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1 Samuel 17:55-18:30
Chapter 17
55 [o] When Saul had seen David going out to confront the Philistine, he asked Abner the commander of the army, "Whose son is this youth, Abner?"(az)
"My king, as surely as you live, I don't know," Abner replied.
56 The king said, "Find out whose son this young man is!"
57 When David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the Philistine's head still in his hand.(ba) 58 Saul said to him, "Whose son are you, young man?"
"The son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem,"(bb) David answered.
Chapter 18
David's Success
1 When David had finished speaking with Saul, Jonathan committed himself to David, and loved him as much as he loved himself.(a) 2 Saul kept David with him from that day on and did not let him return to his father's house.
3 Jonathan made a covenant with David(b) because he loved him as much as himself. 4 Then Jonathan removed the robe he was wearing and gave it to David,(c) along with his military tunic, his sword, his bow, and his belt.
5 David marched out with the army and was successful in everything Saul sent him to do. Saul put him in command of the soldiers, which pleased all the people and Saul's servants as well.
6 As the troops were coming back, when David was returning from killing the Philistine, the women came out from all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul,(d) singing and dancing with tambourines, with shouts of joy, and with three-stringed instruments. 7 As they celebrated, the women sang:
Saul has killed his thousands,
but David his tens of thousands.(e)
8 Saul was furious and resented this song.[a] "They credited tens of thousands to David," he complained, "but they only credited me with thousands. What more can he have but the kingdom?"(f) 9 So Saul watched David jealously from that day forward.
Saul Attempts to Kill David
10 The next day an evil spirit sent from God took control of Saul,(g) and he began to rave[b] inside the palace. David was playing the lyre as usual,(h) but Saul was holding a spear,(i) 11 and he threw it, thinking, "I'll pin David to the wall."(j) But David got away from him twice.
12 Saul was afraid of David,(k) because the Lord was with David(l) but had left Saul.(m) 13 Therefore, Saul reassigned David and made him commander over 1,000 men. David led the troops(n) 14 and continued to be successful in all his activities because the Lord was with him.(o) 15 When Saul observed that David was very successful, he dreaded him. 16 But all Israel and Judah loved David(p) because he was leading their troops. 17 Saul told David, "Here is my oldest daughter Merab. I'll give her to you as a wife,(q) if you will be a warrior for me and fight the Lord 's battles."(r) But Saul was thinking, "My hand doesn't need to be against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him."(s)
18 Then David responded, "Who am I,(t) and what is my family or my father's clan in Israel that I should become the king's son-in-law?" 19 When it was time to give Saul's daughter Merab to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as a wife.(u)
David's Marriage to Michal
20 Now Saul's daughter Michal(v) loved David, and when it was reported to Saul, it pleased him.[c] 21 "I'll give her to him," Saul thought. "She'll be a trap for him, and the hand of the Philistines will be against him."(w) So Saul said to David a second time, "You can now be my son-in-law."(x)
22 Saul then ordered his servants, "Speak to David in private and tell him, ‘Look, the king is pleased with you, and all his servants love you. Therefore, you should become the king's son-in-law.'"
23 Saul's servants reported these words directly to David,[d] but he replied, "Is it trivial in your sight to become the king's son-in-law? I am a poor man who is common."(y)
24 The servants reported back to Saul, "These are the words David spoke."
25 Then Saul replied, "Say this to David: ‘The king desires no other bride-price(z) except 100 Philistine foreskins, to take revenge on his enemies.'"(aa) Actually, Saul intended to cause David's death at the hands of the Philistines.(ab)
26 When the servants reported these terms to David, he was pleased[e] to become the king's son-in-law. Before the wedding day arrived,[f] 27 David and his men went out and killed 200[g] Philistines. He brought their foreskins and presented them as full payment to the king to become his son-in-law. Then Saul gave his daughter Michal to David as his wife.(ac) 28 Saul realized that the Lord was with David and that his daughter Michal loved him, 29 and he became even more afraid of David. As a result, Saul was David's enemy from then on.
30 Every time the Philistine commanders came out to fight,(ad) David was more successful than all of Saul's officers.(ae) So his name became well known.
