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fathers’ houses, from thirty years old and But the wicked will not inhabit the
above, even to fifty years old, everyone who earth.
came to do the work of service and the work 31 The mouth of the righteous brings
of bearing burdens in the tabernacle of meet- forth wisdom,
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ing— those who were numbered were eight But the perverse tongue will be cut
thousand five hundred and eighty. out.
49 According to the commandment of the 32 The lips of the righteous know what is
LORD they were numbered by the hand of acceptable,
Moses, each according to his service and But the mouth of the wicked what is
according to his task; thus were they num- perverse.
bered by him, as the LORD commanded Mark 8:1–21
Moses.
In those days, the multitude being very
Psalm 30:1–7
8 great and having nothing to eat, Jesus
A Psalm. A Song at the dedication called His disciples to Him and said to them,
of the house of David. 2 “I have compassion on the multitude, because
I will extol You, O LORD, for You have lifted they have now continued with Me three days
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and have nothing to eat. And if I send them
me up,
And have not let my foes rejoice over
me.
2 O LORD my God, I cried out to You,
And You healed me. 8:2 I have compassion. Only here and in the
3 O LORD, You brought my soul up from parallel passage (Matt. 15:32) did Jesus use
the grave; this word of Himself. When He fed the 5,000,
You have kept me alive, that I should Jesus expressed “compassion”for the people’s
not go down to the pit. lost spiritual condition (6:34). Here, He
expressed “compassion” for people’s physical
4 Sing praise to the LORD, you saints needs. Jesus could empathize with their
of His, hunger, having experienced it Himself (Matt.
And give thanks at the remembrance 4:2).
of His holy name.
5 For His anger is but for a moment,
His favor is for life; away hungry to their own houses, they will
Weeping may endure for a night, faint on the way; for some of them have come
But joy comes in the morning. from afar.”
4 Then His disciples answered Him, “How
can one satisfy these people with bread here in
the wilderness?”
5 He asked them, “How many loaves do you
30:2,3 You healed me. God alone is the have?”
unique healer (see Ex. 15:26; Deut. 32:39; Ps. And they said, “Seven.”
107:20). David is extolling God for bringing 6 So He commanded the multitude to sit
him back from a near-death experience. down on the ground. And He took the seven
loaves and gave thanks, broke them and gave
30:5 This stark contrast constitutes one of the them to His disciples to set before them; and
most worshipful testimonies from the they set them before the multitude. They also
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Scriptures (see the principle in Is. 54:7,8; John had a few small fish; and having blessed them,
16:20–22; 2 Cor. 4:17). He said to set them also before them. So they
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ate and were filled, and they took up seven
large baskets of leftover fragments. Now
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6 Now in my prosperity I said, those who had eaten were about four thou-
“I shall never be moved.” sand. And He sent them away, immediately
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7 LORD, by Your favor You have made my got into the boat with His disciples, and came
mountain stand strong; to the region of Dalmanutha.
You hid Your face, and I was troubled. 11 Then the Pharisees came out and began to
dispute with Him, seeking from Him a sign
Proverbs 10:30–32
from heaven, testing Him. But He sighed
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30 The righteous will never be removed, deeply in His spirit, and said, “Why does this
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