Psalm 104:1-9

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Psalm 104

¹Praise the Lord, my soul.^(A)

Lord my God, you are very great;
you are clothed with splendor and majesty.^(B)

²The Lord wraps^(C) himself in light^(D) as with a garment;
    he stretches^(E) out the heavens^(F) like a tent^(G)
³    and lays the beams^(H) of his upper chambers on their waters.^(I)
He makes the clouds^(J) his chariot^(K)
    and rides on the wings of the wind.^(L)
⁴He makes winds his messengers,^[a]^(M)
    flames of fire^(N) his servants.

⁵He set the earth^(O) on its foundations;^(P)
    it can never be moved.
⁶You covered it^(Q) with the watery depths^(R) as with a garment;
    the waters stood^(S) above the mountains.
⁷But at your rebuke^(T) the waters fled,
    at the sound of your thunder^(U) they took to flight;
⁸they flowed over the mountains,
    they went down into the valleys,
    to the place you assigned^(V) for them.
⁹You set a boundary^(W) they cannot cross;
    never again will they cover the earth.

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Footnotes

Psalm 104:4 Or angels

Proverbs 22:26-27

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Saying 4

²⁶Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge^(A)
or puts up security for debts;
²⁷if you lack the means to pay,
your very bed will be snatched from under you.^(B)

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Luke 17:20-37

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The Coming of the Kingdom of God^(A)

²⁰Once, on being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come,^(B) Jesus replied, “The coming of the kingdom of God is not something that can be observed, ²¹nor will people say, ‘Here it is,’ or ‘There it is,’^(C) because the kingdom of God is in your midst.”^[a]

²²Then he said to his disciples, “The time is coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man,^(D) but you will not see it.^(E) ²³People will tell you, ‘There he is!’ or ‘Here he is!’ Do not go running off after them.^(F) ²⁴For the Son of Man in his day^[b] will be like the lightning,^(G) which flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other. ²⁵But first he must suffer many things^(H) and be rejected^(I) by this generation.^(J)

²⁶“Just as it was in the days of Noah,^(K) so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man. ²⁷People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.

²⁸“It was the same in the days of Lot.^(L) People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. ²⁹But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.

³⁰“It will be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed.^(M) ³¹On that day no one who is on the housetop, with possessions inside, should go down to get them. Likewise, no one in the field should go back for anything.^(N) ³²Remember Lot’s wife!^(O) ³³Whoever tries to keep their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life will preserve it.^(P) ³⁴I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed; one will be taken and the other left. ³⁵Two women will be grinding grain together; one will be taken and the other left.”^(Q) ^[36]^[c]

³⁷“Where, Lord?” they asked.

He replied, “Where there is a dead body, there the vultures will gather.”^(R)

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Footnotes

Luke 17:21 Or is within you
Luke 17:24 Some manuscripts do not have in his day.
Luke 17:36 Some manuscripts include here words similar to Matt. 24:40.

Hebrews 1:5-14

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The Son Superior to Angels

⁵For to which of the angels did God ever say,

“You are my Son;
today I have become your Father”^[a]?^(A)

Or again,

“I will be his Father,
and he will be my Son”^[b]?^(B)

⁶And again, when God brings his firstborn^(C) into the world,^(D) he says,

“Let all God’s angels worship him.”^[c]^(E)

⁷In speaking of the angels he says,

“He makes his angels spirits,
and his servants flames of fire.”^[d]^(F)

⁸But about the Son he says,

“Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever;^(G)
    a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.
⁹You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
    therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions^(H)
    by anointing you with the oil^(I) of joy.”^[e]^(J)

¹⁰He also says,

“In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth,
    and the heavens are the work of your hands.^(K)
¹¹They will perish, but you remain;
    they will all wear out like a garment.^(L)
¹²You will roll them up like a robe;
    like a garment they will be changed.
But you remain the same,^(M)
    and your years will never end.”^[f]^(N)