Psalms 87-88, Matthew 23 - ESV Online

PSALMS 87-88

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Glorious Things of You Are Spoken

A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. A Song.
87:1

On the holy mount stands the city he founded; 2

the Lord loves the gates of Zion

more than all the dwelling places of Jacob. 3

Glorious things of you are spoken,

O city of God. Selah
4

Among those who know me I mention Rahab and Babylon;

behold, Philistia and Tyre, with Cush—

“This one was born there,” they say. 5

And of Zion it shall be said,

“This one and that one were born in her”;

for the Most High himself will establish her. 6

The Lord records as he registers the peoples,

“This one was born there.” Selah
7

Singers and dancers alike say,

“All my springs are in you.” I Cry Out Day and Night Before You

A Song. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. To the choirmaster: according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.
88:1

O Lord, God of my salvation,

I cry out day and night before you. 2

Let my prayer come before you;

incline your ear to my cry!
3

For my soul is full of troubles,

and my life draws near to Sheol. 4

I am counted among those who go down to the pit;

I am a man who has no strength, 5

like one set loose among the dead,

like the slain that lie in the grave,

like those whom you remember no more,

for they are cut off from your hand. 6

You have put me in the depths of the pit,

in the regions dark and deep. 7

Your wrath lies heavy upon me,

and you overwhelm me with all your waves. Selah
8

You have caused my companions to shun me;

you have made me a horror to them.

I am shut in so that I cannot escape; 9

my eye grows dim through sorrow.

Every day I call upon you, O Lord;

I spread out my hands to you. 10

Do you work wonders for the dead?

Do the departed rise up to praise you? Selah 11

Is your steadfast love declared in the grave,

or your faithfulness in Abaddon? 12

Are your wonders known in the darkness,

or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
13

But I, O Lord, cry to you;

in the morning my prayer comes before you. 14

O Lord, why do you cast my soul away?

Why do you hide your face from me? 15

Afflicted and close to death from my youth up,

I suffer your terrors; I am helpless. 16

Your wrath has swept over me;

your dreadful assaults destroy me. 17

They surround me like a flood all day long;

they close in on me together. 18

You have caused my beloved and my friend to shun me;

my companions have become darkness.

MATTHEW 23

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Seven Woes to the Scribes and Pharisees

  23:1 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, 2 “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat, 3 so do and observe whatever they tell you, but not the works they do. For they preach, but do not practice. 4 They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger. 5 They do all their deeds to be seen by others. For they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long, 6 and they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues 7 and greetings in the marketplaces and being called rabbi by others. 8 But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brothers. 9 And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. 10 Neither be called instructors, for you have one instructor, the Christ. 11 The greatest among you shall be your servant. 12 Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
    13 “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. For you neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in. 15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves.
    16 “Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’ 17 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that has made the gold sacred? 18 And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gift that is on the altar, he is bound by his oath.’ 19 You blind men! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred? 20 So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. 21 And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and by him who dwells in it. 22 And whoever swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by him who sits upon it.
    23 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. 24 You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel!
    25 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. 26 You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean.
    27 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people’s bones and all uncleanness. 28 So you also outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
    29 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous, 30 saying, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ 31 Thus you witness against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. 32 Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers. 33 You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell? 34 Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town, 35 so that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. 36 Truly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation. Lament over Jerusalem

37 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing! 38 See, your house is left to you desolate. 39 For I tell you, you will not see me again, until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’”