Psalm 9

English Standard Version

I Will Recount Your Wonderful Deeds

^[a] To the choirmaster: according to Muth-labben.^[b] A Psalm of David.

9 I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart;
I will recount all of your ^(A)wonderful deeds.
²I will be glad and ^(B)exult in you;
I will ^(C)sing praise to your name, ^(D)O Most High.

³When my enemies turn back,
they stumble and perish before^[c] your presence.
⁴For you have ^(E)maintained my just cause;
you have ^(F)sat on the throne, giving righteous judgment.

⁵You have ^(G)rebuked the nations; you have made the wicked perish;
    you have ^(H)blotted out their name forever and ever.
⁶The enemy came to an end in everlasting ruins;
    their cities you rooted out;
    the very memory of them has perished.

⁷But the Lord sits enthroned forever;
he has established his throne for justice,
⁸and he ^(I)judges the world with righteousness;
he ^(J)judges the peoples with uprightness.

⁹The Lord is ^(K)a stronghold for ^(L)the oppressed,
a stronghold in ^(M)times of trouble.
¹⁰And those who ^(N)know your name put their trust in you,
for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.

¹¹Sing praises to the Lord, who ^(O)sits enthroned in Zion!
Tell among the peoples his ^(P)deeds!
¹²For he who ^(Q)avenges blood is mindful of them;
he ^(R)does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

¹³^(S)Be gracious to me, O Lord!
    See my affliction from those who hate me,
    O you who lift me up from ^(T)the gates of death,
¹⁴that I may recount all your praises,
    that in the gates of ^(U)the daughter of Zion
    I may ^(V)rejoice in your salvation.

¹⁵The nations have sunk in ^(W)the pit that they made;
in ^(X)the net that they hid, their own foot has been caught.
¹⁶The Lord has made himself ^(Y)known; he has executed judgment;
the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion.^[d] Selah

¹⁷The wicked shall ^(Z)return to Sheol,
all the nations that ^(AA)forget God.

¹⁸For the needy shall not always be forgotten,
and ^(AB)the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.

¹⁹^(AC)Arise, O Lord! Let not ^(AD)man prevail;
let the nations be judged before you!
²⁰Put them in fear, O Lord!
Let the nations know that they are but ^(AE)men! Selah

Footnotes

Psalm 9:1 Psalms 9 and 10 together follow an acrostic pattern, each stanza beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In the Septuagint they form one psalm
Psalm 9:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
Psalm 9:3 Or because of
Psalm 9:16 Probably a musical or liturgical term

Numbers 36

English Standard Version

Marriage of Female Heirs

36 The heads of the fathers' houses of the clan of the ^(A)people of Gilead the son of Machir, son of Manasseh, from the clans of the people of Joseph, came near and spoke before Moses and before the chiefs, the heads of the fathers' houses of the people of Israel. ²They said, ^(B)“The Lord commanded my lord to give the land for inheritance by lot to the people of Israel, and ^(C)my lord was commanded by the Lord to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters. ³But if they are married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the people of Israel, then their inheritance will be taken from the inheritance of our fathers and added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they marry. So it will be taken away from the lot of our inheritance. ⁴And when ^(D)the jubilee of the people of Israel comes, then their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they marry, and their inheritance will be taken from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.”

⁵And Moses commanded the people of Israel according to the word of the Lord, saying, “The tribe of the people of Joseph ^(E)is right. ⁶This is what the Lord commands concerning the daughters of Zelophehad: ‘Let them marry whom they think best, ^(F)only they shall marry within the clan of the tribe of their father. ⁷The inheritance of the people of Israel shall not be transferred from one tribe to another, for every one of the people of Israel ^(G)shall hold on to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. ⁸And ^(H)every daughter who possesses an inheritance in any tribe of the people of Israel shall be wife to one of the clan of the tribe of her father, so that every one of the people of Israel may possess the inheritance of his fathers. ⁹So no inheritance shall be transferred from one tribe to another, for each of the tribes of the people of Israel shall hold on to its own inheritance.’”

¹⁰The daughters of Zelophehad did as the Lord commanded Moses, ¹¹^(I)for Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to sons of their father's brothers. ¹²They were married into the clans of the people of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of their father's clan.

¹³These are the commandments and the rules that the Lord commanded through Moses to the people of Israel ^(J)in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.

Hebrews 13

English Standard Version

Sacrifices Pleasing to God

13 Let ^(A)brotherly love continue. ²^(B)Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby ^(C)some have entertained angels unawares. ³^(D)Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body. ⁴^(E)Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge ^(F)the sexually immoral and adulterous. ⁵Keep your life ^(G)free from love of money, and ^(H)be content with what you have, for he has said, ^(I)“I will never leave you nor forsake you.” ⁶So we can confidently say,

^(J)“The Lord is my helper;
^(K)I will not fear;
what can man do to me?”

⁷Remember ^(L)your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and ^(M)imitate their faith. ⁸Jesus Christ is ^(N)the same yesterday and today and forever. ⁹Do not be ^(O)led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, ^(P)not by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them. ¹⁰We have an altar ^(Q)from which those who serve the tent^[a] have no right to eat. ¹¹For ^(R)the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the holy places by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned ^(S)outside the camp. ¹²So Jesus also ^(T)suffered ^(U)outside the gate in order to sanctify the people ^(V)through his own blood. ¹³Therefore let us go to him outside the camp and bear ^(W)the reproach he endured. ¹⁴For ^(X)here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come. ¹⁵^(Y)Through him then let us continually offer up ^(Z)a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, ^(AA)the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name. ¹⁶Do not neglect to do good and ^(AB)to share what you have, for such ^(AC)sacrifices are pleasing to God.

¹⁷Obey ^(AD)your leaders and submit to them, ^(AE)for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to ^(AF)give an account. ^(AG)Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.

¹⁸^(AH)Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience, desiring to act honorably in all things. ¹⁹I urge you the more earnestly to do this in order ^(AI)that I may be restored to you the sooner.

Benediction

²⁰Now ^(AJ)may the God of peace ^(AK)who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, ^(AL)the great shepherd of the sheep, by ^(AM)the blood of the eternal covenant, ²¹^(AN)equip you with everything good that you may do his will, ^(AO)working in us^[b] that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, ^(AP)to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

Final Greetings

²²I appeal to you, brothers,^[c] bear with my word of exhortation, for ^(AQ)I have written to you briefly. ²³You should know that ^(AR)our brother Timothy has been released, with whom I shall see you if he comes soon. ²⁴Greet all ^(AS)your leaders and all the saints. Those who come from Italy send you greetings. ²⁵^(AT)Grace be with all of you.