Psalm 89:5-37

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⁵Let ^(A)the heavens praise your ^(B)wonders, O Lord,
    your faithfulness in the assembly of ^(C)the holy ones!
⁶For ^(D)who in the skies can be compared to the Lord?
    ^(E)Who among the heavenly beings^[a] is like the Lord,
⁷a God greatly ^(F)to be feared in the council of ^(G)the holy ones,
    and awesome above all ^(H)who are around him?
⁸O Lord God of hosts,
    ^(I)who is mighty as you are, O ^(J)Lord,
    with your faithfulness all around you?
⁹You rule the raging of the sea;
    when its waves rise, you ^(K)still them.
¹⁰You ^(L)crushed ^(M)Rahab like a carcass;
    you ^(N)scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
¹¹^(O)The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours;
    ^(P)the world and all that is in it, you have ^(Q)founded them.
¹²^(R)The north and the south, you have created them;
    ^(S)Tabor and ^(T)Hermon ^(U)joyously praise your name.
¹³You have a mighty arm;
    strong is your hand, high your right hand.
¹⁴^(V)Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;
    ^(W)steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.
¹⁵Blessed are the people who know ^(X)the festal shout,
    who walk, O Lord, in ^(Y)the light of your face,
¹⁶who exult in your ^(Z)name all the day
    and in your righteousness are ^(AA)exalted.
¹⁷For you are ^(AB)the glory of their strength;
    by your favor our ^(AC)horn is exalted.
¹⁸For our ^(AD)shield belongs to the Lord,
    our king to ^(AE)the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹^(AF)Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one,^[b] and said:
    “I have ^(AG)granted help to one who is ^(AH)mighty;
    I have exalted one ^(AI)chosen from the people.
²⁰^(AJ)I have found David, my servant;
    with my holy oil I have ^(AK)anointed him,
²¹so that my ^(AL)hand shall be established with him;
    my arm also shall strengthen him.
²²The enemy shall not outwit him;
    ^(AM)the wicked shall not humble him.
²³I will ^(AN)crush his foes before him
    and strike down those who hate him.
²⁴My ^(AO)faithfulness and my ^(AP)steadfast love shall be with him,
    and in my name shall his ^(AQ)horn be exalted.
²⁵I will set his hand on ^(AR)the sea
    and his right hand on ^(AS)the rivers.
²⁶He shall cry to me, ‘You are my ^(AT)Father,
    my God, and ^(AU)the Rock of my salvation.’
²⁷And I will make him the ^(AV)firstborn,
    ^(AW)the highest of the kings of the earth.
²⁸My steadfast love I will keep for him forever,
    and my ^(AX)covenant will stand firm^[c] for him.
²⁹I will establish his ^(AY)offspring forever
    and his ^(AZ)throne as ^(BA)the days of the heavens.
³⁰^(BB)If his children forsake my law
    and do not walk according to my rules,^[d]
³¹if they violate my statutes
    and do not keep my commandments,
³²then I will punish their transgression with ^(BC)the rod
    and their iniquity with stripes,
³³but I will not remove from him my steadfast love
    or be false to my faithfulness.
³⁴I will not violate my ^(BD)covenant
    or alter the word that went forth from my lips.
³⁵Once for all I have sworn ^(BE)by my holiness;
    I will not ^(BF)lie to David.
³⁶His ^(BG)offspring shall endure forever,
    ^(BH)his ^(BI)throne as long as ^(BJ)the sun before me.
³⁷Like ^(BK)the moon it shall be established forever,
    ^(BL)a faithful witness in the skies.” Selah

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Psalm 89:6 Hebrew the sons of God, or the sons of might
Psalm 89:19 Some Hebrew manuscripts godly ones
Psalm 89:28 Or will remain faithful
Psalm 89:30 Or my just decrees

Isaiah 51:1-16

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The Lord's Comfort for Zion

51 ^(A)“Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness,
    you who seek the Lord:
look to the rock from which you were hewn,
    and to the quarry from which you were dug.
²Look to Abraham your father
    and to Sarah who bore you;
for ^(B)he was but one when I called him,
    that I might bless him and multiply him.
³For the Lord ^(C)comforts Zion;
    he comforts all her waste places
and makes her wilderness like ^(D)Eden,
    her desert like ^(E)the garden of the Lord;
^(F)joy and gladness will be found in her,
    thanksgiving and the voice of song.

⁴^(G)“Give attention to me, my people,
    and give ear to me, my nation;
^(H)for a law^[a] will go out from me,
    and I will set my justice for a light to the peoples.
⁵^(I)My righteousness draws near,
    my salvation has gone out,
    and my arms will judge the peoples;
^(J)the coastlands hope for me,
    and for my arm they wait.
⁶^(K)Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
    and look at the earth beneath;
^(L)for the heavens vanish like smoke,
    the earth will wear out like a garment,
    and they who dwell in it will die in like manner;^[b]
^(M)but my salvation will be forever,
    and my righteousness will never be dismayed.

⁷^(N)“Listen to me, you who know righteousness,
    the people ^(O)in whose heart is my law;
^(P)fear not the reproach of man,
    nor be dismayed at their revilings.
⁸^(Q)For the moth will eat them up like a garment,
    and the worm will eat them like wool,
^(R)but my righteousness will be forever,
    and my salvation to all generations.”

⁹^(S)Awake, awake, ^(T)put on strength,
    O ^(U)arm of the Lord;
awake, ^(V)as in days of old,
    the generations of long ago.
Was it not you who cut ^(W)Rahab in pieces,
    who pierced ^(X)the dragon?
¹⁰^(Y)Was it not you who dried up the sea,
    the waters of the great deep,
who made the depths of the sea a way
    for the redeemed to pass over?
¹¹^(Z)And the ransomed of the Lord shall return
    and come to Zion with singing;
everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;
    they shall obtain gladness and joy,
    and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

¹²“I, I am he ^(AA)who comforts you;
    who are you that you are afraid of ^(AB)man who dies,
    of the son of man who is made ^(AC)like grass,
¹³and have forgotten the Lord, your Maker,
    ^(AD)who stretched out the heavens
    and ^(AE)laid the foundations of the earth,
and you fear continually all the day
    because of the wrath of ^(AF)the oppressor,
when he sets himself to destroy?
    And where is the wrath of ^(AG)the oppressor?
¹⁴^(AH)He who is bowed down shall speedily be released;
    he shall not die and go down ^(AI)to the pit,
    neither shall his bread be lacking.
¹⁵I am the Lord your God,
    ^(AJ)who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—
    the Lord of hosts is his name.
¹⁶^(AK)And I have put my words in your mouth
    ^(AL)and covered you in the shadow of my hand,
^(AM)establishing^[c] the heavens
    and ^(AN)laying the foundations of the earth,
    and saying to Zion, ‘You are my people.’”

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Isaiah 51:4 Or for teaching; also verse 7
Isaiah 51:6 Or will die like gnats
Isaiah 51:16 Or planting

Matthew 12:15-21

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God's Chosen Servant

¹⁵Jesus, aware of this, ^(A)withdrew from there. And ^(B)many followed him, and he healed them all ¹⁶and ^(C)ordered them not to make him known. ¹⁷^(D)This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah:

¹⁸^(E)“Behold, my ^(F)servant whom I have chosen,
    my beloved with whom my soul is well pleased.
^(G)I will put my Spirit upon him,
    and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.
¹⁹He will not quarrel or cry aloud,
    nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets;
²⁰a bruised reed he will not break,
    and a smoldering wick he will not quench,
until he brings justice to victory;
²¹    ^(H)and in his name the Gentiles will hope.”