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Psalm 101 (Listen)

• Psalm 100
• Psalm 101
• Psalm 102

I Will Walk with Integrity

A Psalm of David.

101 I will sing of csteadfast love and justice;

to you, O Lord, I will make music.

2 I will dponder the way ethat is blameless.

Oh when will you fcome to me?

I will gwalk with hintegrity of heart

within my house;

3 I will not set before my eyes

anything ithat is worthless.

I hate the work of those who jfall away;

it shall not cling to me.

4 kA perverse heart shall be far from me;

I will lknow nothing of evil.

5 Whoever slanders his neighbor msecretly

I will ndestroy.

Whoever has a ohaughty look and an parrogant heart

I will not endure.

6 I will look with favor on the faithful in the land,

that they may dwell with me;

he who walks in qthe way that is blameless

shall minister to me.

7 No one who rpractices deceit

shall dwell in my house;

no one who utters lies

shall scontinue before my eyes.

8 tMorning by morning I will destroy

all the wicked in the land,

ucutting off all vthe evildoers

from wthe city of the Lord.

Psalm 109:1-4 (Listen)

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Help Me, O Lord My God

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

109 tBe not silent, O uGod of my praise!

2 For wicked and vdeceitful mouths are opened against me,

speaking against me with lying tongues.

3 They encircle me with words of hate,

and attack me wwithout cause.

4 In return for my love they xaccuse me,

but I ygive myself to prayer.1

Psalm 109:5-19 (Listen)

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5 So they zreward me evil for good,

and hatred for my love.

6 aAppoint a wicked man bagainst him;

let an accuser stand cat his right hand.

7 When he is tried, let him come forth guilty;

let his dprayer be counted as sin!

8 May his edays be few;

may fanother take his goffice!

9 May his hchildren be fatherless

and his wife a widow!

10 May his children iwander about and beg,

jseeking food far from the ruins they inhabit!

11 May kthe creditor seize all that he has;

may kstrangers plunder the fruits of his toil!

12 Let there be none to lextend kindness to him,

nor any to mpity his fatherless children!

13 May his nposterity be cut off;

may his oname be blotted out in the second generation!

14 May pthe iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord,

and let not the sin of his mother be qblotted out!

15 rLet them be before the Lord continually,

that he may scut off the memory of them from the earth!

16 For he did not remember to show kindness,

but pursued tthe poor and needy

and uthe brokenhearted, to put them to death.

17 vHe loved to curse; let curses come1 upon him!

He did not delight in blessing; may it be far2 from him!

18 He wclothed himself with cursing as his coat;

may it xsoak3 into his body like water,

like oil into his bones!

19 May it be like a garment that he wraps around him,

like a belt that he puts on every day!

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Psalm 109:20-30 (Listen)

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20 May this be the reward of my yaccusers from the Lord,

of those who speak evil against my life!

21 But you, O God my Lord,

deal on my behalf zfor your name's sake;

because your asteadfast love is good, deliver me!

22 For I am bpoor and needy,

and my heart is stricken within me.

23 I am gone like ca shadow at evening;

I am dshaken off like a locust.

24 My knees are weak ethrough fasting;

my fbody has become gaunt, with no fat.

25 I am gan object of scorn to my accusers;

when they see me, they hwag their heads.

26 iHelp me, O Lord my God!

Save me according to your steadfast love!

27 Let them jknow that this is your hand;

you, O Lord, have done it!

28 kLet them curse, but you will bless!

They arise and are put to shame, but lyour servant will be glad!

29 May my accusers be mclothed with dishonor;

may they nbe wrapped in their own shame as in a cloak!

30 With my mouth I will give great thanks to the Lord;

I will opraise him in the midst of the throng.

• Psalm 108
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• Psalm 110

Psalm 119:121-144 (Listen)

• Psalm 118
• Psalm 119
• Psalm 120

121 I have done what is just and right;

do not leave me to my oppressors.

122 Give your servant la pledge of good;

let not mthe insolent oppress me.

123 My neyes long for your salvation

and for the fulfillment of your righteous promise.

124 Deal with your servant according to your steadfast love,

and oteach me your statutes.

