16 Lord, in keeping with all your righteous acts,(A) turn away(B) your anger and your wrath(C) from Jerusalem,(D) your city, your holy hill.(E) Our sins and the iniquities of our ancestors have made Jerusalem and your people an object of scorn(F) to all those around us.

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This is what the Lord says: “I will return(A) to Zion(B) and dwell in Jerusalem.(C) Then Jerusalem will be called the Faithful City,(D) and the mountain(E) of the Lord Almighty will be called the Holy Mountain.(F)

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Blessings for God’s People

17 “Then you will know(A) that I, the Lord your God,(B)
    dwell in Zion,(C) my holy hill.(D)
Jerusalem will be holy;(E)
    never again will foreigners invade her.(F)

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The Seventy “Sevens”

20 While I was speaking and praying, confessing(A) my sin and the sin of my people Israel and making my request to the Lord my God for his holy hill(B)

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Psalm 31[a](A)

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

In you, Lord, I have taken refuge;(B)
    let me never be put to shame;
    deliver me in your righteousness.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 31:1 In Hebrew texts 31:1-24 is numbered 31:2-25.

15 All who pass your way
    clap their hands at you;(A)
they scoff(B) and shake their heads(C)
    at Daughter Jerusalem:(D)
“Is this the city that was called
    the perfection of beauty,(E)
    the joy of the whole earth?”(F)

16 All your enemies open their mouths
    wide against you;(G)
they scoff and gnash their teeth(H)
    and say, “We have swallowed her up.(I)
This is the day we have waited for;
    we have lived to see it.”(J)

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Psalm 87

Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm. A song.

He has founded his city on the holy mountain.(A)
The Lord loves the gates of Zion(B)
    more than all the other dwellings of Jacob.

Glorious things are said of you,
    city of God:[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 87:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 6.

We are objects of contempt to our neighbors,
    of scorn(A) and derision to those around us.(B)

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In your righteousness, rescue me and deliver me;
    turn your ear(A) to me and save me.

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You shall not bow down to them or worship(A) them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God,(B) punishing the children for the sin of the parents(C) to the third and fourth generation(D) of those who hate me,

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If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins(A) and purify us from all unrighteousness.(B)

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God is just:(A) He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you(B)

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47 “Woe to you, because you build tombs for the prophets, and it was your ancestors who killed them. 48 So you testify that you approve of what your ancestors did; they killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.(A) 49 Because of this, God in his wisdom(B) said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and others they will persecute.’(C) 50 Therefore this generation will be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the beginning of the world, 51 from the blood of Abel(D) to the blood of Zechariah,(E) who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, this generation will be held responsible for it all.(F)

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31 So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets.(A) 32 Go ahead, then, and complete(B) what your ancestors started!(C)

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I brought you up out of Egypt(A)
    and redeemed you from the land of slavery.(B)
I sent Moses(C) to lead you,
    also Aaron(D) and Miriam.(E)
My people, remember
    what Balak(F) king of Moab plotted
    and what Balaam son of Beor answered.
Remember your journey from Shittim(G) to Gilgal,(H)
    that you may know the righteous acts(I) of the Lord.”

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14 “I will make you a ruin and a reproach among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by.(A)

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Jerusalem has sinned(A) greatly
    and so has become unclean.(B)
All who honored her despise her,
    for they have all seen her naked;(C)
she herself groans(D)
    and turns away.

Her filthiness clung to her skirts;
    she did not consider her future.(E)
Her fall(F) was astounding;
    there was none to comfort(G) her.
“Look, Lord, on my affliction,(H)
    for the enemy has triumphed.”

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32 The people of Israel and Judah have provoked(A) me by all the evil(B) they have done—they, their kings and officials,(C) their priests and prophets, the people of Judah and those living in Jerusalem.

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18 I will pursue them with the sword, famine and plague and will make them abhorrent(A) to all the kingdoms of the earth, a curse[a](B) and an object of horror,(C) of scorn(D) and reproach, among all the nations where I drive them.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 29:18 That is, their names will be used in cursing (see verse 22); or, others will see that they are cursed.

I will make them abhorrent(A) and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a reproach and a byword,(B) a curse[a](C) and an object of ridicule, wherever I banish(D) them.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 24:9 That is, their names will be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, others will see that they are cursed.

Do not be angry(A) beyond measure, Lord;
    do not remember our sins(B) forever.
Oh, look on us, we pray,
    for we are all your people.(C)
10 Your sacred cities(D) have become a wasteland;
    even Zion is a wasteland, Jerusalem a desolation.(E)
11 Our holy and glorious temple,(F) where our ancestors praised you,
    has been burned with fire,
    and all that we treasured(G) lies in ruins.

