Deuteronomy 33

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The Blessing by Moses

33 Now this is the blessing with which Moses ^(A)the man of God blessed the sons of Israel before his death. ²He said,

“^(B)The Lord came from Sinai,
^(C)And ^[a]dawned on them from Seir;
^(D)He shone from Mount Paran,
And He came from ^(E)the midst of myriads of ^[b]holy ones;
^(F)At His right hand there was ^[c]flashing lightning for them.
³^(G)Indeed, He loves ^[d]the people;
^(H)All ^[e]Your holy ones are in Your hand,
^(I)And they ^[f]followed in Your steps;
Everyone takes of Your words.
⁴^(J)Moses issued to us the Law,
^(K)A possession for the assembly of Jacob.
⁵^(L)And He was king in ^[g]Jeshurun,
When the heads of the people gathered,
The tribes of Israel together.

⁶“^(M)May Reuben live and not die,
Nor may his people be few.”

⁷^(N)And this was regarding Judah; so he said:

“Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah,
And bring him to his people.
With his hands he contended for ^[h]them,
And may You be a help against his adversaries.”

⁸Of Levi he said,

“Let Your ^(O)Thummim and Your Urim belong to Your ^(P)godly man,
^(Q)Whom You tested at Massah,
With ^[i]whom You contended at the waters of Meribah;
⁹^(R)Who said of his father and his mother,
‘I did not consider them’;
And he did not acknowledge his brothers,
Nor did he regard his own sons,
For ^(S)they kept Your word,
And complied with Your covenant.
¹⁰^(T)They will teach Your ordinances to Jacob,
And Your Law to Israel.
^(U)They shall put ^[j]incense before You,
And ^(V)whole burnt offerings on Your altar.
¹¹Lord, bless his strength,
And accept the work of his hands;
Smash the ^[k]hips of those who rise up against him,
And those who hate him, so that they do not rise again.”

¹²Of Benjamin he said,

“^(W)May the beloved of the Lord live in security beside Him
^(X)Who shields him all the day long,
^(Y)And he lives between His shoulders.”

¹³Of Joseph he said,

“^(Z)Blessed of the Lord be his land,
With the choice things of heaven, with the dew,
And from the deep waters lying beneath,
¹⁴And with the choice yield of the sun,
And the choice produce of the months;
¹⁵And with the ^[l]best things of ^(AA)the ancient mountains,
With the choice things of the everlasting hills,
¹⁶And with the choice things of the earth and its fullness,
And the favor ^(AB)of Him who dwelt in the bush.
Let it come to the head of Joseph,
And to the top of the head of the one who was prince among his brothers.
¹⁷As the firstborn of his ox, majesty is his,
And his horns are the horns of ^(AC)the wild ox;
With them he will ^(AD)gore the peoples
All ^[m]at once, to the ends of the earth.
And those are the ten thousands of Ephraim,
And those are the thousands of Manasseh.”

¹⁸^(AE)Of Zebulun he said,

“Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out,
And, Issachar, in your tents.
¹⁹^(AF)They will call peoples to the mountain;
There they will offer ^(AG)righteous sacrifices;
For they will ^[n]draw out ^(AH)the abundance of the seas,
And the hidden treasures of the sand.”

²⁰^(AI)Of Gad he said,

“Blessed is the one who enlarges Gad;
He lies down ^(AJ)as a ^[o]lion,
And tears the arm, also the crown of the head.
²¹^(AK)Then he ^[p]selected the choicest part for himself,
^(AL)For there the ruler’s portion was ^[q]reserved;
^(AM)And he came with the leaders of the people;
^(AN)He executed the justice of the Lord,
And His ordinances with Israel.”

²²^(AO)Of Dan he said,

“Dan is ^(AP)a lion’s cub;
He leaps out from Bashan.”

²³Of Naphtali he said,

“^(AQ)Naphtali, satisfied with favor,
And full of the blessing of the Lord,
Take possession of the sea and the south.”

²⁴^(AR)Of Asher he said,

“More blessed than sons is Asher;
May he be favored by his brothers,
^(AS)And may he dip his foot in olive oil.
²⁵^(AT)Your ^[r]bars will be iron and bronze,
^(AU)And as your days, so will your strength be.

²⁶“^(AV)There is no one like the God of ^[s]Jeshurun,
^(AW)Who rides the heavens ^[t]to your help,
And the clouds in His majesty.
²⁷^(AX)The eternal God is a ^[u]hiding place,
^(AY)And underneath are the everlasting arms;
^(AZ)And He drove out the enemy from you,
^(BA)And said, ‘Destroy!’
²⁸^(BB)So Israel lives in security,
^(BC)The fountain of Jacob secluded,
^(BD)In a land of grain and new wine;
^(BE)His heavens also drip down dew.
²⁹^(BF)Blessed are you, Israel;
^(BG)Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord,
^(BH)The shield of your help,
^(BI)And He who is the sword of your majesty!
^(BJ)So your enemies will cringe before you,
^(BK)And you will trample on their high places.”

