Psalm 116:1-4

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I Love the Lord

116 I ^(A)love the Lord, because he has ^(B)heard
    my voice and my pleas for mercy.
²Because he ^(C)inclined his ear to me,
    therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
³^(D)The snares of death encompassed me;
    the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;
    I suffered distress and anguish.
⁴Then ^(E)I called on the name of the Lord:
    “O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul!”

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Psalm 116:12-19

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¹²What shall I ^(A)render to the Lord
    for all his benefits to me?
¹³I will lift up ^(B)the cup of salvation
    and ^(C)call on the name of the Lord,
¹⁴I will ^(D)pay my vows to the Lord
    in the presence of all his people.

¹⁵^(E)Precious in the sight of the Lord
    is the death of his ^(F)saints.
¹⁶O Lord, I am your ^(G)servant;
    I am your servant, ^(H)the son of your maidservant.
    You have ^(I)loosed my bonds.
¹⁷I will ^(J)offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving
    and ^(K)call on the name of the Lord.
¹⁸I will ^(L)pay my vows to the Lord
    in the presence of all his people,
¹⁹in ^(M)the courts of the house of the Lord,
    in your midst, O Jerusalem.
^(N)Praise the Lord!

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Isaiah 25:1-5

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God Will Swallow Up Death Forever

25 O Lord, ^(A)you are my God;
    ^(B)I will exalt you; I will praise your name,
for you have done wonderful things,
    ^(C)plans formed of old, faithful and sure.
²For you have made the city ^(D)a heap,
    the fortified city a ruin;
the foreigners' palace is a city no more;
    it will never be rebuilt.
³^(E)Therefore strong peoples will glorify you;
    cities of ruthless nations will fear you.
⁴^(F)For you have been a stronghold to the poor,
    a stronghold to the needy in his distress,
    ^(G)a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat;
^(H)for the breath of the ruthless is like a storm against a wall,
⁵    ^(I)like heat in a dry place.
You subdue the noise of the foreigners;
    as heat by the shade of a cloud,
    so the song of the ruthless is put down.

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1 Peter 1:8-12

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⁸^(A)Though you have not seen him, you love him. ^(B)Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, ⁹obtaining ^(C)the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

¹⁰Concerning this salvation, ^(D)the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully, ¹¹inquiring ^(E)what person or time^[a] ^(F)the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating ^(G)when he predicted ^(H)the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories. ¹²^(I)It was revealed to them that ^(J)they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you ^(K)by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, ^(L)things into which angels long to look.