Psalm 89:5-37
New Living Translation
5 All heaven will praise your great wonders, Lord;
myriads of angels will praise you for your faithfulness.
6 For who in all of heaven can compare with the Lord?
What mightiest angel is anything like the Lord?
7 The highest angelic powers stand in awe of God.
He is far more awesome than all who surround his throne.
8 O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies!
Where is there anyone as mighty as you, O Lord?
You are entirely faithful.
9 You rule the oceans.
You subdue their storm-tossed waves.
10 You crushed the great sea monster.[a]
You scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
11 The heavens are yours, and the earth is yours;
everything in the world is yours—you created it all.
12 You created north and south.
Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon praise your name.
13 Powerful is your arm!
Strong is your hand!
Your right hand is lifted high in glorious strength.
14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne.
Unfailing love and truth walk before you as attendants.
15 Happy are those who hear the joyful call to worship,
for they will walk in the light of your presence, Lord.
16 They rejoice all day long in your wonderful reputation.
They exult in your righteousness.
17 You are their glorious strength.
It pleases you to make us strong.
18 Yes, our protection comes from the Lord,
and he, the Holy One of Israel, has given us our king.
19 Long ago you spoke in a vision to your faithful people.
You said, “I have raised up a warrior.
I have selected him from the common people to be king.
20 I have found my servant David.
I have anointed him with my holy oil.
21 I will steady him with my hand;
with my powerful arm I will make him strong.
22 His enemies will not defeat him,
nor will the wicked overpower him.
23 I will beat down his adversaries before him
and destroy those who hate him.
24 My faithfulness and unfailing love will be with him,
and by my authority he will grow in power.
25 I will extend his rule over the sea,
his dominion over the rivers.
26 And he will call out to me, ‘You are my Father,
my God, and the Rock of my salvation.’
27 I will make him my firstborn son,
the mightiest king on earth.
28 I will love him and be kind to him forever;
my covenant with him will never end.
29 I will preserve an heir for him;
his throne will be as endless as the days of heaven.
30 But if his descendants forsake my instructions
and fail to obey my regulations,
31 if they do not obey my decrees
and fail to keep my commands,
32 then I will punish their sin with the rod,
and their disobedience with beating.
33 But I will never stop loving him
nor fail to keep my promise to him.
34 No, I will not break my covenant;
I will not take back a single word I said.
35 I have sworn an oath to David,
and in my holiness I cannot lie:
36 His dynasty will go on forever;
his kingdom will endure as the sun.
37 It will be as eternal as the moon,
my faithful witness in the sky!” Interlude
Footnotes
- 89:10 Hebrew Rahab, the name of a mythical sea monster that represents chaos in ancient literature.
Psalm 89:5-37
English Standard Version
5 Let (A)the heavens praise your (B)wonders, O Lord,
your faithfulness in the assembly of (C)the holy ones!
6 For (D)who in the skies can be compared to the Lord?
(E)Who among the heavenly beings[a] is like the Lord,
7 a God greatly (F)to be feared in the council of (G)the holy ones,
and awesome above all (H)who are around him?
8 O Lord God of hosts,
(I)who is mighty as you are, O (J)Lord,
with your faithfulness all around you?
9 You rule the raging of the sea;
when its waves rise, you (K)still them.
10 You (L)crushed (M)Rahab like a carcass;
you (N)scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
11 (O)The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours;
(P)the world and all that is in it, you have (Q)founded them.
12 (R)The north and the south, you have created them;
(S)Tabor and (T)Hermon (U)joyously praise your name.
13 You have a mighty arm;
strong is your hand, high your right hand.
14 (V)Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;
(W)steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.
15 Blessed are the people who know (X)the festal shout,
who walk, O Lord, in (Y)the light of your face,
16 who exult in your (Z)name all the day
and in your righteousness are (AA)exalted.
17 For you are (AB)the glory of their strength;
by your favor our (AC)horn is exalted.
18 For our (AD)shield belongs to the Lord,
our king to (AE)the Holy One of Israel.
19 (AF)Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one,[b] and said:
“I have (AG)granted help to one who is (AH)mighty;
I have exalted one (AI)chosen from the people.
20 (AJ)I have found David, my servant;
with my holy oil I have (AK)anointed him,
21 so that my (AL)hand shall be established with him;
my arm also shall strengthen him.
22 The enemy shall not outwit him;
(AM)the wicked shall not humble him.
23 I will (AN)crush his foes before him
and strike down those who hate him.
24 My (AO)faithfulness and my (AP)steadfast love shall be with him,
and in my name shall his (AQ)horn be exalted.
25 I will set his hand on (AR)the sea
and his right hand on (AS)the rivers.
26 He shall cry to me, ‘You are my (AT)Father,
my God, and (AU)the Rock of my salvation.’
27 And I will make him the (AV)firstborn,
(AW)the highest of the kings of the earth.
28 My steadfast love I will keep for him forever,
and my (AX)covenant will stand firm[c] for him.
29 I will establish his (AY)offspring forever
and his (AZ)throne as (BA)the days of the heavens.
30 (BB)If his children forsake my law
and do not walk according to my rules,[d]
31 if they violate my statutes
and do not keep my commandments,
32 then I will punish their transgression with (BC)the rod
and their iniquity with stripes,
33 but I will not remove from him my steadfast love
or be false to my faithfulness.
34 I will not violate my (BD)covenant
or alter the word that went forth from my lips.
