I have refused to touch such things; they are like loathsome food to me.

He has cut out channels through the rocks; his eyes have spotted every precious thing.

They crouch, they bear their young, they bring forth the offspring they have carried.

For you deliver oppressed people, but you bring down those who have a proud look.

They repay me evil for the good I have done; I am overwhelmed with sorrow.

Please stop wounding me! You have almost beaten me to death!

I will think about all you have done; I will reflect upon your deeds!”

Your throne has been secure from ancient times; you have always been king.

I am so starved my knees shake; I have turned into skin and bones.

ק (Qof) I have called on your name, O Lord, from the deepest pit.

Our hearts no longer have any joy; our dancing is turned to mourning.

Therefore what advantage does the Jew have, or what is the value of circumcision?

No, in all these things we have complete victory through him who loved us!

“Choose some people from among the exiles, namely, Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah, all of whom have come from Babylon, and when you have done so go to the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah.

For if I have boasted to him about anything concerning you, I have not been embarrassed by you, but just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus about you has proved true as well.

My goal is that their hearts, having been knit together in love, may be encouraged, and that they may have all the riches that assurance brings in their understanding of the knowledge of the mystery of God, namely, Christ,

By pointing out such things to the brothers and sisters, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, having nourished yourself on the words of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed.

For what do I have to do with judging those outside? Are you not to judge those inside?

So Moses returned to the Lord and said, “Alas, this people has committed a very serious sin, and they have made for themselves gods of gold.

So now, O Lord God, make this promise you have made about your servant and his family a permanent reality. Do as you promised,