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66 Thus says the LORD: “The heaven is My throne, and the Earth is My footstool. Where is that House that you would build Me? And where is that place of My rest?
2 “For all these things has My Hand made. And all these things have been,” says the LORD, “And to him will I look, to him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembles at My words.
3 “He who kills an ox is as if he killed a man, he who sacrifices a sheep as if he broke a dog’s neck, he who offers an oblation as if he offered swine’s blood, he who remembers incense as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways and their soul delights in their abominations.
4 “Therefore, I will choose their delusions and I will bring their fear upon them. Because I called, and no one would answer. I speak, and they would not hear. But they did evil in My sight and chose the things which I would not.”
5 “Hear the Word of the LORD, all you who tremble at His Word. “Your brothers who hated you, and cast you out for My Name’s sake, said, ‘Let the LORD be glorified.’ But He shall appear to your joy. And they shall be ashamed.”
6 A Voice sounds from the city, a Voice from the Temple, the Voice of the LORD, Who recompenses His enemies fully.
7 “Before she labored, she brought forth. And before her pain came, she delivered a male child.
8 “Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Shall the Earth be brought forth in one day? Or shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion labored, she brought forth her children.
9 “Shall I cause to labor and not bring forth? Shall I cause to bring forth and not deliver?” says the LORD.
10 “Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all you who love her. Rejoice for joy with her, all you who mourn for her,
11 “So that you may nurse and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolation. So that you may drink deeply and be delighted with the brightness of her glory.”
12 For thus says the LORD: “Behold, I will extend peace over her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream. Then shall you suck. You shall be born upon her sides and be joyful upon her knees.
13 “As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you. And you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.”
14 And when you see this, your hearts shall rejoice. And your bones shall flourish like grass. And the hand of the LORD shall be known among His servants, and His indignation against His enemies.
15 For behold, the LORD will come with fire, and His chariots like a whirlwind, so that He may repay His anger with wrath, and His indignation with the flame of fire.
16 For the LORD will judge with fire, and all flesh with His sword. And the slain of the LORD shall be many.
17 “Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves in the gardens, after one in the midst, eating swine’s flesh and such abominations (even the mouse), shall be consumed together,” says the LORD.
18 “For I will visit their works and their imaginations. For it shall come that I will gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and see My Glory.
19 “And I will set a sign among them, and will send those among them who escape to the nations of Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, to those who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, far off isles that have not heard of My fame, or seen My Glory. And they shall declare My Glory among the Gentiles.
20 “And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering to the LORD out of all nations, upon horses and in chariots and in horse litters and upon mules and swift beasts, to Jerusalem, My Holy Mountain,” says the LORD, “as the children of Israel offer in a clean vessel in the House of the LORD.
21 “And I will take from them for priests, for Levites,” says the LORD.
22 “For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before Me,” says the LORD, “so shall your seed and your name continue.
23 “And from month to month, and from Sabbath to Sabbath, shall all flesh come to worship before Me,” says the LORD.
24 “And they shall go forth and look upon the carcasses of the men who have transgressed against Me. For their worm shall not die, nor shall their fire be quenched. And they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.”
4 though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If anyone else thinks that he might have confidence in the flesh, more so I—
5 circumcised the eighth day; of the kindred of Israel; of the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew of Hebrews; by the Law, a Pharisee.
6 Concerning zeal, I persecuted the Church. According to righteousness (which is in the Law), I had become blameless.
7 But whatever things that were gain to me, the same I have counted as loss for Christ’s sake.
8 Indeed, also, I count all things but loss for the sake of the surpassing knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for Whom I have counted all things loss and judge them to be garbage, so that I may gain Christ
9 and be found in Him—that is, not having my own righteousness (which is of the Law) but that which is through faith in Christ (the righteousness which is from God by faith) —
10 so that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His suffering and be conformed to His death
11 (if by any means I might attain to the resurrection from the dead).
12 Not that I have already attained to it or been perfected. But I follow so that I may seize that for which I also was seized by Christ Jesus.
13 Brothers, I do not count myself as having seized it. But one thing I do: I forget that which is behind and stretch forward toward that which is ahead;
14 and follow hard toward the mark, for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
15 Let us, therefore (as many as are mature) be thus-minded. And if you are otherwise-minded, even this God shall reveal to you.
16 Nevertheless, to that which we have already attained, let us walk by one rule and be of the same mind.
17 Brothers, be imitators of me and observe those who also walk thus (as you have us for an example).
18 For many walk of whom I have often told you (and tell you now, weeping) who are the enemies of the cross of Christ;
19 whose end is destruction; whose God is their belly; and whose glory is in their knowledge of earthly things, to their shame.
20 But our citizenship is in Heaven, from where we also look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
21 He shall transform our humiliated body into a body conformed to His Glory, according to the working whereby He is able even to subdue all things to Himself.
74 O God, why have You rejected us forever? Is Your wrath kindled against the sheep of Your pasture?
2 Think upon the congregation which You have possessed of old; and on the rod of Your inheritance which You have redeemed; and on this Mount Zion wherein You have dwelt.
3 Lift up Your feet to perpetual desolations. The enemy has broken everything in the Sanctuary.
4 Your adversaries roar in the midst of Your congregation and set up their banners for signs.
5 He who lifted the axes upon the thick trees was renowned as one who brought a thing to perfection.
6 But now they break down the carved work thereof with axes and hammers.
7 They have cast Your Sanctuary into the fire and razed it to the ground. They have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name.
8 They said in their hearts, “Let us destroy them altogether.” They have burnt all the synagogues of God in the land.
9 We do not see our signs. There has not been one Prophet, nor is there any with us who knows how long.
10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach You? Shall the enemy blaspheme Your Name forever?
11 Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand? Draw it out of Your bosom and consume them!
12 For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the Earth.
13 You divided the sea by Your power. You broke the heads of the dragons in the waters.
14 You broke the head of Leviathan in pieces and gave him to be food for the people in wilderness.
15 You broke up the fountain and river. You dry up mighty rivers.
16 The day is Yours and the night is Yours. You have prepared the light and the Sun.
17 You have set all the borders of the Earth. You have made Summer and Winter.
18 Remember this: the enemy has reproached the LORD and the foolish people have blasphemed Your Name.
19 Do not give the life of Your turtledove to the beast. Do not forget the Congregation of Your poor, forever.
20 Consider Your Covenant; for the dark places of the Earth are full of the habitations of the cruel.
21 O, do not let the oppressed return ashamed! Let the poor and needy praise Your Name.
22 Arise, O God! Maintain Your own cause! Remember Your daily reproach by the foolish man.
23 Do not forget the voice of Your enemies. The tumult of those who rise against You ascends continually. To him who excels: Do not destroy. A Psalm, or song, committed to Asaph
15 Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the house of the righteous. And do not spoil his resting place.
16 For a just man falls seven times and rises again. But the wicked fall into mischief.
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