Psalm 119:145-176

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Qoph

¹⁴⁵With my ^(A)whole heart I cry; answer me, O Lord!
    I will ^(B)keep your statutes.
¹⁴⁶I call to you; save me,
    that I may observe your testimonies.
¹⁴⁷I rise before ^(C)dawn and cry for help;
    I ^(D)hope in your words.
¹⁴⁸My eyes are awake before ^(E)the watches of the night,
    that I may meditate on your promise.
¹⁴⁹Hear my voice according to your steadfast love;
    O Lord, ^(F)according to your justice ^(G)give me life.
¹⁵⁰They draw near who persecute me with evil purpose;
    they are far from your law.
¹⁵¹But ^(H)you are near, O Lord,
    and all your commandments are ^(I)true.
¹⁵²Long have I known from your testimonies
    that you have ^(J)founded them forever.

Resh

¹⁵³Look on my ^(K)affliction and deliver me,
    for ^(L)I do not forget your law.
¹⁵⁴^(M)Plead my cause and redeem me;
    ^(N)give me life according to your promise!
¹⁵⁵^(O)Salvation is far from the wicked,
    ^(P)for they do not seek your statutes.
¹⁵⁶^(Q)Great is your mercy, O Lord;
    ^(R)give me life according to your rules.
¹⁵⁷^(S)Many are my persecutors and my adversaries,
    but I do not ^(T)swerve from your testimonies.
¹⁵⁸I look at ^(U)the faithless with ^(V)disgust,
    because they do not keep your commands.
¹⁵⁹Consider how I ^(W)love your precepts!
    ^(X)Give me life according to your steadfast love.
¹⁶⁰^(Y)The sum of your word is ^(Z)truth,
    and every one of your ^(AA)righteous rules endures forever.

Sin and Shin

¹⁶¹^(AB)Princes persecute me ^(AC)without cause,
    but my heart ^(AD)stands in awe of your words.
¹⁶²I ^(AE)rejoice at your word
    like one who ^(AF)finds great spoil.
¹⁶³I hate and abhor falsehood,
    but I love ^(AG)your law.
¹⁶⁴Seven times a day I praise you
    for your ^(AH)righteous rules.
¹⁶⁵Great ^(AI)peace have those who love your law;
    ^(AJ)nothing can make them stumble.
¹⁶⁶I ^(AK)hope for your salvation, O Lord,
    and I do your commandments.
¹⁶⁷My soul keeps your testimonies;
    I ^(AL)love them exceedingly.
¹⁶⁸I keep your precepts and testimonies,
    ^(AM)for all my ways are before you.

Taw

¹⁶⁹Let my ^(AN)cry come before you, O Lord;
    ^(AO)give me understanding ^(AP)according to your word!
¹⁷⁰Let my plea come before you;
    ^(AQ)deliver me according to your word.
¹⁷¹My lips will ^(AR)pour forth praise,
    for you ^(AS)teach me your statutes.
¹⁷²My tongue will sing of your word,
    for ^(AT)all your commandments are right.
¹⁷³Let your hand be ready to help me,
    for I have ^(AU)chosen your precepts.
¹⁷⁴I ^(AV)long for your salvation, O Lord,
    and your law is my ^(AW)delight.
¹⁷⁵Let my soul live and praise you,
    and let your rules help me.
¹⁷⁶I have ^(AX)gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant,
    for I do not ^(AY)forget your commandments.

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Psalm 128-130

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Blessed Is Everyone Who Fears the Lord

A Song of ^(A)Ascents.

128 ^(B)Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord,
who ^(C)walks in his ways!
²You ^(D)shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands;
you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you.

³Your wife will be like ^(E)a fruitful vine
    within your house;
your children will be like ^(F)olive shoots
    around your table.
⁴Behold, thus shall the man be blessed
    who fears the Lord.

⁵^(G)The Lord bless you ^(H)from Zion!
    May you see ^(I)the prosperity of Jerusalem
    all the days of your life!
⁶May you see your ^(J)children's children!
    ^(K)Peace be upon Israel!

They Have Afflicted Me from My Youth

A Song of ^(L)Ascents.

129 “Greatly^[a] have they ^(M)afflicted me ^(N)from my youth”—
    ^(O)let Israel now say—
²“Greatly have they ^(P)afflicted me ^(Q)from my youth,
    ^(R)yet they have not prevailed against me.
³^(S)The plowers plowed ^(T)upon my back;
    they made long their furrows.”
⁴The Lord is righteous;
    he has cut ^(U)the cords of the wicked.
⁵May all who hate Zion
    be ^(V)put to shame and turned backward!
⁶Let them be like ^(W)the grass on the housetops,
    which ^(X)withers before it grows up,
⁷with which the reaper does not fill his hand
    nor the binder of sheaves his arms,
⁸nor do those who pass by say,
    ^(Y)“The blessing of the Lord be upon you!
    We ^(Z)bless you in the name of the Lord!”

My Soul Waits for the Lord

A Song of ^(AA)Ascents.

