Psalm 144:3-4
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3 O Lord, what are humans that you regard them,
or mortals that you think of them?(A)
4 They are like a breath;
their days are like a passing shadow.(B)
Psalm 144:3-4
New International Version
Psalm 144:12-15
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
12 May our sons in their youth
be like plants full grown,
our daughters like corner pillars,
cut for the building of a palace.(A)
13 May our barns be filled
with produce of every kind;
may our sheep increase by thousands,
by tens of thousands in our fields,
14 and may our cattle be heavy with young.
May there be no breach in the walls,[a] no exile,
and no cry of distress in our streets.
15 Happy are the people to whom such blessings fall;
happy are the people whose God is the Lord.(B)
Footnotes
- 144.14 Heb lacks in the walls
Psalm 144:12-15
New International Version
12 Then our sons in their youth
will be like well-nurtured plants,(A)
and our daughters will be like pillars(B)
carved to adorn a palace.
13 Our barns will be filled(C)
with every kind of provision.
Our sheep will increase by thousands,
by tens of thousands in our fields;
14 our oxen(D) will draw heavy loads.[a]
There will be no breaching of walls,(E)
no going into captivity,
no cry of distress in our streets.(F)
15 Blessed is the people(G) of whom this is true;
blessed is the people whose God is the Lord.
Footnotes
- Psalm 144:14 Or our chieftains will be firmly established
1 Peter 2:4-10
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4 Come to him, a living stone, though rejected by mortals yet chosen and precious in God’s sight, and 5 like living stones let yourselves be built[a] into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.(A) 6 For it stands in scripture:
“See, I am laying in Zion a stone,
a cornerstone chosen and precious,
and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”(B)
7 This honor, then, is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe,[b]
“The stone that the builders rejected
has become the very head of the corner,”(C)
8 and
“A stone that makes them stumble
and a rock that makes them fall.”
They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.(D)
9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people,[c] in order that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.(E)
10 Once you were not a people,
but now you are God’s people;
once you had not received mercy,
but now you have received mercy.(F)
1 Peter 2:4-10
New International Version
The Living Stone and a Chosen People
4 As you come to him, the living Stone(A)—rejected by humans but chosen by God(B) and precious to him— 5 you also, like living stones, are being built(C) into a spiritual house[a](D) to be a holy priesthood,(E) offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.(F) 6 For in Scripture it says:
“See, I lay a stone in Zion,
a chosen and precious cornerstone,(G)
and the one who trusts in him
will never be put to shame.”[b](H)
7 Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe,(I)
8 and,
They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.(M)
9 But you are a chosen people,(N) a royal priesthood,(O) a holy nation,(P) God’s special possession,(Q) that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.(R) 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God;(S) once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
Footnotes
- 1 Peter 2:5 Or into a temple of the Spirit
- 1 Peter 2:6 Isaiah 28:16
- 1 Peter 2:7 Psalm 118:22
- 1 Peter 2:8 Isaiah 8:14
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