Psalm 122

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Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem.

A Song of Ascents, of David.

122 I was glad when they said to me,
“Let’s ^(A)go to the house of the Lord.”
²Our feet are standing
Within your ^(B)gates, Jerusalem,
³Jerusalem, that has been ^(C)built
As a city that is ^(D)firmly joined together;
⁴To which the tribes ^(E)go up, the tribes of ^[a]the Lord—
^[b]An ordinance for Israel—
To give thanks to the name of the Lord.
⁵For ^(F)thrones were set there for judgment,
The thrones of the house of David.

⁶Pray for the ^(G)peace of Jerusalem:
“May they prosper who ^(H)love you.
⁷May peace be within your ^(I)walls,
And prosperity within your ^(J)palaces.”
⁸For the sake of my ^(K)brothers and my friends,
I will now say, “^(L)May peace be within you.”
⁹For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,
I will ^(M)seek your good.

Footnotes

Psalm 122:4 Heb Yah
Psalm 122:4 Or A testimony

Psalm 145

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The Lord Exalted for His Goodness.

A Psalm of Praise, of David.

145 I will ^(A)exalt You, ^(B)my God, the King,
And I will ^(C)bless Your name forever and ever.
²Every day I will bless You,
And I will ^(D)praise Your name forever and ever.
³^(E)Great is the Lord, and highly to be praised;
And His ^(F)greatness is unsearchable.
⁴One ^(G)generation will praise Your works to another,
And will declare Your mighty acts.
⁵On the ^(H)glorious ^[a]splendor of Your majesty
And ^(I)on Your wonderful works, I will meditate.
⁶People will speak of the ^[b]power of Your ^(J)awesome acts,
And I will ^(K)tell of Your greatness.
⁷They will burst forth ^[c]in speaking of Your ^(L)abundant goodness,
And will ^(M)shout joyfully of Your righteousness.

⁸The Lord is ^(N)gracious and compassionate;
Slow to anger and great in mercy.
⁹The Lord is ^(O)good to all,
And His ^(P)mercies are over all His works.
¹⁰^(Q)All Your works will give thanks to You, Lord,
And Your ^(R)godly ones will bless You.
¹¹They will speak of the ^(S)glory of Your kingdom,
And talk of Your might,
¹²To ^(T)make known to the sons of mankind ^[d]Your mighty acts,
And the ^(U)glory of the majesty of ^[e]Your kingdom.
¹³Your kingdom is ^[f]an ^(V)everlasting kingdom,
And Your dominion endures throughout all generations.
^[g]The Lord is faithful in His words,
And holy in all His works.

¹⁴The Lord ^(W)supports all who fall,
And ^(X)raises up all who are bowed down.
¹⁵The eyes of all ^[h]look to You,
And You ^(Y)give them their food in due time.
¹⁶You ^(Z)open Your hand
And satisfy the desire of every living thing.

¹⁷The Lord is ^(AA)righteous in all His ways,
And kind in all His works.
¹⁸The Lord is ^(AB)near to all who call on Him,
To all who call on Him ^(AC)in truth.
¹⁹He will ^(AD)fulfill the desire of those who fear Him;
He will also ^(AE)hear their cry for help and save them.
²⁰The Lord ^(AF)watches over all who love Him,
But He will destroy all the ^(AG)wicked.
²¹My ^(AH)mouth will speak the praise of the Lord,
And ^(AI)all flesh will ^(AJ)bless His holy name forever and ever.

Footnotes

Psalm 145:5 Or majesty of Your splendor
Psalm 145:6 Or strength
Psalm 145:7 Lit the mention of
Psalm 145:12 Lit His
Psalm 145:12 Lit His
Psalm 145:13 Lit a kingdom of all ages
Psalm 145:13 The Lord...His works in LXX (cf. DSS); not found in MT
Psalm 145:15 Lit wait; or hope for

Amos 7:1-9

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Warning through Visions

7 This is what the Lord ^[a]God showed me, and behold, He was forming a ^(A)swarm of locusts ^[b]when the spring crop began to sprout. And behold, the spring crop was after the king’s mowing. ²And it came about, ^[c]when it had ^(B)finished eating the vegetation of the land, that I said,

“^(C)Lord God, please pardon!
How can Jacob stand?
For he is ^(D)small.”
³The Lord ^(E)relented of this.
“It shall not be,” said the Lord.

