Psalm 146

New International Version

Psalm 146

¹Praise the Lord.^[a]

Praise the Lord,^(A) my soul.

²I will praise the Lord all my life;^(B)
    I will sing praise^(C) to my God as long as I live.^(D)
³Do not put your trust in princes,^(E)
    in human beings,^(F) who cannot save.
⁴When their spirit departs, they return to the ground;^(G)
    on that very day their plans come to nothing.^(H)
⁵Blessed are those^(I) whose help^(J) is the God of Jacob,
    whose hope is in the Lord their God.

⁶He is the Maker of heaven^(K) and earth,
    the sea, and everything in them—
    he remains faithful^(L) forever.
⁷He upholds^(M) the cause of the oppressed^(N)
    and gives food to the hungry.^(O)
The Lord sets prisoners free,^(P)
⁸    the Lord gives sight^(Q) to the blind,^(R)
the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down,^(S)
    the Lord loves the righteous.^(T)
⁹The Lord watches over the foreigner^(U)
    and sustains the fatherless^(V) and the widow,^(W)
    but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.

¹⁰The Lord reigns^(X) forever,
your God, O Zion, for all generations.

Praise the Lord.

Footnotes

Psalm 146:1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah; also in verse 10

Ruth 1:18-22

New International Version

¹⁸When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.^(A)

¹⁹So the two women went on until they came to Bethlehem.^(B) When they arrived in Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred^(C) because of them, and the women exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”

²⁰“Don’t call me Naomi,^[a]” she told them. “Call me Mara,^[b] because the Almighty^[c]^(D) has made my life very bitter.^(E) ²¹I went away full, but the Lord has brought me back empty.^(F) Why call me Naomi? The Lord has afflicted^[d] me;^(G) the Almighty has brought misfortune upon me.”

²²So Naomi returned from Moab accompanied by Ruth the Moabite,^(H) her daughter-in-law,^(I) arriving in Bethlehem as the barley harvest^(J) was beginning.^(K)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

Ruth 1:20 Naomi means pleasant.
Ruth 1:20 Mara means bitter.
Ruth 1:20 Hebrew Shaddai; also in verse 21
Ruth 1:21 Or has testified against

Hebrews 9:1-12

New International Version

Worship in the Earthly Tabernacle

9 Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary.^(A) ²A tabernacle^(B) was set up. In its first room were the lampstand^(C) and the table^(D) with its consecrated bread;^(E) this was called the Holy Place.^(F) ³Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,^(G) ⁴which had the golden altar of incense^(H) and the gold-covered ark of the covenant.^(I) This ark contained the gold jar of manna,^(J) Aaron’s staff that had budded,^(K) and the stone tablets of the covenant.^(L) ⁵Above the ark were the cherubim of the Glory,^(M) overshadowing the atonement cover.^(N) But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.

⁶When everything had been arranged like this, the priests entered regularly^(O) into the outer room to carry on their ministry. ⁷But only the high priest entered^(P) the inner room,^(Q) and that only once a year,^(R) and never without blood,^(S) which he offered for himself^(T) and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.^(U) ⁸The Holy Spirit was showing^(V) by this that the way^(W) into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still functioning. ⁹This is an illustration^(X) for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered^(Y) were not able to clear the conscience^(Z) of the worshiper. ¹⁰They are only a matter of food^(AA) and drink^(AB) and various ceremonial washings^(AC)—external regulations^(AD) applying until the time of the new order.

The Blood of Christ

¹¹But when Christ came as high priest^(AE) of the good things that are now already here,^[a]^(AF) he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle^(AG) that is not made with human hands,^(AH) that is to say, is not a part of this creation. ¹²He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves;^(AI) but he entered the Most Holy Place^(AJ) once for all^(AK) by his own blood,^(AL) thus obtaining^[b] eternal redemption.