Psalm 128Psalm 129Psalm 130Psalm 131Psalm 132Psalm 133Psalm 134Romans 12.17->Romans 13.1-14Psalm 128
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You will have the fruit of the work of your hands: happy will you be, and all will be well for you.
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Your wife will be like a fertile vine in the inmost parts of your house: your children will be like olive plants round your table.
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See! this is the blessing of the worshipper of the Lord.
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May the Lord send you blessing out of Zion: may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life.
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May you see your children's children. Peace be on Israel.
Psalm 129
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Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young, but my troubles have not overcome me.
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The ploughmen were ploughing on my back long were the wounds they made.
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The Lord is true: the cords of the evil-doers are broken in two.
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Let all the haters of Zion be shamed and turned back.
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Let them be like the grass on the house-tops, which is dry before it comes to full growth.
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He who gets in the grain has no use for it and they do not make bands of it for the grain-stems.
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And those who go by do not say, The blessing of the Lord be on you we give you blessing in the name of the Lord.
Psalm 130
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Lord, let my voice come before you: let your ears be awake to the voice of my prayer.
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O Jah, if you took note of every sin, who would go free?
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But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be feared.
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I am waiting for the Lord, my soul is waiting for him, and my hope is in his word.
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My soul is watching for the Lord more than those who are watching for the morning yes, more than the watchers for the morning.
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O Israel, have hope in the Lord for with the Lord is mercy and full salvation.
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And he will make Israel free from all his sins.
Psalm 131
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See, I have made my soul calm and quiet, like a child on its mother's breast my soul is like a child on its mother's breast.
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O Israel, have hope in the Lord, from this time and for ever.
Psalm 132
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How he made an oath to the Lord, and gave his word to the great God of Jacob, saying,
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Truly, I will not come into my house, or go to my bed,
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I will not give sleep to my eyes, or rest to my eyeballs,
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Till I have got a place for the Lord, a resting-place for the great God of Jacob.
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We had news of it at Ephrathah: we came to it in the fields of the wood.
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Let us go into his tent let us give worship at his feet.
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Come back, O Lord, to your resting-place you and the ark of your strength.
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Let your priests be clothed with righteousness and let your saints give cries of joy.
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Because of your servant David, do not give up your king.
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The Lord gave a true oath to David, which he will not take back, saying, I will give your kingdom to the fruit of your body.
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If your children keep my word, and the teachings which I will give them, their children will be rulers of your kingdom for ever.
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For the Lord's heart is on Zion, desiring it for his resting-place.
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This is my rest for ever: here will I ever be for this is my desire.
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My blessing will be on her food and her poor will be full of bread.
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Her priests will be clothed with salvation and her saints will give cries of joy.
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There I will make the horn of David fertile: I have made ready a light for my king.
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His haters will be clothed with shame but I will make his crown shining.
Psalm 133
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It is like oil of great price on the head, flowing down over the face, even Aaron's face: coming down to the edge of his robe
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Like the dew of Hermon, which comes down on the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord gave orders for the blessing, even life for ever.
Psalm 134
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Give praise to the Lord, lifting up your hands in his holy place.
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May the Lord, who made heaven and earth, send you blessing out of Zion,
Romans 12
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Do not give evil for evil to any man. Let all your business be well ordered in the eyes of all men.
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As far as it is possible for you be at peace with all men.
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Do not give punishment for wrongs done to you, dear brothers, but give way to the wrath of God for it is said in the holy Writings, Punishment is mine, I will give reward, says the Lord.
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But if one who has hate for you is in need of food or of drink, give it to him, for in so doing you will put coals of fire on his head.
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Do not let evil overcome you, but overcome evil by good.
Romans 13
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Let everyone put himself under the authority of the higher powers, because there is no power which is not of God, and all powers are ordered by God.
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For which reason everyone who puts himself against the authority puts himself against the order of God: and those who are against it will get punishment for themselves.
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For rulers are not a cause of fear to the good work but to the evil. If you would have no fear of the authority, do good and you will have praise
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For he is the servant of God to you for good. But if you do evil, have fear for the sword is not in his hand for nothing: he is God's servant, making God's punishment come on the evil-doer.
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So put yourselves under the authority, not for fear of wrath, but because you have the knowledge of what is right.
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For the same reason, make payment of taxes because the authority is God's servant, to take care of such things at all times.
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Give to all what is their right: taxes to him whose they are, payment to him whose right it is, fear to whom fear, honour to whom honour is to be given.
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Be in debt for nothing, but to have love for one another: for he who has love for his neighbour has kept all the law.
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And this, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not put to death, Do not take what is another's, Do not have desire for what is another's, and if there is any other order, it is covered by this word, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.
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Love does no wrong to his neighbour, so love makes the law complete.
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See then that the time has come for you to be awake from sleep: for now is your salvation nearer than when you first had faith.
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The night is far gone, and the day is near: so let us put off the works of the dark, arming ourselves with light,
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With right behaviour as in the day not in pleasure-making and drinking, not in bad company and unclean behaviour, not in fighting and envy.
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But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not give thought to the flesh to do its desires.
