Psalm 17:1-7

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Psalm 17

A prayer of David.

¹Hear me,^(A) Lord, my plea is just;
    listen to my cry.^(B)
Hear^(C) my prayer—
    it does not rise from deceitful lips.^(D)
²Let my vindication^(E) come from you;
    may your eyes see what is right.^(F)

³Though you probe my heart,^(G)
    though you examine me at night and test me,^(H)
you will find that I have planned no evil;^(I)
    my mouth has not transgressed.^(J)
⁴Though people tried to bribe me,
    I have kept myself from the ways of the violent
    through what your lips have commanded.
⁵My steps have held to your paths;^(K)
    my feet have not stumbled.^(L)

⁶I call on you, my God, for you will answer me;^(M)
    turn your ear to me^(N) and hear my prayer.^(O)
⁷Show me the wonders of your great love,^(P)
    you who save by your right hand^(Q)
    those who take refuge^(R) in you from their foes.

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Psalm 17:15

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¹⁵As for me, I will be vindicated and will see your face;
when I awake,^(A) I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness.^(B)

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Psalm 17:15 in all English translations

Isaiah 41:8-10

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⁸“But you, Israel, my servant,^(A)
    Jacob, whom I have chosen,^(B)
    you descendants of Abraham^(C) my friend,^(D)
⁹I took you from the ends of the earth,^(E)
    from its farthest corners I called^(F) you.
I said, ‘You are my servant’;^(G)
    I have chosen^(H) you and have not rejected you.
¹⁰So do not fear,^(I) for I am with you;^(J)
    do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen^(K) you and help^(L) you;
    I will uphold you^(M) with my righteous right hand.^(N)

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Romans 9:6-13

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God’s Sovereign Choice

⁶It is not as though God’s word^(A) had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.^(B) ⁷Nor because they are his descendants are they all Abraham’s children. On the contrary, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”^[a]^(C) ⁸In other words, it is not the children by physical descent who are God’s children,^(D) but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham’s offspring.^(E) ⁹For this was how the promise was stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.”^[b]^(F)

¹⁰Not only that, but Rebekah’s children were conceived at the same time by our father Isaac.^(G) ¹¹Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad^(H)—in order that God’s purpose^(I) in election might stand: ¹²not by works but by him who calls—she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”^[c]^(J) ¹³Just as it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”^[d]^(K)