Mark 13:32-37

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The Day and Hour Unknown

³²“But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.^(A) ³³Be on guard! Be alert^[a]!^(B) You do not know when that time will come. ³⁴It’s like a man going away: He leaves his house and puts his servants^(C) in charge, each with their assigned task, and tells the one at the door to keep watch.

³⁵“Therefore keep watch because you do not know when the owner of the house will come back—whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or at dawn. ³⁶If he comes suddenly, do not let him find you sleeping. ³⁷What I say to you, I say to everyone: ‘Watch!’”^(D)

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Footnotes

Mark 13:33 Some manuscripts alert and pray

Psalm 107:33-43

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³³He turned rivers into a desert,^(A)
    flowing springs^(B) into thirsty ground,
³⁴and fruitful land into a salt waste,^(C)
    because of the wickedness of those who lived there.
³⁵He turned the desert into pools of water^(D)
    and the parched ground into flowing springs;^(E)
³⁶there he brought the hungry to live,
    and they founded a city where they could settle.
³⁷They sowed fields and planted vineyards^(F)
    that yielded a fruitful harvest;
³⁸he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased,^(G)
    and he did not let their herds diminish.^(H)

³⁹Then their numbers decreased,^(I) and they were humbled^(J)
    by oppression, calamity and sorrow;
⁴⁰he who pours contempt on nobles^(K)
    made them wander in a trackless waste.^(L)
⁴¹But he lifted the needy^(M) out of their affliction
    and increased their families like flocks.^(N)
⁴²The upright see and rejoice,^(O)
    but all the wicked shut their mouths.^(P)

⁴³Let the one who is wise^(Q) heed these things
and ponder the loving deeds^(R) of the Lord.

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Psalm 108

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Psalm 108^[a]^(A)^(B)

A song. A psalm of David.

¹My heart, O God, is steadfast;^(C)
    I will sing^(D) and make music with all my soul.
²Awake, harp and lyre!^(E)
    I will awaken the dawn.
³I will praise you, Lord, among the nations;
    I will sing of you among the peoples.
⁴For great is your love,^(F) higher than the heavens;
    your faithfulness^(G) reaches to the skies.^(H)
⁵Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;^(I)
    let your glory be over all the earth.^(J)

⁶Save us and help us with your right hand,^(K)
    that those you love may be delivered.
⁷God has spoken^(L) from his sanctuary:^(M)
    “In triumph I will parcel out Shechem^(N)
    and measure off the Valley of Sukkoth.^(O)
⁸Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine;
    Ephraim is my helmet,
    Judah^(P) is my scepter.
⁹Moab^(Q) is my washbasin,
    on Edom^(R) I toss my sandal;
    over Philistia^(S) I shout in triumph.”

¹⁰Who will bring me to the fortified city?
    Who will lead me to Edom?
¹¹Is it not you, God, you who have rejected us
    and no longer go out with our armies?^(T)
¹²Give us aid against the enemy,
    for human help is worthless.^(U)
¹³With God we will gain the victory,
    and he will trample down^(V) our enemies.