Footnotes

Deuteronomy 33:2 Lit rose to
Deuteronomy 33:2 Lit holiness
Deuteronomy 33:2 Or a fiery law
Deuteronomy 33:3 Lit peoples
Deuteronomy 33:3 Lit His
Deuteronomy 33:3 Or lie down at Your feet
Deuteronomy 33:5 A symbolic name for Israel
Deuteronomy 33:7 Lit him
Deuteronomy 33:8 Lit him
Deuteronomy 33:10 Lit smoke in Your nostrils
Deuteronomy 33:11 Lit loins
Deuteronomy 33:15 Or chief
Deuteronomy 33:17 Or together
Deuteronomy 33:19 Lit suck
Deuteronomy 33:20 Or lioness
Deuteronomy 33:21 Lit saw
Deuteronomy 33:21 Lit covered
Deuteronomy 33:25 I.e., to secure gates
Deuteronomy 33:26 I.e., Israel
Deuteronomy 33:26 Lit in
Deuteronomy 33:27 Or refuge

Psalm 103:1-14

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Praise for the Lord’s Mercies.

A Psalm of David.

103 ^(A)Bless the Lord, my soul,
And all that is within me, bless His ^(B)holy name.
²Bless the Lord, my soul,
And ^(C)do not forget any of His benefits;
³Who ^(D)pardons all your guilt,
Who ^(E)heals all your diseases;
⁴Who ^(F)redeems your life from the pit,
Who ^(G)crowns you with favor and compassion;
⁵Who ^(H)satisfies your ^[a]years with good things,
So that your youth is ^(I)renewed like the eagle.

⁶The Lord ^(J)performs ^[b]righteous deeds
And judgments for all who are ^(K)oppressed.
⁷He ^(L)made known His ways to Moses,
His ^(M)deeds to the sons of Israel.
⁸The Lord is ^(N)compassionate and gracious,
^(O)Slow to anger and abounding in mercy.
⁹He ^(P)will not always contend with us,
Nor will He ^(Q)keep His anger forever.
¹⁰He has ^(R)not dealt with us according to our sins,
Nor rewarded us according to our guilty deeds.
¹¹For as high ^(S)as the heavens are above the earth,
So great is His mercy toward those who ^[c]fear Him.
¹²As far as the east is from the west,
So far has He ^(T)removed our wrongdoings from us.
¹³Just ^(U)as a father has compassion on his children,
So the Lord has compassion on those who ^[d]fear Him.
¹⁴For ^(V)He Himself knows ^[e]our form;
He ^(W)is mindful that we are nothing but ^(X)dust.

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Footnotes

Psalm 103:5 Or desire
Psalm 103:6 Or deeds of vindication
Psalm 103:11 Or revere
Psalm 103:13 Or revere
Psalm 103:14 I.e., what we are made of

Galatians 3:1-14

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Faith Brings Righteousness

3 ^[a]You foolish ^(A)Galatians, who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ ^(B)was publicly portrayed as crucified? ²This is the only thing I want to find out from you: did you receive the Spirit by works of ^[b]the Law, or by ^(C)hearing ^[c]with faith? ³Are you so foolish? Having begun ^[d]by the Spirit, are you now ^[e]being perfected by the flesh? ⁴Did you ^[f]suffer so many things in vain—^(D)if indeed it was in vain? ⁵So then, does He who ^(E)provides you with the Spirit and ^(F)works ^[g]miracles among you, do it by works of ^[h]the Law, or by ^(G)hearing ^[i]with faith?

⁶Just as ^(H)Abraham ^(I)believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness. ⁷Therefore, recognize that ^(J)it is those who are of faith who are ^(K)sons of Abraham. ⁸The Scripture, foreseeing that God ^[j]would justify the ^[k]Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “^(L)All the nations will be blessed in you.” ⁹So then, ^(M)those who are of faith are blessed with ^[l]Abraham, the believer.

¹⁰For all who are of works of ^[m]the Law are under a curse; for it is written: “^(N)Cursed is everyone who does not abide by all the things written in the book of the Law, to do them.” ¹¹Now, that ^(O)no one is justified ^[n]by ^[o]the Law before God is evident; for, “^[p]^(P)the righteous one will live by faith.” ¹²^[q]However, the Law is not ^[r]of faith; on the contrary, “^(Q)The person who performs ^[s]them will live by ^[t]them.” ¹³Christ ^(R)redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us—for it is written: “^(S)Cursed is everyone who hangs on ^(T)a ^[u]tree”— ¹⁴in order that ^(U)in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham would come to the Gentiles, so that we ^(V)would receive ^(W)the promise of the Spirit through faith.