Psalm 98

English Standard Version

Make a Joyful Noise to the Lord

A Psalm.

98 Oh sing to the Lord ^(A)a new song,
    for he has done ^(B)marvelous things!
His ^(C)right hand and his holy arm
    have worked salvation for him.
²The Lord has ^(D)made known his salvation;
    he has ^(E)revealed his righteousness in ^(F)the sight of the nations.
³He has ^(G)remembered his ^(H)steadfast love and faithfulness
    to the house of Israel.
All ^(I)the ends of the earth have seen
    ^(J)the salvation of our God.

⁴^(K)Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth;
    ^(L)break forth into joyous song and sing praises!
⁵Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre,
    with the lyre and the ^(M)sound of melody!
⁶With ^(N)trumpets and the sound of ^(O)the horn
    ^(P)make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord!

⁷^(Q)Let the sea roar, and ^(R)all that fills it;
    ^(S)the world and those who dwell in it!
⁸Let the rivers ^(T)clap their hands;
    let ^(U)the hills sing for joy together
⁹before the Lord, for he comes
    to ^(V)judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness,
    and the peoples with equity.

John 4:7-26

English Standard Version

⁷A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, ^(A)“Give me a drink.” ⁸(For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.) ⁹The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?” (^(B)For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.) ¹⁰Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you ^(C)living water.” ¹¹The woman said to him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw water with, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water? ¹²^(D)Are you greater than our father Jacob? ^(E)He gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock.” ¹³Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, ¹⁴but ^(F)whoever drinks of the water that I will give him ^(G)will never be thirsty again.^[a] The water that I will give him will become ^(H)in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” ¹⁵The woman said to him, “Sir, ^(I)give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to draw water.”

¹⁶Jesus said to her, “Go, ^(J)call your husband, and come here.” ¹⁷The woman answered him, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband’; ¹⁸for you have had five husbands, and the one you now have is not your husband. What you have said is true.” ¹⁹The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that ^(K)you are ^(L)a prophet. ²⁰^(M)Our fathers worshiped on ^(N)this mountain, but you say that ^(O)in Jerusalem is ^(P)the place where people ought to worship.” ²¹Jesus said to her, ^(Q)“Woman, believe me, ^(R)the hour is coming when ^(S)neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. ²²^(T)You worship what you do not know; ^(U)we worship what we know, for ^(V)salvation is ^(W)from the Jews. ²³But ^(X)the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father ^(Y)in spirit and ^(Z)truth, for the Father ^(AA)is seeking such people to worship him. ²⁴God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” ²⁵The woman said to him, “I know that ^(AB)Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ). When he comes, ^(AC)he will tell us all things.” ²⁶Jesus said to her, ^(AD)“I who speak to you am he.”