Psalm 35

English Standard Version

Great Is the Lord

Of David.

35 Contend, O Lord, with those who ^(A)contend with me;
    ^(B)fight against those who fight against me!
²Take hold of ^(C)shield and buckler
    and rise for my help!
³Draw the spear and javelin^[a]
    against my pursuers!
Say to my soul,
    “I am your salvation!”

⁴^(D)Let them be ^(E)put to shame and dishonor
    who seek after my life!
Let them be ^(F)turned back and disappointed
    who devise evil against me!
⁵Let them be like ^(G)chaff before the wind,
    with the angel of the Lord driving them away!
⁶Let their way be dark and ^(H)slippery,
    with the angel of the Lord pursuing them!

⁷For ^(I)without cause ^(J)they hid their net for me;
without cause they dug ^(K)a pit for my life.^[b]
⁸Let ^(L)destruction come upon him ^(M)when he does not know it!
And let the net that he hid ensnare him;
let him fall into it—to his destruction!

⁹Then my soul will rejoice in the Lord,
    ^(N)exulting in his salvation.
¹⁰All my ^(O)bones shall say,
    “O Lord, ^(P)who is like you,
delivering the poor
    from him who is too strong for him,
    the poor and needy from him who robs him?”

¹¹^(Q)Malicious^[c] witnesses rise up;
    they ask me of things that I do not know.
¹²^(R)They repay me evil for good;
    my soul is bereft.^[d]
¹³But I, ^(S)when they were sick—
    I ^(T)wore sackcloth;
    I ^(U)afflicted myself with fasting;
I prayed ^(V)with head bowed^[e] on my chest.
¹⁴    I went about as though I grieved for my friend or my brother;
as one who laments his mother,
    I ^(W)bowed down in mourning.

¹⁵But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered;
    they gathered together against me;
^(X)wretches whom I did not know
    tore at me without ceasing;
¹⁶like profane mockers at a feast,^[f]
    they ^(Y)gnash at me with their teeth.

¹⁷How long, O Lord, will you ^(Z)look on?
    Rescue me from their destruction,
    ^(AA)my precious life from the lions!
¹⁸I will thank you in ^(AB)the great congregation;
    in the mighty throng I will praise you.

¹⁹^(AC)Let not those rejoice over me
    who are ^(AD)wrongfully my foes,
and let not those ^(AE)wink the eye
    who ^(AF)hate me ^(AG)without cause.
²⁰For they do not speak peace,
    but against those who are quiet in the land
    they devise words of deceit.
²¹They ^(AH)open wide their mouths against me;
    they say, ^(AI)“Aha, Aha!
    Our eyes have seen it!”

²²^(AJ)You have seen, O Lord; ^(AK)be not silent!
    O Lord, ^(AL)be not far from me!
²³Awake and ^(AM)rouse yourself for ^(AN)my vindication,
    for my cause, my God and my Lord!
²⁴^(AO)Vindicate me, O Lord, my God,
    according to your righteousness,
    and ^(AP)let them not rejoice over me!
²⁵Let them not say in their hearts,
    ^(AQ)“Aha, our heart's desire!”
Let them not say, ^(AR)“We have swallowed him up.”

²⁶Let them be ^(AS)put to shame and disappointed altogether
who rejoice at my calamity!
Let them be ^(AT)clothed with shame and dishonor
who ^(AU)magnify themselves against me!

²⁷Let those who delight in my righteousness
    shout for joy and be glad
    ^(AV)and say evermore,
^(AW)“Great is the Lord,
    who ^(AX)delights in the welfare of his servant!”
²⁸Then my ^(AY)tongue shall tell of your righteousness
    and of your praise all the day long.

Footnotes

Psalm 35:3 Or and close the way
Psalm 35:7 The word pit is transposed from the preceding line; Hebrew For without cause they hid the pit of their net for me; without cause they dug for my life
Psalm 35:11 Or Violent
Psalm 35:12 Hebrew it is bereavement to my soul
Psalm 35:13 Or my prayer shall turn back
Psalm 35:16 The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain

Isaiah 7:10-25

English Standard Version

The Sign of Immanuel

¹⁰Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz: ¹¹“Ask ^(A)a sign of the Lord your^[a] God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven.” ¹²But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, and I will not put the Lord to the test.” ¹³And he^[b] said, “Hear then, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary men, that you ^(B)weary my God also? ¹⁴Therefore the ^(C)Lord himself will give you a sign. ^(D)Behold, the ^(E)virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name ^(F)Immanuel.^[c] ¹⁵He shall eat ^(G)curds and honey when he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good. ¹⁶^(H)For before the boy knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land whose two kings you dread will be ^(I)deserted. ¹⁷^(J)The Lord will bring upon you and upon your people and upon your father's house such days as have not come since the day that ^(K)Ephraim departed from Judah—the king of Assyria!”

