Psalms 108 Cross References - NSB

¹ ([Psalm of David]) O God, my heart is faithful (stable) (fixed). I will sing and give praise with my entire being. ² Awake, lute and harp for I will awake early. ³ I will praise you, O Jehovah, among the people. I will sing praises to you among the nations. ⁴ Your loving kindness is higher then the heavens. Your truth reaches unto the clouds. ⁵ Be exalted, O God, above the heavens: and your glory above all the earth. ⁶ Save us with your powerful hand (great power), and answer us so that those who are dear to you may be rescued. ⁷ God has spoken in his holiness: I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. ⁸ Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of my head; Judah is my lawgiver; ⁹ Moab is my wash pot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph. ¹⁰ Who will bring me into the strong city? Who will lead me into Edom? ¹¹ Will you O God, who cast us off? Will you O God, go forth with our hosts? ¹² Give us help against the enemy, for man’s help is in vain. ¹³ Through God we shall have great strength: for he shall tread down our enemies.

¹⁷ Jacob moved on to Succoth. He built a house there for himself and made shelters for his livestock. That is why the place is named Succoth.

¹⁰ »The royal scepter shall not depart from Judah. His descendants will always rule. Nations will bring him tribute and bow in obedience before him. This, until Shiloh comes and all will obey him.

¹ Moses and the Israelites sang this song to Jehovah: »I will sing to Jehovah, because he has won a glorious victory. He has thrown the horses and their riders into the sea.

⁶ »With the tremendous force of your right arm, Jehovah, you crushed your enemies.

⁹ »When there is war in your land and you defend yourselves against an enemy attack, sound the signal for battle on these trumpets. I, Jehovah your God, will help you and save you from your enemies.

³ He should say: »Listen, Israel, today you are going into battle against your enemies. Do not lose your courage! Do not be afraid. Do not tremble because of them. ⁴ »Jehovah your God is going with you. He will fight for you against your enemies and give you victory.

¹² »May the beloved of Jehovah dwell in security by him who shields him all the day. He dwells between his shoulders.«

¹⁷ »As the firstborn of his bulls, majesty is his. His horns are the horns of the wild bull. With them he will push the peoples, all at once, to the ends of the earth. They are the ten thousands of Ephraim and the thousands of Manasseh.«

⁸ With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of Jehovah gave them. ⁹ From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba to Dibon ¹⁰ All the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, to the border of the children of Ammon; ¹¹ And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan to Salcah;

⁷ The coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah. It lies before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand to the inhabitants of En-tappuah.

⁷ So, on the west side of the Jordan River they set aside Kedesh in Galilee, in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem, in the hill country of Ephraim and Hebron, in the hill country of Judah.

¹ Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel together at Shechem. He called the elders, the leaders, the judges, and the officers of Israel, and they came to the presence of God.

⁵ He said to the men of Succoth: »Give my troops some bread. They are tired. I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.« ⁶ The princes of Succoth said: »Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?«

¹² »Wake up, wake up, Deborah: awake, awake, and utter a song. Arise, Barak, and lead your captives away, you son of Abinoam.

⁸ He attacked them fiercely and killed many of them. After that he stayed in the cave in the cliff at Etam.

⁷ It was the custom for the seller to take off his sandal and give to the buyer to settle a sale or exchange of property. By doing this, Israelites showed that the matter was settled. ⁸ So when the man said to Boaz: »You buy it,« he took off his sandal and gave it to Boaz.

⁴ The Philistine troops assembled and camped near the town of Shunem. Saul gathered the Israelites and camped at Mount Gilboa.

