Book Four

From Everlasting to Everlasting

A (A)Prayer of Moses, the (B)man of God.

90 Lord, you have been our (C)dwelling place[a]
    in all generations.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 90:1 Some Hebrew manuscripts (compare Septuagint) our refuge

BOOK IV

Psalms 90–106

Psalm 90

A prayer of Moses the man of God.

Lord, you have been our dwelling place(A)
    throughout all generations.

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27 The eternal God is your (A)dwelling place,[a]
    and underneath are the everlasting arms.[b]
And he thrust out the enemy before you
    and said, ‘Destroy.’

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 33:27 Or a dwelling place
  2. Deuteronomy 33:27 Revocalization of verse 27 yields He subdues the ancient gods, and shatters the forces of old

27 The eternal(A) God is your refuge,(B)
    and underneath are the everlasting(C) arms.
He will drive out your enemies before you,(D)
    saying, ‘Destroy them!’(E)

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Be to me a rock of (A)refuge,
    to which I may continually come;
you have (B)given the command to save me,
    for you are my (C)rock and my fortress.

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Be my rock of refuge,
    to which I can always go;
give the command to save me,
    for you are my rock and my fortress.(A)

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16 So (A)we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. (B)God is love, and (C)whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

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16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.

God is love.(A) Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.(B)

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16 Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: Though I removed them far off among the nations, and though I scattered them among the countries, yet (A)I have been a sanctuary to them for a while[a] in the countries where they have gone.’

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 11:16 Or in small measure

16 “Therefore say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Although I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, yet for a little while I have been a sanctuary(A) for them in the countries where they have gone.’

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My Refuge and My Fortress

91 He who dwells in (A)the shelter of the Most High
    will abide in (B)the shadow of the Almighty.

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Psalm 91

Whoever dwells in the shelter(A) of the Most High
    will rest in the shadow(B) of the Almighty.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 91:1 Hebrew Shaddai

56 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood (A)abides in me, and I in him.

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56 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them.(A)

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Because you have made the Lord your (A)dwelling place—
    the Most High, who is my (B)refuge[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 91:9 Or For you, O Lord, are my refuge! You have made the Most High your dwelling place

If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,”
    and you make the Most High your dwelling,

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I Will Sing of the Steadfast Love of the Lord

A Maskil[a] of (A)Ethan the Ezrahite.

89 (B)I will sing of (C)the steadfast love of the Lord, forever;
    with my mouth I will make known your (D)faithfulness to all generations.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 89:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term

Psalm 89[a]

A maskil[b] of Ethan the Ezrahite.

I will sing(A) of the Lord’s great love forever;
    with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known(B)
    through all generations.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 89:1 In Hebrew texts 89:1-52 is numbered 89:2-53.
  2. Psalm 89:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term

14 And he will become a (A)sanctuary and (B)a stone of offense and a rock of stumbling to both houses of Israel, a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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14 He will be a holy place;(A)
    for both Israel and Judah he will be
a stone(B) that causes people to stumble(C)
    and a rock that makes them fall.(D)
And for the people of Jerusalem he will be
    a trap and a snare.(E)

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14 And he said, (A)“My presence will go with you, and (B)I will give you rest.” 15 And he said to him, (C)“If your presence will not go with me, do not bring us up from here. 16 For how shall it be known that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? (D)Is it not in your going with us, (E)so that we are distinct, I and your people, from every other people on the face of the earth?”

17 And the Lord said to Moses, “This very thing that you have spoken I will do, (F)for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name.” 18 Moses said, “Please (G)show me your glory.” 19 And he said, (H)“I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name ‘The Lord.’ And (I)I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.

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14 The Lord replied, “My Presence(A) will go with you, and I will give you rest.”(B)

15 Then Moses said to him, “If your Presence(C) does not go with us, do not send us up from here. 16 How will anyone know that you are pleased with me and with your people unless you go with us?(D) What else will distinguish me and your people from all the other people on the face of the earth?”(E)

17 And the Lord said to Moses, “I will do the very thing you have asked,(F) because I am pleased with you and I know you by name.”(G)

18 Then Moses said, “Now show me your glory.”(H)

19 And the Lord said, “I will cause all my goodness to pass(I) in front of you, and I will proclaim my name,(J) the Lord, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.(K)

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Fight the Good Fight of Faith

11 But as for you, (A)O man of God, (B)flee these things. (C)Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.

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Final Charge to Timothy

11 But you, man of God,(A) flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness,(B) faith, love,(C) endurance and gentleness.

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A Man of God Confronts Jeroboam

13 And behold, (A)a man of God came out of Judah by the word of the Lord to Bethel. Jeroboam was standing by the altar (B)to make offerings.

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The Man of God From Judah

13 By the word of the Lord a man of God(A) came from Judah to Bethel,(B) as Jeroboam was standing by the altar to make an offering.

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