Psalm 125

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The Lord Surrounds His People

A Song of ^(A)Ascents.

125 Those who ^(B)trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion,
    which ^(C)cannot be moved, but abides forever.
²As the mountains surround Jerusalem,
    so ^(D)the Lord surrounds his people,
    from this time forth and forevermore.
³For ^(E)the scepter of wickedness shall not ^(F)rest
    on ^(G)the land allotted to the righteous,
lest the righteous ^(H)stretch out
    their hands to do wrong.
⁴^(I)Do good, O Lord, to those who are good,
    and to those who are ^(J)upright in their hearts!
⁵But those who ^(K)turn aside to their ^(L)crooked ways
    the Lord will lead away with ^(M)evildoers!
    ^(N)Peace be upon Israel!

Malachi 3:16-4:6

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The Book of Remembrance

¹⁶Then those who feared the Lord ^(A)spoke with one another. The Lord paid attention and heard them, and ^(B)a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the Lord and esteemed his name. ¹⁷“They shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts, ^(C)in the day when I make up ^(D)my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him. ¹⁸Then once more you shall ^(E)see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.

The Great Day of the Lord

4 ^[a] “For behold, ^(F)the day is coming, ^(G)burning like an oven, when ^(H)all the arrogant and ^(I)all evildoers ^(J)will be stubble. The day that is coming ^(K)shall set them ablaze, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. ²But for you ^(L)who fear my name, ^(M)the sun ^(N)of righteousness shall rise ^(O)with healing in its wings. You shall go out ^(P)leaping like calves from the stall. ³And you shall tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet, ^(Q)on the day when I act, says the Lord of hosts.

⁴^(R)“Remember ^(S)the law of my servant Moses, the statutes and rules^[b] that I commanded him at Horeb for all Israel.

⁵^(T)“Behold, I will send you ^(U)Elijah the prophet ^(V)before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. ⁶And he will ^(W)turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and ^(X)strike the land with a decree of utter destruction.”^[c]

Footnotes

Malachi 4:1 Ch 4:1–6 is ch 3:19–24 in Hebrew
Malachi 4:4 Or and just decrees
Malachi 4:6 The Hebrew term rendered decree of utter destruction refers to things devoted (or set apart) to the Lord (or by the Lord) for destruction

Mark 9:9-13

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⁹^(A)And as they were coming down the mountain, ^(B)he charged them to tell no one what they had seen, ^(C)until the Son of Man had risen from the dead. ¹⁰^(D)So they kept the matter to themselves, ^(E)questioning what this rising from the dead might mean. ¹¹And they asked him, “Why do the scribes say ^(F)that first Elijah must come?” ¹²And he said to them, “Elijah does come first ^(G)to restore all things. And ^(H)how is it written of the Son of Man that he should ^(I)suffer many things and ^(J)be treated with contempt? ¹³But I tell you that Elijah has come, and ^(K)they did to him whatever they pleased, as it is written of him.”