130 Out of ^(AB)the depths I cry to you, O Lord!
² O Lord, hear my voice!
^(AC)Let your ears be attentive
to ^(AD)the voice of my pleas for mercy!

³If you, O Lord, should ^(AE)mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could ^(AF)stand?
⁴But with you there is ^(AG)forgiveness,
^(AH)that you may be feared.

⁵I ^(AI)wait for the Lord, ^(AJ)my soul waits,
    and ^(AK)in his word I hope;
⁶my soul ^(AL)waits for the Lord
    more than ^(AM)watchmen for ^(AN)the morning,
    more than watchmen for the morning.

⁷O Israel, ^(AO)hope in the Lord!
    For ^(AP)with the Lord there is steadfast love,
    and with him is plentiful redemption.
⁸And he will ^(AQ)redeem Israel
    from all his iniquities.

Footnotes

Psalm 129:1 Or Often; also verse 2

Zechariah 12:1-10

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The Lord Will Give Salvation

12 ^(A)The oracle of the word of the Lord concerning Israel: Thus declares the Lord, ^(B)who stretched out the heavens and ^(C)founded the earth and ^(D)formed the spirit of man within him: ²“Behold, I am about to make Jerusalem ^(E)a cup of staggering to ^(F)all the surrounding peoples. The siege of Jerusalem ^(G)will also be against Judah. ³^(H)On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples. ^(I)All who lift it will surely hurt themselves. And ^(J)all the nations of the earth will gather against it. ⁴^(K)On that day, declares the Lord, ^(L)I will strike every horse ^(M)with panic, and its rider ^(N)with madness. But for the sake of the house of Judah I will keep my eyes open, when I strike every horse of the peoples ^(O)with blindness. ⁵Then the clans of Judah shall say to themselves, ‘The inhabitants of Jerusalem have strength through the Lord of hosts, their God.’

⁶^(P)“On that day I will make the clans of Judah ^(Q)like a blazing pot in the midst of wood, like a flaming torch among sheaves. And ^(R)they shall devour to the right and to the left all the surrounding peoples, while ^(S)Jerusalem shall again be inhabited in its place, in Jerusalem.

⁷“And the Lord will give salvation to the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem may not surpass that of Judah. ⁸^(T)On that day ^(U)the Lord will protect the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that ^(V)the feeblest among them on that day shall be like David, and the house of David shall be like God, ^(W)like the angel of the Lord, going before them. ⁹^(X)And on that day ^(Y)I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

Him Whom They Have Pierced

¹⁰“And ^(Z)I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and ^(AA)pleas for mercy, so that, ^(AB)when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, ^(AC)they shall mourn for him, ^(AD)as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.

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Ephesians 1:3-14

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Spiritual Blessings in Christ

³^(A)Blessed be ^(B)the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing ^(C)in the heavenly places, ⁴^(D)even as he ^(E)chose us in him ^(F)before the foundation of the world, that we should be ^(G)holy and blameless before him. In love ⁵^(H)he predestined us^[a] for ^(I)adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, ^(J)according to the purpose of his will, ⁶^(K)to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in ^(L)the Beloved. ⁷^(M)In him we have ^(N)redemption ^(O)through his blood, ^(P)the forgiveness of our trespasses, ^(Q)according to the riches of his grace, ⁸which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight ⁹^(R)making known^[b] to us the mystery of his will, ^(S)according to his purpose, which he ^(T)set forth in Christ ¹⁰as a plan for ^(U)the fullness of time, ^(V)to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.

¹¹In him we have obtained ^(W)an inheritance, ^(X)having been predestined ^(Y)according to the purpose of him who works all things according to ^(Z)the counsel of his will, ¹²so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be ^(AA)to the praise of his glory. ¹³In him you also, when you heard ^(AB)the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, ^(AC)were sealed with the ^(AD)promised Holy Spirit, ¹⁴who is ^(AE)the guarantee^[c] of our ^(AF)inheritance until ^(AG)we acquire ^(AH)possession of it,^[d] ^(AI)to the praise of his glory.

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Footnotes

Ephesians 1:5 Or before him in love, ⁵having predestined us
Ephesians 1:9 Or he lavished upon us in all wisdom and insight, making known…
Ephesians 1:14 Or down payment
Ephesians 1:14 Or until God redeems his possession

Luke 19:1-10

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Jesus and Zacchaeus

19 ^(A)He entered Jericho and was passing through. ²And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was rich. ³And ^(B)he was seeking to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was small in stature. ⁴So he ran on ahead and climbed up into ^(C)a sycamore tree to see him, for he was about to pass that way. ⁵And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for ^(D)I must stay at your house today.” ⁶So he hurried and came down and ^(E)received him joyfully. ⁷And when they saw it, they all ^(F)grumbled, “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.” ⁸And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods ^(G)I give to the poor. And if I have ^(H)defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it ^(I)fourfold.” ⁹And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, since ^(J)he also is a son of Abraham. ¹⁰For ^(K)the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”