The desert will sing and shout for joy; it will be as beautiful as the Lebanon Mountains and as fertile as the fields of Carmel and Sharon. Everyone will see the LORD's splendor, see his greatness and power.

God put all things under Christ's feet and gave him to the church as supreme Lord over all things.

Instead, by speaking the truth in a spirit of love, we must grow up in every way to Christ, who is the head.

Under his control all the different parts of the body fit together, and the whole body is held together by every joint with which it is provided. So when each separate part works as it should, the whole body grows and builds itself up through love.

He is the head of his body, the church; he is the source of the body's life. He is the first-born Son, who was raised from death, in order that he alone might have the first place in all things.

and have stopped holding on to Christ, who is the head of the body. Under Christ's control the whole body is nourished and held together by its joints and ligaments, and it grows as God wants it to grow.

Be a shepherd to your people, LORD, the people you have chosen. Although they live apart in the wilderness, there is fertile land around them. Let them go and feed in the rich pastures of Bashan and Gilead, as they did long ago.

How beautiful you are, my love! How your eyes shine with love behind your veil. Your hair dances like a flock of goats bounding down the hills of Gilead.

His face is bronzed and smooth; his hair is wavy, black as a raven.

His hair was white as wool, or as snow, and his eyes blazed like fire;

the cedars will be the beams of our house, and the cypress trees the ceiling.

The man said, "Let me go; daylight is coming." "I won't, unless you bless me," Jacob answered.

O God, your march of triumph is seen by all, the procession of God, my king, into his sanctuary.

more than any other place in Israel he loves the city of Jerusalem.

For where two or three come together in my name, I am there with them."

and teach them to obey everything I have commanded you. And I will be with you always, to the end of the age."