Prayer and Praise

³² He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High.^(A) The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,^(B)

The Seventh Trumpet

¹⁵ The seventh angel sounded his trumpet,^(A) and there were loud voices^(B) in heaven, which said:

⁵ who through faith are shielded by God’s power^(A) until the coming of the salvation^(B) that is ready to be revealed^(C) in the last time.

Psalm 23

A psalm of David.

¹³ and among the lampstands^(A) was someone like a son of man,^[a](B) dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet^(C) and with a golden sash around his chest.^{(D) 14} The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire.^{(E) 15} His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace,^(F) and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters.^{(G) 16} In his right hand he held seven stars,^(H) and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword.^(I) His face was like the sun^(J) shining in all its brilliance.

¹⁷ When I saw him, I fell at his feet^(K) as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me^(L) and said: “Do not be afraid.^(M) I am the First and the Last.^{(N) 18} I am the Living One; I was dead,^(O) and now look, I am alive for ever and ever!^(P) And I hold the keys of death and Hades.^(Q)

¹ Jude,^(A) a servant of Jesus Christ^(B) and a brother of James,

To those who have been called,^(C) who are loved in God the Father and kept for^[a] Jesus Christ:^(D)