Psalm 97

English Standard Version

The Lord Reigns

97 ^(A)The Lord reigns, ^(B)let the earth rejoice;
    let the many ^(C)coastlands be glad!
²^(D)Clouds and thick darkness are all around him;
    ^(E)righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
³^(F)Fire goes before him
    and burns up his adversaries all around.
⁴His ^(G)lightnings light up the world;
    the earth sees and ^(H)trembles.
⁵The mountains ^(I)melt like ^(J)wax before the Lord,
    before ^(K)the Lord of all the earth.

⁶^(L)The heavens proclaim his righteousness,
    and all ^(M)the peoples see his glory.
⁷All worshipers of images are ^(N)put to shame,
    who make their boast in ^(O)worthless idols;
    ^(P)worship him, all you gods!

⁸Zion hears and ^(Q)is glad,
    and the daughters of Judah rejoice,
    because of your judgments, O Lord.
⁹For you, O Lord, are ^(R)most high over all the earth;
    you are exalted far above ^(S)all gods.

¹⁰O you who love the Lord, ^(T)hate evil!
    He ^(U)preserves the lives of his ^(V)saints;
    he ^(W)delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
¹¹^(X)Light ^(Y)is sown^[a] for the righteous,
    and joy for the upright in heart.
¹²^(Z)Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous,
    and ^(AA)give thanks to his holy name!

Footnotes

Psalm 97:11 Most Hebrew manuscripts; one Hebrew manuscript, Septuagint, Syriac, Jerome Light dawns

Psalm 99

English Standard Version

The Lord Our God Is Holy

99 ^(A)The Lord reigns; ^(B)let the peoples tremble!
    He ^(C)sits enthroned upon the cherubim; ^(D)let the earth quake!
²The Lord is ^(E)great in Zion;
    he is ^(F)exalted over all the peoples.
³Let them praise your ^(G)great and awesome name!
    ^(H)Holy is he!
⁴^(I)The King in his might ^(J)loves justice.^[a]
    You have established equity;
you have executed justice
    and righteousness in Jacob.
⁵^(K)Exalt the Lord our God;
    ^(L)worship at his ^(M)footstool!
    ^(N)Holy is he!

⁶^(O)Moses and Aaron were among his ^(P)priests,
    Samuel also was among those who ^(Q)called upon his name.
    They ^(R)called to the Lord, and he answered them.
⁷In ^(S)the pillar of the cloud he spoke to them;
    they ^(T)kept his testimonies
    and the statute that he gave them.

⁸O Lord our God, you answered them;
    you were ^(U)a forgiving God to them,
    but ^(V)an avenger of their wrongdoings.
⁹Exalt the Lord our God,
    and worship at his ^(W)holy mountain;
    for the Lord our God is holy!

Footnotes

Psalm 99:4 Or The might of the King loves justice

Micah 7:7-15

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⁷But as for me, I will look to the Lord;
^(A)I will wait for the God of my salvation;
my God will hear me.

⁸^(B)Rejoice not over me, O ^(C)my enemy;
    ^(D)when I fall, I shall rise;
^(E)when I sit in darkness,
    the Lord will be a light to me.
⁹^(F)I will bear the indignation of the Lord
    because I have sinned against him,
until ^(G)he pleads my cause
    and executes judgment for me.
^(H)He will bring me out to the light;
    I shall look upon his vindication.
¹⁰Then ^(I)my enemy will see,
    and shame will cover her who ^(J)said to me,
    “Where is the Lord your God?”
^(K)My eyes will look upon her;
    now she will be trampled down
    ^(L)like the mire of the streets.

¹¹^(M)A day for the building of your walls!
    In that day the boundary shall be far extended.
¹²In that day they^[a] will come to you,
    ^(N)from Assyria and the cities of Egypt,
and from Egypt to ^(O)the River,^[b]
    ^(P)from sea to sea and from mountain to mountain.
¹³But ^(Q)the earth will be desolate
    because of its inhabitants,
    for the fruit of their deeds.

¹⁴^(R)Shepherd your people ^(S)with your staff,
    the flock of your inheritance,
who dwell alone in a forest
    ^(T)in the midst of ^(U)a garden land;^[c]
let them graze in Bashan and Gilead
    as in the days of old.
¹⁵^(V)As in the days when you came out of the land of Egypt,
    I will show them^[d] marvelous things.

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Footnotes

Micah 7:12 Hebrew he
Micah 7:12 That is, the Euphrates
Micah 7:14 Hebrew of Carmel
Micah 7:15 Hebrew him

1 Corinthians 15:30-41

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³⁰Why are we ^(A)in danger every hour? ³¹I protest, brothers, by ^(B)my pride in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, ^(C)I die every day! ³²What do I gain if, humanly speaking, ^(D)I fought with beasts at Ephesus? If the dead are not raised, ^(E)“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.” ³³^(F)Do not be deceived: ^(G)“Bad company ruins good morals.”^[a] ³⁴^(H)Wake up from your drunken stupor, as is right, and do not go on sinning. For ^(I)some have no knowledge of God. ^(J)I say this to your shame.

The Resurrection Body

³⁵But someone will ask, ^(K)“How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?” ³⁶You foolish person! ^(L)What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. ³⁷And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare kernel, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain. ³⁸But God gives it a body as he has chosen, and to each kind of seed its own body. ³⁹For not all flesh is the same, but there is one kind for humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish. ⁴⁰There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is of one kind, and the glory of the earthly is of another. ⁴¹There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.

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1 Corinthians 15:33 Probably from Menander's comedy Thais

John 15:1-11

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I Am the True Vine

15 “I am the ^(A)true vine, and my Father is ^(B)the vinedresser. ²^(C)Every branch in me that does not bear fruit ^(D)he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, ^(E)that it may bear more fruit. ³Already ^(F)you are clean ^(G)because of the word that I have spoken to you. ⁴^(H)Abide ^(I)in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. ⁵I am the vine; ^(J)you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that ^(K)bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. ⁶If anyone does not abide in me ^(L)he is thrown away like a branch and withers; ^(M)and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. ⁷If ^(N)you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ^(O)ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. ⁸^(P)By this my Father is glorified, that you ^(Q)bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. ⁹^(R)As the Father has loved me, ^(S)so have I loved you. Abide in my love. ¹⁰^(T)If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as ^(U)I have kept ^(V)my Father's commandments and abide in his love. ¹¹These things I have spoken to you, ^(W)that my joy may be in you, and that ^(X)your joy may be full.