Psalm 6

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Psalm 6^[a]

For the director of music. With stringed instruments. According to sheminith.^[b] A psalm of David.

¹Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger^(A)
    or discipline me in your wrath.
²Have mercy on me,^(B) Lord, for I am faint;^(C)
    heal me,^(D) Lord, for my bones are in agony.^(E)
³My soul is in deep anguish.^(F)
    How long,^(G) Lord, how long?

⁴Turn,^(H) Lord, and deliver me;
save me because of your unfailing love.^(I)
⁵Among the dead no one proclaims your name.
Who praises you from the grave?^(J)

⁶I am worn out^(K) from my groaning.^(L)

All night long I flood my bed with weeping^(M)
and drench my couch with tears.^(N)
⁷My eyes grow weak^(O) with sorrow;
they fail because of all my foes.

⁸Away from me,^(P) all you who do evil,^(Q)
    for the Lord has heard my weeping.
⁹The Lord has heard my cry for mercy;^(R)
    the Lord accepts my prayer.
¹⁰All my enemies will be overwhelmed with shame and anguish;^(S)
    they will turn back and suddenly be put to shame.^(T)

Footnotes

Psalm 6:1 In Hebrew texts 6:1-10 is numbered 6:2-11.
Psalm 6:1 Title: Probably a musical term

Joshua 24:16-33

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¹⁶Then the people answered, “Far be it from us to forsake^(A) the Lord to serve other gods! ¹⁷It was the Lord our God himself who brought us and our parents up out of Egypt, from that land of slavery,^(B) and performed those great signs^(C) before our eyes. He protected us on our entire journey and among all the nations through which we traveled. ¹⁸And the Lord drove out^(D) before us all the nations,^(E) including the Amorites, who lived in the land.^(F) We too will serve the Lord, because he is our God.^(G)”

¹⁹Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the Lord. He is a holy God;^(H) he is a jealous God.^(I) He will not forgive^(J) your rebellion^(K) and your sins. ²⁰If you forsake the Lord^(L) and serve foreign gods, he will turn^(M) and bring disaster^(N) on you and make an end of you,^(O) after he has been good to you.”

²¹But the people said to Joshua, “No! We will serve the Lord.”

²²Then Joshua said, “You are witnesses^(P) against yourselves that you have chosen^(Q) to serve the Lord.”

“Yes, we are witnesses,^(R)” they replied.

²³“Now then,” said Joshua, “throw away the foreign gods^(S) that are among you and yield your hearts^(T) to the Lord, the God of Israel.”

²⁴And the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the Lord our God and obey him.”^(U)

²⁵On that day Joshua made a covenant^(V) for the people, and there at Shechem^(W) he reaffirmed for them decrees and laws.^(X) ²⁶And Joshua recorded^(Y) these things in the Book of the Law of God.^(Z) Then he took a large stone^(AA) and set it up there under the oak^(AB) near the holy place of the Lord.

²⁷“See!” he said to all the people. “This stone^(AC) will be a witness^(AD) against us. It has heard all the words the Lord has said to us. It will be a witness against you if you are untrue^(AE) to your God.”^(AF)

²⁸Then Joshua dismissed the people, each to their own inheritance.^(AG)

Buried in the Promised Land^(AH)

²⁹After these things, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died^(AI) at the age of a hundred and ten.^(AJ) ³⁰And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath Serah^[a]^(AK) in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.^(AL)

³¹Israel served the Lord throughout the lifetime of Joshua and of the elders^(AM) who outlived him and who had experienced everything the Lord had done for Israel.

³²And Joseph’s bones,^(AN) which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt,^(AO) were buried at Shechem in the tract of land^(AP) that Jacob bought for a hundred pieces of silver^[b] from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem. This became the inheritance of Joseph’s descendants.

³³And Eleazar son of Aaron^(AQ) died and was buried at Gibeah,^(AR) which had been allotted to his son Phinehas^(AS) in the hill country^(AT) of Ephraim.

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Footnotes

Joshua 24:30 Also known as Timnath Heres (see Judges 2:9)
Joshua 24:32 Hebrew hundred kesitahs; a kesitah was a unit of money of unknown weight and value.

Romans 16:1-16

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Personal Greetings

16 I commend^(A) to you our sister Phoebe, a deacon^[a]^[b] of the church in Cenchreae.^(B) ²I ask you to receive her in the Lord^(C) in a way worthy of his people^(D) and to give her any help she may need from you, for she has been the benefactor of many people, including me.

³Greet Priscilla^[c] and Aquila,^(E) my co-workers^(F) in Christ Jesus.^(G) ⁴They risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.

⁵Greet also the church that meets at their house.^(H)

Greet my dear friend Epenetus, who was the first convert^(I) to Christ in the province of Asia.^(J)

⁶Greet Mary, who worked very hard for you.

⁷Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow Jews^(K) who have been in prison with me.^(L) They are outstanding among^[d] the apostles, and they were in Christ^(M) before I was.

⁸Greet Ampliatus, my dear friend in the Lord.

⁹Greet Urbanus, our co-worker in Christ,^(N) and my dear friend Stachys.

¹⁰Greet Apelles, whose fidelity to Christ has stood the test.^(O)

Greet those who belong to the household^(P) of Aristobulus.

¹¹Greet Herodion, my fellow Jew.^(Q)

Greet those in the household^(R) of Narcissus who are in the Lord.

¹²Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, those women who work hard in the Lord.

Greet my dear friend Persis, another woman who has worked very hard in the Lord.

¹³Greet Rufus,^(S) chosen^(T) in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me, too.

¹⁴Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas and the other brothers and sisters with them.

¹⁵Greet Philologus, Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas and all the Lord’s people^(U) who are with them.^(V)

¹⁶Greet one another with a holy kiss.^(W)

All the churches of Christ send greetings.

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Footnotes

Romans 16:1 Or servant
Romans 16:1 The word deacon refers here to a Christian designated to serve with the overseers/elders of the church in a variety of ways; similarly in Phil. 1:1 and 1 Tim. 3:8,12.
Romans 16:3 Greek Prisca, a variant of Priscilla
Romans 16:7 Or are esteemed by

Matthew 27:24-31

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²⁴When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that instead an uproar^(A) was starting, he took water and washed his hands^(B) in front of the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,”^(C) he said. “It is your responsibility!”^(D)

²⁵All the people answered, “His blood is on us and on our children!”^(E)

²⁶Then he released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged,^(F) and handed him over to be crucified.

The Soldiers Mock Jesus^(G)

²⁷Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium^(H) and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him. ²⁸They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him,^(I) ²⁹and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand. Then they knelt in front of him and mocked him. “Hail, king of the Jews!” they said.^(J) ³⁰They spit on him, and took the staff and struck him on the head again and again.^(K) ³¹After they had mocked him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.^(L)