Psalm 149

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Psalm 149

¹Praise the Lord.^[a]^(A)

Sing to the Lord a new song,^(B)
his praise in the assembly^(C) of his faithful people.

²Let Israel rejoice^(D) in their Maker;^(E)
    let the people of Zion be glad in their King.^(F)
³Let them praise his name with dancing^(G)
    and make music to him with timbrel and harp.^(H)
⁴For the Lord takes delight^(I) in his people;
    he crowns the humble with victory.^(J)
⁵Let his faithful people rejoice^(K) in this honor
    and sing for joy on their beds.^(L)

⁶May the praise of God be in their mouths^(M)
    and a double-edged^(N) sword in their hands,^(O)
⁷to inflict vengeance^(P) on the nations
    and punishment^(Q) on the peoples,
⁸to bind their kings with fetters,^(R)
    their nobles with shackles of iron,^(S)
⁹to carry out the sentence written against them—^(T)
    this is the glory of all his faithful people.^(U)

Praise the Lord.

Footnotes

Psalm 149:1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah; also in verse 9

Acts 16:11-15

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Lydia’s Conversion in Philippi

¹¹From Troas^(A) we put out to sea and sailed straight for Samothrace, and the next day we went on to Neapolis. ¹²From there we traveled to Philippi,^(B) a Roman colony and the leading city of that district^[a] of Macedonia.^(C) And we stayed there several days.

¹³On the Sabbath^(D) we went outside the city gate to the river, where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and began to speak to the women who had gathered there. ¹⁴One of those listening was a woman from the city of Thyatira^(E) named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth. She was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart^(F) to respond to Paul’s message. ¹⁵When she and the members of her household^(G) were baptized,^(H) she invited us to her home. “If you consider me a believer in the Lord,” she said, “come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.

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Footnotes

Acts 16:12 The text and meaning of the Greek for the leading city of that district are uncertain.

John 15:26-16:4

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The Work of the Holy Spirit

²⁶“When the Advocate^(A) comes, whom I will send to you from the Father^(B)—the Spirit of truth^(C) who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me.^(D) ²⁷And you also must testify,^(E) for you have been with me from the beginning.^(F)

16 “All this^(G) I have told you so that you will not fall away.^(H) ²They will put you out of the synagogue;^(I) in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God.^(J) ³They will do such things because they have not known the Father or me.^(K) ⁴I have told you this, so that when their time comes you will remember^(L) that I warned you about them. I did not tell you this from the beginning because I was with you,^(M)