¹ The Philistines gathered all their troops at Aphek. The Israelites camped by the spring in Jezreel Valley. ² The five Philistine kings marched with units of a hundred and of a thousand men. David and his men marched in the rear with King Achish. ³ The Philistine commanders saw them and asked: »What are these Hebrews doing here?« Achish answered: »This is David. He is the man who ran away from King Saul of Israel. He has been with me for more than a year. He has done nothing I can find fault with since the day he came to me.« ⁴ The Philistine commanders were angry with Achish and said to him: »Send that fellow back to the town you gave him. Do not let him go into battle with us. He might turn against us during the fight. What better way is there for him to win back his master’s favor than by causing the death of our men? ⁵ »This is David, the one about whom the women sang, as they danced: Saul has killed thousands, but David has killed tens of thousands.« ⁶ Achish called David and said: »I swear by the living God of Israel that you have been loyal to me. I would be pleased to have you go with me and fight in this battle. I have found no fault in you from the day you came to me. But the other kings do not approve of you. ⁷ »Go home in peace. Do not do anything that would displease them.« ⁸ David answered: »What have I done wrong? As you say, you have not found any fault in me since the day I started serving you. Why should I not go with you, my master and king, and fight your enemies?« ⁹ »I agree,« Achish replied. »I consider you as loyal as an angel of God. But the other kings say you may not go with us into battle. ¹⁰ »Tomorrow morning all of you who left Saul and came over to me must get up early and leave at first light.« ¹¹ David and his men started out early the following morning. They went back to Philistia. The Philistines went on to Jezreel.

⁵ In Hebron he ruled Judah for seven years and six months. In Jerusalem he ruled for thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.

²⁶ David asked some soldiers standing nearby: »What will a man get for killing this Philistine and stopping him from insulting our people? Who does that worthless Philistine think he is? He makes fun of the army of the living God!«

³⁶ »I have killed lions and bears. I will do the same to this heathen Philistine. He has defied the army of the living God.

⁸ Ner’s son Abner, commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ishbosheth and brought him to Mahanaim.

²⁰ »What more can David say to you? For you know your servant, O Sovereign Lord Jehovah. ²¹ »For the sake of your Word and according to your will you have done this great thing. You have made it known to your servant! ²² »For this reason you are great, O Sovereign Lord Jehovah. There is none like you. There is no God besides you according to all that we have heard with our ears. ²³ »There is no other nation on earth like Israel. This is the nation you rescued from slavery in Egypt to be your own. You became famous by using great and wonderful miracles to force other nations and their gods out of your land, so your people could live here. ²⁴ »You chose Israel to be your people from generation to generation! You have become their God. ²⁵ »And now, Jehovah God, please do what you have promised. ²⁶ »You will be famous for a very long time! Everyone will say: »Jehovah of Hosts rules Israel. David’s descendants are his chosen kings. ²⁷ »Now therefore, may it please you to bless the house of your servant that it may continue a long time before you. You O Lord Jehovah have spoken. May the house of your servant be blessed from generation to generation. ²⁸ »Lord Jehovah, you are God. You have promised me some very good things, and you can be trusted to do what you promise. ²⁹ »Please bless my descendants and let them be your chosen kings for a very long time. You have already promised, and I am sure that you will bless my family from generation to generation.«

¹ King David attacked the Philistines again. He defeated them and ended their control over Methegammah. ² He defeated the Moabites. He made the prisoners lie down on the ground and put two out of every three of them to death. So the Moabites became his subjects and paid taxes to him.

²⁵ He sent a message through the prophet Nathan to name the baby Jedidiah (Jehovah’s Beloved).

¹⁵ Once again there was a battle between the Philistines and Israel. David and his men went to fight the Philistines. David became exhausted. ¹⁶ A descendant of Haraphah named Benob had a copper spear weighing seven and one half pounds. He wore it on a new belt. He captured David and intended to kill him. ¹⁷ Abishai son of Zeruiah came to David’s rescue. Abishai attacked the giant and killed him. Then David’s men made David promise that he would never again go out with them to battle. »You are the hope of Israel. We do not want to lose you!« They said. ¹⁸ After this there was a battle with the Philistines at Gob. Sibbecai from Hushah killed a giant named Saph a descendant of Rapha. ¹⁹ There was another battle with the Philistines at Gob. Elhanan son of Jair from Bethlehem killed Goliath from Gath. Goliath’s spear had a shaft as thick as the bar on a weaver’s loom. ²⁰ There was another war, this time in Gath. One of the enemy soldiers was a descendant of the Rephaim. He was as big as a giant and had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. ²¹ When he challenged Israel, Jonathan, son of David’s brother Shimei, killed him. ²² These four were descendants of Haraphah from Gath. David and his men killed them.

²⁴ »You pray to your god and I will pray to Jehovah. The God who answers with fire is God!« All the people answered: »It is well said.«

²⁶ So they took the bull that was given them, and made it ready. They cried out to Baal from morning till the middle of the day. They said: »O Baal, give ear to us.« But there was no voice and no answer. They jumped up and down before the altar they had made.