¹⁸In that day the Lord will ^(L)whistle for the fly that is at the end of the streams of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. ¹⁹And they will all come and settle in the steep ravines, and ^(M)in the clefts of the rocks, and on all the thornbushes, and on all the pastures.^[d]

²⁰In that day ^(N)the Lord will ^(O)shave with a razor that is ^(P)hired beyond ^(Q)the River^[e]—with the king of Assyria—the head and the hair of the feet, and it will sweep away the beard also.

²¹^(R)In that day a man will keep alive a young cow and two sheep, ²²and because of the abundance of milk that they give, he will eat curds, for everyone who is left in the land will eat ^(S)curds and honey.

²³In that day every place where there used to be a thousand vines, worth a thousand shekels^[f] of silver, will become ^(T)briers and thorns. ²⁴^(U)With bow and arrows a man will come there, for all the land will be briers and thorns. ²⁵^(V)And as for all the hills that used to be hoed with a hoe, you will not come there for fear ^(W)of briers and thorns, but they will become a place where cattle are let loose and where sheep tread.

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Footnotes

Isaiah 7:11 The Hebrew for you and your is singular in verses 11, 16, 17
Isaiah 7:13 That is, Isaiah
Isaiah 7:14 Immanuel means God is with us
Isaiah 7:19 Or watering holes, or brambles
Isaiah 7:20 That is, the Euphrates
Isaiah 7:23 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams

2 Thessalonians 2:13-3:5

English Standard Version

Stand Firm

¹³But ^(A)we ought always to give thanks to God for you, ^(B)brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you ^(C)as the firstfruits^[a] ^(D)to be saved, ^(E)through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth. ¹⁴To this he called you through ^(F)our gospel, ^(G)so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. ¹⁵So then, brothers, ^(H)stand firm and hold to ^(I)the traditions that you were taught by us, either ^(J)by our spoken word or by ^(K)our letter.

¹⁶Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, ^(L)who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good ^(M)hope through grace, ¹⁷comfort your hearts and ^(N)establish them in every good work and word.

Pray for Us

3 Finally, brothers,^[b] ^(O)pray for us, that ^(P)the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be honored,^[c] as happened among you, ²and ^(Q)that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men. For ^(R)not all have faith. ³But ^(S)the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and ^(T)guard you against ^(U)the evil one.^[d] ⁴And ^(V)we have confidence in the Lord about you, that you are doing and will do the things that we command. ⁵May the Lord ^(W)direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ.

Footnotes

2 Thessalonians 2:13 Some manuscripts chose you from the beginning
2 Thessalonians 3:1 Or brothers and sisters; also verses 6, 13
2 Thessalonians 3:1 Or glorified
2 Thessalonians 3:3 Or evil

Luke 22:14-30

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Institution of the Lord's Supper

¹⁴^(A)And when the hour came, he reclined at table, and the apostles with him. ¹⁵And he said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. ¹⁶For I tell you I will not eat it^[a] ^(B)until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.” ¹⁷And he took a cup, and ^(C)when he had given thanks he said, “Take this, and divide it among yourselves. ¹⁸^(D)For I tell you that from now on I will not drink of the fruit of the vine ^(E)until the kingdom of God comes.” ¹⁹^(F)And he took bread, and ^(G)when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, ^(H)“This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” ²⁰And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, ^(I)“This cup that is poured out for you is ^(J)the new ^(K)covenant in my blood.^[b] ²¹^(L)But behold, the hand of him who betrays me is ^(M)with me on the table. ²²For the Son of Man goes ^(N)as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!” ²³And they began to question one another, which of them it could be who was going to do this.

Who Is the Greatest?

²⁴^(O)A dispute also arose among them, as to which of them was to be regarded as the greatest. ²⁵^(P)And he said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles ^(Q)exercise lordship over them, and those in authority over them are called benefactors. ²⁶^(R)But not so with you. Rather, let ^(S)the greatest among you become as the youngest, and the leader as one who serves. ²⁷For who is the greater, ^(T)one who reclines at table or one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at table? But ^(U)I am among you as the one who serves.

²⁸“You are those who have stayed with me ^(V)in my trials, ²⁹and ^(W)I assign to you, as my Father assigned to me, a kingdom, ³⁰^(X)that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and ^(Y)sit on thrones judging ^(Z)the twelve tribes of Israel.