Psalm 101

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I Will Walk with Integrity

A Psalm of David.

101 I will sing of ^(A)steadfast love and justice;
    to you, O Lord, I will make music.
²I will ^(B)ponder the way ^(C)that is blameless.
    Oh when will you ^(D)come to me?
I will ^(E)walk with ^(F)integrity of heart
    within my house;
³I will not set before my eyes
    anything ^(G)that is worthless.
I hate the work of those who ^(H)fall away;
    it shall not cling to me.
⁴^(I)A perverse heart shall be far from me;
    I will ^(J)know nothing of evil.

⁵Whoever slanders his neighbor ^(K)secretly
I will ^(L)destroy.
Whoever has a ^(M)haughty look and an ^(N)arrogant heart
I will not endure.

⁶I will look with favor on the faithful in the land,
that they may dwell with me;
he who walks in ^(O)the way that is blameless
shall minister to me.

⁷No one who ^(P)practices deceit
shall dwell in my house;
no one who utters lies
shall ^(Q)continue before my eyes.

⁸^(R)Morning by morning I will destroy
all the wicked in the land,
^(S)cutting off all ^(T)the evildoers
from ^(U)the city of the Lord.

Psalm 109:1-30

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Help Me, O Lord My God

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

109 ^(A)Be not silent, O ^(B)God of my praise!
²For wicked and ^(C)deceitful mouths are opened against me,
    speaking against me with lying tongues.
³They encircle me with words of hate,
    and attack me ^(D)without cause.
⁴In return for my love they ^(E)accuse me,
    but I ^(F)give myself to prayer.^[a]
⁵So they ^(G)reward me evil for good,
    and hatred for my love.

⁶^(H)Appoint a wicked man ^(I)against him;
    let an accuser stand ^(J)at his right hand.
⁷When he is tried, let him come forth guilty;
    let his ^(K)prayer be counted as sin!
⁸May his ^(L)days be few;
    may ^(M)another take his ^(N)office!
⁹May his ^(O)children be fatherless
    and his wife a widow!
¹⁰May his children ^(P)wander about and beg,
    ^(Q)seeking food far from the ruins they inhabit!
¹¹May ^(R)the creditor seize all that he has;
    may ^(S)strangers plunder the fruits of his toil!
¹²Let there be none to ^(T)extend kindness to him,
    nor any to ^(U)pity his fatherless children!
¹³May his ^(V)posterity be cut off;
    may his ^(W)name be blotted out in the second generation!
¹⁴May ^(X)the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord,
    and let not the sin of his mother be ^(Y)blotted out!
¹⁵^(Z)Let them be before the Lord continually,
    that he may ^(AA)cut off the memory of them from the earth!

¹⁶For he did not remember to show kindness,
    but pursued ^(AB)the poor and needy
    and ^(AC)the brokenhearted, to put them to death.
¹⁷^(AD)He loved to curse; let curses come^[b] upon him!
    He did not delight in blessing; may it be far^[c] from him!
¹⁸He ^(AE)clothed himself with cursing as his coat;
    may it ^(AF)soak^[d] into his body like water,
    like oil into his bones!
¹⁹May it be like a garment that he wraps around him,
    like a belt that he puts on every day!
²⁰May this be the reward of my ^(AG)accusers from the Lord,
    of those who speak evil against my life!

²¹But you, O God my Lord,
    deal on my behalf ^(AH)for your name's sake;
    because your ^(AI)steadfast love is good, deliver me!
²²For I am ^(AJ)poor and needy,
    and my heart is stricken within me.
²³I am gone like ^(AK)a shadow at evening;
    I am ^(AL)shaken off like a locust.
²⁴My knees are weak ^(AM)through fasting;
    my ^(AN)body has become gaunt, with no fat.
²⁵I am ^(AO)an object of scorn to my accusers;
    when they see me, they ^(AP)wag their heads.

²⁶^(AQ)Help me, O Lord my God!
    Save me according to your steadfast love!
²⁷Let them ^(AR)know that this is your hand;
    you, O Lord, have done it!
²⁸^(AS)Let them curse, but you will bless!
    They arise and are put to shame, but ^(AT)your servant will be glad!
²⁹May my accusers be ^(AU)clothed with dishonor;
    may they ^(AV)be wrapped in their own shame as in a cloak!

