16 Even if I summoned him and he responded,
    I do not believe he would give me a hearing.(A)

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14 When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed(A) she ran back without opening it and exclaimed, “Peter is at the door!”

15 “You’re out of your mind,” they told her. When she kept insisting that it was so, they said, “It must be his angel.”(B)

16 But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astonished.

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41 And while they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement, he asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?”

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Psalm 126

A song of ascents.

When the Lord restored(A) the fortunes of[a] Zion,
    we were like those who dreamed.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 126:1 Or Lord brought back the captives to
  2. Psalm 126:1 Or those restored to health

Psalm 116

I love the Lord,(A) for he heard my voice;
    he heard my cry(B) for mercy.(C)
Because he turned his ear(D) to me,
    I will call on him as long as I live.

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18 If I had cherished sin in my heart,
    the Lord would not have listened;(A)
19 but God has surely listened
    and has heard(B) my prayer.
20 Praise be to God,
    who has not rejected(C) my prayer
    or withheld his love from me!

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In my distress(A) I called to the Lord;(B)
    I cried to my God for help.
From his temple he heard my voice;(C)
    my cry came(D) before him, into his ears.

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24 When I smiled at them, they scarcely believed it;
    the light of my face(A) was precious to them.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 29:24 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.

13 “Pardon me, my lord,” Gideon replied, “but if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us? Where are all his wonders(A) that our ancestors told(B) us about when they said, ‘Did not the Lord bring us up out of Egypt?’ But now the Lord has abandoned(C) us and given us into the hand of Midian.”

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Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and harsh labor.(A)

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