Psalm 72:1-7

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Give the King Your Justice

Of ^(A)Solomon.

72 Give the king your ^(B)justice, O God,
    and your righteousness to the royal son!
²May he ^(C)judge your people with righteousness,
    and your poor with justice!
³Let the mountains bear ^(D)prosperity for the people,
    and the hills, in righteousness!
⁴May he defend the cause of the poor of the people,
    give deliverance to the children of the needy,
    and crush the oppressor!

⁵May they fear you^[a] while ^(E)the sun endures,
    and as long as the moon, ^(F)throughout all generations!
⁶May he be like ^(G)rain that falls on ^(H)the mown grass,
    like ^(I)showers that water the earth!
⁷In his days may ^(J)the righteous flourish,
    and ^(K)peace abound, till the moon be no more!

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Psalm 72:5 Septuagint He shall endure

Psalm 72:18-19

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¹⁸^(A)Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
who alone does ^(B)wondrous things.
¹⁹Blessed be his ^(C)glorious name forever;
may ^(D)the whole earth be filled with his glory!
^(E)Amen and Amen!

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Isaiah 4:2-6

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The Branch of the Lord Glorified

²In that day ^(A)the branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious, and ^(B)the fruit of the land shall be the pride and honor of the survivors of Israel. ³^(C)And he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called ^(D)holy, everyone who has ^(E)been recorded for life in Jerusalem, ⁴when ^(F)the Lord shall have washed away the filth of ^(G)the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit of judgment and by ^(H)a spirit of burning.^[a] ⁵Then the Lord will create over the whole site of Mount Zion and over her assemblies ^(I)a cloud by day, and smoke and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory there will be ^(J)a canopy. ⁶^(K)There will be a ^(L)booth for shade by day from the heat, and ^(M)for a refuge and a shelter from the storm and rain.

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Isaiah 4:4 Or purging

Acts 1:12-17

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Matthias Chosen to Replace Judas

¹²Then ^(A)they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away. ¹³And when they had entered, they went up to ^(B)the upper room, where they were staying, ^(C)Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon ^(D)the Zealot and Judas the son of James. ¹⁴All these ^(E)with one accord ^(F)were devoting themselves to prayer, together with ^(G)the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and ^(H)his brothers.^[a]

¹⁵In those days Peter stood up among ^(I)the brothers (the company of persons was in all about 120) and said, ¹⁶“Brothers, ^(J)the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David concerning Judas, ^(K)who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus. ¹⁷For ^(L)he was numbered among us and was allotted his share in ^(M)this ministry.”

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Acts 1:14 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters; also verse 15

Acts 1:21-26

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²¹So one of the men who have accompanied us during ^(A)all the time that the Lord Jesus ^(B)went in and out among us, ²²^(C)beginning from the baptism of John until the day when ^(D)he was taken up from us—one of these men must become with us ^(E)a witness to his resurrection.” ²³And they put forward two, Joseph called ^(F)Barsabbas, who was also called ^(G)Justus, and ^(H)Matthias. ²⁴And ^(I)they prayed and said, “You, Lord, ^(J)who know the hearts of all, show which one of these two you have chosen ²⁵to take the place in ^(K)this ministry and ^(L)apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.” ²⁶And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.