Psalm 52

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52 ⁽⁰⁾For the leader. A maskil of David, ²when Do’eg from Edom came and told Sha’ul, “David has arrived at the house of Achimelekh”:

³⁽¹⁾Why do you boast of your evil, you tyrant,
when God’s mercy is present every day?
⁴⁽²⁾Your tongue, as sharp as a razor,
plots destruction and works deception.

⁵⁽³⁾You love evil more than good,
lies rather than speaking uprightly. (Selah)
⁶⁽⁴⁾You love all words that eat people up,
you deceitful tongue!

⁷⁽⁵⁾This is why God will strike you down,
seize you, pluck you from your tent
and uproot you from the land of the living. (Selah)

⁸⁽⁶⁾The righteous will see and be awestruck;
they will jeer at him, saying,
⁹⁽⁷⁾“This fellow would not make God his refuge,
but trusted in his own great wealth,
relying on his evil plots.”

¹⁰⁽⁸⁾But I am like a leafy olive tree
in the house of God;
I put my trust in the grace of God
forever and ever.

¹¹⁽⁹⁾I will praise you forever for what you have done,
and I will put my hope in your name;
for this is what is good
in the presence of your faithful.

Psalm 57

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57 ⁽⁰⁾For the leader. Set to “Do Not Destroy.” By David, a mikhtam, when he fled from Sha’ul into the cave:

²⁽¹⁾Show me favor, God, show me favor;
for in you I have taken refuge.
Yes, I will find refuge in the shadow of your wings
until the storms have passed.
³⁽²⁾I call to God, the Most High,
to God, who is accomplishing his purpose for me.

⁴⁽³⁾He will send from heaven and save me
when those who would trample me down mock me. (Selah)
God will send his grace and his truth.

⁵⁽⁴⁾I am surrounded by lions,
I am lying down among people breathing fire,
men whose teeth are spears and arrows
and their tongues sharp-edged swords.

⁶⁽⁵⁾Be exalted, God, above heaven!
May your glory be over all the earth!
⁷⁽⁶⁾They prepared a snare for my feet,
but I am bending over [to avoid it].
They dug a pit ahead of me,
but they fell into it themselves. (Selah)

⁸⁽⁷⁾My heart is steadfast, God, steadfast.
I will sing and make music.
⁹⁽⁸⁾Awake, my glory! Awake, lyre and lute!
I will awaken the dawn.

¹⁰⁽⁹⁾I will thank you, Adonai, among the peoples;
I will make music to you among the nations.
¹¹⁽¹⁰⁾For your grace is great, all the way to heaven,
and your truth, all the way to the skies.

¹²⁽¹¹⁾Be exalted, God, above heaven!
May your glory be over all the earth!

Psalm 142

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142 ⁽⁰⁾A maskil of David, when he was in the cave. A prayer:

²⁽¹⁾With my voice I cry to Adonai,
with my voice I plead to Adonai for mercy.
³⁽²⁾Before him I pour out my complaint,
before him I tell my trouble.
⁴⁽³⁾When my spirit faints within me,
you watch over my path.
By the road that I am walking
they have hidden a snare for me.
⁵⁽⁴⁾Look to my right, and see
that no one recognizes me.
I have no way of escape;
nobody cares for me.

⁶⁽⁵⁾I cried out to you, Adonai;
I said, “You are my refuge,
my portion in the land of the living.”
⁷⁽⁶⁾Listen to my cry,
for I have been brought very low.

Rescue me from my persecutors,
for they are too strong for me.
⁸⁽⁷⁾Lead me out of prison,
so that I can give thanks to your name;
in me the righteous will be crowning themselves,
because you will have treated me generously.

Luke 22:24-46

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²⁴An argument arose among them as to which of them should be considered the greatest. ²⁵But Yeshua said to them, “The kings of the Goyim lord it over them; and those in authority over them are given the title, ‘Benefactor.’ ²⁶But not so with you! On the contrary, let the greater among you become like the younger, and one who rules like one who serves. ²⁷For who is greater? The one reclining at the table? or the one who serves? It’s the one reclining at the table, isn’t it? But I myself am among you like one who serves.

²⁸“You are the ones who have stayed with me throughout my trials. ²⁹Just as my Father gave me the right to rule, so I give you an appointment, ³⁰namely, to eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom and to sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Isra’el.

³¹“Shim‘on, Shim‘on, listen! The Adversary demanded to have you people for himself, to sift you like wheat! ³²But I prayed for you, Shim‘on, that your trust might not fail. And you, once you have turned back in repentance, strengthen your brothers!” ³³Shim‘on said to him, “Lord, I am prepared to go with you both to prison and to death!” ³⁴Yeshua replied, “I tell you, Kefa, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times that you know me.”

³⁵He said to them, “When I sent you out without wallet, pack or shoes, were you ever short of anything?” “Not a thing,” they answered. ³⁶“But now,” he said, if you have a wallet or a pack, take it; and if you don’t have a sword, sell your robe to buy one. ³⁷For I tell you this: the passage from the Tanakh that says, ‘He was counted with transgressors,’^[a] has to be fulfilled in me; since what is happening to me has a purpose.” ³⁸They said, “Look, Lord, there are two swords right here!” “Enough!” he replied.

³⁹On leaving, Yeshua went as usual to the Mount of Olives; and the talmidim followed him. ⁴⁰When he arrived, he said to them, “Pray that you won’t be put to the test.” ⁴¹He went about a stone’s throw away from them, kneeled down and prayed, ⁴²“Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me; still, let not my will but yours be done.” ⁴³There appeared to him an angel from heaven giving him strength, ⁴⁴and in great anguish he prayed more intensely, so that his sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground. ⁴⁵On rising from prayer and coming to the talmidim, he found them sleeping because of their grief. ⁴⁶He said to them, “Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you won’t be put to the test!”