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Psalm 61

Assurance of God’s Protection

To the leader: with stringed instruments. Of David.
¹ Hear my cry, O God;
   listen to my prayer.
² From the end of the earth I call to you,
   when my heart is faint.

Lead me to the rock
   that is higher than I;
³ for you are my refuge,
   a strong tower against the enemy.

⁴ Let me abide in your tent for ever,
   find refuge under the shelter of your wings.
          Selah
⁵ For you, O God, have heard my vows;
   you have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.

⁶ Prolong the life of the king;
   may his years endure to all generations!
⁷ May he be enthroned for ever before God;
   appoint steadfast love and faithfulness to watch over him!

⁸ So I will always sing praises to your name,
   as I pay my vows day after day.

Jesus the True Vine

15‘I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine-grower. ²He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes^* to make it bear more fruit. ³You have already been cleansed^* by the word that I have spoken to you. ⁴Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me. ⁵I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing. ⁶Whoever does not abide in me is thrown away like a branch and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. ⁷If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. ⁸My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and become^* my disciples. ⁹As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. ¹⁰If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. ¹¹I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete.