(A)Answer me quickly, O Lord!
    (B)My spirit fails!
(C)Hide not your face from me,
    (D)lest I be like those who go down to the pit.
(E)Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love,
    for in you I (F)trust.
(G)Make me know the way I should go,
    (H)for to you I lift up my soul.

(I)Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord!
    I have fled to you for refuge.[a]
10 (J)Teach me to do your will,
    for you are my God!
(K)Let your good Spirit (L)lead me
    on (M)level ground!

11 (N)For your name's sake, O Lord, (O)preserve my life!
    In your righteousness (P)bring my soul out of trouble!
12 And in your steadfast love you will (Q)cut off my enemies,
    and you will destroy all the adversaries of my soul,
    for I am your (R)servant.

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  1. Psalm 143:9 One Hebrew manuscript, Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts To you I have covered

Answer me quickly,(A) Lord;
    my spirit fails.(B)
Do not hide your face(C) from me
    or I will be like those who go down to the pit.
Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love,(D)
    for I have put my trust in you.
Show me the way(E) I should go,
    for to you I entrust my life.(F)
Rescue me(G) from my enemies,(H) Lord,
    for I hide myself in you.
10 Teach me(I) to do your will,
    for you are my God;(J)
may your good Spirit
    lead(K) me on level ground.(L)

11 For your name’s sake,(M) Lord, preserve my life;(N)
    in your righteousness,(O) bring me out of trouble.
12 In your unfailing love, silence my enemies;(P)
    destroy all my foes,(Q)
    for I am your servant.(R)

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(A)Pray then like this:

(B)“Our Father in heaven,
(C)hallowed be (D)your name.[a]
10 (E)Your kingdom come,
(F)your will be done,[b]
    (G)on earth as it is in heaven.
11 (H)Give us (I)this day our daily bread,[c]
12 and forgive us our debts,
    as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13 And (J)lead us not into temptation,
    but (K)deliver us from (L)evil.[d]

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  1. Matthew 6:9 Or Let your name be kept holy, or Let your name be treated with reverence
  2. Matthew 6:10 Or Let your kingdom come, let your will be done
  3. Matthew 6:11 Or our bread for tomorrow
  4. Matthew 6:13 Or the evil one; some manuscripts add For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen

“This, then, is how you should pray:

“‘Our Father(A) in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
10 your kingdom(B) come,
your will be done,(C)
    on earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us today our daily bread.(D)
12 And forgive us our debts,
    as we also have forgiven our debtors.(E)
13 And lead us not into temptation,[a](F)
    but deliver us from the evil one.[b](G)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 6:13 The Greek for temptation can also mean testing.
  2. Matthew 6:13 Or from evil; some late manuscripts one, / for yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

A Living Stone and a Holy People

(A)So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. (B)Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual (C)milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— if indeed you have (D)tasted that the Lord is good.

As you come to him, a living stone (E)rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, (F)you yourselves like living stones are being built up as (G)a spiritual house, to be (H)a holy priesthood, (I)to offer spiritual sacrifices (J)acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

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Therefore, rid yourselves(A) of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander(B) of every kind. Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk,(C) so that by it you may grow up(D) in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.(E)

The Living Stone and a Chosen People

As you come to him, the living Stone(F)—rejected by humans but chosen by God(G) and precious to him— you also, like living stones, are being built(H) into a spiritual house[a](I) to be a holy priesthood,(J) offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.(K)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 2:5 Or into a temple of the Spirit