²⁹ They went on with their prayers from midday till the time of the offering; but there was no voice, or any answer, or any who gave attention to them.

³⁶ Then at the time of the offering, Elijah the prophet came near and said, »Jehovah, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be seen this day that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things by your order. ³⁷ »Give me an answer, O Jehovah. Give me an answer so that this people may see that you are God. That you have made their hearts come back again.«

¹⁰ »There in front of the whole assembly King David praised Jehovah. He said: Jehovah, God of our father (ancester) Israel. May you be praised forever and ever! ¹¹ »You are great and powerful, glorious, splendid, and majestic. Everything in heaven and earth is yours, and you, O Jehovah, are king, supreme ruler over all. ¹² »All riches and wealth come from you. You rule everything by your strength and power. You are able to make anyone great and strong. ¹³ »Now, our God, we give you thanks, and we praise your glorious name.

¹² »God is with us as our leader. His priests will sound their trumpets to call the army to fight you. Men of Israel do not wage war against Jehovah the God of your ancestors. You will not succeed.«

¹¹ Asa prayed: »Jehovah, only you can help a powerless army defeat a stronger one. We depend on you to help us. We will fight against this powerful army to honor your name! We know that you will not be defeated. You are Jehovah our God. Do not let man prevail against you.«

¹² »You are our God. Will you judge them? We do not have the strength to face this large crowd that is attacking us. We do not know what to do, so we are looking to you.«

¹⁵ Jahaziel said: »Pay attention to me, everyone from Judah, everyone living in Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat. This is what Jehovah says to you: ‘Do not be frightened or terrified by this large crowd. The battle is not yours. It is God’s.

²⁰ King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah, son of Amoz, prayed about this and called to heaven. ²¹ Jehovah sent an angel who exterminated all the soldiers, officials, and commanders in the Assyrian king’s camp. Sennacherib was humiliated and returned to his own country. When he went into the temple of his god, some of his own sons killed him with a sword. ²² So Jehovah saved Hezekiah and the people living in Jerusalem from King Sennacherib of Assyria and from everyone else. Jehovah gave them peace with all their neighbors.

¹³ »God will not withdraw his anger. The allies of the proud lie thrown down beneath him.

² »I have heard many such things. You are all miserable comforters!

¹ ([Psalm of David]) O Jehovah, our Lord, how excellent is your majestic name in all the earth! You have displayed your glory above the heavens.

⁹ That is why my heart is glad and I rejoice. My body rests securely.

⁹ That is why my heart is glad and I rejoice. My body rests securely. ¹⁰ You do not abandon me to the grave or allow your holy one to decay. ¹¹ You make the path of life known to me. Complete joy is in your presence. It is pleasant to be at your right hand forever.

²⁹ With you I can attack a line of soldiers. With my God I can break through barricades. ³⁰ God's way is perfect! The word of Jehovah has proven to be true. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him. ³¹ Who is God but Jehovah? Who is a rock except our God? ³² God arms me with strength and makes my way perfect. ³³ He makes my feet sure-footed on high places just like those of a deer. ³⁴ He trains my hands for battle so that my arms can bend an archer's bow of bronze.

⁴² I beat them into powder as fine as the dust blown by the wind. I threw them out as though they were dirt on the streets.

¹ ([Psalm of David]) Jehovah will answer you in times of trouble. The name of the God of Jacob will protect you. ² He will send you help from his holy place. He will support you from Zion. ³ He will remember all your grain offerings and look with favor on your burnt offerings. ⁴ He will give you your heart's desire and fulfill all your plans. ⁵ We will rejoice in your salvation. We will wave our flags in the name of our God. Jehovah will fulfill all your petitions. ⁶ Now I know that Jehovah will save his anointed king. He will answer him from his holy heaven with mighty deeds of his powerful hand.

⁶ Now I know that Jehovah will save his anointed king. He will answer him from his holy heaven with mighty deeds of his powerful hand. ⁷ Some boast in chariots and others in horses, but we will boast in the name of Jehovah our God.

⁷ Some boast in chariots and others in horses, but we will boast in the name of Jehovah our God. ⁸ They will sink to their knees and fall, but we will rise and stand firm.

