Old/New Testament
The Thirsting Soul Satisfied in God.
A Psalm of David, [a]when he was in the wilderness of Judah.
63 O God, (A)You are my God; I shall seek You [b]earnestly;
My soul (B)thirsts for You, my flesh [c]yearns for You,
In a (C)dry and weary land where there is no water.
2 Thus I have (D)seen You in the sanctuary,
To see Your power and Your glory.
3 Because Your (E)lovingkindness is better than life,
My lips will praise You.
4 So I will bless You (F)as long as I live;
I will (G)lift up my hands in Your name.
5 My soul is (H)satisfied as with [d]marrow and fatness,
And my mouth offers (I)praises with joyful lips.
6 When I remember You (J)on my bed,
I meditate on You in the (K)night watches,
7 For (L)You have been my help,
And in the (M)shadow of Your wings I sing for joy.
8 My soul (N)clings [e]to You;
Your (O)right hand upholds me.
9 But those who (P)seek my [f]life to destroy it,
Will go into the [g](Q)depths of the earth.
10 [h]They will be [i](R)delivered over to the power of the sword;
They will be a [j](S)prey for foxes.
11 But the (T)king will rejoice in God;
Everyone who (U)swears by Him will glory,
For the (V)mouths of those who speak lies will be stopped.
Prayer for Deliverance from Secret Enemies.
For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
64 Hear my voice, O God, in (W)my [k]complaint;
(X)Preserve my life from dread of the enemy.
2 Hide me from the (Y)secret counsel of evildoers,
From the tumult of (Z)those who do iniquity,
3 Who (AA)have sharpened their tongue like a sword.
They (AB)aimed bitter speech as their arrow,
4 To (AC)shoot [l]from concealment at the blameless;
Suddenly they shoot at him, and (AD)do not fear.
5 They [m]hold fast to themselves an evil purpose;
They [n]talk of (AE)laying snares secretly;
They say, “(AF)Who can see them?”
6 They [o]devise injustices, saying,
“We are [p]ready with a well-conceived plot”;
For the [q](AG)inward thought and the heart of a man are [r]deep.
7 But (AH)God [s]will shoot at them with an arrow;
Suddenly [t]they will be wounded.
8 So [u]they [v]will (AI)make him stumble;
(AJ)Their own tongue is against them;
All who see them will (AK)shake the head.
9 Then all men [w]will (AL)fear,
And they [x]will (AM)declare the work of God,
And [y]will consider [z]what He has done.
10 The righteous man will be (AN)glad in the Lord and will (AO)take refuge in Him;
And all the upright in heart will glory.
God’s Abundant Favor to Earth and Man.
For the choir director. A Psalm of David. A Song.
65 There will be silence [aa]before You, and praise in Zion, O God,
And to You the (AP)vow will be performed.
2 O You who hear prayer,
To You (AQ)all [ab]men come.
3 [ac](AR)Iniquities prevail against me;
As for our transgressions, You [ad](AS)forgive them.
4 How (AT)blessed is the one whom You (AU)choose and bring near to You
To dwell in Your courts.
We will be (AV)satisfied with the goodness of Your house,
Your holy temple.
5 By (AW)awesome deeds You answer us in righteousness, O (AX)God of our salvation,
You who are the trust of all the (AY)ends of the earth and of the farthest [ae](AZ)sea;
6 Who (BA)establishes the mountains by His strength,
Being (BB)girded with might;
7 Who (BC)stills the roaring of the seas,
The roaring of their waves,
And the (BD)tumult of the peoples.
8 They who dwell in the (BE)ends of the earth stand in awe of Your signs;
You make the [af]dawn and the sunset shout for joy.
9 You visit the earth and (BF)cause it to overflow;
You greatly (BG)enrich it;
The [ag](BH)stream of God is full of water;
You prepare their (BI)grain, for thus You prepare [ah]the earth.
10 You water its furrows abundantly,
You [ai]settle its ridges,
You soften it (BJ)with showers,
You bless its growth.
11 You have crowned the year [aj]with Your [ak](BK)bounty,
And Your [al]paths (BL)drip with fatness.
12 (BM)The pastures of the wilderness drip,
And the (BN)hills gird themselves with rejoicing.
13 The meadows are (BO)clothed with flocks
And the valleys are (BP)covered with grain;
They (BQ)shout for joy, yes, they sing.
Believers Are Dead to Sin, Alive to God
6 (A)What shall we say then? Are we to (B)continue in sin so that grace may increase? 2 (C)May it never be! How shall we who (D)died to sin still live in it? 3 Or do you not know that all of us who have been (E)baptized into (F)Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? 4 Therefore we have been (G)buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was (H)raised from the dead through the (I)glory of the Father, so we too might walk in (J)newness of life. 5 For (K)if we have become [a]united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be [b]in the likeness of His resurrection, 6 knowing this, that our (L)old [c]self was (M)crucified with Him, in order that our (N)body of sin might be [d]done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin; 7 for (O)he who has died is [e]freed from sin.
8 Now (P)if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, 9 knowing that Christ, having been (Q)raised from the dead, [f]is never to die again; (R)death no longer is master over Him. 10 For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. 11 Even so consider yourselves to be (S)dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
12 Therefore do not let sin (T)reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts, 13 and do not go on (U)presenting [g]the members of your body to sin as [h]instruments of unrighteousness; but (V)present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and your members as [i]instruments of righteousness to God. 14 For (W)sin shall not (X)be master over you, for (Y)you are not under law but (Z)under grace.
15 What then? (AA)Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? (AB)May it never be! 16 Do you not (AC)know that when you present yourselves to someone as (AD)slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of (AE)sin [j]resulting in death, or of obedience [k]resulting in righteousness? 17 But (AF)thanks be to God that [l]though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that (AG)form of teaching to which you were committed, 18 and having been (AH)freed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness. 19 (AI)I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just (AJ)as you presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness, [m]resulting in further lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness, [n]resulting in sanctification.
20 For (AK)when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. 21 Therefore what [o](AL)benefit were you then [p]deriving [q]from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the outcome of those things is (AM)death. 22 But now having been (AN)freed from sin and (AO)enslaved to God, you [r]derive your [s](AP)benefit, [t]resulting in sanctification, and (AQ)the outcome, eternal life. 23 For the wages of (AR)sin is death, but the free gift of God is (AS)eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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