Psalm 144:9-15
New International Version
9 I will sing a new song(A) to you, my God;
on the ten-stringed lyre(B) I will make music to you,
10 to the One who gives victory to kings,(C)
who delivers his servant David.(D)
From the deadly sword(E) 11 deliver me;
rescue me(F) from the hands of foreigners(G)
whose mouths are full of lies,(H)
whose right hands are deceitful.(I)
12 Then our sons in their youth
will be like well-nurtured plants,(J)
and our daughters will be like pillars(K)
carved to adorn a palace.
13 Our barns will be filled(L)
with every kind of provision.
Our sheep will increase by thousands,
by tens of thousands in our fields;
14 our oxen(M) will draw heavy loads.[a]
There will be no breaching of walls,(N)
no going into captivity,
no cry of distress in our streets.(O)
15 Blessed is the people(P) 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
Psalm 106:1-6
New International Version
Psalm 106(A)
2 Who can proclaim the mighty acts(E) of the Lord
or fully declare his praise?
3 Blessed are those who act justly,(F)
who always do what is right.(G)
Footnotes
- Psalm 106:1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah; also in verse 48
Psalm 106:13-23
New International Version
13 But they soon forgot(A) what he had done
and did not wait for his plan to unfold.(B)
14 In the desert(C) they gave in to their craving;
in the wilderness(D) they put God to the test.(E)
15 So he gave them(F) what they asked for,
but sent a wasting disease(G) among them.
16 In the camp they grew envious(H) of Moses
and of Aaron, who was consecrated to the Lord.
17 The earth opened(I) up and swallowed Dathan;(J)
it buried the company of Abiram.(K)
18 Fire blazed(L) among their followers;
a flame consumed the wicked.
19 At Horeb they made a calf(M)
and worshiped an idol cast from metal.
20 They exchanged their glorious God(N)
for an image of a bull, which eats grass.
21 They forgot the God(O) who saved them,
who had done great things(P) in Egypt,
22 miracles in the land of Ham(Q)
and awesome deeds(R) by the Red Sea.
23 So he said he would destroy(S) them—
had not Moses, his chosen one,
stood in the breach(T) before him
to keep his wrath from destroying them.
Psalm 106:47-48
New International Version
Song of Songs 5:2-6:3
New International Version
She
2 I slept but my heart was awake.
Listen! My beloved is knocking:
“Open to me, my sister, my darling,
my dove,(A) my flawless(B) one.(C)
My head is drenched with dew,
my hair with the dampness of the night.”
3 I have taken off my robe—
must I put it on again?
I have washed my feet—
must I soil them again?
4 My beloved thrust his hand through the latch-opening;
my heart began to pound for him.
5 I arose to open for my beloved,
and my hands dripped with myrrh,(D)
my fingers with flowing myrrh,
on the handles of the bolt.
6 I opened for my beloved,(E)
but my beloved had left; he was gone.(F)
My heart sank at his departure.[a]
I looked(G) for him but did not find him.
I called him but he did not answer.
7 The watchmen found me
as they made their rounds in the city.(H)
They beat me, they bruised me;
they took away my cloak,
those watchmen of the walls!
8 Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you(I)—
if you find my beloved,(J)
what will you tell him?
Tell him I am faint with love.(K)
Friends
9 How is your beloved better than others,
most beautiful of women?(L)
How is your beloved better than others,
that you so charge us?
She
10 My beloved is radiant and ruddy,
outstanding among ten thousand.(M)
11 His head is purest gold;
his hair is wavy
and black as a raven.
12 His eyes are like doves(N)
by the water streams,
washed in milk,(O)
mounted like jewels.
13 His cheeks(P) are like beds of spice(Q)
yielding perfume.
His lips are like lilies(R)
dripping with myrrh.(S)
14 His arms are rods of gold
set with topaz.
His body is like polished ivory
decorated with lapis lazuli.(T)
15 His legs are pillars of marble
set on bases of pure gold.
His appearance is like Lebanon,(U)
choice as its cedars.
16 His mouth(V) is sweetness itself;
he is altogether lovely.
This is my beloved,(W) this is my friend,
daughters of Jerusalem.(X)
Friends
6 Where has your beloved(Y) gone,
most beautiful of women?(Z)
Which way did your beloved turn,
that we may look for him with you?
She
Footnotes
- Song of Songs 5:6 Or heart had gone out to him when he spoke
Deuteronomy 4:15-20
New International Version
Idolatry Forbidden
15 You saw no form(A) of any kind the day the Lord spoke to you at Horeb(B) out of the fire. Therefore watch yourselves very carefully,(C) 16 so that you do not become corrupt(D) and make for yourselves an idol,(E) an image of any shape, whether formed like a man or a woman, 17 or like any animal on earth or any bird that flies in the air,(F) 18 or like any creature that moves along the ground or any fish in the waters below. 19 And when you look up to the sky and see the sun,(G) the moon and the stars(H)—all the heavenly array(I)—do not be enticed(J) into bowing down to them and worshiping(K) things the Lord your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven. 20 But as for you, the Lord took you and brought you out of the iron-smelting furnace,(L) out of Egypt,(M) to be the people of his inheritance,(N) as you now are.
1 Peter 2:19-25
New International Version
19 For it is commendable if someone bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because they are conscious of God.(A) 20 But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.(B) 21 To this(C) you were called,(D) because Christ suffered for you,(E) leaving you an example,(F) that you should follow in his steps.
23 When they hurled their insults at him,(I) he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats.(J) Instead, he entrusted himself(K) to him who judges justly.(L) 24 “He himself bore our sins”(M) in his body on the cross,(N) so that we might die to sins(O) and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”(P) 25 For “you were like sheep going astray,”[b](Q) but now you have returned to the Shepherd(R) and Overseer of your souls.(S)
Footnotes
- 1 Peter 2:22 Isaiah 53:9
- 1 Peter 2:25 Isaiah 53:4,5,6 (see Septuagint)
1 Peter 2:19-25
New International Version
19 For it is commendable if someone bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because they are conscious of God.(A) 20 But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.(B) 21 To this(C) you were called,(D) because Christ suffered for you,(E) leaving you an example,(F) that you should follow in his steps.
23 When they hurled their insults at him,(I) he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats.(J) Instead, he entrusted himself(K) to him who judges justly.(L) 24 “He himself bore our sins”(M) in his body on the cross,(N) so that we might die to sins(O) and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”(P) 25 For “you were like sheep going astray,”[b](Q) but now you have returned to the Shepherd(R) and Overseer of your souls.(S)
Footnotes
- 1 Peter 2:22 Isaiah 53:9
- 1 Peter 2:25 Isaiah 53:4,5,6 (see Septuagint)
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