Psalm 91:9-16

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⁹If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,”
    and you make the Most High your dwelling,
¹⁰no harm^(A) will overtake you,
    no disaster will come near your tent.
¹¹For he will command his angels^(B) concerning you
    to guard you in all your ways;^(C)
¹²they will lift you up in their hands,
    so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.^(D)
¹³You will tread on the lion and the cobra;
    you will trample the great lion and the serpent.^(E)

¹⁴“Because he^[a] loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him;
    I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
¹⁵He will call on me, and I will answer him;
    I will be with him in trouble,
    I will deliver him and honor him.^(F)
¹⁶With long life^(G) I will satisfy him
    and show him my salvation.^(H)”

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Footnotes

Psalm 91:14 That is, probably the king

Genesis 14:17-24

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¹⁷After Abram returned from defeating Kedorlaomer^(A) and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom^(B) came out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).^(C)

¹⁸Then Melchizedek^(D) king of Salem^(E) brought out bread^(F) and wine.^(G) He was priest of God Most High,^(H) ¹⁹and he blessed Abram,^(I) saying,

“Blessed be Abram by God Most High,^(J)
Creator of heaven and earth.^(K)
²⁰And praise be to God Most High,^(L)
who delivered your enemies into your hand.”

Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.^(M)

²¹The king of Sodom^(N) said to Abram, “Give me the people and keep the goods^(O) for yourself.”

²²But Abram said to the king of Sodom,^(P) “With raised hand^(Q) I have sworn an oath to the Lord, God Most High,^(R) Creator of heaven and earth,^(S) ²³that I will accept nothing belonging to you,^(T) not even a thread or the strap of a sandal, so that you will never be able to say, ‘I made Abram rich.’ ²⁴I will accept nothing but what my men have eaten and the share that belongs to the men who went with me—to Aner, Eshkol and Mamre.^(U) Let them have their share.”

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Romans 15:7-13

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⁷Accept one another,^(A) then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God. ⁸For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the Jews^[a]^(B) on behalf of God’s truth, so that the promises^(C) made to the patriarchs might be confirmed ⁹and, moreover, that the Gentiles^(D) might glorify God^(E) for his mercy. As it is written:

“Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles;
I will sing the praises of your name.”^[b]^(F)

¹⁰Again, it says,

“Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people.”^[c]^(G)

¹¹And again,

“Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles;
let all the peoples extol him.”^[d]^(H)

¹²And again, Isaiah says,

“The Root of Jesse^(I) will spring up,
one who will arise to rule over the nations;
in him the Gentiles will hope.”^[e]^(J)

¹³May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace^(K) as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.^(L)

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