Psalm 84

English Standard Version

My Soul Longs for the Courts of the Lord

To the choirmaster: according to ^(A)The Gittith.^[a] A Psalm of ^(B)the Sons of Korah.

84 How ^(C)lovely is your ^(D)dwelling place,
    O Lord of hosts!
²My soul ^(E)longs, yes, ^(F)faints
    for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and flesh sing for joy
    to ^(G)the living God.

³Even the sparrow finds a home,
    and the swallow a nest for herself,
    where she may lay her young,
at your altars, O Lord of hosts,
    ^(H)my King and my God.
⁴^(I)Blessed are those who dwell in your house,
    ever ^(J)singing your praise! Selah

⁵Blessed are those whose strength is in you,
    ^(K)in whose heart are the highways to Zion.^[b]
⁶As they go through the Valley of Baca
    they make it a place of springs;
    ^(L)the early rain also covers it with ^(M)pools.
⁷They go ^(N)from strength to strength;
    each one ^(O)appears before God in Zion.

⁸O ^(P)Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;
give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah
⁹^(Q)Behold our ^(R)shield, O God;
look on the face of your anointed!

¹⁰For a day ^(S)in your courts is better
    than a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather be ^(T)a doorkeeper in the house of my God
    than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
¹¹For the Lord God is ^(U)a sun and ^(V)shield;
    the Lord bestows favor and honor.
^(W)No good thing does he withhold
    from those who ^(X)walk uprightly.
¹²O Lord of hosts,
    ^(Y)blessed is the one who trusts in you!

Footnotes

Psalm 84:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
Psalm 84:5 Hebrew lacks to Zion

Habakkuk 1

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1 ^(A)The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet saw.

Habakkuk's Complaint

²O Lord, ^(B)how long shall I cry for help,
    and you will not hear?
Or cry to you ^(C)“Violence!”
    and you will not save?
³^(D)Why do you make me see iniquity,
    and why do you idly look at wrong?
Destruction ^(E)and violence are before me;
    strife and contention arise.
⁴^(F)So the law is paralyzed,
    and justice never goes forth.
^(G)For the wicked surround the righteous;
    so justice goes forth perverted.

The Lord's Answer

⁵^(H)“Look among the nations, and see;
    wonder and be astounded.
^(I)For I am doing a work in your days
    that you would not believe if told.
⁶For behold, ^(J)I am raising up the Chaldeans,
    that bitter and hasty nation,
^(K)who march through the breadth of the earth,
    ^(L)to seize dwellings not their own.
⁷They are dreaded and fearsome;
    ^(M)their justice and dignity go forth from themselves.
⁸^(N)Their horses are swifter than leopards,
    more fierce than ^(O)the evening wolves;
    their horsemen press proudly on.
Their horsemen come from afar;
    ^(P)they fly like an eagle swift to devour.
⁹They all come ^(Q)for violence,
    all their faces forward.
    They gather captives ^(R)like sand.
¹⁰At kings they scoff,
    and at rulers they laugh.
^(S)They laugh at every fortress,
    for ^(T)they pile up earth and take it.
¹¹Then they sweep by like the wind and go on,
    ^(U)guilty men, ^(V)whose own might is their god!”

Habakkuk's Second Complaint

¹²Are you not ^(W)from everlasting,
    O Lord my God, my Holy One?
    ^(X)We shall not die.
O Lord, ^(Y)you have ordained them as a judgment,
    and you, O ^(Z)Rock, have established them for reproof.
¹³You who are ^(AA)of purer eyes than to see evil
    and cannot look at wrong,
^(AB)why do you idly look at traitors
    and ^(AC)remain silent when the wicked swallows up
    the man more righteous than he?
¹⁴You make mankind like the fish of the sea,
    like crawling things that have no ruler.
¹⁵^(AD)He^[a] brings all of them up ^(AE)with a hook;
    he drags them out with his net;
he gathers them in his dragnet;
    so he rejoices and is glad.
¹⁶^(AF)Therefore he sacrifices to his net
    and makes offerings to his dragnet;
for by them he lives in luxury,^[b]
    and his food is rich.
¹⁷Is he then to keep on emptying his net
    ^(AG)and mercilessly killing nations forever?

Footnotes

Habakkuk 1:15 That is, the wicked foe
Habakkuk 1:16 Hebrew his portion is fat

Habakkuk 3

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Habakkuk's Prayer

3 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth.

