14 Therefore they called out to the Lord, “O Lord, let us not perish for this man's life, and (A)lay not on us innocent blood, (B)for you, O Lord, have done as it pleased you.”

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(A)Our God is in the heavens;
    (B)he does all that he pleases.

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(A)Whatever the Lord pleases, he does,
    in heaven and on earth,
    in the seas and all deeps.

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Accept atonement, O Lord, for your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, and (A)do not set the guilt of innocent blood in the midst of your people Israel, so that their blood guilt be atoned for.’

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11 In him we have obtained (A)an inheritance, (B)having been predestined (C)according to the purpose of him who works all things according to (D)the counsel of his will,

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28 (A)Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he delivered them from their distress.

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26 yes, Father, for such was your (A)gracious will.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 11:26 Or for so it pleased you well

16 Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly, (A)and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord (B)and made vows.

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Nebuchadnezzar Restored

34 (A)At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and (B)my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and praised and honored (C)him who lives forever,

(D)for his dominion is an everlasting dominion,
    and (E)his kingdom endures from generation to generation;
35 (F)all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing,
    and (G)he does according to his will among the host of heaven
    and among the inhabitants of the earth;
(H)and none can stay his hand
    or (I)say to him, “What have you done?”

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(A)making known[a] to us the mystery of his will, (B)according to his purpose, which he (C)set forth in Christ

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 1:9 Or he lavished upon us in all wisdom and insight, making known…

When (A)the native people saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, (B)“No doubt this man is a murderer. Though he has escaped from the sea, (C)Justice[a] has not allowed him to live.”

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 28:4 Or justice

Then the mariners were afraid, and (A)each cried out to his god. And (B)they hurled the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone down into the inner part of the ship and had lain down and was fast asleep.

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16 O Lord, (A)in distress they sought you;
    they poured out a whispered prayer
    when your discipline was upon them.

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(A)“Whoever sheds the blood of man,
    by man shall his blood be shed,
(B)for God made man in his own image.

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