Psalm 108

New International Version

Psalm 108^[a]^(A)^(B)

A song. A psalm of David.

¹My heart, O God, is steadfast;^(C)
    I will sing^(D) and make music with all my soul.
²Awake, harp and lyre!^(E)
    I will awaken the dawn.
³I will praise you, Lord, among the nations;
    I will sing of you among the peoples.
⁴For great is your love,^(F) higher than the heavens;
    your faithfulness^(G) reaches to the skies.^(H)
⁵Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;^(I)
    let your glory be over all the earth.^(J)

⁶Save us and help us with your right hand,^(K)
    that those you love may be delivered.
⁷God has spoken^(L) from his sanctuary:^(M)
    “In triumph I will parcel out Shechem^(N)
    and measure off the Valley of Sukkoth.^(O)
⁸Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine;
    Ephraim is my helmet,
    Judah^(P) is my scepter.
⁹Moab^(Q) is my washbasin,
    on Edom^(R) I toss my sandal;
    over Philistia^(S) I shout in triumph.”

¹⁰Who will bring me to the fortified city?
    Who will lead me to Edom?
¹¹Is it not you, God, you who have rejected us
    and no longer go out with our armies?^(T)
¹²Give us aid against the enemy,
    for human help is worthless.^(U)
¹³With God we will gain the victory,
    and he will trample down^(V) our enemies.

Footnotes

Psalm 108:1 In Hebrew texts 108:1-13 is numbered 108:2-14.

John 10:19-42

New International Version

¹⁹The Jews who heard these words were again divided.^(A) ²⁰Many of them said, “He is demon-possessed^(B) and raving mad.^(C) Why listen to him?”

²¹But others said, “These are not the sayings of a man possessed by a demon.^(D) Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”^(E)

Further Conflict Over Jesus’ Claims

²²Then came the Festival of Dedication^[a] at Jerusalem. It was winter, ²³and Jesus was in the temple courts walking in Solomon’s Colonnade.^(F) ²⁴The Jews^(G) who were there gathered around him, saying, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.”^(H)

²⁵Jesus answered, “I did tell you,^(I) but you do not believe. The works I do in my Father’s name testify about me,^(J) ²⁶but you do not believe because you are not my sheep.^(K) ²⁷My sheep listen to my voice; I know them,^(L) and they follow me.^(M) ²⁸I give them eternal life,^(N) and they shall never perish;^(O) no one will snatch them out of my hand.^(P) ²⁹My Father, who has given them to me,^(Q) is greater than all^[b];^(R) no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. ³⁰I and the Father are one.”^(S)

³¹Again his Jewish opponents picked up stones to stone him,^(T) ³²but Jesus said to them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?”

³³“We are not stoning you for any good work,” they replied, “but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God.”^(U)

³⁴Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law,^(V) ‘I have said you are “gods”’^[c]?^(W) ³⁵If he called them ‘gods,’ to whom the word of God^(X) came—and Scripture cannot be set aside^(Y)— ³⁶what about the one whom the Father set apart^(Z) as his very own^(AA) and sent into the world?^(AB) Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, ‘I am God’s Son’?^(AC) ³⁷Do not believe me unless I do the works of my Father.^(AD) ³⁸But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.”^(AE) ³⁹Again they tried to seize him,^(AF) but he escaped their grasp.^(AG)

⁴⁰Then Jesus went back across the Jordan^(AH) to the place where John had been baptizing in the early days. There he stayed, ⁴¹and many people came to him. They said, “Though John never performed a sign,^(AI) all that John said about this man was true.”^(AJ) ⁴²And in that place many believed in Jesus.^(AK)