Great Is Your Steadfast Love

(A)A Prayer of David.

86 (B)Incline your ear, O Lord, and answer me,
    for I am (C)poor and needy.

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Psalm 86

A prayer of David.

Hear me, Lord, and answer(A) me,
    for I am poor and needy.

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Incline your ear to me;
    rescue me speedily!
Be (A)a rock of (B)refuge for me,
    a strong fortress to save me!

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Turn your ear to me,(A)
    come quickly to my rescue;(B)
be my rock of refuge,(C)
    a strong fortress to save me.

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17 As for me, I am (A)poor and needy,
    but (B)the Lord takes thought for me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
    do not delay, O my God!

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17 But as for me, I am poor and needy;(A)
    may the Lord think(B) of me.
You are my help(C) and my deliverer;(D)
    you are my God, do not delay.(E)

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18 (A)O my God, incline your ear and hear. Open your eyes and see (B)our desolations, and (C)the city that is called by your name. For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy.

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18 Give ear,(A) our God, and hear;(B) open your eyes and see(C) the desolation of the city that bears your Name.(D) We do not make requests of you because we are righteous, but because of your great mercy.(E)

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Listen, my beloved brothers, (A)has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be (B)rich in faith and heirs of (C)the kingdom, (D)which he has promised to those who love him?

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Listen, my dear brothers and sisters:(A) Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world(B) to be rich in faith(C) and to inherit the kingdom(D) he promised those who love him?(E)

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Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, 10 and (A)the rich in his humiliation, because (B)like a flower of the grass[a] he will pass away.

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Footnotes

  1. James 1:10 Or a wild flower

Believers in humble circumstances ought to take pride in their high position.(A) 10 But the rich should take pride in their humiliation—since they will pass away like a wild flower.(B)

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18 (A)“The Spirit of the Lord (B)is upon me,
    because he has anointed me
    to (C)proclaim good news to the poor.
(D)He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
    and (E)recovering of sight to the blind,
    (F)to set at liberty those who are oppressed,

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18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me,(A)
    because he has anointed me
    to proclaim good news(B) to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
    and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free,

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(A)“Blessed are (B)the poor in spirit, for (C)theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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“Blessed are the poor in spirit,
    for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.(A)

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(A)This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him
    and (B)saved him out of all his troubles.

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This poor man called, and the Lord heard him;
    he saved him out of all his troubles.(A)

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(A)All these things my hand has made,
    and so all these things came to be,
declares the Lord.
(B)But this is the one to whom I will look:
    he who is humble and contrite in spirit
    and trembles at my word.

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Has not my hand made all these things,(A)
    and so they came into being?”
declares the Lord.

“These are the ones I look on with favor:
    those who are humble and contrite in spirit,(B)
    and who tremble at my word.(C)

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17 (A)Incline your ear, O Lord, and hear; open your eyes, O Lord, and see; and hear (B)all the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to mock the living God.

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17 Give ear, Lord, and hear;(A) open your eyes, Lord, and see;(B) listen to all the words Sennacherib(C) has sent to ridicule(D) the living God.(E)

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You Are My Refuge

A Maskil[a] of David, when he was in (A)the cave. A Prayer.

142 With my voice I (B)cry out to the Lord;
    with my voice I (C)plead for mercy to the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 142:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term

Psalm 142[a]

A maskil[b] of David. When he was in the cave.(A) A prayer.

I cry aloud(B) to the Lord;
    I lift up my voice to the Lord for mercy.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 142:1 In Hebrew texts 142:1-7 is numbered 142:2-8.
  2. Psalm 142:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term

12 I know that the Lord will (A)maintain the cause of the afflicted,
    and (B)will execute justice for the needy.

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12 I know that the Lord secures justice for the poor(A)
    and upholds the cause(B) of the needy.(C)

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