Old/New Testament
The Thirsting Soul Satisfied in God.
A Psalm of David, [a]when he was in the wilderness of Judah.
63 God, (A)You are my God; I shall be watching for You;
My soul (B)thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You,
In a (C)dry and exhausted land where there is no water.
2 So have I (D)seen You in the sanctuary,
To see Your power and glory.
3 Because Your [b](E)favor is better than life,
My lips will praise You.
4 So I will bless You (F)as long as I live;
I will (G)lift up my hands in Your name.
5 My soul is (H)satisfied as with fat and fatness,
And my mouth offers (I)praises with joyful lips.
6 When I remember You (J)on my bed,
I meditate on You in the (K)night watches,
7 For (L)You have been my help,
And in the (M)shadow of Your wings I sing for joy.
8 My soul (N)clings [c]to You;
Your (O)right hand takes hold of me.
9 But those who (P)seek my [d]life to destroy it,
Will go into the [e](Q)depths of the earth.
10 [f]They will be [g](R)turned over to the power of the sword;
They will be a [h](S)prey for foxes.
11 But the (T)king will rejoice in God;
Everyone who (U)swears by Him will boast,
For the (V)mouths of those who speak lies will be stopped.
Prayer for Rescue from Secret Enemies.
For the music director. A Psalm of David.
64 Hear my voice, God, in (W)my [i]complaint;
(X)Protect my life from dread of the enemy.
2 Hide me from the (Y)secret discussion of evildoers,
From the restlessness of (Z)the workers of injustice,
3 Who (AA)have sharpened their tongues like a sword.
They (AB)aimed bitter speech as their arrows,
4 To (AC)shoot [j]from concealment at the innocent;
Suddenly they shoot at him, and (AD)do not fear.
5 They make firm for themselves an evil [k]purpose;
They [l]talk of (AE)setting snares secretly;
They say, “(AF)Who can see them?”
6 They [m]devise injustices, saying,
“We are [n]ready with a well-conceived plot”;
For the [o](AG)inward thought and the heart of a person are [p]deep.
7 But (AH)God [q]will shoot an arrow at them;
Suddenly [r]they will be wounded.
8 So [s]they [t]will (AI)make him stumble;
(AJ)Their own tongue is against them;
All who see them will (AK)shake their heads.
9 Then all people [u]will (AL)fear,
And they [v]will (AM)declare the work of God,
And [w]will consider [x]what He has done.
10 The righteous person will be (AN)glad in the Lord and (AO)take refuge in Him;
And all the upright in heart will boast.
God’s Abundant Favor to Earth and Mankind.
For the music director. A Psalm of David. A Song.
65 There will be silence [y]before You, and praise in Zion, God,
And the (AP)vow will be fulfilled for You.
2 You who hear prayer,
To You (AQ)all [z]mankind comes.
3 [aa](AR)Wrongdoings prevail against me;
As for our offenses, You [ab](AS)forgive them.
4 (AT)Blessed is the one You (AU)choose and allow to approach You;
He will dwell in Your courtyards.
We will be (AV)satisfied with the goodness of Your house,
Your holy temple.
5 By (AW)awesome deeds You answer us in righteousness, (AX)God of our salvation,
You who are the trust of all the (AY)ends of the earth and the farthest [ac](AZ)sea;
6 Who (BA)establishes the mountains by His strength,
Who is (BB)encircled with might;
7 Who (BC)stills the roaring of the seas,
The roaring of their waves,
And the (BD)turmoil of the nations.
8 They who dwell at the (BE)ends of the earth stand in awe of Your signs;
You make the [ad]sunrise and the sunset shout for joy.
9 You visit the earth and (BF)cause it to overflow;
You greatly (BG)enrich it;
The [ae](BH)stream of God is full of water;
You prepare their (BI)grain, for so You prepare [af]the earth.
10 You water its furrows abundantly,
You [ag]settle its ridges,
You soften it (BJ)with showers,
You bless its growth.
11 You have crowned the year [ah]with Your (BK)goodness,
And Your [ai]paths (BL)drip with fatness.
12 (BM)The pastures of the wilderness drip,
And the (BN)hills encircle themselves with rejoicing.
13 The meadows are (BO)clothed with flocks
And the valleys are (BP)covered with grain;
They (BQ)shout for joy, yes, they sing.
Believers Are Dead to Sin, Alive to God
6 (A)What shall we say then? Are we to (B)continue in sin so that grace may increase? 2 [a](C)Far from it! How shall we who (D)died to sin still live in it? 3 Or do you not know that all of us who have been (E)baptized into (F)Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? 4 Therefore we have been (G)buried with Him through baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was (H)raised from the dead through the (I)glory of the Father, so we too may walk in (J)newness of life. 5 For (K)if we have become [b]united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be [c]in the likeness of His resurrection, 6 knowing this, that our (L)old [d]self was (M)crucified with Him, in order that our (N)body of sin might be [e]done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin; 7 for (O)the one who has died is [f]freed from sin.
8 Now (P)if we have died with Christ, we believe that (Q)we shall also live with Him, 9 knowing that Christ, having been (R)raised from the dead, [g]is never to die again; (S)death no longer is master over Him. 10 For [h]the death that He died, He died to sin once for all time; but [i]the life that He lives, He lives to [j]God. 11 So you too, consider yourselves to be (T)dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
12 Therefore sin is not to (U)reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts, 13 and do not go on (V)presenting [k]the parts of your body to sin as [l]instruments of unrighteousness; but (W)present yourselves to God as those who are alive from the dead, and [m]your body’s parts as [n]instruments of righteousness for God. 14 For (X)sin shall not (Y)be master over you, for (Z)you are not under [o]the Law but (AA)under grace.
15 What then? (AB)Are we to sin because we are not under [p]the Law but under grace? [q](AC)Far from it! 16 Do you not (AD)know that the one to whom you present yourselves as (AE)slaves for obedience, you are slaves of that same one whom you obey, either of (AF)sin [r]resulting in death, or of obedience [s]resulting in righteousness? 17 But (AG)thanks be to God that [t]though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that [u](AH)form of teaching to which you were entrusted, 18 and after being (AI)freed from sin, you became slaves to righteousness. 19 (AJ)I am speaking [v]in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just (AK)as you presented [w]the parts of your body as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness, [x]resulting in further lawlessness, so now present [y]your body’s parts as slaves to righteousness, [z]resulting in sanctification.
20 For (AL)when you were slaves of sin, you were free in relation to righteousness. 21 Therefore what [aa](AM)benefit were you then [ab]deriving from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the outcome of those things is (AN)death. 22 But now having been (AO)freed from sin and (AP)enslaved to God, you [ac]derive your [ad](AQ)benefit, [ae]resulting in sanctification, and (AR)the outcome, eternal life. 23 For the wages of (AS)sin is death, but the gracious gift of God is (AT)eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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