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Isaiah 50    

50 Thus says the Lord:Where is your mother’s bill of divorce   with which I put her away?Or which of my creditors is it   to whom I have sold you?No, because of your sins you were sold,   and for your transgressions your mother was put away.2 Why was no one there when I came?   Why did no one answer when I called?Is my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem?   Or have I no power to deliver?By my rebuke I dry up the sea,   I make the rivers a desert;their fish stink for lack of water,   and die of thirst.3 I clothe the heavens with blackness,   and make sackcloth their covering.4 The Lord God has given me   the tongue of a teacher,that I may know how to sustain   the weary with a word.Morning by morning he wakens—   wakens my ear   to listen as those who are taught.5 The Lord God has opened my ear,   and I was not rebellious,   I did not turn backwards.6 I gave my back to those who struck me,   and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard;I did not hide my face   from insult and spitting.7 The Lord God helps me;   therefore I have not been disgraced;therefore I have set my face like flint,   and I know that I shall not be put to shame;8 he who vindicates me is near.Who will contend with me?   Let us stand up together.Who are my adversaries?   Let them confront me.9 It is the Lord God who helps me;   who will declare me guilty?All of them will wear out like a garment;   the moth will eat them up.10 Who among you fears the Lord   and obeys the voice of his servant,who walks in darkness   and has no light,yet trusts in the name of the Lord   and relies upon his God?11 But all of you are kindlers of fire,   lighters of firebrands.Walk in the flame of your fire,   and among the brands that you have kindled!This is what you shall have from my hand:   you shall lie down in torment.

 1 Thessalonians 5.12–end    

12 But we appeal to you, brothers and sisters, to respect those who labour among you, and have charge of you in the Lord and admonish you; 13esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves. 14And we urge you, beloved, to admonish the idlers, encourage the faint-hearted, help the weak, be patient with all of them. 15See that none of you repays evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to all. 16Rejoice always, 17pray without ceasing, 18give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. 19Do not quench the Spirit. 20Do not despise the words of prophets,21but test everything; hold fast to what is good; 22abstain from every form of evil.23 May the God of peace himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be kept sound and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do this.25 Beloved, pray for us.26 Greet all the brothers and sisters with a holy kiss. 27I solemnly command you by the Lord that this letter be read to all of them.28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. 

Psalm 54

1 Save me, O God, by your name ♦︎   and vindicate me by your power.2 Hear my prayer, O God; ♦︎   give heed to the words of my mouth.3 For strangers have risen up against me,      and the ruthless seek after my life; ♦︎   they have not set God before them.4 Behold, God is my helper; ♦︎   it is the Lord who upholds my life.5 May evil rebound on those who lie in wait for me; ♦︎   destroy them in your faithfulness.6 An offering of a free heart will I give you ♦︎   and praise your name, O Lord, for it is gracious.7 For he has delivered me out of all my trouble, ♦︎   and my eye has seen the downfall of my enemies.