Psalm 145:1-4

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Psalm 145^[a]

A psalm of praise. Of David.

¹I will exalt you,^(A) my God the King;^(B)
I will praise your name^(C) for ever and ever.
²Every day I will praise^(D) you
and extol your name^(E) for ever and ever.

³Great^(F) is the Lord and most worthy of praise;^(G)
his greatness no one can fathom.^(H)
⁴One generation^(I) commends your works to another;
they tell^(J) of your mighty acts.^(K)

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Footnotes

Psalm 145:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, the verses of which (including verse 13b) begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.

Psalm 145:8-13

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⁸The Lord is gracious and compassionate,^(A)
slow to anger and rich in love.^(B)

⁹The Lord is good^(C) to all;
    he has compassion^(D) on all he has made.
¹⁰All your works praise you,^(E) Lord;
    your faithful people extol^(F) you.^(G)
¹¹They tell of the glory of your kingdom^(H)
    and speak of your might,^(I)
¹²so that all people may know of your mighty acts^(J)
    and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.^(K)
¹³Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,^(L)
    and your dominion endures through all generations.

The Lord is trustworthy^(M) in all he promises^(N)
and faithful in all he does.^[a]

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Footnotes

Psalm 145:13 One manuscript of the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls and Syriac (see also Septuagint); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text do not have the last two lines of verse 13.

Isaiah 41:13-20

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¹³For I am the Lord your God
    who takes hold of your right hand^(A)
and says to you, Do not fear;
    I will help^(B) you.
¹⁴Do not be afraid,^(C) you worm^(D) Jacob,
    little Israel, do not fear,
for I myself will help^(E) you,” declares the Lord,
    your Redeemer,^(F) the Holy One^(G) of Israel.
¹⁵“See, I will make you into a threshing sledge,^(H)
    new and sharp, with many teeth.
You will thresh the mountains^(I) and crush them,
    and reduce the hills to chaff.^(J)
¹⁶You will winnow^(K) them, the wind will pick them up,
    and a gale^(L) will blow them away.^(M)
But you will rejoice^(N) in the Lord
    and glory^(O) in the Holy One^(P) of Israel.

¹⁷“The poor and needy search for water,^(Q)
    but there is none;
    their tongues are parched with thirst.^(R)
But I the Lord will answer^(S) them;
    I, the God of Israel, will not forsake^(T) them.
¹⁸I will make rivers flow^(U) on barren heights,
    and springs within the valleys.
I will turn the desert^(V) into pools of water,^(W)
    and the parched ground into springs.^(X)
¹⁹I will put in the desert^(Y)
    the cedar and the acacia,^(Z) the myrtle and the olive.
I will set junipers^(AA) in the wasteland,
    the fir and the cypress^(AB) together,^(AC)
²⁰so that people may see and know,^(AD)
    may consider and understand,^(AE)
that the hand^(AF) of the Lord has done this,
    that the Holy One^(AG) of Israel has created^(AH) it.

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Matthew 11:7-15

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⁷As John’s^(A) disciples were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness^(B) to see? A reed swayed by the wind? ⁸If not, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? No, those who wear fine clothes are in kings’ palaces. ⁹Then what did you go out to see? A prophet?^(C) Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. ¹⁰This is the one about whom it is written:

“‘I will send my messenger ahead of you,^(D)
who will prepare your way before you.’^[a]^(E)

¹¹Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet whoever is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. ¹²From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subjected to violence,^[b] and violent people have been raiding it. ¹³For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John.^(F) ¹⁴And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come.^(G) ¹⁵Whoever has ears, let them hear.^(H)