Psalm 93

¹⁶ Other Benjamites^(A) and some men from Judah also came to David in his stronghold. ¹⁷ David went out to meet them and said to them, “If you have come to me in peace to help me, I am ready for you to join me. But if you have come to betray me to my enemies when my hands are free from violence, may the God of our ancestors see it and judge you.”

¹⁸ Then the Spirit^(B) came on Amasai,^(C) chief of the Thirty, and he said:

So David received them and made them leaders of his raiding bands.

¹⁹ Some of the tribe of Manasseh defected to David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. (He and his men did not help the Philistines because, after consultation, their rulers sent him away. They said, “It will cost us our heads if he deserts to his master Saul.”)^{(E) 20} When David went to Ziklag,^(F) these were the men of Manasseh who defected to him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu and Zillethai, leaders of units of a thousand in Manasseh. ²¹ They helped David against raiding bands, for all of them were brave warriors, and they were commanders in his army. ²² Day after day men came to help David, until he had a great army, like the army of God.^[a]

⁵ He who was seated on the throne^(A) said, “I am making everything new!”^(B) Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”^(C)

⁶ He said to me: “It is done.^(D) I am the Alpha and the Omega,^(E) the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost^(F) from the spring of the water of life.^{(G) 7} Those who are victorious^(H) will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children.^{(I) 8} But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars^(J)—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur.^(K) This is the second death.”^(L)

The New Jerusalem, the Bride of the Lamb

⁹ One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues^(M) came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride,^(N) the wife of the Lamb.” ¹⁰ And he carried me away^(O) in the Spirit^(P) to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.^{(Q) 11} It shone with the glory of God,^(R) and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like a jasper,^(S) clear as crystal.^{(T) 12} It had a great, high wall with twelve gates,^(U) and with twelve angels at the gates. On the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel.^{(V) 13} There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south and three on the west. ¹⁴ The wall of the city had twelve foundations,^(W) and on them were the names of the twelve apostles^(X) of the Lamb.