Psalm 118:1-2

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Psalm 118

¹Give thanks to the Lord,^(A) for he is good;^(B)
his love endures forever.^(C)

²Let Israel say:^(D)
“His love endures forever.”^(E)

Psalm 118:14-24

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¹⁴The Lord is my strength^(A) and my defense^[a];
he has become my salvation.^(B)

¹⁵Shouts of joy^(C) and victory
    resound in the tents of the righteous:
“The Lord’s right hand^(D) has done mighty things!^(E)
¹⁶    The Lord’s right hand is lifted high;
    the Lord’s right hand has done mighty things!”
¹⁷I will not die^(F) but live,
    and will proclaim^(G) what the Lord has done.
¹⁸The Lord has chastened^(H) me severely,
    but he has not given me over to death.^(I)
¹⁹Open for me the gates^(J) of the righteous;
    I will enter^(K) and give thanks to the Lord.
²⁰This is the gate of the Lord^(L)
    through which the righteous may enter.^(M)
²¹I will give you thanks, for you answered me;^(N)
    you have become my salvation.^(O)

²²The stone^(P) the builders rejected
    has become the cornerstone;^(Q)
²³the Lord has done this,
    and it is marvelous^(R) in our eyes.
²⁴The Lord has done it this very day;
    let us rejoice today and be glad.^(S)

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Footnotes

Psalm 118:14 Or song

Genesis 1:20-2:4

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²⁰And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures,^(A) and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.”^(B) ²¹So God created^(C) the great creatures of the sea^(D) and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it,^(E) according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind.^(F) And God saw that it was good.^(G) ²²God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.”^(H) ²³And there was evening, and there was morning^(I)—the fifth day.

²⁴And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures^(J) according to their kinds:^(K) the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so.^(L) ²⁵God made the wild animals^(M) according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds.^(N) And God saw that it was good.^(O)

²⁶Then God said, “Let us^(P) make mankind^(Q) in our image,^(R) in our likeness,^(S) so that they may rule^(T) over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky,^(U) over the livestock and all the wild animals,^[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

²⁷So God created^(V) mankind^(W) in his own image,^(X)
in the image of God^(Y) he created them;
male and female^(Z) he created them.^(AA)

²⁸God blessed them and said to them,^(AB) “Be fruitful and increase in number;^(AC) fill the earth^(AD) and subdue it. Rule over^(AE) the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.^(AF)”

²⁹Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.^(AG) ³⁰And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life^(AH) in it—I give every green plant for food.^(AI)” And it was so.

³¹God saw all that he had made,^(AJ) and it was very good.^(AK) And there was evening, and there was morning^(AL)—the sixth day.

2 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.^(AM)

²By the seventh day^(AN) God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.^(AO) ³Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy,^(AP) because on it he rested^(AQ) from all the work of creating^(AR) that he had done.

Adam and Eve

⁴This is the account^(AS) of the heavens and the earth when they were created,^(AT) when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.

Footnotes

Genesis 1:26 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text (see Syriac); Masoretic Text the earth

1 Corinthians 15:50-58

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⁵⁰I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood^(A) cannot inherit the kingdom of God,^(B) nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.^(C) ⁵¹Listen, I tell you a mystery:^(D) We will not all sleep,^(E) but we will all be changed^(F)— ⁵²in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound,^(G) the dead^(H) will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. ⁵³For the perishable^(I) must clothe itself with the imperishable,^(J) and the mortal with immortality. ⁵⁴When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”^[a]^(K)

⁵⁵“Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?”^[b]^(L)

⁵⁶The sting of death is sin,^(M) and the power of sin is the law.^(N) ⁵⁷But thanks be to God!^(O) He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.^(P)

⁵⁸Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord,^(Q) because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.^(R)

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