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We ponder your steadfast love, O God,
    in the midst of your temple.

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Within your temple, O God,
    we meditate(A) on your unfailing love.(B)

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For your steadfast love is before my eyes,
    and I walk in faithfulness to you.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 26.3 Or in your faithfulness

for I have always been mindful of your unfailing love(A)
    and have lived(B) in reliance on your faithfulness.(C)

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10 And I say, “It is my grief
    that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”(A)

11 I will call to mind the deeds of the Lord;
    I will remember your wonders of old.(B)
12 I will meditate on all your work
    and muse on your mighty deeds.
13 Your way, O God, is holy.
    What god is so great as our God?(C)
14 You are the God who works wonders;
    you have displayed your might among the peoples.

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10 Then I thought, “To this I will appeal:
    the years when the Most High stretched out his right hand.(A)
11 I will remember the deeds of the Lord;
    yes, I will remember your miracles(B) of long ago.
12 I will consider(C) all your works
    and meditate on all your mighty deeds.”(D)

13 Your ways, God, are holy.
    What god is as great as our God?(E)
14 You are the God who performs miracles;(F)
    you display your power among the peoples.

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10 I have not hidden your saving help within my heart;
    I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation;
I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness
    from the great congregation.(A)

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10 I do not hide your righteousness in my heart;
    I speak of your faithfulness(A) and your saving help.
I do not conceal your love and your faithfulness
    from the great assembly.(B)

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So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary,
    beholding your power and glory.(A)
Because your steadfast love is better than life,
    my lips will praise you.(B)

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I have seen you in the sanctuary(A)
    and beheld your power and your glory.(B)
Because your love is better than life,(C)
    my lips will glorify you.

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Jehoshaphat’s Prayer and Victory

Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord, before the new court, and said, “O Lord, God of our ancestors, are you not God in heaven? Do you not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? In your hand are power and might, so that no one is able to withstand you.(A) Did you not, O our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of your friend Abraham?(B) They have lived in it and in it have built you a sanctuary for your name, saying, ‘If disaster comes upon us, the sword, judgment,[a] or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house and before you, for your name is in this house, and cry to you in our distress, and you will hear and save.’(C) 10 See now, the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, whom you would not let Israel invade when they came from the land of Egypt and whom they avoided and did not destroy,(D) 11 they reward us by coming to drive us out of your possession that you have given us to inherit.(E) 12 O our God, will you not execute judgment upon them? For we are powerless against this great multitude that is coming against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.”(F)

13 Meanwhile, all Judah stood before the Lord, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.

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Footnotes

  1. 20.9 Or the sword of judgment

Then Jehoshaphat stood up in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem at the temple of the Lord in the front of the new courtyard and said:

Lord, the God of our ancestors,(A) are you not the God who is in heaven?(B) You rule over all the kingdoms(C) of the nations. Power and might are in your hand, and no one can withstand you.(D) Our God, did you not drive out the inhabitants of this land(E) before your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham your friend?(F) They have lived in it and have built in it a sanctuary(G) for your Name, saying, ‘If calamity comes upon us, whether the sword of judgment, or plague or famine,(H) we will stand in your presence before this temple that bears your Name and will cry out to you in our distress, and you will hear us and save us.’

10 “But now here are men from Ammon, Moab and Mount Seir, whose territory you would not allow Israel to invade when they came from Egypt;(I) so they turned away from them and did not destroy them. 11 See how they are repaying us by coming to drive us out of the possession(J) you gave us as an inheritance. 12 Our God, will you not judge them?(K) For we have no power to face this vast army that is attacking us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.(L)

13 All the men of Judah, with their wives and children and little ones, stood there before the Lord.

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19 Then he took a loaf of bread, and when he had given thanks he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” 20 And he did the same with the cup after supper, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 22.20 Other ancient authorities lack, in whole or in part, 22.19b–20 (which is given . . . in my blood)

19 And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it,(A) and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.”

20 In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant(B) in my blood, which is poured out for you.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 22:20 Some manuscripts do not have given for you … poured out for you.

34 May my meditation be pleasing to him,
    for I rejoice in the Lord.

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34 May my meditation be pleasing to him,
    as I rejoice(A) in the Lord.

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In the path of your judgments,
    O Lord, we have placed hope;
your name and your renown
    are the soul’s desire.(A)

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Yes, Lord, walking in the way of your laws,[a](A)
    we wait(B) for you;
your name(C) and renown
    are the desire of our hearts.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 26:8 Or judgments

Remember the wonderful works he has done,
    his miracles and the judgments he has uttered,(A)
O offspring of his servant Abraham,[a]
    children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

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  1. 105.6 Or Israel

Remember the wonders(A) he has done,
    his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,(B)
you his servants, the descendants of Abraham,(C)
    his chosen(D) ones, the children of Jacob.

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