¹⁰ I said to you, ‘I am the Lord your God; do not worship^(A) the gods of the Amorites,^(B) in whose land you live.’ But you have not listened to me.”

¹¹ The angel of the Lord^(C) came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah^(D) that belonged to Joash^(E) the Abiezrite,^(F) where his son Gideon^(G) was threshing^(H) wheat in a winepress^(I) to keep it from the Midianites. ¹² When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, “The Lord is with you,^(J) mighty warrior.^(K)”

¹³ “Pardon me, my lord,” Gideon replied, “but if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us? Where are all his wonders^(L) that our ancestors told^(M) us about when they said, ‘Did not the Lord bring us up out of Egypt?’ But now the Lord has abandoned^(N) us and given us into the hand of Midian.”

¹⁴ The Lord turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have^(O) and save^(P) Israel out of Midian’s hand. Am I not sending you?”

Psalm 103

Of David.

⁶ You see, at just the right time,^(A) when we were still powerless,^(B) Christ died for the ungodly.^{(C) 7} Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. ⁸ But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.^(D)

⁹ Since we have now been justified^(E) by his blood,^(F) how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath^(G) through him! ¹⁰ For if, while we were God’s enemies,^(H) we were reconciled^(I) to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!^{(J) 11} Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.^(K)