Psalm 105:1-6

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Psalm 105^(A)

¹Give praise to the Lord,^(B) proclaim his name;^(C)
    make known among the nations what he has done.
²Sing to him,^(D) sing praise to him;^(E)
    tell of all his wonderful acts.^(F)
³Glory in his holy name;^(G)
    let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.
⁴Look to the Lord and his strength;
    seek his face^(H) always.

⁵Remember the wonders^(I) he has done,
his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,^(J)
⁶you his servants, the descendants of Abraham,^(K)
his chosen^(L) ones, the children of Jacob.

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Psalm 105:37-45

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³⁷He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold,^(A)
and from among their tribes no one faltered.
³⁸Egypt was glad when they left,
because dread of Israel^(B) had fallen on them.

³⁹He spread out a cloud^(C) as a covering,
    and a fire to give light at night.^(D)
⁴⁰They asked,^(E) and he brought them quail;^(F)
    he fed them well with the bread of heaven.^(G)
⁴¹He opened the rock,^(H) and water gushed out;
    it flowed like a river in the desert.

⁴²For he remembered his holy promise^(I)
    given to his servant Abraham.
⁴³He brought out his people with rejoicing,^(J)
    his chosen ones with shouts of joy;
⁴⁴he gave them the lands of the nations,^(K)
    and they fell heir to what others had toiled^(L) for—
⁴⁵that they might keep his precepts
    and observe his laws.^(M)

Praise the Lord.^[a]^(N)

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Footnotes

Psalm 105:45 Hebrew Hallelu Yah

Luke 18:1-8

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The Parable of the Persistent Widow

18 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.^(A) ²He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought. ³And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice^(B) against my adversary.’

⁴“For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care what people think, ⁵yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually come and attack me!’”^(C)

⁶And the Lord^(D) said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. ⁷And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out^(E) to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? ⁸I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man^(F) comes,^(G) will he find faith on the earth?”