Psalm 3

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Psalm 3^[a]

A psalm of David. When he fled from his son Absalom.^(A)

¹Lord, how many are my foes!
How many rise up against me!
²Many are saying of me,
“God will not deliver him.^(B)”^[b]

³But you, Lord, are a shield^(C) around me,
my glory, the One who lifts my head high.^(D)
⁴I call out to the Lord,^(E)
and he answers me from his holy mountain.^(F)

⁵I lie down and sleep;^(G)
I wake again,^(H) because the Lord sustains me.
⁶I will not fear^(I) though tens of thousands
assail me on every side.^(J)

⁷Arise,^(K) Lord!
Deliver me,^(L) my God!
Strike^(M) all my enemies on the jaw;
break the teeth^(N) of the wicked.

⁸From the Lord comes deliverance.^(O)
May your blessing^(P) be on your people.

Footnotes

Psalm 3:1 In Hebrew texts 3:1-8 is numbered 3:2-9.
Psalm 3:2 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 4 and 8.

1 Kings 8:22-30

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Solomon’s Prayer of Dedication^(A)

²²Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands^(B) toward heaven ²³and said:

“Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like^(C) you in heaven above or on earth below—you who keep your covenant of love^(D) with your servants who continue wholeheartedly in your way. ²⁴You have kept your promise to your servant David my father; with your mouth you have promised and with your hand you have fulfilled it—as it is today.

²⁵“Now Lord, the God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father the promises^(E) you made to him when you said, ‘You shall never fail to have a successor to sit before me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants are careful in all they do to walk before me faithfully as you have done.’ ²⁶And now, God of Israel, let your word that you promised^(F) your servant David my father come true.

²⁷“But will God really dwell^(G) on earth? The heavens, even the highest heaven,^(H) cannot contain^(I) you. How much less this temple I have built! ²⁸Yet give attention to your servant’s prayer and his plea for mercy, Lord my God. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is praying in your presence this day. ²⁹May your eyes be open^(J) toward^(K) this temple night and day, this place of which you said, ‘My Name^(L) shall be there,’ so that you will hear the prayer your servant prays toward this place. ³⁰Hear the supplication of your servant and of your people Israel when they pray^(M) toward this place. Hear^(N) from heaven, your dwelling place, and when you hear, forgive.^(O)

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Mark 13:9-23

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⁹“You must be on your guard. You will be handed over to the local councils and flogged in the synagogues.^(A) On account of me you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them. ¹⁰And the gospel must first be preached to all nations. ¹¹Whenever you are arrested and brought to trial, do not worry beforehand about what to say. Just say whatever is given you at the time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.^(B)

¹²“Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death.^(C) ¹³Everyone will hate you because of me,^(D) but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.^(E)

¹⁴“When you see ‘the abomination that causes desolation’^[a]^(F) standing where it^[b] does not belong—let the reader understand—then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. ¹⁵Let no one on the housetop go down or enter the house to take anything out. ¹⁶Let no one in the field go back to get their cloak. ¹⁷How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers!^(G) ¹⁸Pray that this will not take place in winter, ¹⁹because those will be days of distress unequaled from the beginning, when God created the world,^(H) until now—and never to be equaled again.^(I)

²⁰“If the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would survive. But for the sake of the elect, whom he has chosen, he has shortened them. ²¹At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘Look, there he is!’ do not believe it.^(J) ²²For false messiahs and false prophets^(K) will appear and perform signs and wonders^(L) to deceive, if possible, even the elect. ²³So be on your guard;^(M) I have told you everything ahead of time.