Psa 72:6-19, Psa 98, Isa 2:1-3, 49:10-22, 51:11, Act 1:6, 3:21, 17:26 | ESV | STEP | May he be like rain that falls on the mown grass , like showers that water the earth !

6 May he be like ^arain that falls on ^bthe mown grass,
like ^cshowers that water the earth!
7 In his days may ^dthe righteous flourish,
and ^epeace abound, till the moon be no more!
8 May he have dominion from ^fsea to sea,
and from ^gthe River ^{▼▼That is, the Euphrates} to the ⁱends of the earth!
9 May desert tribes ^jbow down before him,
and his enemies ^klick the dust!
10 May the kings of ^lTarshish and of ^mthe coastlands
render him ⁿtribute;
may the kings of ^oSheba and ^pSeba
bring gifts!
11 May all kings ^qfall down before him,
all nations serve him!
12 For he delivers ^rthe needy when he calls,
the poor and him who has no helper.
13 He has pity on the weak and the needy,
and saves the lives of the needy.
14 From oppression and violence he redeems their life,
and ^sprecious is their blood in his sight.
15 Long may he live;
may ^tgold of Sheba be given to him!
May prayer be made ^ufor him continually,
and blessings invoked for him all the day!
16 May there be abundance of grain in the land;
on the tops of the mountains may it wave;
may its fruit be like Lebanon;
and may people ^vblossom in the cities
like the ^wgrass of the field!
17 ^xMay his name endure forever,
his fame continue as long as the sun!
^yMay people be blessed in him,
^zall nations call him blessed!
18 ^aaBlessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
who alone does ^abwondrous things.
19 Blessed be his ^acglorious name forever;
may ^adthe whole earth be filled with his glory!

^aeAmen and Amen!

Psalms 98

Make a Joyful Noise to the Lord

A Psalm.

1 Oh sing to the Lord ^afa new song,
for he has done ^agmarvelous things!
His ^ahright hand and his holy arm
have worked salvation for him.
2 The Lord has ^aimade known his salvation;
he has ^ajrevealed his righteousness in ^akthe sight of the nations.
3 He has ^alremembered his ^amsteadfast love and faithfulness
to the house of Israel.
All ^anthe ends of the earth have seen
^aothe salvation of our God.
4 ^apMake a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth;
^aqbreak forth into joyous song and sing praises!
5 Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre,
with the lyre and the ^arsound of melody!
6 With ^astrumpets and the sound of ^atthe horn
^aumake a joyful noise before the King, the Lord!
7 ^avLet the sea roar, and ^awall that fills it;
^axthe world and those who dwell in it!
8 Let the rivers ^ayclap their hands;
let ^azthe hills sing for joy together
9 before the Lord, for he comes
to ^bajudge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness,
and the peoples with equity.

Isaiah 2:1-3

The Mountain of the Lord

1 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

2 ^bbIt shall come to pass in the latter days
that ^bcthe mountain of the house of the Lord
shall be established as the highest of the mountains,
and shall be lifted up above the hills;
and ^bdall the nations shall flow to it,
3 and ^bemany peoples shall come, and say:
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the house of the God of Jacob,
that he may teach us his ways
and that we may walk in his paths.”
For ^bfout of Zion shall go forth the law, ^{▼▼Or teaching}
and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

Isaiah 49:10-22

10 ^bhthey shall not hunger or thirst,
neither scorching wind nor sun shall strike them,
for he who has pity on them ^biwill lead them,
and by springs of water will guide them.
11 ^bjAnd I will make all my mountains a road,
and my highways shall be raised up.
12 ^bkBehold, these shall come from afar,
and behold, ^blthese from the north and from the west, ^{▼▼Hebrew from the sea}
and these from the land of Syene.” ^{▼▼Dead Sea Scroll; Masoretic Text Sinim}
13 ^boSing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth;
break forth, O mountains, into singing!
For the Lord ^bphas comforted his people
and will have compassion on his afflicted.
14 But Zion said, ^bq“The Lord has forsaken me;
my Lord has forgotten me.”
15 ^br“Can a woman forget her nursing child,
that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb?
Even these may forget,
yet I will not forget you.
16 Behold, ^bsI have engraved you on the palms of my hands;
your walls are continually before me.
17 Your builders make haste; ^{▼▼Dead Sea Scroll; Masoretic Text Your children make haste}
^buyour destroyers and those who laid you waste go out from you.
18 ^bvLift up your eyes around and see;
they all gather, they come to you.
^bwAs I live, declares the Lord,
^bxyou shall put them all on as an ornament;
you shall bind them on as a bride does.
19 “Surely your waste and your desolate places
and your devastated land—
^bysurely now you will be too narrow for your inhabitants,
and those who swallowed you up will be far away.
20 ^bzThe children of your bereavement
will yet say in your ears:
^ca‘The place is too narrow for me;
make room for me to dwell in.’
21 Then you will say in your heart:
‘Who has borne me these?
^cbI was bereaved and barren,
exiled and put away,
but who has brought up these?
Behold, I was left alone;
from where have these come?’”
22 Thus says the Lord God:
“Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations,
^ccand raise my signal to the peoples;
^cdand they shall bring your sons in their arms, ^{▼▼Hebrew in their bosom}
and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.

Isaiah 51:11

11 ^cfAnd the ransomed of the Lord shall return
and come to Zion with singing;
everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;
they shall obtain gladness and joy,
and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Acts 1:6

The Ascension

6 So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, ^cgwill you at this time ^chrestore the kingdom to Israel?”

Acts 3:21

21 ^ciwhom heaven must receive until the time for ^cjrestoring all the things about which ^ckGod spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets long ago.

Acts 17:26

26 And ^clhe made from one man every nation of mankind to live ^cmon all the face of the earth, ^cnhaving determined allotted periods and ^cothe boundaries of their dwelling place,