Psalm 80

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Psalm 80

For the music leader. According to “Lotus Blossoms.” A testimony of Asaph. A psalm.

80 Shepherd of Israel, listen!
    You, the one who leads Joseph as if he were a sheep.
    You, who are enthroned upon the winged heavenly creatures.
Show yourself ²before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh!
    Wake up your power!
    Come to save us!
³Restore us, God!
    Make your face shine so that we can be saved!

⁴Lord God of heavenly forces,
    how long will you fume against your people’s prayer?
⁵You’ve fed them bread made of tears;
    you’ve given them tears to drink three times over!
⁶You’ve put us at odds with our neighbors;
    our enemies make fun of us.
⁷Restore us, God of heavenly forces!
    Make your face shine so that we can be saved!

⁸You brought a vine out of Egypt.
    You drove out the nations and planted it.
⁹You cleared the ground for it;
    then it planted its roots deep, filling the land.
¹⁰The mountains were covered by its shade;
    the mighty cedars were covered by its branches.
¹¹It sent its branches all the way to the sea;
    its shoots went all the way to the Euphrates River.^[a]
¹²So why have you now torn down its walls
    so that all who come along can pluck its fruit,
¹³    so that any boar from the forest can tear it up,
    so that the bugs can feed on it?

¹⁴Please come back, God of heavenly forces!
    Look down from heaven and perceive it!
Attend to this vine,
¹⁵    this root that you planted with your strong hand,
    this son whom you secured as your very own.
¹⁶It is burned with fire. It is chopped down.
    They die at the rebuke coming from you.
¹⁷Let your hand be with the one on your right side—
    with the one whom you secured as your own—
¹⁸    then we will not turn away from you!
Revive us so that we can call on your name.
¹⁹    Restore us, Lord God of heavenly forces!
    Make your face shine so that we can be saved!

Footnotes

Psalm 80:11 Or the Great River

Ephesians 1:3-14

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The believers’ blessings

³Bless the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! He has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing that comes from heaven. ⁴God chose us in Christ to be holy and blameless in God’s presence before the creation of the world. ⁵God destined us to be his adopted children through Jesus Christ because of his love. This was according to his goodwill and plan ⁶and to honor his glorious grace that he has given to us freely through the Son whom he loves. ⁷We have been ransomed through his Son’s blood, and we have forgiveness for our failures based on his overflowing grace, ⁸which he poured over us with wisdom and understanding. ⁹God revealed his hidden design^[a] to us, which is according to his goodwill and the plan that he intended to accomplish through his Son. ¹⁰This is what God planned for the climax of all times:^[b] to bring all things together in Christ, the things in heaven along with the things on earth. ¹¹We have also received an inheritance in Christ. We were destined by the plan of God, who accomplishes everything according to his design. ¹²We are called to be an honor to God’s glory because we were the first to hope in Christ. ¹³You too heard the word of truth in Christ, which is the good news of your salvation. You were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit because you believed in Christ. ¹⁴The Holy Spirit is the down payment on our inheritance, which is applied toward our redemption as God’s own people, resulting in the honor of God’s glory.

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Footnotes

Ephesians 1:9 Or mystery
Ephesians 1:10 Or the fullness of times

1 John 1:5-7

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The message: God is light

⁵This is the message that we have heard from him and announce to you: “God is light and there is no darkness in him at all.” ⁶If we claim, “We have fellowship with him,” and live in the darkness, we are lying and do not act truthfully. ⁷But if we live in the light in the same way as he is in the light, we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from every sin.

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