Psalm 31:9-16

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⁹Be merciful to me, Lord, for I am in distress;^(A)
    my eyes grow weak with sorrow,^(B)
    my soul and body^(C) with grief.
¹⁰My life is consumed by anguish^(D)
    and my years by groaning;^(E)
my strength fails^(F) because of my affliction,^[a]^(G)
    and my bones grow weak.^(H)
¹¹Because of all my enemies,^(I)
    I am the utter contempt^(J) of my neighbors^(K)
and an object of dread to my closest friends—
    those who see me on the street flee from me.
¹²I am forgotten as though I were dead;^(L)
    I have become like broken pottery.
¹³For I hear many whispering,^(M)
    “Terror on every side!”^(N)
They conspire against me^(O)
    and plot to take my life.^(P)

¹⁴But I trust^(Q) in you, Lord;
    I say, “You are my God.”
¹⁵My times^(R) are in your hands;
    deliver me from the hands of my enemies,
    from those who pursue me.
¹⁶Let your face shine^(S) on your servant;
    save me in your unfailing love.^(T)

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Footnotes

Psalm 31:10 Or guilt

Isaiah 54:9-10

New International Version

⁹“To me this is like the days of Noah,
    when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth.^(A)
So now I have sworn^(B) not to be angry^(C) with you,
    never to rebuke^(D) you again.
¹⁰Though the mountains be shaken^(E)
    and the hills be removed,
yet my unfailing love^(F) for you will not be shaken^(G)
    nor my covenant^(H) of peace^(I) be removed,”
    says the Lord, who has compassion^(J) on you.

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Hebrews 2:10-18

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¹⁰In bringing many sons and daughters to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists,^(A) should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through what he suffered.^(B) ¹¹Both the one who makes people holy^(C) and those who are made holy^(D) are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters.^[a]^(E) ¹²He says,

“I will declare your name to my brothers and sisters;
in the assembly I will sing your praises.”^[b]^(F)

¹³And again,

“I will put my trust in him.”^[c]^(G)

And again he says,

“Here am I, and the children God has given me.”^[d]^(H)

¹⁴Since the children have flesh and blood,^(I) he too shared in their humanity^(J) so that by his death he might break the power^(K) of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil^(L)— ¹⁵and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear^(M) of death. ¹⁶For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham’s descendants.^(N) ¹⁷For this reason he had to be made like them,^[e]^(O) fully human in every way, in order that he might become a merciful^(P) and faithful high priest^(Q) in service to God,^(R) and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people.^(S) ¹⁸Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.^(T)

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Footnotes

Hebrews 2:11 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in verse 12; and in 3:1, 12; 10:19; 13:22.
Hebrews 2:12 Psalm 22:22
Hebrews 2:13 Isaiah 8:17
Hebrews 2:13 Isaiah 8:18
Hebrews 2:17 Or like his brothers