Psalm 105:1-11

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Psalm 105

105 Give thanks to the Lord;
    call upon his name;
    make his deeds known to all people!
²Sing to God;
    sing praises to the Lord;
    dwell on all his wondrous works!
³Give praise to God’s holy name!
    Let the hearts rejoice of all those seeking the Lord!
⁴Pursue the Lord and his strength;
    seek his face always!
⁵Remember the wondrous works he has done,
    all his marvelous works, and the justice he declared—
⁶    you who are the offspring of Abraham, his servant,
        and the children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

⁷The Lord—he is our God.
    His justice is everywhere throughout the whole world.
⁸God remembers his covenant forever,
    the word he commanded to a thousand generations,
⁹        which he made with Abraham,
        the solemn pledge he swore to Isaac.
¹⁰God set it up as binding law for Jacob,
    as an eternal covenant for Israel,
¹¹    promising, “I hereby give you the land of Canaan
    as your allotted inheritance.”

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Psalm 105:1-11

Common English Bible

Psalm 105

105 Give thanks to the Lord;
    call upon his name;
    make his deeds known to all people!
²Sing to God;
    sing praises to the Lord;
    dwell on all his wondrous works!
³Give praise to God’s holy name!
    Let the hearts rejoice of all those seeking the Lord!
⁴Pursue the Lord and his strength;
    seek his face always!
⁵Remember the wondrous works he has done,
    all his marvelous works, and the justice he declared—
⁶    you who are the offspring of Abraham, his servant,
        and the children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

⁷The Lord—he is our God.
    His justice is everywhere throughout the whole world.
⁸God remembers his covenant forever,
    the word he commanded to a thousand generations,
⁹        which he made with Abraham,
        the solemn pledge he swore to Isaac.
¹⁰God set it up as binding law for Jacob,
    as an eternal covenant for Israel,
¹¹    promising, “I hereby give you the land of Canaan
    as your allotted inheritance.”

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Hebrews 11:1-3

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Description of faith

11 Faith is the reality of what we hope for, the proof of what we don’t see. ²The elders in the past were approved because they showed faith.

Acts of faith by God’s people

³By faith we understand that the universe has been created by a word from God so that the visible came into existence from the invisible.

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Hebrews 11:13-19

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¹³All these people died in faith without receiving the promises, but they saw the promises from a distance and welcomed them. They confessed that they were strangers and immigrants on earth. ¹⁴People who say this kind of thing make it clear that they are looking for a homeland. ¹⁵If they had been thinking about the country that they had left, they would have had the opportunity to return to it. ¹⁶But at this point in time, they are longing for a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore, God isn’t ashamed to be called their God—he has prepared a city for them.

¹⁷By faith Abraham offered Isaac when he was tested. The one who received the promises was offering his only son. ¹⁸He had been told concerning him, Your legitimate descendants will come from Isaac.^[a] ¹⁹He figured that God could even raise him from the dead. So in a way he did receive him back from the dead.

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