Psalm 85 (MT Psalm 86)

Translation: DRA

1 A prayer for David himself. Incline thy ear, O Lord, and hear me: for I am needy and poor.

2 Preserve my soul, for I am holy: save thy servant, O my God, that trusteth in thee.

3 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I have cried to thee all the day.

4 Give joy to the soul of thy servant, for to thee, O Lord, I have lifted up my soul.

5 For thou, O Lord, art sweet and mild: and plenteous in mercy to all that call upon thee.

6 Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer: and attend to the voice of my petition.

7 I have called upon thee in the day of my trouble: because thou hast heard me.

8 There is none among the gods like unto thee, O Lord: and there is none according to thy works.

9 All the nations thou hast made shall come and adore before thee, O Lord: and they shall glorify thy name.

10 For thou art great and dost wonderful things: thou art God alone.

11 Conduct me, O Lord, in thy way, and I will walk in thy truth: let my heart rejoice that it may fear thy name.

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12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God: with my whole heart, and I will glorify thy name for ever:

13 For thy mercy is great towards me: and thou hast delivered my soul out of the lower hell.

14 O God, the wicked are risen up against me, and the assembly of the mighty have sought my soul: and they have not set thee before their eyes.

15 And thou, O Lord, art a God of compassion, and merciful, patient, and of much mercy, and true.

16 O look upon me, and have mercy on me: give thy command to thy servant, and save the son of thy handmaid.

17 shew me a token for good: that they who hate me may see, and be confounded, because thou, O Lord, hast helped me and hast comforted me.

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John 15

Translation: DRA

1 I am the true vine; and my Father is the husbandman.

2 Every branch in me, that beareth not fruit, he will take away: and every one that beareth fruit, he will purge it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

3 Now you are clean by reason of the word, which I have spoken to you.

4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abide in the vine, so neither can you, unless you abide in me.

5 I am the vine: you the branches: he that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for without me you can do nothing.

6 If any one abide not in me, he shall be cast forth as a branch, and shall wither, and they shall gather him up, and cast him into the fire, and he burneth.

7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, you shall ask whatever you will, and it shall be done unto you.

8 In this is my Father glorified; that you bring forth very much fruit, and become my disciples.

9 As the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you. Abide in my love.

10 If you keep my commandments, you shall abide in my love; as I also have kept my Father's commandments, and do abide in his love.

11 These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be filled.

12 This is my commandment, that you love one another, as I have loved you.

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13 Greater love than this no man hath, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

14 You are my friends, if you do the things that I command you.

15 I will not now call you servants: for the servant knoweth not what his lord doth. But I have called you friends: because all things whatsoever I have heard of my Father, I have made known to you.

16 You have not chosen me: but I have chosen you; and have appointed you, that you should go, and should bring forth fruit; and your fruit should remain: that whatsoever you shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

17 These things I command you, that you love one another.

18 If the world hate you, know ye, that it hath hated me before you.

19 If you had been of the world, the world would love its own: but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

20 Remember my word that I said to you: The servant is not greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you: if they have kept my word, they will keep yours also.

21 But all these things they will do to you for my name's sake: because they know not him who sent me.

22 If I had not come, and spoken to them, they would not have sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.

23 He that hateth me, hateth my Father also.

24 If I had not done among them the works that no other man hath done, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.

25 But that the word may be fulfilled which is written in their law: They hated me without cause.

26 But when the Paraclete cometh, whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceedeth from the Father, he shall give testimony of me.

27 And you shall give testimony, because you are with me from the beginning.

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Proverbs 27

Translation: DRA

1 Boast not for to morrow, for thou knowest not what the day to come may bring forth.

2 Let another praise thee, and not thy own mouth: a stranger, and not thy own lips.

3 A stone is heavy, and sand weighty: but the anger of a fool is heavier than them both.

4 Anger hath no mercy, nor fury when it breaketh forth: and who can bear the violence of one provoked?

5 Open rebuke is better than hidden love.

6 Better are the wounds of a friend, than the deceitful kisses of an enemy.

7 A soul that is full shall tread upon the honeycomb: and a soul that is hungry shall take even bitter for sweet.

8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that leaveth his place.

