22 Then I commanded the Levites (A)that they should purify themselves and come and guard the gates, to keep the Sabbath day holy. (B)Remember this also in my favor, O my God, and spare me according to the greatness of your steadfast love.

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30 And the priests and the Levites (A)purified themselves, and they purified the people and the gates and the wall.

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14 (A)Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and do not wipe out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God and for his service.

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31 and I provided (A)for the wood offering (B)at appointed times, and for the firstfruits.

(C)Remember me, O my God, for good.

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23 (A)Kings shall be your foster fathers,
    and their queens your nursing mothers.
(B)With their faces to the ground they shall bow down to you,
    and (C)lick the dust of your feet.
Then you will know that I am the Lord;
    (D)those who wait for me (E)shall not be put to shame.”

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and said, “Please, O Lord, remember how (A)I have walked before you in faithfulness and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

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My Soul Thirsts for You

A Psalm of David.

143 Hear my prayer, O Lord;
    (A)give ear to my pleas for mercy!
    In your (B)faithfulness answer me, in your (C)righteousness!
(D)Enter not into judgment with your servant,
    for no one living is righteous (E)before you.

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The Lord Has Chosen Zion

A Song of (A)Ascents.

132 Remember, O Lord, in David's favor,
    all (B)the hardships he endured,
how he swore to the Lord
    and (C)vowed to (D)the Mighty One of Jacob,
“I will not enter my house
    or get into my bed,
I will not (E)give sleep to my eyes
    or slumber to my eyelids,
until I (F)find a place for the Lord,
    a dwelling place for (G)the Mighty One of Jacob.”

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O Israel, (A)hope in the Lord!
    For (B)with the Lord there is steadfast love,
    and with him is plentiful redemption.

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If you, O Lord, should (A)mark iniquities,
    O Lord, who could (B)stand?
But with you there is (C)forgiveness,
    (D)that you may be feared.

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Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when (A)Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

51 (B)Have mercy on me,[a] O God,
    according to your steadfast love;
according to your (C)abundant mercy
    (D)blot out my transgressions.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 51:1 Or Be gracious to me

Remember your (A)mercy, O Lord, and your steadfast love,
    (B)for they have been from of old.
Remember not (C)the sins of my youth or my transgressions;
    according to your (D)steadfast love remember me,
    for the sake of your goodness, O Lord!

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But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love,
    will enter your house.
I will (A)bow down (B)toward your (C)holy temple
    in the fear of you.

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10 And Jeshua was the father of Joiakim, Joiakim the father of Eliashib, Eliashib the father of Joiada,

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64 These sought their registration among those enrolled in the genealogies, but it was not found there, so they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean. 65 (A)The (B)governor told them that they were not to partake of the most holy food until a priest with Urim and Thummim should arise.

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19 (A)Remember for my good, O my God, all that I have done for this people.

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30 And Hezekiah the king and the officials commanded the Levites to sing praises to the Lord with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed down and worshiped.

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27 Then Hezekiah commanded that the burnt offering be offered on the altar. And when the burnt offering began, (A)the song to the Lord began also, and the trumpets, accompanied by the instruments of David king of Israel.

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24 and the priests slaughtered them and made a sin offering with their blood on the altar, (A)to make atonement for all Israel. For the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.

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He brought in the priests and the Levites and assembled them in the square on the east and said to them, “Hear me, Levites! Now (A)consecrate yourselves, and consecrate the house of the Lord, the God of your fathers, and carry out the filth[a] from the Holy Place.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 29:5 Hebrew impurity

12 and said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites. (A)Consecrate yourselves, you and your brothers, so that you may bring up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, (B)to the place that I have prepared for it. 13 (C)Because you did not carry it the first time, the Lord our God broke out against us, because we did not seek him according to the rule.” 14 So the priests and the Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel.

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And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest and the priests (A)of the second order and the keepers of the threshold to bring out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels made for (B)Baal, for (C)Asherah, and for all the host of heaven. (D)He burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.

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12 “‘Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you.

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(A)I have fought the good fight, (B)I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is (C)laid up for me (D)the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, (E)the righteous judge, will award to me on (F)that day, and not only to me but also to all (G)who have loved his appearing.

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Paul's Change of Plans

12 For our boast is this, (A)the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity[a] and (B)godly sincerity, (C)not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 1:12 Some manuscripts holiness

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