25 (A)Whom have I in heaven but You?
And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You.

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Yet indeed I also count all things loss (A)for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ

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O my soul, you have said to the Lord,
“You are my Lord,
(A)My goodness is nothing apart from You.”

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(A)Because Your lovingkindness is better than life,
My lips shall praise You.

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O Lord, You are the portion of my inheritance and my cup;
You [a]maintain my lot.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 16:5 Lit. uphold

Yes, (A)in the way of Your judgments,
O Lord, we have (B)waited for You;
The desire of our soul is for Your name
And for the remembrance of You.
(C)With my soul I have desired You in the night,
Yes, by my spirit within me I will seek You early;
For when Your judgments are in the earth,
The inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

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34 May my (A)meditation be sweet to Him;
I will be glad in the Lord.

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37 (A)He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.

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(A)Delight yourself also in the Lord,
And He shall give you the desires of your (B)heart.

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I spread out my hands to You;
(A)My soul longs for You like a thirsty land. Selah

Answer me speedily, O Lord;
My spirit fails!
Do not hide Your face from me,
(B)Lest I [a]be like those who [b]go down into the pit.
Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness (C)in the morning,
For in You do I trust;
(D)Cause me to know the way in which I should walk,
For (E)I lift up my soul to You.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 143:7 become
  2. Psalm 143:7 Die

(A)For who in the heavens can be compared to the Lord?
Who among the sons of the mighty can be likened to the Lord?

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Then I will go to the altar of God,
To God my exceeding joy;
And on the harp I will praise You,
O God, my God.

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11 You will show me the (A)path of life;
In Your presence is fullness of joy;
At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

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And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, (A)the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God.

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Beloved, (A)now we are children of God; and (B)it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, (C)we shall be like Him, for (D)we shall see Him as He is.

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BOOK TWO

Psalms 42–72

Yearning for God in the Midst of Distresses

To the Chief Musician. A [a]Contemplation of the sons of Korah.

42 As the deer [b]pants for the water brooks,
So pants my soul for You, O God.
(A)My soul thirsts for God, for the (B)living God.
When shall I come and [c]appear before God?

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 42:1 Heb. Maschil
  2. Psalm 42:1 Lit. longs for
  3. Psalm 42:2 So with MT, Vg.; some Heb. mss., LXX, Syr., Tg. I see the face of God

A Hymn of Faith

17 Though the fig tree may not blossom,
Nor fruit be on the vines;
Though the labor of the olive may fail,
And the fields yield no food;
Though the flock may be cut off from the fold,
And there be no herd in the stalls—
18 Yet I will (A)rejoice in the Lord,
I will joy in the God of my salvation.

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15 As for me, (A)I will see Your face in righteousness;
(B)I shall be satisfied when I (C)awake in Your likeness.

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The Glory of the New Jerusalem

22 (A)But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. 23 (B)The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine [a]in it, for the [b]glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 21:23 NU, M omit in it
  2. Revelation 21:23 M very glory

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