Psalm 131-135

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I Have Calmed and Quieted My Soul

A Song of ^(A)Ascents. Of David.

131 O Lord, my heart is not ^(B)lifted up;
    my eyes are not ^(C)raised too high;
I do not ^(D)occupy myself with things
    too great and ^(E)too marvelous for me.
²But I have calmed and quieted my soul,
    like a weaned ^(F)child with its mother;
    like a weaned child is my soul within me.

³^(G)O Israel, hope in the Lord
from this time forth and forevermore.

The Lord Has Chosen Zion

A Song of ^(H)Ascents.

132 Remember, O Lord, in David's favor,
    all ^(I)the hardships he endured,
²how he swore to the Lord
    and ^(J)vowed to ^(K)the Mighty One of Jacob,
³“I will not enter my house
    or get into my bed,
⁴I will not ^(L)give sleep to my eyes
    or slumber to my eyelids,
⁵until I ^(M)find a place for the Lord,
    a dwelling place for ^(N)the Mighty One of Jacob.”

⁶Behold, we heard of it in ^(O)Ephrathah;
we found it in ^(P)the fields of Jaar.
⁷“Let us go to his dwelling place;
let us ^(Q)worship at his ^(R)footstool!”

⁸^(S)Arise, O Lord, and go to your ^(T)resting place,
    you and the ark of your ^(U)might.
⁹Let your ^(V)priests be ^(W)clothed with righteousness,
    and let your ^(X)saints shout for joy.
¹⁰For the sake of your servant David,
    ^(Y)do not turn away the face of ^(Z)your anointed one.

¹¹^(AA)The Lord swore to David a sure oath
    ^(AB)from which he will not turn back:
^(AC)“One of the sons of your body^[a]
    I will set on your throne.
¹²If your sons keep my covenant
    and my testimonies that I shall teach them,
their sons also forever
    shall ^(AD)sit on your throne.”

¹³For the Lord has ^(AE)chosen Zion;
    he has ^(AF)desired it for his dwelling place:
¹⁴“This is my ^(AG)resting place forever;
    here I will ^(AH)dwell, for I have desired it.
¹⁵I will abundantly ^(AI)bless her provisions;
    I will ^(AJ)satisfy her poor with bread.
¹⁶Her ^(AK)priests I will clothe with salvation,
    and her ^(AL)saints will shout for joy.
¹⁷There I will make ^(AM)a horn to sprout for David;
    I have prepared ^(AN)a lamp for ^(AO)my anointed.
¹⁸His enemies I will ^(AP)clothe with shame,
    but on him his crown will shine.”

When Brothers Dwell in Unity

A Song of ^(AQ)Ascents. Of David.

133 Behold, how good and pleasant it is
    when ^(AR)brothers dwell in unity!^[b]
²It is like the precious ^(AS)oil on ^(AT)the head,
    running down on the beard,
on the beard of Aaron,
    running down on ^(AU)the collar of his robes!
³It is like ^(AV)the dew of ^(AW)Hermon,
    which falls on ^(AX)the mountains of Zion!
For there the Lord ^(AY)has commanded the blessing,
    life forevermore.

Come, Bless the Lord

A Song of ^(AZ)Ascents.

134 Come, bless the Lord, all you ^(BA)servants of the Lord,
who ^(BB)stand ^(BC)by night in the house of the Lord!
²^(BD)Lift up your hands to ^(BE)the holy place
and bless the Lord!

³May the Lord ^(BF)bless you ^(BG)from Zion,
he who ^(BH)made heaven and earth!

Your Name, O Lord, Endures Forever

135 ^(BI)Praise the Lord!
Praise the name of the Lord,
    give praise, O ^(BJ)servants of the Lord,
²who ^(BK)stand in the house of the Lord,
    in ^(BL)the courts of the house of our God!
³Praise the Lord, for ^(BM)the Lord is good;
    sing to his name, ^(BN)for it is pleasant!^[c]
⁴For the Lord has ^(BO)chosen Jacob for himself,
    Israel as his ^(BP)own possession.

⁵For I know that ^(BQ)the Lord is great,
    and that our Lord is above all gods.
⁶^(BR)Whatever the Lord pleases, he does,
    in heaven and on earth,
    in the seas and all deeps.
⁷^(BS)He it is who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth,
    who ^(BT)makes lightnings for the rain
    and brings forth the wind from his ^(BU)storehouses.

⁸He it was who ^(BV)struck down the firstborn of Egypt,
    both of man and of beast;
⁹who in your midst, O Egypt,
    sent ^(BW)signs and wonders
    against Pharaoh and all his servants;
¹⁰^(BX)who struck down many nations
    and killed mighty kings,
¹¹^(BY)Sihon, king of the Amorites,
    and ^(BZ)Og, king of Bashan,
    and ^(CA)all the kingdoms of Canaan,
¹²and ^(CB)gave their land as a heritage,
    a heritage to his people Israel.

¹³^(CC)Your name, O Lord, endures forever,
^(CD)your renown,^[d] O Lord, throughout all ages.
¹⁴^(CE)For the Lord will vindicate his people
and ^(CF)have compassion on his servants.

