Psalms 30 Cross References - NSB

¹ ([Psalm of David]) I will praise and exalt You, O Jehovah, for you lifted me up. You did not let my enemies rejoice over me. ² O Jehovah my God, I cried to you for help, and you healed me. ³ O Jehovah, you brought me up from the grave. You kept me alive, that I would not go down to the pit. ⁴ Sing praise to Jehovah, you his godly ones, and give thanks to his holy name. ⁵ For His anger is only for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime! Weeping may last for the night but a shout of joy comes in the morning. ⁶ Now as for me, I said in my prosperity: »I will never be shaken.« ⁷ By your favor, O Jehovah, you made my mountain to stand strong. You hid your face and I was alarmed (dismayed). ⁸ To You, O Jehovah, I called. To Jehovah I made supplication: ⁹ What profit is there in my blood, if I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it declare your truth? ¹⁰ Hear, O Jehovah, and be gracious to me. O Jehovah help me. ¹¹ You turned my mourning into dancing. You loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness. ¹² Now I sing praise to you. I am not silent! O Jehovah my God, I will give thanks and praise you forever.

¹⁷ Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female slaves so that they could have children.

²⁴ Then Jacob was by himself. A man was fighting with him till dawn.

³⁵ All his sons and daughters came to comfort him. However, he refused to be comforted. He said: »I will go down to the grave still mourning for my son.« So he continued to mourn for his son Joseph.

²⁸ He said: »Now I can believe you! My son Joseph must really be alive. I will get to see him before I die.«

⁶ »I will not join in their secret talks. I will not take part in their meetings. They killed people in anger. They crippled bulls for sport.

¹¹ »Who among the gods is like you Jehovah? Who is like you, wonderful in holiness? Who can work wonders and mighty acts like yours?

²⁶ He said: »If you will listen carefully to Jehovah your God and do what he considers right, if you pay attention to his commands and obey all his laws, I will never make you suffer any of the diseases I made the Egyptians suffer. I am Jehovah, who heals you.«

⁵ »The officers should speak to the army: If you have built a new house that has not been dedicated, you may go home. Otherwise, you might die in battle, and someone else will dedicate it.

¹⁷ »‘My anger will be kindled against them in that day. I will abandon them and hide my face from them. They will be consumed by many evils and troubles. They will say in that day: ‘Is it because our God is not among us that these evils have come upon us?’

¹¹ King Hiram of Tyre sent some officials to David. Carpenters and stone workers came with them. They brought cedar logs so they could build a palace for David.

¹⁴ Wearing a linen ephod, David danced in Jehovah’s presence with all his might.

²⁰ David went home so he could ask Jehovah to bless his family. But Saul’s daughter Michal went out and started yelling at him: »You were really great today!« She said. »You acted like a dirty old man. You danced around half-naked in front of your servants’ slave-girls.«

² The king said to the prophet Nathan: »I live in a house built of cedar. Yet the Ark of God is kept in a tent!«

³ David left ten of his concubines in Jerusalem to take care of his palace. When he returned, he had them taken to another house. He placed soldiers there to guard them. He gave them what they needed. He never slept with any of them again. They had to live there for the rest of their lives as if they were widows.

²⁵ David built an altar for Jehovah there and sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. So Jehovah heard the prayers for the country. The plague on Israel stopped.

⁵ »Go back and tell Hezekiah, the leader of my people: ‘This is what Jehovah God of your ancestor David says: »I heard your prayer. I saw your tears. Now I will heal you. The day after tomorrow you will go to Jehovah’s Temple.

⁴ David appointed some Levites to serve in front of Jehovah’s Ark by offering prayers, thanks, and praise to Jehovah the God of Israel.

⁶ Because Joab disapproved of the king’s command, he did not take any census of the tribes of Levi and Benjamin.

²⁶ »O JEHOVAH, YOU ARE GOD! You have promised these good things to your servant. ²⁷ »You have been pleased to bless the house of your servant that it may continue for a very long time in your sight. You Jehovah have blessed it and it will be blessed from generation to generation.«

³ Jehoshaphat was frightened and decided to ask for Jehovah’s help. He announced a fast throughout Judah.

