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Psalm 42:4
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Psalm 42:4
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4 My heart is breaking
as I remember how it used to be:
I walked among the crowds of worshipers,
leading a great procession to the house of God,
singing for joy and giving thanks
amid the sound of a great celebration!
Psalm 42:4
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Psalm 42:4
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Footnotes
- Psalm 42:4 See Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.
Isaiah 30:29
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Isaiah 30:29
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29 But the people of God will sing a song of joy,
like the songs at the holy festivals.
You will be filled with joy,
as when a flutist leads a group of pilgrims
to Jerusalem, the mountain of the Lord—
to the Rock of Israel.
Psalm 62:8
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Psalm 62:8
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8 O my people, trust in him at all times.
Pour out your heart to him,
for God is our refuge. Interlude
Psalm 62:8
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Psalm 62:8
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Psalm 122:1
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Psalm 122:1
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Psalm 122
A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. A psalm of David.
1 I was glad when they said to me,
“Let us go to the house of the Lord.”
Psalm 122:1
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Psalm 122:1
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Psalm 122
A song of ascents. Of David.
1 I rejoiced with those who said to me,
“Let us go to the house of the Lord.”
1 Samuel 1:15-16
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1 Samuel 1:15-16
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15 “Oh no, sir!” she replied. “I haven’t been drinking wine or anything stronger. But I am very discouraged, and I was pouring out my heart to the Lord. 16 Don’t think I am a wicked woman! For I have been praying out of great anguish and sorrow.”
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1 Samuel 1:15-16
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1 Samuel 1:15-16
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15 “Not so, my lord,” Hannah replied, “I am a woman who is deeply troubled.(A) I have not been drinking wine or beer; I was pouring(B) out my soul to the Lord. 16 Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; I have been praying here out of my great anguish and grief.”(C)
Luke 16:25
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Luke 16:25
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25 “But Abraham said to him, ‘Son, remember that during your lifetime you had everything you wanted, and Lazarus had nothing. So now he is here being comforted, and you are in anguish.
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Luke 16:25
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Luke 16:25
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25 “But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things,(A) but now he is comforted here and you are in agony.(B)
Nahum 1:15
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Nahum 1:15
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15 [a]Look! A messenger is coming over the mountains with good news!
He is bringing a message of peace.
Celebrate your festivals, O people of Judah,
and fulfill all your vows,
for your wicked enemies will never invade your land again.
They will be completely destroyed!
Footnotes
- 1:15 Verse 1:15 is numbered 2:1 in Hebrew text.
Nahum 1:15
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Nahum 1:15
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Lamentations 2:19
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Lamentations 2:19
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19 Rise during the night and cry out.
Pour out your hearts like water to the Lord.
Lift up your hands to him in prayer,
pleading for your children,
for in every street
they are faint with hunger.
Lamentations 2:19
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Lamentations 2:19
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Psalm 100:4
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Psalm 100:4
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4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving;
go into his courts with praise.
Give thanks to him and praise his name.
Psalm 100:4
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Psalm 100:4
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Psalm 81:1-3
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Psalm 81:1-3
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Psalm 81
For the choir director: A psalm of Asaph, to be accompanied by a stringed instrument.[a]
1 Sing praises to God, our strength.
Sing to the God of Jacob.
2 Sing! Beat the tambourine.
Play the sweet lyre and the harp.
3 Blow the ram’s horn at new moon,
and again at full moon to call a festival!
Footnotes
- 81:Title Hebrew according to the gittith.
Psalm 81:1-3
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Psalm 81:1-3
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Psalm 81[a]
For the director of music. According to gittith.[b] Of Asaph.
Footnotes
- Psalm 81:1 In Hebrew texts 81:1-16 is numbered 81:2-17.
- Psalm 81:1 Title: Probably a musical term
Psalm 55:14
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Psalm 55:14
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14 What good fellowship we once enjoyed
as we walked together to the house of God.
Psalm 55:14
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Psalm 55:14
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Job 29:2-30:31
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Job 29:2-30:31
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2 “I long for the years gone by
when God took care of me,
3 when he lit up the way before me
and I walked safely through the darkness.
4 When I was in my prime,
God’s friendship was felt in my home.
5 The Almighty was still with me,
and my children were around me.
6 My steps were awash in cream,
and the rocks gushed olive oil for me.
7 “Those were the days when I went to the city gate
and took my place among the honored leaders.
8 The young stepped aside when they saw me,
and even the aged rose in respect at my coming.
9 The princes stood in silence
and put their hands over their mouths.
10 The highest officials of the city stood quietly,
holding their tongues in respect.
11 “All who heard me praised me.
All who saw me spoke well of me.
12 For I assisted the poor in their need
and the orphans who required help.
13 I helped those without hope, and they blessed me.
And I caused the widows’ hearts to sing for joy.
