Psalm 145

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Great Is the Lord

^[a] A Song of Praise. Of David.

145 ^(A)I will extol you, my God and ^(B)King,
    and bless your name forever and ever.
²Every day I will bless you
    ^(C)and praise your name forever and ever.
³^(D)Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised,
    and his ^(E)greatness is unsearchable.

⁴^(F)One generation shall commend your works to another,
    and shall declare your mighty acts.
⁵On ^(G)the glorious splendor of your majesty,
    and on your wondrous works, I will meditate.
⁶They shall speak of ^(H)the might of your awesome deeds,
    and I will declare your greatness.
⁷They shall pour forth the fame of your ^(I)abundant goodness
    and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.

⁸The Lord is ^(J)gracious and merciful,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
⁹The Lord is ^(K)good to all,
and his mercy is over all that he has made.

¹⁰^(L)All your works shall give thanks to you, O Lord,
    and all your ^(M)saints shall bless you!
¹¹They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom
    and tell of your power,
¹²to ^(N)make known to the children of man your^[b] ^(O)mighty deeds,
    and ^(P)the glorious splendor of your kingdom.
¹³^(Q)Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
    and your dominion endures throughout all generations.

[The Lord is faithful in all his words
    and kind in all his works.^[c]]
¹⁴The Lord ^(R)upholds all who are falling
    and ^(S)raises up all who are bowed down.
¹⁵The eyes of all ^(T)look to you,
    and you give them their food in due season.
¹⁶You ^(U)open your hand;
    you ^(V)satisfy the desire of every living thing.
¹⁷The Lord is ^(W)righteous in all his ways
    and ^(X)kind in all his works.
¹⁸The Lord is ^(Y)near to all who call on him,
    to all who call on him ^(Z)in truth.
¹⁹He ^(AA)fulfills the desire of those who fear him;
    he also ^(AB)hears their cry and saves them.
²⁰The Lord ^(AC)preserves all who love him,
    but all the wicked he will destroy.

²¹My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord,
and ^(AD)let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.

Footnotes

Psalm 145:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, each verse beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet
Psalm 145:12 Hebrew his; also next line
Psalm 145:13 These two lines are supplied by one Hebrew manuscript, Septuagint, Syriac (compare Dead Sea Scroll)

Acts 10:34-48

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Gentiles Hear the Good News

³⁴So Peter opened his mouth and said: “Truly I understand that ^(A)God ^(B)shows no partiality, ³⁵but ^(C)in every nation anyone who fears him and ^(D)does what is right is acceptable to him. ³⁶As for ^(E)the word that he sent to Israel, ^(F)preaching good news of ^(G)peace through Jesus Christ (^(H)he is Lord of all), ³⁷you yourselves know what happened throughout all Judea, ^(I)beginning ^(J)from Galilee after the baptism that John proclaimed: ³⁸how ^(K)God anointed Jesus of Nazareth ^(L)with the Holy Spirit and with ^(M)power. He went about doing good and healing all ^(N)who were oppressed by the devil, ^(O)for God was with him. ³⁹And ^(P)we are witnesses of all that he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. ^(Q)They put him to death by hanging him on a tree, ⁴⁰but ^(R)God raised him on ^(S)the third day and made him to ^(T)appear, ⁴¹^(U)not to all the people but to us who had been chosen by God as ^(V)witnesses, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. ⁴²And ^(W)he commanded us to preach to the people and to testify ^(X)that he is the one appointed by God to be judge ^(Y)of the living and the dead. ⁴³^(Z)To him ^(AA)all the prophets bear witness that ^(AB)everyone who believes in him receives ^(AC)forgiveness of sins ^(AD)through his name.”

The Holy Spirit Falls on the Gentiles

⁴⁴While Peter was still saying these things, ^(AE)the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the word. ⁴⁵And the believers from among ^(AF)the circumcised who had come with Peter were amazed, because ^(AG)the gift of the Holy Spirit ^(AH)was poured out even on the Gentiles. ⁴⁶For they were hearing them ^(AI)speaking in tongues and extolling God. Then Peter declared, ⁴⁷^(AJ)“Can anyone withhold water for baptizing these people, who have received the Holy Spirit ^(AK)just as we have?” ⁴⁸And he ^(AL)commanded them ^(AM)to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to remain for some days.

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Galatians 5:16-26

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Keep in Step with the Spirit

¹⁶But I say, ^(A)walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify ^(B)the desires of the flesh. ¹⁷For ^(C)the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, ^(D)to keep you from doing the things you want to do. ¹⁸But if you are ^(E)led by the Spirit, ^(F)you are not under the law. ¹⁹Now ^(G)the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, ²⁰idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, ^(H)divisions, ²¹envy,^[a] drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that ^(I)those who do^[b] such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. ²²But ^(J)the fruit of the Spirit is ^(K)love, joy, peace, patience, ^(L)kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ²³^(M)gentleness, ^(N)self-control; ^(O)against such things there is no law. ²⁴And those who belong to Christ Jesus ^(P)have crucified the flesh with its ^(Q)passions and desires.

²⁵If we live by the Spirit, ^(R)let us also keep in step with the Spirit. ²⁶^(S)Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

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