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Psalm 143

A psalm of David.

Lord, hear my prayer,(A)
    listen to my cry for mercy;(B)
in your faithfulness(C) and righteousness(D)
    come to my relief.

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We have sinned,(A) even as our ancestors(B) did;
    we have done wrong and acted wickedly.(C)
When our ancestors were in Egypt,
    they gave no thought(D) to your miracles;
they did not remember(E) your many kindnesses,
    and they rebelled by the sea,(F) the Red Sea.[a]
Yet he saved them(G) for his name’s sake,(H)
    to make his mighty power(I) known.
He rebuked(J) the Red Sea, and it dried up;(K)
    he led them through(L) the depths as through a desert.
10 He saved them(M) from the hand of the foe;(N)
    from the hand of the enemy he redeemed them.(O)
11 The waters covered(P) their adversaries;
    not one of them survived.
12 Then they believed his promises
    and sang his praise.(Q)

13 But they soon forgot(R) what he had done
    and did not wait for his plan to unfold.(S)
14 In the desert(T) they gave in to their craving;
    in the wilderness(U) they put God to the test.(V)
15 So he gave them(W) what they asked for,
    but sent a wasting disease(X) among them.

16 In the camp they grew envious(Y) of Moses
    and of Aaron, who was consecrated to the Lord.
17 The earth opened(Z) up and swallowed Dathan;(AA)
    it buried the company of Abiram.(AB)
18 Fire blazed(AC) among their followers;
    a flame consumed the wicked.
19 At Horeb they made a calf(AD)
    and worshiped an idol cast from metal.
20 They exchanged their glorious God(AE)
    for an image of a bull, which eats grass.
21 They forgot the God(AF) who saved them,
    who had done great things(AG) in Egypt,
22 miracles in the land of Ham(AH)
    and awesome deeds(AI) by the Red Sea.
23 So he said he would destroy(AJ) them—
    had not Moses, his chosen one,
stood in the breach(AK) before him
    to keep his wrath from destroying them.

24 Then they despised(AL) the pleasant land;(AM)
    they did not believe(AN) his promise.
25 They grumbled(AO) in their tents
    and did not obey the Lord.
26 So he swore(AP) to them with uplifted hand
    that he would make them fall in the wilderness,(AQ)
27 make their descendants fall among the nations
    and scatter(AR) them throughout the lands.

28 They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor(AS)
    and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods;
29 they aroused the Lord’s anger(AT) by their wicked deeds,(AU)
    and a plague(AV) broke out among them.
30 But Phinehas(AW) stood up and intervened,
    and the plague was checked.(AX)
31 This was credited to him(AY) as righteousness
    for endless generations(AZ) to come.
32 By the waters of Meribah(BA) they angered the Lord,
    and trouble came to Moses because of them;
33 for they rebelled(BB) against the Spirit(BC) of God,
    and rash words came from Moses’ lips.[b](BD)

34 They did not destroy(BE) the peoples
    as the Lord had commanded(BF) them,
35 but they mingled(BG) with the nations
    and adopted their customs.
36 They worshiped their idols,(BH)
    which became a snare(BI) to them.
37 They sacrificed their sons(BJ)
    and their daughters to false gods.(BK)
38 They shed innocent blood,
    the blood of their sons(BL) and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
    and the land was desecrated by their blood.
39 They defiled themselves(BM) by what they did;
    by their deeds they prostituted(BN) themselves.

40 Therefore the Lord was angry(BO) with his people
    and abhorred his inheritance.(BP)
41 He gave them into the hands(BQ) of the nations,
    and their foes ruled over them.
42 Their enemies oppressed(BR) them
    and subjected them to their power.
43 Many times he delivered them,(BS)
    but they were bent on rebellion(BT)
    and they wasted away in their sin.
44 Yet he took note of their distress
    when he heard their cry;(BU)
45 for their sake he remembered his covenant(BV)
    and out of his great love(BW) he relented.(BX)
46 He caused all who held them captive
    to show them mercy.(BY)

47 Save us,(BZ) Lord our God,
    and gather us(CA) from the nations,
that we may give thanks(CB) to your holy name(CC)
    and glory in your praise.

48 Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,
    from everlasting to everlasting.

Let all the people say, “Amen!”(CD)

Praise the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 106:7 Or the Sea of Reeds; also in verses 9 and 22
  2. Psalm 106:33 Or against his spirit, / and rash words came from his lips

13 Praise(A) be to the Lord, the God of Israel,(B)
    from everlasting to everlasting.
Amen and Amen.(C)

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You found his heart faithful to you, and you made a covenant with him to give to his descendants the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites and Girgashites.(A) You have kept your promise(B) because you are righteous.(C)

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