125 I am your pservant; qgive me understanding,

that I may know your testimonies!

126 It is time for the Lord to act,

for your law has been broken.

127 Therefore I rlove your commandments

above gold, above fine gold.

128 Therefore I consider all your precepts to be right;

I hate every sfalse way.

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129 Your testimonies are twonderful;

therefore my soul ukeeps them.

130 The unfolding of your words gives light;

it imparts vunderstanding to the simple.

131 I wopen my mouth and xpant,

because I ylong for your commandments.

132 zTurn to me and be gracious to me,

as is your way with those who love your name.

133 aKeep steady my steps according to your promise,

and let no iniquity bget dominion over me.

134 cRedeem me from man's oppression,

that I may keep your precepts.

135 dMake your face shine upon your servant,

and eteach me your statutes.

136 My eyes fshed streams of tears,

because people gdo not keep your law.

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137 hRighteous are you, O Lord,

and right are your rules.

138 You have appointed your testimonies in irighteousness

and in all jfaithfulness.

139 My kzeal consumes me,

because my foes forget your words.

140 Your promise is well ltried,

and your servant mloves it.

141 I am small and despised,

yet I do not nforget your precepts.

142 Your righteousness is righteous forever,

and your law is otrue.

143 Trouble and anguish have found me out,

but your commandments are my pdelight.

144 Your testimonies are righteous forever;

qgive me understanding that I may rlive.

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Isaiah 4:2-6 (Listen)

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The Branch of the Lord Glorified

2 In that day ithe branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious, and jthe fruit of the land shall be the pride and honor of the survivors of Israel. 3 kAnd he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called lholy, everyone who has mbeen recorded for life in Jerusalem, 4 when nthe Lord shall have washed away the filth of othe daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit of judgment and by pa spirit of burning.1 5 Then the Lord will create over the whole site of Mount Zion and over her assemblies qa cloud by day, and smoke and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory there will be ra canopy. 6 sThere will be a tbooth for shade by day from the heat, and ufor a refuge and a shelter from the storm and rain.

Ephesians 4:1-16 (Listen)

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• Ephesians 5

Unity in the Body of Christ

4 I therefore, ma prisoner for the Lord, urge you to nwalk in a manner worthy of othe calling to which you have been called, 2 with all phumility and qgentleness, with rpatience, sbearing with one another in love, 3 eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in tthe bond of peace. 4 There is uone body and vone Spirit—just as you were called to the one whope that belongs to your call—5 xone Lord, yone faith, zone baptism, 6 aone God and Father of all, bwho is over all and through all and in all. 7 But cgrace was given dto each one of us eaccording to the measure of Christ's gift. 8 Therefore it says,

f“When he ascended on high ghe led a host of captives,

and he gave gifts to men.”1

9 (hIn saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into ithe lower regions, the earth?2 10 He who descended is the one who also jascended kfar above all the heavens, that he might lfill all things.) 11 And mhe gave the napostles, the prophets, the oevangelists, the pshepherds3 and teachers,4 12 qto equip the saints for the work of ministry, for rbuilding up sthe body of Christ, 13 until we all attain to tthe unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, uto mature manhood,5 to the measure of the stature of vthe fullness of Christ, 14 so that we may no longer be children, wtossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in xdeceitful schemes. 15 Rather, yspeaking the truth in love, we are to zgrow up in every way into him who is athe head, into Christ, 16 bfrom whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, cwhen each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.

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• Ephesians 5

Matthew 8:28-34 (Listen)

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Jesus Heals Two Men with Demons

28 oAnd when he came to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes,1 two pdemon-possessed2 men met him, coming out of the tombs, so fierce that no one could pass that way. 29 And behold, they qcried out, “What have you to do with us, rO Son of God? Have you come here to torment us sbefore the time?” 30 Now a herd of many pigs was feeding at some distance from them. 31 And the demons begged him, saying, “If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of pigs.” 32 And he said to them, “Go.” So they came out and went into the pigs, and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the waters. 33 The herdsmen fled, and going into the city they told everything, especially what had happened to the tdemon-possessed men. 34 And behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him, uthey begged him to leave their region.