Psalm 135Psalm 136Psalm 137Psalm 138Romans 14Romans 15.1-4Psalm 135
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Let the Lord be praised. O you servants of the Lord, give praise to the name of the Lord.
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You who are in the house of the Lord, and in the open spaces of the house of our God,
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Give praise to Jah, for he is good: make melody to his name, for it is pleasing.
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For the Lord has taken Jacob for himself, and Israel for his property.
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I know that the Lord is great, and that our Lord is greater than all other gods.
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The Lord has done whatever was pleasing to him, in heaven, and on the earth, in the seas and in all the deep waters.
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He makes the mists go up from the ends of the earth he makes thunder-flames for the rain he sends out the winds from his store-houses.
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He put to death the first-fruits of Egypt, of man and of beast.
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He sent signs and wonders among you, O Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his servants.
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He overcame great nations, and put strong kings to death
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Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan
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And gave their land for a heritage, even for a heritage to Israel his people.
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O Lord, your name is eternal and the memory of you will have no end.
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For the Lord will be judge of his people's cause his feelings will be changed to his servants.
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The images of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
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They have mouths, but no voice, they have eyes, but they do not see
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They have ears, but no hearing and there is no breath in their mouths.
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Those who make them are like them and so is everyone who puts his hope in them.
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Give praise to the Lord, O children of Israel: give praise to the Lord, O sons of Aaron:
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Give praise to the Lord, O sons of Levi: let all the worshippers of the Lord give him praise.
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Praise be to the Lord out of Zion, even to the Lord whose house is in Jerusalem, Let the Lord be praised.
Psalm 136
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O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
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O give praise to the God of gods: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
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O give praise to the Lord of lords: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
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To him who only does great wonders: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
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To him who by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
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To him by whom the earth was stretched out over the waters: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
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To him who made great lights: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
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The sun to have rule by day: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
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The moon and the stars to have rule by night: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
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To him who put to death the first-fruits of Egypt: for his mercy is unchanging for ever:
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And took out Israel from among them: for his mercy is unchanging for ever:
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With a strong hand and an outstretched arm: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
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To him who made a way through the Red Sea: for his mercy is unchanging for ever:
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And let Israel go through it: for his mercy is unchanging for ever:
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By him Pharaoh and his army were overturned in the Red Sea: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
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To him who took his people through the waste land: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
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To him who overcame great kings: for his mercy is unchanging for ever:
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And put noble kings to death: for his mercy is unchanging for ever:
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Sihon, king of the Amorites: for his mercy is unchanging for ever:
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And Og, king of Bashan: for his mercy is unchanging for ever:
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And gave their land to his people for a heritage: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
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Even a heritage for his servant Israel: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
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Who kept us in mind when we were in trouble: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
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And has taken us out of the hands of our haters: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
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Who gives food to all flesh: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
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O give praise to the God of heaven: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
Psalm 137
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By the rivers of Babylon we were seated, weeping at the memory of Zion,
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Hanging our instruments of music on the trees by the waterside.
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For there those who had taken us prisoners made request for a song and those who had taken away all we had gave us orders to be glad, saying, Give us one of the songs of Zion.
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How may we give the Lord's song in a strange land?
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If I keep not your memory, O Jerusalem, let not my right hand keep the memory of its art.
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If I let you go out of my thoughts, and if I do not put Jerusalem before my greatest joy, let my tongue be fixed to the roof of my mouth.
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O Lord, keep in mind against the children of Edom the day of Jerusalem how they said, Let it be uncovered, uncovered even to its base.
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O daughter of Babylon, whose fate is destruction happy is the man who does to you what you have done to us.
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Happy is the man who takes your little ones, crushing them against the rocks.
Psalm 138
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I will give you praise with all my heart: I will make melody to you before the gods.
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I will give worship before your holy Temple, praising your name for your mercy and for your unchanging faith: for you have made your word greater than all your name.
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When my cry came to your ears you gave me an answer, and made me great with strength in my soul.
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All the kings of the earth will give you praise, O Lord, when the words of your mouth come to their ears.
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They will make songs about the ways of the Lord for great is the glory of the Lord.
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Though the Lord is high, he sees those who are low and he has knowledge from far off of those who are lifted up.
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Even when trouble is round me, you will give me life your hand will be stretched out against the wrath of my haters, and your right hand will be my salvation.
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The Lord will make all things complete for me: O Lord, your mercy is eternal do not give up the works of your hands.
Romans 14
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Do not put on one side him who is feeble in faith, and do not put him in doubt by your reasonings.
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One man has faith to take all things as food: another who is feeble in faith takes only green food.
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Let not him who takes food have a low opinion of him who does not: and let not him who does not take food be a judge of him who does for he has God's approval.
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Who are you to make yourself a judge of another man's servant? it is to his master that he is responsible for good or bad. Yes, his place will be safe, because the Lord is able to keep him from falling.
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This man puts one day before another: to that man they are the same. Let every man be certain in his mind.
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He who keeps the day, keeps it to the Lord and he who takes food, takes it as to the Lord, for he gives praise to God and he who does not take food, to the Lord he takes it not, and gives praise to God.
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For every man's life and every man's death has a relation to others as well as to himself.
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As long as we have life we are living to the Lord or if we give up our life it is to the Lord so if we are living, or if our life comes to an end, we are the Lord's.
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And for this purpose Christ went into death and came back again, that he might be the Lord of the dead and of the living.
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But you, why do you make yourself your brother's judge? or again, why have you no respect for your brother? because we will all have to take our place before God as our judge.
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For it is said in the holy Writings, By my life, says the Lord, to me every knee will be bent, and every tongue will give worship to God.
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So every one of us will have to give an account of himself to God.
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Then let us not be judges of one another any longer: but keep this in mind, that no man is to make it hard for his brother, or give him cause for doubting.
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I am conscious of this, and am certain in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself but for the man in whose opinion it is unclean, for him it is unclean.
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And if because of food your brother is troubled, then you are no longer going on in the way of love. Do not let your food be destruction to him for whom Christ went into death.
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Let it not be possible for men to say evil about your good:
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For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
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And he who in these things is Christ's servant, is pleasing to God and has the approval of men.
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So then, let us go after the things which make peace, and the things by which we may be a help to one another.
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Do not let the work of God come to nothing on account of food. All things are certainly clean but it is evil for that man who by taking food makes it hard for another.
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It is better not to take meat or wine or to do anything which might be a cause of trouble to your brother.
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The faith which you have, have it to yourself before God. Happy is the man who is not judged by that to which he gives approval.
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But he who is in doubt is judged if he takes food, because he does it not in faith and whatever is not of faith is sin.
Romans 15
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We who are strong have to be a support to the feeble, and not give pleasure to ourselves.
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Let every one of us give pleasure to his neighbour for his good, to make him strong.
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For Christ did not give pleasure to himself, but, as it is said, The bitter words of those who were angry with you came on me.
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Now those things which were put down in writing before our time were for our learning, so that through quiet waiting and through the comfort of the holy Writings we might have hope.
