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Psalm 4:6
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Psalm 4:6
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6 There are many who say, “O that we might see some good!
Let the light of your face shine on us, O Lord!”(A)
Psalm 4:6
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Psalm 4:6
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6 Many, Lord, are asking, “Who will bring us prosperity?”
Let the light of your face shine on us.(A)
Psalm 80:19
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Psalm 80:19
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19 Restore us, O Lord God of hosts;
let your face shine, that we may be saved.
Psalm 80:19
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Psalm 80:19
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19 Restore us, Lord God Almighty;
make your face shine on us,
that we may be saved.
Numbers 6:26
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Numbers 6:26
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26 the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.(A)
Numbers 6:26
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Numbers 6:26
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Psalm 119:135
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Psalm 119:135
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135 Make your face shine upon your servant,
and teach me your statutes.(A)
Psalm 119:135
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Psalm 119:135
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Psalm 80:7
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Psalm 80:7
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7 Restore us, O God of hosts;
let your face shine, that we may be saved.
Psalm 80:7
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Psalm 80:7
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7 Restore us, God Almighty;
make your face shine on us,
that we may be saved.(A)
Psalm 89:15
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Psalm 89:15
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15 Happy are the people who know the festal shout,
who walk, O Lord, in the light of your countenance;(A)
Psalm 89:15
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Psalm 89:15
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Psalm 67:1
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Psalm 67:1
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Psalm 67
The Nations Called to Praise God
To the leader: with stringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song.
1 May God be gracious to us and bless us
and make his face to shine upon us, Selah(A)
Psalm 67:1
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Psalm 67:1
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Psalm 67[a]
For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm. A song.
Footnotes
- Psalm 67:1 In Hebrew texts 67:1-7 is numbered 67:2-8.
- Psalm 67:1 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 4.
Psalm 49:16-20
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Psalm 49:16-20
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16 Do not be afraid when some become rich,
when the wealth of their houses increases.(A)
17 For when they die they will carry nothing away;
their wealth will not go down after them.(B)
18 Though in their lifetime they count themselves happy
—for you are praised when you do well for yourself—(C)
19 they[a] will go to the company of their ancestors,
who will never again see the light.(D)
20 Mortals cannot abide in their pomp;
they are like the animals that perish.(E)
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- 49.19 Cn: Heb you
Psalm 49:16-20
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Psalm 49:16-20
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16 Do not be overawed when others grow rich,
when the splendor of their houses increases;
17 for they will take nothing(A) with them when they die,
their splendor will not descend with them.(B)
18 Though while they live they count themselves blessed—(C)
and people praise you when you prosper—
19 they will join those who have gone before them,(D)
who will never again see the light(E) of life.
James 5:1-5
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James 5:1-5
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Warning to Rich Oppressors
5 Come now, you rich people, weep and wail for the miseries that are coming to you. 2 Your riches have rotted, and your clothes are moth-eaten.(A) 3 Your gold and silver have rusted, and their rust will be evidence against you, and it will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure[a] during the last days. 4 Listen! The wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.(B) 5 You have lived on the earth in luxury and in pleasure; you have nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter.(C)
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- 5.3 Or will eat your flesh, since you have stored up fire
James 5:1-5
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James 5:1-5
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Warning to Rich Oppressors
5 Now listen,(A) you rich people,(B) weep and wail(C) because of the misery that is coming on you. 2 Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes.(D) 3 Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days.(E) 4 Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers(F) who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries(G) of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.(H) 5 You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves(I) in the day of slaughter.[a](J)
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- James 5:5 Or yourselves as in a day of feasting
Luke 16:19
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Luke 16:19
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The Rich Man and Lazarus
19 “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.
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Luke 16:19
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Luke 16:19
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The Rich Man and Lazarus
19 “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day.(A)
Ecclesiastes 2:3-26
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Ecclesiastes 2:3-26
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3 I searched with my mind how to cheer my body with wine—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—and how to lay hold on folly, until I might see what was good for mortals to do under heaven during the few days of their life. 4 I made great works; I built houses and planted vineyards for myself;(A) 5 I made myself gardens and parks and planted in them all kinds of fruit trees.(B) 6 I made myself pools from which to water the forest of growing trees. 7 I bought male and female slaves and had slaves who were born in my house; I also had great possessions of herds and flocks, more than any who had been before me in Jerusalem. 8 I also gathered for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and of the provinces; I got singers, both men and women, and delights of the flesh, many concubines.[a](C)
9 So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem; also my wisdom remained with me.(D) 10 Whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them; I kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart found pleasure from all my toil, and this was my reward from all my toil.(E) 11 Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had spent in doing it, and again, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun.(F)
Wisdom and Joy Given to One Who Pleases God
12 So I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly, for what can the king’s successor do? Only what has already been done.(G) 13 Then I saw that wisdom excels folly as light excels darkness.
14 The wise have eyes in their head,
but fools walk in darkness.
