Psalm 82

New American Standard Bible

Unjust Judgments Rebuked.

A Psalm of Asaph.

82 God takes His ^(A)position in ^[a]His assembly;
He ^(B)judges in the midst of the ^(C)gods.
²How long will you ^(D)judge unjustly
And ^(E)show partiality to the wicked? Selah
³^(F)Vindicate the weak and fatherless;
Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.
⁴^(G)Rescue the weak and needy;
Save them from the hand of the wicked.

⁵They ^(H)do not know nor do they understand;
They ^(I)walk around in darkness;
All the ^(J)foundations of the earth are shaken.
⁶^[b]I ^(K)said, “You are gods,
And all of you are ^(L)sons of the Most High.
⁷Nevertheless ^(M)you will die like men,
And fall like ^(N)one of the princes.”
⁸^(O)Arise, God, ^(P)judge the earth!
For You ^(Q)possess all the nations.

Footnotes

Psalm 82:1 Lit the assembly of God
Psalm 82:6 Lit I, on my part

Amos 1:1-2:3

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Judgment on Neighbor Nations

1 The words of Amos, who was among the ^(A)sheepherders from ^(B)Tekoa, which he saw in visions concerning Israel in the days of ^(C)Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of ^(D)Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the ^(E)earthquake.

²And he said,
“The ^(F)Lord roars from Zion,
And from Jerusalem He utters His voice;
And the shepherds’ ^(G)pasture grounds mourn,
And the ^[a]^(H)summit of Carmel dries up.”

³This is what the Lord says:
“For ^(I)three offenses of ^(J)Damascus, and for four,
I will not ^[b]revoke its punishment,
Because they threshed Gilead with iron sledges.
⁴So I will send fire upon the house of Hazael,
And it will consume the citadels of ^(K)Ben-hadad.
⁵I will also ^(L)break the gate bar of Damascus,
And eliminate every inhabitant from the ^[c]Valley of Aven,
As well as him who holds the scepter, from Beth-eden;
So the people of Aram will be exiled to ^(M)Kir,”
Says the Lord.

⁶This is what the Lord says:
“For three offenses of ^(N)Gaza, and for four,
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they led into exile an entire population
To ^(O)turn them over to Edom.
⁷So I will send fire on the wall of Gaza
And it will consume her citadels.
⁸I will also eliminate every inhabitant from ^(P)Ashdod,
As well as him who holds the scepter, from ^(Q)Ashkelon;
And I will direct My ^[d]power against Ekron,
And the remnant of the ^(R)Philistines will perish,”
Says the Lord ^[e]God.

⁹This is what the Lord says:
“For three offenses of ^(S)Tyre, and for four,
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they turned an entire population over to Edom
And did not remember the covenant of ^[f]^(T)brotherhood.
¹⁰So I will ^(U)send fire on the wall of Tyre,
And it will consume her citadels.”

¹¹This is what the Lord says:
“For three offenses of ^(V)Edom, and for four,
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because he ^(W)pursued his brother with the sword
And stifled his compassion;
His anger also ^(X)tore continually,
And he maintained his fury forever.
¹²So I will send fire upon ^(Y)Teman
And it will consume the citadels of Bozrah.”

¹³This is what the Lord says:
“For three offenses of the sons of ^(Z)Ammon, and for four,
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they ^(AA)ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead
In order to ^(AB)enlarge their borders.
¹⁴So I will kindle a fire on the wall of ^(AC)Rabbah,
And it will consume her citadels
Amid ^[g]^(AD)war cries on the day of battle,
And amid a ^(AE)storm on the day of tempest.
¹⁵Their ^(AF)king will go into exile,
He and his princes together,” says the Lord.

Judgment on Moab

2 This is what the Lord says:

“For three offenses of ^(AG)Moab, and for four,
I will not ^[h]revoke its punishment,
Because he ^(AH)burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime.
²So I will send fire upon Moab
And it will consume the citadels of ^(AI)Kerioth;
And Moab will die amid the ^(AJ)panic of battle,
Amid war cries and the sound of a trumpet.
³I will also eliminate the ^[i]^(AK)judge from her midst
And slay all her ^(AL)leaders with him,” says the Lord.

Footnotes

Amos 1:2 Lit head
Amos 1:3 Lit cause it to turn back, and so throughout the ch
Amos 1:5 Possibly Baalbek
Amos 1:8 Lit hand
Amos 1:8 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
Amos 1:9 Lit brothers
Amos 1:14 Or shouts
Amos 2:1 Lit cause it to turn back, and so throughout the ch
Amos 2:3 Or executive officer

James 2:14-26

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Faith and Works

¹⁴^(A)What use is it, ^(B)my brothers and sisters, if someone says he has faith, but he has no works? Can ^[a]that faith save him? ¹⁵^(C)If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, ¹⁶and one of you says to them, “^(D)Go in peace, ^[b]be warmed and be filled,” yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that? ¹⁷In the same way, ^(E)faith also, if it has no works, is ^[c]dead, being by itself.

¹⁸^(F)But someone ^[d]may well say, “You have faith and I have works; show me your ^(G)faith without the works, and I will ^(H)show you my faith ^(I)by my works.” ¹⁹You believe that ^[e]^(J)God is one. ^(K)You do well; ^(L)the demons also believe, and shudder. ²⁰But are you willing to acknowledge, ^(M)you foolish person, that ^(N)faith without works is useless? ²¹^(O)Was our father Abraham not justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar? ²²You see that ^(P)faith was working with his works, and ^[f]as a result of the ^(Q)works, faith was ^[g]perfected; ²³and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “^(R)And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a ^(S)friend of God. ²⁴You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. ²⁵In the same way, was ^(T)Rahab the prostitute not justified by works also ^(U)when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way? ²⁶For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also ^(V)faith without works is dead.