⁸ They will sink to their knees and fall, but we will rise and stand firm. ⁹ Give victory to the king, O Jehovah. Answer us in the day that we call.

¹² Now I sing praise to you. I am not silent! O Jehovah my God, I will give thanks and praise you forever.

² Give thanks to Jehovah with the harp. Sing praises to him with a harp of ten strings.

¹ ([Psalm of David]) I will thank Jehovah at all times. My mouth will always praise him.

¹³ Arise O Jehovah be exalted in your strength. We will sing to praise your power.

²² I will tell my people about your name. I will praise you within the congregation.

²⁷ All the ends of the earth will remember and return to Jehovah. All the families from all the nations will worship you.

¹ ([Psalm of David]) O Jehovah, defend me from those who attack me. Fight against those who fight against me. ² Use your shields, both small and large. Arise to help me. ³ Hold your spear to block the way of those who pursue me. Say to me: I am your salvation.

⁵ Your loving-kindness, O Jehovah, extends to the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.

⁹ Yet you have rejected and disgraced us. You do not even go along with our armies.

⁵ Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let your glory be above all the earth!

⁷ My heart is steadfast O God. Yes my heart is steadfast. I will sing, yes, I will sing and make melody. ⁸ Wake up, my glory! Wake up, stringed instrument and harp! I will wake up the dawn.

⁸ Wake up, my glory! Wake up, stringed instrument and harp! I will wake up the dawn. ⁹ I will give thanks to you among the peoples, O Jehovah. I will sing praises to you among the nations. ¹⁰ For your great loving kindness reaches to the heavens, and your truth to the skies. ¹¹ Be exalted, O God, above the heavens. Let your glory be over all the earth.

¹¹ Be exalted, O God, above the heavens. Let your glory be over all the earth.

¹ ([Psalm of David]) Let God arise and let his enemies be scattered. Let those who hate him run from him.

³⁰ I will praise the name of God with a song. I will magnify him with thanksgiving.

⁸ All day long I praise you and proclaim your glory.

¹⁵ All day long my mouth will tell of your righteousness and of your salvation. I do not know the number.

²³ My lips will shout for joy! You have redeemed me and I sing praises to you! ²⁴ My tongue will also talk about your righteousness all day long. They who want to harm me are disappointed and confounded.

¹⁹ Blessed be to his glorious name forever. May the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen and amen!

¹ ([Psalm of David]) Save me, O God, by your name, and judge me by your strength.

¹ ([Psalm of David]) O God, you have rejected us. You have broken us down. You have been displeased and angry. Restore us, again.

⁵ So that your loved ones may be delivered, save with your right hand, and answer us. ⁶ God has spoken from his sanctuary: I will triumph. I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth. ⁷ Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine. Ephraim also is the defense of my head. Judah is my scepter. ⁸ Moab is my washbasin. I will throw my shoe on Edom. I shout in triumph over Philistia.

⁸ Moab is my washbasin. I will throw my shoe on Edom. I shout in triumph over Philistia. ⁹ Who will bring me into the strong city? Who has led me to Edom?

⁹ Who will bring me into the strong city? Who has led me to Edom? ¹⁰ Is it not you O God, who rejected us? You do not go out with our armies, do you God?

¹⁰ Is it not you O God, who rejected us? You do not go out with our armies, do you God? ¹¹ Give us help against the adversary, for the help of man is vain. ¹² Through God we shall do valiantly, for he will tread down our adversaries.

¹² Through God we shall do valiantly, for he will tread down our adversaries.

¹⁰ Mercy and truth have met. Righteousness and peace have kissed.

² For I have said: »Loving-kindness will be built up forever. You will establish your faithfulness in the heavens.«

⁵ The heavens will praise your wonders, O Jehovah, Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.

³⁵ On my holiness I have taken an oath: I will not lie to David. ³⁶ His descendants will last forever. His throne will be in my presence like the sun.

¹ It is good to give thanks to Jehovah, to sing praises to your name, O Most High. ² It is good to declare your loving kindness in the morning and your faithfulness at night. ³ To do this on a ten-stringed instrument with a melody on a harp. ⁴ You made me find joy in what you have done, O Jehovah. I will sing joyfully about the works of your hands.

