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Psalm 7-8
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Psalm 7-8
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In You Do I Take Refuge
A (A)Shiggaion[a] of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning the words of Cush, a Benjaminite.
7 O Lord my God, in you do I (B)take refuge;
(C)save me from all my pursuers and deliver me,
2 lest like (D)a lion they tear my soul apart,
rending it in pieces, with (E)none to deliver.
3 O Lord my God, (F)if I have done this,
if there is (G)wrong in my hands,
4 if I have repaid (H)my friend[b] with evil
or (I)plundered my enemy without cause,
5 let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it,
and let him (J)trample my life to the ground
and lay my glory in the dust. Selah
6 (K)Arise, O Lord, in your anger;
(L)lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies;
(M)awake for me; you have appointed a judgment.
7 Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered about you;
over it return on high.
8 The Lord (N)judges the peoples;
(O)judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness
and according to the integrity that is in me.
9 Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end,
and may you establish the righteous—
you who (P)test (Q)the minds and hearts,[c]
O righteous God!
10 My shield is (R)with God,
who saves (S)the upright in heart.
11 God is (T)a righteous judge,
and a God who feels (U)indignation every day.
12 If a man[d] does not repent, God[e] will (V)whet his sword;
he has (W)bent and (X)readied his bow;
13 he has prepared for him his deadly weapons,
making his (Y)arrows (Z)fiery shafts.
14 Behold, the wicked man (AA)conceives evil
and is (AB)pregnant with mischief
and gives birth to lies.
15 He makes (AC)a pit, digging it out,
and falls into the hole that he has made.
16 His (AD)mischief returns upon his own head,
and on his own skull his violence descends.
17 I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness,
and I will (AE)sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High.
How Majestic Is Your Name
To the choirmaster: according to The (AF)Gittith.[f] A Psalm of David.
8 O Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your (AG)name in all the earth!
You have set your (AH)glory above the heavens.
2 (AI)Out of the mouth of babies and infants,
you have established (AJ)strength because of your foes,
to still (AK)the enemy and the avenger.
3 When I (AL)look at your heavens, the work of your (AM)fingers,
the moon and the stars, (AN)which you have set in place,
4 (AO)what is man that you are (AP)mindful of him,
and (AQ)the son of man that you (AR)care for him?
5 Yet you have made him a little lower than (AS)the heavenly beings[g]
and crowned him with (AT)glory and honor.
6 You have given him (AU)dominion over the works of your hands;
(AV)you have put all things under his feet,
7 all sheep and oxen,
and also the beasts of the field,
8 the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea,
whatever passes along the paths of the seas.
9 O Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
Footnotes
- Psalm 7:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
- Psalm 7:4 Hebrew the one at peace with me
- Psalm 7:9 Hebrew the hearts and kidneys
- Psalm 7:12 Hebrew he
- Psalm 7:12 Hebrew he
- Psalm 8:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
- Psalm 8:5 Or than God; Septuagint than the angels
Psalm 7-8
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Psalm 7-8
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Psalm 7[a]
A shiggaion[b](A) of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning Cush, a Benjamite.
1 Lord my God, I take refuge(B) in you;
save and deliver me(C) from all who pursue me,(D)
2 or they will tear me apart like a lion(E)
and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue(F) me.
3 Lord my God, if I have done this
and there is guilt on my hands(G)—
4 if I have repaid my ally with evil
or without cause(H) have robbed my foe—
5 then let my enemy pursue and overtake(I) me;
let him trample my life to the ground(J)
and make me sleep in the dust.[c](K)
6 Arise,(L) Lord, in your anger;
rise up against the rage of my enemies.(M)
Awake,(N) my God; decree justice.
7 Let the assembled peoples gather around you,
while you sit enthroned over them on high.(O)
8 Let the Lord judge(P) the peoples.
Vindicate me, Lord, according to my righteousness,(Q)
according to my integrity,(R) O Most High.(S)
9 Bring to an end the violence of the wicked
and make the righteous secure—(T)
you, the righteous God(U)
who probes minds and hearts.(V)
10 My shield[d](W) is God Most High,
who saves the upright in heart.(X)
11 God is a righteous judge,(Y)
a God who displays his wrath(Z) every day.
12 If he does not relent,(AA)
he[e] will sharpen his sword;(AB)
he will bend and string his bow.(AC)
13 He has prepared his deadly weapons;
he makes ready his flaming arrows.(AD)
14 Whoever is pregnant with evil
conceives trouble and gives birth(AE) to disillusionment.
15 Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out
falls into the pit(AF) they have made.(AG)
16 The trouble they cause recoils on them;
their violence comes down on their own heads.
17 I will give thanks to the Lord because of his righteousness;(AH)
I will sing the praises(AI) of the name of the Lord Most High.(AJ)
Psalm 8[f]
For the director of music. According to gittith.[g] A psalm of David.
1 Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name(AK) in all the earth!
You have set your glory(AL)
in the heavens.(AM)
2 Through the praise of children and infants
you have established a stronghold(AN) against your enemies,
to silence the foe(AO) and the avenger.
3 When I consider your heavens,(AP)
the work of your fingers,(AQ)
the moon and the stars,(AR)
which you have set in place,
4 what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
human beings that you care for them?[h](AS)
5 You have made them[i] a little lower than the angels[j](AT)
and crowned them[k] with glory and honor.(AU)
6 You made them rulers(AV) over the works of your hands;(AW)
you put everything under their[l] feet:(AX)
7 all flocks and herds,(AY)
and the animals of the wild,(AZ)
8 the birds in the sky,
and the fish in the sea,(BA)
all that swim the paths of the seas.
