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2009
2009

Year: 5769 - 2009

Praise God to whom all praise is due. He is so faithful!!  Every year I go before the Lord and ask Him to reveal scripture that will be pertinent to the coming year. I pray that God will open the eyes of your understanding according to Ephesians 1:17-23 as you stand in agreement with the word of the Lord in Jesus name Amen

 I apply the blood of Jesus over this prayer and the scripture that follows and seal this in Jesus name Amen

 Prayer prayed for 2009 - 5769


Adoni our Elohim:

 Thank You Abba for hearing and answering all of our prayers, intercession and supplication quickly with Your speed, mounting each answer on the wings like eagles and flying them above every storm in Jesus name.

 Thank You Abba for all wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of You that the eyes of our understanding are enlightened so that I know the hope of Your calling, Your rich glories there are in the inheritance You have promised and how surpassingly great Your power working in all of us who trust in You!! We trust You Abba Father!

Thank You for loving us Abba Father!

Thank You for being our Father!

Thank You for Your time!

Thank You for Your presence!

Thank You for Your anointing!

Thank You for Your call!

We love You Abba!

 Abba Father we draw a blood line, around our families and around every single thing that pertains to us.  Encapsulate us Abba as we desire to dwell in the secret place of You Abba the Most High and abide under Your shadow. Place Your wall around us Abba and seal us in Jesus name.

 Abba Father we take our seat in the heavenly realm in Christ Jesus (according to Eph 2:5-7) We will walk in the authority that You deligate to us as You lead and guide us into all truth, according to Your word (Jesus Christ) and Your Holy Spirit who lives within us, the power that raised Jesus Christ from the dead. (Eph 1:12-14)

 

Thank You today for our positions, they are exceedingly abundantly above anything that we could have asked or dreamed.  Thank You for all of the additional finance this year, for all of the seed to sow and bread to eat.

 Thank You Abba for enlarging our territory, that You hand is with us that You keep us from evil and pain.

 We will give You all of the glory, praise and honor Abba in Jesus Name.

 Abba thank You that our work is before kings and not before unknown men.

 Abba thank You for Your plan and for publishing the truth, Your word!

 Thank You Abba Father for the great peace of our children. Thank You Father for Your wisdom in rearing our children. You have poured such wisdom liberally over each and every one of us. All wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of You! We hear Your wisdom Abba calling us and we answer and receive her in Jesus name. Amen

 Thank You Abba for our sphere of authority the ministry for which we were born.  Thank You and praise You for showing us Your way!

 Praise You Abba Father for Your word shed abroad in our hearts! The hope of our calling! Your super on our natural! Your hope, glory, praise and honor within each of us to praise You!

 Thank You Abba for making the wars to cease! The wars that each of us are fighting within our own strength, we surrender these to You. Thank You for leading us to the rock that is higher than we are!

 Thank You for renewing our minds each moment! Thank You that we can hear Your call because Jesus Christ Your Son paid the ultimate price.

 Thank You and praise You for Your presence, because where Your presence is there is fullness of joy, Liberty! All praise and honor to You!! We are free!!

 We put on the Lord Jesus Christ every single moment in time! We move with You into the New!! We move with You Abba into this new beginning 2009 – the Hebrew Year 5769 – the Year of new beginning, restoration, reconciliation,  Your plan, Your place, Your line, Your leading, we yield in Jesus name.

 We will not turn again to folly. We are still and we know that You are God – Father, Son and Holy Spirit – One God – ALL in Jesus Name Amen

 

The scriptures below were give to me after I prayed this prayer. Please read these out loud to Abba Father and allow Him to lead and guide you into all truth through His Holy Spirit. There is wisdom and revelation for the year to come if you choose to embrace Him.

 Psalm 34

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Psalm 34

 1I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

 2My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.

 3O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.

 4I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

 5They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.

 6This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

 7The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

 8O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

 9O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.

 10The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.

 11Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

 12What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?

 13Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

 14Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

 15The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.

 16The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

 17The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

 18The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

 19Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.

 20He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.

 21Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

 22The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.

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Psalm 35

 1Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.

 2Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.

 3Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.

 4Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

 5Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.

 6Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.

 7For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.

 8Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

 9And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.

 10All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

 11False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.

 12They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.

 13But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

 14I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

 15But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

 16With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

 17Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.

 18I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.

 19Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

 20For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

 21Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.

 22This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.

 23Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.

 24Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.

 25Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

 26Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.

 27Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

 28And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.


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Psalm 32

 1Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

 2Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

 3When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.

 4For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

 5I acknowledge my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

 6For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.

 7Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.

 8I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.

 9Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.

 10Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.

 11Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

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Psalm 64

 1Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

 2Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:

 3Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:

 4That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

 5They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?

 6They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.

 7But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.

 8So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.

 9And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.

 10The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.

 

Psalm 72

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Psalm 72

 1Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.

 2He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.

 3The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.

 4He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.

 5They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.

 6He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.

 7In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.

 8He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.

 9They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.

 10The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.

 11Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.

 12For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.

 13He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.

 14He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.