14 Everything I did was honest.
Righteousness covered me like a robe,
and I wore justice like a turban.
15 I served as eyes for the blind
and feet for the lame.
16 I was a father to the poor
and assisted strangers who needed help.
17 I broke the jaws of godless oppressors
and plucked their victims from their teeth.
18 “I thought, ‘Surely I will die surrounded by my family
after a long, good life.[a]
19 For I am like a tree whose roots reach the water,
whose branches are refreshed with the dew.
20 New honors are constantly bestowed on me,
and my strength is continually renewed.’
21 “Everyone listened to my advice.
They were silent as they waited for me to speak.
22 And after I spoke, they had nothing to add,
for my counsel satisfied them.
23 They longed for me to speak as people long for rain.
They drank my words like a refreshing spring rain.
24 When they were discouraged, I smiled at them.
My look of approval was precious to them.
25 Like a chief, I told them what to do.
I lived like a king among his troops
and comforted those who mourned.
Job Speaks of His Anguish
30 “But now I am mocked by people younger than I,
by young men whose fathers are not worthy to run with my sheepdogs.
2 A lot of good they are to me—
those worn-out wretches!
3 They are gaunt from poverty and hunger.
They claw the dry ground in desolate wastelands.
4 They pluck wild greens from among the bushes
and eat from the roots of broom trees.
5 They are driven from human society,
and people shout at them as if they were thieves.
6 So now they live in frightening ravines,
in caves and among the rocks.
7 They sound like animals howling among the bushes,
huddled together beneath the nettles.
8 They are nameless fools,
outcasts from society.
9 “And now they mock me with vulgar songs!
They taunt me!
10 They despise me and won’t come near me,
except to spit in my face.
11 For God has cut my bowstring.
He has humbled me,
so they have thrown off all restraint.
12 These outcasts oppose me to my face.
They send me sprawling
and lay traps in my path.
13 They block my road
and do everything they can to destroy me.
They know I have no one to help me.
14 They come at me from all directions.
They jump on me when I am down.
15 I live in terror now.
My honor has blown away in the wind,
and my prosperity has vanished like a cloud.
16 “And now my life seeps away.
Depression haunts my days.
17 At night my bones are filled with pain,
which gnaws at me relentlessly.
18 With a strong hand, God grabs my shirt.[b]
He grips me by the collar of my coat.
19 He has thrown me into the mud.
I’m nothing more than dust and ashes.
20 “I cry to you, O God, but you don’t answer.
I stand before you, but you don’t even look.
21 You have become cruel toward me.
You use your power to persecute me.
22 You throw me into the whirlwind
and destroy me in the storm.
23 And I know you are sending me to my death—
the destination of all who live.
24 “Surely no one would turn against the needy
when they cry for help in their trouble.
25 Did I not weep for those in trouble?
Was I not deeply grieved for the needy?
26 So I looked for good, but evil came instead.
I waited for the light, but darkness fell.
27 My heart is troubled and restless.
Days of suffering torment me.
28 I walk in gloom, without sunlight.
I stand in the public square and cry for help.
29 Instead, I am considered a brother to jackals
and a companion to owls.
30 My skin has turned dark,
and my bones burn with fever.
31 My harp plays sad music,
and my flute accompanies those who weep.
Job 29:2-30:31
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Job 29:2-30:31
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2 “How I long for the months gone by,(A)
for the days when God watched over me,(B)
3 when his lamp shone on my head
and by his light I walked through darkness!(C)
4 Oh, for the days when I was in my prime,
when God’s intimate friendship(D) blessed my house,(E)
5 when the Almighty was still with me
and my children(F) were around me,(G)
6 when my path was drenched with cream(H)
and the rock(I) poured out for me streams of olive oil.(J)
7 “When I went to the gate(K) of the city
and took my seat in the public square,
8 the young men saw me and stepped aside(L)
and the old men rose to their feet;(M)
9 the chief men refrained from speaking(N)
and covered their mouths with their hands;(O)
10 the voices of the nobles were hushed,(P)
and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.(Q)
11 Whoever heard me spoke well of me,
and those who saw me commended me,(R)
12 because I rescued the poor(S) who cried for help,
and the fatherless(T) who had none to assist them.(U)
13 The one who was dying blessed me;(V)
I made the widow’s(W) heart sing.
