Psalm 86:1-10

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Psalm 86

A prayer of David.

¹Hear me, Lord, and answer^(A) me,
    for I am poor and needy.
²Guard my life, for I am faithful to you;
    save your servant who trusts in you.^(B)
You are my God; ³have mercy^(C) on me, Lord,
    for I call^(D) to you all day long.
⁴Bring joy to your servant, Lord,
    for I put my trust^(E) in you.

⁵You, Lord, are forgiving and good,
    abounding in love^(F) to all who call to you.
⁶Hear my prayer, Lord;
    listen to my cry^(G) for mercy.
⁷When I am in distress,^(H) I call^(I) to you,
    because you answer^(J) me.

⁸Among the gods^(K) there is none like you,^(L) Lord;
    no deeds can compare with yours.
⁹All the nations you have made
    will come^(M) and worship^(N) before you, Lord;
    they will bring glory^(O) to your name.
¹⁰For you are great^(P) and do marvelous deeds;^(Q)
    you alone^(R) are God.

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Ezekiel 29:3-7

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³Speak to him and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘I am against you, Pharaoh^(A) king of Egypt,
    you great monster^(B) lying among your streams.
You say, “The Nile^(C) belongs to me;
    I made it for myself.”
⁴But I will put hooks^(D) in your jaws
    and make the fish of your streams stick to your scales.
I will pull you out from among your streams,
    with all the fish sticking to your scales.^(E)
⁵I will leave you in the desert,
    you and all the fish of your streams.
You will fall on the open field
    and not be gathered^(F) or picked up.
I will give you as food
    to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the sky.^(G)

⁶Then all who live in Egypt will know that I am the Lord.

“‘You have been a staff of reed^(H) for the people of Israel. ⁷When they grasped you with their hands, you splintered^(I) and you tore open their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you broke and their backs were wrenched.^[a]^(J)

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Footnotes

Ezekiel 29:7 Syriac (see also Septuagint and Vulgate); Hebrew and you caused their backs to stand

Luke 11:53-12:3

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⁵³When Jesus went outside, the Pharisees and the teachers of the law began to oppose him fiercely and to besiege him with questions, ⁵⁴waiting to catch him in something he might say.^(A)

Warnings and Encouragements^(B)

12 Meanwhile, when a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, saying: “Be^[a] on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.^(C) ²There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known.^(D) ³What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the roofs.