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 <div class="label">102</div><div class="cl">Psalm 102#In Hebrew texts 102:1-28 is numbered 102:2-29.</div><div class="d">A prayer of an afflicted person who has grown weak and pours out a lament before the Lord.</div><div class="q1"> 1Hear my prayer, Lord;</div><div class="q2">let my cry for help come to you.</div><div class="q1"> 2Do not hide your face from me</div><div class="q2">when I am in distress.</div><div class="q1">Turn your ear to me;</div><div class="q2">when I call, answer me quickly.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 3For my days vanish like smoke;</div><div class="q2">my bones burn like glowing embers.</div><div class="q1"> 4My heart is blighted and withered like grass;</div><div class="q2">I forget to eat my food.</div><div class="q1"> 5In my distress I groan aloud</div><div class="q2">and am reduced to skin and bones.</div><div class="q1"> 6I am like a desert owl,</div><div class="q2">like an owl among the ruins.</div><div class="q1"> 7I lie awake; I have become</div><div class="q2">like a bird alone on a roof.</div><div class="q1"> 8All day long my enemies taunt me;</div><div class="q2">those who rail against me use my name as a curse.</div><div class="q1"> 9For I eat ashes as my food</div><div class="q2">and mingle my drink with tears</div><div class="q1"> 10because of your great wrath,</div><div class="q2">for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.</div><div class="q1"> 11My days are like the evening shadow;</div><div class="q2">I wither away like grass.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 12But you, Lord, sit enthroned forever;</div><div class="q2">your renown endures through all generations.</div><div class="q1"> 13You will arise and have compassion on Zion,</div><div class="q2">for it is time to show favor to her;</div><div class="q2">the appointed time has come.</div><div class="q1"> 14For her stones are dear to your servants;</div><div class="q2">her very dust moves them to pity.</div><div class="q1"> 15The nations will fear the name of the Lord,</div><div class="q2">all the kings of the earth will revere your glory.</div><div class="q1"> 16For the Lord will rebuild Zion</div><div class="q2">and appear in his glory.</div><div class="q1"> 17He will respond to the prayer of the destitute;</div><div class="q2">he will not despise their plea.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 18Let this be written for a future generation,</div><div class="q2">that a people not yet created may praise the Lord:</div><div class="q1"> 19&#8220;The Lord looked down from his sanctuary on high,</div><div class="q2">from heaven he viewed the earth,</div><div class="q1"> 20to hear the groans of the prisoners</div><div class="q2">and release those condemned to death.&#8221;</div><div class="q1"> 21So the name of the Lord will be declared in Zion</div><div class="q2">and his praise in Jerusalem</div><div class="q1"> 22when the peoples and the kingdoms</div><div class="q2">assemble to worship the Lord.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 23In the course of my life#102:23 Or By his power he broke my strength;</div><div class="q2">he cut short my days.</div><div class="q1"> 24So I said:</div><div class="q1">&#8220;Do not take me away, my God, in the midst of my days;</div><div class="q2">your years go on through all generations.</div><div class="q1"> 25In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth,</div><div class="q2">and the heavens are the work of your hands.</div><div class="q1"> 26They will perish, but you remain;</div><div class="q2">they will all wear out like a garment.</div><div class="q1">Like clothing you will change them</div><div class="q2">and they will be discarded.</div><div class="q1"> 27But you remain the same,</div><div class="q2">and your years will never end.</div><div class="q1"> 28The children of your servants will live in your presence;</div><div class="q2">their descendants will be established before you.&#8221;</div>
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 <div class="label">14</div><div class="p"> 1Then the Lord said to Moses, 2&#8220;Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp near Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. They are to encamp by the sea, directly opposite Baal Zephon. 3Pharaoh will think, &#8216;The Israelites are wandering around the land in confusion, hemmed in by the desert.&#8217; 4And I will harden Pharaoh&#8217;s heart, and he will pursue them. But I will gain glory for myself through Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord.&#8221; So the Israelites did this.</div><div class="p"> 5When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, &#8220;What have we done? We have let the Israelites go and have lost their services!&#8221; 6So he had his chariot made ready and took his army with him. 7He took six hundred of the best chariots, along with all the other chariots of Egypt, with officers over all of them. 8The Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, so that he pursued the Israelites, who were marching out boldly. 9The Egyptians&#8212;all Pharaoh&#8217;s horses and chariots, horsemen#14:9 Or charioteers; also in verses 17, 18, 23, 26 and 28 and troops&#8212;pursued the Israelites and overtook them as they camped by the sea near Pi Hahiroth, opposite Baal Zephon.</div><div class="p"> 10As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians, marching after them. They were terrified and cried out to the Lord. 11They said to Moses, &#8220;Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? 12Didn&#8217;t we say to you in Egypt, &#8216;Leave us alone; let us serve the Egyptians&#8217;? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 13Moses answered the people, &#8220;Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. 14The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 15Then the Lord said to Moses, &#8220;Why are you crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to move on. 16Raise your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea to divide the water so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground. 17I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them. And I will gain glory through Pharaoh and all his army, through his chariots and his horsemen. 18The Egyptians will know that I am the Lord when I gain glory through Pharaoh, his chariots and his horsemen.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 19Then the angel of God, who had been traveling in front of Israel&#8217;s army, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from in front and stood behind them, 20coming between the armies of Egypt and Israel. Throughout the night the cloud brought darkness to the one side and light to the other side; so neither went near the other all night long.</div><div class="p"> 21Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land. The waters were divided, 22and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left.</div><div class="p"> 23The Egyptians pursued them, and all Pharaoh&#8217;s horses and chariots and horsemen followed them into the sea. 24During the last watch of the night the Lord looked down from the pillar of fire and cloud at the Egyptian army and threw it into confusion. 25He jammed#14:25 See Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint and Syriac; Masoretic Text removed the wheels of their chariots so that they had difficulty driving. And the Egyptians said, &#8220;Let&#8217;s get away from the Israelites! The Lord is fighting for them against Egypt.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 26Then the Lord said to Moses, &#8220;Stretch out your hand over the sea so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen.&#8221; 27Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea went back to its place. The Egyptians were fleeing toward#14:27 Or from it, and the Lord swept them into the sea. 28The water flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen&#8212;the entire army of Pharaoh that had followed the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.</div><div class="p"> 29But the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left. 30That day the Lord saved Israel from the hands of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians lying dead on the shore. 31And when the Israelites saw the mighty hand of the Lord displayed against the Egyptians, the people feared the Lord and put their trust in him and in Moses his servant.</div>
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 <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1">Living as Those Made Alive in Christ</div><div class="p"> 1Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. 3For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. 4When Christ, who is your#3:4 Some manuscripts our life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.</div><div class="p"> 5Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. 6Because of these, the wrath of God is coming.#3:6 Some early manuscripts coming on those who are disobedient 7You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived. 8But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. 9Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices 10and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator. 11Here there is no Gentile or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all.</div><div class="p"> 12Therefore, as God&#8217;s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. 13Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. 14And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.</div><div class="p"> 15Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. 16Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. 17And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.</div><div class="s1">Instructions for Christian Households</div><div class="p"> 18Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.</div><div class="p"> 19Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.</div><div class="p"> 20Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.</div><div class="p"> 21Fathers,#3:21 Or Parents do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.</div><div class="p"> 22Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything; and do it, not only when their eye is on you and to curry their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord. 23Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, 24since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. 25Anyone who does wrong will be repaid for their wrongs, and there is no favoritism.</div>
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