35 Once for all I have sworn (BE)by my holiness;
I will not (BF)lie to David.
36 His (BG)offspring shall endure forever,
(BH)his (BI)throne as long as (BJ)the sun before me.
37 Like (BK)the moon it shall be established forever,
(BL)a faithful witness in the skies.” Selah
Footnotes
- Psalm 89:6 Hebrew the sons of God, or the sons of might
- Psalm 89:19 Some Hebrew manuscripts godly ones
- Psalm 89:28 Or will remain faithful
- Psalm 89:30 Or my just decrees
Genesis 35:1-15
New Living Translation
Jacob’s Return to Bethel
35 Then God said to Jacob, “Get ready and move to Bethel and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother, Esau.”
2 So Jacob told everyone in his household, “Get rid of all your pagan idols, purify yourselves, and put on clean clothing. 3 We are now going to Bethel, where I will build an altar to the God who answered my prayers when I was in distress. He has been with me wherever I have gone.”
4 So they gave Jacob all their pagan idols and earrings, and he buried them under the great tree near Shechem. 5 As they set out, a terror from God spread over the people in all the towns of that area, so no one attacked Jacob’s family.
6 Eventually, Jacob and his household arrived at Luz (also called Bethel) in Canaan. 7 Jacob built an altar there and named the place El-bethel (which means “God of Bethel”), because God had appeared to him there when he was fleeing from his brother, Esau.
8 Soon after this, Rebekah’s old nurse, Deborah, died. She was buried beneath the oak tree in the valley below Bethel. Ever since, the tree has been called Allon-bacuth (which means “oak of weeping”).
9 Now that Jacob had returned from Paddan-aram, God appeared to him again at Bethel. God blessed him, 10 saying, “Your name is Jacob, but you will not be called Jacob any longer. From now on your name will be Israel.”[a] So God renamed him Israel.
11 Then God said, “I am El-Shaddai—‘God Almighty.’ Be fruitful and multiply. You will become a great nation, even many nations. Kings will be among your descendants! 12 And I will give you the land I once gave to Abraham and Isaac. Yes, I will give it to you and your descendants after you.” 13 Then God went up from the place where he had spoken to Jacob.
14 Jacob set up a stone pillar to mark the place where God had spoken to him. Then he poured wine over it as an offering to God and anointed the pillar with olive oil. 15 And Jacob named the place Bethel (which means “house of God”), because God had spoken to him there.
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- 35:10 Jacob sounds like the Hebrew words for “heel” and “deceiver.” Israel means “God fights.”
Genesis 35:1-15
English Standard Version
God Blesses and Renames Jacob
35 God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to (A)Bethel and dwell there. Make an altar there to the God who appeared to you (B)when you fled from your brother Esau.” 2 So Jacob said to his (C)household and to all who were with him, “Put away (D)the foreign gods that are among you and (E)purify yourselves and change your garments. 3 Then let us arise and go up to Bethel, so that I may make there an altar to the God (F)who answers me in the day of my distress and (G)has been with me wherever I have gone.” 4 So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods that they had, and the rings that were in their ears. Jacob hid them under (H)the terebinth tree that was near Shechem.
5 And as they journeyed, a terror from God fell upon the cities that were around them, so that they did not pursue the sons of Jacob. 6 And Jacob came to (I)Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him, 7 and there he built an altar and called the place El-bethel,[a] because (J)there God had revealed himself to him when he fled from his brother. 8 And (K)Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried under an oak below Bethel. So he called its name Allon-bacuth.[b]
9 God appeared[c] to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him. 10 And God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; (L)no longer shall your name be called Jacob, but (M)Israel shall be your name.” So he called his name Israel. 11 And God said to him, (N)“I am God Almighty:[d] be (O)fruitful and multiply. (P)A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall come from your own body.[e] 12 (Q)The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give the land to your offspring after you.” 13 Then God (R)went up from him in the place where he had spoken with him. 14 And Jacob (S)set up a pillar in the place where he had spoken with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on it and poured oil on it. 15 So Jacob called the name of the place where God had spoken with him (T)Bethel.
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- Genesis 35:7 El-bethel means God of Bethel
- Genesis 35:8 Allon-bacuth means oak of weeping
- Genesis 35:9 Or had appeared
- Genesis 35:11 Hebrew El Shaddai
- Genesis 35:11 Hebrew from your loins
Acts 10:44-48
New Living Translation
The Gentiles Receive the Holy Spirit
44 Even as Peter was saying these things, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who were listening to the message. 45 The Jewish believers[a] who came with Peter were amazed that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles, too. 46 For they heard them speaking in other tongues[b] and praising God.
Then Peter asked, 47 “Can anyone object to their being baptized, now that they have received the Holy Spirit just as we did?” 48 So he gave orders for them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Afterward Cornelius asked him to stay with them for several days.
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Acts 10:44-48
English Standard Version
The Holy Spirit Falls on the Gentiles
44 While Peter was still saying these things, (A)the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the word. 45 And the believers from among (B)the circumcised who had come with Peter were amazed, because (C)the gift of the Holy Spirit (D)was poured out even on the Gentiles. 46 For they were hearing them (E)speaking in tongues and extolling God. Then Peter declared, 47 (F)“Can anyone withhold water for baptizing these people, who have received the Holy Spirit (G)just as we have?” 48 And he (H)commanded them (I)to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to remain for some days.
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