Game Changers: Devotions for Families Who Play Different (Age 8-12)

Lift Me Up

Yom Kippur - the Perfect Atonement: The Messiah's Sacrifice

God's Child

Run With Endurance: Faith and Perseverance for Everyone

Water for Your Thirst

When Love Feels Dry: Rekindling Intimacy God’s Way 7-Day Devotional for Christian Wives

Giving Thanks to God in the Wilderness

7 Days to Fall in Love With Jesus – Jean-Luc Trachsel

Breaking Barriers Like Jesus

The Listener’s Bible®: NIV Edition

New International Version™  (Anglicised), Audio Edition

Holy Bible, New International Version™ (Anglicised), South Asian Audio Edition

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         <div class="label">90</div><div class="ms"><span class="heading">BOOK IV</span></div><div class="mr"><span class="heading">  </span><span class="heading">Psalms 90&#8211;106</span></div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 90</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A prayer of Moses the man of God.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.90.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Lord, you have been our dwelling place</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.90.1"><span class="content">throughout all generations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.90.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.90.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Before the mountains were born</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.90.2"><span class="content">or you brought forth the whole world,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.90.2"><span class="content">from everlasting to everlasting you are God.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.90.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.90.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You turn people back to dust,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.90.3"><span class="content">saying, &#8220;Return to dust, you mortals.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.90.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.90.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">A thousand years in your sight</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.90.4"><span class="content">are like a day that has just gone by,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.90.4"><span class="content">or like a watch in the night.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.90.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.90.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Yet you sweep people away in the sleep of death&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.90.5"><span class="content">they are like the new grass of the morning:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.90.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.90.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">In the morning it springs up new,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.90.6"><span class="content">but by evening it is dry and withered.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.90.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.90.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">We are consumed by your anger</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.90.7"><span class="content">and terrified by your indignation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.90.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.90.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">You have set our iniquities before you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.90.8"><span class="content">our secret sins in the light of your presence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.90.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.90.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">All our days pass away under your wrath;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.90.9"><span class="content">we finish our years with a moan.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.90.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.90.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Our days may come to seventy years,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.90.10"><span class="content">or eighty, if our strength endures;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.90.10"><span class="content">yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.90.10"><span class="content">for they quickly pass, and we fly away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.90.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.90.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">If only we knew the power of your anger!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.90.11"><span class="content">Your wrath is as great as the fear that is your due.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.90.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.90.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Teach us to number our days,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.90.12"><span class="content">that we may gain a heart of wisdom.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.90.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.90.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Relent, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">! How long will it be?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.90.13"><span class="content">Have compassion on your servants.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.90.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.90.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.90.14"><span class="content">that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.90.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.90.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.90.15"><span class="content">for as many years as we have seen trouble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.90.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.90.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">May your deeds be shown to your servants,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.90.16"><span class="content">your splendor to their children.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.90.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.90.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">May the favor</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">90:17 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">beauty</span></span></span><span class="content"> of the Lord our God rest on us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.90.17"><span class="content">establish the work of our hands for us&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.90.17"><span class="content">yes, establish the work of our hands.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">91</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 91</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.91.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.91.1"><span class="content">will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">91:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Shaddai</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.91.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.91.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I will say of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;He is my refuge and my fortress,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.91.2"><span class="content">my God, in whom I trust.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.91.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.91.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Surely he will save you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.91.3"><span class="content">from the fowler&#8217;s snare</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.91.3"><span class="content">and from the deadly pestilence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.91.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.91.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He will cover you with his feathers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.91.4"><span class="content">and under his wings you will find refuge;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.91.4"><span class="content">his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.91.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.91.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">You will not fear the terror of night,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.91.5"><span class="content">nor the arrow that flies by day,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.91.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.91.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.91.6"><span class="content">nor the plague that destroys at midday.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.91.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.91.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">A thousand may fall at your side,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.91.7"><span class="content">ten thousand at your right hand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.91.7"><span class="content">but it will not come near you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.91.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.91.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">You will only observe with your eyes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.91.8"><span class="content">and see the punishment of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.91.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.91.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">If you say, &#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is my refuge,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.91.9"><span class="content">and you make the Most High your dwelling,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.91.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.91.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">no harm will overtake you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.91.10"><span class="content">no disaster will come near your tent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.91.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.91.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For he will command his angels concerning you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.91.11"><span class="content">to guard you in all your ways;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.91.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.91.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">they will lift you up in their hands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.91.12"><span class="content">so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.91.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.91.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">You will tread on the lion and the cobra;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.91.13"><span class="content">you will trample the great lion and the serpent.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.91.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.91.