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Psalm 10

 ^{1 [a]}Why, O LORD, do you stand far off?
       Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?

 ² In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak,
       who are caught in the schemes he devises.

 ³ He boasts of the cravings of his heart;
       he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.

 ⁴ In his pride the wicked does not seek him;
       in all his thoughts there is no room for God.

 ⁵ His ways are always prosperous;
       he is haughty and your laws are far from him;
       he sneers at all his enemies.

 ⁶ He says to himself, "Nothing will shake me;
       I'll always be happy and never have trouble."

 ⁷ His mouth is full of curses and lies and threats;
       trouble and evil are under his tongue.

 ⁸ He lies in wait near the villages;
       from ambush he murders the innocent,
       watching in secret for his victims.

 ⁹ He lies in wait like a lion in cover;
       he lies in wait to catch the helpless;
       he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.

 ¹⁰ His victims are crushed, they collapse;
       they fall under his strength.

 ¹¹ He says to himself, "God has forgotten;
       he covers his face and never sees."

 ¹² Arise, LORD! Lift up your hand, O God.
       Do not forget the helpless.

 ¹³ Why does the wicked man revile God?
       Why does he say to himself,
       "He won't call me to account"?

 ¹⁴ But you, O God, do see trouble and grief;
       you consider it to take it in hand.
       The victim commits himself to you;
       you are the helper of the fatherless.

 ¹⁵ Break the arm of the wicked and evil man;
       call him to account for his wickedness
       that would not be found out.

 ¹⁶ The LORD is King for ever and ever;
       the nations will perish from his land.

 ¹⁷ You hear, O LORD, the desire of the afflicted;
       you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,

 ¹⁸ defending the fatherless and the oppressed,
       in order that man, who is of the earth, may terrify no more.

Psalm 11

For the director of music. Of David.

 ² For look, the wicked bend their bows;
       they set their arrows against the strings
       to shoot from the shadows
       at the upright in heart.

 ³ When the foundations are being destroyed,
       what can the righteous do ^[b] ?"

 ⁴ The LORD is in his holy temple;
       the LORD is on his heavenly throne.
       He observes the sons of men;
       his eyes examine them.

 ⁵ The LORD examines the righteous,
       but the wicked ^[c] and those who love violence
       his soul hates.

 ⁶ On the wicked he will rain
       fiery coals and burning sulfur;
       a scorching wind will be their lot.

 ⁷ For the LORD is righteous,
       he loves justice;
       upright men will see his face.

Psalm 12

For the director of music. According to sheminith . A psalm of David. ^[d]

 ² Everyone lies to his neighbor;
       their flattering lips speak with deception.

 ³ May the LORD cut off all flattering lips
       and every boastful tongue

 ⁴ that says, "We will triumph with our tongues;
       we own our lips ^[e] —who is our master?"

 ⁵ "Because of the oppression of the weak
       and the groaning of the needy,
       I will now arise," says the LORD.
       "I will protect them from those who malign them."

 ⁶ And the words of the LORD are flawless,
       like silver refined in a furnace of clay,
       purified seven times.

 ⁷ O LORD, you will keep us safe
       and protect us from such people forever.

 ⁸ The wicked freely strut about
       when what is vile is honored among men.

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Acts 19

Paul in Ephesus

 ³So Paul asked, "Then what baptism did you receive?"
      "John's baptism," they replied.

 ⁴Paul said, "John's baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the one coming after him, that is, in Jesus." ⁵On hearing this, they were baptized into^[b] the name of the Lord Jesus. ⁶When Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in tongues^[c] and prophesied. ⁷There were about twelve men in all.

 ⁸Paul entered the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God. ⁹But some of them became obstinate; they refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way. So Paul left them. He took the disciples with him and had discussions daily in the lecture hall of Tyrannus. ¹⁰This went on for two years, so that all the Jews and Greeks who lived in the province of Asia heard the word of the Lord.

 ¹¹God did extraordinary miracles through Paul, ¹²so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and their illnesses were cured and the evil spirits left them.

 ¹³Some Jews who went around driving out evil spirits tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who were demon-possessed. They would say, "In the name of Jesus, whom Paul preaches, I command you to come out." ¹⁴Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this. ¹⁵(One day) the evil spirit answered them, "Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?" ¹⁶Then the man who had the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. He gave them such a beating that they ran out of the house naked and bleeding.

 ¹⁷When this became known to the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, they were all seized with fear, and the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor. ¹⁸Many of those who believed now came and openly confessed their evil deeds. ¹⁹A number who had practiced sorcery brought their scrolls together and burned them publicly. When they calculated the value of the scrolls, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.^{[d] 20}In this way the word of the Lord spread widely and grew in power.