¹⁰ Say among the nations, Jehovah reigns; and the world shall be established; it shall not be moved; He shall judge the peoples in uprightness.

² Sing a song and strike the tambourine. Play the sweet sounding lyre with the harp.

¹ Sing a new song to Jehovah for he has done miraculous things. His right hand and his holy arm have gained victory for him. ² Jehovah has made his salvation known. He has uncovered his righteousness for the nations to see.

¹¹ For as the heavens are high above the earth, so is his mercy toward those who reverence him.

²² Bless Jehovah, all his works in all places he rules. Bless Jehovah with all my being.

³³ I will sing to Jehovah throughout my life. I will make music to praise my God as long as I live.

¹⁰ Many enemies were around me; but I destroyed them by the power of Jehovah! ¹¹ They were around me on every side; but I destroyed them by the power of Jehovah! ¹² They swarmed around me like bees, but they burned out as quickly as a brush fire; by the power of Jehovah I destroyed them. ¹³ I was fiercely attacked and was being defeated, but Jehovah helped me.

⁴ Jehovah is high above all the nations. His glory is above the heavens.

¹ Praise Jehovah, all you nations! Praise him, all you people of the world!

⁶ Jehovah is with me, I will not be afraid; what can man do to me? ⁷ It is Jehovah who helps me, and I will see my enemies defeated. ⁸ It is better to trust in Jehovah than to depend on people. ⁹ It is better to trust in Jehovah than to depend on human leaders.

⁵ The court of justice sits there. It consists of princes who are David's descendants.

¹ David: Blessed be my rock (strength) Jehovah. He trained my hands to fight and my fingers to do battle,

⁵ Bow down your heavens, O Jehovah, and come down. Touch the mountains that they may smoke. ⁶ Flash lightning and scatter them. Send out your arrows and confuse them. ⁷ Stretch forth your hand from on high. Rescue me and deliver me out of great waters, out of the hand of aliens

¹ ([Psalm of David]) I will praise you, my God and King! I will consecrate your name forever and ever. ² Every day I will bless you. I will praise your name forever and ever.

²¹ My mouth will speak the praise of Jehovah! All flesh will praise his holy name forever and ever.

³ Do not trust in princes, in mortal man, in whom there is no salvation. ⁴ His spirit (Hebrew: ruach, breath, life) departs, he returns to the earth; in that very day his thoughts perish (come to an end). ⁵ How blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in Jehovah his God!

¹ ([Psalm of David]) I will adore you with all my heart. I will make music to praise you in front of the false gods.

⁴ All the kings of the earth will praise you, O Jehovah, because they have heard the words you spoke. ⁵ They will sing this about the ways of Jehovah: Jehovah’s honor is great!

¹³ Let them praise the name of Jehovah because his name is high above all others. His glory is above heaven and earth.

²² Stop trusting people, whose breath (life) is in their nostrils. How can they be worth anything?

³ They called to one another: »Holy, holy, holy is Jehovah of Hosts. All the earth is full of his glory.«

²⁹ »The rod that beat you is broken, but you have no reason to be glad. When one snake dies, a worse one comes in its place. A snake's egg hatches a flying dragon. ³⁰ »Jehovah will be a shepherd to the poor of his people and will let them live in safety. But he will send a terrible famine on you Philistines. It will not leave any of you alive. ³¹ »Howl and cry for help, all you Philistine cities! Be terrified, all of you! A cloud of dust is coming from the north. It is an army with no cowards in its ranks.« ³² What then will one answer the messengers that come to us from Philistia? We will tell them that Jehovah has established Zion and in her the poor and afflicted of his people find refuge.

³ »The safety of Pharaoh will be your shame and the shelter in the shadow of Egypt, your humiliation. ⁴ »Their princes are at Zoan and their ambassadors arrive at Hanes. ⁵ »Everyone will be ashamed because of a people who cannot help them. They cannot help. They can only offer shame and reproach.«

³ The Egyptians are humans, not God. Their horses are flesh and blood, not spirit. Jehovah will stretch out his powerful hand (extend his power). The one who gives help will stumble. The one who receives help will fall. Both will die together.

¹⁰ Jehovah’s power will be on this mountain. Moab will be trampled beneath him like straw that is trampled in a pile of manure.

