Psalm 134

English Standard Version

Come, Bless the Lord

A Song of ^(A)Ascents.

134 Come, bless the Lord, all you ^(B)servants of the Lord,
who ^(C)stand ^(D)by night in the house of the Lord!
²^(E)Lift up your hands to ^(F)the holy place
and bless the Lord!

³May the Lord ^(G)bless you ^(H)from Zion,
he who ^(I)made heaven and earth!

Psalm 135

English Standard Version

Your Name, O Lord, Endures Forever

135 ^(A)Praise the Lord!
Praise the name of the Lord,
    give praise, O ^(B)servants of the Lord,
²who ^(C)stand in the house of the Lord,
    in ^(D)the courts of the house of our God!
³Praise the Lord, for ^(E)the Lord is good;
    sing to his name, ^(F)for it is pleasant!^[a]
⁴For the Lord has ^(G)chosen Jacob for himself,
    Israel as his ^(H)own possession.

⁵For I know that ^(I)the Lord is great,
    and that our Lord is above all gods.
⁶^(J)Whatever the Lord pleases, he does,
    in heaven and on earth,
    in the seas and all deeps.
⁷^(K)He it is who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth,
    who ^(L)makes lightnings for the rain
    and brings forth the wind from his ^(M)storehouses.

⁸He it was who ^(N)struck down the firstborn of Egypt,
    both of man and of beast;
⁹who in your midst, O Egypt,
    sent ^(O)signs and wonders
    against Pharaoh and all his servants;
¹⁰^(P)who struck down many nations
    and killed mighty kings,
¹¹^(Q)Sihon, king of the Amorites,
    and ^(R)Og, king of Bashan,
    and ^(S)all the kingdoms of Canaan,
¹²and ^(T)gave their land as a heritage,
    a heritage to his people Israel.

¹³^(U)Your name, O Lord, endures forever,
^(V)your renown,^[b] O Lord, throughout all ages.
¹⁴^(W)For the Lord will vindicate his people
and ^(X)have compassion on his servants.

¹⁵^(Y)The idols of the nations are silver and gold,
    the work of human hands.
¹⁶They have mouths, but do not speak;
    they have eyes, but do not see;
¹⁷they have ears, but do not hear,
    nor is there any breath in their mouths.
¹⁸Those who make them become like them,
    so do all who trust in them.

¹⁹^(Z)O house of Israel, bless the Lord!
    O house of Aaron, bless the Lord!
²⁰O house of Levi, bless the Lord!
    You who fear the Lord, bless the Lord!
²¹Blessed be the Lord ^(AA)from Zion,
    he who ^(AB)dwells in Jerusalem!
^(AC)Praise the Lord!

Footnotes

Psalm 135:3 Or for he is beautiful
Psalm 135:13 Or remembrance

Amos 6

English Standard Version

Woe to Those at Ease in Zion

6 ^(A)“Woe to those who are at ease in Zion,
    and to those who feel secure on ^(B)the mountain of Samaria,
^(C)the notable men of ^(D)the first of the nations,
    to whom the house of Israel comes!
²Pass over to ^(E)Calneh, and see,
    and from there go to ^(F)Hamath the great;
    then go down to ^(G)Gath of the Philistines.
^(H)Are you better than these kingdoms?
    Or is their territory greater than your territory,
³^(I)O you who put far away the day of disaster
    ^(J)and bring near the seat of violence?

⁴“Woe to those ^(K)who lie on ^(L)beds of ivory
    ^(M)and stretch themselves out on their couches,
and eat lambs from the flock
    ^(N)and calves from the midst of the stall,
⁵^(O)who sing idle songs to the sound of the harp
    and like David ^(P)invent for themselves instruments of music,
⁶^(Q)who drink wine in bowls
    and ^(R)anoint themselves with the finest oils,
    but are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph!
⁷^(S)Therefore they shall now be the first of those who go into exile,
    and the revelry of those who stretch themselves out shall pass away.”

⁸^(T)The Lord God has sworn by himself, declares the Lord, the God of hosts:

“I abhor ^(U)the pride of Jacob
and hate his strongholds,
^(V)and I will deliver up the city and all that is in it.”

⁹And ^(W)if ten men remain in one house, they shall die. ¹⁰And when one's relative, ^(X)the one who anoints him for burial, shall take him up to bring the bones out of the house, and shall say to him who is in the innermost parts of the house, “Is there still anyone with you?” he shall say, “No”; and he shall say, ^(Y)“Silence! We must not mention the name of the Lord.”

¹¹For behold, the Lord commands,
    and ^(Z)the great house shall be struck down into fragments,
    and the little house into bits.
¹²Do horses run on rocks?
    Does one plow there^[a] with oxen?
^(AA)But you have turned justice into ^(AB)poison
    ^(AC)and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood^[b]—
¹³you who rejoice in Lo-debar,^[c]
    who say, ^(AD)“Have we not by our own strength
    captured Karnaim^[d] for ourselves?”
¹⁴“For behold, ^(AE)I will raise up against you a nation,
    O house of Israel,” declares the Lord, the God of hosts;
“and they shall oppress you from ^(AF)Lebo-hamath
    to the Brook of ^(AG)the Arabah.”

Footnotes

Amos 6:12 Or the sea
Amos 6:12 Or into bitter fruit
Amos 6:13 Lo-debar means nothing
Amos 6:13 Karnaim means horns (a symbol of strength)

John 19:38-42

English Standard Version

Jesus Is Buried

³⁸^(A)After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly ^(B)for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took away his body. ³⁹^(C)Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus^[a] by night, came ^(D)bringing a mixture of ^(E)myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds^[b] in weight. ⁴⁰So they took the body of Jesus and ^(F)bound it in ^(G)linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews. ⁴¹Now in the place where he was crucified there was a ^(H)garden, and ^(I)in the garden a new tomb ^(J)in which no one had yet been laid. ⁴²So because of the Jewish ^(K)day of Preparation, ^(L)since the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there.