1 I love the Lord,
for he has heard the voice of my supplication; ♦︎
because he inclined his ear to me
on the day I called to him.
2 The snares of death encompassed me;
the pains of hell took hold of me; ♦︎
by grief and sorrow was I held.
3 Then I called upon the name of the Lord: ♦︎
O Lord, I beg you, deliver my soul.
4 Gracious is the Lord and righteous; ♦︎
our God is full of compassion.
5 The Lord watches over the simple; ♦︎
I was brought very low and he saved me.
6 Turn again to your rest, O my soul, ♦︎
for the Lord has been gracious to you.
7 For you have delivered my soul from death, ♦︎
my eyes from tears and my feet from falling.
8 I will walk before the Lord ♦︎
in the land of the living.
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15 Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was on the outer side of the city wall and she resided within the wall itself. 16She said to them, Go towards the hill country, so that the pursuers may not come upon you. Hide yourselves there for three days, until the pursuers have returned; then afterwards you may go on your way. 17The men said to her, We will be released from this oath that you have made us swear to you 18if we invade the land and you do not tie this crimson cord in the window through which you let us down, and you do not gather into your house your father and mother, your brothers, and all your family. 19If any of you go out of the doors of your house into the street, they shall be responsible for their own death, and we shall be innocent; but if a hand is laid upon any who are with you in the house, we shall bear the responsibility for their death. 20But if you tell this business of ours, then we shall be released from this oath that you made us swear to you. 21She said, According to your words, so be it. She sent them away and they departed. Then she tied the crimson cord in the window.
22 They departed and went into the hill country and stayed there for three days, until the pursuers returned. The pursuers had searched all along the way and found nothing. 23Then the two men came down again from the hill country. They crossed over, came to Joshua son of Nun, and told him all that had happened to them. 24They said to Joshua, Truly the Lord has given all the land into our hands; moreover, all the inhabitants of the land melt in fear before us.
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17So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead.
18 But someone will say, You have faith and I have works. Show me your faith without works, and I by my works will show you my faith.
19You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believeand shudder.
20Do you want to be shown, you senseless person, that faith without works is barren?
21Was not our ancestor Abraham justified by works when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
22You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was brought to completion by the works.
23Thus the scripture was fulfilled that says, Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness, and he was called the friend of God.
24You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.
25Likewise, was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out by another road?
26For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is also dead.
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