Deuteronomy 31

New American Standard Bible

Moses’ Last Counsel

31 So Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel. ²And he said to them, “I am ^(A)120 years old today; ^(B)I am no longer able to ^[a]go out and come in, and the Lord has told me, ‘^(C)You shall not cross this Jordan.’ ³^(D)It is the Lord your God who is going to cross ahead of you; He Himself will destroy these nations before you, and you shall dispossess them. ^(E)Joshua is the one who is going to cross ahead of you, just as the Lord has spoken. ⁴And the Lord will do to them just as He did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land, when He destroyed them. ⁵^(F)The Lord will turn them over to you, and you will do to them in accordance with all the commandments which I have commanded you. ⁶^(G)Be strong and courageous, ^(H)do not be afraid or in dread of them, for ^(I)the Lord your God is the One who is going with you. ^(J)He will not desert you or abandon you.”

⁷Then Moses called to Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, “^(K)Be strong and courageous, for you will go with this people into the land which the Lord has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you will give it to them as an inheritance. ⁸And ^(L)the Lord is the one who is going ahead of you; He will be with you. ^(M)He will not desert you or abandon you. Do not fear and do not be dismayed.”

⁹So Moses wrote this Law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi ^(N)who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to all the elders of Israel. ¹⁰Then Moses commanded them, saying, “At the end of every seven years, at the time of ^(O)the year of the release of debts, at the ^(P)Feast of Booths, ¹¹when all Israel comes ^(Q)to appear before the Lord your God at ^(R)the place which He will choose, ^(S)you shall read this Law before all Israel ^[b]so that they hear it. ¹²Assemble the people, the men, the women, the children, and the stranger who is in your ^[c]town, so that they may hear and ^(T)learn and fear the Lord your God, and be careful to ^[d]follow all the words of this Law. ¹³And their children, who have not known, will hear and learn to fear the Lord your God, as long as you live on the land ^[e]which you are about to cross the Jordan to ^[f]possess.”

Israel Will Fall Away

¹⁴Then the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, ^[g]^(U)the time for you to die is near; call Joshua and present yourselves at the tent of meeting, and I will commission him.” ^(V)So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the tent of meeting. ¹⁵^(W)And the Lord appeared in the tent in a pillar of cloud, and the pillar of cloud stood at the entrance of the tent. ¹⁶The Lord said to Moses, “Behold, ^(X)you are about to ^[h]lie down with your fathers; and ^(Y)this people will arise and play the prostitute with the foreign gods of the land into the midst of which they are going, and ^(Z)they will abandon Me and break My covenant which I have made with them. ¹⁷^(AA)Then My anger will be kindled against them on that day, and ^(AB)I will abandon them and ^(AC)hide My face from them, and they will be consumed, and many evils and troubles will find them; so they will say on that day, ‘^(AD)Is it not because our God is not among us that these evils have found us?’ ¹⁸But I will assuredly hide My face on that day because of all the evil that they will have done, for they will have turned away to other gods.

¹⁹“Now then, ^(AE)write this song for yourselves, and teach it to the sons of Israel; put it ^[i]on their lips, so that this song may be a witness for Me against the sons of Israel. ²⁰^(AF)For when I bring them into the land flowing with milk and honey, which I swore to their fathers, and they eat and are satisfied and ^(AG)become ^[j]prosperous, then they will turn to other gods and serve them, and spurn Me and break My covenant. ²¹Then it will come about, ^(AH)when many evils and troubles find them, that this song will testify before them as a witness (for it shall not be forgotten from the mouth of their ^[k]descendants); for ^(AI)I know their inclination which they are ^[l]developing today, before I bring them into the land which I swore.” ²²^(AJ)So Moses wrote down this song on the same day, and taught it to the sons of Israel.

Joshua Is Commissioned

²³^(AK)Then He commissioned Joshua the son of Nun, and said, “^(AL)Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the sons of Israel into the land which I swore to them, and ^(AM)I will be with you.”

²⁴It came about, when Moses finished writing the words of this Law in a book until they were complete, ²⁵that Moses commanded the Levites ^(AN)who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying, ²⁶“Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, so that it may ^[m]remain there as a witness against you. ²⁷For I know ^(AO)your rebellion and ^(AP)your ^[n]stubbornness; behold, as long as I have been alive with you until today, you have been rebellious against the Lord; how much more, then, after my death? ²⁸Assemble to me all the elders of your tribes and your officers, that I may speak these words in their hearing and ^(AQ)call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against them. ²⁹For I know that after my death you will ^(AR)behave very corruptly and turn from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will confront you in the latter days, because you will do that which is evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him to anger with the work of your hands.”

³⁰Then Moses spoke in the hearing of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song, until they were complete:

Footnotes

Deuteronomy 31:2 I.e., as Israel’s leader
Deuteronomy 31:11 Lit in their ears
Deuteronomy 31:12 Lit gates
Deuteronomy 31:12 Lit perform
Deuteronomy 31:13 Lit where
Deuteronomy 31:13 Lit possess it
Deuteronomy 31:14 Lit your days to die are
Deuteronomy 31:16 I.e., die
Deuteronomy 31:19 Lit in their mouths
Deuteronomy 31:20 Lit fat
Deuteronomy 31:21 Lit seed
Deuteronomy 31:21 Lit making
Deuteronomy 31:26 Lit be
Deuteronomy 31:27 Lit stiff neck

Psalm 102:1-17

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Prayer of an Afflicted Man for Mercy on Himself and on Zion.

