Psalm 141

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Psalm 141

Protection from Sin and Sinners

A psalm of David.

¹Lord, I call on you; hurry to help me.
Listen to my voice when I call on you.^(A)
²May my prayer be set before you as incense,^(B)
the raising of my hands as the evening offering.^(C)

³Lord, set up a guard for my mouth;
keep watch at the door of my lips.^(D)
⁴Do not let my heart turn to any evil thing
or perform wicked acts with evildoers.
Do not let me feast on their delicacies.^(E)
⁵Let the righteous one strike me—
it is an act of faithful love;
let him rebuke me—
it is oil for my head;
let me^[a] not refuse it.^(F)
Even now my prayer is against
the evil acts of the wicked.^[b]^(G)
⁶When their rulers^[c] will be thrown off
the sides of a cliff,
the people^[d] will listen to my words,
for they are pleasing.^(H)

⁷As when one plows and breaks up the soil,
turning up rocks,
so our^[e] bones have been scattered
at the mouth of Sheol.^(I)

⁸But my eyes look to you, Lord, my Lord.
I seek refuge in you; do not let me die.^[f]^(J)
⁹Protect me from the trap they have set for me,
and from the snares of evildoers.^(K)
¹⁰Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
while I pass by safely.^(L)

Footnotes

141:5 Lit my head
141:5 Lit of them
141:6 Or judges
141:6 Lit cliff, and they
141:7 DSS reads my; some LXX mss, Syr read their
141:8 Or not pour out my life

Proverbs 14:34-35

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³⁴Righteousness exalts a nation,
but sin is a disgrace to any people.^(A)

³⁵A king favors a prudent servant,^(B)
but his anger falls on a disgraceful one.

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Mark 1:21-34

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Driving Out an Unclean Spirit

²¹They^(A) went into Capernaum,^(B) and right away he entered the synagogue^(C) on the Sabbath^(D) and began to teach.^(E) ²²They were astonished^(F) at his teaching^(G) because he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not like the scribes.

²³Just then a man with an unclean^(H) spirit^(I) was in their synagogue.^(J) He cried out, ²⁴“What do you have to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth?^(K) Have you come to destroy^(L) us? I know who you are—the Holy^(M) One of God!” ^(N)

²⁵Jesus rebuked^(O) him saying, “Be silent,^(P) and come out of him!” ²⁶And the unclean spirit threw him into convulsions,^(Q) shouted with a loud voice, and came out of him.

²⁷They were all amazed,^(R) and so they began to ask^(S) each other, “What is this? A new teaching^(T) with authority!^[a]^(U) He commands even the unclean^(V) spirits,^(W) and they obey him.” ²⁸At once the news about him spread throughout the entire vicinity of Galilee.^(X)

Healings at Capernaum

²⁹As^(Y) soon as they left the synagogue,^(Z) they went into Simon^(AA) and Andrew’s^(AB) house^(AC) with James^(AD) and John.^(AE) ³⁰Simon’s mother-in-law was lying in bed with a fever, and they told him about her at once. ³¹So he went to her, took her by the hand, and raised her up.^(AF) The fever^(AG) left her,^[b] and she began to serve^(AH) them.^(AI)

³²When^(AJ) evening came, after the sun had set, they brought to him all those who were sick^(AK) and demon-possessed.^(AL) ³³The whole town was assembled at the door, ³⁴and he healed^(AM) many who were sick with various diseases^(AN) and drove out^(AO) many demons.^(AP) And he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.^(AQ)

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Footnotes

1:27 Other mss read “What is this? What is this new teaching? For with authority
1:31 Other mss add at once

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