Yet I perceived that the same fate befalls all of them.(H) 15 Then I said to myself, “What happens to the fool will happen to me also; why then have I been so very wise?” And I said to myself that this also is vanity.(I) 16 For there is no enduring remembrance of the wise or of fools, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. How can the wise die just like fools? 17 So I hated life because what is done under the sun was grievous to me, for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.(J)
18 I hated all my toil in which I had toiled under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to my successor,(K) 19 and who knows whether he will be wise or foolish? Yet he will be master of all for which I toiled and used my wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity. 20 So I turned and gave my heart up to despair concerning all the toil of my labors under the sun,(L) 21 because sometimes one who has toiled with wisdom and knowledge and skill must leave all to be enjoyed by another who did not toil for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.(M) 22 What do mortals get from all the toil and strain with which they toil under the sun?(N) 23 For all their days are full of pain, and their work is a vexation; even at night their minds do not rest. This also is vanity.(O)
24 There is nothing better for mortals than to eat and drink and find enjoyment in their toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God,(P) 25 for apart from him[b] who can eat or who can have enjoyment? 26 For to the one who pleases him God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he gives the work of gathering and heaping, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.(Q)
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Ecclesiastes 2:3-26
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Ecclesiastes 2:3-26
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3 I tried cheering myself with wine,(A) and embracing folly(B)—my mind still guiding me with wisdom. I wanted to see what was good for people to do under the heavens during the few days of their lives.
4 I undertook great projects: I built houses for myself(C) and planted vineyards.(D) 5 I made gardens and parks and planted all kinds of fruit trees in them. 6 I made reservoirs to water groves of flourishing trees. 7 I bought male and female slaves and had other slaves(E) who were born in my house. I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem before me. 8 I amassed silver and gold(F) for myself, and the treasure of kings and provinces.(G) I acquired male and female singers,(H) and a harem[a] as well—the delights of a man’s heart. 9 I became greater by far than anyone in Jerusalem(I) before me.(J) In all this my wisdom stayed with me.
10 I denied myself nothing my eyes desired;
I refused my heart no pleasure.
My heart took delight in all my labor,
and this was the reward for all my toil.
11 Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done
and what I had toiled to achieve,
everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind;(K)
nothing was gained under the sun.(L)
Wisdom and Folly Are Meaningless
12 Then I turned my thoughts to consider wisdom,
and also madness and folly.(M)
What more can the king’s successor do
than what has already been done?(N)
13 I saw that wisdom(O) is better than folly,(P)
just as light is better than darkness.
14 The wise have eyes in their heads,
while the fool walks in the darkness;
but I came to realize
that the same fate overtakes them both.(Q)
15 Then I said to myself,
“The fate of the fool will overtake me also.
What then do I gain by being wise?”(R)
I said to myself,
“This too is meaningless.”
16 For the wise, like the fool, will not be long remembered;(S)
the days have already come when both have been forgotten.(T)
Like the fool, the wise too must die!(U)
Toil Is Meaningless
17 So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. All of it is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.(V) 18 I hated all the things I had toiled for under the sun, because I must leave them to the one who comes after me.(W) 19 And who knows whether that person will be wise or foolish?(X) Yet they will have control over all the fruit of my toil into which I have poured my effort and skill under the sun. This too is meaningless. 20 So my heart began to despair over all my toilsome labor under the sun. 21 For a person may labor with wisdom, knowledge and skill, and then they must leave all they own to another who has not toiled for it. This too is meaningless and a great misfortune. 22 What do people get for all the toil and anxious striving with which they labor under the sun?(Y) 23 All their days their work is grief and pain;(Z) even at night their minds do not rest.(AA) This too is meaningless.
24 A person can do nothing better than to eat and drink(AB) and find satisfaction in their own toil.(AC) This too, I see, is from the hand of God,(AD) 25 for without him, who can eat or find enjoyment?(AE) 26 To the person who pleases him, God gives wisdom,(AF) knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth(AG) to hand it over to the one who pleases God.(AH) This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 2:8 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
Psalm 80:1-3
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Psalm 80:1-3
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Psalm 80
Prayer for Israel’s Restoration
To the leader: on Lilies, a Covenant. Of Asaph. A Psalm.
1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel,
you who lead Joseph like a flock!
You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth(A)
2 before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh.
Stir up your might,
and come to save us!(B)
3 Restore us, O God;
let your face shine, that we may be saved.(C)
Psalm 80:1-3
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Psalm 80:1-3
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Psalm 80[a]
For the director of music. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” Of Asaph. A psalm.
Footnotes
- Psalm 80:1 In Hebrew texts 80:1-19 is numbered 80:2-20.
Psalm 44:3
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Psalm 44:3
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3 for not by their own sword did they win the land,
nor did their own arm give them victory,
but your right hand, and your arm,
and the light of your countenance,
for you delighted in them.(A)
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