Psalm 149

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Psalm 149

¹Praise the Lord.^[a]^(A)

Sing to the Lord a new song,^(B)
his praise in the assembly^(C) of his faithful people.

²Let Israel rejoice^(D) in their Maker;^(E)
    let the people of Zion be glad in their King.^(F)
³Let them praise his name with dancing^(G)
    and make music to him with timbrel and harp.^(H)
⁴For the Lord takes delight^(I) in his people;
    he crowns the humble with victory.^(J)
⁵Let his faithful people rejoice^(K) in this honor
    and sing for joy on their beds.^(L)

⁶May the praise of God be in their mouths^(M)
    and a double-edged^(N) sword in their hands,^(O)
⁷to inflict vengeance^(P) on the nations
    and punishment^(Q) on the peoples,
⁸to bind their kings with fetters,^(R)
    their nobles with shackles of iron,^(S)
⁹to carry out the sentence written against them—^(T)
    this is the glory of all his faithful people.^(U)

Praise the Lord.

Footnotes

Psalm 149:1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah; also in verse 9

Exodus 9:1-7

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The Plague on Livestock

9 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: “Let my people go, so that they may worship^(A) me.” ²If you refuse to let them go and continue to hold them back, ³the hand^(B) of the Lord will bring a terrible plague^(C) on your livestock in the field—on your horses, donkeys and camels and on your cattle, sheep and goats. ⁴But the Lord will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and that of Egypt,^(D) so that no animal belonging to the Israelites will die.’”

⁵The Lord set a time and said, “Tomorrow the Lord will do this in the land.” ⁶And the next day the Lord did it: All the livestock^(E) of the Egyptians died,^(F) but not one animal belonging to the Israelites died. ⁷Pharaoh investigated and found that not even one of the animals of the Israelites had died. Yet his heart^(G) was unyielding and he would not let the people go.^(H)

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2 Corinthians 12:11-21

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Paul’s Concern for the Corinthians

¹¹I have made a fool of myself,^(A) but you drove me to it. I ought to have been commended by you, for I am not in the least inferior to the “super-apostles,”^[a]^(B) even though I am nothing.^(C) ¹²I persevered in demonstrating among you the marks of a true apostle, including signs, wonders and miracles.^(D) ¹³How were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was never a burden to you?^(E) Forgive me this wrong!^(F)

¹⁴Now I am ready to visit you for the third time,^(G) and I will not be a burden to you, because what I want is not your possessions but you. After all, children should not have to save up for their parents,^(H) but parents for their children.^(I) ¹⁵So I will very gladly spend for you everything I have and expend myself as well.^(J) If I love you more,^(K) will you love me less? ¹⁶Be that as it may, I have not been a burden to you.^(L) Yet, crafty fellow that I am, I caught you by trickery! ¹⁷Did I exploit you through any of the men I sent to you? ¹⁸I urged^(M) Titus^(N) to go to you and I sent our brother^(O) with him. Titus did not exploit you, did he? Did we not walk in the same footsteps by the same Spirit?

¹⁹Have you been thinking all along that we have been defending ourselves to you? We have been speaking in the sight of God^(P) as those in Christ; and everything we do, dear friends,^(Q) is for your strengthening.^(R) ²⁰For I am afraid that when I come^(S) I may not find you as I want you to be, and you may not find me as you want me to be.^(T) I fear that there may be discord,^(U) jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition,^(V) slander,^(W) gossip,^(X) arrogance^(Y) and disorder.^(Z) ²¹I am afraid that when I come again my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved^(AA) over many who have sinned earlier^(AB) and have not repented of the impurity, sexual sin and debauchery^(AC) in which they have indulged.