Psalm 37:1-7

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He Will Not Forsake His Saints

^[a] Of David.

37 ^(A)Fret not yourself because of evildoers;
be not ^(B)envious of wrongdoers!
²For they will soon ^(C)fade like ^(D)the grass
and wither ^(E)like the green herb.

³^(F)Trust in the Lord, and do good;
^(G)dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.^[b]
⁴^(H)Delight yourself in the Lord,
and he will ^(I)give you the desires of your heart.

⁵^(J)Commit your way to the Lord;
^(K)trust in him, and he will act.
⁶^(L)He will bring forth your righteousness as the light,
and your justice as ^(M)the noonday.

⁷^(N)Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him;
^(O)fret not yourself over the one who ^(P)prospers in his way,
over the man who carries out evil devices!

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Footnotes

Psalm 37:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, each stanza beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet
Psalm 37:3 Or and feed on faithfulness, or and find safe pasture

Matthew 6:5-15

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The Lord's Prayer

⁵“And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love ^(A)to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. ^(B)Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. ⁶But when you pray, ^(C)go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. ^(D)And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

⁷“And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as ^(E)the Gentiles do, for ^(F)they think that they will be heard ^(G)for their many words. ⁸Do not be like them, ^(H)for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. ⁹^(I)Pray then like this:

^(J)“Our Father in heaven,
^(K)hallowed be ^(L)your name.^[a]
¹⁰^(M)Your kingdom come,
^(N)your will be done,^[b]
    ^(O)on earth as it is in heaven.
¹¹^(P)Give us ^(Q)this day our daily bread,^[c]
¹²and forgive us our debts,
    as we also have forgiven our debtors.
¹³And ^(R)lead us not into temptation,
    but ^(S)deliver us from ^(T)evil.^[d]

¹⁴^(U)For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, ¹⁵^(V)but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

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Footnotes

Matthew 6:9 Or Let your name be kept holy, or Let your name be treated with reverence
Matthew 6:10 Or Let your kingdom come, let your will be done
Matthew 6:11 Or our bread for tomorrow
Matthew 6:13 Or the evil one; some manuscripts add For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen

Matthew 7:1-6

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Judging Others

7 ^(A)“Judge not, that you be not judged. ²^(B)For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and ^(C)with the measure you use it will be measured to you. ³Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but ^(D)do not notice the log that is in your own eye? ⁴Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? ⁵You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.

⁶^(E)“Do not give ^(F)dogs what is holy, and do not throw your ^(G)pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.

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Philippians 1:3-11

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Thanksgiving and Prayer

³^(A)I thank my God ^(B)in all my remembrance of you, ⁴always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, ⁵^(C)because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. ⁶And I am sure of this, that he who began ^(D)a good work in you ^(E)will bring it to completion at ^(F)the day of Jesus Christ. ⁷It is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I hold you ^(G)in my heart, for you are all ^(H)partakers with me of grace,^[a] both ^(I)in my imprisonment and in ^(J)the defense and confirmation of the gospel. ⁸For ^(K)God is my witness, ^(L)how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus. ⁹And it is my prayer that ^(M)your love may abound more and more, ^(N)with knowledge and all discernment, ¹⁰so that you may approve what is excellent, ^(O)and so be pure and blameless ^(P)for the day of Christ, ¹¹filled ^(Q)with the fruit of righteousness that comes ^(R)through Jesus Christ, ^(S)to the glory and praise of God.