² »Look to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave you birth. When I called him he was only one. I blessed him and made him many.« ³ Jehovah will surely comfort Zion. He will look with compassion on all her ruins. He will make her deserts like Eden and her wastelands like the garden of Jehovah. Joy and gladness will be found in her along with thanksgiving and the sound of singing. ⁴ »Listen to me, my people; hear me, my nation. The law will go out from me. My justice will become a light to the nations. ⁵ »My righteousness is near. My salvation is on the way and my arm (power) will bring justice to the nations. The islands will look to me and wait in hope for my arm (power). ⁶ »Lift up your eyes to the heavens. Look at the earth below. The heavens will vanish like smoke and the earth will wear out like a garment. Its inhabitants die like flies (gnats). But my salvation will last forever! My righteousness will never fail. ⁷ »Hear me, you who know what is right, you people who have my law in your hearts. Do not fear the reproach of men or be terrified by their insults. ⁸ »The moth will eat them up like a garment. The worm will devour them like wool. But my righteousness will last forever! My salvation will last through all generations.« ⁹ Awake, awake! Clothe yourself with strength, O arm of Jehovah. Awake, as in days gone by, as in generations of old. Was it not you who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced that monster through? ¹⁰ Was it not you who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea so that the redeemed might cross over? ¹¹ Jehovah’s ransomed will return. They will enter Zion with singing! Everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.

⁹ »As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.

²⁴ »Before they call I will answer! While they are still speaking I will hear.

¹ Who is this coming from Bozrah in Edom with his clothes stained bright red? Who is this dressed in splendor, going forward with great strength? It is I, Jehovah! I am coming to announce my victory. I am powerful enough to save you! ² Why are your clothes red and your garments like those who trample grapes in a winepress? ³ »I have trampled alone in the winepress. No one was with me. In my anger I trampled on people. In my wrath I stomped on them. Their blood splattered my clothes so all my clothing has been stained.

³ »I have trampled alone in the winepress. No one was with me. In my anger I trampled on people. In my wrath I stomped on them. Their blood splattered my clothes so all my clothing has been stained. ⁴ »The day of vengeance was in my heart. The year for my reclaiming you has come. ⁵ »I looked, but there was no help. I was astounded that there was no outside support. So my own arm (power) brought me salvation. My anger supported me. ⁶ »In my wrath I trampled on people. In my rage I made them drunk and poured their blood on the ground.«

⁵ This is what Jehovah says: »Cursed is the person who trusts humans, who makes flesh and blood his strength and whose heart turns away from Jehovah. ⁶ »He will be like a bush in the desert and will not see when prosperity comes. He will live in stony wastes in the wilderness, a land of salt without inhabitant. ⁷ »Blessed is the man who trusts in Jehovah, whose refuge and security (confidence and hope) is Jehovah. ⁸ »For he will be like a tree planted by the water. It extends its roots by a stream and will not fear when the heat comes. Its leaves will be green. It will not be anxious in a year of drought nor cease to yield fruit.

³ ‘Call to me and I will answer you. I will tell you grand and impressive things, things you do not know.’«

⁷ This is what Jehovah of Hosts says about Edom: »Is there no longer any wisdom in Teman? Has wisdom disappeared from your people? Has their wisdom vanished? ⁸ »Turn and run, take cover in deep places inhabitants of Dedan. When I punish them, I will bring disaster on the descendants of Esau. ⁹ »If people come to pick your grapes, will they not leave a few grapes behind? If thieves come during the night, will they steal only until they have had enough? ¹⁰ »Yet, I will strip the descendants of Esau. I will find their hiding places. They will not be able to hide. Their children and relatives will be destroyed. None of their neighbors will say: ¹¹ »Abandon your orphans, and I will keep them alive. Your widows can trust me.« ¹² This is what Jehovah says: »If those who do not deserve to drink from the cup still drink from it, why should you go unpunished? You will not go unpunished. You must drink from it.« ¹³ »I take an oath on myself,« says Jehovah, »that Bozrah will become a pile of rubble. It will become something horrifying, ridiculed, ruined, and cursed. All its cities will lie in ruins permanently.« ¹⁴ I heard a message from Jehovah. A messenger was sent among the nations to say: »Assemble and attack Edom. Get ready for battle.« ¹⁵ »Edom, I will make you the smallest of nations and despised among humanity. ¹⁶ »You have frightened other people. Your arrogance has deceived you. You live on rocky cliffs and occupy the highest places in the hills. Even though you build your nest as high as an eagle, I will bring you down from there,« proclaims Jehovah.

