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Psalm 20

Prayer for Victory

To the leader. A Psalm of David.

The Lord answer you in the day of trouble!
    The name of the God of Jacob protect you!(A)

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10 The name of the Lord is a strong tower;
    the righteous run into it and are safe.(A)

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Though I walk in the midst of trouble,
    you preserve me against the wrath of my enemies;
you stretch out your hand,
    and your right hand delivers me.(A)

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14 Those who love me, I will deliver;
    I will protect those who know my name.(A)
15 When they call to me, I will answer them;
    I will be with them in trouble;
    I will rescue them and honor them.(B)

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38 Then he said to them, “My soul is deeply grieved, even to death; remain here, and stay awake with me.”(A) 39 And going a little farther, he threw himself on the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me, yet not what I want but what you want.”(B)

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In the days of his flesh, Jesus[a] offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission.(A)

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  1. 5.7 Gk he

11 The Lord of hosts is with us;
    the God of Jacob is our refuge.[a] Selah

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  1. 46.11 Or fortress

10 Who among you fears the Lord
    and obeys the voice of his servant,
who walks in darkness
    and has no light,
yet trusts in the name of the Lord
    and relies upon his God?(A)

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18 Let them know that you alone,
    whose name is the Lord,
    are the Most High over all the earth.(A)

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Psalm 46

God’s Defense of His City and People

To the leader. Of the Korahites. According to Alamoth. A Song.

God is our refuge and strength,
    a very present[a] help in trouble.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 46.1 Or well proved

Alas! that day is so great
    there is none like it;
it is a time of distress for Jacob,
    yet he shall be rescued from it.(A)

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11 O grant us help against the foe,
    for human help is worthless.(A)

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Judah became God’s[a] sanctuary,
    Israel his dominion.(A)

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  1. 114.2 Heb his

The Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there and proclaimed the name, “The Lord.”[a](A) The Lord passed before him and proclaimed,

“The Lord, the Lord,
a God merciful and gracious,
slow to anger,
and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness,(B)
keeping steadfast love for the thousandth generation,[b]
forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin,
yet by no means clearing the guilty,
but visiting the iniquity of the parents
upon the children
and the children’s children
to the third and the fourth generation.”(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 34.5 Heb YHWH; see note at 3.15
  2. 34.7 Or for thousands

The Lord of hosts is with us;
    the God of Jacob is our refuge.[a] Selah(A)

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  1. 46.7 Or fortress

The Divine Name Revealed

13 But Moses said to God, “If I come to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your ancestors has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what shall I say to them?” 14 God said to Moses, “I am who I am.”[a] He said further, “Thus you shall say to the Israelites, ‘I am has sent me to you.’ ”(A) 15 God also said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the Israelites, ‘The Lord,[b] the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you’:

This is my name forever,
and this my title for all generations.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 3.14 Or I am what I am or I will be what I will be
  2. 3.15 The word “Lord” when spelled with capital letters stands for the divine name, YHWH, which is here connected with the verb hayah, “to be”

“Gather to me my faithful ones,
    who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!”(A)

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The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer,
    my God, my rock in whom I take refuge,
    my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.(A)

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10 And those who know your name put their trust in you,
    for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.(A)

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27 So he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.” 28 Then the man[a] said, “You shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel,[b] for you have striven with God and with humans[c] and have prevailed.”(A) 29 Then Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.” But he said, “Why is it that you ask my name?” And there he blessed him.(B)

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  1. 32.28 Heb he
  2. 32.28 That is, the one who strives with God or God strives
  3. 32.28 Or with divine and human beings

Psalm 41

Assurance of God’s Help and a Plea for Healing

To the leader. A Psalm of David.

Happy are those who consider the poor;[a]
    the Lord delivers them in the day of trouble.(A)

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  1. 41.1 Or weak

15 He blessed Joseph and said,

“The God before whom my ancestors Abraham and Isaac walked,
the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,(A)
16 the angel who has redeemed me from all harm, bless the boys,
and in them let my name be perpetuated and the name of my ancestors Abraham and Isaac,
and let them grow into a multitude on the earth.”(B)

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