Isaiah 60:1-62:5

New American Standard Bible

A Glorified Zion

60 “^(A)Arise, shine; for your ^(B)light has come,
And the ^(C)glory of the Lord has risen upon you.
²For behold, ^(D)darkness will cover the earth
And deep darkness the peoples;
But the Lord will rise upon you
And His ^(E)glory will appear upon you.
³^(F)Nations will come to your light,
And kings to the brightness of your rising.

⁴“^(G)Raise your eyes all around and see;
They all gather together, they ^(H)come to you.
Your sons will come from afar,
And your ^(I)daughters will be ^[a]carried on the hip.
⁵Then you will see and be ^(J)radiant,
And your heart will ^[b]thrill and rejoice;
Because the ^[c]^(K)abundance of the sea will be turned to you,
The ^(L)wealth of the nations will come to you.
⁶A multitude of camels will cover you,
The young camels of Midian and ^(M)Ephah;
All those from ^(N)Sheba will come;
They will bring ^(O)gold and frankincense,
And ^(P)proclaim good news of the praises of the Lord.
⁷All the flocks of ^(Q)Kedar will be gathered to you,
The rams of Nebaioth will serve you;
They will go up on My ^(R)altar with acceptance,
And I will ^(S)glorify My glorious house.
⁸^(T)Who are these who fly like a cloud
And like the doves to their windows?
⁹Certainly the ^(U)coastlands will wait for Me;
And the ^(V)ships of Tarshish will come first,
To ^(W)bring your sons from afar,
Their silver and their gold with them,
For the name of the Lord your God,
And for the Holy One of Israel because He has ^(X)glorified you.

¹⁰“^(Y)Foreigners will build up your walls,
And their ^(Z)kings will serve you;
For in My ^(AA)wrath I struck you,
And in My favor I have had compassion on you.
¹¹Your ^(AB)gates will be open continually;
They will not be closed day or night,
So that people may ^(AC)bring you the wealth of the nations,
With ^(AD)their kings led in procession.
¹²For the ^(AE)nation and the kingdom which will not serve you will perish,
And the nations will be utterly ruined.
¹³The ^(AF)glory of Lebanon will come to you,
The ^(AG)juniper, the elm tree and the ^[d]cedar together,
To beautify the place of My sanctuary;
And I will make the ^(AH)place of My feet glorious.
¹⁴The ^(AI)sons of those who afflicted you will come bowing to you,
And all those who despised you will bow down at the soles of your feet;
And they will call you the ^(AJ)city of the Lord,
The ^(AK)Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁵“Whereas you have been ^(AL)forsaken and ^(AM)hated
With no one passing through,
I will make you an ^(AN)object of pride forever,
A joy from generation to generation.
¹⁶You will also ^(AO)suck the milk of nations,
And suck the breast of kings;
Then you will know that I, the Lord, am your ^(AP)Savior
And your ^(AQ)Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
¹⁷Instead of bronze I will bring gold,
And instead of iron I will bring silver,
And instead of wood, bronze,
And instead of stones, iron.
And I will make peace your administrators,
And righteousness your overseers.
¹⁸^(AR)Violence will not be heard again in your land,
Nor ^(AS)devastation or destruction within your borders;
But you will call your ^(AT)walls salvation, and your ^(AU)gates praise.
¹⁹No longer will you have the ^(AV)sun for light by day,
Nor will the moon give you light for brightness;
But you will have the ^(AW)Lord as an everlasting light,
And your ^(AX)God as your ^[e]glory.
²⁰Your ^(AY)sun will no longer set,
Nor will your moon wane;
For you will have the Lord as an everlasting light,
And the days of your ^(AZ)mourning will be over.
²¹Then all your ^(BA)people will be righteous;
They will ^(BB)possess the land forever,
The branch of ^[f]My planting,
The ^(BC)work of My hands,
That I may be ^(BD)glorified.
²²The ^(BE)smallest one will become a thousand,
And the least one a mighty nation.
I, the Lord, will bring it about quickly in its time.”

Exaltation of the Afflicted

61 The ^(BF)Spirit of the Lord ^[g]God is upon me,
Because the Lord anointed me
To ^(BG)bring good news to the ^(BH)humble;
He has sent me to ^(BI)bind up the brokenhearted,
To ^(BJ)proclaim ^[h]release to captives
And ^[i]freedom to prisoners;
²To ^(BK)proclaim the favorable year of the Lord
And the ^(BL)day of vengeance of our God;
To ^(BM)comfort all who mourn,
³To ^(BN)grant those who mourn in Zion,
Giving them a garland instead of ashes,
The ^(BO)oil of gladness instead of mourning,
The cloak of praise instead of a disheartened spirit.
So they will be called ^[j]^(BP)oaks of righteousness,
The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.

