Psalm 77

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In the Day of Trouble I Seek the Lord

To the choirmaster: according to ^(A)Jeduthun. A Psalm of ^(B)Asaph.

77 I ^(C)cry aloud to God,
    aloud to God, and he will hear me.
²^(D)In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord;
    in ^(E)the night my ^(F)hand is stretched out without wearying;
    my soul ^(G)refuses to be comforted.
³When I remember God, I ^(H)moan;
    when I meditate, my spirit faints. Selah

⁴You hold my eyelids open;
    I am so ^(I)troubled that I cannot speak.
⁵I consider ^(J)the days of old,
    the years long ago.
⁶I said,^[a] “Let me remember my ^(K)song in the night;
    let me ^(L)meditate in my heart.”
    Then my spirit made a diligent search:
⁷“Will the Lord ^(M)spurn forever,
    and never again ^(N)be favorable?
⁸Has his steadfast love forever ceased?
    Are his ^(O)promises at an end for all time?
⁹^(P)Has God forgotten to be gracious?
    ^(Q)Has he in anger shut up his compassion?” Selah

¹⁰Then I said, “I will appeal to this,
to the years of the ^(R)right hand of the Most High.”^[b]

¹¹I will remember the deeds of the Lord;
    yes, I will ^(S)remember your wonders of old.
¹²I will ponder all your ^(T)work,
    and meditate on your ^(U)mighty deeds.
¹³Your way, O God, is ^(V)holy.
    ^(W)What god is great like our God?
¹⁴You are the God who ^(X)works wonders;
    you have ^(Y)made known your might among the peoples.
¹⁵You ^(Z)with your arm redeemed your people,
    the children of Jacob and Joseph. Selah

¹⁶When ^(AA)the waters saw you, O God,
    when the waters saw you, they were afraid;
    indeed, the deep trembled.
¹⁷The clouds poured out water;
    the skies ^(AB)gave forth thunder;
    your ^(AC)arrows flashed on every side.
¹⁸^(AD)The crash of your thunder was in the whirlwind;
    ^(AE)your lightnings lighted up the world;
    the earth ^(AF)trembled and shook.
¹⁹Your ^(AG)way was through the sea,
    your path through the great waters;
    yet your footprints ^(AH)were unseen.^[c]
²⁰You ^(AI)led your people like a flock
    by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

Footnotes

Psalm 77:6 Hebrew lacks I said
Psalm 77:10 Or This is my grief: that the right hand of the Most High has changed
Psalm 77:19 Hebrew unknown

Nehemiah 9:9-15

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⁹^(A)“And you saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt and heard ^(B)their cry at the Red Sea, ¹⁰^(C)and performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh and all his servants and all the people of his land, for you knew that ^(D)they acted arrogantly against our fathers. And ^(E)you made a name for yourself, as it is to this day. ¹¹^(F)And you divided the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on dry land, and you cast their pursuers into the depths, ^(G)as a stone into mighty waters. ¹²By ^(H)a pillar of cloud you led them in the day, and by a pillar of fire in the night to light for them the way in which they should go. ¹³^(I)You came down on Mount Sinai ^(J)and spoke with them from heaven and gave them ^(K)right rules and true laws, good statutes and commandments, ¹⁴^(L)and you made known to them your holy Sabbath and commanded them commandments and statutes and a law by Moses your servant. ¹⁵^(M)You gave them bread from heaven for their hunger and ^(N)brought water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and you ^(O)told them to go in to possess the land that you had sworn to give them.

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Romans 14:13-15:2

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Do Not Cause Another to Stumble

¹³^(A)Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide ^(B)never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother. ¹⁴I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus ^(C)that nothing is unclean in itself, ^(D)but it is unclean for anyone who thinks it unclean. ¹⁵For if your brother is grieved by what you eat, ^(E)you are no longer walking in love. ^(F)By what you eat, do not destroy the one for whom Christ died. ¹⁶^(G)So do not let what you regard as good be spoken of as evil. ¹⁷^(H)For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but ^(I)of righteousness and ^(J)peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. ¹⁸Whoever thus serves Christ is ^(K)acceptable to God and approved by men. ¹⁹So then let us ^(L)pursue what makes for peace and for ^(M)mutual upbuilding.

²⁰^(N)Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. ^(O)Everything is indeed clean, but ^(P)it is wrong for anyone to make another stumble by what he eats. ²¹^(Q)It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother to stumble.^[a] ²²The faith that you have, keep between yourself and God. ^(R)Blessed is the one who has no reason to pass judgment on himself for what he approves. ²³But whoever has doubts is condemned if he eats, because the eating is not from faith. For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin.^[b]

The Example of Christ

15 ^(S)We who are strong ^(T)have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. ²^(U)Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.