⁹ »They believed that whenever this land is struck by war, judgement, disease, or famine, your people can pray to you at the Temple. You will hear their prayer and save them.

¹² »You are our God. Will you judge them? We do not have the strength to face this large crowd that is attacking us. We do not know what to do, so we are looking to you.«

²⁷ All the men of Judah and Jerusalem returned to Jerusalem. They rejoiced while Jehoshaphat led them. Jehovah gave them a reason to rejoice about what had happened to their enemies. ²⁸ They brought harps, lyres, and trumpets to Jehovah’s Temple in Jerusalem.

¹⁰ He said to them: »Go away now, and take the fat for your food and the sweet for your drink, and send some to him for whom nothing is made ready. This day is holy to our Lord. Let there be no grief in your hearts. The joy of Jehovah is your strong place.«

²² As days on which the Jews had rest from their haters, and the month which for them was turned from sorrow to joy, and from weeping to a good day: and that they were to keep them as days of feasting and joy, of sending offerings to one another and good things to the poor.

¹² »‘You granted me life and showed me kindness. Your providence preserved my spirit.

¹⁸ »Then I thought: I shall die in my nest (house), and I shall multiply my days like the grains of sand. ¹⁹ »My roots spread out to the waters, with the dew all night on my branches. ²⁰ »My glory was fresh within me, and my bow ever new in my hand.

²⁶ »When I expected good evil came. When I waited for light darkness came. ²⁷ »I am seething within and cannot relax! Days of affliction confront me. ²⁸ »I go about mourning without comfort. I stand up in the assembly and cry out for help. ²⁹ »I am a brother to jackals and a companion of ostriches. ³⁰ »My skin grows black on me and my bones burn with fever. ³¹ »Therefore my harp is turned to mourning, and my flute to the sound of those who weep.

¹ Why are you so distant, Jehovah? Why do you hide in times of trouble?

⁶ He says to himself: »Nothing can shake me. I will never face trouble.«

¹⁹ »On the other hand a man may be chastened on a bed of pain with constant distress in his bones. ²⁰ »His very being finds food repulsive and he loathes the choicest meal. ²¹ »His flesh wastes away to nothing, and his bones, once hidden, now stick out. ²² »He draws near to the pit and to the messengers of death.

²⁸ »He redeemed me from going down to the pit, and I will live to enjoy the light.

⁷ You will put gladness (joy) in my heart. It will be more than when their grain and new wine abound.

¹² You bless the righteous man, O Jehovah. You surround him with favor as with a shield.

² Be merciful to me, Jehovah, for I am faint. O Jehovah, heal me, for my bones are in agony.

⁵ No one remembers you when he is dead. Who praises you from the grave? ⁶ I am worn out from groaning. All night long I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears. ⁷ My eyes grow weak with sorrow. I am weak because of all my foes. ⁸ Depart from me, all you who do evil. Jehovah hears my weeping. ⁹ Jehovah hears my supplication for mercy. Jehovah receives my prayer!

¹ ([Psalm of David]) How long, O Jehovah? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? ² How long must I make decisions alone with sorrow in my heart day after day? How long will my enemy triumph over me?

⁴ My enemy will say: »I have overpowered him.« My opponents will rejoice because I have been shaken.

⁶ I will sing to Jehovah for he has been good to me.

⁵ The one who does not collect interest on a loan or take a bribe against an innocent person. Whoever does these things will never fall or be upset.

⁸ I always keep Jehovah in front of me. When he is at my right hand (assisting me), I cannot be moved. ⁹ That is why my heart is glad and I rejoice. My body rests securely. ¹⁰ You do not abandon me to the grave or allow your holy one to decay. ¹¹ You make the path of life known to me. Complete joy is in your presence. It is pleasant to be at your right hand forever.

³⁵ You have given me the shield of your salvation. Your right hand supports me. Your gentleness (humility) (meekness) makes me great. ³⁶ You make a wide path for me to walk on so that my feet do not slip.

⁶ Now my head will be lifted up above my enemies who surround me. I will offer sacrifices with shouts of joy in his tent. I will sing, yes I will sing praises to Jehovah. ⁷ Hear O Jehovah when I cry with my voice. Be gracious to me and answer me.

