Song for today: There Shall Be Showers of Blessing

It is good to give thanks to the Lord,
to sing praises to your name, O Most High;
to declare your steadfast love in the morning,
and your faithfulness by night,
to the music of the lute and the harp,
to the melody of the lyre.
For you, O Lord, have made me glad by your work;
at the works of your hands I sing for joy.
How great are your works, O Lord!
Your thoughts are very deep!
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The righteous flourish like the palm tree
and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
They are planted in the house of the Lord;
they flourish in the courts of our God.
They still bear fruit in old age;
they are ever full of sap and green,
to declare that the Lord is upright;
he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
from Psalm 92

Jephthah crossed over to the Ammonites to fight against them, and the Lord gave them into his hand. And he struck them from Aroer to the neighborhood of Minnith, twenty cities, and as far as Abel-keramim, with a great blow. So the Ammonites were subdued before the people of Israel.
from Judges 11

Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in his city in Gilead.
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After him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
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After him Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel
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After him Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel.
from Judges 12