Psalm 119:49-56

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Zayin

⁴⁹Remember ^(A)your word to your servant,
    in which you have made me ^(B)hope.
⁵⁰This is ^(C)my comfort in my affliction,
    that your promise ^(D)gives me life.
⁵¹^(E)The insolent utterly deride me,
    but I do not ^(F)turn away from your law.
⁵²When I think of your rules from of old,
    I take comfort, O Lord.
⁵³^(G)Hot indignation seizes me because of the wicked,
    who forsake your law.
⁵⁴Your statutes have been my songs
    in the house of my ^(H)sojourning.
⁵⁵I ^(I)remember your name in the night, O Lord,
    and keep your law.
⁵⁶This blessing has fallen to me,
    that ^(J)I have kept your precepts.

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Jeremiah 32:36-44

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They Shall Be My People; I Will Be Their God

³⁶“Now therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning this city of which you say, ^(A)‘It is given into the hand of the king of Babylon by sword, by famine, and by pestilence’: ³⁷^(B)Behold, I will gather them from all the countries ^(C)to which I drove them in ^(D)my anger and my wrath and in great indignation. I will bring them back to this place, ^(E)and I will make them dwell in safety. ³⁸^(F)And they shall be my people, and I will be their God. ³⁹^(G)I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, ^(H)for their own good and the good of their children after them. ⁴⁰^(I)I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them. ^(J)And I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me. ⁴¹^(K)I will rejoice in doing them good, ^(L)and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, with all my heart and all my soul.

⁴²“For thus says the Lord: ^(M)Just as I have brought all this great disaster upon this people, so I will bring upon them all the good that I promise them. ⁴³^(N)Fields shall be bought in this land ^(O)of which you are saying, ‘It is a desolation, without man or beast; ^(P)it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.’ ⁴⁴Fields shall be bought for money, and ^(Q)deeds shall be signed and ^(R)sealed and ^(S)witnessed, ^(T)in the land of Benjamin, ^(U)in the places about Jerusalem, ^(V)and in the cities of Judah, ^(W)in the cities of the hill country, ^(X)in the cities of the Shephelah, and in the cities of the Negeb; for ^(Y)I will restore their fortunes, declares the Lord.”

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James 5:1-6

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Warning to the Rich

5 Come now, ^(A)you rich, weep and howl for the ^(B)miseries that are coming upon you. ²^(C)Your riches have rotted and ^(D)your garments are moth-eaten. ³Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. ^(E)You have laid up treasure ^(F)in the last days. ⁴Behold, ^(G)the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and ^(H)the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of ^(I)the Lord of hosts. ⁵^(J)You have lived on the earth in luxury and ^(K)in self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in ^(L)a day of slaughter. ⁶You have condemned and ^(M)murdered ^(N)the righteous person. He does not resist you.