^(I) the Lord in a distant land,^(J)
    and call to mind Jerusalem.”

⁵¹“We are disgraced,^(K)
    for we have been insulted
    and shame covers our faces,
because foreigners have entered
    the holy places of the Lord’s house.”^(L)

⁵²“But days are coming,” declares the Lord,
    “when I will punish her idols,^(M)
and throughout her land
    the wounded will groan.^(N)
⁵³Even if Babylon ascends to the heavens^(O)
    and fortifies her lofty stronghold,
    I will send destroyers^(P) against her,”
declares the Lord.

⁵⁴“The sound of a cry^(Q) comes from Babylon,
    the sound of great destruction^(R)
    from the land of the Babylonians.^[a]
⁵⁵The Lord will destroy Babylon;
    he will silence^(S) her noisy din.
Waves^(T) of enemies will rage like great waters;
    the roar of their voices will resound.
⁵⁶A destroyer^(U) will come against Babylon;
    her warriors will be captured,
    and their bows will be broken.^(V)
For the Lord is a God of retribution;
    he will repay^(W) in full.
⁵⁷I will make her officials^(X) and wise^(Y) men drunk,^(Z)
    her governors, officers and warriors as well;
they will sleep^(AA) forever and not awake,”
    declares the King,^(AB) whose name is the Lord Almighty.

⁵⁸This is what the Lord Almighty says:

“Babylon’s thick wall^(AC) will be leveled
and her high gates^(AD) set on fire;
the peoples^(AE) exhaust^(AF) themselves for nothing,
the nations’ labor is only fuel for the flames.”^(AG)

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 51:54 Or Chaldeans

2 Corinthians 8:1-7

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The Collection for the Lord’s People

8 And now, brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian^(A) churches. ²In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity.^(B) ³For I testify that they gave as much as they were able,^(C) and even beyond their ability. Entirely on their own, ⁴they urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing^(D) in this service^(E) to the Lord’s people.^(F) ⁵And they exceeded our expectations: They gave themselves first of all to the Lord, and then by the will of God also to us. ⁶So we urged^(G) Titus,^(H) just as he had earlier made a beginning, to bring also to completion^(I) this act of grace on your part. ⁷But since you excel in everything^(J)—in faith, in speech, in knowledge,^(K) in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled in you^[a]—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.