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February 20 - NT, Psalms & Proverbs
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Psalms 21-22
Chapter 21
Praise for Salvation.
1 LORD, in Your strength the king will (C1)be glad,
And in Your (F1)salvation how greatly he will rejoice!
2 You have (C1)given him his heart's desire,
And You have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah
3 For You (C1)meet him with the blessings of good things;
You set a (C2)crown of pure gold on his head.
4 He asked for life from You,
You (C1)gave it to him,
(C2)Length of days forever and ever.
5 His (C1)glory is great through Your (F1)salvation,
(C2)Splendor and majesty You place upon him.
6 For You make him (F1)most (C1)blessed forever;
You make him joyful (C2)with the joy of Your presence.
7 For the king (C1)trusts in the LORD,
And through the faithfulness of the Most High (C2)he will not be shaken.
8 Your hand will (C1)find all your enemies;
Your right hand will find those who hate you.
9 You will make them (C1)as a fiery oven in the time (F1)of your anger;
The LORD will (C2)swallow them up in His wrath,
And (C3)fire will devour them.
10 You will eliminate their (F1)descendants from the earth,
And their (F2)(C1)children from among the sons of mankind.
11 Though they (F1)(C1)intended evil against You
And (C2)devised a plot,
They will not succeed.
12 For You will (C1)make them turn their back;
You will take aim at their faces (C2)with Your bowstrings.
13 Be exalted, LORD, in Your strength;
We will (C1)sing and praise Your power.
Chapter 22
A Cry of Anguish and a Song of Praise.
1 (C1)My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?
(C2)Far from my (F1)help are the words of my (F2)(C3)groaning.
2 My God, I (C1)cry out by day, but You do not answer;
And by night, but (F1)I have no rest.
3 Yet (C1)You are holy,
You who (F1)are enthroned upon (C2)the praises of Israel.
4 In You our fathers (C1)trusted;
They trusted and You (C2)rescued them.
5 To You they cried out and they fled to safety;
(C1)In You they trusted and were not (F1)disappointed.
6 But I am a (C1)worm and not a person,
A (C2)disgrace of mankind and (C3)despised by the people.
7 All who see me (C1)deride me;
They (F1)sneer, they (C2)shake their heads, saying,
8 "(F1)Turn (F2)him over to the LORD; (C1)let Him save him;
Let Him rescue him, because He delights in him."
9 Yet You are He who (C1)brought me forth from the womb;
You made me trust when upon my mother's breasts.
10 I was cast upon You (C1)from (F1)birth;
You have been my God from my mother's womb.
11 (C1)Do not be far from me, for (F1)trouble is near;
For there is (C2)no one to help.
12 Many (C1)bulls have surrounded me;
Strong bulls of (C2)Bashan have encircled me.
13 They (C1)open their mouths wide at me,
As a ravening and roaring (C2)lion.
14 I am (C1)poured out like water,
And all my (C2)bones are out of joint;
My (C3)heart is like wax;
It is melted within (F1)me.
15 My (C1)strength is dried up like a piece of pottery,
And (C2)my tongue clings to my jaws;
And You (C3)lay me (F1)in the dust of death.
16 For (C1)dogs have surrounded me;
(F1)A band of evildoers has encompassed me;
(F2)They (C2)pierced my hands and my feet.
17 I can count all my bones.
(C1)They look, they stare at me;
18 They (C1)divide my garments among them,
And they cast lots for my clothing.
19 But You, LORD, (C1)do not be far away;
You who are my help, (C2)hurry to my assistance.
20 Save my (F1)soul from (C1)the sword,
My (C2)only life from the (F2)power of the dog.
21 Save me from the (C1)lion's mouth;
From the horns of the (C2)wild oxen You (C3)answer me.
22 I will (C1)proclaim Your name to my brothers;
In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.
23 (C1)You who fear the LORD, praise Him;
All you (F1)descendants of Jacob, (C2)glorify Him,
And (C3)stand in awe of Him, all you (F1)descendants of Israel.
24 For He has (C1)not despised nor scorned the suffering of the afflicted;
Nor has He (C2)hidden His face from him;
But (C3)when he cried to Him for help, He heard.
25 From You comes (C1)my praise in the great assembly;
I shall (C2)pay my vows before those who fear Him.
26 The (F1)afflicted will eat and (C1)be satisfied;
Those who seek Him will (C2)praise the LORD.
May your (C3)heart live forever!
27 All the (C1)ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD,
And all the (C2)families of the nations will worship before (F1)You.
28 For the (C1)kingdom is the LORD'S
And He (C2)rules over the nations.
29 All the (F1)(C1)prosperous of the earth will eat and worship,
All those who (C2)go down to the dust will kneel before Him,
Even he who (F2)(C3)cannot keep his soul alive.
30 A (F1)(C1)posterity will serve Him;
It will be told of the Lord to (C2)the coming generation.
31 They will come and (C1)will declare His righteousness
To a people (C2)who will be born, that He has performed it.
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