His Steadfast Love Endures Forever

A Psalm for ^(A)giving thanks.

His Steadfast Love Endures Forever

A Psalm for ^(A)giving thanks.

^17 (A)“Israel is a hunted sheep ^(B)driven away by lions. ^(C)First the king of Assyria ^(D)devoured him, and now at last ^(E)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon ^(F)has gnawed his bones. ¹⁸ Therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, ^(G)I am bringing punishment on the king of Babylon and his land, ^(H)as I punished the king of Assyria. ^19 (I)I will restore Israel to his pasture, and ^(J)he shall feed on ^(K)Carmel and in ^(L)Bashan, and his desire shall be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in ^(M)Gilead. ²⁰ In those days and in that time, declares the Lord, ^(N)iniquity shall be sought in Israel, and there shall be none, and sin in Judah, and none shall be found, for ^(O)I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.

^17 (A)“Israel is a hunted sheep ^(B)driven away by lions. ^(C)First the king of Assyria ^(D)devoured him, and now at last ^(E)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon ^(F)has gnawed his bones. ¹⁸ Therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, ^(G)I am bringing punishment on the king of Babylon and his land, ^(H)as I punished the king of Assyria. ^19 (I)I will restore Israel to his pasture, and ^(J)he shall feed on ^(K)Carmel and in ^(L)Bashan, and his desire shall be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in ^(M)Gilead. ²⁰ In those days and in that time, declares the Lord, ^(N)iniquity shall be sought in Israel, and there shall be none, and sin in Judah, and none shall be found, for ^(O)I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.

^31 (A)The Jews picked up stones again to stone him. ³² Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?” ³³ The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but ^(B)for blasphemy, because you, being a man, ^(C)make yourself God.” ³⁴ Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in ^(D)your Law, ^(E)‘I said, you are gods’? ³⁵ If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be ^(F)broken— ³⁶ do you say of him whom ^(G)the Father consecrated and ^(H)sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because ^(I)I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? ^37 (J)If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me; ³⁸ but if I do them, ^(K)even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that ^(L)the Father is in me and I am in the Father.” ^39 (M)Again they sought to arrest him, but he escaped from their hands.

⁴⁰ He went away again across the Jordan to the place ^(N)where John had been baptizing at first, and there he remained. ⁴¹ And many came to him. And they said, “John did no sign, but ^(O)everything that John said about this man was true.” ⁴² And ^(P)many believed in him there.

^31 (A)The Jews picked up stones again to stone him. ³² Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?” ³³ The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but ^(B)for blasphemy, because you, being a man, ^(C)make yourself God.” ³⁴ Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in ^(D)your Law, ^(E)‘I said, you are gods’? ³⁵ If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be ^(F)broken— ³⁶ do you say of him whom ^(G)the Father consecrated and ^(H)sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because ^(I)I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? ^37 (J)If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me; ³⁸ but if I do them, ^(K)even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that ^(L)the Father is in me and I am in the Father.” ^39 (M)Again they sought to arrest him, but he escaped from their hands.

⁴⁰ He went away again across the Jordan to the place ^(N)where John had been baptizing at first, and there he remained. ⁴¹ And many came to him. And they said, “John did no sign, but ^(O)everything that John said about this man was true.” ⁴² And ^(P)many believed in him there.