Psalm 63-65
Christian Standard Bible
Psalm 63
Praise God Who Satisfies
A psalm of David. When he was in the Wilderness of Judah.(A)
1 God, you are my God; I eagerly seek you.
I thirst for you;
my body faints for you
in a land that is dry, desolate, and without water.(B)
2 So I gaze on you in the sanctuary
to see your strength and your glory.(C)
3 My lips will glorify you
because your faithful love is better than life.(D)
4 So I will bless you as long as I live;
at your name, I will lift up my hands.(E)
5 You satisfy me as with rich food;[a](F)
my mouth will praise you with joyful lips.(G)
6 When I think of you as I lie on my bed,
I meditate on you during the night watches(H)
7 because you are my helper;(I)
I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.(J)
8 I follow close to you;
your right hand holds on to me.(K)
9 But those who intend to destroy my life
will go into the depths of the earth.(L)
10 They will be given over to the power of the sword;(M)
they will become a meal for jackals.
11 But the king will rejoice in God;(N)
all who swear by him will boast,
for the mouths of liars will be shut.(O)
Psalm 64
Protection from Evildoers
For the choir director. A psalm of David.
1 God, hear my voice when I am in anguish.(P)
Protect my life from the terror of the enemy.(Q)
2 Hide me from the scheming of wicked people,(R)
from the mob of evildoers,(S)
3 who sharpen their tongues like swords
and aim bitter words like arrows,(T)
4 shooting from concealed places at the blameless.
They shoot at him suddenly and are not afraid.(U)
5 They adopt[b] an evil plan;
they talk about hiding traps and say,
“Who will see them?” [c](V)
6 They devise crimes and say,
“We have perfected a secret plan.”(W)
The inner man and the heart are mysterious.(X)
7 But God will shoot them with arrows;
suddenly, they will be wounded.(Y)
8 They will be made to stumble;
their own tongues work against them.
All who see them will shake their heads.(Z)
9 Then everyone will fear
and will tell about God’s work,
for they will understand what he has done.(AA)
10 The righteous one rejoices in the Lord
and takes refuge in him;
all those who are upright in heart
will offer praise.(AB)
Psalm 65
God’s Care for the Earth
For the choir director. A psalm of David. A song.
1 Praise is rightfully yours,[d]
God, in Zion;
vows to you will be fulfilled.(AC)
2 All humanity will come to you,
the one who hears prayer.(AD)
3 Iniquities overwhelm me;
only you can atone for our rebellions.(AE)
4 How happy is the one you choose
and bring near to live in your courts!
We will be satisfied with the goodness of your house,(AF)
the holiness of your temple.[e](AG)
5 You answer us in righteousness,
with awe-inspiring works,
God of our salvation,
the hope of all the ends of the earth
and of the distant seas.(AH)
6 You establish the mountains by your power;
you are robed with strength.(AI)
7 You silence the roar of the seas,
the roar of their waves,
and the tumult of the nations.(AJ)
8 Those who live far away are awed by your signs;
you make east and west shout for joy.(AK)
9 You visit the earth and water it abundantly,
enriching it greatly.
God’s stream is filled with water,
for you prepare the earth in this way,
providing people with grain.(AL)
10 You soften it with showers and bless its growth,
soaking its furrows and leveling its ridges.(AM)
11 You crown the year with your goodness;
your carts overflow with plenty.[f](AN)
12 The wilderness pastures overflow,
and the hills are robed with joy.(AO)
13 The pastures are clothed with flocks
and the valleys covered with grain.(AP)
They shout in triumph; indeed, they sing.(AQ)
Romans 6
Christian Standard Bible
The New Life in Christ
6 What should we say then?(A) Should we continue in sin so that grace may multiply?(B) 2 Absolutely not!(C) How can we who died to sin(D) still live in it? 3 Or are you unaware that all of us who were baptized(E) into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?(F) 4 Therefore we were buried with him by baptism into death,(G) in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead(H) by the glory of the Father,(I) so we too may walk in newness[a] of life.(J) 5 For if we have been united with him in the likeness of his death,(K) we will certainly also be[b] in the likeness of his resurrection. 6 For we know that our old self[c](L) was crucified with him(M) so that the body ruled by sin[d] might be rendered powerless(N) so that we may no longer be enslaved to sin, 7 since a person who has died(O) is freed[e] from sin. 8 Now if we died with Christ,(P) we believe that we will also live with him, 9 because we know that Christ, having been raised from the dead,(Q) will not die again. Death no longer rules over him.(R) 10 For the death he died, he died to sin once for all time; but the life he lives, he lives to God. 11 So, you too consider yourselves dead to sin(S) and alive to God in Christ Jesus.[f]
12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, so that you obey[g] its desires. 13 And do not offer any parts[h] of it to sin(T) as weapons for unrighteousness. But as those who are alive from the dead, offer yourselves to God,(U) and all the parts of yourselves to God as weapons for righteousness. 14 For sin will not rule over you, because you are not under the law(V) but under grace.(W)
From Slaves of Sin to Slaves of God
15 What then? Should we sin because we are not under the law but under grace?(X) Absolutely not!(Y) 16 Don’t you know that if you offer yourselves to someone[i] as obedient slaves,(Z) you are slaves of that one you obey(AA)—either of sin leading to death(AB) or of obedience leading to righteousness? 17 But thank God that, although you used to be slaves of sin,(AC) you obeyed from the heart that pattern of teaching to which you were handed[j] over,(AD) 18 and having been set free from sin,(AE) you became enslaved to righteousness. 19 I am using a human analogy(AF) because of the weakness of your flesh.[k] For just as you offered the parts of yourselves as slaves to impurity, and to greater and greater lawlessness, so now offer them as slaves to righteousness, which results in sanctification. 20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free with regard to righteousness.[l](AG) 21 So what fruit was produced[m] then from the things you are now ashamed of?(AH) The outcome of those things is death.(AI) 22 But now, since you have been set free from sin and have become enslaved to God,(AJ) you have your fruit, which results in sanctification(AK)—and the outcome is eternal life!(AL) 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.(AM)
Footnotes
- 6:4 Or a new way
- 6:5 Be joined with him
- 6:6 Lit man
- 6:6 Lit that the body of sin
- 6:7 Or justified; lit acquitted
- 6:11 Other mss add our Lord
- 6:12 Other mss add sin (lit it) in
- 6:13 Or members, also in v. 19
- 6:16 Lit that to whom you offer yourselves
- 6:17 Or entrusted
- 6:19 Or your human nature
- 6:20 Lit free to righteousness
- 6:21 Lit what fruit do you have
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