Psalm 89:5-37

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⁵The heavens^(A) praise your wonders, Lord,
    your faithfulness too, in the assembly^(B) of the holy ones.
⁶For who in the skies above can compare with the Lord?
    Who is like the Lord among the heavenly beings?^(C)
⁷In the council^(D) of the holy ones^(E) God is greatly feared;
    he is more awesome than all who surround him.^(F)
⁸Who is like you,^(G) Lord God Almighty?^(H)
    You, Lord, are mighty, and your faithfulness surrounds you.

⁹You rule over the surging sea;
    when its waves mount up, you still them.^(I)
¹⁰You crushed Rahab^(J) like one of the slain;
    with your strong arm you scattered^(K) your enemies.
¹¹The heavens are yours,^(L) and yours also the earth;^(M)
    you founded the world and all that is in it.^(N)
¹²You created the north and the south;
    Tabor^(O) and Hermon^(P) sing for joy^(Q) at your name.
¹³Your arm is endowed with power;
    your hand is strong, your right hand exalted.^(R)

¹⁴Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;^(S)
    love and faithfulness go before you.^(T)
¹⁵Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you,
    who walk^(U) in the light^(V) of your presence, Lord.
¹⁶They rejoice in your name^(W) all day long;
    they celebrate your righteousness.
¹⁷For you are their glory and strength,^(X)
    and by your favor you exalt our horn.^[a]^(Y)
¹⁸Indeed, our shield^[b]^(Z) belongs to the Lord,
    our king^(AA) to the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹Once you spoke in a vision,
    to your faithful people you said:
“I have bestowed strength on a warrior;
    I have raised up a young man from among the people.
²⁰I have found David^(AB) my servant;^(AC)
    with my sacred oil^(AD) I have anointed^(AE) him.
²¹My hand will sustain him;
    surely my arm will strengthen him.^(AF)
²²The enemy will not get the better of him;^(AG)
    the wicked will not oppress^(AH) him.
²³I will crush his foes before him^(AI)
    and strike down his adversaries.^(AJ)
²⁴My faithful love will be with him,^(AK)
    and through my name his horn^[c] will be exalted.
²⁵I will set his hand over the sea,
    his right hand over the rivers.^(AL)
²⁶He will call out to me, ‘You are my Father,^(AM)
    my God, the Rock^(AN) my Savior.’^(AO)
²⁷And I will appoint him to be my firstborn,^(AP)
    the most exalted^(AQ) of the kings^(AR) of the earth.
²⁸I will maintain my love to him forever,
    and my covenant with him will never fail.^(AS)
²⁹I will establish his line forever,
    his throne as long as the heavens endure.^(AT)

³⁰“If his sons forsake my law
    and do not follow my statutes,
³¹if they violate my decrees
    and fail to keep my commands,
³²I will punish their sin with the rod,
    their iniquity with flogging;^(AU)
³³but I will not take my love from him,^(AV)
    nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.
³⁴I will not violate my covenant
    or alter what my lips have uttered.^(AW)
³⁵Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness—
    and I will not lie to David—
³⁶that his line will continue forever
    and his throne endure before me like the sun;^(AX)
³⁷it will be established forever like the moon,
    the faithful witness in the sky.”^(AY)

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Footnotes

Psalm 89:17 Horn here symbolizes strong one.
Psalm 89:18 Or sovereign
Psalm 89:24 Horn here symbolizes strength.

Isaiah 51:1-16

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Everlasting Salvation for Zion

51 “Listen^(A) to me, you who pursue righteousness^(B)
    and who seek^(C) the Lord:
Look to the rock^(D) from which you were cut
    and to the quarry from which you were hewn;
²look to Abraham,^(E) your father,
    and to Sarah, who gave you birth.
When I called him he was only one man,
    and I blessed him and made him many.^(F)
³The Lord will surely comfort^(G) Zion^(H)
    and will look with compassion on all her ruins;^(I)
he will make her deserts like Eden,^(J)
    her wastelands^(K) like the garden of the Lord.
Joy and gladness^(L) will be found in her,
    thanksgiving^(M) and the sound of singing.

⁴“Listen to me, my people;^(N)
    hear me,^(O) my nation:
Instruction^(P) will go out from me;
    my justice^(Q) will become a light to the nations.^(R)
⁵My righteousness draws near speedily,
    my salvation^(S) is on the way,^(T)
    and my arm^(U) will bring justice to the nations.
The islands^(V) will look to me
    and wait in hope^(W) for my arm.
⁶Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
    look at the earth beneath;
the heavens will vanish like smoke,^(X)
    the earth will wear out like a garment^(Y)
    and its inhabitants die like flies.
But my salvation^(Z) will last forever,^(AA)
    my righteousness will never fail.^(AB)

⁷“Hear me, you who know what is right,^(AC)
    you people who have taken my instruction to heart:^(AD)
Do not fear the reproach of mere mortals
    or be terrified by their insults.^(AE)
⁸For the moth will eat them up like a garment;^(AF)
    the worm^(AG) will devour them like wool.
But my righteousness will last forever,^(AH)
    my salvation through all generations.”

⁹Awake, awake,^(AI) arm^(AJ) of the Lord,
    clothe yourself with strength!^(AK)
Awake, as in days gone by,
    as in generations of old.^(AL)
Was it not you who cut Rahab^(AM) to pieces,
    who pierced that monster^(AN) through?
¹⁰Was it not you who dried up the sea,^(AO)
    the waters of the great deep,^(AP)
who made a road in the depths of the sea^(AQ)
    so that the redeemed^(AR) might cross over?
¹¹Those the Lord has rescued^(AS) will return.
    They will enter Zion with singing;^(AT)
    everlasting joy will crown their heads.
Gladness and joy^(AU) will overtake them,
    and sorrow and sighing will flee away.^(AV)

¹²“I, even I, am he who comforts^(AW) you.
    Who are you that you fear^(AX) mere mortals,^(AY)
    human beings who are but grass,^(AZ)
¹³that you forget^(BA) the Lord your Maker,^(BB)
    who stretches out the heavens^(BC)
    and who lays the foundations of the earth,
that you live in constant terror^(BD) every day
    because of the wrath of the oppressor,
    who is bent on destruction?
For where is the wrath of the oppressor?^(BE)
¹⁴    The cowering prisoners will soon be set free;^(BF)
they will not die in their dungeon,
    nor will they lack bread.^(BG)
¹⁵For I am the Lord your God,
    who stirs up the sea^(BH) so that its waves roar^(BI)—
    the Lord Almighty^(BJ) is his name.
¹⁶I have put my words in your mouth^(BK)
    and covered you with the shadow of my hand^(BL)—
I who set the heavens in place,
    who laid the foundations of the earth,^(BM)
    and who say to Zion, ‘You are my people.^(BN)’”

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Matthew 12:15-21

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God’s Chosen Servant

¹⁵Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. A large crowd followed him, and he healed all who were ill.^(A) ¹⁶He warned them not to tell others about him.^(B) ¹⁷This was to fulfill^(C) what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:

¹⁸“Here is my servant whom I have chosen,
    the one I love, in whom I delight;^(D)
I will put my Spirit on him,^(E)
    and he will proclaim justice to the nations.
¹⁹He will not quarrel or cry out;
    no one will hear his voice in the streets.
²⁰A bruised reed he will not break,
    and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out,
till he has brought justice through to victory.
²¹    In his name the nations will put their hope.”^[a]^(F)