Psalm 104

English Standard Version

O Lord My God, You Are Very Great

104 ^(A)Bless the Lord, O my soul!
    O Lord my God, you are ^(B)very great!
^(C)You are clothed with splendor and majesty,
²    covering yourself with light as with a garment,
    ^(D)stretching out the heavens ^(E)like a tent.
³He ^(F)lays the beams of his ^(G)chambers on the waters;
he makes ^(H)the clouds his chariot;
    he rides on ^(I)the wings of the wind;
⁴he ^(J)makes his messengers winds,
    his ^(K)ministers ^(L)a flaming fire.

⁵He ^(M)set the earth on its foundations,
    so that it should never be moved.
⁶You ^(N)covered it with the deep as with a garment;
    the waters stood above the mountains.
⁷At ^(O)your rebuke they fled;
    at ^(P)the sound of your thunder they ^(Q)took to flight.
⁸The mountains rose, the valleys sank down
    to the place that you ^(R)appointed for them.
⁹You set ^(S)a boundary that they may not pass,
    so that they ^(T)might not again cover the earth.

¹⁰You make springs gush forth in the valleys;
    they flow between the hills;
¹¹they ^(U)give drink to every beast of the field;
    the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
¹²Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell;
    they sing among the branches.
¹³^(V)From your lofty abode you ^(W)water the mountains;
    the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.

¹⁴You cause ^(X)the grass to grow for the livestock
    and ^(Y)plants for man to cultivate,
that he may bring forth ^(Z)food from the earth
¹⁵    and ^(AA)wine to gladden the heart of man,
^(AB)oil to make his face shine
    and bread to ^(AC)strengthen man's heart.

¹⁶The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly,
    ^(AD)the cedars of Lebanon ^(AE)that he planted.
¹⁷In them the birds build their nests;
    the stork has her home in the fir trees.
¹⁸The high mountains are for ^(AF)the wild goats;
    the rocks are a refuge for ^(AG)the rock badgers.

¹⁹He made the moon to mark the ^(AH)seasons;^[a]
    the sun knows its time for setting.
²⁰^(AI)You make darkness, and it is night,
    when all the beasts of the forest creep about.
²¹^(AJ)The young lions roar for their prey,
    seeking their food from God.
²²When the sun rises, they steal away
    and lie down in their ^(AK)dens.
²³^(AL)Man goes out to his work
    and to his labor until the evening.

²⁴O Lord, how manifold are your works!
    In ^(AM)wisdom have you made them all;
    the earth is full of your creatures.
²⁵Here is the sea, great and wide,
    ^(AN)which teems with creatures innumerable,
    living things both small and great.
²⁶There go the ships,
    and ^(AO)Leviathan, which you formed to ^(AP)play in it.^[b]

²⁷These ^(AQ)all look to you,
    to ^(AR)give them their food in due season.
²⁸When you give it to them, they gather it up;
    when you ^(AS)open your hand, they are filled with good things.
²⁹When you ^(AT)hide your face, they are ^(AU)dismayed;
    when you ^(AV)take away their breath, they die
    and ^(AW)return to their dust.
³⁰When you ^(AX)send forth your Spirit,^[c] they are created,
    and you ^(AY)renew the face of the ground.

³¹May the glory of the Lord ^(AZ)endure forever;
    may the Lord ^(BA)rejoice in his works,
³²who looks on the earth and it ^(BB)trembles,
    who ^(BC)touches the mountains and they smoke!
³³I will sing to the Lord ^(BD)as long as I live;
    I will sing praise to my God while I have being.
³⁴May my ^(BE)meditation be pleasing to him,
    for I rejoice in the Lord.
³⁵Let ^(BF)sinners be consumed from the earth,
    and let the wicked be no more!
^(BG)Bless the Lord, O my soul!
^(BH)Praise the Lord!

Footnotes

Psalm 104:19 Or the appointed times (compare Genesis 1:14)
Psalm 104:26 Or you formed to play with
Psalm 104:30 Or breath

Luke 13:10-35

English Standard Version

A Woman with a Disabling Spirit

¹⁰Now ^(A)he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. ¹¹And behold, there was a woman who had had ^(B)a disabling spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not fully straighten herself. ¹²When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said to her, “Woman, you are freed from your disability.” ¹³And he ^(C)laid his hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and she ^(D)glorified God. ¹⁴But ^(E)the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus ^(F)had healed on the Sabbath, said to the people, ^(G)“There are six days in which work ought to be done. Come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day.” ¹⁵Then the Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! ^(H)Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger and lead it away to water it? ¹⁶And ought not this woman, ^(I)a daughter of Abraham whom ^(J)Satan bound for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?” ¹⁷As he said these things, ^(K)all his adversaries were put to shame, and ^(L)all the people rejoiced at all the glorious things that were done by him.

The Mustard Seed and the Leaven

¹⁸^(M)He said therefore, “What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it? ¹⁹It is like ^(N)a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden, and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches.”

²⁰And again he said, “To what shall I compare the kingdom of God? ²¹^(O)It is like leaven that a woman took and hid in ^(P)three measures of flour, until it was ^(Q)all leavened.”

The Narrow Door

²²^(R)He went on his way through towns and villages, teaching and ^(S)journeying toward Jerusalem. ²³And someone said to him, “Lord, ^(T)will those who are saved be few?” And he said to them, ²⁴^(U)“Strive ^(V)to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able. ²⁵^(W)When once the master of the house has risen and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, ^(X)‘Lord, open to us,’ then he will answer you, ^(Y)‘I do not know where you come from.’ ²⁶Then you will begin to say, ^(Z)‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’ ²⁷But he will say, ‘I tell you, ^(AA)I do not know where you come from. ^(AB)Depart from me, all you workers of evil!’ ²⁸^(AC)In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see ^(AD)Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God but ^(AE)you yourselves cast out. ²⁹And ^(AF)people will come from east and west, and from north and south, and ^(AG)recline at table in the kingdom of God. ³⁰And behold, ^(AH)some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”

Lament over Jerusalem

³¹At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, “Get away from ^(AI)here, for ^(AJ)Herod wants to kill you.” ³²And he said to them, “Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day ^(AK)I finish my course. ³³Nevertheless, ^(AL)I ^(AM)must go on my way today and tomorrow and the day following, for it cannot be that ^(AN)a prophet should perish away from Jerusalem.’ ³⁴^(AO)O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that ^(AP)kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! ^(AQ)How often would I have ^(AR)gathered ^(AS)your children together ^(AT)as a hen gathers her brood ^(AU)under her wings, and ^(AV)you were not willing! ³⁵Behold, ^(AW)your house is forsaken. And I tell you, you will not see me until you say, ^(AX)‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’”