12 But you, Lord, sit enthroned forever;(A)
    your renown endures(B) through all generations.(C)
13 You will arise(D) and have compassion(E) on Zion,
    for it is time(F) to show favor(G) to her;
    the appointed time(H) has come.
14 For her stones are dear to your servants;
    her very dust moves them to pity.
15 The nations will fear(I) the name of the Lord,
    all the kings(J) of the earth will revere your glory.
16 For the Lord will rebuild Zion(K)
    and appear in his glory.(L)
17 He will respond to the prayer(M) of the destitute;
    he will not despise their plea.

18 Let this be written(N) for a future generation,
    that a people not yet created(O) may praise the Lord:
19 “The Lord looked down(P) from his sanctuary on high,
    from heaven he viewed the earth,
20 to hear the groans of the prisoners(Q)
    and release those condemned to death.”
21 So the name of the Lord will be declared(R) in Zion
    and his praise(S) in Jerusalem
22 when the peoples and the kingdoms
    assemble to worship(T) the Lord.

23 In the course of my life[a] he broke my strength;
    he cut short my days.(U)
24 So I said:
“Do not take me away, my God, in the midst of my days;
    your years go on(V) through all generations.
25 In the beginning(W) you laid the foundations of the earth,
    and the heavens(X) are the work of your hands.(Y)
26 They will perish,(Z) but you remain;
    they will all wear out like a garment.
Like clothing you will change them
    and they will be discarded.
27 But you remain the same,(AA)
    and your years will never end.(AB)
28 The children of your servants(AC) will live in your presence;
    their descendants(AD) will be established before you.”

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 102:23 Or By his power

Job

Then Job replied:

“If only my anguish could be weighed
    and all my misery be placed on the scales!(A)
It would surely outweigh the sand(B) of the seas—
    no wonder my words have been impetuous.(C)
The arrows(D) of the Almighty(E) are in me,(F)
    my spirit drinks(G) in their poison;(H)
    God’s terrors(I) are marshaled against me.(J)
Does a wild donkey(K) bray(L) when it has grass,
    or an ox bellow when it has fodder?(M)
Is tasteless food eaten without salt,
    or is there flavor in the sap of the mallow[a]?(N)
I refuse to touch it;
    such food makes me ill.(O)

“Oh, that I might have my request,
    that God would grant what I hope for,(P)
that God would be willing to crush(Q) me,
    to let loose his hand and cut off my life!(R)
10 Then I would still have this consolation(S)
    my joy in unrelenting pain(T)
    that I had not denied the words(U) of the Holy One.(V)

11 “What strength do I have, that I should still hope?
    What prospects, that I should be patient?(W)
12 Do I have the strength of stone?
    Is my flesh bronze?(X)
13 Do I have any power to help myself,(Y)
    now that success has been driven from me?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 6:6 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.

Crowds Follow Jesus(A)

Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lake, and a large crowd from Galilee followed.(B) When they heard about all he was doing, many people came to him from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, and the regions across the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon.(C) Because of the crowd he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him, to keep the people from crowding him. 10 For he had healed many,(D) so that those with diseases were pushing forward to touch him.(E) 11 Whenever the impure spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.”(F) 12 But he gave them strict orders not to tell others about him.(G)

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