I Have Calmed and Quieted My Soul

A Song of (A)Ascents. Of David.

131 O Lord, my heart is not (B)lifted up;
    my eyes are not (C)raised too high;
I do not (D)occupy myself with things
    too great and (E)too marvelous for me.

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16 (A)Live in harmony with one another. (B)Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly.[a] (C)Never be wise in your own sight.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 12:16 Or give yourselves to humble tasks

(A)Such knowledge is (B)too wonderful for me;
    it is high; I cannot attain it.

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(A)‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’
Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,
    things (B)too wonderful for me, which I did not know.

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(A)Nor did we seek glory from people, whether from you or from others, (B)though we could have made (C)demands as (D)apostles of Christ. But we were (E)gentle[a] among you, (F)like a nursing mother taking care of her own children.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Some manuscripts infants

And (A)do you seek great things for yourself? Seek them not, for behold, (B)I am bringing disaster upon all flesh, declares the Lord. But I will give you (C)your life as a prize of war in all places to which you may go.”

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Whoever slanders his neighbor (A)secretly
    I will (B)destroy.
Whoever has a (C)haughty look and an (D)arrogant heart
    I will not endure.

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14 Then Amos answered and said to Amaziah, (A)“I was[a] no prophet, nor a prophet's son, but (B)I was a herdsman and a dresser of sycamore figs. 15 (C)But the Lord took me from following the flock, and the Lord said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 7:14 Or am; twice in this verse

Our Help Is in the Name of the Lord

A Song of (A)Ascents. Of David.

124 (B)If it had not been the Lord who was on our side—
    (C)let Israel now say—

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Let Us Go to the House of the Lord

A Song of (A)Ascents. Of David.

122 I was glad when they said to me,
    (B)“Let us go to the house of the Lord!”

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Now the man Moses was very meek, more than all people who were on the face of the earth.

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29 Take my yoke upon you, and (A)learn from me, for I am (B)gentle and lowly in heart, and (C)you will find rest for your souls.

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When Brothers Dwell in Unity

A Song of (A)Ascents. Of David.

133 Behold, how good and pleasant it is
    when (B)brothers dwell in unity![a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 133:1 Or dwell together

23 And Saul's servants spoke those words in the ears of David. And David said, (A)“Does it seem to you a little thing to become the king's son-in-law, since I am a poor man and have no reputation?”

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22 And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, “Let David remain in my service, for he has found favor in my sight.”

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18 One of the young men answered, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing, (A)a man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a man of good presence, (B)and the Lord is with him.”

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13 Then Samuel took (A)the horn of oil (B)and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. (C)And the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon David from that day forward. And Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.

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20 that his heart may not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he (A)may not turn aside from the commandment, either to the right hand or to the left, (B)so that he may continue long in his kingdom, he and his children, in Israel.

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33 Oh, the depth of the riches and (A)wisdom and knowledge of God! (B)How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!

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19 (A)serving the Lord (B)with all humility and with (C)tears and with trials that happened to me through (D)the plots of the Jews;

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16 I have not run away from being your shepherd,
    nor have I desired the day of sickness.
(A)You know (B)what came out of my lips;
    it was before your face.

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70 He (A)chose David his servant
    and took him from the sheepfolds;
71 from (B)following the nursing ewes he brought him
    to (C)shepherd Jacob his people,
    Israel his (D)inheritance.
72 With (E)upright heart he shepherded them
    and (F)guided them with his skillful hand.

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15 but David went back and forth from Saul (A)to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.

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10 You are witnesses, and (A)God also, (B)how holy and righteous and blameless was our conduct toward you believers.

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28 Now Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men. And Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, “Why have you come down? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your presumption and the evil of your heart, for you have come down to see the battle.” 29 And David said, “What have I done now? Was it not but a word?”

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