Let your sharp arrows(A) pierce the hearts(B) of the king’s enemies;(C)
    let the nations fall beneath your feet.

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12 You will make them turn their backs(A)
    when you aim at them with drawn bow.

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Your arrows(A) have pierced me,
    and your hand has come down on me.

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13 I will bend Judah as I bend my bow(A)
    and fill it with Ephraim.(B)
I will rouse your sons, Zion,
    against your sons, Greece,(C)
    and make you like a warrior’s sword.(D)

The Lord Will Appear

14 Then the Lord will appear over them;(E)
    his arrow will flash like lightning.(F)
The Sovereign Lord will sound the trumpet;(G)
    he will march in the storms(H) of the south,

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27 All the ends of the earth(A)
    will remember and turn to the Lord,
and all the families of the nations
    will bow down before him,(B)

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“God brought them out of Egypt;
    they have the strength of a wild ox.
They devour hostile nations
    and break their bones in pieces;(A)
    with their arrows they pierce them.(B)

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18 I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles(A) to obey God(B) by what I have said and done— 19 by the power of signs and wonders,(C) through the power of the Spirit of God.(D) So from Jerusalem(E) all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.(F)

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So the word of God spread.(A) The number of disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly,(B) and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith.

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But many who heard the message believed; so the number of men who believed grew(A) to about five thousand.

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42 and said, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes. 43 The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side.(A) 44 They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls.(B) They will not leave one stone on another,(C) because you did not recognize the time of God’s coming(D) to you.”

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The Stoning of Stephen

54 When the members of the Sanhedrin heard this, they were furious(A) and gnashed their teeth at him.

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33 When they heard this, they were furious(A) and wanted to put them to death.

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14 Nevertheless, more and more men and women believed in the Lord and were added to their number.(A)

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41 Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number(A) that day.

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37 When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”(A)

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18 Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed.”(A)

19 The teachers of the law and the chief priests looked for a way to arrest him(B) immediately, because they knew he had spoken this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.(C)

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Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds!(A)
    So great is your power
    that your enemies cringe(B) before you.
All the earth bows down(C) to you;
    they sing praise(D) to you,
    they sing the praises of your name.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 66:4 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 7 and 15.

Psalm 2

Why do the nations conspire[a]
    and the peoples plot(A) in vain?
The kings(B) of the earth rise up
    and the rulers band together
    against the Lord and against his anointed,(C) saying,
“Let us break their chains(D)
    and throw off their shackles.”(E)

The One enthroned(F) in heaven laughs;(G)
    the Lord scoffs at them.
He rebukes them in his anger(H)
    and terrifies them in his wrath,(I) saying,
“I have installed my king(J)
    on Zion,(K) my holy mountain.(L)

I will proclaim the Lord’s decree:

He said to me, “You are my son;(M)
    today I have become your father.(N)
Ask me,
    and I will make the nations(O) your inheritance,(P)
    the ends of the earth(Q) your possession.
You will break them with a rod of iron[b];(R)
    you will dash them to pieces(S) like pottery.(T)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 2:1 Hebrew; Septuagint rage
  2. Psalm 2:9 Or will rule them with an iron scepter (see Septuagint and Syriac)

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