Daniel 9:1-11
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Daniel’s Prayer
9 In the first year of Darius,(A) the son of Ahasuerus, a Mede by birth, who was ruler over the kingdom of the Chaldeans: 2 In the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the books according to the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet that the number of years for the desolation of Jerusalem would be 70.(B) 3 So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petitions, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.(C)
4 I prayed to the Lord my God and confessed:
Ah, Lord—the great and awe-inspiring God(D) who keeps His gracious covenant(E) with those who love Him(F) and keep His commands(G)— 5 we have sinned,(H) done wrong, acted wickedly, rebelled,(I) and turned away from Your commands and ordinances.(J) 6 We have not listened to Your servants the prophets,(K) who spoke in Your name to our kings, leaders, fathers, and all the people of the land.
7 Lord, righteousness belongs to You,(L) but this day public shame belongs to us: the men of Judah, the residents of Jerusalem, and all Israel—those who are near and those who are far, in all the countries where You have dispersed them because of the disloyalty they have shown toward You. 8 Lord, public shame(M) belongs to us, our kings, our leaders, and our fathers, because we have sinned against You.(N) 9 Compassion and forgiveness belong to the Lord our God, though we have rebelled against Him 10 and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God by following His instructions that He set before us through His servants(O) the prophets.
11 All Israel has broken Your law and turned away,(P) refusing to obey You. The promised curse[a] written in the law of Moses,(Q) the servant of God, has been poured out on us because we have sinned against Him.
Footnotes
- Daniel 9:11 Lit The curse and the oath
1 John 2:18-3:6
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The Last Hour
18 Children, it is the last hour.(A) And as you have heard, “Antichrist(B) is coming,” even now many antichrists have come. We know from this that it is the last hour. 19 They went out from us, but they did not belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. However, they went out so that it might be made clear that none of them belongs to us.
20 But you have an anointing(C) from the Holy One,(D) and all of you have knowledge.[a] 21 I have not written to you because you don’t know the truth, but because you do know it, and because no lie comes from the truth. 22 Who is the liar, if not the one who denies that Jesus is the Messiah?(E) This one is the antichrist: the one who denies the Father and the Son. 23 No one who denies the Son can have the Father;(F) he who confesses the Son has the Father as well.(G)
Remaining with God
24 What you have heard from the beginning must remain in you. If what you have heard from the beginning remains in you, then you will remain in the Son(H) and in the Father.(I) 25 And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.(J) 26 I have written these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you.
27 The anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you don’t need anyone to teach you. Instead, His anointing teaches you about all things(K) and is true and is not a lie; just as He has taught you, remain in Him.(L)
God’s Children
28 So now, little children, remain in Him, so that when He appears(M) we may have boldness and not be ashamed before Him at His coming.(N) 29 If you know that He is righteous, you know this as well: Everyone who does what is right(O) has been born of Him.(P) 3 1 Look at how great a love[b] the Father has given us that we should be called God’s children. And we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it didn’t know Him. 2 Dear friends, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed.(Q) We know that when He appears, we will be like Him(R) because we will see Him as He is.(S) 3 And everyone who has this hope(T) in Him purifies himself just as He is pure.(U)
4 Everyone who commits sin also breaks the law;[c] sin is the breaking of law. 5 You know that He was revealed so that He might take away sins,[d](V) and there is no sin in Him.(W) 6 Everyone who remains in Him(X) does not sin;[e](Y) everyone who[f] sins has not seen Him or known Him.
Footnotes
- 1 John 2:20 Other mss read and you know all things
- 1 John 3:1 Or at what sort of love
- 1 John 3:4 Or also commits iniquity
- 1 John 3:5 Other mss read our sins
- 1 John 3:6 Or not keep on sinning
- 1 John 3:6 Or who keeps on sinning
Psalm 121
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Psalm 121
The Lord Our Protector
A song of ascents.
1 I lift my eyes toward the mountains.
Where will my help come from?(A)
2 My help comes from the Lord,
the Maker of heaven and earth.(B)
3 He will not allow your foot to slip;
your Protector will not slumber.(C)
4 Indeed, the Protector of Israel
does not slumber or sleep.(D)
5 The Lord protects you;
the Lord is a shelter right by your side.[a](E)
6 The sun will not strike you by day
or the moon by night.(F)
7 The Lord will protect you from all harm;
He will protect your life.(G)
8 The Lord will protect your coming and going
both now and forever.(H)
Footnotes
- Psalm 121:5 Lit is your shelter at your right hand
Proverbs 28:27-28
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27 The one who gives to the poor
will not be in need,
but one who turns his eyes away[a]
will receive many curses.(A)
28 When the wicked come to power,
people hide,
but when they are destroyed,
the righteous flourish.(B)
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:27 Lit who shuts his eyes
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