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WISDOM 2: 11 & 16

11 Let our strength be our right, 
since it is proved that weakness is useless.
16 According to him we have low standards, 
so he keeps aloof from us as if we were unclean. 
He emphasizes the happy end of the righteous 
and boasts of having God as father.

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SONG OF SONGS 6:10

10 Who is she that cometh forth 

as the morning rising, 

fair as the moon, 

bright as the sun, 

terrible as an army set in array?

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EXODUS 34:10-11a

10 Yahweh said, “I am making a covenant with you;

 in the presence of all the people 

I will do marvels never yet done in any land or nation 

so that all the people among whom you live 

may see how awesome 

is the work of Yahweh that I will do for you.

11 Obey what I command you today.

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BARUCH 5:1-5

1 Jerusalem, put off your garment
of mourning and unhappiness, 

put on the splendor and glory of God forever.
2 Wrap yourself in the mantle of holiness 

that comes from God, 

put on your head the crown of glory 

of the Eternal One.
3 For God will show your splendor 

to every being under Heaven.
4 He will call your name forever, 

“Peace in Justice” and 

“Glory in the Fear of the Lord.”
5 Rise up, Jerusalem, 

stand on the heights. 

Look towards the East and see

  your children gathered together 

from the setting of the sun to its rising, 

by the voice of the Holy One, 

rejoicing because God has remembered them.

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1 PETER 4:8-11

8 Above all, 

let your love for one another be sincere, 

for love covers a multitude of sins. 

9 Welcome one another into your houses 

without com­plain­ing. 

10 Serve one another 

with the gifts each of you received, 

thus becoming good managers 

of the varied graces of God. 

11 If you speak, 

deliver the word of God; 

if you have a special ministry,

let it be seen as God’s power 

so that, in everything, 

God may be glorified in Jesus Christ. 

To him belong glory and power 

forever and ever. Amen.

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JEREMIAH 20:7, 9b

7 Yahweh, you have seduced me

and I let myself be seduced.

................his word in my heart becomes like a fire

burning deep within my bones.

I try so hard to hold it in,

but I cannot do it.

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ZEPHANIAH 3:14-20

14 Cry out with joy, O daughter of Zion;

 rejoice, O people of Israel! 

Sing joyfully with all your heart, daughter of Jerusalem!

15 Yahweh has lifted your sentence

 and has driven your enemies away.

 Yahweh, the King of Israel is with you;

 do not fear any misfortune.

16 On that day they will say to Jerusalem:

 Do not be afraid nor let your hands tremble,

 17 for Yahweh your God is within you, 

Yahweh, saving warrior. 

He will jump for joy on seeing you, 

for he has revived his love.

 For you he will cry out with joy, 

as you do in the days of the Feast.

18 I will drive away the evil I warned you about,

 and you will no longer be shamed.

19 On that day I will face your oppressors; 

I will save the lame sheep 

and bring the lost back into the fold.

 I will give them renown and honor 

in all the lands where humiliation was your lot.

20 On that day I will be good to you 

and gather you to make you famous 

and honorable among all the peoples of the earth, 

when I bring back the captives before your eyes,

 – this is Yahweh’s word.

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PSALM 36:8-10

8 How precious, O God, 

is your constant love! 

Mortals take refuge 

in the shadow of your wings.

9 In your house they find rich food 

and they  drink  from your  spring of de­light.

10 For with you is the fountain of life, 

in your light we see light.

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JOB 42:9b

 

Yahweh accepted Job’s intercession.