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Psalms 139,140,141

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Psalm 139

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.

¹ You have searched me,^(a) Lord ,
     and you know^(b) me.
² You know when I sit and when I rise;^(c)
     you perceive my thoughts^(d) from afar.
³ You discern my going out^(e) and my lying down;
     you are familiar with all my ways.^(f)
⁴ Before a word is on my tongue
     you, Lord , know it completely.^(g)
⁵ You hem me in^(h) behind and before,
     and you lay your hand upon me.
⁶ Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,⁽ⁱ⁾
     too lofty^(j) for me to attain.

⁷ Where can I go from your Spirit?
     Where can I flee^(k) from your presence?
⁸ If I go up to the heavens,^(l) you are there;
     if I make my bed^(m) in the depths, you are there.
⁹ If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
     if I settle on the far side of the sea,
¹⁰ even there your hand will guide me,⁽ⁿ⁾
     your right hand^(o) will hold me fast.
¹¹ If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me
     and the light become night around me,"
¹² even the darkness will not be dark^(p) to you;
     the night will shine like the day,
     for darkness is as light to you.

¹³ For you created my inmost being;^(q)
     you knit me together^(r) in my mother's womb.^(s)
¹⁴ I praise you^(t) because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
     your works are wonderful,^(u)
     I know that full well.
¹⁵ My frame was not hidden from you
     when I was made^(v) in the secret place,
     when I was woven together^(w) in the depths of the earth.^(x)
¹⁶ Your eyes saw my unformed body;
     all the days ordained^(y) for me were written in your book
     before one of them came to be.
¹⁷ How precious to me are your thoughts,^[a]^(z) God!^(aa)
     How vast is the sum of them!
¹⁸ Were I to count them,^(ab)
     they would outnumber the grains of sand^(ac)—
     when I awake,^(ad) I am still with you.

¹⁹ If only you, God, would slay the wicked!^(ae)
     Away from me,^(af) you who are bloodthirsty!^(ag)
²⁰ They speak of you with evil intent;
     your adversaries^(ah) misuse your name.^(ai)
²¹ Do I not hate those^(aj) who hate you, Lord ,
     and abhor^(ak) those who are in rebellion against you?
²² I have nothing but hatred for them;
     I count them my enemies.^(al)
²³ Search me,^(am) God, and know my heart;^(an)
     test me and know my anxious thoughts.
²⁴ See if there is any offensive way^(ao) in me,
     and lead me^(ap) in the way everlasting.

Psalm 140^[a]

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

¹ Rescue me,^(a) Lord , from evildoers;
     protect me from the violent,^(b)
² who devise evil plans^(c) in their hearts
     and stir up war^(d) every day.
³ They make their tongues as sharp as^(e) a serpent's;
     the poison of vipers^(f) is on their lips.^[b]

⁴ Keep me safe,^(g) Lord , from the hands of the wicked;^(h)
     protect me from the violent,
     who devise ways to trip my feet.
⁵ The arrogant have hidden a snare⁽ⁱ⁾ for me;
     they have spread out the cords of their net^(j)
     and have set traps^(k) for me along my path.

⁶ I say to the Lord , "You are my God."^(l)
     Hear, Lord , my cry for mercy.^(m)
⁷ Sovereign Lord ,⁽ⁿ⁾ my strong deliverer,
     you shield my head in the day of battle.
⁸ Do not grant the wicked^(o) their desires, Lord ;
     do not let their plans succeed.

⁹ Those who surround me proudly rear their heads;
     may the mischief of their lips engulf them.^(p)
¹⁰ May burning coals fall on them;
     may they be thrown into the fire,^(q)
     into miry pits, never to rise.
¹¹ May slanderers not be established in the land;
     may disaster hunt down the violent.^(r)

¹² I know that the Lord secures justice for the poor^(s)
and upholds the cause^(t) of the needy.^(u)
¹³ Surely the righteous will praise your name,^(v)
and the upright will live^(w) in your presence.^(x)

Psalm 141

A psalm of David.

¹ I call to you, Lord , come quickly^(a) to me;
hear me^(b) when I call to you.
² May my prayer be set before you like incense;^(c)
may the lifting up of my hands^(d) be like the evening sacrifice.^(e)

³ Set a guard over my mouth,^(f) Lord ;
     keep watch over the door of my lips.^(g)
⁴ Do not let my heart^(h) be drawn to what is evil
     so that I take part in wicked deeds⁽ⁱ⁾
along with those who are evildoers;
     do not let me eat their delicacies.^(j)

⁵ Let a righteous man strike me—that is a kindness;
let him rebuke me^(k)—that is oil on my head.^(l)
My head will not refuse it,
for my prayer will still be against the deeds of evildoers.

⁶ Their rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs,^(m)
and the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken.
⁷ They will say, "As one plows⁽ⁿ⁾ and breaks up the earth,^(o)
so our bones have been scattered at the mouth^(p) of the grave."

⁸ But my eyes are fixed^(q) on you, Sovereign Lord ;
     in you I take refuge^(r)—do not give me over to death.
⁹ Keep me safe^(s) from the traps set by evildoers,^(t)
     from the snares^(u) they have laid for me.
¹⁰ Let the wicked fall^(v) into their own nets,
     while I pass by in safety.^(w)

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John 17

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Chapter 17 Jesus Prays to Be Glorified

¹ After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven^(a) and prayed:

"Father, the hour has come.^(b) Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you.^(c) ² For you granted him authority over all people^(d) that he might give eternal life^(e) to all those you have given him.^(f) ³ Now this is eternal life: that they know you,^(g) the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.^(h) ⁴ I have brought you glory⁽ⁱ⁾ on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do.^(j) ⁵ And now, Father, glorify me^(k) in your presence with the glory I had with you^(l) before the world began.^(m)

Jesus Prays for His Disciples

⁶ "I have revealed you^[a]⁽ⁿ⁾ to those whom you gave me^(o) out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. ⁷ Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. ⁸ For I gave them the words you gave me^(p) and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you,^(q) and they believed that you sent me.^(r) ⁹ I pray for them.^(s) I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me,^(t) for they are yours. ¹⁰ All I have is yours, and all you have is mine.^(u) And glory has come to me through them. ¹¹ I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world,^(v) and I am coming to you.^(w) Holy Father, protect them by the power of^[b] your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one^(x) as we are one.^(y) ¹² While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by^[c] that name you gave me. None has been lost^(z) except the one doomed to destruction^(aa) so that Scripture would be fulfilled.^(ab)

¹³ "I am coming to you now,^(ac) but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy^(ad) within them. ¹⁴ I have given them your word and the world has hated them,^(ae) for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world.^(af) ¹⁵ My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.^(ag) ¹⁶ They are not of the world, even as I am not of it.^(ah) ¹⁷ Sanctify them by^[d] the truth; your word is truth.^(ai) ¹⁸ As you sent me into the world,^(aj) I have sent them into the world.^(ak) ¹⁹ For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.^(al)

Jesus Prays for All Believers

²⁰ "My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, ²¹ that all of them may be one,^(am) Father, just as you are in me and I am in you.^(an) May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.^(ao) ²² I have given them the glory that you gave me,^(ap) that they may be one as we are one^(aq)— ²³ I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me^(ar) and have loved them^(as) even as you have loved me.

²⁴ "Father, I want those you have given me^(at) to be with me where I am,^(au) and to see my glory,^(av) the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.^(aw)

²⁵ "Righteous Father, though the world does not know you,^(ax) I know you, and they know that you have sent me.^(ay) ²⁶ I have made you^[e] known to them,^(az) and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them^(ba) and that I myself may be in them."