Psalms 19-20, Revelation 11 - ESV Online

PSALMS 19-20

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The Law of the Lord Is Perfect

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
19:1

The heavens declare the glory of God,

and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. 2

Day to day pours out speech,

and night to night reveals knowledge. 3

There is no speech, nor are there words,

whose voice is not heard. 4

Their voice goes out through all the earth,

and their words to the end of the world.

In them he has set a tent for the sun, 5

which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber,

and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy. 6

Its rising is from the end of the heavens,

and its circuit to the end of them,

and there is nothing hidden from its heat.
7

The law of the Lord is perfect,

reviving the soul;

the testimony of the Lord is sure,

making wise the simple; 8

the precepts of the Lord are right,

rejoicing the heart;

the commandment of the Lord is pure,

enlightening the eyes; 9

the fear of the Lord is clean,

enduring forever;

the rules of the Lord are true,

and righteous altogether. 10

More to be desired are they than gold,

even much fine gold;

sweeter also than honey

and drippings of the honeycomb. 11

Moreover, by them is your servant warned;

in keeping them there is great reward.
12

Who can discern his errors?

Declare me innocent from hidden faults. 13

Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins;

let them not have dominion over me!

Then I shall be blameless,

and innocent of great transgression.
14

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart

be acceptable in your sight,

O Lord, my rock and my redeemer. Trust in the Name of the Lord Our God

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
20:1

May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble!

May the name of the God of Jacob protect you! 2

May he send you help from the sanctuary

and give you support from Zion! 3

May he remember all your offerings

and regard with favor your burnt sacrifices! Selah
4

May he grant you your heart’s desire

and fulfill all your plans! 5

May we shout for joy over your salvation,

and in the name of our God set up our banners!

May the Lord fulfill all your petitions!
6

Now I know that the Lord saves his anointed;

he will answer him from his holy heaven

with the saving might of his right hand. 7

Some trust in chariots and some in horses,

but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. 8

They collapse and fall,

but we rise and stand upright.
9

O Lord, save the king!

May he answer us when we call.

REVELATION 11

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The Two Witnesses

  11:1 Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, “Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there, 2 but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months. 3 And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”
    4 These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. 5 And if anyone would harm them, fire pours from their mouth and consumes their foes. If anyone would harm them, this is how he is doomed to be killed. 6 They have the power to shut the sky, that no rain may fall during the days of their prophesying, and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague, as often as they desire. 7 And when they have finished their testimony, the beast that rises from the bottomless pit will make war on them and conquer them and kill them, 8 and their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city that symbolically is called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was crucified. 9 For three and a half days some from the peoples and tribes and languages and nations will gaze at their dead bodies and refuse to let them be placed in a tomb, 10 and those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and make merry and exchange presents, because these two prophets had been a torment to those who dwell on the earth. 11 But after the three and a half days a breath of life from God entered them, and they stood up on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them. 12 Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here!” And they went up to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies watched them. 13 And at that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.
    14 The second woe has passed; behold, the third woe is soon to come. The Seventh Trumpet

15 Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever.” 16 And the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God, 17 saying,

“We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty,

who is and who was,

for you have taken your great power

and begun to reign. 18

The nations raged,

but your wrath came,

and the time for the dead to be judged,

and for rewarding your servants, the prophets and saints,

and those who fear your name,

both small and great,

and for destroying the destroyers of the earth.”
19 Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail.