Song of Solomon 8

New American Standard Bible

The Lovers Speak

8 “Oh that you were like a brother to me
Who nursed at my mother’s breasts.
If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you;
No one would despise me, either.
²I would lead you and ^(A)bring you
Into the house of my mother, who used to instruct me;
I would give you spiced wine to drink from the juice of my pomegranates.
³Let ^(B)his left hand be under my head,
And his right hand embrace me.”

The Groom

⁴“^(C)Swear to me, you daughters of Jerusalem:
^[a]Do not disturb or awaken my love
Until she pleases.”

The Chorus

⁵“^(D)Who is this coming up from the wilderness,
Leaning on her beloved?”

The Bride

“Beneath the ^(E)apple tree I awakened you;
There your mother went into labor with you,
There she was in labor and gave birth to you.
⁶Put me like a seal over your heart,
Like a ^(F)seal on your arm.
For love is as strong as death,
^[b]^(G)Jealousy is as severe as Sheol;
Its flames are flames of fire,
^[c]The flame of the Lord.
⁷Many waters cannot quench love,
Nor will rivers flood over it;
^(H)If a man were to give all the riches of his house for love,
It would be utterly despised.”

The Chorus

⁸“We have a little sister,
And she ^(I)has no breasts;
What shall we do for our sister
On the day when she is spoken for?
⁹If she is a wall,
We will build on her a battlement of silver;
But if she is a door,
We will barricade her with ^(J)planks of cedar.”

The Bride

¹⁰“I was a wall, and ^(K)my breasts were like towers;
Then I became in his eyes as one who finds peace.
¹¹Solomon had a ^(L)vineyard at Baal-hamon;
He ^(M)entrusted the vineyard to ^(N)caretakers.
Each one was to bring a ^(O)thousand shekels of silver for its ^(P)fruit.
¹²My very own vineyard is ^[d]at my disposal;
The thousand shekels are for you, Solomon,
And two hundred are for those who take care of its fruit.”

The Groom

¹³“You who sit in the gardens:
My ^(Q)companions are listening for your voice—
^(R)Let me hear it!”

The Bride

¹⁴“^[e]Hurry, my beloved,
And be ^(S)like a gazelle or a young ^[f]stag
On the ^(T)mountains of balsam trees!”

Footnotes

Song of Solomon 8:4 Lit Why should you disturb or
Song of Solomon 8:6 Or Its passion is as inflexible
Song of Solomon 8:6 Another reading is A vehement flame
Song of Solomon 8:12 Lit before me
Song of Solomon 8:14 Lit Flee
Song of Solomon 8:14 Lit of the stags

Psalm 146

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The Lord, an Abundant Helper.

146 ^[a]Praise ^[b]the Lord!
^(A)Praise the Lord, my soul!
²I will praise the Lord ^(B)while I live;
I will ^(C)sing praises to my God while I ^[c]have my being.
³^(D)Do not trust in noblemen,
In ^[d]mortal ^(E)man, in whom there is ^(F)no salvation.
⁴His ^(G)spirit departs, he ^(H)returns to ^[e]the earth;
On that very day his ^(I)plans perish.
⁵^(J)Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
Whose ^(K)hope is in the Lord his God,
⁶Who ^(L)made heaven and earth,
The ^(M)sea and everything that is in them;
Who ^(N)keeps ^[f]faith forever;
⁷Who ^(O)executes justice for the oppressed;
Who ^(P)gives food to the hungry.
The Lord ^(Q)frees the prisoners.

⁸The Lord ^(R)opens the eyes of those who are blind;
The Lord ^(S)raises up those who are bowed down;
The Lord ^(T)loves the righteous.
⁹The Lord ^(U)watches over strangers;
He ^[g]^(V)supports the fatherless and the widow,
But He ^[h]thwarts ^(W)the way of the wicked.
¹⁰The Lord will ^(X)reign forever,
Your God, Zion, to all generations.
^[i]Praise ^[j]the Lord!