⁴Then they will ^(BQ)rebuild the ancient ruins,
They will raise up the former devastations;
And they will repair the ruined cities,
The desolations of many generations.
⁵^(BR)Strangers will stand and pasture your flocks,
And ^[k]foreigners will be your farmers and your vinedressers.
⁶But you will be called the ^(BS)priests of the Lord;
You will be spoken of as ^(BT)ministers of our God.
You will eat the ^(BU)wealth of nations,
And you will boast in their ^[l]riches.
⁷Instead of your ^(BV)shame you will have a ^(BW)double portion,
And instead of humiliation they will shout for joy over their portion.
Therefore they will possess a double portion in their land,
^(BX)Everlasting joy will be theirs.
⁸For I, the Lord, ^(BY)love justice,
I hate robbery ^[m]in the burnt offering;
And I will faithfully give them their reward,
And make an ^(BZ)everlasting covenant with them.
⁹Then their offspring will be known among the nations,
And their descendants in the midst of the peoples.
All who see them will recognize them
Because they are the ^(CA)offspring whom the Lord has blessed.

¹⁰I will ^(CB)rejoice greatly in the Lord,
My soul will be joyful in ^(CC)my God;
For He has ^(CD)clothed me with garments of salvation,
He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness,
As a groom puts on a turban,
And ^(CE)as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
¹¹For as the ^(CF)earth produces its sprouts,
And as a garden causes the things sown in it to spring up,
So the Lord ^[n]God will ^(CG)cause ^(CH)righteousness and praise
To spring up before all the nations.

Zion’s Glory and New Name

62 For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,
And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep quiet,
Until her ^(CI)righteousness goes forth like brightness,
And her ^(CJ)salvation like a torch that is burning.
²The ^(CK)nations will see your righteousness,
And all kings your glory;
And you will be called by a new ^(CL)name
Which the mouth of the Lord will designate.
³You will also be a ^(CM)crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord,
And a royal headband in the hand of your God.
⁴It will no longer be said to you, “^[o]^(CN)Forsaken,”
Nor to your land will it any longer be said, “^[p]Desolate”;
But you will be called, “^[q]My delight is in her,”
And your land, “^[r]^(CO)Married”;
For the ^(CP)Lord delights in you,
And to Him your land will be married.
⁵For as a young man marries a virgin,
So your sons will marry you;
And as the ^[s]groom rejoices over the bride,
So your ^(CQ)God will rejoice over you.

Footnotes

Isaiah 60:4 Lit cared for
Isaiah 60:5 Lit tremble and open wide
Isaiah 60:5 Lit roar
Isaiah 60:13 Or cypress
Isaiah 60:19 Or beauty
Isaiah 60:21 Lit His
Isaiah 61:1 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
Isaiah 61:1 Or liberty
Isaiah 61:1 Lit opening to those who are bound
Isaiah 61:3 Or terebinths
Isaiah 61:5 Lit sons of the foreigner
Isaiah 61:6 Or glory
Isaiah 61:8 Or with malice
Isaiah 61:11 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
Isaiah 62:4 I.e., Azubah
Isaiah 62:4 I.e., Shemamah
Isaiah 62:4 I.e., Hephzibah
Isaiah 62:4 I.e., Beulah
Isaiah 62:5 Lit joy of the groom is over

Philippians 1:27-2:18

New American Standard Bible

²⁷Only conduct yourselves in a manner ^(A)worthy of the ^(B)gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I will hear about you that you are ^(C)standing firm in ^(D)one spirit, with one ^[a]mind ^(E)striving together for the faith of the gospel; ²⁸and in no way alarmed by your opponents—which is a ^(F)sign of destruction for them, but of salvation for you, and this too, from God. ²⁹For to you ^(G)it has been granted for Christ’s sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to ^(H)suffer on His behalf, ³⁰experiencing the same ^(I)conflict which ^(J)you saw in me, and now hear to be in me.

Be like Christ

2 Therefore if there is any encouragement in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any ^(K)fellowship of the Spirit, if any ^[b]^(L)affection and compassion, ²^(M)make my joy complete ^[c]by ^(N)being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose. ³Do nothing ^[d]from ^[e]^(O)selfishness or ^(P)empty conceit, but with humility ^(Q)consider one another as more important than yourselves; ⁴^(R)do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others. ⁵^(S)Have this attitude ^[f]in yourselves which was also in ^(T)Christ Jesus, ⁶who, as He already ^(U)existed in the ^(V)form of God, ^(W)did not consider equality with God something to be ^[g]grasped, ⁷but ^[h]^(X)emptied Himself by taking the form of a ^(Y)bond-servant and ^[i]^(Z)being born in the likeness of men. ⁸And being found in appearance as a man, ^(AA)He humbled Himself by becoming ^(AB)obedient to the point of death: ^(AC)death ^[j]on a cross. ⁹^(AD)For this reason also God ^(AE)highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him ^(AF)the name which is above every name, ¹⁰so that at the name of Jesus ^(AG)every knee will bow, of ^(AH)those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, ¹¹and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is ^(AI)Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

¹²So then, my beloved, ^(AJ)just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own ^(AK)salvation with ^(AL)fear and trembling; ¹³for it is ^(AM)God who is at work in you, both to ^[k]desire and to work ^(AN)for His good pleasure.