¹ ([Psalm of David]) O Jehovah, I call to you. O my rock, do not turn a deaf ear to me. If you remain silent, I will be like those who go down to the pit (grave).

⁷ Jehovah is my strength and my shield. My heart trusted him, so I received help. My heart is triumphant and I thank him with my song.

⁹ Save your people, and bless those who belong to you. Be their shepherd, and carry them forever.

⁵ For His anger is only for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime! Weeping may last for the night but a shout of joy comes in the morning.

¹¹ Be glad and find joy in Jehovah, you righteous people. Shout for joy all that are upright in heart.

³ Come magnify Jehovah with me. Let us highly honor (exalt) (promote) his name together. ⁴ I went to Jehovah for help. He answered me and rescued me from all my fears.

⁶ The poor man called out. Jehovah heard him and saved him from all his troubles.

² I trust you, O my God. Do not let me be put to shame. Do not let my enemy’s triumph over me.

¹⁹ Do not let my treacherous enemies gloat over me. Do not let those who hate me for no reason wink maliciously.

²⁴ Judge me by your righteousness, O Jehovah my God. Do not let them gloat. ²⁵ Do not let them say: Aha, just what we wanted! We have swallowed him up.

⁷ How precious is your loving-kindness, O God! And the children of men put their trust in the shadow of your wings. ⁸ They drink their fill of the abundance of your house. You give them the river of your delights to drink. ⁹ For with you is the fountain (source) of life. In your light we see light. (Jeremiah 2:13) (Acts 17:28)

¹¹ By this I know that you are pleased with me, because my enemy does not shout in triumph over me.

³ It was not with their swords that they took possession of the land. They did not gain victory with their own strength. It was your right hand, your arm (power), and the light of your presence that did it, because you were pleased with them.

⁸ All day long we praise our God. We give thanks to your name forever.

⁵ God is at the center of her and she will not be moved. God will help her when morning appears.

⁸ You have kept account of my wandering. Put my tears in your skin bottle. Are they not in your book? ⁹ Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call. This I know, that God is for me! ¹⁰ In God, whose word I praise, In Jehovah, whose word I praise, ¹¹ In God I put my trust, I will not be afraid! What can man do to me?

¹³ For you have delivered me from death, and my feet from stumbling, So that I may walk before God in the light of the living.

⁸ Wake up, my glory! Wake up, stringed instrument and harp! I will wake up the dawn.

¹⁶ But I will sing about your strength. In the morning I will joyfully sing about your loving-kindness. You have been my stronghold and a place of safety in times of trouble.

¹⁷ With my mouth I cried out to him. High praise was on my tongue.

¹⁴ But I will always have hope. I will praise you more and more.

²⁰ You who have shown us many and bitter troubles, you will let me live. You will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.

²³ My lips will shout for joy! You have redeemed me and I sing praises to you!

¹ ([Psalm of David]) I waited patiently for Jehovah and he bent down to me and heard my cry. ² He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the mud and clay. He set my feet upon a rock and made me stand erect.

² He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the mud and clay. He set my feet upon a rock and made me stand erect.

⁵ »Gather around me, my godly ones who have made a covenant with me through sacrifices.«

¹ ([[Psalm of David] when the prophet Nathan came to him after David's adultery with Bathsheba:]) Have mercy on me, O God, in keeping with your loving-kindness. According to your unlimited compassion, wipe out my transgressions. ² Wash me thoroughly from my perversity (iniquity) (guilt), and cleanse me from my sin.

⁸ Make me hear sounds of joy and gladness. Let the bones that you have broken rejoice.

⁴ Behold, God is my helper: Jehovah is with those who preserve my life.

³ My lips will praise you because your love (mercy) (loving kindness) (steadfast love) is better than life.

¹ ([Psalm of Asaph]) My cry goes to God! Indeed, I cry to God for help, and he listened to me. ² In the day of my trouble I sought Jehovah. My hand was stretched out in the night, and did not get tired. I refused to be comforted.

⁴ We have become a disgrace to our neighbors, an object of ridicule and contempt to those around us.

