Psalm 119:25-48

English Standard Version

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

Joel 2

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The Day of the Lord

2 ^(A)Blow a trumpet in ^(B)Zion;
    sound an alarm on ^(C)my holy mountain!
Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble,
    for ^(D)the day of the Lord is coming; it is near,
²^(E)a day of darkness and gloom,
    ^(F)a day of clouds and thick darkness!
Like blackness there is spread upon the mountains
    ^(G)a great and powerful people;
^(H)their like has never been before,
    nor will be again after them
    through the years of all generations.

³^(I)Fire devours before them,
    and behind them a flame burns.
The land is like ^(J)the garden of Eden before them,
    but ^(K)behind them a desolate wilderness,
    and nothing escapes them.

⁴^(L)Their appearance is like the appearance of horses,
    and like war horses they run.
⁵^(M)As with the rumbling of chariots,
    they leap on the tops of the mountains,
like the crackling of ^(N)a flame of fire
    devouring the stubble,
^(O)like a powerful army
    drawn up for battle.

⁶Before them peoples are in anguish;
    ^(P)all faces grow pale.
⁷Like warriors they charge;
    like soldiers they scale the wall.
They march each on his way;
    they do not swerve from their paths.
⁸They do not jostle one another;
    ^(Q)each marches in his path;
they burst through the weapons
    and are not halted.
⁹^(R)They leap upon the city,
    they run upon the walls,
^(S)they climb up into the houses,
    ^(T)they enter through the windows ^(U)like a thief.

¹⁰^(V)The earth quakes before them;
    the heavens tremble.
^(W)The sun and the moon are darkened,
    and the stars withdraw their shining.
¹¹^(X)The Lord utters his voice
    before ^(Y)his army,
for his camp is exceedingly great;
    ^(Z)he who executes his word is powerful.
^(AA)For the day of the Lord is ^(AB)great and very awesome;
    ^(AC)who can endure it?

Return to the Lord

¹²“Yet even now,” declares the Lord,
    ^(AD)“return to me with all your heart,
^(AE)with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;
¹³    and ^(AF)rend your hearts and not ^(AG)your garments.”
Return to the Lord your God,
    ^(AH)for he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love;
    ^(AI)and he relents over disaster.
¹⁴^(AJ)Who knows whether he will not turn and relent,
    and ^(AK)leave a blessing behind him,
^(AL)a grain offering and a drink offering
    for the Lord your God?

¹⁵^(AM)Blow the trumpet in Zion;
    ^(AN)consecrate a fast;
call a solemn assembly;
¹⁶    gather the people.
^(AO)Consecrate the congregation;
    assemble the elders;
^(AP)gather the children,
    even nursing infants.
^(AQ)Let the bridegroom leave his room,
    and the bride her chamber.

¹⁷^(AR)Between the ^(AS)vestibule and the ^(AT)altar
    ^(AU)let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep
and say, “Spare your people, O Lord,
    and make not your heritage a reproach,
    a byword among the nations.^[a]
^(AV)Why should they say among the peoples,
    ‘Where is their God?’”

The Lord Had Pity

¹⁸^(AW)Then the Lord became jealous for his land
    ^(AX)and had pity on his people.
¹⁹The Lord answered and said to his people,
“Behold, ^(AY)I am sending to you
    grain, wine, and oil,
    ^(AZ)and you will be satisfied;
and I will no more make you
    a reproach among the nations.

²⁰“I will remove the northerner far from you,
    and drive him into a parched and desolate land,
his vanguard^[b] into ^(BA)the eastern sea,
    and his rear guard^[c] into ^(BB)the western sea;
^(BC)the stench and foul smell of him will rise,
    for he has done great things.

²¹“Fear not, O land;
    be glad and rejoice,
    for ^(BD)the Lord has done great things!
²²Fear not, ^(BE)you beasts of the field,
    for ^(BF)the pastures of the wilderness are green;
^(BG)the tree bears its fruit;
    the fig tree and ^(BH)vine give their full yield.

²³^(BI)“Be glad, O children of Zion,
    and ^(BJ)rejoice in the Lord your God,
for he has given ^(BK)the early rain for your vindication;
    he has poured down for you abundant rain,
    ^(BL)the early and ^(BM)the latter rain, as before.

²⁴“The threshing floors shall be full of grain;
    the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.
²⁵I will restore^[d] to you the years
    that ^(BN)the swarming locust has eaten,
^(BO)the hopper, ^(BP)the destroyer, and ^(BQ)the cutter,
    ^(BR)my great army, which I sent among you.

²⁶^(BS)“You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied,
    and praise the name of the Lord your God,
    who has dealt wondrously with you.
And my people ^(BT)shall never again be put to shame.
²⁷^(BU)You shall know that I am ^(BV)in the midst of Israel,
    and that ^(BW)I am the Lord your God ^(BX)and there is none else.
And my people ^(BY)shall never again be put to shame.

The Lord Will Pour Out His Spirit

²⁸^[e] ^(BZ)“And it shall come to pass afterward,
    that ^(CA)I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh;
^(CB)your sons and ^(CC)your daughters shall prophesy,
    your old men shall dream dreams,
    and your young men shall see visions.
²⁹^(CD)Even on the male and female servants
    in those days I will pour out my Spirit.

³⁰“And I will show ^(CE)wonders in the heavens and ^(CF)on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke. ³¹^(CG)The sun shall be turned to darkness, ^(CH)and the moon to blood, ^(CI)before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. ³²And it shall come to pass that ^(CJ)everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. ^(CK)For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, as the Lord has said, and among ^(CL)the survivors shall be those whom the Lord calls.

Footnotes

Joel 2:17 Or reproach, that the nations should rule over them
Joel 2:20 Hebrew face
Joel 2:20 Hebrew his end
Joel 2:25 Or pay back
Joel 2:28 Ch 3:1 in Hebrew

John 15:18-27

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The Hatred of the World

¹⁸^(A)“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. ¹⁹^(B)If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because ^(C)you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. ²⁰Remember the word that I said to you: ^(D)‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, ^(E)they will also persecute you. ^(F)If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. ²¹But ^(G)all these things they will do to you ^(H)on account of my name, ^(I)because they do not know him who sent me. ²²If I had not come and spoken to them, ^(J)they would not have been guilty of sin,^[a] but now they have no excuse for their sin. ²³^(K)Whoever hates me hates my Father also. ²⁴^(L)If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, ^(M)they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have ^(N)seen and hated both me and my Father. ²⁵But ^(O)the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: ^(P)‘They hated me without a cause.’

²⁶“But ^(Q)when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, ^(R)he will bear witness about me. ²⁷And ^(S)you also will bear witness, ^(T)because you have been with me ^(U)from the beginning.