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;Because he</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">91:14 </span><span class="ft">That is, probably the king</span></span></span><span class="content"> loves me,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;I will rescue him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.91.14"><span class="content">I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.91.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.91.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">He will call on me, and I will answer him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.91.15"><span class="content">I will be with him in trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.91.15"><span class="content">I will deliver him and honor him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.91.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.91.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">With long life I will satisfy him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.91.16"><span class="content">and show him my salvation.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">92</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 92</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 92:1-15 is numbered 92:2-16.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm. A song. For the Sabbath day.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.92.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">It is good to praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.92.1"><span class="content">and make music to your name, O Most High,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.92.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.92.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">proclaiming your love in the morning</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.92.2"><span class="content">and your faithfulness at night,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.92.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.92.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">to the music of the ten-stringed lyre</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.92.3"><span class="content">and the melody of the harp.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.92.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.92.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For you make me glad by your deeds, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.92.4"><span class="content">I sing for joy at what your hands have done.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.92.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.92.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">How great are your works, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.92.5"><span class="content">how profound your thoughts!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.92.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.92.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Senseless people do not know,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.92.6"><span class="content">fools do not understand,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.92.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.92.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">that though the wicked spring up like grass</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.92.7"><span class="content">and all evildoers flourish,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.92.7"><span class="content">they will be destroyed forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.92.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.92.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, are forever exalted.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.92.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.92.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For surely your enemies, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.92.9"><span class="content">surely your enemies will perish;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.92.9"><span class="content">all evildoers will be scattered.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.92.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.92.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">You have exalted my horn</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">92:10 </span><span class="fq">Horn </span><span class="ft">here symbolizes strength.</span></span></span><span class="content"> like that of a wild ox;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.92.10"><span class="content">fine oils have been poured on me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.92.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.92.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">My eyes have seen the defeat of my adversaries;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.92.11"><span class="content">my ears have heard the rout of my wicked foes.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.92.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.92.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The righteous will flourish like a palm tree,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.92.12"><span class="content">they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.92.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.92.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">planted in the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.92.13"><span class="content">they will flourish in the courts of our God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.92.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.92.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They will still bear fruit in old age,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.92.14"><span class="content">they will stay fresh and green,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.92.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.92.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">proclaiming, &#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is upright;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.92.15"><span class="content">he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ROM.11.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I ask then: Did God reject his people? By no means! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ROM.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">God did not reject his people, whom he foreknew. Don&#8217;t you know what Scripture says in the passage about Elijah&#8212;how he appealed to God against Israel: </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ROM.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars; I am the only one left, and they are trying to kill me&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:3 </span><span class="ft">1 Kings 19:10,14</span></span></span><span class="content">? </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">And what was God&#8217;s answer to him? &#8220;I have reserved for myself seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:4 </span><span class="ft">1 Kings 19:18</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ROM.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">So too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ROM.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ROM.11.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">What then? What the people of Israel sought so earnestly they did not obtain. The elect among them did, but the others were hardened, </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.11.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">as it is written:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.11.8"><span class="content">&#8220;God gave them a spirit of stupor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.11.8"><span class="content">eyes that could not see</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.11.8"><span class="content">and ears that could not hear,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.11.8"><span class="content">to this very day.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:8 </span><span class="ft">Deut. 29:4; Isaiah 29:10</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.11.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.11.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">And David says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.11.9"><span class="content">&#8220;May their table become a snare and a trap,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.11.9"><span class="content">a stumbling block and a retribution for them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.11.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.11.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.11.10"><span class="content">and their backs be bent forever.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:10 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 69:22,23</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Ingrafted Branches</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.11.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.11.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Again I ask: Did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Not at all! Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel envious. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.11.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But if their transgression means riches for the world, and their loss means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their full inclusion bring!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.11.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.11.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I take pride in my ministry </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ROM.11.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">in the hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to envy and save some of them. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ROM.11.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">For if their rejection brought reconciliation to the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead? </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ROM.11.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">If the part of the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, then the whole batch is holy; if the root is holy, so are the branches.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ROM.11.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ROM.11.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">If some of the branches have been broken off, and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ROM.11.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">do not consider yourself to be superior to those other branches. If you do, consider this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ROM.11.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">You will say then, &#8220;Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.11.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Granted. But they were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but tremble. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ROM.11.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">For if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ROM.11.21"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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