Footnotes

Psalm 146:1 Or Hallelujah!
Psalm 146:1 Heb Yah
Psalm 146:2 Lit still am
Psalm 146:3 Lit a son of man
Psalm 146:4 Lit his earth
Psalm 146:6 Or truth
Psalm 146:9 Or relieves
Psalm 146:9 Lit bends
Psalm 146:10 Or Hallelujah!
Psalm 146:10 Heb Yah

Revelation 16

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The Bowls of Wrath

16 Then I heard a loud voice from ^(A)the ^[a]temple, saying to the ^(B)seven angels, “Go and ^(C)pour out on the earth the seven bowls of the wrath of God.”

²So the first angel went and poured out his bowl ^(D)on the earth; and a harmful and painful ^(E)sore ^[b]afflicted the people ^(F)who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his image.

³The second angel poured out his bowl ^(G)into the sea, and it became blood like that of a dead man; and every living ^[c]thing in the sea died.

⁴Then the third angel poured out his bowl into the ^(H)rivers and the springs of waters; and they ^(I)became blood. ⁵And I heard the angel of the waters saying, “^(J)Righteous are You, ^(K)the One who is and who was, O ^(L)Holy One, because You ^(M)judged these things; ⁶for they poured out ^(N)the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them ^(O)blood to drink. They ^[d]deserve it.” ⁷And I heard ^(P)the altar saying, “Yes, ^(Q)Lord God, the Almighty, ^(R)true and righteous are Your judgments.”

⁸And the fourth angel poured out his bowl upon ^(S)the sun, ^(T)and it was given power to scorch people with fire. ⁹And the people were scorched with ^[e]fierce heat; and they ^(U)blasphemed the name of God who has the power over these plagues, and they ^(V)did not repent so as to ^(W)give Him glory.

¹⁰And the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the ^(X)throne of the beast, and his kingdom became ^(Y)darkened; and they gnawed their tongues because of pain, ¹¹and they ^(Z)blasphemed the ^(AA)God of heaven because of their pain and their ^(AB)sores; and they ^(AC)did not repent of their deeds.

¹²The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the ^(AD)great river, the Euphrates; and ^(AE)its water was dried up, so that ^(AF)the way would be prepared for the kings ^(AG)from the ^[f]east.

Har-Magedon (Armageddon)

¹³And I saw coming out of the mouth of the ^(AH)dragon, and out of the mouth of the ^(AI)beast, and out of the mouth of the ^(AJ)false prophet, three ^(AK)unclean spirits like ^(AL)frogs; ¹⁴for they are ^(AM)spirits of demons, ^(AN)performing signs, which go out to the kings of the ^(AO)entire ^[g]world, to ^(AP)gather them together for the war of the ^(AQ)great day of God, the Almighty. ¹⁵(“Behold, ^(AR)I am coming like a thief. ^(AS)Blessed is the one who stays awake and keeps his clothes, ^(AT)so that he will not walk about naked and people will not see his shame.”) ¹⁶And they ^(AU)gathered them together to the place which ^(AV)in Hebrew is called ^(AW)Har-Magedon.

The Seventh Bowl of Wrath

¹⁷Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl upon ^(AX)the air, and a ^(AY)loud voice came out of the ^[h]^(AZ)temple from the throne, saying, “^(BA)It is done.” ¹⁸And there were flashes of ^(BB)lightning and sounds and peals of thunder; and there was ^(BC)a great earthquake, ^(BD)such as there had not been since mankind came to be upon the earth, so great an earthquake was it, and so mighty. ¹⁹^(BE)The great city ^[i]was split into three parts, and the cities of the ^[j]nations fell. ^(BF)Babylon the great was ^(BG)remembered in the sight of God, to give her ^(BH)the cup of the wine of ^[k]His fierce wrath. ²⁰And ^(BI)every island fled, and no mountains were found. ²¹And ^(BJ)huge ^[l]hailstones, weighing about ^[m]a talent each, *came down from heaven upon people; and people ^(BK)blasphemed God because of the ^(BL)plague of the hail, because ^[n]the hailstone plague *was extremely ^[o]severe.