Psalm 135

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Psalm 135

The Lord Is Great

¹Hallelujah!
Praise the name of the Lord.
Give praise, you servants of the Lord^(A)
²who stand in the house of the Lord,
in the courts of the house of our God.^(B)
³Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good;
sing praise to his name, for it is delightful.^(C)
⁴For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself,
Israel as his treasured possession.^(D)

⁵For I know that the Lord is great;
our Lord is greater than all gods.^(E)
⁶The Lord does whatever he pleases
in heaven and on earth,
in the seas and all the depths.^(F)
⁷He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth.
He makes lightning for the rain
and brings the wind from his storehouses.^(G)

⁸He struck down the firstborn of Egypt,
both people and animals.^(H)
⁹He sent signs and wonders against you, Egypt,
against Pharaoh and all his officials.^(I)
¹⁰He struck down many nations
and slaughtered mighty kings:^(J)
¹¹Sihon king of the Amorites,
Og king of Bashan,
and all the kings of Canaan.^(K)
¹²He gave their land as an inheritance,
an inheritance to his people Israel.^(L)

¹³Lord, your name endures forever,
your reputation, Lord,
through all generations.^(M)
¹⁴For the Lord will vindicate his people
and have compassion on his servants.^(N)

¹⁵The idols of the nations are of silver and gold,
made by human hands.^(O)
¹⁶They have mouths but cannot speak,^(P)
eyes, but cannot see.
¹⁷They have ears but cannot hear;
indeed, there is no breath in their mouths.^(Q)
¹⁸Those who make them are just like them,
as are all who trust in them.^(R)

¹⁹House of Israel, bless the Lord!^(S)
House of Aaron, bless the Lord!^(T)
²⁰House of Levi, bless the Lord!
You who revere the Lord, bless the Lord!^(U)
²¹Blessed be the Lord from Zion;^(V)
he dwells in Jerusalem.^(W)
Hallelujah!

Proverbs 25:18-19

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¹⁸A person giving false testimony against his neighbor^(A)
is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.^(B)
¹⁹Trusting an unreliable person in a difficult time
is like a rotten tooth or a faltering foot.^(C)

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John 17

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Jesus Prays for Himself

17 Jesus spoke these things, looked up to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son so that the Son^(A) may glorify you,^(B) ²since you gave him authority over all people,^[a]^(C) so that he may give eternal life^(D) to everyone you have given him.^(E) ³This is eternal life: that they may know you, the only^(F) true^(G) God, and the one you have sent^(H) —Jesus Christ.^(I) ⁴I have glorified you on the earth by completing the work you gave me to do. ⁵Now, Father,^(J) glorify me in your presence with that glory^(K) I had with you before the world existed.^(L)

Jesus Prays for His Disciples

⁶“I have revealed your name^(M) to the people you gave me^(N) from the world.^(O) They were yours, you gave them to me,^(P) and they have kept your word.^(Q) ⁷Now they know that everything you have given me is from you, ⁸because I have given them the words you gave me.^(R) They have received them and have known for certain that I came from you.^(S) They have believed that you sent me.

⁹“I pray^[b] for them. I am not praying for the world but for those you have given me,^(T) because they are yours. ¹⁰Everything I have is yours, and everything you have is mine,^(U) and I am glorified in them. ¹¹I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you.^(V) Holy^(W) Father, protect^[c] them by your name^(X) that you have given me, so that they may be one^(Y) as we are^(Z) one. ¹²While I was with them, I was protecting them by your name that you have given me. I guarded^(AA) them and not one of them is lost, except the son of destruction,^[d] so that the Scripture^(AB) may be fulfilled.^(AC) ¹³Now I am coming to you, and I speak these things in the world so that they may have my joy completed in them. ¹⁴I have given them your word. The world hated^(AD) them because they are not of the world,^(AE) just as I am not of the world.^(AF) ¹⁵I am not praying that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.^(AG) ¹⁶They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.^(AH) ¹⁷Sanctify^(AI) them by the truth; ^(AJ) your word is truth. ¹⁸As you sent me into the world,^(AK) I also have sent them into the world. ¹⁹I sanctify myself for them, so that they also may be sanctified by the truth.

Jesus Prays for All Believers

²⁰“I pray not only for these, but also for those who believe in me through their word. ²¹May they all be one,^(AL) as you, Father, are in me and I am in you.^(AM) May they also be^[e] in us, so that the world may believe you sent me. ²²I have given them the glory^(AN) you have given me, so that they may be one as we are one. ²³I am in them and you are in me,^(AO) so that they may be made completely one, that the world may know you have sent me and have loved^(AP) them as you have loved me.^(AQ)

²⁴“Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am,^(AR) so that they will see my glory, which you have given me because you loved me before the world’s foundation. ²⁵Righteous Father, the world has not known you. However, I have known you,^(AS) and they have known that you sent me. ²⁶I made your name^(AT) known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love you have loved me with may be in them and I may be in them.”^(AU)

Footnotes

17:2 Or flesh
17:9 Lit ask (throughout this passage)
17:11 Lit keep (throughout this passage)
17:12 The one destined for destruction, loss, or perdition
17:21 Other mss add one

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