Psalm 89

English Standard Version

I Will Sing of the Steadfast Love of the Lord

A Maskil^[a] of ^(A)Ethan the Ezrahite.

89 ^(B)I will sing of ^(C)the steadfast love of the Lord forever;
    with my mouth I will make known your ^(D)faithfulness to all generations.
²For I said, ^(E)“Steadfast love will be built up forever;
    in the heavens ^(F)you will establish your ^(G)faithfulness.”
³You have said, “I have made ^(H)a covenant with my ^(I)chosen one;
    I have ^(J)sworn to David my servant:
⁴‘I will establish your ^(K)offspring forever,
    and build your ^(L)throne for all generations.’” Selah

⁵Let ^(M)the heavens praise your ^(N)wonders, O Lord,
    your faithfulness in the assembly of ^(O)the holy ones!
⁶For ^(P)who in the skies can be compared to the Lord?
    ^(Q)Who among the heavenly beings^[b] is like the Lord,
⁷a God greatly ^(R)to be feared in the council of ^(S)the holy ones,
    and awesome above all ^(T)who are around him?
⁸O Lord God of hosts,
    ^(U)who is mighty as you are, O ^(V)Lord,
    with your faithfulness all around you?
⁹You rule the raging of the sea;
    when its waves rise, you ^(W)still them.
¹⁰You ^(X)crushed ^(Y)Rahab like a carcass;
    you ^(Z)scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
¹¹^(AA)The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours;
    ^(AB)the world and all that is in it, you have ^(AC)founded them.
¹²^(AD)The north and the south, you have created them;
    ^(AE)Tabor and ^(AF)Hermon ^(AG)joyously praise your name.
¹³You have a mighty arm;
    strong is your hand, high your right hand.
¹⁴^(AH)Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;
    ^(AI)steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.
¹⁵Blessed are the people who know ^(AJ)the festal shout,
    who walk, O Lord, in ^(AK)the light of your face,
¹⁶who exult in your ^(AL)name all the day
    and in your righteousness are ^(AM)exalted.
¹⁷For you are ^(AN)the glory of their strength;
    by your favor our ^(AO)horn is exalted.
¹⁸For our ^(AP)shield belongs to the Lord,
    our king to ^(AQ)the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹^(AR)Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one,^[c] and said:
    “I have ^(AS)granted help to one who is ^(AT)mighty;
    I have exalted one ^(AU)chosen from the people.
²⁰^(AV)I have found David, my servant;
    with my holy oil I have ^(AW)anointed him,
²¹so that my ^(AX)hand shall be established with him;
    my arm also shall strengthen him.
²²The enemy shall not outwit him;
    ^(AY)the wicked shall not humble him.
²³I will ^(AZ)crush his foes before him
    and strike down those who hate him.
²⁴My ^(BA)faithfulness and my ^(BB)steadfast love shall be with him,
    and in my name shall his ^(BC)horn be exalted.
²⁵I will set his hand on ^(BD)the sea
    and his right hand on ^(BE)the rivers.
²⁶He shall cry to me, ‘You are my ^(BF)Father,
    my God, and ^(BG)the Rock of my salvation.’
²⁷And I will make him the ^(BH)firstborn,
    ^(BI)the highest of the kings of the earth.
²⁸My steadfast love I will keep for him forever,
    and my ^(BJ)covenant will stand firm^[d] for him.
²⁹I will establish his ^(BK)offspring forever
    and his ^(BL)throne as ^(BM)the days of the heavens.
³⁰^(BN)If his children forsake my law
    and do not walk according to my rules,^[e]
³¹if they violate my statutes
    and do not keep my commandments,
³²then I will punish their transgression with ^(BO)the rod
    and their iniquity with stripes,
³³but I will not remove from him my steadfast love
    or be false to my faithfulness.
³⁴I will not violate my ^(BP)covenant
    or alter the word that went forth from my lips.
³⁵Once for all I have sworn ^(BQ)by my holiness;
    I will not ^(BR)lie to David.
³⁶His ^(BS)offspring shall endure forever,
    ^(BT)his ^(BU)throne as long as ^(BV)the sun before me.
³⁷Like ^(BW)the moon it shall be established forever,
    ^(BX)a faithful witness in the skies.” Selah