¹⁵^(CG)The idols of the nations are silver and gold,
    the work of human hands.
¹⁶They have mouths, but do not speak;
    they have eyes, but do not see;
¹⁷they have ears, but do not hear,
    nor is there any breath in their mouths.
¹⁸Those who make them become like them,
    so do all who trust in them.

¹⁹^(CH)O house of Israel, bless the Lord!
    O house of Aaron, bless the Lord!
²⁰O house of Levi, bless the Lord!
    You who fear the Lord, bless the Lord!
²¹Blessed be the Lord ^(CI)from Zion,
    he who ^(CJ)dwells in Jerusalem!
^(CK)Praise the Lord!

Footnotes

Psalm 132:11 Hebrew of your fruit of the womb
Psalm 133:1 Or dwell together
Psalm 135:3 Or for he is beautiful
Psalm 135:13 Or remembrance

Zechariah 13

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13 ^(A)“On that day there shall be ^(B)a fountain opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and uncleanness.

Idolatry Cut Off

²“And ^(C)on that day, declares the Lord of hosts, ^(D)I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, so that ^(E)they shall be remembered no more. And also ^(F)I will remove from the land the prophets and the spirit of uncleanness. ³And if anyone again prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ^(G)‘You shall not live, for you speak lies in the name of the Lord.’ And his father and mother who bore him shall pierce him through when he prophesies.

⁴“On that day ^(H)every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies. He will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive, ⁵but he will say, ^(I)‘I am no prophet, I am a worker of the soil, for a man sold me in my youth.’^[a] ⁶And if one asks him, ‘What are these wounds on your back?’^[b] he will say, ‘The wounds I received in the house of my friends.’

The Shepherd Struck

⁷“Awake, O sword, against ^(J)my shepherd,
against the man who stands next to me,”
declares the Lord of hosts.

^(K)“Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered;
    I will turn my hand against the little ones.
⁸In the whole land, declares the Lord,
    two thirds shall be cut off and perish,
    ^(L)and one third shall be left alive.
⁹And ^(M)I will put this third into the fire,
    and refine them as one refines silver,
    and test them as gold is tested.
^(N)They will call upon my name,
    and ^(O)I will answer them.
^(P)I will say, ‘They are my people’;
    and they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”

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Footnotes

Zechariah 13:5 Or for the land has been my possession since my youth
Zechariah 13:6 Or on your chest; Hebrew wounds between your hands

Ephesians 1:15-23

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Thanksgiving and Prayer

¹⁵For this reason, ^(A)because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love^[a] toward all the saints, ¹⁶I ^(B)do not cease to give thanks for you, ^(C)remembering you in my prayers, ¹⁷that ^(D)the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, ^(E)may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, ¹⁸^(F)having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is ^(G)the hope to which he has called you, what are ^(H)the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, ¹⁹and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, ^(I)according to the working of ^(J)his great might ²⁰that he worked in Christ ^(K)when he raised him from the dead and ^(L)seated him at his right hand ^(M)in the heavenly places, ²¹^(N)far above ^(O)all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above ^(P)every name that is named, not only in ^(Q)this age but also in the one to come. ²²And ^(R)he put all things under his feet and gave him as ^(S)head over all things to the church, ²³^(T)which is his body, ^(U)the fullness of him ^(V)who fills ^(W)all in all.

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Footnotes

Ephesians 1:15 Some manuscripts omit your love

Luke 19:11-27

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The Parable of the Ten Minas

¹¹As they heard these things, he proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because ^(A)they supposed that the kingdom of God was to appear immediately. ¹²He said therefore, ^(B)“A nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and then return. ¹³Calling ^(C)ten of his servants,^[a] he gave them ten minas,^[b] and said to them, ‘Engage in business ^(D)until I come.’ ¹⁴But ^(E)his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’ ¹⁵When he returned, having received the kingdom, he ordered these servants to whom he had given the money to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by doing business. ¹⁶The first came before him, saying, ‘Lord, your mina has made ten minas more.’ ¹⁷And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant!^[c] Because you have been ^(F)faithful in a very little, ^(G)you shall have authority over ten cities.’ ¹⁸And the second came, saying, ‘Lord, your mina has made five minas.’ ¹⁹And he said to him, ‘And you are to be over five cities.’ ²⁰Then another came, saying, ‘Lord, here is your mina, which I kept laid away in ^(H)a handkerchief; ²¹for I was afraid of you, because you are ^(I)a severe man. You take ^(J)what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.’ ²²He said to him, ^(K)‘I will condemn you with your own words, ^(L)you wicked servant! You knew that I was ^(M)a severe man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow? ²³Why then did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I might have collected it with interest?’ ²⁴And he said to those who stood by, ‘Take the mina from him, and give it to the one who has the ten minas.’ ²⁵And they said to him, ‘Lord, he has ten minas!’ ²⁶‘I tell you that ^(N)to everyone who has, more will be given, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. ²⁷But ^(O)as for these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and ^(P)slaughter them before me.’”