¹⁰ Why should the nations be allowed to say: Where is their God? Let us watch as the nations learn that there is punishment for shedding the blood of your servants.

¹³ Your loving kindness toward me is great. You have rescued me from the depths of the grave.

¹⁰ Will you perform miracles for those who are dead? Will the dead rise and give thanks to you? ¹¹ Will anyone tell about your loving kindness in the grave or about your faithfulness after they parish? ¹² Will anyone know about your miracles in that dark place or about your righteousness (mercy) in the place of destruction? ¹³ I cry out to you for help, O Jehovah, and in the morning my prayer will come before you.

¹⁷ For you are the glory of their strength and by your favor our horn (strength) is exalted (increased).

⁴¹ Everyone who passed by robbed him. He has become the object of his neighbors' scorn. ⁴² You lifted up the right hand of his enemies and made all of his adversaries rejoice. ⁴³ You even took his sword out of his hand and failed to support him in battle. ⁴⁴ You put an end to his splendor and hurled his throne to the ground. ⁴⁵ You cut short the days of his youth and covered him with shame. ⁴⁶ How long, O Jehovah? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your anger continue to burn like fire?

¹² Rejoice in Jehovah, you righteous ones; and give thanks at the memory of his holy name.

¹⁰ This is because of your indignation and your anger. You have lifted me up and cast me away.

³ He forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases. ⁴ He redeems your life from ruin and crowns you with loving-kindness and tender mercies.

⁹ He will not always chasten, nor will he keep his anger forever.

¹⁷ But the loving kindness of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting on those who reverence him, and his righteousness is to the sons of sons.

²⁰ Bless Jehovah you angels of his, you who excel in strength, who obey his command, and listen to the voice of his Word. ²¹ Bless Jehovah all his hosts. Bless Jehovah you ministers of his who do his will. ²² Bless Jehovah, all his works in all places he rules. Bless Jehovah with all my being.

²⁹ You hide your face, and they are frightened. You take away their breath, and they die and return to dust.

¹⁷ Fools suffered because of their disobedience and because of their crimes. ¹⁸ All food was disgusting to them, and they came near death's gates. ¹⁹ In their distress they cried out to Jehovah. He saved them from their troubles. ²⁰ He sent his message and healed them. He rescued them from the grave. ²¹ Let them give thanks to Jehovah because of his goodness. He performed his miracles for the sons of men. ²² Let them bring songs of thanksgiving as their sacrifice. Let them tell in joyful songs what he has done.

¹⁷ I will not die; instead, I will live and proclaim the works of Jehovah. ¹⁸ Jehovah has punished me severely, but he has not let me die.

¹¹⁷ Uphold me that I may be safe, that I may continually have regard for your statutes.

¹⁷ Those who are dead do not praise Jehovah, nor do those who go into the silence of the grave. ¹⁸ We will bless Jehovah now and forever. Praise Jehovah!

⁸ You saved me from death. You saved my eyes from tears and my feet from stumbling.

¹ When Jehovah brought back the captive ones of Zion, it was like a dream. ² Then our mouths were filled with laughter and our tongues with joyful songs. Then the nations said: »Jehovah has done spectacular things for them.«

⁵ Those who cry while they plant will joyfully sing while they harvest. ⁶ The person who goes out weeping, carrying his bag of seed, will come home singing, carrying his bundles of grain.

¹ Out of the depths of despair I have cried to you, O Jehovah. ² Jehovah, do hear my voice! Let your ears listen to the voice of my supplications.

⁹ Clothe your priests with righteousness. Let your godly ones sing with joy.

¹⁹ Bless Jehovah, O house of Israel; bless Jehovah, O house of Aaron; ²⁰ Bless Jehovah, O house of Levi. You who reverence Jehovah, bless Jehovah. ²¹ Blessed is Jehovah out of Zion, who dwells at Jerusalem. Praise Jehovah!

¹ ([Psalm of David]) Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, Give ear to my supplications! Answer me in your faithfulness. Answer me in your righteousness!

⁷ Answer me quickly, O Jehovah for my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me or I will become like those who go down to the pit.

