Psalm 16-17

New American Standard Bible

The Lord, the Psalmist’s Portion in Life and Salvation in Death.

A ^[a]Mikhtam of David.

16 ^(A)Protect me, God, for ^(B)I take refuge in You.
²^[b]I said to the Lord, “You are ^[c]my Lord;
I ^(C)have nothing good besides You.”
³As for the ^[d]^(D)saints who are on the earth,
^[e]They are the majestic ones; ^(E)all my delight is in them.
⁴^[f]The ^(F)pains of those who have acquired another god will be multiplied;
I will not pour out their drink offerings of ^(G)blood,
Nor will I ^(H)take their names upon my lips.

⁵The Lord is the ^(I)portion of my inheritance and my ^(J)cup;
You support my ^(K)lot.
⁶The measuring ^(L)lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
Indeed, my inheritance is ^(M)beautiful to me.

⁷I will bless the Lord who has ^(N)advised me;
Indeed, my ^[g]^(O)mind instructs me in the night.
⁸^(P)I have ^(Q)set the Lord continually before me;
Because He is ^(R)at my right hand, ^(S)I will not be shaken.
⁹Therefore ^(T)my heart is glad and ^(U)my glory rejoices;
My flesh also will ^(V)dwell securely.
¹⁰For You ^(W)will not abandon my soul to ^[h]Sheol;
You will not ^[i]^(X)allow Your ^[j]Holy One to ^[k]undergo decay.
¹¹You will make known to me ^(Y)the way of life;
In ^(Z)Your presence is fullness of joy;
In Your right hand there are ^(AA)pleasures forever.

Prayer for Protection against Oppressors.

A Prayer of David.

17 Hear a ^(AB)just cause, Lord, ^(AC)give Your attention to my cry;
^(AD)Listen to my prayer, which is not from ^(AE)deceitful lips.
²Let ^(AF)my ^[l]judgment come forth from Your presence;
Let Your eyes look with ^(AG)integrity.
³You have ^(AH)put my heart to the test;
You have visited me by night;
You have ^(AI)sifted me and ^(AJ)You find ^[m]nothing;
My ^(AK)intent is that my mouth will not offend.
⁴As for the works of mankind, ^(AL)by the word of Your lips
I have kept from the ^(AM)ways of the violent.
⁵My ^(AN)steps have held to Your ^[n]paths.
My ^(AO)feet have not slipped.

⁶I have ^(AP)called upon You, for You will answer me, God;
^(AQ)Incline Your ear to me, hear my speech.
⁷^(AR)Show Your wonderful faithfulness,
^(AS)Savior of those who take refuge ^[o]at Your right hand
From those who rise up against them.
⁸Keep me as ^[p]the ^(AT)apple of the eye;
Hide me ^(AU)in the shadow of Your wings
⁹From the ^(AV)wicked who deal violently with me,
My ^(AW)deadly enemies who surround me.
¹⁰They have ^(AX)closed their ^[q]unfeeling hearts,
With their mouths they ^(AY)speak proudly.
¹¹They have now ^(AZ)surrounded us in our steps;
They set their eyes ^(BA)to cast us down to the ground.
¹²He is ^(BB)like a lion that is eager to tear,
And as a young lion ^(BC)lurking in secret places.

¹³^(BD)Arise, Lord, confront him, ^(BE)make him bow down;
^(BF)Save my soul from the wicked with ^(BG)Your sword,
¹⁴From people by ^(BH)Your hand, Lord,
From people ^[r]of the world, ^(BI)whose portion is in this life,
And whose belly You ^(BJ)fill with Your treasure;
They are satisfied with children,
And leave their abundance to their babies.
¹⁵As for me, I shall ^(BK)behold Your face in righteousness;
^(BL)I shall be satisfied with Your ^(BM)likeness when I awake.

Footnotes

Psalm 16 Title Possibly Epigrammatic Poem or Atonement Psalm
Psalm 16:2 Or O my soul, you said
Psalm 16:2 Or the Lord
Psalm 16:3 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people
Psalm 16:3 Lit They, even the
Psalm 16:4 Lit Their pains, they who acquired
Psalm 16:7 Lit kidneys, figurative for inner man
Psalm 16:10 I.e., the netherworld
Psalm 16:10 Lit give
Psalm 16:10 Or godly one
Psalm 16:10 Or see corruption; or the pit
Psalm 17:2 I.e., vindication
Psalm 17:3 Or no shameful act in me; My mouth
Psalm 17:5 Lit tracks
Psalm 17:7 Or from those who rise up...at Your right hand
Psalm 17:8 Lit the pupil, the daughter of the eye
Psalm 17:10 Lit fat
Psalm 17:14 Or whose portion in life is of the world

Acts 20:1-16

New American Standard Bible

Paul in Macedonia and Greece

20 After the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for ^(A)the disciples, and when he had ^[a]encouraged them and taken his leave of them, he left ^(B)to go to ^(C)Macedonia. ²When he had gone through those regions and had given them much ^[b]encouragement, he came to Greece. ³And there he spent three months, and when ^(D)a plot was formed against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for ^(E)Syria, he decided to return through ^(F)Macedonia. ⁴And ^[c]he was accompanied by Sopater of ^(G)Berea, the son of Pyrrhus, and by ^(H)Aristarchus and Secundus of the ^(I)Thessalonians, and ^(J)Gaius of ^(K)Derbe, and ^(L)Timothy, and ^(M)Tychicus and ^(N)Trophimus of ^[d]^(O)Asia. ⁵Now these had gone on ahead and were waiting for ^(P)us at ^(Q)Troas. ⁶^(R)We sailed from ^(S)Philippi after ^[e]^(T)the days of Unleavened Bread, and reached them at ^(U)Troas within five days; and we stayed there for seven days.

⁷On ^(V)the first day of the week, when ^(W)we were gathered together to ^(X)break bread, Paul began talking to them, intending to leave the next day, and he prolonged his ^[f]message until midnight. ⁸There were many ^(Y)lamps in the ^(Z)upstairs room where we were gathered together. ⁹And there was a young man named ^[g]Eutychus sitting ^[h]on the window sill, sinking into a deep sleep; and as Paul kept on talking, Eutychus was overcome by sleep and fell down from the third floor, and was picked up dead. ¹⁰But Paul went down and ^(AA)fell upon him, and after embracing him, he ^(AB)said, “^[i]Do not be troubled, for ^[j]he is still alive.” ¹¹When Paul had gone back up and had ^(AC)broken the bread and ^[k]eaten, he talked with them a long while until daybreak, and then left. ¹²They took away the boy alive, and were ^[l]greatly comforted.

Troas to Miletus

¹³But ^(AD)we went ahead to the ship and set sail for Assos, intending from there to take Paul on board; for that was what he had arranged, intending himself to go ^[m]by land. ¹⁴And when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and came to Mitylene. ¹⁵Sailing from there, we arrived the following day opposite Chios; and the next day we crossed over to Samos, and on the following day we came to ^(AE)Miletus. ¹⁶For Paul had decided to sail past ^(AF)Ephesus so that he would not have to lose time in ^[n]^(AG)Asia; for he was hurrying, if it might be possible for him ^(AH)to be in Jerusalem ^(AI)the day of Pentecost.