¹⁸ And I for my part have made you today a fortified city, an iron pillar, and a bronze wall against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land.^{(A) 19} They will fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you, for I am with you, says the Lord, to deliver you.”^(B)

⁹ One night the Lord said to Paul in a vision, “Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent,^{(A) 10} for I am with you, and no one will lay a hand on you to harm you, for there are many in this city who are my people.”^(B)

⁹ Like the hardest stone, harder than flint, I have made your forehead; do not fear them or be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.”^(A)

Psalm 124

Thanksgiving for Israel’s Deliverance

A Song of Ascents. Of David.

¹⁶ At my first defense no one came to my support, but all deserted me. May it not be counted against them! ¹⁷ But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion’s mouth.^(A)

⁸ Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders,^{(A) 9} if we are being questioned today because of a good deed done to someone who was sick and are being asked how this man has been healed,^{[a] 10} let it be known to all of you, and to all the people of Israel, that this man is standing before you in good health by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,^[b] whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead.^{(B) 11} This Jesus^[c] is

¹² “There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among mortals by which we must be saved.”^(D)

¹³ Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were uneducated and ordinary men, they were amazed and recognized them as companions of Jesus.^(E)