Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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A Prayer for Israel
1 O Lord God of the universe,
look upon us and have mercy.
2 Make every nation stand in fear of
you.
3 Take action against the foreign
nations, and let them witness
your power!
4 You have used us to
show them how holy you are; now
use them to show us how great you
are.
5 Let them learn, as we have
learned, that there is no God, O
Lord, but you.
6 Give new signs, perform
new miracles; show us your
glorious strength!
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9 Bring on that
appointed time when everyone can
talk about the great things you do.
Pour out your furious, flaming anger,
and let none of our enemies survive.
Destroy those who have oppressed
your people.
10 Crush all
those enemy rulers who think they
are the only people in the world who
matter!
11 Gather the tribes of Israel
together again, and give them back
their land as you gave it to them
long ago.
12 Lord, have mercy on Israel,
the people who are known by
your name, whom you called your
first-born son.
13 Take pity on Jerusalem,
your holy city, where you chose
to stay.
14 Fill your Temple note on
Mount Zion with your glory and
with hymns of praise.
15 Testify for
your people, whom you created in
the beginning; fulfill the prophecies
that have been spoken in your name.
16 Reward those who have put their
faith in you, and vindicate your
prophets.
17 You have always been
gracious to your people; note listen to
your servants as we pray. Then
everyone on earth will recognize
that you are the Lord, the God of the
ages.
Choosing a Wife
18 Any kind of food can be eaten,
but some foods are better than others.
19 And just as the tongue can
distinguish the flavors of different
kinds of meat, so a sharp mind can
detect lies.
20 A person with a
warped mind causes trouble, but an
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experienced person knows how to
pay it back.
21 A woman has to take any man
as a husband, but a man must
choose his wife carefully.
22 A woman's
beauty makes a man happy;
there is no fairer sight for the human
eye to see.
23 If the woman is kind
and gentle in her speech, her husband
is the most fortunate of men.
24 When a man marries, he gets the
finest thing he will ever have—a
wife to help and encourage him.
25 If property is not fenced in,
thieves will wander in and help
themselves. And if a man has no
wife, he is a sighing wanderer;
26 people have no more trust in a
homeless man who sleeps in a different
place every night than they have
in a wandering thief who goes from
town to town.
Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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