Psalm 62:5-12

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⁵Yes, my soul, find rest in God;^(A)
    my hope comes from him.
⁶Truly he is my rock and my salvation;
    he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.
⁷My salvation and my honor depend on God^[a];
    he is my mighty rock, my refuge.^(B)
⁸Trust in him at all times, you people;^(C)
    pour out your hearts to him,^(D)
    for God is our refuge.

⁹Surely the lowborn^(E) are but a breath,^(F)
    the highborn are but a lie.
If weighed on a balance,^(G) they are nothing;
    together they are only a breath.
¹⁰Do not trust in extortion^(H)
    or put vain hope in stolen goods;^(I)
though your riches increase,
    do not set your heart on them.^(J)

¹¹One thing God has spoken,
    two things I have heard:
“Power belongs to you, God,^(K)
¹²    and with you, Lord, is unfailing love”;^(L)
and, “You reward everyone
    according to what they have done.”^(M)

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Psalm 62:7 Or / God Most High is my salvation and my honor

Jeremiah 20:7-13

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Jeremiah’s Complaint

⁷You deceived^[a]^(A) me, Lord, and I was deceived^[b];
    you overpowered^(B) me and prevailed.
I am ridiculed^(C) all day long;
    everyone mocks^(D) me.
⁸Whenever I speak, I cry out
    proclaiming violence and destruction.^(E)
So the word of the Lord has brought me
    insult and reproach^(F) all day long.
⁹But if I say, “I will not mention his word
    or speak anymore in his name,”^(G)
his word is in my heart like a fire,^(H)
    a fire shut up in my bones.
I am weary of holding it in;^(I)
    indeed, I cannot.
¹⁰I hear many whispering,
    “Terror^(J) on every side!
    Denounce^(K) him! Let’s denounce him!”
All my friends^(L)
    are waiting for me to slip,^(M) saying,
“Perhaps he will be deceived;
    then we will prevail^(N) over him
    and take our revenge^(O) on him.”

¹¹But the Lord^(P) is with me like a mighty warrior;
    so my persecutors^(Q) will stumble and not prevail.^(R)
They will fail and be thoroughly disgraced;^(S)
    their dishonor will never be forgotten.
¹²Lord Almighty, you who examine the righteous
    and probe the heart and mind,^(T)
let me see your vengeance^(U) on them,
    for to you I have committed^(V) my cause.

¹³Sing^(W) to the Lord!
Give praise to the Lord!
He rescues^(X) the life of the needy
from the hands of the wicked.^(Y)

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Jeremiah 20:7 Or persuaded
Jeremiah 20:7 Or persuaded

2 Peter 3:1-7

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The Day of the Lord

3 Dear friends,^(A) this is now my second letter to you. I have written both of them as reminders^(B) to stimulate you to wholesome thinking. ²I want you to recall the words spoken in the past by the holy prophets^(C) and the command given by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.^(D)

³Above all, you must understand that in the last days^(E) scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.^(F) ⁴They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised?^(G) Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.”^(H) ⁵But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word^(I) the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water.^(J) ⁶By these waters also the world of that time^(K) was deluged and destroyed.^(L) ⁷By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire,^(M) being kept for the day of judgment^(N) and destruction of the ungodly.