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Eyes Lifted in Hope of Mercy

¹A Song of degrees. To thee I raise my eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.

²Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden to the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until he shall have mercy upon us.

³Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us; for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

⁴Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.

Salvation like a Bird Escaped from the Snare

¹A Song of degrees of David. If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;

²If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:

³Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:

⁴Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:

⁵Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

⁶Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

⁷Our soul hath escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we have escaped.

⁸Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.

The Lord Who Surrounds and Keeps like the Mountains

¹A Song of degrees. They that trust in the LORD, shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.

²As the mountains are round Jerusalem, so the LORD is around his people from henceforth even for ever.

³For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands to iniquity.

⁴Do good, O LORD, to those that are good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.

⁵As for such as turn aside to their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.

Zion's New Name and the Unceasing Watchmen

¹For Zion's sake I will not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until its righteousness shall go forth as brightness, and its salvation as a lamp that burneth.

²And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.

³Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.

⁴Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.

⁵For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so will thy God rejoice over thee.

⁶I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,

⁷And give him no rest, till he shall establish, and till he shall make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.

⁸The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be food for thy enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for which thou hast labored:

⁹But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the LORD; and they that have collected it shall drink it in the courts of my holiness.

¹⁰Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.

¹¹Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed to the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; Behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.

¹²And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.

Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Apostles

¹And when he had called to him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness, and all manner of disease.

²Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

³Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alpheus, and Lebbeus, whose surname was Thaddeus;

⁴Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

⁵These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and enter ye not into any city of the Samaritans.

⁶But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

⁷And as ye go, proclaim, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.

⁸Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons: freely ye have received, freely give.

⁹Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses;

¹⁰Nor bag for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor a staff: for the workman is worthy of his food.

¹¹And into whatever city or town ye shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and there abide till ye go thence.

¹²And when ye come into a house, salute it.

¹³And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.

¹⁴And whoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart from that house, or city, shake off the dust of your feet.

¹⁵Verily, I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah, in the day of judgment, than for that city.

Coming Persecutions Foretold

¹⁶Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

¹⁷But beware of men: for they will deliver you to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues.

¹⁸And ye will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.

¹⁹But when they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye shall speak, for it shall be given to you in that same hour what ye shall speak.

²⁰For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.

²¹And the brother will deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children will rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.

²²And ye will be hated by all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

²³But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say to you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel till the Son of man shall have come.

²⁴The disciple is not above his teacher, nor the servant above his lord.

²⁵It is enough for the disciple that he should be as his teacher, and the servant as his lord: if they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more will they call them of his household?

Fear Him Who Is to Be Feared

²⁶Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.

²⁷What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that publish ye upon the house-tops.

²⁸And fear not them who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

²⁹Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and not one of them shall fall on the ground without your Father.

³⁰But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

³¹Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

³²Whoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven.

³³But whoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in heaven.

Not Peace, but a Sword

³⁴Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

³⁵For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

³⁶And a man's foes will be they of his own household.

³⁷He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me.

³⁸And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth me, is not worthy of me.

³⁹He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake, shall find it.

Rewards for Receiving a Disciple

⁴⁰He that receiveth you, receiveth me, and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me.

⁴¹He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man's reward.

⁴²And whoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones, a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, verily, I say to you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.