Psalm 113

English Standard Version

Who Is like the Lord Our God?

113 ^(A)Praise the Lord!
^(B)Praise, O ^(C)servants of the Lord,
praise the name of the Lord!

²^(D)Blessed be the name of the Lord
from this time forth and forevermore!
³^(E)From the rising of the sun to its setting,
^(F)the name of the Lord is ^(G)to be praised!

⁴The Lord is ^(H)high above all nations,
    and his ^(I)glory above the heavens!
⁵^(J)Who is like the Lord our God,
    who is seated on high,
⁶who ^(K)looks far down
    on the heavens and the earth?
⁷He ^(L)raises the poor from the dust
    and lifts the needy from the ash heap,
⁸to make them ^(M)sit with princes,
    with the princes of his people.
⁹He ^(N)gives the barren woman a home,
    making her the joyous mother of children.
^(O)Praise the Lord!

Psalm 114

English Standard Version

Tremble at the Presence of the Lord

114 When ^(A)Israel went out from Egypt,
the house of Jacob from ^(B)a people of strange language,
²Judah became his ^(C)sanctuary,
Israel his dominion.

³^(D)The sea looked and fled;
^(E)Jordan turned back.
⁴^(F)The mountains skipped like rams,
the hills like lambs.

⁵What ^(G)ails you, O sea, that you flee?
O Jordan, that you turn back?
⁶O mountains, that you skip like rams?
O hills, like lambs?

⁷^(H)Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,
at the presence of the God of Jacob,
⁸who turns ^(I)the rock into ^(J)a pool of water,
^(K)the flint into a spring of water.

Ezekiel 35

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Prophecy Against Mount Seir

35 The word of the Lord came to me: ²^(A)“Son of man, ^(B)set your face ^(C)against ^(D)Mount Seir, and prophesy against it, ³and say to it, Thus says the Lord God: ^(E)Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir, and ^(F)I will stretch out my hand against you, ^(G)and I will make you a desolation and a waste. ⁴^(H)I will lay your cities waste, and you shall become a desolation, and you shall know that I am the Lord. ⁵Because ^(I)you cherished perpetual enmity and gave over the people of Israel to the power of the sword ^(J)at the time of their calamity, ^(K)at the time of their final punishment, ⁶therefore, ^(L)as I live, declares the Lord God, I will prepare you for blood, and blood shall pursue you; ^(M)because you did not hate bloodshed, therefore blood shall pursue you. ⁷^(N)I will make Mount Seir a waste ^(O)and a desolation, and I will cut off from it ^(P)all who come and go. ⁸And I will fill ^(Q)its mountains with the slain. On your hills and in your valleys and in all ^(R)your ravines ^(S)those slain with the sword shall fall. ⁹^(T)I will make you a perpetual desolation, and ^(U)your cities shall not be inhabited. Then ^(V)you will know that I am the Lord.

¹⁰“Because you said, ^(W)‘These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and ^(X)we will take possession of them’—although the ^(Y)Lord was there— ¹¹therefore, ^(Z)as I live, declares the Lord God, I will deal with you ^(AA)according to the anger and ^(AB)envy that you showed because of your hatred against them. And ^(AC)I will make myself known among them, when I judge you. ¹²And you shall know that I am the Lord.

^(AD)“I have heard all the revilings that you uttered against the mountains of Israel, saying, ‘They are laid desolate; ^(AE)they are given us to devour.’ ¹³And ^(AF)you magnified yourselves against me ^(AG)with your mouth, and multiplied your words against me; I heard it. ¹⁴Thus says the Lord God: ^(AH)While the whole earth rejoices, I will make you desolate. ¹⁵As you ^(AI)rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so I will deal with you; you shall be desolate, ^(AJ)Mount Seir, and all Edom, all of it. Then ^(AK)they will know that I am the Lord.

Acts 15:36-16:5

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Paul and Barnabas Separate

³⁶And after some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us return and visit ^(A)the brothers ^(B)in every city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see how they are.” ³⁷Now Barnabas wanted to take with them ^(C)John called Mark. ³⁸But Paul thought best not to take with them one ^(D)who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia and had not gone with them to the work. ³⁹And there arose ^(E)a sharp disagreement, so that they separated from each other. ^(F)Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus, ⁴⁰but Paul chose Silas and departed, ^(G)having been commended by ^(H)the brothers to ^(I)the grace of the Lord. ⁴¹And he went through Syria and Cilicia, ^(J)strengthening the churches.

Timothy Joins Paul and Silas

16 Paul^[a] came also to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple was there, named ^(K)Timothy, ^(L)the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek. ²He was well spoken of by ^(M)the brothers^[b] at Lystra and Iconium. ³Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and he ^(N)took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek. ⁴As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered to them for observance ^(O)the decisions ^(P)that had been reached by ^(Q)the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem. ⁵^(R)So the churches were strengthened in ^(S)the faith, and they increased in numbers ^(T)daily.