¹⁴Do all things without ^(AO)complaining or arguments; ¹⁵so that you will ^[l]prove yourselves to be ^(AP)blameless and innocent, ^(AQ)children of God above reproach in the midst of a ^(AR)crooked and perverse generation, among whom you ^[m]^(AS)appear as ^[n]lights in the world, ¹⁶holding firmly the word of life, so that on ^(AT)the day of Christ I can take pride because I did not ^(AU)run in vain nor ^(AV)labor in vain. ¹⁷But even if I am being ^(AW)poured out as a drink offering upon ^(AX)the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and share my joy with you all. ¹⁸You too, I urge you, rejoice in the same way and share your joy with me.

Footnotes

Philippians 1:27 Lit soul
Philippians 2:1 Lit inward parts
Philippians 2:2 Lit that you be
Philippians 2:3 Lit according to
Philippians 2:3 Or contentiousness
Philippians 2:5 Or among
Philippians 2:6 Or seized
Philippians 2:7 I.e., set aside His divine rights
Philippians 2:7 Or having come to be
Philippians 2:8 Lit of
Philippians 2:13 Or be willing
Philippians 2:15 Or become
Philippians 2:15 Or shine
Philippians 2:15 Or luminaries, stars

Psalm 72

New American Standard Bible

The Reign of the Righteous King.

A Psalm of Solomon.

72 Give the king ^(A)Your judgments, God,
And ^(B)Your righteousness to the king’s son.
²^[a]May ^[b]he ^(C)judge Your people with righteousness
And ^[c]^(D)Your afflicted with justice.
³^[d]May the mountains bring ^[e]^(E)peace to the people,
And the hills, in righteousness.
⁴^[f]May he ^(F)vindicate the ^[g]afflicted of the people,
Save the children of the needy,
And crush the oppressor.

⁵^[h]May they fear You ^(G)while the sun shines,
And ^[i]as long as the moon shines, throughout all generations.
⁶^[j]May he come down ^(H)like rain upon the mown grass,
Like ^(I)showers that water the earth.
⁷^[k]May the ^(J)righteous flourish in his days,
As well as an ^(K)abundance of peace, until the moon is no more.

⁸May he also rule ^(L)from sea to sea,
And from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth.
⁹^[l]May ^(M)the nomads of the desert ^(N)bow before him,
And his enemies ^(O)lick the dust.
¹⁰^[m]May the kings of ^(P)Tarshish and of the ^[n]^(Q)islands bring gifts;
May the kings of ^(R)Sheba and ^(S)Seba ^(T)offer tributes.
¹¹^[o]And may all ^(U)kings bow down before him,
All ^(V)nations serve him.

¹²For he will ^(W)save the needy when he cries for help,
The ^[p]afflicted also, and him who has no helper.
¹³He will have ^(X)compassion on the poor and needy,
And he will save the ^[q]lives of the needy.
¹⁴He will ^[r]^(Y)rescue their ^[s]life from oppression and violence,
And their blood will be ^(Z)precious in his sight;
¹⁵So may he live, and may the ^(AA)gold of Sheba be given to him;
And ^[t]they are to pray for him continually;
^[u]They are to bless him all day long.

¹⁶May there be abundance of grain on the earth on top of the mountains;
Its fruit will wave like the cedars of ^(AB)Lebanon;
And may those from the city flourish like the ^(AC)vegetation of the earth.
¹⁷May his ^(AD)name endure forever;
May his name produce descendants ^[v]^(AE)as long as the sun shines;
And may people ^(AF)wish blessings on themselves by him;
^(AG)May all nations call him blessed.

¹⁸^(AH)Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel,
Who alone ^(AI)works wonders.
¹⁹And blessed be His ^(AJ)glorious name forever;
And may the whole ^(AK)earth be filled with His glory.
^(AL)Amen and Amen.

²⁰The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.

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Footnotes

Psalm 72:2 Or He will judge
Psalm 72:2 Many of the pronouns in this Psalm may be rendered He since the typical reference is to the Messiah
Psalm 72:2 Or Your humble
Psalm 72:3 Or The mountains will bring
Psalm 72:3 Or prosperity
Psalm 72:4 Or He will vindicate
Psalm 72:4 Or humble
Psalm 72:5 Or They will fear
Psalm 72:5 Lit before the moon
Psalm 72:6 Or He will come down
Psalm 72:7 Or The righteous will flourish
Psalm 72:9 Or The nomads...will bow
Psalm 72:10 Or The kings...will bring
Psalm 72:10 Or coastlands
Psalm 72:11 Or All kings will bow down
Psalm 72:12 Or humble
Psalm 72:13 Lit souls
Psalm 72:14 Lit redeem
Psalm 72:14 Lit soul
Psalm 72:15 Lit he is to
Psalm 72:15 Lit He is to
Psalm 72:17 Lit before the sun

Proverbs 24:11-12

New American Standard Bible

¹¹^(A)Rescue those who are being taken away to death,
And those who are staggering to the slaughter, Oh hold them back!
¹²If you say, “See, we did not know this,”
Does He ^(B)who weighs the hearts not ^(C)consider it?
And ^(D)does He who ^(E)watches over your soul not know it?
And will He not ^[a]^(F)repay a person according to his work?