Psalm 32

English Standard Version

Blessed Are the Forgiven

A Maskil^[a] of David.

32 ^(A)Blessed is the one whose ^(B)transgression is forgiven,
whose sin is covered.
²Blessed is the man against whom the Lord ^(C)counts no iniquity,
and in whose spirit ^(D)there is no deceit.

³For when I kept silent, my ^(E)bones wasted away
through my ^(F)groaning all day long.
⁴For day and night your ^(G)hand was heavy upon me;
my strength was dried up^[b] as by the heat of summer. Selah

⁵I ^(H)acknowledged my sin to you,
and I did not cover my iniquity;
I said, “I ^(I)will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah

⁶Therefore let everyone who is ^(J)godly
    offer prayer to you at a time when you ^(K)may be found;
surely in the rush of ^(L)great waters,
    they shall not reach him.
⁷You are a ^(M)hiding place for me;
    you preserve me from ^(N)trouble;
    you surround me with ^(O)shouts of deliverance. Selah

⁸I will ^(P)instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
    I will ^(Q)counsel you with my eye upon you.
⁹^(R)Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding,
    which must be curbed with ^(S)bit and bridle,
    or it will not stay near you.

¹⁰^(T)Many are the sorrows of the wicked,
but steadfast love surrounds the one who ^(U)trusts in the Lord.
¹¹^(V)Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, O righteous,
and ^(W)shout for joy, all you ^(X)upright in heart!

Footnotes

Psalm 32:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
Psalm 32:4 Hebrew my vitality was changed

Proverbs 12:4-7

English Standard Version

⁴^(A)An excellent wife is ^(B)the crown of her husband,
    but she who ^(C)brings shame is like ^(D)rottenness in his bones.
⁵^(E)The thoughts of the righteous are just;
    the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
⁶The words of the wicked ^(F)lie in wait for blood,
    but ^(G)the mouth of the upright delivers them.
⁷^(H)The wicked are ^(I)overthrown and are no more,
    ^(J)but the house of the righteous will stand.

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John 15

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I Am the True Vine

15 “I am the ^(A)true vine, and my Father is ^(B)the vinedresser. ²^(C)Every branch in me that does not bear fruit ^(D)he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, ^(E)that it may bear more fruit. ³Already ^(F)you are clean ^(G)because of the word that I have spoken to you. ⁴^(H)Abide ^(I)in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. ⁵I am the vine; ^(J)you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that ^(K)bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. ⁶If anyone does not abide in me ^(L)he is thrown away like a branch and withers; ^(M)and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. ⁷If ^(N)you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ^(O)ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. ⁸^(P)By this my Father is glorified, that you ^(Q)bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. ⁹^(R)As the Father has loved me, ^(S)so have I loved you. Abide in my love. ¹⁰^(T)If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as ^(U)I have kept ^(V)my Father's commandments and abide in his love. ¹¹These things I have spoken to you, ^(W)that my joy may be in you, and that ^(X)your joy may be full.

¹²^(Y)“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. ¹³^(Z)Greater love has no one than this, ^(AA)that someone lay down his life for his friends. ¹⁴You are ^(AB)my friends ^(AC)if you do what I command you. ¹⁵^(AD)No longer do I call you servants,^[a] for the servant ^(AE)does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for ^(AF)all that I have heard from my Father ^(AG)I have made known to you. ¹⁶You did not choose me, but ^(AH)I chose you and appointed you that you should go and ^(AI)bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that ^(AJ)whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. ¹⁷These things I command you, ^(AK)so that you will love one another.

The Hatred of the World

¹⁸^(AL)“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. ¹⁹^(AM)If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because ^(AN)you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. ²⁰Remember the word that I said to you: ^(AO)‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, ^(AP)they will also persecute you. ^(AQ)If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. ²¹But ^(AR)all these things they will do to you ^(AS)on account of my name, ^(AT)because they do not know him who sent me. ²²If I had not come and spoken to them, ^(AU)they would not have been guilty of sin,^[b] but now they have no excuse for their sin. ²³^(AV)Whoever hates me hates my Father also. ²⁴^(AW)If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, ^(AX)they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have ^(AY)seen and hated both me and my Father. ²⁵But ^(AZ)the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: ^(BA)‘They hated me without a cause.’

²⁶“But ^(BB)when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, ^(BC)he will bear witness about me. ²⁷And ^(BD)you also will bear witness, ^(BE)because you have been with me ^(BF)from the beginning.

Footnotes

John 15:15 Or bondservants, or slaves (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface); likewise for servant later in this verse and in verse 20
John 15:22 Greek they would not have sin; also verse 24