Psalm 83

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Psalm 83^[a]

A song. A psalm of Asaph.

¹O God, do not remain silent;^(A)
    do not turn a deaf ear,
    do not stand aloof, O God.
²See how your enemies growl,^(B)
    how your foes rear their heads.^(C)
³With cunning they conspire^(D) against your people;
    they plot against those you cherish.^(E)
⁴“Come,” they say, “let us destroy^(F) them as a nation,^(G)
    so that Israel’s name is remembered^(H) no more.”

⁵With one mind they plot together;^(I)
    they form an alliance against you—
⁶the tents of Edom^(J) and the Ishmaelites,
    of Moab^(K) and the Hagrites,^(L)
⁷Byblos,^(M) Ammon^(N) and Amalek,^(O)
    Philistia,^(P) with the people of Tyre.^(Q)
⁸Even Assyria^(R) has joined them
    to reinforce Lot’s descendants.^[b]^(S)

⁹Do to them as you did to Midian,^(T)
    as you did to Sisera^(U) and Jabin^(V) at the river Kishon,^(W)
¹⁰who perished at Endor^(X)
    and became like dung^(Y) on the ground.
¹¹Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,^(Z)
    all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,^(AA)
¹²who said, “Let us take possession^(AB)
    of the pasturelands of God.”

¹³Make them like tumbleweed, my God,
    like chaff^(AC) before the wind.
¹⁴As fire consumes the forest
    or a flame sets the mountains ablaze,^(AD)
¹⁵so pursue them with your tempest^(AE)
    and terrify them with your storm.^(AF)
¹⁶Cover their faces with shame,^(AG) Lord,
    so that they will seek your name.

¹⁷May they ever be ashamed and dismayed;^(AH)
may they perish in disgrace.^(AI)
¹⁸Let them know that you, whose name is the Lord^(AJ)—
that you alone are the Most High^(AK) over all the earth.^(AL)

Footnotes

Psalm 83:1 In Hebrew texts 83:1-18 is numbered 83:2-19.
Psalm 83:8 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.

Malachi 3:5-12

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⁵“So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers,^(A) adulterers^(B) and perjurers,^(C) against those who defraud laborers of their wages,^(D) who oppress the widows^(E) and the fatherless, and deprive the foreigners^(F) among you of justice, but do not fear^(G) me,” says the Lord Almighty.

Breaking Covenant by Withholding Tithes

⁶“I the Lord do not change.^(H) So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed.^(I) ⁷Ever since the time of your ancestors you have turned away^(J) from my decrees and have not kept them. Return^(K) to me, and I will return to you,”^(L) says the Lord Almighty.

“But you ask,^(M) ‘How are we to return?’

⁸“Will a mere mortal rob^(N) God? Yet you rob me.

“But you ask, ‘How are we robbing you?’

“In tithes^(O) and offerings. ⁹You are under a curse^(P)—your whole nation—because you are robbing me. ¹⁰Bring the whole tithe^(Q) into the storehouse,^(R) that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates^(S) of heaven and pour out^(T) so much blessing^(U) that there will not be room enough to store it.^(V) ¹¹I will prevent pests from devouring^(W) your crops, and the vines in your fields will not drop their fruit before it is ripe,^(X)” says the Lord Almighty. ¹²“Then all the nations will call you blessed,^(Y) for yours will be a delightful land,”^(Z) says the Lord Almighty.^(AA)

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Mark 2:1-12

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Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralyzed Man^(A)

2 A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. ²They gathered in such large numbers^(B) that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. ³Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man,^(C) carried by four of them. ⁴Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on. ⁵When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”^(D)

⁶Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves, ⁷“Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”^(E)

⁸Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, “Why are you thinking these things? ⁹Which is easier: to say to this paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, take your mat and walk’? ¹⁰But I want you to know that the Son of Man^(F) has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the man, ¹¹“I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.” ¹²He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. This amazed everyone and they praised God,^(G) saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”^(H)