Psalm 76

New King James Version

The Majesty of God in Judgment

To the Chief Musician. On ^[a]stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph. A Song.

76 In ^(A)Judah God is known;
His name is great in Israel.
²In ^[b]Salem also is His tabernacle,
And His dwelling place in Zion.
³There He broke the arrows of the bow,
The shield and sword of battle. Selah

⁴You are more glorious and excellent
^(B)Than the mountains of prey.
⁵^(C)The stouthearted were plundered;
^(D)They ^[c]have sunk into their sleep;
And none of the mighty men have found the use of their hands.
⁶^(E)At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob,
Both the chariot and horse were cast into a dead sleep.

⁷You, Yourself, are to be feared;
And ^(F)who may stand in Your presence
When once You are angry?
⁸^(G)You caused judgment to be heard from heaven;
^(H)The earth feared and was still,
⁹When God ^(I)arose to judgment,
To deliver all the oppressed of the earth. Selah

¹⁰^(J)Surely the wrath of man shall praise You;
With the remainder of wrath You shall gird Yourself.

¹¹^(K)Make vows to the Lord your God, and pay them;
^(L)Let all who are around Him bring presents to Him who ought to be feared.
¹²He shall cut off the spirit of princes;
^(M)He is awesome to the kings of the earth.

Footnotes

Psalm 76:1 Heb. neginoth
Psalm 76:2 Jerusalem
Psalm 76:5 Lit. have slumbered their sleep

1 Timothy 3

New King James Version

Qualifications of Overseers

3 This is a faithful saying: If a man desires the position of a ^[a]bishop, he desires a good work. ²A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach; ³not ^[b]given to wine, not violent, ^[c]not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not ^[d]covetous; ⁴one who rules his own house well, having his children in submission with all reverence ⁵(for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?); ⁶not a ^[e]novice, lest being puffed up with pride he fall into the same condemnation as the devil. ⁷Moreover he must have a good testimony among those who are outside, lest he fall into reproach and the ^(A)snare of the devil.

Qualifications of Deacons

⁸Likewise deacons must be reverent, not double-tongued, ^(B)not given to much wine, not greedy for money, ⁹holding the ^[f]mystery of the faith with a pure conscience. ¹⁰But let these also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons, being found blameless. ¹¹Likewise, their wives must be reverent, not ^[g]slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things. ¹²Let deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. ¹³For those who have served well as deacons ^(C)obtain for themselves a good standing and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

The Great Mystery

¹⁴These things I write to you, though I hope to come to you shortly; ¹⁵but if I am delayed, I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ^[h]ground of the truth. ¹⁶And without controversy great is the ^[i]mystery of godliness:

^(D)God^[j] was manifested in the flesh,
^(E)Justified in the Spirit,
^(F)Seen by angels,
^(G)Preached among the Gentiles,
^(H)Believed on in the world,
^(I)Received up in glory.