Psalm 24-26

English Standard Version

The King of Glory

A Psalm of David.

24 ^(A)The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof,^[a]
the world and those who dwell therein,
²for he has ^(B)founded it upon ^(C)the seas
and established it upon the rivers.

³^(D)Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord?
    And who shall stand in his ^(E)holy place?
⁴^(F)He who has ^(G)clean hands and ^(H)a pure heart,
    who does not ^(I)lift up his soul to ^(J)what is false
    and does not swear deceitfully.
⁵He will receive ^(K)blessing from the Lord
    and ^(L)righteousness from ^(M)the God of his salvation.
⁶Such is ^(N)the generation of those who seek him,
    who ^(O)seek the face of the God of Jacob.^[b] Selah

⁷^(P)Lift up your heads, O gates!
    And be lifted up, O ancient doors,
    that ^(Q)the King of glory may come in.
⁸Who is this King of glory?
    The Lord, strong and mighty,
    the Lord, ^(R)mighty in battle!
⁹Lift up your heads, O gates!
    And lift them up, O ancient doors,
    that the King of glory may come in.
¹⁰Who is this King of glory?
    ^(S)The Lord of hosts,
    he is the King of glory! Selah

Teach Me Your Paths

^[c] Of David.

25 To you, O Lord, I ^(T)lift up my soul.
²O my God, in you I ^(U)trust;
    ^(V)let me not be put to shame;
    ^(W)let not my enemies exult over me.
³Indeed, ^(X)none who wait for you shall be put to shame;
    they shall be ashamed who are ^(Y)wantonly ^(Z)treacherous.

⁴^(AA)Make me to know your ways, O Lord;
    teach me your paths.
⁵Lead me in your ^(AB)truth and teach me,
    for you are the God of my salvation;
    for you I wait all the day long.

⁶Remember your ^(AC)mercy, O Lord, and your steadfast love,
    ^(AD)for they have been from of old.
⁷Remember not ^(AE)the sins of my youth or my transgressions;
    according to your ^(AF)steadfast love remember me,
    for the sake of your goodness, O Lord!

⁸^(AG)Good and upright is the Lord;
    therefore he ^(AH)instructs sinners in the way.
⁹He leads the humble in what is right,
    and teaches the humble his way.
¹⁰All the paths of the Lord are ^(AI)steadfast love and faithfulness,
    for those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.

¹¹For your ^(AJ)name's sake, O Lord,
    pardon my guilt, for it is ^(AK)great.
¹²Who is the man who fears the Lord?
    Him ^(AL)will he instruct in the way that he should choose.
¹³His soul shall ^(AM)abide in well-being,
    and his ^(AN)offspring ^(AO)shall inherit the land.
¹⁴^(AP)The friendship^[d] of the Lord is for those who fear him,
    and he makes known to them his covenant.
¹⁵My ^(AQ)eyes are ever toward the Lord,
    for he will ^(AR)pluck my feet out of the net.

¹⁶^(AS)Turn to me and be gracious to me,
    for I am lonely and afflicted.
¹⁷The troubles of my heart are enlarged;
    bring me out of my distresses.
¹⁸^(AT)Consider my affliction and my trouble,
    and forgive all my sins.

¹⁹Consider how many are my foes,
    and with what violent hatred they hate me.
²⁰Oh, guard my soul, and deliver me!
    ^(AU)Let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in you.
²¹May integrity and uprightness preserve me,
    for I wait for you.

²²^(AV)Redeem Israel, O God,
out of all his troubles.

I Will Bless the Lord

Of David.

26 ^(AW)Vindicate me, O Lord,
    for I have ^(AX)walked in my integrity,
    and I have ^(AY)trusted in the Lord without wavering.
²^(AZ)Prove me, O Lord, and try me;
    test my heart and ^(BA)my mind.^[e]
³For your ^(BB)steadfast love is before my eyes,
    and I ^(BC)walk in your ^(BD)faithfulness.

⁴I do not ^(BE)sit with men of ^(BF)falsehood,
nor do I consort with hypocrites.
⁵I ^(BG)hate the assembly of evildoers,
and I will not sit with the wicked.

⁶I ^(BH)wash my hands in innocence
and go around your altar, O Lord,
⁷proclaiming thanksgiving aloud,
and telling all your ^(BI)wondrous deeds.

⁸O Lord, I ^(BJ)love the habitation of your house
    and the place where your glory dwells.
⁹^(BK)Do not sweep my soul away with sinners,
    nor my life with bloodthirsty men,
¹⁰in whose hands are evil devices,
    and whose right hands are full of ^(BL)bribes.

¹¹But as for me, I shall walk in my integrity;
redeem me, and be gracious to me.
¹²My foot stands on ^(BM)level ground;
in ^(BN)the great assembly I will bless the Lord.

Footnotes

Psalm 24:1 Or and all that fills it
Psalm 24:6 Septuagint, Syriac, and two Hebrew manuscripts; Masoretic Text who seek your face, Jacob
Psalm 25:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, each verse beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet
Psalm 25:14 Or The secret counsel
Psalm 26:2 Hebrew test my kidneys and my heart

Galatians 2

English Standard Version

Paul Accepted by the Apostles

2 Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along with me. ²I went up because of a revelation and set before them (though privately before those ^(A)who seemed influential) the gospel that ^(B)I proclaim among the Gentiles, ^(C)in order to make sure I was not running or had not ^(D)run in vain. ³But even Titus, who was with me, ^(E)was not forced to be circumcised, though he was a Greek. ⁴^(F)Yet because of false brothers secretly brought in—who ^(G)slipped in to spy out ^(H)our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, ^(I)so that they might bring us into slavery— ⁵to them we did not yield in submission even for a moment, so that ^(J)the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you. ⁶And from those ^(K)who seemed to be influential (what they were makes no difference to me; ^(L)God shows no partiality)—those, I say, who seemed influential ^(M)added nothing to me. ⁷On the contrary, when they saw that I had been ^(N)entrusted with ^(O)the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been entrusted with the gospel to the circumcised ⁸(for he who worked through Peter for his apostolic ministry to the circumcised worked also through me for mine to the Gentiles), ⁹and when James and Cephas and John, ^(P)who seemed to be ^(Q)pillars, perceived the ^(R)grace that was given to me, they ^(S)gave the right hand of fellowship to Barnabas and me, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. ¹⁰Only, they asked us to remember the poor, ^(T)the very thing I was eager to do.

Paul Opposes Peter

¹¹But ^(U)when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him ^(V)to his face, because he stood condemned. ¹²For before certain men came from James, ^(W)he was eating with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing ^(X)the circumcision party.^[a] ¹³And the rest of the Jews acted hypocritically along with him, so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy. ¹⁴But when I saw that their ^(Y)conduct was not in step with ^(Z)the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas ^(AA)before them all, “If you, though a Jew, ^(AB)live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you force the Gentiles to live like Jews?”

Justified by Faith

¹⁵We ourselves are Jews by birth and not ^(AC)Gentile sinners; ¹⁶yet we know that ^(AD)a person is not justified^[b] by works of the law ^(AE)but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, ^(AF)because by works of the law no one will be justified.

¹⁷But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we too were found ^(AG)to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not! ¹⁸For if I rebuild what I tore down, I prove myself to be a transgressor. ¹⁹For through the law I ^(AH)died to the law, so that I might ^(AI)live to God. ²⁰I have been ^(AJ)crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives ^(AK)in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, ^(AL)who loved me and ^(AM)gave himself for me. ²¹I do not nullify the grace of God, for ^(AN)if righteousness^[c] were through the law, ^(AO)then Christ died for no purpose.