Psalm 75

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God Will Judge with Equity

To the choirmaster: according to ^(A)Do Not Destroy. ^(B)A Psalm of Asaph. A Song.

75 We give thanks to you, O God;
we give thanks, for your name is ^(C)near.
We^[a] recount your wondrous deeds.

²“At ^(D)the set time that I appoint
    I will judge ^(E)with equity.
³When the earth ^(F)totters, and all its inhabitants,
    it is I who keep steady its ^(G)pillars. Selah
⁴I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’
    and to the wicked, ^(H)‘Do not lift up your horn;
⁵do not lift up your horn on high,
    or speak with haughty neck.’”

⁶For not from the east or from the west
    and not from the wilderness comes ^(I)lifting up,
⁷but it is ^(J)God who executes judgment,
    ^(K)putting down one and lifting up another.
⁸^(L)For in the hand of the Lord there is ^(M)a cup
    with foaming wine, ^(N)well mixed,
and he pours out from it,
    and all the wicked of the earth
    shall ^(O)drain it down to the dregs.

⁹But I will declare it forever;
I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
¹⁰^(P)All the horns of the wicked I will cut off,
^(Q)but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.

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Psalm 75:1 Hebrew They

2 Kings 4:1-7

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Elisha and the Widow's Oil

4 Now the wife of one of the ^(A)sons of the prophets cried to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the Lord, ^(B)but the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves.” ²And Elisha said to her, “What shall I do for you? Tell me; what have you in the house?” And she said, “Your servant has nothing in the house except a jar of oil.” ³Then he said, “Go outside, borrow vessels from all your neighbors, empty vessels and not too few. ⁴Then go in and shut the door behind yourself and your sons and pour into all these vessels. And when one is full, set it aside.” ⁵So she went from him and shut the door behind herself and her sons. And as she poured they brought the vessels to her. ⁶When the vessels were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another vessel.” And he said to her, “There is not another.” Then the oil stopped flowing. ⁷She came and told the ^(C)man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debts, and you and your sons can live on the rest.”

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Matthew 10:16-25

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Persecution Will Come

¹⁶^(A)“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be ^(B)wise as serpents and ^(C)innocent as doves. ¹⁷Beware of men, for ^(D)they will deliver you over to courts and flog you ^(E)in their synagogues, ¹⁸^(F)and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, ^(G)to bear witness before them and the Gentiles. ¹⁹^(H)When ^(I)they deliver you over, ^(J)do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for ^(K)what you are to say will be given to you in that hour. ²⁰^(L)For it is not you who speak, but ^(M)the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. ²¹^(N)Brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death, ²²^(O)and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. ^(P)But the one who endures to the end will be saved. ²³When they ^(Q)persecute you in one town, ^(R)flee to the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel ^(S)before the Son of Man comes.

²⁴^(T)“A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant^[a] above his master. ²⁵It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. ^(U)If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign^[b] those of his household.