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 <div class="label">5</div><div class="p"> 1Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God.</div><div class="s2">The Dedication</div><div class="p"> 2Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion. 3Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month. 4And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark. 5And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did the priests and the Levites bring up. 6Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude. 7And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims: 8for the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above. 9And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day. 10There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put therein at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.</div><div class="p"> 11And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place: (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and did not then wait by course: 12also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:) 13it came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD; 14so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.</div>
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 <div class="label">102</div><div class="d">A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD.</div><div class="q1"> 1Hear my prayer, O LORD,</div><div class="q2">And let my cry come unto thee.</div><div class="q1"> 2Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble;</div><div class="q2">Incline thine ear unto me: In the day when I call answer me speedily.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 3For my days are consumed like smoke,</div><div class="q2">And my bones are burned as an hearth.</div><div class="q1"> 4My heart is smitten, and withered like grass;</div><div class="q2">So that I forget to eat my bread.</div><div class="q1"> 5By reason of the voice of my groaning</div><div class="q2">My bones cleave to my skin.</div><div class="q1"> 6I am like a pelican of the wilderness:</div><div class="q2">I am like an owl of the desert.</div><div class="q1"> 7I watch, and am as a sparrow</div><div class="q2">Alone upon the house top.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 8Mine enemies reproach me all the day;</div><div class="q2"> And they that are mad against me are sworn against me.</div><div class="q1"> 9For I have eaten ashes like bread,</div><div class="q2">And mingled my drink with weeping,</div><div class="q1"> 10Because of thine indignation and thy wrath:</div><div class="q2">For thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.</div><div class="q1"> 11My days are like a shadow that declineth;</div><div class="q2">And I am withered like grass.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 12But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever;</div><div class="q2">And thy remembrance unto all generations.</div><div class="q1"> 13Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion:</div><div class="q2">For the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.</div><div class="q1"> 14For thy servants take pleasure in her stones,</div><div class="q2">And favour the dust thereof.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 15So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD,</div><div class="q2">And all the kings of the earth thy glory.</div><div class="q1"> 16When the LORD shall build up Zion,</div><div class="q2">He shall appear in his glory.</div><div class="q1"> 17He will regard the prayer of the destitute,</div><div class="q2">And not despise their prayer.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 18This shall be written for the generation to come:</div><div class="q2">And the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.</div><div class="q1"> 19For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary;</div><div class="q2">From heaven did the LORD behold the earth;</div><div class="q1"> 20To hear the groaning of the prisoner;</div><div class="q2">To loose those that are appointed to death;</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 21To declare the name of the LORD in Zion,</div><div class="q2">And his praise in Jerusalem;</div><div class="q1"> 22When the people are gathered together,</div><div class="q2">And the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.</div><div class="q1"> 23He weakened my strength in the way;</div><div class="q2">He shortened my days.</div><div class="q1"> 24I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days:</div><div class="q2">Thy years are throughout all generations.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 25Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth:</div><div class="q2">And the heavens are the work of thy hands.</div><div class="q1"> 26They shall perish, but thou shalt endure:</div><div class="q2">Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment;</div><div class="q1">As a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:</div><div class="q2"> 27But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.</div><div class="q1"> 28The children of thy servants shall continue,</div><div class="q2">And their seed shall be established before thee.</div><div class="b"></div>
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And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia. 4And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus. 5These going before tarried for us at Troas.</div><div class="s2">Troas</div><div class="p"> 6And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we abode seven days. 7And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight. 8And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together.</div><div class="p"> 9And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead. 10And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him. 11When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed. 12And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted.</div><div class="s2">Assos</div><div class="p"> 13And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, there intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding himself to go afoot. 14And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene. 15And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against Chios; and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and the next day we came to Miletus. 16For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.</div><div class="s2">Miletus</div><div class="p"> 17And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church. 18And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons, 19serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews: 20and how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house, 21testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. 22And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there: 23save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me. 24But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. 25And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more. 26Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. 27For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.</div><div class="p"> 28Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. 29For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. 30Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. 31Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.</div><div class="p"> 32And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified. 33I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel. 34Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. 35I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.</div><div class="p"> 36And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all. 37And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him, 38sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more. 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