²O Lord, ^(A)I have heard the report of you,
    and ^(B)your work, O Lord, do I fear.
In the midst of the years ^(C)revive it;
    in the midst of the years make it known;
    ^(D)in wrath remember mercy.
³God came from ^(E)Teman,
    ^(F)and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah
His splendor covered the heavens,
    and the earth was full of his praise.
⁴^(G)His brightness was like the light;
    rays flashed from his hand;
    and there he veiled his power.
⁵^(H)Before him went pestilence,
    and plague followed ^(I)at his heels.^[a]
⁶He stood ^(J)and measured the earth;
    he looked and shook the nations;
then the ^(K)eternal mountains ^(L)were scattered;
    the everlasting hills sank low.
    His were ^(M)the everlasting ways.
⁷I saw the tents of ^(N)Cushan in affliction;
    ^(O)the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
⁸^(P)Was your wrath against the rivers, O Lord?
    Was your anger against the rivers,
    ^(Q)or your indignation against the sea,
^(R)when you rode on your horses,
    ^(S)on your chariot of salvation?
⁹You stripped the sheath from your bow,
    calling for many arrows.^[b] Selah
    ^(T)You split the earth with rivers.
¹⁰^(U)The mountains saw you and writhed;
    the raging waters swept on;
^(V)the deep gave forth its voice;
    ^(W)it lifted its hands on high.
¹¹^(X)The sun and moon stood still in their place
    ^(Y)at the light of your arrows as they sped,
    at the flash of your glittering spear.
¹²^(Z)You marched through the earth in fury;
    ^(AA)you threshed the nations in anger.
¹³^(AB)You went out for the salvation of your people,
    for the salvation of ^(AC)your anointed.
^(AD)You crushed the head of the house of the wicked,
    laying him bare from thigh to neck.^[c] Selah
¹⁴You pierced with his own arrows the heads of his warriors,
    who came like a whirlwind to scatter me,
    rejoicing as if to devour the poor in secret.
¹⁵^(AE)You trampled the sea with your horses,
    the surging of mighty waters.

¹⁶^(AF)I hear, and ^(AG)my body trembles;
    my lips quiver at the sound;
^(AH)rottenness enters into my bones;
    my legs tremble beneath me.
Yet ^(AI)I will quietly wait for the day of trouble
    to come upon people who invade us.

Habakkuk Rejoices in the Lord

¹⁷Though the fig tree should not blossom,
    nor fruit be on the vines,
the produce of the olive fail
    and the fields yield no food,
the flock be cut off from the fold
    and there be no herd in the stalls,
¹⁸^(AJ)yet I will rejoice in the Lord;
    ^(AK)I will take joy in the God of my salvation.
¹⁹God, the Lord, is my strength;
    ^(AL)he makes my feet like the deer's;
    he makes me ^(AM)tread on my ^(AN)high places.

^(AO)To the choirmaster: with ^(AP)stringed^[d] instruments.

Footnotes

Habakkuk 3:5 Hebrew feet
Habakkuk 3:9 The meaning of the Hebrew line is uncertain
Habakkuk 3:13 The meaning of the Hebrew line is uncertain
Habakkuk 3:19 Hebrew my stringed

Mark 1

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John the Baptist Prepares the Way

1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, ^(A)the Son of God.^[a]

²^(B)As it is written in Isaiah the prophet,^[b]

^(C)“Behold, I send my messenger before your face,
    who will prepare your way,
³^(D)the voice of one crying in the wilderness:
    ^(E)‘Prepare^[c] the way of the Lord,
    make his paths straight,’”

⁴^(F)John appeared, baptizing in ^(G)the wilderness and proclaiming ^(H)a baptism of ^(I)repentance ^(J)for the forgiveness of sins. ⁵And all the country of Judea and all Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the river Jordan, ^(K)confessing their sins. ⁶Now John was ^(L)clothed with camel's hair and ^(M)wore a leather belt around his waist and ate ^(N)locusts and ^(O)wild honey. ⁷And he preached, saying, ^(P)“After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. ⁸^(Q)I have baptized you with water, but ^(R)he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

The Baptism of Jesus

⁹^(S)In those days Jesus ^(T)came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. ¹⁰And when he came up out of the water, immediately he ^(U)saw ^(V)the heavens being torn open ^(W)and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. ¹¹And ^(X)a voice came from heaven, ^(Y)“You are my beloved Son;^[d] with you I am well pleased.”

The Temptation of Jesus

¹²^(Z)The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. ¹³^(AA)And he was in the wilderness forty days, being ^(AB)tempted by ^(AC)Satan. And he was with the wild animals, and ^(AD)the angels were ministering to him.

Jesus Begins His Ministry

¹⁴^(AE)Now after John was arrested, Jesus ^(AF)came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, ¹⁵and saying, ^(AG)“The time is fulfilled, and ^(AH)the kingdom of God is at hand;^[e] ^(AI)repent and believe in the gospel.”

