Psalm 142Psalm 143Psalm 144Psalm 145Romans 15.14-33Psalm 142
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The sound of my cry went up to the Lord with my voice I made my prayer for grace to the Lord.
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I put all my sorrows before him and made clear to him all my trouble.
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When my spirit is overcome, your eyes are on my goings nets have been secretly placed in the way in which I go.
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Looking to my right side, I saw no man who was my friend: I had no safe place no one had any care for my soul.
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I have made my cry to you, O Lord I have said, You are my safe place, and my heritage in the land of the living.
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Give ear to my cry, for I am made very low: take me out of the hands of my haters, for they are stronger than I.
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Take my soul out of prison, so that I may give praise to your name: the upright will give praise because of me for you have given me a full reward.
Psalm 143
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Let not your servant come before you to be judged for no man living is upright in your eyes.
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The evil man has gone after my soul my life is crushed down to the earth: he has put me in the dark, like those who have long been dead.
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Because of this my spirit is overcome and my heart is full of fear.
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I keep in mind the early days of the past, giving thought to all your acts, even to the work of your hands.
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My hands are stretched out to you: my soul is turned to you, like a land in need of water. (Selah.)
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Be quick in answering me, O Lord, for the strength of my spirit is gone: let me see your face, so that I may not be like those who go down into the underworld.
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Let the story of your mercy come to me in the morning, for my hope is in you: give me knowledge of the way in which I am to go for my soul is lifted up to you.
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O Lord, take me out of the hands of my haters my soul is waiting for you.
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Give me teaching so that I may do your pleasure for you are my God: let your good Spirit be my guide into the land of righteousness.
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Give me life, O Lord, because of your name in your righteousness take my soul out of trouble.
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And in your mercy put an end to my haters, and send destruction on all those who are against my soul for I am your servant.
Psalm 144
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He is my strength, and my Rock my high tower, and my saviour my keeper and my hope: he gives me authority over my people.
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Lord, what is man, that you keep him in mind? or the son of man that you take him into account?
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Man is like a breath: his life is like a shade which is quickly gone.
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Come down, O Lord, from your heavens: at your touch let the mountains give out smoke.
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With your storm-flames send them in flight: send out your arrows for their destruction.
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Put out your hand from on high make me free, take me safely out of the great waters, and out of the hands of strange men
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In whose mouths are false words, and whose right hand is a right hand of deceit.
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I will make a new song to you, O God I will make melody to you on an instrument of ten cords.
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It is God who gives salvation to kings and who kept his servant David from the wounding sword.
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Make me free, and take me out of the hands of strange men, in whose mouths are false words, and whose right hand is a right hand of deceit.
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Our sons are like tall young plants and our daughters like the shining stones of a king's house
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Our store-houses are full of all good things and our sheep give birth to thousands and ten thousands in our fields.
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Our oxen are well weighted down our cows give birth safely there is no going out, and there is no cry of sorrow in our open places.
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Happy is the nation whose ways are so ordered: yes, happy is the nation whose God is the Lord.
Psalm 145
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Every day will I give you blessing, praising your name for ever and ever.
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Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised his power may never be searched out.
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One generation after another will give praise to your great acts, and make clear the operation of your strength.
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My thoughts will be of the honour and glory of your rule, and of the wonder of your works.
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Men will be talking of the power and fear of your acts I will give word of your glory.
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Their sayings will be full of the memory of all your mercy, and they will make songs of your righteousness.
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The Lord is full of grace and pity not quickly angry, but great in mercy.
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The Lord is good to all men and his mercies are over all his works.
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All the works of your hands give praise to you, O Lord and your saints give you blessing.
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Their words will be of the glory of your kingdom, and their talk of your strength
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So that the sons of men may have knowledge of his acts of power, and of the great glory of his kingdom.
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Your kingdom is an eternal kingdom, and your rule is through all generations.
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The Lord is the support of all who are crushed, and the lifter up of all who are bent down.
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The eyes of all men are waiting for you and you give them their food in its time.
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By the opening of your hand, every living thing has its desire in full measure.
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The Lord is upright in all his ways, and kind in all his works.
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The Lord is near all those who give honour to his name even to all who give honour to him with true hearts.
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To his worshippers, he will give their desire their cry comes to his ears, and he gives them salvation.
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The Lord will keep all his worshippers from danger but he will send destruction on all sinners.
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My mouth will give praise to the Lord let all flesh be blessing his holy name for ever and ever.
Romans 15
14-33
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And I myself am certain of you, brothers, that you are full of what is good, complete in all knowledge, able to give direction to one another.
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But I have, in some measure, less fear in writing to you to put these things before you again, because of the grace which was given to me by God,
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To be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, doing the work of a priest in the good news of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be pleasing to God, being made holy by the Holy Spirit.
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So I have pride in Christ Jesus in the things which are God's.
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And I will keep myself from talking of anything but those things which Christ has done by me to put the Gentiles under his rule in word and in act,
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By signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit so that from Jerusalem and round about as far as Illyricum I have given all the good news of Christ
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Making it my purpose not to take the good news where Christ was named, so that my work might not be resting on that of others
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But as it is said in the holy Writings, They will see, to whom the news of him had not been given, and those to whose ears it had not come will have knowledge.
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For which reason I was frequently kept from coming to you:
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But now, having no longer any place in these parts and having had for a number of years a great desire to come to you,
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Whenever I go to Spain (for it is my hope to see you on my way, and to be sent on there by you, if first I may in some measure have been comforted by your company)--
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But now I go to Jerusalem, taking help for the saints.
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For it has been the good pleasure of those of Macedonia and Achaia to send a certain amount of money for the poor among the saints at Jerusalem.
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Yes, it has been their good pleasure and they are in their debt. For if the Gentiles have had a part in the things of the Spirit which were theirs, it is right for them, in the same way, to give them help in the things of the flesh.
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So when I have done this, and have given them this fruit of love, I will go on by you into Spain.
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And I am certain that when I come, I will be full of the blessing of Christ.
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Now I make request to you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that you will be working together with me in your prayers to God for me
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So that I may be kept safe from those in Judaea who have not put themselves under the rule of God, and that the help which I am taking for Jerusalem may be pleasing to the saints
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So that I may come to you in joy by the good pleasure of God, and have rest with you.
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Now may the God of peace be with you all. So be it.
