Psalm 9:1-14

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Psalm 9^[a]^[b]

For the director of music. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A psalm of David.

¹I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart;^(A)
I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.^(B)
²I will be glad and rejoice^(C) in you;
I will sing the praises^(D) of your name,^(E) O Most High.

³My enemies turn back;
    they stumble and perish before you.
⁴For you have upheld my right^(F) and my cause,^(G)
    sitting enthroned^(H) as the righteous judge.^(I)
⁵You have rebuked the nations^(J) and destroyed the wicked;
    you have blotted out their name^(K) for ever and ever.
⁶Endless ruin has overtaken my enemies,
    you have uprooted their cities;^(L)
    even the memory of them^(M) has perished.

⁷The Lord reigns forever;^(N)
    he has established his throne^(O) for judgment.
⁸He rules the world in righteousness^(P)
    and judges the peoples with equity.^(Q)
⁹The Lord is a refuge^(R) for the oppressed,^(S)
    a stronghold in times of trouble.^(T)
¹⁰Those who know your name^(U) trust in you,
    for you, Lord, have never forsaken^(V) those who seek you.^(W)

¹¹Sing the praises^(X) of the Lord, enthroned in Zion;^(Y)
proclaim among the nations^(Z) what he has done.^(AA)
¹²For he who avenges blood^(AB) remembers;
he does not ignore the cries of the afflicted.^(AC)

¹³Lord, see how my enemies^(AD) persecute me!
    Have mercy^(AE) and lift me up from the gates of death,^(AF)
¹⁴that I may declare your praises^(AG)
    in the gates of Daughter Zion,^(AH)
    and there rejoice in your salvation.^(AI)

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Footnotes

Psalm 9:1 Psalms 9 and 10 may originally have been a single acrostic poem in which alternating lines began with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In the Septuagint they constitute one psalm.
Psalm 9:1 In Hebrew texts 9:1-20 is numbered 9:2-21.

Zechariah 2:1-5

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A Man With a Measuring Line

2 ^[a]Then I looked up, and there before me was a man with a measuring line in his hand. ²I asked, “Where are you going?”

He answered me, “To measure Jerusalem, to find out how wide and how long it is.”^(A)

³While the angel who was speaking to me was leaving, another angel came to meet him ⁴and said to him: “Run, tell that young man, ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls^(B) because of the great number^(C) of people and animals in it.^(D) ⁵And I myself will be a wall^(E) of fire^(F) around it,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will be its glory^(G) within.’^(H)

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Footnotes

Zechariah 2:1 In Hebrew texts 2:1-13 is numbered 2:5-17.

Zechariah 5:1-4

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The Flying Scroll

5 I looked again, and there before me was a flying scroll.^(A)

²He asked me, “What do you see?”^(B)

I answered, “I see a flying scroll, twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.^[a]”

³And he said to me, “This is the curse^(C) that is going out over the whole land; for according to what it says on one side, every thief^(D) will be banished, and according to what it says on the other, everyone who swears falsely^(E) will be banished. ⁴The Lord Almighty declares, ‘I will send it out, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of anyone who swears falsely^(F) by my name. It will remain in that house and destroy it completely, both its timbers and its stones.^(G)’”

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Zechariah 5:2 That is, about 30 feet long and 15 feet wide or about 9 meters long and 4.5 meters wide

1 Thessalonians 5:12-18

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Final Instructions

¹²Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to acknowledge those who work hard^(A) among you, who care for you in the Lord^(B) and who admonish you. ¹³Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work. Live in peace with each other.^(C) ¹⁴And we urge you, brothers and sisters, warn those who are idle^(D) and disruptive, encourage the disheartened, help the weak,^(E) be patient with everyone. ¹⁵Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong,^(F) but always strive to do what is good for each other^(G) and for everyone else.