Psalm 36

New American Standard Bible

Wickedness of Humanity and Goodness of God.

For the music director. A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord.

36 ^[a]Wrongdoing speaks to the ungodly within ^[b]his heart;
There is ^(A)no fear of God before his eyes.
²For it ^(B)flatters him in his own eyes
Concerning the discovery of his wrongful deed and the hatred of it.
³The ^(C)words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit;
He has ^(D)ceased to ^[c]be wise and to do good.
⁴He ^(E)plans wickedness on his bed;
He sets himself on a ^(F)path that is not good;
He ^(G)does not reject evil.

⁵Your ^(H)mercy, Lord, ^[d]extends to the heavens,
Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
⁶Your ^(I)righteousness is like the ^[e]mountains of God;
Your ^(J)judgments are like the great deep.
Lord, You ^[f]^(K)protect mankind and animals.
⁷How ^(L)precious is Your mercy, God!
And the sons of mankind ^(M)take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.
⁸They ^(N)drink their fill of the ^[g]abundance of Your house;
And You allow them to drink from the ^(O)river of Your delights.
⁹For the ^(P)fountain of life is with You;
In Your light we see light.

¹⁰Prolong Your mercy to ^(Q)those who know You,
And Your ^(R)righteousness to the upright of heart.
¹¹May the foot of pride not come upon me,
And may the hand of the wicked not drive me away.
¹²Those who do injustice have fallen there;
They have been thrust down and ^(S)cannot rise.

Footnotes

Psalm 36:1 Or Rebellion
Psalm 36:1 Another reading is my heart
Psalm 36:3 Or understand to do good
Psalm 36:5 Lit is in
Psalm 36:6 Or mighty mountains
Psalm 36:6 Or help
Psalm 36:8 Lit fatness

Psalm 147:12-20

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¹²Praise the Lord, Jerusalem!
Praise your God, Zion!
¹³For He has strengthened the ^(A)bars of your gates;
He has ^(B)blessed your sons among you.
¹⁴He ^(C)makes ^[a]peace in your borders;
He ^(D)satisfies you with ^(E)the ^[b]finest of the wheat.
¹⁵He sends His ^(F)command to the earth;
His ^(G)word runs very swiftly.
¹⁶He ^[c]showers ^(H)snow like wool;
He scatters the ^(I)frost like ashes.
¹⁷He hurls His ^(J)ice as fragments;
Who can stand before His ^(K)cold?
¹⁸He ^(L)sends His word and makes them melt;
He ^(M)makes His wind blow, and the waters flow.
¹⁹He ^(N)declares His words to Jacob,
His ^(O)statutes and His judgments to Israel.
²⁰He ^(P)has not dealt this way with any other nation;
And as for His judgments, ^[d]they have ^(Q)not known them.
^[e]Praise ^[f]the Lord!

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Footnotes

Psalm 147:14 Lit your borders peace
Psalm 147:14 Lit fat
Psalm 147:16 Lit gives
Psalm 147:20 I.e., the other nations
Psalm 147:20 Or Hallelujah!
Psalm 147:20 Heb Yah

Numbers 17:1-11

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Aaron’s Staff Buds

17 ^[a]Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ²“Speak to the sons of Israel, and obtain from them a staff for each father’s household: twelve staffs, from all their leaders for their fathers’ households. You shall write each man’s name on his staff, ³and write Aaron’s name on the staff of Levi; for there is to be one staff for the head of each of their fathers’ households. ⁴You shall then leave them in the tent of meeting in front of ^(A)the testimony, where I meet with you. ⁵And it will come about that the staff of ^(B)the man whom I choose will sprout. So I will relieve Myself of the grumblings of the sons of Israel, who are grumbling against you.” ⁶So Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, and all their leaders gave him a staff, one for each leader, for their fathers’ households, twelve staffs in all, with the staff of Aaron among their staffs. ⁷Then Moses left the staffs before the Lord in ^(C)the tent of the testimony.

⁸Now on the next day Moses went into the tent of the testimony; and behold, ^(D)Aaron’s staff for the house of Levi had sprouted and produced buds and bloomed with blossoms, and it yielded ripe almonds. ⁹Moses then brought out all the staffs from the presence of the Lord to all the sons of Israel; and they looked, and each man took his staff. ¹⁰But the Lord said to Moses, “Put the staff of Aaron ^(E)back in front of the testimony ^[b]to be kept as a sign against the ^[c]^(F)rebels, so that you may put an end to their grumblings against Me and they do not die.” ¹¹Moses did so; just as the Lord had commanded him, so he did.

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Footnotes

Numbers 17:1 Ch 17:16 in Heb
Numbers 17:10 Lit for preserving
Numbers 17:10 Lit sons of rebellion

Romans 5:1-11

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Results of Justification

5 ^(A)Therefore, having been justified by faith, ^[a]^(B)we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, ²through whom we also have ^(C)obtained our introduction by faith into this grace ^(D)in which we stand; and ^[b]we celebrate in hope of the glory of God. ³^(E)And not only this, but ^[c]we also ^(F)celebrate in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about ^(G)perseverance; ⁴and ^(H)perseverance, ^(I)proven character; and proven character, hope; ⁵and hope ^(J)does not disappoint, because the love of God has been ^(K)poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

⁶For while we were still ^(L)helpless, ^(M)at the right time ^(N)Christ died for the ungodly. ⁷For one will hardly die for a righteous person; ^[d]though perhaps for the good person someone would even dare to die. ⁸But God ^(O)demonstrates ^(P)His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, ^(Q)Christ died for us. ⁹Much more then, having now been justified ^[e]^(R)by His blood, we shall be saved ^(S)from the wrath of God through Him. ¹⁰For if while we were ^(T)enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved ^[f]^(U)by His life. ¹¹^(V)And not only this, but ^[g]we also celebrate in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received ^(W)the reconciliation.

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Romans 5:1 Two early mss let’s have
Romans 5:2 Lit we boast; or let’s
Romans 5:3 Lit we also boast; or let’s also boast
Romans 5:7 Lit for
Romans 5:9 Or in
Romans 5:10 Or in
Romans 5:11 Lit also boasting

Matthew 20:17-28

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Death, Resurrection Foretold

¹⁷^(A)As Jesus was about to go up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside by themselves, and on the road He said to them, ¹⁸“Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man ^(B)will be ^[a]handed over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn Him to death, ¹⁹and they ^(C)will hand Him over to the Gentiles to mock and flog and crucify, and on ^(D)the third day He will be raised up.”

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²⁰^(E)Then the mother of ^(F)the ^[b]sons of Zebedee came to ^[c]Jesus with her sons, ^(G)bowing down and making a request of Him. ²¹And He said to her, “What do you desire?” She *said to Him, “Say that in Your kingdom these two sons of mine ^(H)shall sit, one at Your right, and one at Your left.” ²²But Jesus replied, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able ^(I)to drink the cup that I am about to drink?” They *said to Him, “We are able.” ²³He *said to them, “^(J)My cup you shall drink; but to sit at My right and at My left is not Mine to give, ^(K)but it is for those for whom it has been ^(L)prepared by My Father.”

²⁴And after hearing this, the other ten disciples became indignant with the two brothers. ²⁵^(M)But Jesus called them to Himself and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles domineer over them, and ^[d]those in high position exercise authority over them. ²⁶It ^[e]is not this way among you, ^(N)but whoever wants to become ^[f]prominent among you shall be your servant, ²⁷and whoever desires to be first among you shall be your slave; ²⁸just as ^(O)the Son of Man ^(P)did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His ^[g]life as a ransom for many.”