Psalm 119:25-48

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Daleth

²⁵^(A)My soul clings to the dust;
    ^(B)give me life ^(C)according to your word!
²⁶When ^(D)I told of my ways, you answered me;
    ^(E)teach me your statutes!
²⁷^(F)Make me understand the way of your precepts,
    and I will ^(G)meditate on your wondrous works.
²⁸^(H)My soul melts away for sorrow;
    strengthen me according to your word!
²⁹Put false ways far from me
    and graciously ^(I)teach me your law!
³⁰I have chosen the way of faithfulness;
    I ^(J)set your rules before me.
³¹I cling to your testimonies, O Lord;
    ^(K)let me not be put to shame!
³²I will run in the way of your commandments
    when you ^(L)enlarge my heart!^[a]

He

³³^(M)Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes;
    and I will keep it ^(N)to the end.^[b]
³⁴^(O)Give me understanding, that I may keep your law
    and observe it with my whole heart.
³⁵^(P)Lead me in the path of your commandments,
    for I ^(Q)delight in it.
³⁶^(R)Incline my heart to your testimonies,
    and not to ^(S)selfish gain!
³⁷^(T)Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things;
    and ^(U)give me life in your ways.
³⁸^(V)Confirm to your servant your promise,
    ^(W)that you may be feared.
³⁹Turn away the ^(X)reproach that I dread,
    for your rules are good.
⁴⁰Behold, I ^(Y)long for your precepts;
    ^(Z)in your righteousness give me life!

Waw

⁴¹Let your ^(AA)steadfast love come to me, O Lord,
    your salvation ^(AB)according to your promise;
⁴²then ^(AC)shall I have an answer for him ^(AD)who taunts me,
    for I trust in your word.
⁴³And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth,
    for my ^(AE)hope is in your rules.
⁴⁴I will keep your law continually,
    forever and ever,
⁴⁵and I shall walk ^(AF)in a wide place,
    for I have ^(AG)sought your precepts.
⁴⁶I will also speak of your testimonies ^(AH)before kings
    and shall not be put to shame,
⁴⁷for I ^(AI)find my delight in your commandments,
    which I love.
⁴⁸I will ^(AJ)lift up my hands toward your commandments, which I love,
    and I will ^(AK)meditate on your statutes.

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Footnotes

Psalm 119:32 Or for you set my heart free
Psalm 119:33 Or keep it as my reward

Jeremiah 47

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Judgment on the Philistines

47 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet ^(A)concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh struck down ^(B)Gaza.

²“Thus says the Lord:
^(C)Behold, waters are rising ^(D)out of the north,
    ^(E)and shall become an overflowing torrent;
they shall overflow ^(F)the land and all that fills it,
    the city and those who dwell in it.
Men shall cry out,
    and every inhabitant of the land shall wail.
³At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his stallions,
    ^(G)at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of their wheels,
the fathers ^(H)look not back to their children,
    so feeble are their hands,
⁴because of the day that is coming to destroy
    all ^(I)the Philistines,
to cut off from ^(J)Tyre and Sidon
    every helper that remains.
For the Lord is destroying the Philistines,
    ^(K)the remnant of the coastland of ^(L)Caphtor.
⁵^(M)Baldness has come upon Gaza;
    ^(N)Ashkelon has perished.
O remnant of their valley,
    ^(O)how long will you gash yourselves?
⁶^(P)Ah, sword of the Lord!
    How long till you are quiet?
Put yourself into your scabbard;
    rest and be still!
⁷How can it^[a] be quiet
    ^(Q)when the Lord has given it a charge?
Against ^(R)Ashkelon and against the seashore
    ^(S)he has appointed it.”

Footnotes

Jeremiah 47:7 Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew you

Romans 2

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God's Righteous Judgment

2 Therefore you have ^(A)no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For ^(B)in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things. ²We know that the judgment of God rightly falls on those who practice such things. ³Do you suppose, O man—you who judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself—that you will escape the judgment of God? ⁴Or do you presume on ^(C)the riches of his kindness and ^(D)forbearance and ^(E)patience, ^(F)not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? ⁵But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are ^(G)storing up ^(H)wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.

⁶^(I)He will render to each one according to his works: ⁷to those who ^(J)by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; ⁸but for those who are self-seeking^[a] and ^(K)do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury. ⁹There will be tribulation and distress ^(L)for every human being who does evil, the Jew ^(M)first and also the Greek, ¹⁰but glory and honor and ^(N)peace for everyone who does good, ^(O)the Jew first and also the Greek. ¹¹For ^(P)God shows no partiality.

God's Judgment and the Law

¹²For all who have sinned ^(Q)without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law. ¹³For ^(R)it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified. ¹⁴For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, ^(S)by nature do what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law. ¹⁵They show that the work of the law is ^(T)written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them ¹⁶^(U)on that day when, ^(V)according to my gospel, God judges ^(W)the secrets of men ^(X)by Christ Jesus.

¹⁷But if you call yourself a Jew and ^(Y)rely on the law and boast in God ¹⁸and know his will and approve what is excellent, because you are instructed from the law; ¹⁹and if you are sure that you yourself are ^(Z)a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, ²⁰an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law ^(AA)the embodiment of ^(AB)knowledge and truth— ²¹^(AC)you then who teach others, do you not teach yourself? While you preach against stealing, do you steal? ²²You who say that one must not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you ^(AD)rob temples? ²³You who ^(AE)boast in the law ^(AF)dishonor God by breaking the law. ²⁴For, ^(AG)as it is written, “The name of God is blasphemed ^(AH)among the Gentiles because of you.”

²⁵For circumcision indeed is of value ^(AI)if you obey the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision. ²⁶So, if ^(AJ)a man who is uncircumcised keeps ^(AK)the precepts of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded^[b] as circumcision? ²⁷Then he who is physically^[c] uncircumcised but keeps the law ^(AL)will condemn you who have ^(AM)the written code^[d] and circumcision but break the law. ²⁸For ^(AN)no one is a Jew ^(AO)who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical. ²⁹But a Jew is one ^(AP)inwardly, and ^(AQ)circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. ^(AR)His praise is not from man but from God.