Old/New Testament
Blessed Is the Man Who Trusts in You
For the choir director. According to the [a]Gittith. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm.
84 How lovely are Your (A)dwelling places,
O Yahweh of hosts!
2 My (B)soul has longed and even [b]fainted for the courts of Yahweh;
My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the (C)living God.
3 Even the bird has found a home,
And the swallow a nest for herself, where she sets her young,
At Your (D)altars, O Yahweh of hosts,
(E)My King and my God.
4 How (F)blessed are those who dwell in Your house!
They are (G)ever praising You. [c]Selah.
5 How blessed is the man whose (H)strength is in You,
In [d]whose heart are the (I)highways to Zion!
6 Passing through the valley of [e]Baca they make it a [f]spring;
The (J)early rain also wraps it up with blessings.
7 They (K)go from strength to strength,
[g]Each one of them (L)appears before God in Zion.
8 O (M)Yahweh God of hosts, hear my prayer;
Give ear, O (N)God of Jacob! Selah.
9 See our (O)shield, O God,
And look upon the face of (P)Your anointed.
10 For (Q)better is a day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere.
I would choose to stand at the threshold of the house of my God
Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
11 For Yahweh God is (R)a sun and (S)shield;
Yahweh gives grace and (T)glory;
(U)No good thing does He withhold [h]from those who walk blamelessly.
12 O Yahweh of hosts,
How (V)blessed is the man who trusts in You!
Turn Us Back, O God
For the choir director. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm.
85 O Yahweh, You showed (W)favor to Your land;
You [i](X)returned the fortunes of Jacob.
2 You (Y)forgave the iniquity of Your people;
You (Z)covered all their sin. [j]Selah.
3 You (AA)withdrew all Your fury;
You (AB)turned back from Your burning anger.
4 (AC)Turn us back, O God of our salvation,
And (AD)cause Your vexation toward us to cease.
5 Will (AE)You be angry with us forever?
Will You prolong Your anger from generation to generation?
6 Will You not Yourself (AF)return to [k]revive us,
That Your people may (AG)be glad in You?
7 Show us, O Yahweh, Your lovingkindness,
And (AH)give us Your salvation.
8 Let me hear what the God, Yahweh, will speak;
For He will (AI)speak peace to His people, [l]to His holy ones;
But let them not (AJ)turn back to [m]folly.
9 Surely (AK)His salvation is near to those who [n]fear Him,
That (AL)glory may dwell in our land.
10 (AM)Lovingkindness and [o]truth have met together;
(AN)Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
11 [p]Truth (AO)springs up from the earth,
And righteousness looks down from heaven.
12 Indeed, (AP)Yahweh will give what is good,
And our (AQ)land will yield its produce.
13 (AR)Righteousness will go before Him
And will establish the way of His steps.
To You, O Lord, I Lift Up My Soul
A Prayer of David.
86 (AS)Incline Your ear, O Yahweh, and answer me;
For I am (AT)afflicted and needy.
2 (AU)Keep my [q]soul, for I am a (AV)holy one;
O You my God, save Your slave who (AW)trusts in You.
3 Be (AX)gracious to me, O Lord,
For (AY)to You I call all day long.
4 Make glad the soul of Your slave,
For to You, O Lord, (AZ)I lift up my soul.
5 For You, Lord, are (BA)good, and (BB)by nature forgiving,
And (BC)abundant in lovingkindness to all who call upon You.
6 (BD)Give ear, O Yahweh, to my prayer;
And give heed to the voice of my supplications!
7 In (BE)the day of my distress I shall call upon You,
For (BF)You will answer me.
8 There is (BG)no one like You among the gods, O Lord,
Nor are there any works (BH)like Yours.
9 (BI)All nations whom You have made shall come and worship before You, O Lord,
And they shall glorify Your name.
10 For You are (BJ)great and (BK)do [r]wondrous deeds;
You alone (BL)are God.
11 (BM)Teach me Your way, O Yahweh;
I will walk in Your truth;
(BN)Unite my heart to fear Your name.
12 I will (BO)give thanks to You, O Lord my God, with all my heart,
And will glorify Your name forever.
13 For Your lovingkindness toward me is great,
And You have (BP)delivered my soul from Sheol below.
14 O God, arrogant men have (BQ)risen up against me,
And [s]a band of ruthless men have sought my [t]life,
And they have not set You before them.
15 But You, O Lord, are a God (BR)compassionate and gracious,
Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness and [u]truth.
16 (BS)Turn to me, and be gracious to me;
Oh (BT)grant Your strength to Your slave,
And save the (BU)son of Your maidservant.
17 [v](BV)Show me a sign for good,
That those who hate me may (BW)see it and be ashamed,
Because You, O Yahweh, (BX)have helped me and comforted me.
A Living and Holy Sacrifice
12 Therefore (A)I exhort you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to (B)present your bodies as a sacrifice—living, holy, and pleasing to God, which is your [a]spiritual service of worship. 2 And do not (C)be conformed to (D)this [b]world, but be transformed by the (E)renewing of your mind, so that you may (F)approve what the will of God is, that which is good and pleasing and [c]perfect.
3 For through (G)the grace given to me I say to each one among you (H)not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound thinking, as God has allotted to (I)each a measure of faith. 4 For (J)just as we have many members in one body and all the members do not have the same function, 5 so we, (K)who are many, are (L)one body in Christ, and individually members one of another, 6 but having gifts that (M)differ according to the grace given to us: whether (N)prophecy, [d]in agreement with the faith; 7 or [e](O)service, in his serving; or he who (P)teaches, in his teaching; 8 or he who (Q)exhorts, in his exhortation; he who gives, with [f](R)generosity; (S)he who [g]leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with (T)cheerfulness.
9 Let (U)love be without hypocrisy—by (V)abhorring what is evil, clinging to what is good, 10 being (W)devoted to one another in brotherly love, [h]giving preference to one another (X)in honor, 11 not lagging behind in diligence, being (Y)fervent in spirit, (Z)serving the Lord, 12 (AA)rejoicing in hope, (AB)persevering in affliction, being (AC)devoted to prayer, 13 (AD)contributing to the needs of the [i]saints, (AE)pursuing hospitality.
14 (AF)Bless those who persecute [j]you; bless, and do not curse. 15 (AG)Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep, 16 by (AH)being of the same mind toward one another, (AI)not being haughty in mind, but [k]associating with the humble. (AJ)Do not be wise in your own mind. 17 (AK)Never paying back evil for evil to anyone, [l](AL)respecting what is good in the sight of all men, 18 if possible, (AM)so far as it depends on you, (AN)being at peace with all men, 19 (AO)never taking your own revenge, beloved—instead [m]leave room for the wrath of God. For it is written, “(AP)Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord. 20 “(AQ)But if your enemy is hungry, feed him, and if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.” 21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
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