1 Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness; ♦︎
you set me at liberty when I was in trouble;
have mercy on me and hear my prayer.
2 How long will you nobles dishonour my glory; ♦︎
how long will you love vain things and seek after falsehood?
3 But know that the Lord has shown me his marvellous kindness; ♦︎
when I call upon the Lord, he will hear me.
4 Stand in awe, and sin not; ♦︎
commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still.
5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness ♦︎
and put your trust in the Lord.
6 There are many that say, Who will show us any good? ♦︎
Lord, lift up the light of your countenance upon us.
7 You have put gladness in my heart, ♦︎
more than when their corn and wine and oil increase.
8 In peace I will lie down and sleep, ♦︎
for it is you Lord, only, who make me dwell in safety.
1 O Lord our governor, ♦︎
how glorious is your name in all the world!
2 Your majesty above the heavens is praised ♦︎
out of the mouths of babes at the breast.
3 You have founded a stronghold against your foes, ♦︎
that you might still the enemy and the avenger.
4 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, ♦︎
the moon and the stars that you have ordained,
5 What is man, that you should be mindful of him; ♦︎
the son of man, that you should seek him out?
6 You have made him little lower than the angels ♦︎
and crown him with glory and honour.
7 You have given him dominion over the works of your hands ♦︎
and put all things under his feet,
8 All sheep and oxen, ♦︎
even the wild beasts of the field,
9 The birds of the air, the fish of the sea ♦︎
and whatsoever moves in the paths of the sea.
10 O Lord our governor, ♦︎
how glorious is your name in all the world!
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4 When a great crowd gathered and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable: 5A sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell on the path and was trampled on, and the birds of the air ate it up. 6Some fell on the rock; and as it grew up, it withered for lack of moisture. 7Some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew with it and choked it. 8Some fell into good soil, and when it grew, it produced a hundredfold. As he said this, he called out, Let anyone with ears to hear listen!
9 Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant.
10He said, To you it has been given to know the secrets* of the kingdom of God; but to others I speak* in parables, so that
looking they may not perceive,
and listening they may not understand.
11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. 12The ones on the path are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. 13The ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy. But these have no root; they believe only for a while and in a time of testing fall away. 14As for what fell among the thorns, these are the ones who hear; but as they go on their way, they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature. 15But as for that in the good soil, these are the ones who, when they hear the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patient endurance.
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