Psalm 31:1-5

Psalm 30 Psalm 32

Psalm 31:1-5New International Version (NIV)

Psalm 31^[a]

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

¹In you, Lord, I have taken refuge;
    let me never be put to shame;
    deliver me in your righteousness.
²Turn your ear to me,
    come quickly to my rescue;
be my rock of refuge,
    a strong fortress to save me.
³Since you are my rock and my fortress,
    for the sake of your name lead and guide me.
⁴Keep me free from the trap that is set for me,
    for you are my refuge.
⁵Into your hands I commit my spirit;
    deliver me, Lord, my faithful God.

Footnotes:

Psalm 31:1 In Hebrew texts 31:1-24 is numbered 31:2-25.

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Psalm 31:15-16

Psalm 30 Psalm 32

Psalm 31:15-16New International Version (NIV)

¹⁵My times are in your hands;
    deliver me from the hands of my enemies,
    from those who pursue me.
¹⁶Let your face shine on your servant;
    save me in your unfailing love.

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Genesis 12:1-3

Genesis 11 Genesis 13

Genesis 12:1-3New International Version (NIV)

The Call of Abram

12 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you.

²“I will make you into a great nation,
    and I will bless you;
I will make your name great,
    and you will be a blessing.^[a]
³I will bless those who bless you,
    and whoever curses you I will curse;
and all peoples on earth
    will be blessed through you.”^[b]

Footnotes:

Genesis 12:2 Or be seen as blessed
Genesis 12:3 Or earth / will use your name in blessings (see 48:20)

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Acts 6:8-15

Acts 5 Acts 7

Acts 6:8-15New International Version (NIV)

Stephen Seized

⁸Now Stephen, a man full of God’s grace and power, performed great wonders and signs among the people. ⁹Opposition arose, however, from members of the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called)—Jews of Cyrene and Alexandria as well as the provinces of Cilicia and Asia—who began to argue with Stephen. ¹⁰But they could not stand up against the wisdom the Spirit gave him as he spoke.

¹¹Then they secretly persuaded some men to say, “We have heard Stephen speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God.”

¹²So they stirred up the people and the elders and the teachers of the law. They seized Stephen and brought him before the Sanhedrin. ¹³They produced false witnesses, who testified, “This fellow never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law. ¹⁴For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs Moses handed down to us.”

¹⁵All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.