Psalm 148-150

English Standard Version

Praise the Name of the Lord

148 ^(A)Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord ^(B)from the heavens;
praise him ^(C)in the heights!
²Praise him, all his angels;
praise him, all his ^(D)hosts!

³Praise him, sun and moon,
praise him, all you shining stars!
⁴Praise him, you ^(E)highest heavens,
and you ^(F)waters above the heavens!

⁵^(G)Let them praise the name of the Lord!
For ^(H)he commanded and they were created.
⁶And he ^(I)established them forever and ever;
he gave ^(J)a decree, and it shall not ^(K)pass away.^[a]

⁷Praise the Lord ^(L)from the earth,
you ^(M)great sea creatures and all deeps,
⁸^(N)fire and hail, ^(O)snow and mist,
^(P)stormy wind ^(Q)fulfilling his word!

⁹^(R)Mountains and all hills,
^(S)fruit trees and all ^(T)cedars!
¹⁰^(U)Beasts and all livestock,
creeping things and ^(V)flying birds!

¹¹Kings of the earth and ^(W)all peoples,
princes and all rulers of the earth!
¹²Young men and maidens together,
old men and children!

¹³^(X)Let them praise the name of the Lord,
    for ^(Y)his name alone is exalted;
    ^(Z)his majesty is above earth and heaven.
¹⁴He has ^(AA)raised up a horn for his people,
    ^(AB)praise for all his saints,
    for the people of Israel who are ^(AC)near to him.
^(AD)Praise the Lord!

Sing to the Lord a New Song

149 ^(AE)Praise the Lord!
Sing to the Lord ^(AF)a new song,
    his praise in ^(AG)the assembly of the godly!
²Let Israel ^(AH)be glad in ^(AI)his Maker;
    let the children of Zion rejoice in their ^(AJ)King!
³Let them praise his name with ^(AK)dancing,
    making melody to him with ^(AL)tambourine and ^(AM)lyre!
⁴For the Lord ^(AN)takes pleasure in his people;
    he ^(AO)adorns the humble with salvation.
⁵Let the godly exult in glory;
    let them ^(AP)sing for joy on their ^(AQ)beds.
⁶Let ^(AR)the high praises of God be in their throats
    and ^(AS)two-edged swords in their hands,
⁷to execute vengeance on the nations
    and punishments on the peoples,
⁸to bind their kings with ^(AT)chains
    and their nobles with fetters of iron,
⁹to execute on them the judgment ^(AU)written!
    ^(AV)This is honor for all his godly ones.
^(AW)Praise the Lord!

Let Everything Praise the Lord

150 ^(AX)Praise the Lord!
Praise God in his ^(AY)sanctuary;
praise him in ^(AZ)his mighty heavens!^[b]
²Praise him for his ^(BA)mighty deeds;
praise him according to his excellent ^(BB)greatness!

³Praise him with ^(BC)trumpet sound;
    praise him with ^(BD)lute and ^(BE)harp!
⁴Praise him with ^(BF)tambourine and ^(BG)dance;
    praise him with ^(BH)strings and ^(BI)pipe!
⁵Praise him with sounding ^(BJ)cymbals;
    praise him with loud clashing cymbals!
⁶Let ^(BK)everything that has breath praise the Lord!
^(BL)Praise the Lord!

Footnotes

Psalm 148:6 Or it shall not be transgressed
Psalm 150:1 Hebrew expanse (compare Genesis 1:6–8)

Psalm 114-115

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.

To Your Name Give Glory

115 ^(L)Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory,
^(M)for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness!

²Why should the nations say,
^(N)“Where is their God?”
³^(O)Our God is in the heavens;
^(P)he does all that he pleases.

⁴^(Q)Their idols are silver and gold,
    ^(R)the work of human hands.
⁵They have mouths, ^(S)but do not speak;
    eyes, but do not see.
⁶They have ears, but do not hear;
    noses, but do not smell.
⁷They have hands, but do not feel;
    feet, but do not walk;
    and they do not make a sound in their throat.
⁸^(T)Those who make them become like them;
    so do all who trust in them.

⁹O ^(U)Israel,^[a] ^(V)trust in the Lord!
    He is their ^(W)help and their shield.
¹⁰O ^(X)house of Aaron, trust in the Lord!
    He is their help and ^(Y)their shield.
¹¹You ^(Z)who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord!
    He is their help and their shield.

¹²The Lord has remembered us; he will bless us;
    he will bless ^(AA)the house of Israel;
    he will bless ^(AB)the house of Aaron;
¹³he will ^(AC)bless those who fear the Lord,
    ^(AD)both the small and the great.

¹⁴May the Lord ^(AE)give you increase,
you and your children!
¹⁵May ^(AF)you be blessed by the Lord,
^(AG)who made heaven and earth!

¹⁶The heavens are the Lord's heavens,
    but the earth he has given to the children of man.
¹⁷^(AH)The dead do not praise the Lord,
    nor do any who go down into ^(AI)silence.
¹⁸But ^(AJ)we will bless the Lord
    from this time forth and forevermore.
^(AK)Praise the Lord!

Footnotes

Psalm 115:9 Masoretic Text; many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac O house of Israel

Isaiah 43:14-44:5

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¹⁴Thus says the Lord,
    your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
^(A)“For your sake I send to Babylon
    and ^(B)bring them all down as fugitives,
    ^(C)even the Chaldeans, in the ships in which they rejoice.
¹⁵I am the Lord, your Holy One,
    the Creator of Israel, your King.”

