Psalm 144:3-4
New International Version
Psalm 144:12-15
New International Version
12 Then our sons in their youth
will be like well-nurtured plants,(A)
and our daughters will be like pillars(B)
carved to adorn a palace.
13 Our barns will be filled(C)
with every kind of provision.
Our sheep will increase by thousands,
by tens of thousands in our fields;
14 our oxen(D) will draw heavy loads.[a]
There will be no breaching of walls,(E)
no going into captivity,
no cry of distress in our streets.(F)
15 Blessed is the people(G) of whom this is true;
blessed is the people whose God is the Lord.
Footnotes
- Psalm 144:14 Or our chieftains will be firmly established
1 Peter 2:4-10
New International Version
The Living Stone and a Chosen People
4 As you come to him, the living Stone(A)—rejected by humans but chosen by God(B) and precious to him— 5 you also, like living stones, are being built(C) into a spiritual house[a](D) to be a holy priesthood,(E) offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.(F) 6 For in Scripture it says:
“See, I lay a stone in Zion,
a chosen and precious cornerstone,(G)
and the one who trusts in him
will never be put to shame.”[b](H)
7 Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe,(I)
8 and,
They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.(M)
9 But you are a chosen people,(N) a royal priesthood,(O) a holy nation,(P) God’s special possession,(Q) that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.(R) 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God;(S) once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
Footnotes
- 1 Peter 2:5 Or into a temple of the Spirit
- 1 Peter 2:6 Isaiah 28:16
- 1 Peter 2:7 Psalm 118:22
- 1 Peter 2:8 Isaiah 8:14
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