Psalm 82

New International Version

Psalm 82

A psalm of Asaph.

¹God presides in the great assembly;
he renders judgment^(A) among the “gods”:^(B)

²“How long will you^[a] defend the unjust
    and show partiality^(C) to the wicked?^[b]^(D)
³Defend the weak and the fatherless;^(E)
    uphold the cause of the poor^(F) and the oppressed.
⁴Rescue the weak and the needy;
    deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

⁵“The ‘gods’ know nothing, they understand nothing.^(G)
They walk about in darkness;^(H)
all the foundations^(I) of the earth are shaken.

⁶“I said, ‘You are “gods”;^(J)
you are all sons of the Most High.’
⁷But you will die^(K) like mere mortals;
you will fall like every other ruler.”

⁸Rise up,^(L) O God, judge^(M) the earth,
for all the nations are your inheritance.^(N)

Footnotes

Psalm 82:2 The Hebrew is plural.
Psalm 82:2 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.

Amos 2:12-3:8

New International Version

¹²“But you made the Nazirites drink wine
and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.^(A)

¹³“Now then, I will crush you
    as a cart crushes when loaded with grain.^(B)
¹⁴The swift will not escape,^(C)
    the strong^(D) will not muster their strength,
    and the warrior will not save his life.^(E)
¹⁵The archer^(F) will not stand his ground,
    the fleet-footed soldier will not get away,
    and the horseman^(G) will not save his life.^(H)
¹⁶Even the bravest warriors^(I)
    will flee naked on that day,”
declares the Lord.

Witnesses Summoned Against Israel

3 Hear this word, people of Israel, the word the Lord has spoken against you^(J)—against the whole family I brought up out of Egypt:^(K)

²“You only have I chosen^(L)
of all the families of the earth;
therefore I will punish^(M) you
for all your sins.^(N)”

³Do two walk together
    unless they have agreed to do so?
⁴Does a lion roar^(O) in the thicket
    when it has no prey?^(P)
Does it growl in its den
    when it has caught nothing?
⁵Does a bird swoop down to a trap on the ground
    when no bait^(Q) is there?
Does a trap spring up from the ground
    if it has not caught anything?
⁶When a trumpet^(R) sounds in a city,
    do not the people tremble?
When disaster^(S) comes to a city,
    has not the Lord caused it?^(T)

⁷Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing
without revealing his plan^(U)
to his servants the prophets.^(V)

⁸The lion^(W) has roared^(X)—
who will not fear?
The Sovereign Lord has spoken—
who can but prophesy?^(Y)

John 3:16-21

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¹⁶For God so loved^(A) the world that he gave^(B) his one and only Son,^(C) that whoever believes^(D) in him shall not perish but have eternal life.^(E) ¹⁷For God did not send his Son into the world^(F) to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.^(G) ¹⁸Whoever believes in him is not condemned,^(H) but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.^(I) ¹⁹This is the verdict: Light^(J) has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.^(K) ²⁰Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.^(L) ²¹But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.