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Psalm 95 (Listen)

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Let Us Sing Songs of Praise

95 Oh come, let us sing to the Lord;

let us fmake a joyful noise to gthe rock of our salvation!

2 Let us hcome into his presence with thanksgiving;

let us fmake a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!

3 For the Lord is ia great God,

and a great King jabove all gods.

4 In his hand are the depths of the earth;

the heights of the mountains are his also.

5 The sea is his, for khe made it,

and his hands formed kthe dry land.

6 Oh come, let us worship and bow down;

let us lkneel before the Lord, our mMaker!

7 For he is our nGod,

and we are the people of his opasture,

and the sheep of his hand.

pToday, if you qhear his voice,

8 rdo not harden your hearts, as at sMeribah,

as on the day at tMassah in the wilderness,

9 when your fathers put me to the utest

and put me to the proof, though they had seen my vwork.

10 wFor forty years I loathed that generation

and said, “They are a people who go astray in their heart,

and they have not known xmy ways.”

11 Therefore I yswore in my wrath,

“They shall not enter zmy rest.”

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Psalm 32 (Listen)

• Psalm 31
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• Psalm 33

Blessed Are the Forgiven

A Maskil1 of David.

32 jBlessed is the one whose ktransgression is forgiven,

whose sin is covered.

2 Blessed is the man against whom the Lord lcounts no iniquity,

and in whose spirit mthere is no deceit.

3 For when I kept silent, my nbones wasted away

through my ogroaning all day long.

4 For day and night your phand was heavy upon me;

my strength was dried up2 as by the heat of summer. Selah

5 I qacknowledged my sin to you,

and I did not cover my iniquity;

I said, “I rwill confess my transgressions to the Lord,”

and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah

6 Therefore let everyone who is sgodly

offer prayer to you at a time when you tmay be found;

surely in the rush of ugreat waters,

they shall not reach him.

7 You are a vhiding place for me;

you preserve me from wtrouble;

you surround me with xshouts of deliverance. Selah

8 I will yinstruct you and teach you in the way you should go;

I will zcounsel you with my eye upon you.

9 aBe not like a horse or a mule, without understanding,

which must be curbed with bbit and bridle,

or it will not stay near you.

10 cMany are the sorrows of the wicked,

but steadfast love surrounds the one who dtrusts in the Lord.

11 eBe glad in the Lord, and rejoice, O righteous,

and fshout for joy, all you gupright in heart!

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Psalm 143 (Listen)

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My Soul Thirsts for You

A Psalm of David.

143 Hear my prayer, O Lord;

cgive ear to my pleas for mercy!

In your dfaithfulness answer me, in your drighteousness!

2 eEnter not into judgment with your servant,

for no one living is righteous fbefore you.

3 For the enemy has pursued my soul;

ghe has crushed my life to the ground;

hhe has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.

4 Therefore my spirit ifaints within me;

my heart within me is appalled.

5 jI remember the days of old;

kI meditate on all that you have done;

I ponder the work of your hands.

6 lI stretch out my hands to you;

mmy soul thirsts for you like na parched land. Selah

7 oAnswer me quickly, O Lord!

pMy spirit fails!

qHide not your face from me,

rlest I be like those who go down to the pit.

8 sLet me hear in the morning of your steadfast love,

for in you I ttrust.

uMake me know the way I should go,

vfor to you I lift up my soul.

9 wDeliver me from my enemies, O Lord!

I have fled to you for refuge.1

10 xTeach me to do your will,

for you are my God!

yLet your good Spirit zlead me

on alevel ground!

11 bFor your name's sake, O Lord, cpreserve my life!

In your righteousness dbring my soul out of trouble!

12 And in your steadfast love you will ecut off my enemies,

and you will destroy all the adversaries of my soul,

for I am your fservant.

• Psalm 142
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Psalm 102 (Listen)

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• Psalm 103

Do Not Hide Your Face from Me

A Prayer of one afflicted, when he is xfaint and ypours out his complaint before the Lord.

102 zHear my prayer, O Lord;

let my cry acome to you!

2 bDo not hide your face from me

in cthe day of my distress!

dIncline your ear to me;

eanswer me speedily fin the day when I call!

3 For my days gpass away like smoke,

and my hbones burn like a furnace.

4 My heart is istruck down like grass and jhas withered;

I kforget to eat my bread.

5 Because of my loud groaning

my lbones cling to my flesh.

6 I am like ma desert owl of the wilderness,

like an owl1 of the waste places;

7 I nlie awake;

I am like a lonely sparrow on the housetop.

8 All the day my enemies taunt me;

those who oderide me puse my name for a curse.

9 For I eat ashes like bread

and qmingle tears with my drink,

10 because of your indignation and anger;

for you have rtaken me up and sthrown me down.

11 My days are like tan evening shadow;

I jwither away like grass.