³⁸But now you have ^(BY)cast off and rejected;
    you are full of wrath against your ^(BZ)anointed.
³⁹You have ^(CA)renounced ^(CB)the covenant with your servant;
    you have ^(CC)defiled his ^(CD)crown in the dust.
⁴⁰You have ^(CE)breached all his walls;
    you have laid his strongholds in ruins.
⁴¹^(CF)All who pass by plunder him;
    he has become ^(CG)the scorn of his neighbors.
⁴²You have exalted the right hand of his foes;
    you have made all his enemies rejoice.
⁴³You have also turned back the edge of his sword,
    and you have not made him stand in battle.
⁴⁴You have made his splendor to cease
    and cast his throne to the ground.
⁴⁵You have cut short ^(CH)the days of his youth;
    you have ^(CI)covered him with shame. Selah

⁴⁶^(CJ)How long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?
    How long will your wrath ^(CK)burn like fire?
⁴⁷^(CL)Remember ^(CM)how short my ^(CN)time is!
    For what vanity you have created all the children of man!
⁴⁸^(CO)What man can live and never ^(CP)see death?
    Who can deliver his soul from the power of ^(CQ)Sheol? Selah

⁴⁹Lord, where is your ^(CR)steadfast love of old,
    which by your ^(CS)faithfulness you swore to David?
⁵⁰^(CT)Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked,
    and how I bear in my ^(CU)heart the insults^[f] of all the many nations,
⁵¹with which your enemies mock, O Lord,
    with which they mock ^(CV)the footsteps of your ^(CW)anointed.

⁵²^(CX)Blessed be the Lord forever!
Amen and Amen.

Footnotes

Psalm 89:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
Psalm 89:6 Hebrew the sons of God, or the sons of might
Psalm 89:19 Some Hebrew manuscripts godly ones
Psalm 89:28 Or will remain faithful
Psalm 89:30 Or my just decrees
Psalm 89:50 Hebrew lacks the insults

Ezekiel 24

English Standard Version

The Siege of Jerusalem

24 ^(A)In the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: ²^(B)“Son of man, write down the name of this day, this very day. The king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day. ³And ^(C)utter a parable to ^(D)the rebellious house and say to them, Thus says the Lord God:

“Set on ^(E)the pot, set it on;
    pour in water also;
⁴put in it the pieces of meat,
    all the good pieces, ^(F)the thigh and the shoulder;
    fill it with choice bones.
⁵Take the choicest one of the flock;
    pile the logs^[a] under it;
boil it well;
    seethe also its bones in it.

⁶“Therefore thus says the Lord God: ^(G)Woe to the bloody city, to ^(H)the pot whose corrosion is in it, and whose corrosion has not gone out of it! Take out of it piece after piece, without making any choice.^[b] ⁷For the blood she has shed is in her midst; she put it on ^(I)the bare rock; ^(J)she did not pour it out on the ground to cover it with dust. ⁸To rouse my wrath, to take vengeance, I have set on the bare rock the blood she has shed, that it may not be covered. ⁹Therefore thus says the Lord God: Woe to the bloody city! ^(K)I also will make the pile great. ¹⁰Heap on the logs, kindle the fire, boil the meat well, mix in the spices,^[c] and let the bones be burned up. ¹¹Then set it empty upon the coals, that it may become hot, and its copper may burn, ^(L)that its uncleanness may be melted in it, its corrosion consumed. ¹²^(M)She has wearied herself with toil;^[d] its abundant corrosion does not go out of it. Into the fire with its corrosion! ¹³On account of your unclean lewdness, because I would have cleansed you and you were not cleansed from your uncleanness, ^(N)you shall not be cleansed anymore till ^(O)I have satisfied my fury upon you. ¹⁴^(P)I am the Lord. I have spoken; it shall come to pass; I will do it. I will not go back; ^(Q)I will not spare; ^(R)I will not relent; ^(S)according to your ways and your deeds you will be judged, declares the Lord God.”

Ezekiel's Wife Dies

¹⁵The word of the Lord came to me: ¹⁶^(T)“Son of man, behold, I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you at a stroke; yet you shall not mourn or weep, nor shall your tears run down. ¹⁷Sigh, but not aloud; make no mourning for the dead. ^(U)Bind on your turban, and ^(V)put your shoes on your feet; do not cover your lips, ^(W)nor eat the bread of men.” ¹⁸So I spoke to the people in the morning, and ^(X)at evening my wife died. And on the next morning I did ^(Y)as I was commanded.