9 Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!(BB)
Footnotes
- Psalm 7:1 In Hebrew texts 7:1-17 is numbered 7:2-18.
- Psalm 7:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
- Psalm 7:5 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.
- Psalm 7:10 Or sovereign
- Psalm 7:12 Or If anyone does not repent, / God
- Psalm 8:1 In Hebrew texts 8:1-9 is numbered 8:2-10.
- Psalm 8:1 Title: Probably a musical term
- Psalm 8:4 Or what is a human being that you are mindful of him, / a son of man that you care for him?
- Psalm 8:5 Or him
- Psalm 8:5 Or than God
- Psalm 8:5 Or him
- Psalm 8:6 Or made him ruler . . . ; / . . . his
John 7:28-53
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John 7:28-53
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28 So Jesus proclaimed, (A)as he taught in the temple, (B)“You know me, and you know where I come from. But (C)I have not come of my own accord. (D)He who sent me is true, (E)and him you do not know. 29 (F)I know him, for I come (G)from him, and (H)he sent me.” 30 (I)So they were seeking to arrest him, but (J)no one laid a hand on him, (K)because his hour had not yet come. 31 Yet (L)many of the people believed in him. They said, (M)“When the Christ appears, will he do more signs than this man has done?”
Officers Sent to Arrest Jesus
32 The Pharisees heard the crowd (N)muttering these things about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent (O)officers to arrest him. 33 Jesus then said, (P)“I will be with you a little longer, and then (Q)I am going to him who sent me. 34 (R)You will seek me and you will not find me. Where I am you cannot come.” 35 The Jews said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we will not find him? (S)Does he intend to go to (T)the Dispersion among (U)the Greeks and teach the Greeks? 36 What does he mean by saying, (V)‘You will seek me and you will not find me,’ and, ‘Where I am you cannot come’?”
Rivers of Living Water
37 (W)On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, (X)“If anyone thirsts, let him (Y)come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, (Z)as[a] the Scripture has said, (AA)‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of (AB)living water.’” 39 Now (AC)this he said about the Spirit, (AD)whom those who believed in him were to receive, (AE)for as yet the Spirit had not been (AF)given, (AG)because Jesus was not yet glorified.
Division Among the People
40 When they heard these words, (AH)some of the people said, “This really is (AI)the Prophet.” 41 Others said, “This is (AJ)the Christ.” But some said, (AK)“Is the Christ to come from Galilee? 42 Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes (AL)from the offspring of David, and comes (AM)from Bethlehem, the village (AN)where David was?” 43 So there was (AO)a division among the people over him. 44 (AP)Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him.
45 (AQ)The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why did you not bring him?” 46 The officers answered, (AR)“No one ever spoke like this man!” 47 The Pharisees answered them, (AS)“Have you also been deceived? 48 (AT)Have any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him? 49 But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.” 50 (AU)Nicodemus, who had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said to them, 51 (AV)“Does our law judge a man without first (AW)giving him a hearing and learning what he does?” 52 They replied, (AX)“Are you from Galilee too? Search and see that (AY)no prophet arises from Galilee.”
[The earliest manuscripts do not include 7:53–8:11.][b]
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John 7:28-53
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John 7:28-53
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28 Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts,(A) cried out, “Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from.(B) I am not here on my own authority, but he who sent me is true.(C) You do not know him, 29 but I know him(D) because I am from him and he sent me.”(E)
30 At this they tried to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him,(F) because his hour had not yet come.(G) 31 Still, many in the crowd believed in him.(H) They said, “When the Messiah comes, will he perform more signs(I) than this man?”
32 The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering such things about him. Then the chief priests and the Pharisees sent temple guards to arrest him.
33 Jesus said, “I am with you for only a short time,(J) and then I am going to the one who sent me.(K) 34 You will look for me, but you will not find me; and where I am, you cannot come.”(L)
35 The Jews said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we cannot find him? Will he go where our people live scattered(M) among the Greeks,(N) and teach the Greeks? 36 What did he mean when he said, ‘You will look for me, but you will not find me,’ and ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”(O)
37 On the last and greatest day of the festival,(P) Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.(Q) 38 Whoever believes(R) in me, as Scripture has said,(S) rivers of living water(T) will flow from within them.”[a](U) 39 By this he meant the Spirit,(V) whom those who believed in him were later to receive.(W) Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.(X)
40 On hearing his words, some of the people said, “Surely this man is the Prophet.”(Y)
41 Others said, “He is the Messiah.”
Still others asked, “How can the Messiah come from Galilee?(Z) 42 Does not Scripture say that the Messiah will come from David’s descendants(AA) and from Bethlehem,(AB) the town where David lived?” 43 Thus the people were divided(AC) because of Jesus. 44 Some wanted to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him.(AD)
Unbelief of the Jewish Leaders
45 Finally the temple guards went back to the chief priests and the Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring him in?”
46 “No one ever spoke the way this man does,”(AE) the guards replied.
47 “You mean he has deceived you also?”(AF) the Pharisees retorted. 48 “Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him?(AG) 49 No! But this mob that knows nothing of the law—there is a curse on them.”
50 Nicodemus,(AH) who had gone to Jesus earlier and who was one of their own number, asked, 51 “Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing?”
52 They replied, “Are you from Galilee, too? Look into it, and you will find that a prophet does not come out of Galilee.”(AI)
[The earliest manuscripts and many other ancient witnesses do not have John 7:53—8:11. A few manuscripts include these verses, wholly or in part, after John 7:36, John 21:25, Luke 21:38 or Luke 24:53.]
53 Then they all went home,
Footnotes
- John 7:38 Or me. And let anyone drink 38 who believes in me.” As Scripture has said, “Out of him (or them) will flow rivers of living water.”
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