Psalm 150

New International Version

Psalm 150

¹Praise the Lord.^[a]^(A)

Praise God in his sanctuary;^(B)
    praise him in his mighty heavens.^(C)
²Praise him for his acts of power;^(D)
    praise him for his surpassing greatness.^(E)
³Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,^(F)
    praise him with the harp and lyre,^(G)
⁴praise him with timbrel and dancing,^(H)
    praise him with the strings^(I) and pipe,^(J)
⁵praise him with the clash of cymbals,^(K)
    praise him with resounding cymbals.

⁶Let everything^(L) that has breath praise the Lord.

Praise the Lord.

Footnotes

Psalm 150:1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah; also in verse 6

Hosea 5:15-6:6

New International Version

¹⁵Then I will return to my lair^(A)
    until they have borne their guilt^(B)
    and seek my face^(C)—
in their misery^(D)
    they will earnestly seek me.^(E)”

Israel Unrepentant

6 “Come, let us return^(F) to the Lord.
He has torn us to pieces^(G)
    but he will heal us;^(H)
he has injured us
    but he will bind up our wounds.^(I)
²After two days he will revive us;^(J)
    on the third day^(K) he will restore^(L) us,
    that we may live in his presence.
³Let us acknowledge the Lord;
    let us press on to acknowledge him.
As surely as the sun rises,
    he will appear;
he will come to us like the winter rains,^(M)
    like the spring rains that water the earth.^(N)”

⁴“What can I do with you, Ephraim?^(O)
    What can I do with you, Judah?
Your love is like the morning mist,
    like the early dew that disappears.^(P)
⁵Therefore I cut you in pieces with my prophets,
    I killed you with the words of my mouth^(Q)—
    then my judgments go forth like the sun.^[a]^(R)
⁶For I desire mercy, not sacrifice,^(S)
    and acknowledgment^(T) of God rather than burnt offerings.^(U)

Footnotes

Hosea 6:5 The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.

2 John 1-6

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¹The elder,^(A)

To the lady chosen by God^(B) and to her children, whom I love in the truth^(C)—and not I only, but also all who know the truth^(D)— ²because of the truth,^(E) which lives in us^(F) and will be with us forever:

³Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ,^(G) the Father’s Son, will be with us in truth and love.

⁴It has given me great joy to find some of your children walking in the truth,^(H) just as the Father commanded us. ⁵And now, dear lady, I am not writing you a new command but one we have had from the beginning.^(I) I ask that we love one another. ⁶And this is love:^(J) that we walk in obedience to his commands.^(K) As you have heard from the beginning,^(L) his command is that you walk in love.