Psalm 68

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68 ⁽⁰⁾For the leader. A psalm of David. A song:

²⁽¹⁾Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered;
let those who hate him flee from his presence.
³⁽²⁾Drive them away as smoke is driven away;
like wax melting in the presence of a fire,
let the wicked perish in the presence of God.
⁴⁽³⁾But let the righteous rejoice and be glad in God’s presence;
yes, let them exult and rejoice.

⁵⁽⁴⁾Sing to God, sing praises to his name;
extol him who rides on the clouds
by his name, Yah;
and be glad in his presence.

⁶⁽⁵⁾God in his holy dwelling,
is a father to orphans and defender of widows.
⁷⁽⁶⁾God gives homes to those who are alone
and leads prisoners out into prosperity.
But rebels must live in a parched wasteland.

⁸⁽⁷⁾God, when you went out at the head of your people,
when you marched out through the wilderness, (Selah)
⁹⁽⁸⁾the earth quaked, and rain poured from the sky,
at the presence of God.
Even Sinai [shook] at the presence of God,
the God of Isra’el.
¹⁰⁽⁹⁾You rained down showers in plenty, God;
when your heritage was weary, you restored it.
¹¹⁽¹⁰⁾Your flock settled in it;
in your goodness, God, you provided for the poor.

¹²⁽¹¹⁾Adonai gives the command;
the women with the good news are a mighty army.
¹³⁽¹²⁾Kings and their armies are fleeing, fleeing,
while the women at home divide the spoil.
¹⁴⁽¹³⁾Even if you lie among the animal stalls,
there are wings of a dove covered with silver
and its plumes with green gold.
¹⁵⁽¹⁴⁾When Shaddai scatters kings there,
snow falls on Tzalmon.

¹⁶⁽¹⁵⁾You mighty mountain, Mount Bashan!
You rugged mountain, Mount Bashan!
¹⁷⁽¹⁶⁾You rugged mountain, why look with envy
at the mountain God wants for his place to live?
Truly, Adonai will live there forever.
¹⁸⁽¹⁷⁾God’s chariots are myriads, repeated thousands;
Adonai is among them as in Sinai, in holiness.
¹⁹⁽¹⁸⁾After you went up into the heights,
you led captivity captive,
you took gifts among mankind,
yes, even among the rebels,
so that Yah, God, might live there.

²⁰⁽¹⁹⁾Blessed be Adonai!
Every day he bears our burden,
does God, our salvation. (Selah)
²¹⁽²⁰⁾Our God is a God who saves;
from Adonai Adonai comes escape from death.
²²⁽²¹⁾God will surely crush the heads of his enemies,
the hairy crowns of those who continue in their guilt.
²³⁽²²⁾Adonai said, “I will bring them back from Bashan,
I will fetch [those rebels] even from the depths of the sea;
²⁴⁽²³⁾so that you can wash your feet in their blood,
and your dogs’ tongues too can get their share from your foes.

²⁵⁽²⁴⁾They see your processions, God,
the processions of my God, my king, in holiness.
²⁶⁽²⁵⁾The singers are in front, the musicians last,
in the middle are girls playing tambourines.
²⁷⁽²⁶⁾“In choruses, bless God, Adonai,
you whose source is Isra’el.”
²⁸⁽²⁷⁾There is Binyamin, the youngest, at the head;
the princes of Y’hudah, crowding along;
the princes of Z’vulun; the princes of Naftali.

²⁹⁽²⁸⁾God, summon your strength!
Use your strength, God, as you did for us before,
³⁰⁽²⁹⁾from your temple in Yerushalayim,
where kings will bring tribute to you.
³¹⁽³⁰⁾Rebuke the wild beast of the reeds,
that herd of bulls with their calves, the peoples,
who ingratiate themselves with bars of silver;
let him scatter the peoples who take pleasure in fighting.
³²⁽³¹⁾Let envoys come from Egypt,
Let Ethiopia stretch out its hands to God.

³³⁽³²⁾Sing to God, kingdoms of the earth!
Sing praises to Adonai, (Selah)
³⁴⁽³³⁾to him who rides on the most ancient heavens.
Listen, as he utters his voice, a mighty voice!
³⁵⁽³⁴⁾Acknowledge that strength belongs to God,
with his majesty over Isra’el and his strength in the skies.
³⁶⁽³⁵⁾How awe-inspiring you are, God,
from your holy places,
the God of Isra’el, who gives strength
and power to the people.
Blessed be God!

Psalm 72

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72 ⁽⁰⁾By Shlomo:

⁽¹⁾God, give the king your fairness in judgment,
endow this son of kings with your righteousness,
²so that he can govern your people rightly
and your poor with justice.
³May mountains and hills provide your people
with peace through righteousness.
⁴May he defend the oppressed among the people,
save the needy and crush the oppressor.

⁵May they fear you as long as the sun endures
and as long as the moon, through all generations.
⁶May he be like rain falling on mown grass,
like showers watering the land.
⁷In his days, let the righteous flourish
and peace abound, till the moon is no more.
⁸May his empire stretch from sea to sea,
from the [Euphrates] River to the ends of the earth.
⁹May desert-dwellers bow before him;
may his enemies lick the dust.
¹⁰The kings of Tarshish and the coasts will pay him tribute;
the kings of Sh’va and S’va will offer gifts.
¹¹Yes, all kings will prostrate themselves before him;
all nations will serve him.