 15And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised.

 16There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

 17His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.

 18Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.

 19And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.

 20The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.

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Psalm 101

 1I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing.

 2I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

 3I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.

 4A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.

 5Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.

 6Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.

 7He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.

 8I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.

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Psalm 103

 1Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.

 2Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:

 3Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;

 4Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;

 5Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.

 6The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.

 7He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.

 8The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.

 9He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.

 10He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

 11For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.

 12As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

 13Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.

 14For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.

 15As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

 16For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.

 17But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;

 18To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.

 19The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.

 20Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.

 21Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.

 22Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul.

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Psalm 114

 1When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;

 2Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.

 3The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.

 4The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.

 5What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?

 6Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?

 7Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;

 8Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.

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Psalm 106

 1Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

 2Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise?

 3Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.

 4Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;

 5That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.

 6We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.

 7Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.

 8Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.

 9He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.

 10And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

 11And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.

 12Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.

 13They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:

 14But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.

 15And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.

 16They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD.

 17The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan and covered the company of Abiram.

 18And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.

 19They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.

 20Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.

 21They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;

 22Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.

 23Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

 24Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:

 25But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.

 26Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:

 27To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.

 28They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

 29Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.

 30Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.

 31And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.

 32They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:

 33Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.

 34They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:

 35But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.

 36And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.

 37Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,

 38And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.

 39Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.

 40Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.

 41And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.

 42Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.

 43Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.

 44Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:

 45And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

 46He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.

 47Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.

 48Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD.

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Psalm 18

 1I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.

 2The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

 3I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

 4The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

 5The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

 6In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.

 7Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.

 8There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

 9He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.

 10And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.

 11He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

 12At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.

 13The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.

 14Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.

 15Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

 16He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.

 17He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.

 18They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.

 19He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.

 20The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

 21For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

 22For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.

 23I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.

 24Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

 25With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;

 26With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.

 27For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.

 28For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.

 29For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.

 30As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.

 31For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?

 32It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.

 33He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places.

 34He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

 35Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.

 36Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.

 37I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.

 38I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.

 39For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

 40Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.

 41They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.

 42Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.

 43Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.

 44As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.

 45The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.

 46The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.

 47It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.

 48He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.

 49Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.

 50Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.

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Psalm 12

 1Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

 2They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

 3The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:

 4Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

 5For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

 6The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

 7Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

 8The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.

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Psalm 20

 1The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;

 2Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;

 3Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.

 4Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.

 5We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.

 6Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.

 7Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.

 8They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.

 9Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call.

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Psalm 22

 1My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

 2O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.

 3But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.

 4Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

 5They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.

 6But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

 7All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,

 8He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.

 9But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.

 10I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.

 11Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.

 12Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

 13They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.

 14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

 15My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

 16For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

 17I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.

 18They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.

 19But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.

 20Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.

 21Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.

 22I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

 23Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.

 24For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.

 25My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.

 26The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

 27All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

 28For the kingdom is the LORD's: and he is the governor among the nations.

 29All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.

 30A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

 31They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.

 

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Matthew 5

 1And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:

 2And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,

 3Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

 4Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

 5Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

 6Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

 7Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

 8Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

 9Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

 10Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

 11Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

 12Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

 13Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

 14Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

 15Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.

 16Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

 17Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

 18For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

 19Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

 20For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.

 21Ye have heard that it was said of them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:

 22But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

 23Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;

 24Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

 25Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.

 26Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.

 27Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:

 28But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

 29And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

 30And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

 31It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:

 32But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

 33Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:

 34But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:

 35Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.

 36Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

 37But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.

 38Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

 39But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

 40And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.

 41And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.

 42Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

 43Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.

 44But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

 45That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

 46For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?

 47And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?

 48Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

Genesis 6

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Genesis 6

 1And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

 2That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

 3And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

 4There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

 5And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

 6And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

 7And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

 8But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

 9These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.

 10And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

 11The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

 12And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

 13And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

 14Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.

 15And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.

 16A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.

 17And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.

 18But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.

 19And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.

 20Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.

 21And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.

 22Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.

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Leviticus 5

 1And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.

 2Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty.

 3Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness it be that a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty.

 4Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.

 5And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing:

 6And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin.

 7And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the LORD; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering.

 8And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin offering first, and wring off his head from his neck, but shall not divide it asunder:

 9And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin offering upon the side of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be wrung out at the bottom of the altar: it is a sin offering.

 10And he shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according to the manner: and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin which he hath sinned, and it shall be forgiven him.

 11But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon: for it is a sin offering.

 12Then shall he bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it, even a memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: it is a sin offering.

 13And the priest shall make an atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him: and the remnant shall be the priest's, as a meat offering.

 14And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

 15If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the LORD; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the LORD a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering.

 16And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him.

 17And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.

 18And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his ignorance wherein he erred and wist it not, and it shall be forgiven him.

 19It is a trespass offering: he hath certainly trespassed against the LORD.

Revelation 12

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Revelation 12

 1And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:

 2And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.

 3And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.

 4And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.

 5And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.

 6And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.

 7And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,

 8And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.

 9And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

 10And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.

 11And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

 12Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.

 13And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.

 14And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.

 15And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.

 16And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

 17And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.