Psalm 11

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The Lord Is in His Holy Temple

To the choirmaster. Of David.

11 In the Lord I take refuge;
how can you say to my soul,
    ^(A)“Flee like a bird to your mountain,
²for behold, the wicked ^(B)bend the bow;
    ^(C)they have fitted their arrow to the string
    to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart;
³if ^(D)the foundations are destroyed,
    what can the righteous do?”^[a]

⁴^(E)The Lord is in his holy temple;
    the Lord's ^(F)throne is in heaven;
    his eyes see, his eyelids ^(G)test the children of man.
⁵The Lord ^(H)tests the righteous,
    but ^(I)his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.
⁶Let him rain coals on the wicked;
    ^(J)fire and sulfur and a scorching wind shall be ^(K)the portion of their cup.
⁷For the Lord is righteous;
he ^(L)loves righteous deeds;
    ^(M)the upright shall behold his face.

Footnotes

Psalm 11:3 Or for the foundations will be destroyed; what has the righteous done?

Isaiah 24:14-23

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¹⁴They lift up their voices, they sing for joy;
    over the majesty of the Lord they shout from the west.^[a]
¹⁵^(A)Therefore in the east^[b] give glory to the Lord;
    in the coastlands of the sea, give glory to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
¹⁶^(B)From the ends of the earth we hear songs of praise,
    of glory to ^(C)the Righteous One.
But I say, “I waste away,
    I waste away. Woe is me!
For ^(D)the traitors have betrayed,
    with betrayal the traitors have betrayed.”

¹⁷^(E)Terror and the pit and the snare^[c]
    are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth!
¹⁸^(F)He who flees at the sound of the terror
    shall fall into the pit,
and he who climbs out of the pit
    shall be caught in the snare.
For ^(G)the windows of heaven are opened,
    and ^(H)the foundations of the earth tremble.
¹⁹The earth is utterly broken,
    the earth is split apart,
    the earth is violently shaken.
²⁰The earth ^(I)staggers like a drunken man;
    it sways like a hut;
^(J)its transgression lies heavy upon it,
    and it falls, and will not rise again.

²¹On that day the Lord will punish
    the host of heaven, in heaven,
    and ^(K)the kings of the earth, on the earth.
²²^(L)They will be gathered together
    as prisoners in a pit;
they will be shut up in a prison,
    and after many days ^(M)they will be punished.
²³^(N)Then the moon will be confounded
    and the sun ashamed,
for ^(O)the Lord of hosts reigns
    on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
and his glory will be before his elders.

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Footnotes

Isaiah 24:14 Hebrew from the sea
Isaiah 24:15 Hebrew in the realm of light, or with the fires
Isaiah 24:17 The Hebrew words for terror, pit, and snare sound alike

Luke 12:41-48

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⁴¹Peter said, “Lord, ^(A)are you telling this parable for us or for all?” ⁴²And the Lord said, “Who then is ^(B)the faithful and ^(C)wise ^(D)manager, whom his master will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the proper time? ⁴³^(E)Blessed is that servant^[a] whom his master will find so doing when he comes. ⁴⁴Truly, I say to you, ^(F)he will set him over all his possessions. ⁴⁵But if that servant says to himself, ‘My master ^(G)is delayed in coming,’ and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and ^(H)get drunk, ⁴⁶the master of that servant will come ^(I)on a day when he does not expect him and ^(J)at an hour he does not know, and will cut him in pieces and put him with the unfaithful. ⁴⁷^(K)And that servant who ^(L)knew his master's will but ^(M)did not get ready ^(N)or act according to his will, will receive a ^(O)severe beating. ⁴⁸^(P)But the one who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, ^(Q)will receive a light beating. ^(R)Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more.