⁷ Answer me quickly, O Jehovah for my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me or I will become like those who go down to the pit. ⁸ Let me hear your loving kindness in the morning. For I trust in you! Teach me the way in which I should walk for to you I am lifted up.

⁸ Let me hear your loving kindness in the morning. For I trust in you! Teach me the way in which I should walk for to you I am lifted up. ⁹ Deliver me, O Jehovah, from my enemies. I take refuge in you.

¹ ([Psalm of David]) I will praise you, my God and King! I will consecrate your name forever and ever. ² Every day I will bless you. I will praise your name forever and ever.

¹ Praise Jehovah! Praise Jehovah with all my being! ² I will praise Jehovah while I live. I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

⁸ O Jehovah, do not give wicked people what they want. Do not let their evil plans succeed, or they will become arrogant.

³ He is the healer of the brokenhearted. He is the one who bandages their wounds.

¹⁴ He has given his people a strong leader, someone praiseworthy for his faithful ones, for the people of Israel, the people who are close to him. Praise Jehovah!

³ Let them praise his name with dancing. Let them make music to him with tambourines and lyres.

⁴ Praise him with tambourines and dancing. Praise him with stringed instruments and flutes.

⁴ a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

¹⁰ Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, where you are going.

³ They called to one another: »Holy, holy, holy is Jehovah of Hosts. All the earth is full of his glory.«

³ Therefore strong peoples will glorify you. Cities of ruthless nations will fear you.

⁸ He will swallow up death forever! The Sovereign Lord Jehovah will wipe away the tears from all faces. He will take away the disgrace of His people from the earth. Jehovah has spoken!

²⁰ Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut the doors behind you. Hide yourselves for a little while until his rage has passed by.

³ »Remember, Jehovah, that I have served you faithfully and loyally. I have always tried to do what you wanted me to.« Then he cried bitterly. ⁴ Then Jehovah commanded Isaiah ⁵ to go back to Hezekiah and say to him: »I Jehovah, the God of your ancestor David, have heard your prayer and seen your tears. I will add fifteen more years to your life.

¹⁷ »Yes, it was for my benefit that I suffered such distress. In your love you kept me from the pit of destruction. You have put (thrown) (hurled) all my sins behind your back.

¹⁷ »Yes, it was for my benefit that I suffered such distress. In your love you kept me from the pit of destruction. You have put (thrown) (hurled) all my sins behind your back. ¹⁸ »For the grave cannot praise you, death cannot sing your praise. Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for your faithfulness.

¹⁸ »For the grave cannot praise you, death cannot sing your praise. Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for your faithfulness.

⁷ »For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with deep compassion I will bring you back. ⁸ »In a surge of anger I hid my face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,« says Jehovah your Redeemer.

⁷ »‘You said: ‘I will be a queen for a very long time!’ You did not consider these things or remember their outcome.

¹² »Come, each one cries, let me get wine! Let us drink our fill of beer! And tomorrow will be like today, or even far better.«

¹⁵ The High and Lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is holy, says: ‘I dwell in the high and holy and also with him who has a contrite and humble spirit. I revive the spirit of the humble, and the heart of the contrite ones.’ ¹⁶ For I will not contend (rebuke) forever! Nor will I always be angry! The spirit would fail before me, and those whom I have made.

¹⁰ »All who love Jerusalem, be happy and rejoice with her. All who mourn for her be glad with her. ¹¹ »You will nurse and be satisfied from her comforting breasts. You will nurse and be satisfied at her full breasts.«

³ to present a garland, instead of ashes, to those who mourn in Zion, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and the mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting. They will be called oaks of righteousness. They are the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified.

¹⁰ I will rejoice greatly in Jehovah. I will exult in my God for he has clothed me with garments of salvation. He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

⁴ »I will build you and you will be rebuilt, O virgin of Israel! You will take up your tambourines and go to the dances of the merrymakers.

¹³ »Then young women will rejoice and dance along with young men and old men. I will turn their mourning into joy. I will comfort them. I will replace their sorrow with joy. ¹⁴ »I will satisfy the priests with rich food. My people will be filled with my blessings,« proclaims Jehovah.

