Psalm 30

New American Standard Bible

Thanksgiving for Rescue from Death.

A Psalm; a Song at the Dedication of the House. A Psalm of David.

30 I will ^(A)exalt You, Lord, for You have ^(B)lifted me up,
And have not let my ^(C)enemies rejoice over me.
²Lord my God,
I ^(D)cried to You for help, and You ^(E)healed me.
³Lord, You have ^(F)brought up my soul from ^[a]Sheol;
You have kept me alive, ^[b]that I would not ^(G)go down to the pit.
⁴^(H)Sing praise to the Lord, you ^(I)His godly ones,
And ^(J)praise the mention of His holiness.
⁵For ^(K)His anger is but for a moment,
His ^(L)favor is for a lifetime;
Weeping may ^(M)last for the night,
But a shout of joy comes in the morning.

⁶Now as for me, I said in my prosperity,
“I will ^(N)never be moved.”
⁷Lord, by Your favor You have made my mountain to stand strong;
You ^(O)hid Your face, I was dismayed.
⁸To You, Lord, I called,
And to the Lord I pleaded for compassion:
⁹“What gain is there in my blood, if I ^(P)go down to the pit?
Will the ^(Q)dust praise You? Will it declare Your faithfulness?

¹⁰“^(R)Hear, Lord, and be gracious to me;
Lord, be my ^(S)helper.”
¹¹You have turned ^(T)my mourning into dancing for me;
You have ^(U)untied my sackcloth and encircled me with ^(V)joy,
¹²That my ^[c]^(W)soul may sing praise to You and not be silent.
Lord my God, I will ^(X)give thanks to You forever.

Notas al pie

Psalm 30:3 I.e., the netherworld
Psalm 30:3 Some mss from among those who go down
Psalm 30:12 Lit glory

Psalm 32

New American Standard Bible

Blessedness of Forgiveness and of Trust in God.

A Psalm of David. A ^[a]Maskil.

32 ^(A)How blessed is he whose wrongdoing is forgiven,
Whose sin is covered!
²How blessed is a person whose guilt the Lord ^(B)does not take into account,
And in whose spirit there is ^(C)no deceit!

³When ^(D)I kept silent about my sin, ^(E)my ^[b]body wasted away
Through my ^[c]^(F)groaning all day long.
⁴For day and night ^(G)Your hand was heavy upon me;
My ^[d]^(H)vitality failed as with the dry heat of summer. Selah
⁵I ^(I)acknowledged my sin to You,
And I ^(J)did not hide my guilt;
I said, “^(K)I will confess my wrongdoings to the Lord”;
And You ^(L)forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah
⁶Therefore, let everyone who is godly pray to You ^[e]^(M)in a time when You may be found;
Certainly ^(N)in a flood of great waters, they will not reach him.
⁷You are ^(O)my hiding place; You ^(P)keep me from trouble;
You surround me with ^[f]^(Q)songs of deliverance. Selah

⁸I will ^(R)instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go;
I will advise you ^(S)with My eye upon you.
⁹Do not be ^(T)like the horse or like the mule, which have no understanding,
Whose trappings include bit and bridle to hold them in check,
Otherwise they will not come near to you.
¹⁰The ^(U)sorrows of the wicked are many,
But ^(V)the one who trusts in the Lord, goodness will surround him.
¹¹Be ^(W)glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous ones;
And shout for joy, all you who are ^(X)upright in heart.

Notas al pie

Psalm 32 Title Possibly Contemplative; or Didactic; or Skillful Psalm
Psalm 32:3 Or bones, substance
Psalm 32:3 Lit roaring
Psalm 32:4 Lit life juices were turned into the drought of summer
Psalm 32:6 Lit in a time of finding out
Psalm 32:7 Or shouts

Psalm 42

New American Standard Bible

BOOK 2

Thirsting for God in Trouble and Exile.

For the music director. A ^[a]Maskil of the sons of Korah.

42 As the deer ^[b]pants for the water brooks,
So my soul ^[c]^(A)pants for You, God.
²My soul ^(B)thirsts for God, for the ^(C)living God;
When shall I come and ^[d]^(D)appear before God?
³My ^(E)tears have been my food day and night,
While they ^(F)say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
⁴I remember these things and ^(G)pour out my soul within me.
For I ^(H)used to go over with the multitude and walk them to the house of God,
With a voice of ^(I)joy and thanksgiving, a multitude celebrating a festival.

⁵^(J)Why are you ^[e]^(K)in despair, my soul?
And why are you ^(L)restless within me?
^(M)Wait for God, for I will ^[f]again praise ^[g]Him
For the ^[h]^(N)help of His ^[i]presence, my God.
⁶My soul is ^[j]in despair within me;
Therefore I ^(O)remember You from ^(P)the land of the Jordan
And the ^[k]peaks of ^(Q)Hermon, from Mount Mizar.
⁷Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls;
All Your ^(R)breakers and Your waves have passed over me.
⁸The Lord will ^(S)send His goodness in the daytime;
And His song will be with me ^(T)in the night,
A prayer to ^(U)the God of my life.

