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to meet David, and said, “How glorious was the 8 My soul follows close behind You;
king of Israel today, uncovering himself today in Your right hand upholds me.
the eyes of the maids of his servants, as one of 9 But those who seek my life,
the base fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!”
21 So David said to Michal, “It was before the to destroy it,
LORD, who chose me instead of your father and Shall go into the lower parts of the
earth.
all his house, to appoint me ruler over the peo- 10 They shall fall by the sword;
ple of the LORD, over Israel. Therefore I will They shall be a portion for jackals.
play music before the LORD. And I will be
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even more undignified than this, and will be 11 But the king shall rejoice in God;
humble in my own sight. But as for the Everyone who swears by Him shall
maidservants of whom you have spoken, by glory;
them I will be held in honor.” But the mouth of those who speak lies
23 Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had shall be stopped.
no children to the day of her death.
Proverbs 16:16–17
Psalm 63:1–11 16 How much better to get wisdom
A Psalm of David when he was in the wilderness than gold!
of Judah. And to get understanding is to be
God, You are my God; chosen rather than silver.
O Early will I seek You; 17 The highway of the upright is
My soul thirsts for You; to depart from evil;
My flesh longs for You He who keeps his way preserves
In a dry and thirsty land his soul.
Where there is no water.
2 So I have looked for You in the John 5:1–23
sanctuary, After this there was a feast of the Jews,
To see Your power and Your glory. 5 and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now
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there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a
pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda,
having five porches. In these lay a great mul-
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titude of sick people, blind, lame, paralyzed,
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63:1 Early will I seek You. Eagerness to be waiting for the moving of the water. For an
with the Lord in every situation is more in angel went down at a certain time into the
view than the time of day. My soul thirsts. pool and stirred up the water; then whoever
David longs for God’s presence like a wander- stepped in first, after the stirring of the water,
er in a desert longs for water. In a dry and was made well of whatever disease he had.
thirsty land. David writes this psalm while 5 Now a certain man was there who had an
hiding in the wilderness of Judea, but longing infirmity thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw
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to be back worshiping in Jerusalem.
him lying there, and knew that he already had
Because Your lovingkindness is better
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than life,
My lips shall praise You. 5:10,11 The Old Testament had forbidden
4 Thus I will bless You while I live; work on the Sabbath but did not stipulate
I will lift up my hands in Your name. what “work” was specifically indicated (Ex.
My soul shall be satisfied as with
5 20:8–11). The assumption in Scripture seems
marrow and fatness, to be that “work”was one’s customary employ-
And my mouth shall praise You ment, but rabbinical opinion had developed
with joyful lips. oral tradition beyond the Old Testament
which stipulated 39 activities forbidden
When I remember You on my bed, (Mishnah Shabbath 7:2; 10:5), including carry-
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I meditate on You in the night ing anything from one domain to another.
watches. Thus, the man had broken oral tradition, not
7 Because You have been my help, Old Testament law.
Therefore in the shadow of Your wings
I will rejoice.

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