Psalm 27-29

English Standard Version

The Lord Is My Light and My Salvation

Of David.

27 The Lord is my ^(A)light and my ^(B)salvation;
^(C)whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold^[a] of my life;
of whom shall I be afraid?

²When evildoers assail me
to ^(D)eat up my flesh,
my adversaries and foes,
it is they who stumble and fall.

³^(E)Though an army encamp against me,
my heart shall not fear;
though war arise against me,
yet^[b] I will be confident.

⁴^(F)One thing have I asked of the Lord,
    that will I seek after:
that I may ^(G)dwell in the house of the Lord
    all the days of my life,
to gaze upon ^(H)the beauty of the Lord
    and to inquire^[c] in his temple.

⁵For he will ^(I)hide me in his shelter
in the day of trouble;
he will conceal me under the cover of his tent;
he will ^(J)lift me high upon a rock.

⁶And now my ^(K)head shall be lifted up
above my enemies all around me,
and I will offer in his tent
sacrifices with shouts of ^(L)joy;
^(M)I will sing and make melody to the Lord.

⁷^(N)Hear, O Lord, when I cry aloud;
    be gracious to me and answer me!
⁸You have said, ^(O)“Seek^[d] my face.”
My heart says to you,
    “Your face, Lord, do I seek.”^[e]
⁹    ^(P)Hide not your face from me.
Turn not your servant away in anger,
    O you who have been my help.
Cast me not off; forsake me not,
    ^(Q)O God of my salvation!
¹⁰For ^(R)my father and my mother have forsaken me,
    but the Lord will ^(S)take me in.

¹¹^(T)Teach me your way, O Lord,
    and lead me on ^(U)a level path
    because of my enemies.
¹²^(V)Give me not up to the will of my adversaries;
    for ^(W)false witnesses have risen against me,
    and they ^(X)breathe out violence.

¹³I believe that I shall look^[f] upon ^(Y)the goodness of the Lord
    in ^(Z)the land of the living!
¹⁴^(AA)Wait for the Lord;
    ^(AB)be strong, and let your heart take courage;
    wait for the Lord!

The Lord Is My Strength and My Shield

Of David.

28 To you, O Lord, I call;
    ^(AC)my rock, be not deaf to me,
lest, if you ^(AD)be silent to me,
    I become like those who ^(AE)go down to the pit.
²^(AF)Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy,
    when I cry to you for help,
when I ^(AG)lift up my hands
    ^(AH)toward your most holy sanctuary.^[g]

³Do not ^(AI)drag me off with the wicked,
    with the workers of evil,
^(AJ)who speak peace with their neighbors
    while evil is in their hearts.
⁴^(AK)Give to them according to their work
    and according to the evil of their deeds;
give to them according to the work of their hands;
    ^(AL)render them their due reward.
⁵Because they ^(AM)do not regard the works of the Lord
    or the work of his hands,
he will tear them down and build them up no more.

⁶Blessed be the Lord!
    For he has ^(AN)heard the voice of my pleas for mercy.
⁷The Lord is my strength and ^(AO)my shield;
    in him my heart ^(AP)trusts, and I am helped;
my heart exults,
    and with my ^(AQ)song I give thanks to him.

⁸The Lord is the strength of his people;^[h]
he is ^(AR)the saving refuge of his anointed.
⁹Oh, save your people and bless ^(AS)your heritage!
^(AT)Be their shepherd and ^(AU)carry them forever.

Ascribe to the Lord Glory

A Psalm of David.

29 Ascribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings,^[i]
^(AV)ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
²Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;
worship the Lord in ^(AW)the splendor of holiness.^[j]

³The voice of the Lord is over ^(AX)the waters;
    the God of glory ^(AY)thunders,
    the Lord, over many waters.
⁴The voice of the Lord is ^(AZ)powerful;
    the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.

⁵The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;
the Lord breaks ^(BA)the cedars of Lebanon.
⁶He makes Lebanon to ^(BB)skip like a calf,
and ^(BC)Sirion like a young ^(BD)wild ox.

⁷The voice of the Lord flashes forth flames of fire.
⁸The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness;
the Lord shakes the wilderness of ^(BE)Kadesh.

⁹The voice of the Lord makes ^(BF)the deer give birth^[k]
and strips the forests bare,
and in his temple all cry, “Glory!”

¹⁰The Lord sits enthroned over ^(BG)the flood;
the Lord sits enthroned ^(BH)as king forever.
¹¹May the Lord give ^(BI)strength to his people!
May the Lord bless^[l] his people with ^(BJ)peace!

Footnotes

Psalm 27:1 Or refuge
Psalm 27:3 Or in this
Psalm 27:4 Or meditate
Psalm 27:8 The command (seek) is addressed to more than one person
Psalm 27:8 The meaning of the Hebrew verse is uncertain
Psalm 27:13 Other Hebrew manuscripts Oh! Had I not believed that I would look
Psalm 28:2 Hebrew your innermost sanctuary
Psalm 28:8 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts is their strength
Psalm 29:1 Hebrew sons of God, or sons of might
Psalm 29:2 Or in holy attire
Psalm 29:9 Revocalization yields makes the oaks to shake
Psalm 29:11 Or The Lord will give… The Lord will bless

John 11:1-29

English Standard Version

The Death of Lazarus

11 Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of ^(A)Mary and her sister Martha. ²^(B)It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill. ³So the sisters sent to him, saying, “Lord, ^(C)he whom you love is ill.” ⁴But when Jesus heard it he said, ^(D)“This illness does not lead to death. It is for ^(E)the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”

⁵Now ^(F)Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. ⁶So, when he heard that Lazarus^[a] was ill, ^(G)he stayed two days longer in the place where he was. ⁷Then after this he said to the disciples, ^(H)“Let us go to Judea again.” ⁸The disciples said to him, ^(I)“Rabbi, ^(J)the Jews were just now seeking to stone you, and are you going there again?” ⁹Jesus answered, ^(K)“Are there not twelve hours in the day? ^(L)If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. ¹⁰But ^(M)if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not ^(N)in him.” ¹¹After saying these things, he said to them, “Our friend Lazarus ^(O)has fallen asleep, but I go to awaken him.” ¹²The disciples said to him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.” ¹³Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he meant taking rest in sleep. ¹⁴Then Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus has died, ¹⁵and for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.” ¹⁶^(P)So Thomas, called the Twin,^[b] said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, ^(Q)that we may die with him.”

I Am the Resurrection and the Life

¹⁷Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb ^(R)four days. ¹⁸Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles^[c] off, ¹⁹and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary ^(S)to console them concerning their brother. ²⁰^(T)So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary remained seated in the house. ²¹Martha said to ^(U)Jesus, “Lord, ^(V)if you had been here, my brother would not have died. ²²But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, ^(W)God will give you.” ²³Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” ²⁴^(X)Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in ^(Y)the resurrection on the last day.” ²⁵Jesus said to her, ^(Z)“I am the resurrection and ^(AA)the life.^[d] Whoever believes in me, ^(AB)though he die, ^(AC)yet shall he live, ²⁶and everyone who lives and believes in me ^(AD)shall never die. Do you believe this?” ²⁷She said to him, “Yes, Lord; ^(AE)I believe that ^(AF)you are the Christ, the Son of God, ^(AG)who is coming into the world.”

Jesus Weeps

²⁸When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary, saying in private, ^(AH)“The Teacher is here and is calling for you.” ²⁹And when she heard it, she rose quickly and went to him.

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