12 But you, O Lord, are uenthroned forever;

you vare remembered throughout all generations.

13 You will warise and have xpity on Zion;

it is the time to favor her;

ythe appointed time has come.

14 For your servants hold her zstones dear

and have pity on her dust.

15 Nations will afear the name of the Lord,

and all bthe kings of the earth will fear your glory.

16 For the Lord cbuilds up Zion;

he dappears in his glory;

17 he eregards the prayer of the destitute

and does not despise their prayer.

18 Let this be frecorded for ga generation to come,

so that ha people yet to be created may praise the Lord:

19 that he ilooked down from his holy height;

from heaven the Lord looked at the earth,

20 to hear jthe groans of the prisoners,

to set free kthose who were doomed to die,

21 that they may ldeclare in Zion the name of the Lord,

and in Jerusalem his praise,

22 when mpeoples gather together,

and kingdoms, to worship the Lord.

23 He has broken my strength in midcourse;

he nhas shortened my days.

24 “O my God,” oI say, “take me not away

in the midst of my days—

pyou whose years endure

throughout all generations!”

25 qOf old you laid the foundation of the earth,

and rthe heavens are the work of your hands.

26 sThey will perish, but tyou will remain;

they will all wear out like a garment.

You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away,

27 but uyou are the same, and your years have no end.

28 vThe children of your servants wshall dwell secure;

xtheir offspring shall be established before you.

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Psalm 130 (Listen)

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My Soul Waits for the Lord

A Song of mAscents.

130 Out of cthe depths I cry to you, O Lord!

2 O Lord, hear my voice!

dLet your ears be attentive

to ethe voice of my pleas for mercy!

3 If you, O Lord, should fmark iniquities,

O Lord, who could gstand?

4 But with you there is hforgiveness,

ithat you may be feared.

5 I jwait for the Lord, kmy soul waits,

and lin his word I hope;

6 my soul mwaits for the Lord

more than nwatchmen for othe morning,

more than watchmen for the morning.

7 O Israel, phope in the Lord!

For qwith the Lord there is steadfast love,

and with him is plentiful redemption.

8 And he will rredeem Israel

from all his iniquities.

Amos 5:6-15 (Listen)

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6 mSeek the Lord and live,

plest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph,

and it devour, with none to quench it for nBethel,

7 O qyou who turn justice to wormwood1

and cast down righteousness to the earth!

8 He who made the rPleiades and Orion,

and turns deep darkness into the morning

and sdarkens the day into night,

who tcalls for the waters of the sea

tand pours them out on the surface of the earth,

uthe Lord is his name;

9 vwho makes destruction flash forth against the strong,

so that destruction comes upon the fortress.

10 wThey hate him who reproves xin the gate,

and they yabhor him who speaks the truth.

11 Therefore because you ztrample on2 the poor

and you exact taxes of grain from him,

ayou have built houses of hewn stone,

but you shall not dwell in them;

ayou have planted pleasant vineyards,

but you shall not drink their wine.

12 For I know how many are your transgressions

and how great are your sins—

you who afflict the righteous, who btake a bribe,

and cturn aside the needy xin the gate.

13 Therefore he who is prudent will dkeep silent in such a time,

efor it is an evil time.

14 fSeek good, and not evil,

that you may live;

and so the Lord, gthe God of hosts, will be with you,

as you have said.

15 hHate evil, and love good,

and establish justice xin the gate;

iit may be that the Lord, the God of hosts,

will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

Hebrews 12:1-14 (Listen)

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Jesus, Founder and Perfecter of Our Faith

12 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and wsin which clings so closely, and xlet us run ywith endurance the race that is zset before us, 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, awho for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising bthe shame, and cis seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

Do Not Grow Weary

3 dConsider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or efainthearted. 4 In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. 5 And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons?

f“My son, gdo not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,

nor be weary when reproved by him.

6 For hthe Lord disciplines the one he loves,

and chastises every son whom he receives.”

7 It is for discipline that you have to endure. iGod is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? 8 If you are left without discipline, jin which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. 9 Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to kthe Father of spirits land live? 10 For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, mthat we may share his holiness. 11 nFor the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields othe peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

12 Therefore plift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, 13 and qmake straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint rbut rather be healed. 14 sStrive for peace with everyone, and for the tholiness uwithout which no one will see the Lord.

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Luke 18:9-14 (Listen)

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The Pharisee and the Tax Collector

9 He also told this parable to some cwho trusted din themselves that they were righteous, eand treated others with contempt: 10 “Two men fwent up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee, gstanding by himself, prayed1 hthus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. 12 iI fast twice a week; jI give tithes of all that I get.’ 13 But the tax collector, gstanding far off, kwould not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but lbeat his breast, saying, ‘God, mbe merciful to me, a sinner!’ 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For neveryone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”