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Psalm 20

1  May the Lord hear you in the day of trouble, ♦︎
   the name of the God of Jacob defend you;
2  Send you help from his sanctuary ♦︎
   and strengthen you out of Zion;
3  Remember all your offerings ♦︎
   and accept your burnt sacrifice;
4  Grant you your heart’s desire ♦︎
   and fulfil all your mind.
5  May we rejoice in your salvation
      and triumph in the name of our God; ♦︎
   may the Lord perform all your petitions.
6  Now I know that the Lord will save his anointed; ♦︎
   he will answer him from his holy heaven,
      with the mighty strength of his right hand.
7  Some put their trust in chariots and some in horses, ♦︎
   but we will call only on the name of the Lord our God.
8  They are brought down and fallen, ♦︎
   but we are risen and stand upright.
9  O Lord, save the king ♦︎
   and answer us when we call upon you.

Psalm 21

1  The king shall rejoice in your strength, O Lord; ♦︎
   how greatly shall he rejoice in your salvation!
2  You have given him his heart’s desire ♦︎
   and have not denied the request of his lips.
3  For you come to meet him with blessings of goodness ♦︎
   and set a crown of pure gold upon his head.
4  He asked of you life and you gave it him, ♦︎
   length of days, for ever and ever.
5  His honour is great because of your salvation; ♦︎
   glory and majesty have you laid upon him.
6  You have granted him everlasting felicity ♦︎
   and will make him glad with joy in your presence.
7  For the king puts his trust in the Lord; ♦︎
   because of the loving-kindness of the Most High,
      he shall not be overthrown.
8  Your hand shall mark down all your enemies; ♦︎
   your right hand will find out those who hate you.
9  You will make them like a fiery oven
      in the time of your wrath; ♦︎
   the Lord will swallow them up in his anger
      and the fire will consume them.
10  Their fruit you will root out of the land ♦︎
   and their seed from among its inhabitants.
11  Because they intend evil against you ♦︎
   and devise wicked schemes
      which they cannot perform,
12  You will put them to flight ♦︎
   when you aim your bow at their faces.
13  Be exalted, O Lord, in your own might; ♦︎
   we will make music and sing of your power.

Jesus and Beelzebul

14 Now he was casting out a demon that was mute; when the demon had gone out, the one who had been mute spoke, and the crowds were amazed. ¹⁵But some of them said, ‘He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons.’ ¹⁶Others, to test him, kept demanding from him a sign from heaven. ¹⁷But he knew what they were thinking and said to them, ‘Every kingdom divided against itself becomes a desert, and house falls on house. ¹⁸If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? —for you say that I cast out the demons by Beelzebul. ¹⁹Now if I cast out the demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your exorcists^* cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges. ²⁰But if it is by the finger of God that I cast out the demons, then the kingdom of God has come to you. ²¹When a strong man, fully armed, guards his castle, his property is safe. ²²But when one stronger than he attacks him and overpowers him, he takes away his armour in which he trusted and divides his plunder. ²³Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.