Psalm 65:4-10

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⁴Blessed are those you choose^(A)
and bring near^(B) to live in your courts!
We are filled with the good things of your house,^(C)
of your holy temple.

⁵You answer us with awesome and righteous deeds,^(D)
    God our Savior,^(E)
the hope of all the ends of the earth^(F)
    and of the farthest seas,^(G)
⁶who formed the mountains^(H) by your power,
    having armed yourself with strength,^(I)
⁷who stilled the roaring of the seas,^(J)
    the roaring of their waves,
    and the turmoil of the nations.^(K)
⁸The whole earth is filled with awe at your wonders;
    where morning dawns, where evening fades,
    you call forth songs of joy.^(L)

⁹You care for the land and water it;^(M)
    you enrich it abundantly.^(N)
The streams of God are filled with water
    to provide the people with grain,^(O)
    for so you have ordained it.^[a]
¹⁰You drench its furrows and level its ridges;
    you soften it with showers^(P) and bless its crops.

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Footnotes

Psalm 65:9 Or for that is how you prepare the land

John 4:31-38

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³¹Meanwhile his disciples urged him, “Rabbi,^(A) eat something.”

³²But he said to them, “I have food to eat^(B) that you know nothing about.”

³³Then his disciples said to each other, “Could someone have brought him food?”

³⁴“My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will^(C) of him who sent me and to finish his work.^(D) ³⁵Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.^(E) ³⁶Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests^(F) a crop for eternal life,^(G) so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together. ³⁷Thus the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’^(H) is true. ³⁸I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor.”