“For does not my house stand so with God?
    (A)For he has made with me an everlasting covenant,
    ordered in all things and secure.
For will he not cause to prosper
    all my help and my desire?

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Incline your ear, and come to me;
    (A)hear, that your soul may live;
(B)and I will make with you an everlasting covenant,
    (C)my steadfast, sure love for (D)David.

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(A)For to us a child is born,
    to us (B)a son is given;
(C)and the government shall be (D)upon[a] his shoulder,
    and his name shall be called[b]
Wonderful (E)Counselor, (F)Mighty God,
    (G)Everlasting (H)Father, Prince of (I)Peace.
Of the increase of his government and of peace
    (J)there will be no end,
on the throne of David and over his kingdom,
    to establish it and to uphold it
(K)with justice and with righteousness
    from this time forth and forevermore.
(L)The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

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  1. Isaiah 9:6 Or is upon
  2. Isaiah 9:6 Or is called

14 (A)I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. When he commits iniquity, (B)I will discipline him with the rod of men, with the stripes of the sons of men, 15 (C)but my steadfast love will not depart from him, (D)as I took it from Saul, whom I put away from before you. 16 (E)And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me.[a] (F)Your throne shall be established forever.’”

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  1. 2 Samuel 7:16 Septuagint; Hebrew you

40 (A)I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them. (B)And I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me.

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28 My steadfast love I will keep for him forever,
    and my (A)covenant will stand firm[a] for him.
29 I will establish his (B)offspring forever
    and his (C)throne as (D)the days of the heavens.

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  1. Psalm 89:28 Or will remain faithful

Benediction

20 Now (A)may the God of peace (B)who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, (C)the great shepherd of the sheep, by (D)the blood of the eternal covenant,

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19 We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into (A)the inner place behind the curtain,

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34 And as for the fact that he raised him from the dead, (A)(B)no more to return to corruption, he has spoken in this way,

“‘I will give you (C)the holy and sure blessings of David.’

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The Restoration of Israel

11 “In that day (A)I will raise up
    the booth of David that is fallen
and repair its breaches,
    and raise up its ruins
    and rebuild it as in the days of old,

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26 (A)I will make a covenant of peace with them. It shall be (B)an everlasting covenant with them. And I will set them in their land[a] and (C)multiply them, and will (D)set my sanctuary in their midst forevermore.

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  1. Ezekiel 37:26 Hebrew lacks in their land

25 Thus says the Lord: (A)If I have not established my covenant with day and night and the fixed order of heaven and earth, 26 then I will reject the offspring of Jacob and David my servant and will not choose one of his offspring to rule over the offspring of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. (B)For I will restore their fortunes and will have mercy on them.”

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(A)For I the Lord love justice;
    I hate robbery and wrong;[a]
(B)I will faithfully give them their recompense,
    (C)and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

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  1. Isaiah 61:8 Or robbery with a burnt offering

(A)In days to come[a] Jacob shall take root,
    Israel shall blossom and put forth shoots
    and fill the whole world with fruit.

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  1. Isaiah 27:6 Hebrew In those to come

The Righteous Reign of the Branch

11 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of (A)Jesse,
    and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.

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11 When your days are fulfilled to walk with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom. 12 He shall build a house for me, and I will establish his throne forever. 13 (A)I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. I will not take my steadfast love from him, (B)as I took it from him who was before you, 14 but I will confirm him in my house and in my kingdom forever, and his throne shall be established forever.’”

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(A)I planted, (B)Apollos watered, (C)but God gave the growth. So (D)neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.

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14 Therefore the (A)Lord himself will give you a sign. (B)Behold, the (C)virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name (D)Immanuel.[a]

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  1. Isaiah 7:14 Immanuel means God is with us

The Branch of the Lord Glorified

In that day (A)the branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious, and (B)the fruit of the land shall be the pride and honor of the survivors of Israel.

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Kaph

81 My soul (A)longs for your salvation;
    I (B)hope in your word.

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You have said, “I have made (A)a covenant with my (B)chosen one;
    I have (C)sworn to David my servant:

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25 (A)Whom have I in heaven but you?
    And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.
26 (B)My flesh and my heart may fail,
    but God is (C)the strength[a] of my heart and my (D)portion (E)forever.

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  1. Psalm 73:26 Hebrew rock

My Soul Thirsts for You

A Psalm of David, (A)when he was in the wilderness of Judah.

63 O God, you are my God; (B)earnestly I seek you;
    (C)my soul thirsts for you;
my flesh faints for you,
    as in (D)a dry and weary land where there is no water.
So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary,
    beholding (E)your power and glory.
Because your (F)steadfast love is better than life,
    my lips will praise you.

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(A)He alone is my rock and my salvation,
    my (B)fortress; (C)I shall not be greatly shaken.

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(A)One thing have I asked of the Lord,
    that will I seek after:
that I may (B)dwell in the house of the Lord
    all the days of my life,
to gaze upon (C)the beauty of the Lord
    and to inquire[a] in his temple.

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  1. Psalm 27:4 Or meditate

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