I say then, Have they  ¹stumbled so as to fall? Absolutely not! But by their misstep salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.

But if their misstep has become riches for the world, and their loss, riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their fullness be!

But I am speaking to you, the Gentiles. Inasmuch therefore as I am an apostle of the Gentiles, I glorify my ministry,

If perhaps I may provoke those of my flesh to jealousy and save some of them.

For if their being cast aside is the reconciliation of the world, what will their being received back be, if not life from the dead?

Now if the dough offered as the  ¹firstfruits is holy, the lump is also; and if the  ¹root is holy, the branches are also.

But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were  ¹grafted in among them and became a fellow partaker of the root of fatness of the  ²olive tree,

Do not boast against the branches; but if you boast, remember that it is not you who bear the root, but the root you.

You will say then, Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.

Rightly said: they were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not be high-minded, but fear;

For if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will He spare you.

Behold then the kindness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but on you, the kindness of God, if you continue in His kindness; otherwise you also will be cut off.

And they also, if they do not continue in unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able  ¹to graft them in again.

For if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree and were grafted contrary to nature into the cultivated olive tree, how much more will these who are the natural branches be grafted into their own olive tree!

For I do not want you, brothers, to be ignorant of this mystery (lest you be wise in yourselves), that hardness has come upon Israel in part, until the fullness of the  ¹Gentiles comes in;

And thus all Israel will be saved, as it is written, "The Deliverer will come out of Zion; He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob.

And this is the covenant from Me with them, when I take away their sins.”

According to the gospel they are enemies  ¹for your sake, but according to the selection they are beloved  ¹for the fathers' sake.

For the gracious gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

For just as you once disobeyed God, but now have been shown mercy because of their disobedience,

So these also now have disobeyed, so that because of the mercy shown to you they also now may be shown mercy.

For God has shut up all in disobedience that He might  ¹show mercy to all.

 ¹O the depth of the riches and  ²wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and untraceable His ways!

For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has become His counselor?

Or who has first given to Him, and it will be repaid to him?

Because out from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen.

To the choir director. Of the sons of Korah. According to  ¹alamoth. A Song

 ¹God is our refuge and strength;
A help in distress, He is most readily found.

Therefore we will not fear,
Though the earth change,
And the mountains slip into the heart of the seas;

Though the waters of the sea roar and foam;
Though the mountains shake at its swelling.Selah

There is a  ¹river whose streams gladden the  ²city of God,
The holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.

God is in the midst of her; she will  ¹not be moved;
God helps her at the dawn of the morning.

The nations rage; the kingdoms are moved.
He utters His voice; the earth melts.

Jehovah of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our high retreat.Selah

Come, see the works of Jehovah,
How He has made desolations on earth.

He makes wars cease unto the end of the earth;
He breaks the bow and cuts the spear to pieces;
He burns the war wagons with fire.

 ¹Be still and know that I am God.
I will be exalted among the nations; I will be exalted on earth.

Jehovah of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our high retreat.Selah

To the choir director. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm

Clap your hands, all you peoples;
Shout to God with the voice of a triumphant sound.

For Jehovah Most High is awesome:
A great  ¹King over all the earth.

He subdues peoples under us,
And nations under our feet.

He chose our inheritance for us,
The excellency of Jacob, whom He loved. Selah

God ascends amidst shouting;
Jehovah, at the sound of a trumpet.

Sing psalms to God, sing psalms;
Sing psalms to our King, sing psalms.

For God is the King of all the earth;
Sing psalms with understanding.

God reigns over the nations;
God sits upon His holy throne.

The princes of the peoples have been gathered
As the people of the God of Abraham;
For the shields of the earth belong to God;
He is greatly exalted.

A Song; a Psalm of the sons of Korah

 ¹Great is Jehovah,
And much to be praised
In the  ²city of our God,
In His holy mountain.

Beautiful in elevation,
The joy of the whole earth,
Is Mount  ¹Zion, the sides of the north,
The city of the great King.

God has made Himself known
In her  ¹palaces as a high retreat.

For, behold, the kings have assembled themselves;
They passed by together.

They saw; therefore they were astounded.
They were dismayed; they hurried off in alarm.

Trembling seized them there;
Writhing, like that of a woman in labor;

With an east wind You shattered
The ships of Tarshish.

As we have heard,
So we have seen
In the city of Jehovah of hosts,
In the city of our God.
God will establish her forever.Selah

We consider, O God, Your lovingkindness
In the midst of Your temple.

As Your name is, O God,
So is Your praise
Unto the ends of the earth;
Your right hand is full of righteousness.

Let Mount Zion rejoice;
Let the daughters of Judah exult
Because of Your judgments.

Walk about Zion, and go around her;
Count her  ¹towers.

Consider carefully her bulwarks;
Pass between her palaces;
That you may recount it to the generation following.

For this God is our God forever and ever.
He will  ¹guide us even unto death.

To the choir director. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm

 ¹Hear this, all you peoples;
Give ear, all you inhabitants of the world,

Both low and high,
Rich and poor together;

My mouth will speak wisdom,
And the  ¹meditation of my heart will be that of understanding.

I will incline my ear to a parable;
I will disclose my riddle upon the harp.

Why should I fear in the days of evil,
When the iniquity of those who supplant me surrounds me,

Those who trust in their  ¹wealth
And boast in the multitude of their  ¹riches?

None can by any means redeem his brother
Or give to God  ¹a ransom for him

(For the redemption of their soul is costly
And must be given up forever),

That he would yet live always
And not see corruption.

For he will see that wise men die;
The foolish one and the senseless one perish alike
And leave their wealth to others.

Their inward thought is that their houses will remain forever,
That their habitations will remain from generation to generation;
They call lands after their own names.

But man in honor does not remain;
He is like the beasts that perish.

Such is the way of those who are  ¹self-confident,
And of those after them who approve of their sayings. Selah

Like a flock, they are appointed for Sheol;
Death will shepherd them.
 ¹And straight to the grave they will descend,
And their form will be for Sheol to consume
That there be no abode for them.

But God will redeem my soul
From the power of Sheol,
For He will receive me. Selah

Do not fear when a man becomes rich,
When the glory of his house increases.

For when he dies, he will take nothing;
His glory will not descend after him.

Though he blessed his soul while he lived —
And men praise you when you do good for yourself —

 ¹It will go to the generation of his fathers;
They will never see light.

A man in honor but without understanding
Is like the beasts that perish.