Psalm 125

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Psalm 125

A song of ascents.

¹Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion,^(A)
    which cannot be shaken^(B) but endures forever.
²As the mountains surround Jerusalem,^(C)
    so the Lord surrounds^(D) his people
    both now and forevermore.

³The scepter^(E) of the wicked will not remain^(F)
over the land allotted to the righteous,
for then the righteous might use
their hands to do evil.^(G)

⁴Lord, do good^(H) to those who are good,
to those who are upright in heart.^(I)
⁵But those who turn^(J) to crooked ways^(K)
the Lord will banish^(L) with the evildoers.

Peace be on Israel.^(M)

Malachi 3:16-4:6

New International Version

The Faithful Remnant

¹⁶Then those who feared the Lord talked with each other, and the Lord listened and heard.^(A) A scroll^(B) of remembrance was written in his presence concerning those who feared^(C) the Lord and honored his name.

¹⁷“On the day when I act,” says the Lord Almighty, “they will be my^(D) treasured possession.^(E) I will spare^(F) them, just as a father has compassion and spares his son^(G) who serves him. ¹⁸And you will again see the distinction between the righteous^(H) and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.^(I)

Judgment and Covenant Renewal

4 ^[a]“Surely the day is coming;^(J) it will burn like a furnace.^(K) All the arrogant^(L) and every evildoer will be stubble,^(M) and the day that is coming will set them on fire,^(N)” says the Lord Almighty. “Not a root or a branch^(O) will be left to them. ²But for you who revere my name,^(P) the sun of righteousness^(Q) will rise with healing^(R) in its rays. And you will go out and frolic^(S) like well-fed calves. ³Then you will trample^(T) on the wicked; they will be ashes^(U) under the soles of your feet on the day when I act,” says the Lord Almighty.

⁴“Remember the law^(V) of my servant Moses, the decrees and laws I gave him at Horeb^(W) for all Israel.^(X)

⁵“See, I will send the prophet Elijah^(Y) to you before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes.^(Z) ⁶He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children,^(AA) and the hearts of the children to their parents; or else I will come and strike^(AB) the land with total destruction.”^(AC)

Footnotes

Malachi 4:1 In Hebrew texts 4:1-6 is numbered 3:19-24.

Mark 9:9-13

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⁹As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus gave them orders not to tell anyone^(A) what they had seen until the Son of Man^(B) had risen from the dead. ¹⁰They kept the matter to themselves, discussing what “rising from the dead” meant.

¹¹And they asked him, “Why do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?”

¹²Jesus replied, “To be sure, Elijah does come first, and restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man^(C) must suffer much^(D) and be rejected?^(E) ¹³But I tell you, Elijah has come,^(F) and they have done to him everything they wished, just as it is written about him.”