⁹I will say to God ^(V)my rock, “Why have You forgotten me?
Why do I go about ^(W)mourning ^[l]because of the ^(X)oppression of the enemy?”
¹⁰As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries taunt me,
While they ^(Y)say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
¹¹^(Z)Why are you ^[m]in despair, my soul?
And why are you restless within me?
Wait for God, for I will again praise ^[n]Him
For the ^[o]help of His presence, my God.

Notas al pie

Psalm 42 Title Possibly Contemplative; or Didactic; or Skillful Psalm
Psalm 42:1 Lit longs for
Psalm 42:1 Lit longs for
Psalm 42:2 Some mss see the face of God
Psalm 42:5 Lit dissolved away
Psalm 42:5 Or still
Psalm 42:5 Some ancient versions Him, the help of my face and my God
Psalm 42:5 Or saving acts of
Psalm 42:5 Or presence. O my God, my soul...
Psalm 42:6 Or dissolved away
Psalm 42:6 Lit Hermons
Psalm 42:9 Or while the enemy oppresses
Psalm 42:11 Or dissolved away
Psalm 42:11 As in some ancient mss, cf. v 5; MT Him, the help of my face and my God
Psalm 42:11 Or saving acts of

Psalm 43

New American Standard Bible

Prayer for Help.

43 ^(A)Vindicate me, God, and ^(B)plead my case against an ungodly nation;
^[a]Save me from ^(C)the deceitful and unjust person!
²For You are the ^(D)God of my strength; why have You ^(E)rejected me?
Why do I go about ^(F)mourning ^[b]because of the oppression of the enemy?

³Send out Your ^(G)light and Your truth, they shall lead me;
They shall bring me to Your ^(H)holy hill
And to Your ^(I)dwelling places.
⁴Then I will go to ^(J)the altar of God,
To God ^[c]my exceeding ^(K)joy;
And I will praise You on the ^(L)lyre, God, my God.

⁵^(M)Why are you ^[d]in despair, my soul?
And why are you restless within me?
Wait for God, for I will ^[e]again praise ^[f]Him
For the ^[g]help of His presence, my God.

Notas al pie

Psalm 43:1 Or May You
Psalm 43:2 Or while the enemy oppresses
Psalm 43:4 Lit the gladness of my joy
Psalm 43:5 Or dissolved away
Psalm 43:5 Or still
Psalm 43:5 As in some ancient mss; MT Him, the help of my face and my God
Psalm 43:5 Or saving acts of

Isaiah 8:1-15

New American Standard Bible

Damascus and Samaria Fall

8 Then the Lord said to me, “Take for yourself a large tablet and ^(A)write on it ^[a]in ordinary letters: ^[b]^(B)Maher-shalal-hash-baz. ²And ^[c]I will take to Myself faithful witnesses for testimony, ^(C)Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.” ³So I approached the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. Then the Lord said to me, “Name him ^[d]^(D)Maher-shalal-hash-baz; ⁴for ^(E)before the boy knows how to cry out ‘My father’ or ‘My mother,’ the wealth of ^(F)Damascus and the spoils of Samaria will be carried away before the king of Assyria.”

⁵Again the Lord spoke to me further, saying,

⁶“Inasmuch as these people have ^(G)rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah
And rejoice in ^(H)Rezin and the son of Remaliah;
⁷Now therefore, behold, the Lord is about to bring on them the ^(I)strong and abundant waters of the ^(J)Euphrates River,
That is, the ^(K)king of Assyria and all his glory;
And it will ^(L)rise over all its channels and go over all its banks.
⁸Then ^(M)it will sweep on into Judah, it will overflow and pass through,
It will ^(N)reach as far as the neck;
And the spread of its wings will ^[e]fill the expanse of ^[f]your land, ^(O)Immanuel.

A Believing Remnant

⁹“^(P)Be broken, you peoples, and be ^[g]^(Q)shattered;
And listen, all remote places of the earth.
^[h]Get ready, yet be ^[i]shattered;
^[j]Get ready, yet be ^[k]shattered.
¹⁰^(R)Devise a plan, but it will fail;
State a ^[l]proposal, but ^(S)it will not stand,
For ^[m]^(T)God is with us.”

¹¹For so the Lord spoke to me ^[n]with ^(U)mighty power and instructed me ^(V)not to walk in the way of this people, saying,

¹²“You are not to say, ‘It is a ^(W)conspiracy!’
Regarding everything that this people call a conspiracy,
And ^(X)you are not to fear ^[o]what they fear or be in dread of it.
¹³It is the ^(Y)Lord of armies ^(Z)whom you are to regard as holy.
And He shall be your fear,
And He shall be your dread.
¹⁴Then He will become a ^(AA)sanctuary;
But to both houses of Israel, He will be a ^(AB)stone of stumbling and a rock ^[p]of offense,
And a snare and a ^(AC)trap for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
¹⁵Many ^(AD)will stumble over them,
Then they will fall and be broken;
They will be snared and caught.”