Jesus Calls the First Disciples

¹⁶^(AJ)Passing alongside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. ¹⁷And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become ^(AK)fishers of men.”^[f] ¹⁸And immediately they left their nets and followed him. ¹⁹And going on a little farther, he saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, who were in their boat mending the nets. ²⁰And immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants and followed him.

Jesus Heals a Man with an Unclean Spirit

²¹^(AL)And they went into Capernaum, and immediately ^(AM)on the Sabbath ^(AN)he entered the synagogue and was teaching. ²²And ^(AO)they were astonished at his teaching, ^(AP)for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as the scribes. ²³And immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit. And he cried out, ²⁴^(AQ)“What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? ^(AR)I know who you are—^(AS)the Holy One of God.” ²⁵But Jesus ^(AT)rebuked him, saying, “Be silent, and come out of him!” ²⁶And the unclean spirit, ^(AU)convulsing him and ^(AV)crying out with a loud voice, came out of him. ²⁷And they were all ^(AW)amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, “What is this? ^(AX)A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.” ²⁸And at once his fame spread everywhere throughout all the surrounding region of Galilee.

Jesus Heals Many

²⁹^(AY)And immediately he^[g] ^(AZ)left the synagogue and entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. ³⁰Now ^(BA)Simon's mother-in-law lay ill with a fever, and immediately they told him about her. ³¹And he came and ^(BB)took her by the hand and lifted her up, and the fever left her, and she began to serve them.

³²That evening at sundown they brought to him all who were sick or ^(BC)oppressed by demons. ³³And the whole city was gathered together at the door. ³⁴^(BD)And he healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons. And ^(BE)he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.

Jesus Preaches in Galilee

³⁵^(BF)And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and ^(BG)there he prayed. ³⁶And Simon and those who were with him searched for him, ³⁷and they found him and said to him, ^(BH)“Everyone is looking for you.” ³⁸And he said to them, “Let us go on to the next towns, that I may preach there also, for ^(BI)that is why I came out.” ³⁹^(BJ)And ^(BK)he went throughout all Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons.

Jesus Cleanses a Leper

⁴⁰^(BL)And a leper^[h] came to him, imploring him, and ^(BM)kneeling said to him, ^(BN)“If you will, you can make me clean.” ⁴¹Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, “I will; be clean.” ⁴²And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean. ⁴³And ^(BO)Jesus^[i] sternly charged him and sent him away at once, ⁴⁴and said to him, ^(BP)“See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, ^(BQ)show yourself to the priest and ^(BR)offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, ^(BS)for a proof to them.” ⁴⁵^(BT)But he went out and began to talk freely about it, and to spread the news, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter ^(BU)a town, but was out in ^(BV)desolate places, and ^(BW)people were coming to him from every quarter.

Footnotes

Mark 1:1 Some manuscripts omit the Son of God
Mark 1:2 Some manuscripts in the prophets
Mark 1:3 Or crying: Prepare in the wilderness
Mark 1:11 Or my Son, my (or the) Beloved
Mark 1:15 Or the kingdom of God has come near
Mark 1:17 The Greek word anthropoi refers here to both men and women
Mark 1:29 Some manuscripts they
Mark 1:40 Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13
Mark 1:43 Greek he; also verse 45

Mark 3:13-35

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The Twelve Apostles

¹³^(A)And he went up on the mountain and called to him those ^(B)whom he desired, and they came to him. ¹⁴^(C)And he appointed twelve (whom he also named apostles) so that they might be with him and he might send them out to preach ¹⁵^(D)and have authority to cast out demons. ¹⁶He appointed the twelve: ^(E)Simon (to whom ^(F)he gave the name Peter); ¹⁷^(G)James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder); ¹⁸Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and ^(H)Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot,^[a] ¹⁹and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

²⁰Then he went ^(I)home, and the crowd gathered again, ^(J)so that they could not even eat. ²¹^(K)And when ^(L)his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He ^(M)is out of his mind.”

Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit

²²And ^(N)the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, ^(O)“He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and “by the prince of demons he casts out the demons.” ²³^(P)And he called them to him and said to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan? ²⁴If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. ²⁵And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. ²⁶And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but is coming to an end. ²⁷But ^(Q)no one can enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man. ^(R)Then indeed he may plunder his house.

²⁸^(S)“Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the children of man, and whatever blasphemies they utter, ²⁹but whoever ^(T)blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin”— ³⁰for they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”

Jesus' Mother and Brothers

³¹^(U)And his mother and his ^(V)brothers came, and standing outside they sent to him and called him. ³²And a crowd was sitting around him, and they said to him, “Your mother and your brothers^[b] are outside, seeking you.” ³³And he answered them, “Who are my mother and my brothers?” ³⁴And ^(W)looking about at those who sat around him, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! ³⁵^(X)For whoever ^(Y)does the will of God, he is my brother and sister and mother.”