Psalm 145:1-4

Common English Bible

Psalm 145^[a]

Praise. Of David.

145 I will lift you up high, my God, the true king.
    I will bless your name forever and always.
²I will bless you every day.
    I will praise your name forever and always.
³The Lord is great and so worthy of praise!
    God’s greatness can’t be grasped.
⁴One generation will praise your works to the next one,
    proclaiming your mighty acts.

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Footnotes

Psalm 145:1 Ps 145 is an alphabetic acrostic poem; see the note at Pss 9–10.

Psalm 145:8-13

Common English Bible

⁸    “The Lord is merciful and compassionate,
    very patient, and full of faithful love.
⁹    The Lord is good to everyone and everything;
    God’s compassion extends to all his handiwork!”
¹⁰All that you have made gives thanks to you, Lord;
    all your faithful ones bless you!
¹¹They speak of the glory of your kingdom;
    they talk all about your power,
¹²    to inform all human beings about God’s power
    and the majestic glory of God’s kingdom.
¹³Your kingdom is a kingship that lasts forever;
    your rule endures for all generations.
The Lord is trustworthy in all that he says,
    faithful in all that he does.^[a]

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Footnotes

Psalm 145:13 LXX, DSS (11QPs^a), Syr; MT lacks these lines, but they correspond to the nun line in the alphabetic acrostic poem.

Isaiah 41:13-20

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¹³I am the Lord your God,
    who grasps your strong hand,
    who says to you,
    Don’t fear; I will help you.
¹⁴Don’t fear, worm of Jacob,
    people of Israel!
I will help you, says the Lord.
    The holy one of Israel is your redeemer.
¹⁵Look, I’ve made you
    into a new threshing tool with sharp teeth.
You will thresh mountains and pulverize them;
    you will reduce hills to straw.
¹⁶When you winnow them,
    the wind will carry them off;
    the tempest will scatter them.
You will rejoice in the Lord
    and take pride in the holy one of Israel.

¹⁷The poor and the needy seek water, and there is none;
    their tongues are parched with thirst.
I, the Lord, will respond to them;
    I, the God of Israel, won’t abandon them.
¹⁸I will open streams on treeless hilltops
    and springs in valleys.
I will make the desert into ponds
    and dry land into cascades of water.
¹⁹I will plant in the desert cedar, acacia, myrtle, and olive trees;
    I will put in the wilderness cypress, elm, and pine as well,
²⁰    so that they will see and know
    and observe and comprehend
    that the Lord’s hand has done this,
    and the holy one of Israel has created it.

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Matthew 11:7-15

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Appeal of John’s ministry

⁷When John’s disciples had gone, Jesus spoke to the crowds about John: “What did you go out to the wilderness to see? A stalk blowing in the wind? ⁸What did you go out to see? A man dressed up in refined clothes? Look, those who wear refined clothes are in royal palaces. ⁹What did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. ¹⁰He is the one of whom it is written: Look, I’m sending my messenger before you, who will prepare your way before you.^[a]

Significance of John’s ministry

¹¹“I assure you that no one who has ever been born is greater than John the Baptist. Yet whoever is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. ¹²From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven is violently attacked as violent people seize it. ¹³All the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John came. ¹⁴If you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is to come. ¹⁵Let the person who has ears, hear.

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