Psalm 9:1-14

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Psalm 9^[a]^[b]

For the director of music. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A psalm of David.

¹I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart;^(A)
I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.^(B)
²I will be glad and rejoice^(C) in you;
I will sing the praises^(D) of your name,^(E) O Most High.

³My enemies turn back;
    they stumble and perish before you.
⁴For you have upheld my right^(F) and my cause,^(G)
    sitting enthroned^(H) as the righteous judge.^(I)
⁵You have rebuked the nations^(J) and destroyed the wicked;
    you have blotted out their name^(K) for ever and ever.
⁶Endless ruin has overtaken my enemies,
    you have uprooted their cities;^(L)
    even the memory of them^(M) has perished.

⁷The Lord reigns forever;^(N)
    he has established his throne^(O) for judgment.
⁸He rules the world in righteousness^(P)
    and judges the peoples with equity.^(Q)
⁹The Lord is a refuge^(R) for the oppressed,^(S)
    a stronghold in times of trouble.^(T)
¹⁰Those who know your name^(U) trust in you,
    for you, Lord, have never forsaken^(V) those who seek you.^(W)

¹¹Sing the praises^(X) of the Lord, enthroned in Zion;^(Y)
proclaim among the nations^(Z) what he has done.^(AA)
¹²For he who avenges blood^(AB) remembers;
he does not ignore the cries of the afflicted.^(AC)

¹³Lord, see how my enemies^(AD) persecute me!
    Have mercy^(AE) and lift me up from the gates of death,^(AF)
¹⁴that I may declare your praises^(AG)
    in the gates of Daughter Zion,^(AH)
    and there rejoice in your salvation.^(AI)

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Footnotes

Psalm 9:1 Psalms 9 and 10 may originally have been a single acrostic poem in which alternating lines began with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In the Septuagint they constitute one psalm.
Psalm 9:1 In Hebrew texts 9:1-20 is numbered 9:2-21.

Zechariah 1:7-17

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The Man Among the Myrtle Trees

⁷On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berekiah, the son of Iddo.^(A)

⁸During the night I had a vision, and there before me was a man mounted on a red^(B) horse. He was standing among the myrtle trees in a ravine. Behind him were red, brown and white horses.^(C)

⁹I asked, “What are these, my lord?”

The angel^(D) who was talking with me answered, “I will show you what they are.”^(E)

¹⁰Then the man standing among the myrtle trees explained, “They are the ones the Lord has sent to go throughout the earth.”^(F)

¹¹And they reported to the angel of the Lord^(G) who was standing among the myrtle trees, “We have gone throughout the earth and found the whole world at rest and in peace.”^(H)

¹²Then the angel of the Lord said, “Lord Almighty, how long^(I) will you withhold mercy^(J) from Jerusalem and from the towns of Judah,^(K) which you have been angry with these seventy^(L) years?” ¹³So the Lord spoke^(M) kind and comforting words^(N) to the angel who talked with me.^(O)

¹⁴Then the angel who was speaking to me said, “Proclaim this word: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘I am very jealous^(P) for Jerusalem and Zion, ¹⁵and I am very angry with the nations that feel secure.^(Q) I was only a little angry,^(R) but they went too far with the punishment.’^(S)

¹⁶“Therefore this is what the Lord says: ‘I will return^(T) to Jerusalem with mercy, and there my house will be rebuilt. And the measuring line^(U) will be stretched out over Jerusalem,’ declares the Lord Almighty.^(V)

¹⁷“Proclaim further: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘My towns will again overflow with prosperity, and the Lord will again comfort^(W) Zion and choose^(X) Jerusalem.’”^(Y)

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Romans 2:1-11

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God’s Righteous Judgment

2 You, therefore, have no excuse,^(A) you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.^(B) ²Now we know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth. ³So when you, a mere human being, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment? ⁴Or do you show contempt for the riches^(C) of his kindness,^(D) forbearance^(E) and patience,^(F) not realizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?^(G)

⁵But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath^(H), when his righteous judgment^(I) will be revealed. ⁶God “will repay each person according to what they have done.”^[a]^(J) ⁷To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor^(K) and immortality,^(L) he will give eternal life.^(M) ⁸But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil,^(N) there will be wrath and anger.^(O) ⁹There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil:^(P) first for the Jew, then for the Gentile;^(Q) ¹⁰but glory, honor and peace for everyone who does good: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.^(R) ¹¹For God does not show favoritism.^(S)