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Notas al pie

Isaiah 8:1 Lit with the stylus of man
Isaiah 8:1 I.e., swift is the plunder, speedy is the prey
Isaiah 8:2 Another reading is take for me
Isaiah 8:3 I.e., swift is the plunder, speedy is the prey
Isaiah 8:8 Lit be the fullness of
Isaiah 8:8 Or Your
Isaiah 8:9 Or dismayed
Isaiah 8:9 Lit Belt up your waist
Isaiah 8:9 Or dismayed
Isaiah 8:9 Lit Belt up your waist
Isaiah 8:9 Or dismayed
Isaiah 8:10 Lit word
Isaiah 8:10 Heb Immanu-el
Isaiah 8:11 Lit according to the strength of hand
Isaiah 8:12 Lit their fear
Isaiah 8:14 Or to trip on

2 Thessalonians 3:6-18

New American Standard Bible

⁶Now we command you, brothers and sisters, ^(A)in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you ^[a]^(B)keep away from every brother or sister who ^[b]leads a ^[c]^(C)disorderly life and not one in accordance with ^(D)the tradition which ^[d]you received from us. ⁷For you yourselves know how you ought to ^[e]^(E)follow our example, because we did not act in an undisciplined way among you, ⁸nor did we ^(F)eat ^[f]anyone’s bread ^[g]without paying for it, but with ^(G)labor and hardship we kept ^(H)working night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you; ⁹not because we do not have ^(I)the right to this, but in order to offer ourselves ^(J)as a role model for you, so that you would ^[h]follow our example. ¹⁰For even ^(K)when we were with you, we used to give you this order: ^(L)if anyone is not willing to work, then he is not to eat, either. ¹¹For we hear that some among you are ^(M)leading an undisciplined life, doing no work at all, but acting like ^(N)busybodies. ¹²Now we command and ^(O)exhort such persons in the Lord Jesus Christ to ^(P)work ^[i]peacefully and eat their own bread. ¹³But as for you, ^(Q)brothers and sisters, ^(R)do not grow weary of doing good.

¹⁴If anyone does not obey our ^[j]instruction ^[k]^(S)in this letter, take special note of that person so as ^(T)not to associate with him, so that he will be ^(U)put to shame. ¹⁵And yet ^(V)do not regard that person as an enemy, but ^[l]^(W)admonish that one as a ^(X)brother or sister.

¹⁶Now ^(Y)may the Lord of peace ^(Z)Himself continually grant you peace in every ^[m]circumstance. ^(AA)The Lord be with you all!

¹⁷^[n]I, Paul, write this greeting ^(AB)with my own hand, and this is a distinguishing mark in every letter; this is the way I write. ¹⁸^(AC)The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.

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2 Thessalonians 3:6 Or avoid
2 Thessalonians 3:6 Lit walks disorderly
2 Thessalonians 3:6 Or undisciplined
2 Thessalonians 3:6 One early ms they
2 Thessalonians 3:7 Or imitate us
2 Thessalonians 3:8 Lit from anyone
2 Thessalonians 3:8 Lit freely
2 Thessalonians 3:9 Or imitate us
2 Thessalonians 3:12 Lit with quietness
2 Thessalonians 3:14 Lit word
2 Thessalonians 3:14 Lit through
2 Thessalonians 3:15 Or keep admonishing
2 Thessalonians 3:16 Lit way
2 Thessalonians 3:17 Lit The greeting by my hand of Paul

Luke 22:31-38

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³¹“Simon, Simon, behold, ^(A)Satan has ^[a]demanded to ^(B)sift you men like wheat; ³²but I ^(C)have prayed for ^[b]you, that ^[c]your faith will not fail; and ^[d]you, when you have ^[e]turned back, ^(D)strengthen your brothers.” ³³^(E)But he said to Him, “Lord, I am ready to go with You both to prison and to death!” ³⁴But He said, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times that you know Me.”

³⁵And He said to them, “^(F)When I sent you out without money belt and bag and sandals, you did not lack anything, did you?” They said, “No, nothing.” ³⁶And He said to them, “But now, ^[f]whoever has a money belt is to take it along, likewise also a bag, and ^[g]whoever has no sword is to sell his ^[h]cloak and buy one. ³⁷For I tell you that this which is written must be fulfilled in Me: ‘^(G)And He was counted with wrongdoers’; for ^(H)that which refers to Me has its ^[i]fulfillment.” ³⁸They said, “Lord, look, here are two ^(I)swords.” And He said to them, “It is enough.”