¹⁶Thus says the Lord,
    ^(D)who makes a way in the sea,
    a path in the mighty waters,
¹⁷who ^(E)brings forth chariot and horse,
    army and warrior;
they lie down, they cannot rise,
    ^(F)they are extinguished, ^(G)quenched like a wick:
¹⁸^(H)“Remember not the former things,
    nor consider the things of old.
¹⁹^(I)Behold, I am doing a new thing;
    now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?
^(J)I will make a way in the wilderness
    ^(K)and rivers in the desert.
²⁰The wild beasts will honor me,
    ^(L)the jackals and the ostriches,
^(M)for I give water in the wilderness,
    rivers in the desert,
to give drink to my chosen people,
²¹    the people whom I formed for myself
^(N)that they might declare my praise.

²²“Yet you did not call upon me, O Jacob;
    but ^(O)you have been weary of me, O Israel!
²³^(P)You have not brought me your sheep for burnt offerings,
    or honored me with your sacrifices.
I have not burdened you with offerings,
    ^(Q)or wearied you with frankincense.
²⁴You have not bought me sweet cane with money,
    or satisfied me with the fat of your sacrifices.
But you have burdened me with your sins;
    you have wearied me with your iniquities.

²⁵“I, I am he
    ^(R)who blots out ^(S)your transgressions for my own sake,
    and I will not remember your sins.
²⁶Put me in remembrance; ^(T)let us argue together;
    set forth your case, that you may be proved right.
²⁷^(U)Your first father sinned,
    and ^(V)your mediators transgressed against me.
²⁸Therefore ^(W)I will profane the princes of the sanctuary,
    and ^(X)deliver Jacob to utter destruction
    and Israel to reviling.

Israel the Lord's Chosen

44 “But now hear, ^(Y)O Jacob my servant,
    Israel whom I have chosen!
²Thus says the Lord who made you,
    ^(Z)who formed you from the womb and will help you:
^(AA)Fear not, O Jacob my servant,
    ^(AB)Jeshurun whom I have chosen.
³^(AC)For I will pour water on the thirsty land,
    and streams on the dry ground;
I will pour my Spirit upon your offspring,
    and my blessing on your descendants.
⁴They shall spring up among the grass
    ^(AD)like willows by flowing streams.
⁵^(AE)This one will say, ‘I am the Lord's,’
    another will call on the name of Jacob,
and another will write on his hand, ‘The Lord's,’
    and name himself by the name of Israel.”

Hebrews 6:17-7:10

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¹⁷So when God desired to show more convincingly to ^(A)the heirs of the promise ^(B)the unchangeable character of his purpose, ^(C)he guaranteed it with an oath, ¹⁸so that by two unchangeable things, in which ^(D)it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope ^(E)set before us. ¹⁹We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into ^(F)the inner place behind the curtain, ²⁰where Jesus has gone ^(G)as a forerunner on our behalf, ^(H)having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.

The Priestly Order of Melchizedek

7 For this ^(I)Melchizedek, king of ^(J)Salem, priest of ^(K)the Most High God, met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, ²and to him Abraham apportioned a tenth part of everything. He is first, by translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then he is also king of Salem, that is, king of peace. ³He is without father or mother ^(L)or genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but resembling the Son of God he continues a priest forever.

⁴See how great this man was to whom Abraham ^(M)the patriarch gave a tenth of the spoils! ⁵And ^(N)those descendants of Levi who receive the priestly office have a commandment in the law to take tithes from the people, that is, from their brothers,^[a] though these also are descended from Abraham. ⁶But this man ^(O)who does not have his descent from them received tithes from Abraham and blessed ^(P)him who had the promises. ⁷It is beyond dispute that the inferior is blessed by the superior. ⁸In the one case tithes are received by mortal men, but in the other case, by one ^(Q)of whom it is testified that ^(R)he lives. ⁹One might even say that Levi himself, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham, ¹⁰for he was still in the loins of his ancestor when Melchizedek met him.

Footnotes

Hebrews 7:5 Or brothers and sisters

John 4:27-42

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²⁷Just then ^(A)his disciples came back. They marveled that he was talking with a woman, but no one said, “What do you seek?” or, “Why are you talking with her?” ²⁸So the woman left her water jar and went away into town and said to the people, ²⁹“Come, see a man ^(B)who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?” ³⁰They went out of the town and were coming to him.

³¹Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, saying, ^(C)“Rabbi, eat.” ³²But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.” ³³So the disciples said to one another, ^(D)“Has anyone brought him something to eat?” ³⁴Jesus said to them, ^(E)“My food is ^(F)to do the will of him who sent me and ^(G)to accomplish his work. ³⁵Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, then comes the harvest’? Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that ^(H)the fields are white for harvest. ³⁶Already the one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that ^(I)sower and ^(J)reaper ^(K)may rejoice together. ³⁷For here the saying holds true, ^(L)‘One sows and another reaps.’ ³⁸I sent you to reap ^(M)that for which you did not labor. Others have labored, ^(N)and you have entered into their labor.”

³⁹Many Samaritans ^(O)from that town believed in him ^(P)because of ^(Q)the woman's testimony, “He told me all that I ever did.” ⁴⁰So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them, and he stayed there two days. ⁴¹And many more believed ^(R)because of his word. ⁴²They said to the woman, “It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, ^(S)and we know that this is indeed ^(T)the Savior ^(U)of the world.”