Psalm 126

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Restore Our Fortunes, O Lord

A Song of ^(A)Ascents.

126 When the Lord ^(B)restored the fortunes of Zion,
    we were like those who ^(C)dream.
²Then our ^(D)mouth was filled with laughter,
    and our tongue with shouts of joy;
then they said among the nations,
    ^(E)“The Lord has done great things for them.”
³The Lord has done great things for us;
    we are glad.

⁴Restore our fortunes, O Lord,
    like streams in the Negeb!
⁵^(F)Those who sow in tears
    shall reap with shouts of joy!
⁶He who goes out weeping,
    bearing the seed for sowing,
shall come home with shouts of joy,
    bringing his sheaves with him.

Habakkuk 3:2-6

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²O Lord, ^(A)I have heard the report of you,
    and ^(B)your work, O Lord, do I fear.
In the midst of the years ^(C)revive it;
    in the midst of the years make it known;
    ^(D)in wrath remember mercy.
³God came from ^(E)Teman,
    ^(F)and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah
His splendor covered the heavens,
    and the earth was full of his praise.
⁴^(G)His brightness was like the light;
    rays flashed from his hand;
    and there he veiled his power.
⁵^(H)Before him went pestilence,
    and plague followed ^(I)at his heels.^[a]
⁶He stood ^(J)and measured the earth;
    he looked and shook the nations;
then the ^(K)eternal mountains ^(L)were scattered;
    the everlasting hills sank low.
    His were ^(M)the everlasting ways.

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Footnotes

Habakkuk 3:5 Hebrew feet

Philippians 3:12-16

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Straining Toward the Goal

¹²Not that I have already ^(A)obtained this or ^(B)am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. ¹³Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: ^(C)forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, ¹⁴I press on toward the goal for ^(D)the prize of the upward ^(E)call of God in Christ Jesus. ¹⁵Let those of us who are ^(F)mature think this way, and if in anything ^(G)you think otherwise, ^(H)God will reveal that also to you. ¹⁶Only ^(I)let us hold true to what we have attained.