Psalm 92

New King James Version

Praise to the Lord for His Love and Faithfulness

A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath day.

92 It is ^(A)good to give thanks to the Lord,
And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High;
²To ^(B)declare Your lovingkindness in the morning,
And Your faithfulness every night,
³^(C)On an instrument of ten strings,
On the lute,
And on the harp,
With harmonious sound.
⁴For You, Lord, have made me glad through Your work;
I will triumph in the works of Your hands.

⁵^(D)O Lord, how great are Your works!
^(E)Your thoughts are very deep.
⁶^(F)A senseless man does not know,
Nor does a fool understand this.
⁷When ^(G)the wicked ^[a]spring up like grass,
And when all the workers of iniquity flourish,
It is that they may be destroyed forever.

⁸^(H)But You, Lord, are on high forevermore.
⁹For behold, Your enemies, O Lord,
For behold, Your enemies shall perish;
All the workers of iniquity shall ^(I)be scattered.

¹⁰But ^(J)my ^[b]horn You have exalted like a wild ox;
I have been ^(K)anointed with fresh oil.
¹¹^(L)My eye also has seen my desire on my enemies;
My ears hear my desire on the wicked
Who rise up against me.

¹²^(M)The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree,
He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
¹³Those who are planted in the house of the Lord
Shall flourish in the courts of our God.
¹⁴They shall still bear fruit in old age;
They shall be ^[c]fresh and ^[d]flourishing,
¹⁵To declare that the Lord is upright;
^(N)He is my rock, and ^(O)there is no unrighteousness in Him.

Footnotes

Psalm 92:7 sprout
Psalm 92:10 Strength
Psalm 92:14 Full of oil or sap, lit. fat
Psalm 92:14 green

Proverbs 11:23-30

New King James Version

²³The desire of the righteous is only good,
But the expectation of the wicked ^(A)is wrath.

²⁴There is one who ^(B)scatters, yet increases more;
And there is one who withholds more than is right,
But it leads to poverty.
²⁵^(C)The generous soul will be made rich,
^(D)And he who waters will also be watered himself.
²⁶The people will curse ^(E)him who withholds grain,
But ^(F)blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.

²⁷He who earnestly seeks good ^[a]finds favor,
^(G)But trouble will come to him who seeks evil.

²⁸^(H)He who trusts in his riches will fall,
But ^(I)the righteous will flourish like foliage.

²⁹He who troubles his own house ^(J)will inherit the wind,
And the fool will be ^(K)servant to the wise of heart.

³⁰The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
And ^(L)he who ^[b]wins souls is wise.

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Footnotes

Proverbs 11:27 Lit. seeks
Proverbs 11:30 Lit. takes, in the sense of brings, cf. 1 Sam. 16:11

Matthew 13:10-17

New King James Version

The Purpose of Parables^(A)

¹⁰And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?”

¹¹He answered and said to them, “Because ^(B)it has been given to you to know the ^[a]mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. ¹²^(C)For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. ¹³Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. ¹⁴And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says:

^(D)‘Hearing you will hear and shall not understand,
And seeing you will see and not ^(E)perceive;
¹⁵For the hearts of this people have grown dull.
Their ears ^(F)are hard of hearing,
And their eyes they have ^(G)closed,
Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears,
Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn,
So that I ^[b]should ^(H)heal them.’

¹⁶But ^(I)blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear; ¹⁷for assuredly, I say to you ^(J)that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.