A Prayer of the afflicted when he is weak and ^[a]pours out his complaint before the Lord.

102 ^(A)Hear my prayer, Lord!
And let my cry for help ^(B)come to You.
²^(C)Do not hide Your face from me on the day of my distress;
^(D)Incline Your ear to me;
On the day when I call ^(E)answer me quickly.
³For my days ^(F)have ended in smoke,
And my ^(G)bones have been scorched like a hearth.
⁴My heart ^(H)has been struck like ^[b]grass and has ^(I)withered,
Indeed, I ^(J)forget to eat my bread.
⁵Because of the ^[c]loudness of my groaning
My ^(K)bones ^[d]cling to my flesh.
⁶I resemble a ^(L)pelican of the wilderness;
I have become like an owl of the ruins.
⁷I ^(M)lie awake,
I have become like a solitary bird on a housetop.

⁸My enemies ^(N)have taunted me all day long;
Those who ^[e]^(O)deride me ^[f]have used my name as a ^(P)curse.
⁹For I have eaten ashes like bread,
And ^(Q)mixed my drink with weeping
¹⁰^(R)Because of Your indignation and Your wrath;
For You have ^(S)lifted me up and thrown me away.
¹¹My days are like a ^[g]^(T)lengthened shadow,
And ^[h]I ^(U)wither away like ^[i]grass.

¹²But You, Lord, ^[j]^(V)remain forever,
And Your ^[k]^(W)name remains to all generations.
¹³You will ^(X)arise and have ^(Y)compassion on Zion;
For ^(Z)it is time to be gracious to her,
For the ^(AA)appointed time has come.
¹⁴Surely Your servants ^[l]take pleasure in her stones,
And feel pity for her dust.
¹⁵^[m]So the ^[n]^(AB)nations will fear the name of the Lord,
And ^(AC)all the kings of the earth, Your glory.
¹⁶For the Lord has ^(AD)built up Zion;
He has ^(AE)appeared in His glory.
¹⁷He has ^(AF)turned His attention to the prayer of the ^[o]destitute
And has not despised their prayer.

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Footnotes

Psalm 102 Title Ps 142:2
Psalm 102:4 Lit herbage
Psalm 102:5 Lit voice
Psalm 102:5 Lit have cleaved
Psalm 102:8 Or made a fool of
Psalm 102:8 Lit have sworn by me
Psalm 102:11 Lit stretched out
Psalm 102:11 Or as for me, I
Psalm 102:11 Lit herbage
Psalm 102:12 Or sit enthroned
Psalm 102:12 Lit memorial
Psalm 102:14 Or have found
Psalm 102:15 Or And
Psalm 102:15 Or Gentiles, heathen
Psalm 102:17 Or naked

Galatians 1

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Introduction

1 Paul, ^(A)an apostle (^(B)not sent from men nor through human agency, but ^(C)through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who ^(D)raised Him from the dead), ²and all ^(E)the brothers who are with me,

To ^(F)the churches of Galatia:

³^(G)Grace to you and peace from ^[a]God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, ⁴who ^(H)gave Himself for our sins so that He might rescue us from ^(I)this present evil ^[b]age, according to the will of ^(J)our God and Father, ⁵^(K)to whom be the glory forevermore. Amen.

Distortion of the Gospel

⁶I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting ^(L)Him who called you ^[c]by the grace of Christ, for a ^(M)different gospel, ⁷which is not just another account; but there are some who are ^(N)disturbing you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. ⁸But even if we, or ^(O)an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be ^[d]^(P)accursed! ⁹As we ^(Q)have said before, even now I say again: ^(R)if anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, he is to be ^[e]^(S)accursed!

¹⁰For am I now ^(T)seeking the favor of people, or of God? Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a ^(U)bond-servant of Christ.

Paul Defends His Ministry

¹¹For ^(V)I would have you know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel which was preached by me is ^(W)not ^[f]of human invention. ¹²For ^(X)I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a ^(Y)revelation of Jesus Christ.

¹³For you have heard of ^(Z)my former way of life in Judaism, how I ^(AA)used to persecute ^(AB)the church of God beyond measure and ^(AC)tried to destroy it; ¹⁴and I ^(AD)was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries among my ^[g]countrymen, being more extremely zealous for my ^(AE)ancestral traditions. ¹⁵But when ^[h]He who had set me apart even from my mother’s womb and ^(AF)called me through His grace was pleased ¹⁶to reveal His Son in me so that I might ^(AG)preach Him among the Gentiles, ^(AH)I did not immediately consult with ^[i]^(AI)flesh and blood, ¹⁷^(AJ)nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went away to Arabia, and returned once more to ^(AK)Damascus.

¹⁸Then ^(AL)three years later I went up ^(AM)to Jerusalem to ^[j]become acquainted with ^[k]^(AN)Cephas, and stayed with him for fifteen days. ¹⁹But I did not see another one of the apostles except ^[l]^(AO)James, the Lord’s brother. ²⁰(Now in what I am writing to you, ^[m]I assure you ^(AP)before God that I am not lying.) ²¹Then ^(AQ)I went into the regions of ^(AR)Syria and ^(AS)Cilicia. ²²I was still unknown by ^[n]sight to ^(AT)the churches of Judea which are ^(AU)in Christ; ²³but they only kept hearing, “The man who once persecuted us is now preaching ^(AV)the faith which he once ^(AW)tried to destroy.” ²⁴And they ^(AX)were glorifying God ^[o]because of me.