¹⁷ Our eyes are still wasting away in looking for our false help. We watch for a nation unable to give salvation.

² »The Lord Jehovah has sworn by his holiness that the day will come when they will take you away with meat hooks, and those who remain with fish-hooks.

³ »Your proud heart has deceived you. You reside in the refuge of the rock. Your habitation is high above others and you say in your heart: ‘Who will bring me down to the ground?’« ⁴ »Even though you place yourself as high as the eagle, and though you nest among the stars, I will bring you down from there,« said Jehovah!

¹⁸ Who is a God like you who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? You do not keep your anger forever, because you delight in loving-kindness (unchanging love). ¹⁹ You will again have compassion on us. You will tread our iniquities under foot. You will throw all our sins into the depths of the sea. ²⁰ You will give truth to Jacob, and show loving-kindness (unchanging love) to Abraham. For you have sworn this to our fathers from the days of old.

¹⁴ Shout for joy, O daughter of Zion! Shout (and sing) in triumph, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem!

²⁰ »At that time I will bring you in! At that time I will gather you together. I will give you a name (honor) and praise among all the peoples of the earth! This will happen when I gather back your captive ones before your very eyes,« declares Jehovah.

⁹ »‘Our Father in heaven, holy is your name. (Exodus 6:3) (Psalm 83:18) (Isaiah 42:8; 54:5; 63:16; 64:8) ¹⁰ »‘Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. (Matthew 6:33) (Daniel 2:44) (Revelation 11:15) (Psalm 37:10,29) (Acts 24:15)

¹³ »‘And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil (the wicked one).’ (Psalm 82:4) (Psalm 97:10) (Matthew 13:19) (John 17:15) (1 John 5:19)

¹⁷ Then a voice from heaven said: »This is my Son whom I love and whom I have approved.«

⁵ While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them. A voice came out of the cloud, saying: »This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him.«

⁸ Peter said: »You will never wash my feet.« Jesus answered him: »If I do not wash you; you have no part with me.«

¹⁴ »If the Teacher and Lord washed your feet you should wash one another’s feet.

⁷ To all who are in Rome, beloved of God and called to be holy ones: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

²⁰ The God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

¹⁰ By the divine influence of God I am what I am. His grace was not given to me in vain for I labored more than all of them. Yet it was not I. It was the divine influence and favor of God in me.

¹⁴ Thanks to God, who always leads us in triumph (triumphal procession) in Christ. He makes known through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place.

⁶ This is to the praise of the glory of his kindness, with which he freely honored us, the loved ones.

⁴ But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us, ⁵ even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ. For by grace (loving-kindness) you have been saved. ⁶ God raised us up with him and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places, with Christ Jesus. ⁷ So in the ages to come he, with Christ Jesus, might show the exceeding (surpassing) (exceptional) riches of his grace with kindness toward us.

¹⁰ Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in his mighty strength. ¹¹ Put on the full armor (every implement) of God, that you may be able to stand against the cunning (inventive) (clever) methods of the devil. ¹² Our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in heavenly places. ¹³ For that reason, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, having done everything, to stand firm. ¹⁴ Stand firm therefore and gird your loins with truth. Put on the breastplate of righteousness. ¹⁵ Shod your feet with the preparation of the good news of peace. ¹⁶ Also take up the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one. ¹⁷ Take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. ¹⁸ With prayer and supplication pray at all times in the Spirit. Watch with all perseverance and supplication for all the holy ones.

¹² As God’s chosen, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness (humility), meekness (mildness), and long-suffering (patience).

³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy he gave us a new birth to a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

⁸ You love him without seeing him. Though you do not see him, you believe in him. Full of glory, you rejoice greatly with indescribable joy.

³ His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness. This is through the knowledge of him that called us by his own glory and virtue (excellence). ⁴ He offered us his precious and exceedingly great promises. Through these you may become partakers of the divine nature. You will escape from the corruption that is in the lust-filled world.