¹²For he will rescue the needy when they cry,
the poor too and those with none to help them.
¹³He will have pity on the poor and needy;
and the lives of the needy he will save.
¹⁴He will redeem them from oppression and violence;
their blood will be precious in his view.

¹⁵May [the king] live long!
May they give him gold from the land of Sh’va!
May they pray for him continually;
yes, bless him all day long.
¹⁶May there be an abundance of grain in the land,
all the way to the tops of the mountains.
May its crops rustle like the L’vanon.
May people blossom in the city like the grasses in the fields.
¹⁷May his name endure forever,
his name, Yinnon, as long as the sun.^[a]
May people bless themselves in him,
may all nations call him happy.

¹⁸Blessed be Adonai, God,
the God of Isra’el,
who alone works wonders.
¹⁹Blessed be his glorious name forever,
and may the whole earth be filled with his glory.
Amen. Amen.

²⁰This completes the prayers of David the son of Yishai.

Footnotes

Psalm 72:17 Or: “May his name flourish/propagate as long as the sun.” Jewish tradition considers Yinnon a name of the Messiah.

Psalm 86

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86 ⁽⁰⁾A prayer of David:

⁽¹⁾Listen, Adonai, and answer me,
for I am poor and needy.
²Preserve my life, for I am faithful;
save your servant,
who puts his trust in you
because you are my God.
³Take pity on me, Adonai,
for I cry to you all day.

⁴Fill your servant’s heart with joy,
for to you, Adonai, I lift my heart.
⁵Adonai, you are kind and forgiving,
full of grace toward all who call on you.
⁶Listen, Adonai, to my prayer;
pay attention to my pleading cry.
⁷On the day of my trouble I am calling on you,
for you will answer me.

⁸There is none like you among the gods, Adonai;
no deeds compare with yours.
⁹All the nations you have made
will come and bow before you, Adonai;
they will honor your name.
¹⁰For you are great, and you do wonders;
you alone are God.

¹¹Adonai, teach me your way,
so that I can live by your truth;
make me single-hearted,
so that I can fear your name.
¹²I will thank you, Adonai my God,
with my whole heart;
and I will glorify your name forever.
¹³For your grace toward me is so great!
You have rescued me from the lowest part of Sh’ol.

¹⁴God, arrogant men are rising against me,
a gang of brutes is seeking my life,
and to you they pay no attention.
¹⁵But you, Adonai,
are a merciful, compassionate God,
slow to anger
and rich in grace and truth.
¹⁶Turn to me, and show me your favor;
strengthen your servant, save your slave-girl’s son.
¹⁷Give me a sign of your favor,
so that those who hate me
will see it and be ashamed,
because you, Adonai,
have helped and comforted me.

John 14

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14 “Don’t let yourselves be disturbed. Trust in God and trust in me. ²In my Father’s house are many places to live. If there weren’t, I would have told you; because I am going there to prepare a place for you. ³Since I am going and preparing a place for you, I will return to take you with me; so that where I am, you may be also. ⁴Furthermore, you know where I’m going; and you know the way there.”

⁵T’oma said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you’re going; so how can we know the way?” ⁶Yeshua said, “I AM the Way — and the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father except through me. ⁷Because you have known me, you will also know my Father; from now on, you do know him — in fact, you have seen him.”

⁸Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it will be enough for us.” ⁹Yeshua replied to him, “Have I been with you so long without your knowing me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? ¹⁰Don’t you believe that I am united with the Father, and the Father united with me? What I am telling you, I am not saying on my own initiative; the Father living in me is doing his own works. ¹¹Trust me, that I am united with the Father, and the Father united with me. But if you can’t, then trust because of the works themselves. ¹²Yes, indeed! I tell you that whoever trusts in me will also do the works I do! Indeed, he will do greater ones, because I am going to the Father. ¹³In fact, whatever you ask for in my name, I will do; so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. ¹⁴If you ask me for something in my name, I will do it.

¹⁵“If you love me, you will keep my commands; ¹⁶and I will ask the Father, and he will give you another comforting Counselor like me, the Spirit of Truth, to be with you forever. ¹⁷The world cannot receive him, because it neither sees nor knows him. You know him, because he is staying with you and will be united with you. ¹⁸I will not leave you orphans — I am coming to you. ¹⁹In just a little while, the world will no longer see me; but you will see me. Because I live, you too will live. ²⁰When that day comes, you will know that I am united with my Father, and you with me, and I with you. ²¹Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me, and the one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and reveal myself to him.”

²²Y’hudah (not the one from K’riot) said to him, “What has happened, Lord, that you are about to reveal yourself to us and not to the world?” ²³Yeshua answered him, “If someone loves me, he will keep my word; and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. ²⁴Someone who doesn’t love me doesn’t keep my words — and the word you are hearing is not my own but that of the Father who sent me.

²⁵“I have told you these things while I am still with you. ²⁶But the Counselor, the Ruach HaKodesh, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything; that is, he will remind you of everything I have said to you.

²⁷“What I am leaving with you is shalom — I am giving you my shalom. I don’t give the way the world gives. Don’t let yourselves be upset or frightened. ²⁸You heard me tell you, ‘I am leaving, and I will come back to you.’ If you loved me, you would have been glad that I am going to the Father; because the Father is greater than I.

²⁹“Also, I have said it to you now, before it happens; so that when it does happen, you will trust.

³⁰“I won’t be talking with you much longer, because the ruler of this world is coming. He has no claim on me; ³¹rather, this is happening so that the world may know that I love the Father, and that I do as the Father has commanded me.

“Get up! Let’s get going!