Psalm 79-80
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Psalm 79
Faith amid Confusion
A psalm of Asaph.(A)
1 God, the nations have invaded your inheritance,
desecrated your holy temple,
and turned Jerusalem into ruins.(B)
2 They gave the corpses of your servants
to the birds of the sky for food,
the flesh of your faithful ones
to the beasts of the earth.(C)
3 They poured out their blood
like water all around Jerusalem,
and there was no one to bury them.(D)
4 We have become an object of reproach
to our neighbors,
a source of mockery and ridicule
to those around us.(E)
5 How long, Lord? Will you be angry forever?
Will your jealousy keep burning like fire?(F)
6 Pour out your wrath on the nations
that don’t acknowledge you,
on the kingdoms that don’t call on your name,(G)
7 for they have devoured Jacob
and devastated his homeland.(H)
8 Do not hold past iniquities[a] against us;
let your compassion come to us quickly,
for we have become very weak.(I)
9 God of our salvation, help us,(J)
for the glory of your name.
Rescue us and atone for our sins,
for your name’s sake.(K)
10 Why should the nations ask,
“Where is their God?” (L)
Before our eyes,
let vengeance for the shed blood of your servants
be known among the nations.(M)
11 Let the groans of the prisoners reach you;
according to your great power,
preserve those condemned to die.(N)
12 Pay back sevenfold to our neighbors(O)
the reproach they have hurled at you, Lord.(P)
13 Then we, your people, the sheep of your pasture,(Q)
will thank you forever;
we will declare your praise
to generation after generation.(R)
Psalm 80
A Prayer for Restoration
For the choir director: according to “The Lilies.”(S) A testimony of Asaph.(T) A psalm.
1 Listen, Shepherd of Israel,
who leads Joseph like a flock;(U)
you who sit enthroned between the cherubim,(V)
shine(W) 2 on Ephraim,
Benjamin, and Manasseh.(X)
Rally your power and come to save us.(Y)
3 Restore us, God;
make your face shine on us,(Z)
so that we may be saved.(AA)
4 Lord God of Armies,
how long will you be angry
with your people’s prayers?(AB)
5 You fed them the bread of tears
and gave them a full measure[b]
of tears to drink.(AC)
6 You put us at odds with our neighbors;
our enemies mock us.(AD)
7 Restore us, God of Armies;
make your face shine on us, so that we may be saved.(AE)
8 You dug up a vine from Egypt;
you drove out the nations and planted it.(AF)
9 You cleared a place for it;
it took root and filled the land.(AG)
10 The mountains were covered by its shade,
and the mighty cedars[c] with its branches.(AH)
11 It sent out sprouts toward the Sea[d]
and shoots toward the River.[e](AI)
12 Why have you broken down its walls
so that all who pass by pick its fruit?(AJ)
13 Boars from the forest tear at it
and creatures of the field feed on it.(AK)
14 Return, God of Armies.(AL)
Look down from heaven and see;
take care of this vine,
15 the root[f] your right hand planted,
the son[g] that you made strong for yourself.(AM)
16 It was cut down and burned;
they[h] perish at the rebuke of your countenance.(AN)
17 Let your hand be with the man at your right hand,
with the son of man
you have made strong for yourself.(AO)
18 Then we will not turn away from you;
revive us, and we will call on your name.(AP)
19 Restore us, Lord, God of Armies;(AQ)
make your face shine on us, so that we may be saved.(AR)
Romans 11:1-18
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Israel’s Rejection Not Total
11 I ask, then, has God rejected his people?(A) Absolutely not!(B) For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham,(C) from the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew.(D) Or don’t you know(E) what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah—how he pleads with God against Israel? 3 Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars. I am the only one left, and they are trying to take my life 4 But what was God’s answer to him? I have left seven thousand for myself who have not bowed down to Baal.[b](G) 5 In the same way, then, there is also at the present time a remnant chosen by grace.(H) 6 Now if by grace,(I) then it is not by works; otherwise grace ceases to be grace.[c]
7 What then? Israel did not find what it was looking for,(J) but the elect did find it. The rest were hardened,(K) 8 as it is written,
9 And David says,
Let their table become a snare and a trap,
a pitfall and a retribution to them.
10 Let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see,
and their backs be bent continually.[e](M)
Israel’s Rejection Not Final
11 I ask, then, have they stumbled so as to fall? Absolutely not! On the contrary, by their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles(N) to make Israel jealous. 12 Now if their transgression brings riches for the world, and their failure riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their fullness bring!(O)
13 Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Insofar as I am an apostle to the Gentiles,(P) I magnify my ministry, 14 if I might somehow make my own people[f](Q) jealous and save some of them.(R) 15 For if their rejection brings reconciliation(S) to the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?(T) 16 Now if the firstfruits are holy,(U) so is the whole batch. And if the root is holy, so are the branches.
17 Now if some of the branches were broken off,(V) and you, though a wild olive branch, were grafted in among them(W) and have come to share in the rich root[g] of the cultivated olive tree, 18 do not boast that you are better than those branches. But if you do boast—you do not sustain the root, but the root sustains you.(X)
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