Psalm 77:11-20

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¹¹I will remember the deeds of the Lord;
yes, I will remember your miracles^(A) of long ago.
¹²I will consider^(B) all your works
and meditate on all your mighty deeds.”^(C)

¹³Your ways, God, are holy.
    What god is as great as our God?^(D)
¹⁴You are the God who performs miracles;^(E)
    you display your power among the peoples.
¹⁵With your mighty arm you redeemed your people,^(F)
    the descendants of Jacob and Joseph.

¹⁶The waters^(G) saw you, God,
    the waters saw you and writhed;^(H)
    the very depths were convulsed.
¹⁷The clouds poured down water,^(I)
    the heavens resounded with thunder;^(J)
    your arrows^(K) flashed back and forth.
¹⁸Your thunder was heard in the whirlwind,^(L)
    your lightning^(M) lit up the world;
    the earth trembled and quaked.^(N)
¹⁹Your path^(O) led through the sea,^(P)
    your way through the mighty waters,
    though your footprints were not seen.

²⁰You led your people^(Q) like a flock^(R)
by the hand of Moses and Aaron.^(S)

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Luke 8:26-39

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Jesus Restores a Demon-Possessed Man^(A)^(B)

²⁶They sailed to the region of the Gerasenes,^[a] which is across the lake from Galilee. ²⁷When Jesus stepped ashore, he was met by a demon-possessed man from the town. For a long time this man had not worn clothes or lived in a house, but had lived in the tombs. ²⁸When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell at his feet, shouting at the top of his voice, “What do you want with me,^(C) Jesus, Son of the Most High God?^(D) I beg you, don’t torture me!” ²⁹For Jesus had commanded the impure spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was chained hand and foot and kept under guard, he had broken his chains and had been driven by the demon into solitary places.

³⁰Jesus asked him, “What is your name?”

“Legion,” he replied, because many demons had gone into him. ³¹And they begged Jesus repeatedly not to order them to go into the Abyss.^(E)

³²A large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside. The demons begged Jesus to let them go into the pigs, and he gave them permission. ³³When the demons came out of the man, they went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake^(F) and was drowned.

³⁴When those tending the pigs saw what had happened, they ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, ³⁵and the people went out to see what had happened. When they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus’ feet,^(G) dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. ³⁶Those who had seen it told the people how the demon-possessed^(H) man had been cured. ³⁷Then all the people of the region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them,^(I) because they were overcome with fear. So he got into the boat and left.

³⁸The man from whom the demons had gone out begged to go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying, ³⁹“Return home and tell how much God has done for you.” So the man went away and told all over town how much Jesus had done for him.

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