1 Happy the one whose transgression is forgiven, ♦︎
and whose sin is covered.
2 Happy the one to whom the Lord imputes no guilt, ♦︎
and in whose spirit there is no guile.
3 For I held my tongue; ♦︎
my bones wasted away
through my groaning all the day long.
4 Your hand was heavy upon me day and night; ♦︎
my moisture was dried up like the drought in summer.
5 Then I acknowledged my sin to you ♦︎
and my iniquity I did not hide.
6 I said, I will confess my transgressions to the Lord, ♦︎
and you forgave the guilt of my sin.
7 Therefore let all the faithful make their prayers to you
in time of trouble; ♦︎
in the great water flood, it shall not reach them.
8 You are a place for me to hide in;
you preserve me from trouble; ♦︎
you surround me with songs of deliverance.
9 I will instruct you and teach you
in the way that you should go; ♦︎
I will guide you with my eye.
10 Be not like horse and mule which have no understanding; ♦︎
whose mouths must be held with bit and bridle,
or else they will not stay near you.
11 Great tribulations remain for the wicked, ♦︎
but mercy embraces those who trust in the Lord.
12 Be glad, you righteous, and rejoice in the Lord; ♦︎
shout for joy, all who are true of heart.
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19Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 2Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, So may the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life like the life of one of them by this time tomorrow. 3Then he was afraid; he got up and fled for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongs to Judah; he left his servant there.
4 But he himself went a days journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a solitary broom tree. He asked that he might die: It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my ancestors. 5Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said to him, Get up and eat. 6He looked, and there at his head was a cake baked on hot stones, and a jar of water. He ate and drank, and lay down again. 7The angel of the Lord came a second time, touched him, and said, Get up and eat, otherwise the journey will be too much for you. 8He got up, and ate and drank; then he went in the strength of that food for forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God.
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10 It was fitting that God,* for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many children to glory, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
11For the one who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one Father.* For this reason Jesus* is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters,*
12saying,
I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters,*
in the midst of the congregation I will praise you.
13And again,
I will put my trust in him.
And again,
Here am I and the children whom God has given me.
14 Since, therefore, the children share flesh and blood, he himself likewise shared the same things, so that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,
15and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by the fear of death.
16For it is clear that he did not come to help angels, but the descendants of Abraham.
17Therefore he had to become like his brothers and sisters* in every respect, so that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make a sacrifice of atonement for the sins of the people.
18Because he himself was tested by what he suffered, he is able to help those who are being tested.
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