¹⁵ All who go by make a noise with their hands at you. They make hisses, shaking their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem. They say: »Is this the town that was the crown of everything beautiful, the joy of all the earth?«

³⁰ The king spoke: »Is this not great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling-place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?«

³⁷ »Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, extol and honor the King of heaven. All his works are truth, and his ways justice. He is able to abase (humble) (subdue) those who walk in pride.«

³ »Let us get to know Jehovah! Let us press on (run after) (follow) to get to know him. As surely as the sun rises he will appear. He will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth.«

⁴ »And I said: I have been cast out of your sight. Yet I will look again toward your Holy Temple. ⁵ »The waters encompassed me and threatened my life. The deep sea surrounded me. The sea weeds were wrapped about my head. ⁶ »I went down to the bottom of the mountains! The earth with its bars closed upon me for a very long time. Yet you have brought my life up from the pit, O Jehovah my God?

⁴ »Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

¹⁹ »I will say to my self: ‘You have many possessions saved for many years. Take it easy and eat, drink and be merry.’

²² »The father called his servants. He said: ‘Hurry and bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and shoes on his feet.

⁴⁰ He answered: »I tell you if these remain quiet the stones will cry out!«

²⁰ »Truly I tell you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.

²⁰ »Truly I tell you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy. ²¹ »A woman in tribulation has sorrow, because her hour to give birth has come. When she delivers the child, she remembers no more anguish, because of the joy that a man is born into the world. ²² »You have sorrow now. But I will see you again. Your heart will rejoice and no one can take your joy from you.

²⁰ »We cannot stop speaking the things we have seen and heard.«

⁸ For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; ⁹ To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the one Spirit;

¹⁷ Our light affliction is for the moment. It works more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory for us.

⁹ I now rejoice, not because you were made sorry, but that you were made sorry to repentance; for you were made sorry after a godly fashion, that you might not suffer loss by us. ¹⁰ For godly sorrow works repentance leading to salvation. This is a repentance that brings no regret: but the sorrow of the world works death.

⁶ Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. ⁷ The peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

⁷ I was given a painful physical ailment that will keep me from being puffed up with pride because of the many wonderful things I saw. It acts as Satan's messenger to beat me and keep me from being proud.

¹⁴ Is any among you sick? Let him call the elders of the congregation. Let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of God. ¹⁵ The prayer of faith will save the sick person. God will raise him up; and if he committed sins, it will be forgiven him.

⁸ Each of the four living creatures has six wings. They are full of eyes around and within. »Never resting day or night, they say: Holy, holy, holy, Jehovah God the Almighty, who was, and who is, and who is to come.«

⁸ Each of the four living creatures has six wings. They are full of eyes around and within. »Never resting day or night, they say: Holy, holy, holy, Jehovah God the Almighty, who was, and who is, and who is to come.« ⁹ When these living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever,

⁵ Then a voice came from the throne. It said: »Praise our God, all you his servants, and you who reverence him, both small and great.« ⁶ And I heard as it were the voice of a large number of people, and as the sound of many waters, and as the sound of mighty thunder, saying: »Praise Jehovah! For Jehovah our God, the Almighty, reigns. (Psalm 106:48)

⁴ »God will wipe away all tears from their eyes. There will be no more death. There will be no more sorrow nor crying. There will be no more pain! The former things have passed away.«

¹ He showed me a pure river of water of life. It was clear as crystal and flowed out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

¹² They said: »Amen! Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might, be to our God forever and ever. Amen.«

¹⁴ I said to him: »Sir, you know.« He said to me: »These are the ones who came out of the great tribulation. They washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. ¹⁵ »Because of this they are before the throne of God. They serve him day and night in his temple. He who sits on the throne will spread his tent over (dwell among) them. ¹⁶ »They will hunger no more, nor thirst any more; neither shall the sunlight beat down on them, nor any heat. ¹⁷ »The Lamb who is in the middle of the throne will feed them and lead them to living fountains of water. God will wipe away all tears from their eyes.«

¹⁷ The Spirit and the bride say: »Come« And let him who hears say: »Come.« And let him who is thirsty come. And whoever will, let him drink the water of life freely.