14 I put on righteousness(X) as my clothing;
justice was my robe and my turban.(Y)
15 I was eyes(Z) to the blind
and feet to the lame.(AA)
16 I was a father to the needy;(AB)
I took up the case(AC) of the stranger.(AD)
17 I broke the fangs of the wicked
and snatched the victims(AE) from their teeth.(AF)
18 “I thought, ‘I will die in my own house,
my days as numerous as the grains of sand.(AG)
19 My roots will reach to the water,(AH)
and the dew will lie all night on my branches.(AI)
20 My glory will not fade;(AJ)
the bow(AK) will be ever new in my hand.’(AL)
21 “People listened to me expectantly,
waiting in silence for my counsel.(AM)
22 After I had spoken, they spoke no more;(AN)
my words fell gently on their ears.(AO)
23 They waited for me as for showers
and drank in my words as the spring rain.(AP)
24 When I smiled at them, they scarcely believed it;
the light of my face(AQ) was precious to them.[a](AR)
25 I chose the way for them and sat as their chief;(AS)
I dwelt as a king(AT) among his troops;
I was like one who comforts mourners.(AU)
30 “But now they mock me,(AV)
men younger than I,
whose fathers I would have disdained
to put with my sheep dogs.(AW)
2 Of what use was the strength of their hands to me,
since their vigor had gone from them?
3 Haggard from want and hunger,
they roamed[b] the parched land(AX)
in desolate wastelands(AY) at night.(AZ)
4 In the brush they gathered salt herbs,(BA)
and their food[c] was the root of the broom bush.(BB)
5 They were banished from human society,
shouted at as if they were thieves.
6 They were forced to live in the dry stream beds,
among the rocks and in holes in the ground.(BC)
7 They brayed(BD) among the bushes(BE)
and huddled in the undergrowth.
8 A base and nameless brood,(BF)
they were driven out of the land.(BG)
9 “And now those young men mock me(BH) in song;(BI)
I have become a byword(BJ) among them.
10 They detest me(BK) and keep their distance;
they do not hesitate to spit in my face.(BL)
11 Now that God has unstrung my bow(BM) and afflicted me,(BN)
they throw off restraint(BO) in my presence.
12 On my right(BP) the tribe[d] attacks;
they lay snares(BQ) for my feet,(BR)
they build their siege ramps against me.(BS)
13 They break up my road;(BT)
they succeed in destroying me.(BU)
‘No one can help him,’ they say.
14 They advance as through a gaping breach;(BV)
amid the ruins they come rolling in.
15 Terrors(BW) overwhelm me;(BX)
my dignity is driven away as by the wind,
my safety vanishes like a cloud.(BY)
16 “And now my life ebbs away;(BZ)
days of suffering grip me.(CA)
17 Night pierces my bones;
my gnawing pains never rest.(CB)
18 In his great power(CC) God becomes like clothing to me[e];
he binds me like the neck of my garment.
19 He throws me into the mud,(CD)
and I am reduced to dust and ashes.(CE)
20 “I cry out to you,(CF) God, but you do not answer;(CG)
I stand up, but you merely look at me.
21 You turn on me ruthlessly;(CH)
with the might of your hand(CI) you attack me.(CJ)
22 You snatch me up and drive me before the wind;(CK)
you toss me about in the storm.(CL)
23 I know you will bring me down to death,(CM)
to the place appointed for all the living.(CN)
24 “Surely no one lays a hand on a broken man(CO)
when he cries for help in his distress.(CP)
25 Have I not wept for those in trouble?(CQ)
Has not my soul grieved for the poor?(CR)
26 Yet when I hoped for good, evil came;
when I looked for light, then came darkness.(CS)
27 The churning inside me never stops;(CT)
days of suffering confront me.(CU)
28 I go about blackened,(CV) but not by the sun;
I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.(CW)
29 I have become a brother of jackals,(CX)
a companion of owls.(CY)
30 My skin grows black(CZ) and peels;(DA)
my body burns with fever.(DB)
31 My lyre is tuned to mourning,(DC)
and my pipe(DD) to the sound of wailing.
2 Chronicles 30:23-26
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2 Chronicles 30:23-26
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23 The entire assembly then decided to continue the festival another seven days, so they celebrated joyfully for another week. 24 King Hezekiah gave the people 1,000 bulls and 7,000 sheep and goats for offerings, and the officials donated 1,000 bulls and 10,000 sheep and goats. Meanwhile, many more priests purified themselves.
25 The entire assembly of Judah rejoiced, including the priests, the Levites, all who came from the land of Israel, the foreigners who came to the festival, and all those who lived in Judah. 26 There was great joy in the city, for Jerusalem had not seen a celebration like this one since the days of Solomon, King David’s son.
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2 Chronicles 30:23-26
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2 Chronicles 30:23-26
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23 The whole assembly then agreed to celebrate(A) the festival seven more days; so for another seven days they celebrated joyfully. 24 Hezekiah king of Judah provided(B) a thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep and goats for the assembly, and the officials provided them with a thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep and goats. A great number of priests consecrated themselves. 25 The entire assembly of Judah rejoiced, along with the priests and Levites and all who had assembled from Israel(C), including the foreigners who had come from Israel and also those who resided in Judah. 26 There was great joy in Jerusalem, for since the days of Solomon(D) son of David king of Israel there had been nothing like this in Jerusalem.
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