⁴So the Lord God showed me, and behold, the Lord God was calling to contend with them by ^(F)fire, and it consumed the great deep and began to consume the ^[d]farmland. ⁵Then I said,

“^(G)Lord God, please stop!
^(H)How can Jacob stand?
For he is small.”
⁶The Lord ^(I)relented of this.
“This too shall not be,” said the Lord God.

⁷So He showed me, and behold, the Lord was standing ^[e]by a ^[f]vertical wall with a plumb line in His hand. ⁸And the Lord said to me, “^(J)What do you see, Amos?” And I said, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said,

“Behold I am about to put a ^(K)plumb line
In the midst of My people Israel.
I will not ^[g]^(L)spare them any longer.
⁹The ^(M)high places of Isaac will become deserted,
And the ^(N)sanctuaries of Israel will be in ruins.
Then I will ^(O)rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.”

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Footnotes

Amos 7:1 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
Amos 7:1 Lit at the beginning of the coming up of
Amos 7:2 Lit if
Amos 7:4 Lit plot of land
Amos 7:7 Or on
Amos 7:7 Lit wall of a plumb line
Amos 7:8 Lit pass him by

Revelation 1:1-8

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The Revelation of Jesus Christ

1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which ^(A)God gave Him to ^(B)show to His bond-servants, ^(C)the things which must soon take place; and He sent and ^[a]communicated it ^(D)by His angel to His bond-servant ^(E)John, ²who testified to ^(F)the word of God and to ^(G)the testimony of Jesus Christ, everything that he saw. ³^(H)Blessed is the one who reads, and those who hear the words of the prophecy and ^[b]keep the things which are written in it; ^(I)for the time is near.

Message to the Seven Churches

⁴^(J)John to ^(K)the seven churches that are in ^(L)Asia: ^(M)Grace to you and peace from ^(N)Him who is, and who was, and who ^[c]is to come, and from ^(O)the ^[d]seven spirits who are before His throne, ⁵and from Jesus Christ, ^(P)the faithful witness, the ^(Q)firstborn of the dead, and the ^(R)ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who ^(S)loves us and released us from our sins by His blood— ⁶and He made us into a ^(T)kingdom, ^(U)priests to ^[e]^(V)His God and Father—^(W)to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. ⁷^(X)Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and ^(Y)every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will ^(Z)mourn over Him. ^[f]So it is to be. Amen.

⁸“I am ^(AA)the Alpha and the Omega,” says the ^(AB)Lord God, “^(AC)who is and who was and who ^[g]is to come, the Almighty.”

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Footnotes

Revelation 1:1 Or signified
Revelation 1:3 Or follow
Revelation 1:4 Or is coming
Revelation 1:4 Possibly a symbolic reference to the Holy Spirit in His fullness, or to seven key angels
Revelation 1:6 Or God and His Father
Revelation 1:7 Or Yes. Amen.
Revelation 1:8 Or is coming

Matthew 22:23-33

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Jesus Answers the Sadducees

²³^(A)On that day some ^(B)Sadducees (who say ^(C)there is no resurrection) came to ^[a]Jesus and questioned Him, ²⁴saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘^(D)If a man dies having no children, his brother as next of kin shall marry his wife, and raise up ^[b]children for his brother.’ ²⁵Now there were seven brothers among us; and the first married and died, and having no ^[c]children, he left his wife to his brother. ²⁶It was the same also with the second brother, and the third, down to the seventh. ²⁷Last of all, the woman died. ²⁸In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had her in marriage.”

²⁹But Jesus answered and said to them, “You are mistaken, ^(E)since you do not ^[d]understand the Scriptures nor the power of God. ³⁰For in the resurrection they neither ^(F)marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. ³¹But regarding the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God: ³²‘^(G)I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.” ³³When the crowds heard this, ^(H)they were astonished at His teaching.