Psalm 26

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I Will Bless the Lord

Of David.

26 ^(A)Vindicate me, O Lord,
    for I have ^(B)walked in my integrity,
    and I have ^(C)trusted in the Lord without wavering.
²^(D)Prove me, O Lord, and try me;
    test my heart and ^(E)my mind.^[a]
³For your ^(F)steadfast love is before my eyes,
    and I ^(G)walk in your ^(H)faithfulness.

⁴I do not ^(I)sit with men of ^(J)falsehood,
nor do I consort with hypocrites.
⁵I ^(K)hate the assembly of evildoers,
and I will not sit with the wicked.

⁶I ^(L)wash my hands in innocence
and go around your altar, O Lord,
⁷proclaiming thanksgiving aloud,
and telling all your ^(M)wondrous deeds.

⁸O Lord, I ^(N)love the habitation of your house
    and the place where your glory dwells.
⁹^(O)Do not sweep my soul away with sinners,
    nor my life with bloodthirsty men,
¹⁰in whose hands are evil devices,
    and whose right hands are full of ^(P)bribes.

¹¹But as for me, I shall walk in my integrity;
redeem me, and be gracious to me.
¹²My foot stands on ^(Q)level ground;
in ^(R)the great assembly I will bless the Lord.

Footnotes

Psalm 26:2 Hebrew test my kidneys and my heart

Psalm 28

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The Lord Is My Strength and My Shield

Of David.

28 To you, O Lord, I call;
    ^(A)my rock, be not deaf to me,
lest, if you ^(B)be silent to me,
    I become like those who ^(C)go down to the pit.
²^(D)Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy,
    when I cry to you for help,
when I ^(E)lift up my hands
    ^(F)toward your most holy sanctuary.^[a]

³Do not ^(G)drag me off with the wicked,
    with the workers of evil,
^(H)who speak peace with their neighbors
    while evil is in their hearts.
⁴^(I)Give to them according to their work
    and according to the evil of their deeds;
give to them according to the work of their hands;
    ^(J)render them their due reward.
⁵Because they ^(K)do not regard the works of the Lord
    or the work of his hands,
he will tear them down and build them up no more.

⁶Blessed be the Lord!
    For he has ^(L)heard the voice of my pleas for mercy.
⁷The Lord is my strength and ^(M)my shield;
    in him my heart ^(N)trusts, and I am helped;
my heart exults,
    and with my ^(O)song I give thanks to him.

⁸The Lord is the strength of his people;^[b]
he is ^(P)the saving refuge of his anointed.
⁹Oh, save your people and bless ^(Q)your heritage!
^(R)Be their shepherd and ^(S)carry them forever.

Footnotes

Psalm 28:2 Hebrew your innermost sanctuary
Psalm 28:8 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts is their strength

Amos 7:10-17

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Amos Accused

¹⁰Then Amaziah ^(A)the priest of Bethel sent to ^(B)Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has ^(C)conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words. ¹¹For thus Amos has said,

“‘Jeroboam shall die by the sword,
and ^(D)Israel must go into exile
away from his land.’”

¹²And Amaziah said to Amos, ^(E)“O seer, go, flee away ^(F)to the land of Judah, and ^(G)eat bread there, and prophesy there, ¹³but ^(H)never again prophesy at Bethel, for ^(I)it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom.”

¹⁴Then Amos answered and said to Amaziah, ^(J)“I was^[a] no prophet, nor a prophet's son, but ^(K)I was a herdsman and a dresser of sycamore figs. ¹⁵^(L)But the Lord took me from following the flock, and the Lord said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’ ¹⁶^(M)Now therefore hear the word of the Lord.

“You say, ^(N)‘Do not prophesy against Israel,
and ^(O)do not preach against the house of ^(P)Isaac.’

¹⁷^(Q)Therefore thus says the Lord:

“‘Your wife shall be a prostitute in the city,
    and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword,
    and your land ^(R)shall be divided up with a measuring line;
you yourself shall die in an unclean land,
    and ^(S)Israel shall surely go into exile away from its land.’”

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Footnotes

Amos 7:14 Or am; twice in this verse

Revelation 1:9-16

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Vision of the Son of Man

⁹I, John, your brother and ^(A)partner in ^(B)the tribulation and ^(C)the kingdom and ^(D)the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos ^(E)on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. ¹⁰^(F)I was in the Spirit ^(G)on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice ^(H)like a trumpet ¹¹saying, ^(I)“Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.”

¹²Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw ^(J)seven golden lampstands, ¹³and in the midst of the lampstands ^(K)one like ^(L)a son of man, ^(M)clothed with a long robe and ^(N)with a golden sash around his chest. ¹⁴^(O)The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. ^(P)His eyes were like a flame of fire, ¹⁵^(Q)his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and ^(R)his voice was like the roar of many waters. ¹⁶^(S)In his right hand he held seven stars, ^(T)from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and ^(U)his face was like the sun shining ^(V)in full strength.

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Matthew 22:34-46

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The Great Commandment

³⁴^(A)But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced ^(B)the Sadducees, they gathered together. ³⁵^(C)And one of them, ^(D)a lawyer, asked him a question ^(E)to test him. ³⁶“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” ³⁷And he said to him, ^(F)“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. ³⁸This is the great and first commandment. ³⁹And ^(G)a second is like it: ^(H)You shall love your neighbor as yourself. ⁴⁰^(I)On these two commandments depend ^(J)all the Law and the Prophets.”

Whose Son Is the Christ?

⁴¹^(K)Now while the Pharisees ^(L)were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question, ⁴²saying, “What do you think about ^(M)the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him, ^(N)“The son of David.” ⁴³He said to them, “How is it then that David, ^(O)in the Spirit, calls him Lord, saying,

⁴⁴^(P)“‘The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at my right hand,
until I put your enemies under your feet”’?

⁴⁵If then David calls him Lord, ^(Q)how is he his son?” ⁴⁶^(R)And no one was able to answer him a word, ^(S)nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more questions.

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