Psalms 63
Chapter 63
Psalm 63
Praise God Who Satisfies
A Davidic psalm. When he was in the Wilderness of Judah.(a)
1 God, You are my God; I eagerly seek You.
I thirst for You;
my body faints for You
in a land that is dry, desolate, and without water.(b)
2 So I gaze on You in the sanctuary
to see Your strength and Your glory.(c)
3 My lips will glorify You
because Your faithful love is better than life.(d)
4 So I will praise You as long as I live;
at Your name, I will lift up my hands.(e)
5 You satisfy me as with rich food;[a](f)
my mouth will praise You with joyful lips.(g)
6 When I think of You as I lie on my bed,
I meditate on You during the night watches(h)
7 because You are my helper;(i)
I will rejoice in the shadow of Your wings.(j)
8 I follow close to You;
Your right hand holds on to me.(k)
9 But those who seek to destroy my life
will go into the depths of the earth.(l)
10 They will be given over to the power of the sword;(m)
they will become the jackals' prey.
11 But the king will rejoice in God;(n)
all who swear by Him[b] will boast,
for the mouths of liars will be shut.(o)
Romans 9:1-29
Chapter 9
Israel's Rejection of Christ
1 I speak the truth in Christ(a)—I am not lying; my conscience is testifying to me with the Holy Spirit[a]— 2 that I have intense sorrow and continual anguish in my heart. 3 For I could almost wish(b) to be cursed(c) and cut off[b] from the Messiah for the benefit of my brothers, my own flesh and blood. 4 They are Israelites,(d) and to them belong the adoption,(e) the glory,(f) the covenants,(g) the giving of the law,(h) the temple service,(i) and the promises.(j) 5 The ancestors are theirs,(k) and from them, by physical descent,[c] came the Messiah,(l) who is God(m) over all,(n) praised forever.[d](o) Amen.
God's Gracious Election of Israel
6 But it is not as though the word of God has failed.(p) For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.(q) 7 Neither are they all children because they are Abraham's descendants.[e](r) On the contrary, your offspring will be traced [f] through Isaac. (s)[g] 8 That is, it is not the children by physical descent[h] who are God's children,(t) but the children of the promise(u) are considered to be the offspring. 9 For this is the statement of the promise: At this time I will come, and Sarah will have a son. (v)[i] 10 And not only that,(w) but also Rebekah received a promise when she became pregnant[j](x) by one man, our ancestor Isaac. 11 For though her sons had not been born yet or done anything good or bad, so that God's purpose according to election might stand—(y) 12 not from works but from the One who calls—she was told: The older will serve the younger. (z)[k] 13 As it is written: I have loved Jacob, but I have hated Esau. (aa)[l]
God's Selection Is Just
14 What should we say then?(ab) Is there injustice with God?(ac) Absolutely not!(ad) 15 For He tells Moses:
I will show mercy
to whom I will show mercy,
and I will have compassion
on whom I will have compassion.
(ae)[m]
16 So then it does not depend on human will or effort[n](af) but on God who shows mercy.(ag) 17 For the Scripture tells Pharaoh:
I raised you up for this reason
so that I may display My power in you
and that My name may be proclaimed in all the earth.
(ah)[o]
18 So then, He shows mercy to those He wants to, and He hardens those He wants to harden.(ai)
19 You will say to me,(aj) therefore, "Why then does He still find fault?(ak) For who can resist His will?"(al) 20 But who are you, a mere man, to talk back to God?(am) Will what is formed say to the one who formed it, "Why did you make me like this?"(an) 21 Or has the potter no right over the clay,(ao) to make from the same lump one piece of pottery for honor and another for dishonor? 22 And what if God, desiring to display His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience(ap) objects of wrath ready for destruction?(aq) 23 And what if He did this to make known the riches of His glory(ar) on objects of mercy(as) that He prepared beforehand for glory(at)— 24 on us, the ones He also called,(au) not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?(av) 25 As He also says in Hosea:
I will call Not My People, My People,
and she who is Unloved, Beloved.
(aw)[p]
26
And it will be in the place where they were told,
you are not My people,
there they will be called sons of the living God.
(ax)[q]
27 But Isaiah cries out concerning Israel:
Though the number of Israel's sons
is like the sand of the sea,
(ay)
only the remnant will be saved;
(az)
28
for the Lord will execute His sentence
completely and decisively on the earth.
[r](ba)[s]
29 And just as Isaiah predicted:
If the Lord of Hosts
[t]
had not left us offspring,
(bb)
we would have become like Sodom,
and we would have been made like Gomorrah.
(bc)[u]
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