¹⁹And ^(Z)the people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these things mean for us, that you are acting thus?” ²⁰Then I said to them, “The word of the Lord came to me: ²¹‘Say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: ^(AA)Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the delight of your eyes, and the yearning of your soul, and ^(AB)your sons and your daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword. ²²And ^(AC)you shall do as I have done; ^(AD)you shall not cover your lips, ^(AE)nor eat the bread of men. ²³^(AF)Your turbans shall be on your heads and your shoes on your feet; you shall not mourn or weep, but ^(AG)you shall rot away in your iniquities and groan to one another. ²⁴Thus shall Ezekiel be to you ^(AH)a sign; ^(AI)according to all that he has done you shall do. When this comes, then ^(AJ)you will know that I am the Lord God.’

²⁵“As for you, ^(AK)son of man, surely on the day when I take from them ^(AL)their stronghold, their joy and glory, the delight of their eyes and their soul's desire, and also their sons and daughters, ²⁶^(AM)on that day a fugitive will come to you to report to you the news. ²⁷On that day your mouth ^(AN)will be opened to the fugitive, and you shall speak and be no longer mute. ^(AO)So you will be a sign to them, and ^(AP)they will know that I am the Lord.”

Footnotes

Ezekiel 24:5 Compare verse 10; Hebrew the bones
Ezekiel 24:6 Hebrew no lot has fallen upon it
Ezekiel 24:10 Or empty out the broth
Ezekiel 24:12 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain

1 Timothy 5:1-6:2

English Standard Version

Instructions for the Church

5 ^(A)Do not rebuke an older man but encourage him as you would a father, ^(B)younger men as brothers, ²older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity.

³Honor widows ^(C)who are truly widows. ⁴But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn ^(D)to show godliness to their own household and to make some return to their parents, for ^(E)this is pleasing in the sight of God. ⁵She ^(F)who is truly a widow, left all alone, has set her hope on God and ^(G)continues in supplications and prayers night and day, ⁶but ^(H)she who is self-indulgent is ^(I)dead even while she lives. ⁷^(J)Command these things as well, so that they may be without reproach. ⁸But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for ^(K)members of his household, he has ^(L)denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

⁹Let a widow be enrolled if she is not less than sixty years of age, having been ^(M)the wife of one husband,^[a] ¹⁰and having a reputation for good works: if she has brought up children, has ^(N)shown hospitality, ^(O)has washed the feet of the saints, has ^(P)cared for the afflicted, and has ^(Q)devoted herself to every good work. ¹¹But refuse to enroll younger widows, for when ^(R)their passions draw them away from Christ, they desire to marry ¹²and so incur condemnation for having abandoned their former faith. ¹³Besides that, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers, but also ^(S)gossips and ^(T)busybodies, saying what they should not. ¹⁴So I would have ^(U)younger widows marry, bear children, ^(V)manage their households, and ^(W)give the adversary no occasion for slander. ¹⁵^(X)For some have already strayed after Satan. ¹⁶If any believing woman has relatives who are widows, let her care for them. Let the church not be burdened, so that it may care for those ^(Y)who are truly widows.

¹⁷Let the elders ^(Z)who rule well be considered worthy of ^(AA)double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching. ¹⁸For the Scripture says, ^(AB)“You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain,” and, ^(AC)“The laborer deserves his wages.” ¹⁹Do not admit a charge against an elder except ^(AD)on the evidence of two or three witnesses. ²⁰As for those who persist in sin, ^(AE)rebuke them in the presence of all, ^(AF)so that the rest may stand in fear. ²¹In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels ^(AG)I charge you to keep these rules without prejudging, ^(AH)doing nothing from partiality. ²²^(AI)Do not be hasty in the ^(AJ)laying on of hands, nor ^(AK)take part in the sins of others; keep yourself pure. ²³No longer drink only water, but ^(AL)use a little wine ^(AM)for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments. ²⁴The sins of some people are conspicuous, going before them to judgment, but the sins of others appear later. ²⁵So also good works are conspicuous, and ^(AN)even those that are not cannot remain hidden.

6 ^(AO)Let all who are under a yoke as bondservants^[b] regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, ^(AP)so that the name of God and the teaching may not be reviled. ²Those who have believing masters must not be disrespectful on the ground that they are ^(AQ)brothers; rather they must serve all the better since those who benefit by their good service are believers and beloved.