Psalm 35

English Standard Version

Great Is the Lord

Of David.

35 Contend, O Lord, with those who ^(A)contend with me;
    ^(B)fight against those who fight against me!
²Take hold of ^(C)shield and buckler
    and rise for my help!
³Draw the spear and javelin^[a]
    against my pursuers!
Say to my soul,
    “I am your salvation!”

⁴^(D)Let them be ^(E)put to shame and dishonor
    who seek after my life!
Let them be ^(F)turned back and disappointed
    who devise evil against me!
⁵Let them be like ^(G)chaff before the wind,
    with the angel of the Lord driving them away!
⁶Let their way be dark and ^(H)slippery,
    with the angel of the Lord pursuing them!

⁷For ^(I)without cause ^(J)they hid their net for me;
without cause they dug ^(K)a pit for my life.^[b]
⁸Let ^(L)destruction come upon him ^(M)when he does not know it!
And let the net that he hid ensnare him;
let him fall into it—to his destruction!

⁹Then my soul will rejoice in the Lord,
    ^(N)exulting in his salvation.
¹⁰All my ^(O)bones shall say,
    “O Lord, ^(P)who is like you,
delivering the poor
    from him who is too strong for him,
    the poor and needy from him who robs him?”

¹¹^(Q)Malicious^[c] witnesses rise up;
    they ask me of things that I do not know.
¹²^(R)They repay me evil for good;
    my soul is bereft.^[d]
¹³But I, ^(S)when they were sick—
    I ^(T)wore sackcloth;
    I ^(U)afflicted myself with fasting;
I prayed ^(V)with head bowed^[e] on my chest.
¹⁴    I went about as though I grieved for my friend or my brother;
as one who laments his mother,
    I ^(W)bowed down in mourning.

¹⁵But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered;
    they gathered together against me;
^(X)wretches whom I did not know
    tore at me without ceasing;
¹⁶like profane mockers at a feast,^[f]
    they ^(Y)gnash at me with their teeth.

¹⁷How long, O Lord, will you ^(Z)look on?
    Rescue me from their destruction,
    ^(AA)my precious life from the lions!
¹⁸I will thank you in ^(AB)the great congregation;
    in the mighty throng I will praise you.

¹⁹^(AC)Let not those rejoice over me
    who are ^(AD)wrongfully my foes,
and let not those ^(AE)wink the eye
    who ^(AF)hate me ^(AG)without cause.
²⁰For they do not speak peace,
    but against those who are quiet in the land
    they devise words of deceit.
²¹They ^(AH)open wide their mouths against me;
    they say, ^(AI)“Aha, Aha!
    Our eyes have seen it!”

²²^(AJ)You have seen, O Lord; ^(AK)be not silent!
    O Lord, ^(AL)be not far from me!
²³Awake and ^(AM)rouse yourself for ^(AN)my vindication,
    for my cause, my God and my Lord!
²⁴^(AO)Vindicate me, O Lord, my God,
    according to your righteousness,
    and ^(AP)let them not rejoice over me!
²⁵Let them not say in their hearts,
    ^(AQ)“Aha, our heart's desire!”
Let them not say, ^(AR)“We have swallowed him up.”

²⁶Let them be ^(AS)put to shame and disappointed altogether
who rejoice at my calamity!
Let them be ^(AT)clothed with shame and dishonor
who ^(AU)magnify themselves against me!

²⁷Let those who delight in my righteousness
    shout for joy and be glad
    ^(AV)and say evermore,
^(AW)“Great is the Lord,
    who ^(AX)delights in the welfare of his servant!”
²⁸Then my ^(AY)tongue shall tell of your righteousness
    and of your praise all the day long.

Footnotes

Psalm 35:3 Or and close the way
Psalm 35:7 The word pit is transposed from the preceding line; Hebrew For without cause they hid the pit of their net for me; without cause they dug for my life
Psalm 35:11 Or Violent
Psalm 35:12 Hebrew it is bereavement to my soul
Psalm 35:13 Or my prayer shall turn back
Psalm 35:16 The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain

Proverbs 13

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13 A wise son hears his father's instruction,
    but ^(A)a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.
²From the fruit of his mouth a man ^(B)eats what is good,
    but the desire of the treacherous ^(C)is for violence.
³^(D)Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life;
    ^(E)he who opens wide his lips ^(F)comes to ruin.
⁴^(G)The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing,
    while the soul of the diligent ^(H)is richly supplied.
⁵The righteous hates falsehood,
    but the wicked brings shame^[a] and disgrace.
⁶^(I)Righteousness guards him whose ^(J)way is blameless,
    but sin overthrows the wicked.
⁷^(K)One pretends to be rich,^[b] yet has nothing;
    ^(L)another pretends to be poor,^[c] yet has great wealth.
⁸The ransom of a man's life is his wealth,
    but a poor man ^(M)hears no threat.
⁹^(N)The light of the righteous rejoices,
    but ^(O)the lamp of the wicked will be put out.
¹⁰^(P)By insolence comes nothing but strife,
    but with those who take advice is wisdom.
¹¹^(Q)Wealth gained hastily^[d] will dwindle,
    but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.
¹²Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
    ^(R)but a desire fulfilled is ^(S)a tree of life.
¹³Whoever ^(T)despises ^(U)the word^[e] brings destruction on himself,
    but he who reveres the commandment^[f] will be ^(V)rewarded.
¹⁴The teaching of the wise is ^(W)a fountain of life,
    that one may ^(X)turn away from the snares of death.
¹⁵^(Y)Good sense wins ^(Z)favor,
    but the way of the treacherous is their ruin.^[g]
¹⁶^(AA)Every prudent man acts with knowledge,
    ^(AB)but a fool flaunts his folly.
¹⁷A wicked messenger falls into trouble,
    but ^(AC)a faithful envoy brings healing.
¹⁸Poverty and disgrace come to him who ^(AD)ignores instruction,
    ^(AE)but whoever ^(AF)heeds reproof is honored.
¹⁹^(AG)A desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul,
    but to turn away from evil is an abomination to fools.
²⁰Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise,
    but the companion of fools will suffer harm.
²¹^(AH)Disaster^[h] pursues sinners,
    ^(AI)but the righteous are rewarded with good.
²²^(AJ)A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children,
    but ^(AK)the sinner's wealth is laid up for the righteous.
²³The fallow ground of the poor would yield much food,
    but it is swept away through ^(AL)injustice.
²⁴^(AM)Whoever spares the rod hates his son,
    but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.^[i]
²⁵^(AN)The righteous has enough to satisfy his appetite,
    but the belly of the wicked suffers want.

Footnotes

Proverbs 13:5 Or stench
Proverbs 13:7 Or One makes himself rich
Proverbs 13:7 Or another makes himself poor
Proverbs 13:11 Or by fraud
Proverbs 13:13 Or a word
Proverbs 13:13 Or a commandment
Proverbs 13:15 Probable reading (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate); Hebrew is rugged, or is an enduring rut
Proverbs 13:21 Or Evil
Proverbs 13:24 Or who loves him disciplines him early

Colossians 2:20-23

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²⁰If with Christ ^(A)you died to the ^(B)elemental spirits of the world, ^(C)why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations— ²¹^(D)“Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch” ²²(^(E)referring to things that all perish as they are used)—according to ^(F)human precepts and teachings? ²³These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in ^(G)promoting self-made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are ^(H)of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh.

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Colossians 3:1-11

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Put On the New Self

3 ^(A)If then you have been raised with Christ, seek ^(B)the things that are above, where Christ is, ^(C)seated at the right hand of God. ²^(D)Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. ³For ^(E)you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. ⁴When Christ ^(F)who is your^[a] life ^(G)appears, then you also will appear with him ^(H)in glory.

⁵^(I)Put to death therefore ^(J)what is earthly in you:^[b] ^(K)sexual immorality, impurity, ^(L)passion, evil desire, and covetousness, ^(M)which is idolatry. ⁶^(N)On account of these the wrath of God is coming.^[c] ⁷^(O)In these you too once walked, when you were living in them. ⁸But now ^(P)you must put them all away: ^(Q)anger, wrath, malice, ^(R)slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. ⁹^(S)Do not lie to one another, seeing that ^(T)you have put off ^(U)the old self^[d] with its practices ¹⁰and ^(V)have put on ^(W)the new self, ^(X)which is being renewed in knowledge ^(Y)after the image of ^(Z)its creator. ¹¹^(AA)Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave,^[e] free; but Christ is ^(AB)all, and in all.

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Footnotes

Colossians 3:4 Some manuscripts our
Colossians 3:5 Greek therefore your members that are on the earth
Colossians 3:6 Some manuscripts add upon the sons of disobedience
Colossians 3:9 Greek man; also as supplied in verse 10
Colossians 3:11 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface; likewise for Bondservants in verse 22