³⁰With my mouth I will give great thanks to the Lord;
I will ^(AW)praise him in the midst of the throng.

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Psalm 109:4 Hebrew but I am prayer
Psalm 109:17 Revocalization; Masoretic Text curses have come
Psalm 109:17 Revocalization; Masoretic Text it is far
Psalm 109:18 Revocalization; Masoretic Text it has soaked

Jeremiah 18:1-11

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The Potter and the Clay

18 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: ²“Arise, and go down to ^(A)the potter's house, and there I will let you hear^[a] my words.” ³So I went down to ^(B)the potter's house, and there he was working at his wheel. ⁴And the vessel he was making of clay was ^(C)spoiled in the potter's hand, and ^(D)he reworked it into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to do.

⁵Then the word of the Lord came to me: ⁶“O house of Israel, ^(E)can I not do with you as this potter has done? declares the Lord. ^(F)Behold, like the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel. ⁷If at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom, that I will ^(G)pluck up and break down and destroy it, ⁸and if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, ^(H)turns from its evil, ^(I)I will relent of the disaster that I intended to do to it. ⁹And if at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will ^(J)build and plant it, ¹⁰and if it does evil in my sight, not listening to my voice, then I will relent of the good that I had intended to do to it. ¹¹Now, therefore, say to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: ‘Thus says the Lord, Behold, I am shaping disaster against you and devising a plan against you. ^(K)Return, every one from his evil way, and ^(L)amend your ways and your deeds.’

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Jeremiah 18:2 Or will cause you to hear

Romans 8:1-11

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Life in the Spirit

8 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.^[a] ²For the law of ^(A)the Spirit of life ^(B)has set you^[b] free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. ³For ^(C)God has done what the law, ^(D)weakened by the flesh, ^(E)could not do. ^(F)By sending his own Son ^(G)in the likeness of sinful flesh and ^(H)for sin,^[c] he condemned sin in the flesh, ⁴in order that ^(I)the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, ^(J)who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. ⁵For ^(K)those who live according to the flesh set their minds on ^(L)the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on ^(M)the things of the Spirit. ⁶For to set ^(N)the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. ⁷For the mind that is set on the flesh is ^(O)hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; ^(P)indeed, it cannot. ⁸Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

⁹You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact ^(Q)the Spirit of God dwells in you. ^(R)Anyone who does not have ^(S)the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. ¹⁰But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. ¹¹If the Spirit of ^(T)him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus^[d] from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies ^(U)through his Spirit who dwells in you.

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Romans 8:1 Some manuscripts add who walk not according to the flesh (but according to the Spirit)
Romans 8:2 Some manuscripts me
Romans 8:3 Or and as a sin offering
Romans 8:11 Some manuscripts lack Jesus

John 6:27-40

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²⁷^(A)Do not work for the food that perishes, but for ^(B)the food that endures to eternal life, which ^(C)the Son of Man will give to you. For on ^(D)him God the Father has ^(E)set his seal.” ²⁸Then they said to him, “What must we do, to be doing ^(F)the works of God?” ²⁹Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, ^(G)that you believe in him whom ^(H)he has sent.” ³⁰So they said to him, ^(I)“Then what sign do you do, that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform? ³¹^(J)Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ^(K)‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” ³²Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. ³³For the bread of God is ^(L)he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” ³⁴They said to him, ^(M)“Sir, give us this bread always.”

³⁵Jesus said to them, ^(N)“I am the bread of life; ^(O)whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. ³⁶But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. ³⁷^(P)All that ^(Q)the Father gives me will come to me, and ^(R)whoever comes to me I will never cast out. ³⁸For ^(S)I have come down from heaven, not to do ^(T)my own will but ^(U)the will of him ^(V)who sent me. ³⁹And ^(W)this is the will of him who sent me, ^(X)that I should lose nothing of ^(Y)all that he has given me, but ^(Z)raise it up on the last day. ⁴⁰For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who ^(AA)looks on the Son and ^(AB)believes in him ^(AC)should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”