40:21
Have you not known? Have you not
heard? Has it not been told you
from the beginning? Have you not
understood from the foundations
of the earth?
40:22
It is he who sits above the
circle of the earth, and its
inhabitants are like
grasshoppers; who stretches out
the heavens like a curtain, and
spreads them like a tent to live
in;
40:23
who brings princes to naught,
and makes the rulers of the
earth as nothing.
40:24
Scarcely are they planted,
scarcely sown, scarcely has
their stem taken root in the
earth, when he blows upon them,
and they wither, and the tempest
carries them off like stubble.
40:25
To whom then will you compare
me, or who is my equal? says the
Holy One.
40:26
Lift up your eyes on high and
see: Who created these? He who
brings out their host and
numbers them, calling them all
by name; because he is great in
strength, mighty in power, not
one is missing.
40:27
Why do you say, O Jacob, and
speak, O Israel, "My way is
hidden from the LORD, and my
right is disregarded by my
God"?
40:28
Have you not known? Have you not
heard? The LORD is the
everlasting God, the Creator of
the ends of the earth. He does
not faint or grow weary; his
understanding is unsearchable.
40:29
He gives power to the faint, and
strengthens the powerless.
40:30
Even youths will faint and be
weary, and the young will fall
exhausted;
40:31
but those who wait for the LORD
shall renew their strength, they
shall mount up with wings like
eagles, they shall run and not
be weary, they shall walk and
not faint.
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147:1
Praise the LORD! How good it is
to sing praises to our God; for
he is gracious, and a song of
praise is fitting.
147:2
The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he
gathers the outcasts of Israel.
147:3
He heals the brokenhearted, and
binds up their wounds.
147:4
He determines the number of the
stars; he gives to all of them
their names.
147:5
Great is our Lord, and abundant
in power; his understanding is
beyond measure.
147:6
The LORD lifts up the
downtrodden; he casts the wicked
to the ground.
147:7
Sing to the LORD with
thanksgiving; make melody to our
God on the lyre.
147:8
He covers the heavens with
clouds, prepares rain for the
earth, makes grass grow on the
hills.
147:9
He gives to the animals their
food, and to the young ravens
when they cry.
147:10
His delight is not in the
strength of the horse, nor his
pleasure in the speed of a
runner;
147:11
but the LORD takes pleasure in
those who fear him, in those who
hope in his steadfast love.
147:20c
Praise the LORD!
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9:16
If I proclaim the gospel, this
gives me no ground for boasting,
for an obligation is laid on me,
and woe to me if I do not
proclaim the gospel!
9:17
For if I do this of my own will,
I have a reward; but if not of
my own will, I am entrusted with
a commission.
9:18
What then is my reward? Just
this: that in my proclamation I
may make the gospel free of
charge, so as not to make full
use of my rights in the gospel.
9:19
For though I am free with
respect to all, I have made
myself a slave to all, so that I
might win more of them.
9:20
To the Jews I became as a Jew,
in order to win Jews. To those
under the law I became as one
under the law (though I myself
am not under the law) so that I
might win those under the law.
9:21
To those outside the law I
became as one outside the law
(though I am not free from God's
law but am under Christ's law)
so that I might win those
outside the law.
9:22
To the weak I became weak, so
that I might win the weak. I
have become all things to all
people, that I might by all
means save some.
9:23
I do it all for the sake of the
gospel, so that I may share in
its blessings.
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1:29
As soon as they left the
synagogue, they entered the
house of Simon and Andrew, with
James and John.
1:30
Now Simon's mother-in-law was in
bed with a fever, and they told
him about her at once.
1:31
He came and took her by the hand
and lifted her up. Then the
fever left her, and she began to
serve them.
1:32
That evening, at sundown, they
brought to him all who were sick
or possessed with demons.
1:33
And the whole city was gathered
around the door.
1:34
And he cured many who were sick
with various diseases, and cast
out many demons; and he would
not permit the demons to speak,
because they knew him.
1:35
In the morning, while it was
still very dark, he got up and
went out to a deserted place,
and there he prayed.
1:36
And Simon and his companions
hunted for him.
1:37
When they found him, they said
to him, "Everyone is
searching for you."
1:38
He answered, "Let us go on
to the neighboring towns, so
that I may proclaim the message
there also; for that is what I
came out to do."
1:39
And he went throughout Galilee,
proclaiming the message in their
synagogues and casting out
demons.
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