Psalm 111

Common English Bible

Psalm 111^[a]

111 Praise the Lord!
    I thank the Lord with all my heart
    in the company of those who do right, in the congregation.
²The works of the Lord are magnificent;
    they are treasured by all who desire them.
³God’s deeds are majestic and glorious.
    God’s righteousness stands forever.
⁴God is famous for his wondrous works.
    The Lord is full of mercy and compassion.
⁵God gives food to those who honor him.
    God remembers his covenant forever.
⁶God proclaimed his powerful deeds to his people
    and gave them what had belonged to other nations.
⁷God’s handiwork is honesty and justice;
    all God’s rules are trustworthy—
⁸        they are established always and forever:
        they are fulfilled with truth and right doing.
⁹God sent redemption for his people;
    God commanded that his covenant last forever.
        Holy and awesome is God’s name!
¹⁰Fear of the Lord is where wisdom begins;
    sure knowledge is for all who keep God’s laws.
        God’s praise lasts forever!

Footnotes

Psalm 111:1 Ps 111 is an alphabetic acrostic poem; see the note at Pss 9–10.

Isaiah 25:6-10

Common English Bible

⁶On this mountain,
    the Lord of heavenly forces will prepare for all peoples
        a rich feast, a feast of choice wines,
        of select foods rich in flavor,
        of choice wines well refined.
⁷He will swallow up on this mountain the veil that is veiling all peoples,
    the shroud enshrouding all nations.
⁸He will swallow up death^[a] forever.
The Lord God will wipe tears from every face;
    he will remove his people’s disgrace from off the whole earth,
        for the Lord has spoken.
⁹They will say on that day,
“Look! This is our God,
    for whom we have waited—
    and he has saved us!
This is the Lord, for whom we have waited;
    let’s be glad and rejoice in his salvation!”
¹⁰    The Lord’s hand will indeed rest on this mountain.

Moab will be trampled down
as straw is trampled into manure.

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Footnotes

Isaiah 25:8 Heb Maveth

Mark 6:35-44

Common English Bible

³⁵Late in the day, his disciples came to him and said, “This is an isolated place, and it’s already late in the day. ³⁶Send them away so that they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy something to eat for themselves.”

³⁷He replied, “You give them something to eat.”

But they said to him, “Should we go off and buy bread worth almost eight months’ pay^[a] and give it to them to eat?”

³⁸He said to them, “How much bread do you have? Take a look.”

After checking, they said, “Five loaves of bread and two fish.”

³⁹He directed the disciples to seat all the people in groups as though they were having a banquet on the green grass. ⁴⁰They sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties. ⁴¹He took the five loaves and the two fish, looked up to heaven, blessed them, broke the loaves into pieces, and gave them to his disciples to set before the people. He also divided the two fish among them all. ⁴²Everyone ate until they were full. ⁴³They filled twelve baskets with the leftover pieces of bread and fish. ⁴⁴About five thousand had eaten.

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