9 Ointment and perfumes rejoice the heart: and the good counsels of a friend are sweet to the soul.

10 Thy own friend, and thy father's friend forsake not: and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy affliction. Better is a neighbour that is near, than a brother afar off.

11 Study wisdom, my son, and make my heart joyful, that thou mayst give an answer to him that reproacheth.

12 The prudent man seeing evil hideth himself: little ones passing on have suffered losses.

13 Take away his garment that hath been surety for a stranger: and take from him a pledge for strangers.

14 He that blesseth his neighbour with a loud voice, rising in the night, shall be like to him that curseth.

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15 Roofs dropping through in a cold day, and a contentious woman are alike.

16 He that retaineth her, is as he that would hold the wind, and shall call in the oil of his right hand.

17 Iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

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18 He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eat the fruit thereof: and he that is the keeper of his master, shall be glorified.

19 As the faces of them that look therein, shine in the water, so-the hearts of men are laid open to the wise.

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20 Hell and destruction are never filled: so the eyes of men are never satisfied.

21 As silver is tried in the fining-pot and gold in the furnace: so a man is tried by the mouth of him that praiseth. The heart of the wicked seeketh after evils, but the righteous heart seeketh after knowledge.

22 Though thou shouldst bray a fool in the mortar, as when a pestle striketh upon sodden barley, his folly would not be taken from him.

23 Be diligent to know the countenance of thy cattle, and consider thy own flocks:

24 For thou shalt not always have power: but a crown shall be given to generation and generation.

25 The meadows are open, and the green herbs have appeared, and the hay is gathered out of the mountains.

26 Lambs are for thy clothing: and kids for the price of the field.

27 Let the milk of the goats be enough for thy food, and for the necessities of thy house, and for maintenance for thy handmaids.

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Proverbs 16

Translation: ESV

1 The plans of the heart belong to man,

    but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.

2 All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes,

    but the Lord weighs the spirit.

3 Commit your work to the Lord,

    and your plans will be established.

4 The Lord has made everything for its purpose,

    even the wicked for the day of trouble.

5 Everyone who is arrogant in heart is an abomination to the Lord;

    be assured, he will not go unpunished.

6 By steadfast love and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for,

    and by the fear of the Lord one turns away from evil.

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7 When a man's ways please the Lord,

    he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

8 Better is a little with righteousness

    than great revenues with injustice.

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9 The heart of man plans his way,

   but the Lord establishes his steps.

10 An oracle is on the lips of a king;

    his mouth does not sin in judgment.

11 A just balance and scales are the Lord's;

    all the weights in the bag are his work.

12 It is an abomination to kings to do evil,

    for the throne is established by righteousness.

13 Righteous lips are the delight of a king,

    and he loves him who speaks what is right.

14 A king's wrath is a messenger of death,

    and a wise man will appease it.

15 In the light of a king's face there is life,

    and his favor is like the clouds that bring the spring rain.

16 How much better to get wisdom than gold!

    To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

17 The highway of the upright turns aside from evil;

    whoever guards his way preserves his life.

18 Pride goes before destruction,

    and a haughty spirit before a fall.

19 It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor

    than to divide the spoil with the proud.

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20 Whoever gives thought to the word will discover good,

     and blessed is he who trusts in the Lord.

21 The wise of heart is called discerning,

    and sweetness of speech increases persuasiveness.

22 Good sense is a fountain of life to him who has it,

    but the instruction of fools is folly.

23 The heart of the wise makes his speech judicious

    and adds persuasiveness to his lips.

24 Gracious words are like a honeycomb,

    sweetness to the soul and health to the body.

25 There is a way that seems right to a man,

    but its end is the way to death.

26 A worker's appetite works for him;

    his mouth urges him on.

27 A worthless man plots evil,

    and his speech is like a scorching fire.

28 A dishonest man spreads strife,

    and a whisperer separates close friends.

29 A man of violence entices his neighbor

    and leads him in a way that is not good.

30 Whoever winks his eyes plans dishonest things;

    he who purses his lips brings evil to pass.

31 Gray hair is a crown of glory;

    it is gained in a righteous life.

32 Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty,

    and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.

33 The lot is cast into the lap,

    but its every decision is from the Lord.

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