Great Is Your Steadfast Love

(A)A Prayer of David.

86 (B)Incline your ear, O Lord, and answer me,
    for I am (C)poor and needy.
Preserve my life, for I am (D)godly;
    save your servant, who (E)trusts in you—you are my God.
(F)Be gracious to me, O Lord,
    for to you do I cry all the day.
Gladden the soul of your servant,
    for (G)to you, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
For you, O Lord, are good and (H)forgiving,
    (I)abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.
(J)Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer;
    listen to my plea for grace.
In (K)the day of my trouble I call upon you,
    (L)for you answer me.

There is (M)none like you among the gods, O Lord,
    (N)nor are there any works like yours.
(O)All the nations you have made shall come
    and worship before you, O Lord,
    and shall glorify your name.
10 For (P)you are great and (Q)do wondrous things;
    (R)you alone are God.

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窮乏者之祈禱

86 大衛的祈禱。

耶和華啊,求你側耳應允我,因我是困苦窮乏的。
求你保存我的性命,因我是虔誠人。我的神啊,求你拯救這倚靠你的僕人。
主啊,求你憐憫我,因我終日求告你。
主啊,求你使僕人心裡歡喜,因為我的心仰望你。
主啊,你本為良善,樂意饒恕人,有豐盛的慈愛賜給凡求告你的人。
耶和華啊,求你留心聽我的禱告,垂聽我懇求的聲音。
我在患難之日要求告你,因為你必應允我。
主啊,諸神之中沒有可比你的,你的作為也無可比。
主啊,你所造的萬民都要來敬拜你,他們也要榮耀你的名。
10 因你為大,且行奇妙的事,唯獨你是神。

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God Blesses and Renames Jacob

35 God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to (A)Bethel and dwell there. Make an altar there to the God who appeared to you (B)when you fled from your brother Esau.” So Jacob said to his (C)household and to all who were with him, “Put away (D)the foreign gods that are among you and (E)purify yourselves and change your garments. Then let us arise and go up to Bethel, so that I may make there an altar to the God (F)who answers me in the day of my distress and (G)has been with me wherever I have gone.” So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods that they had, and the rings that were in their ears. Jacob hid them under (H)the terebinth tree that was near Shechem.

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雅各往伯特利築壇

35 神對雅各說:「起來,上伯特利去,住在那裡。要在那裡築一座壇給神,就是你逃避你哥哥以掃的時候向你顯現的那位。」 雅各就對他家中的人並一切與他同在的人說:「你們要除掉你們中間的外邦神,也要自潔,更換衣裳。 我們要起來,上伯特利去,在那裡我要築一座壇給神,就是在我遭難的日子應允我的禱告,在我行的路上保佑我的那位。」 他們就把外邦人的神像和他們耳朵上的環子交給雅各雅各都藏在示劍那裡的橡樹底下。

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The Apostles Arrested and Freed

17 But the high priest rose up, and all who were with him (that is, the party of (A)the Sadducees), and filled with (B)jealousy 18 they arrested the apostles and (C)put them in the public prison. 19 But during the night (D)an angel of the Lord (E)opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said, 20 “Go and stand in the temple and speak to the people all (F)the words of (G)this (H)Life.” 21 And when they heard this, (I)they entered the temple (J)at daybreak and began to teach.

Now when the high priest came, and those who were with him, they called together the council, all the senate of the people of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought. 22 But when the officers came, they did not find them in the prison, so they returned and reported, 23 “We found the prison securely locked and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened them we found no one inside.” 24 Now when (K)the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were greatly perplexed about them, wondering what this would come to. 25 And someone came and told them, “Look! The men whom you put in prison (L)are standing in the temple and teaching the people.” 26 Then (M)the captain with the officers went and brought them, but not by force, for (N)they were afraid of being stoned by the people.

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使徒二次被囚

17 大祭司和他的一切同人,就是撒都該教門的人,都起來,滿心忌恨, 18 就下手拿住使徒,收在外監。

使徒出監仍然講道

19 但主的使者夜間開了監門,領他們出來, 20 說:「你們去站在殿裡,把這生命的道都講給百姓聽。」 21 使徒聽了這話,天將亮的時候就進殿裡去教訓人。大祭司和他的同人來了,叫齊公會的人和以色列族的眾長老,就差人到監裡去,要把使徒提出來。 22 但差役到了,不見他們在監裡,就回來稟報說: 23 「我們看見監牢關得極妥當,看守的人也站在門外,及至開了門,裡面一個人都不見。」 24 守殿官和祭司長聽見這話,心裡犯難,不知這事將來如何。 25 有一個人來稟報說:「你們收在監裡的人,現在站在殿裡教訓百姓!」 26 於是守殿官和差役去帶使徒來,並沒有用強暴,因為怕百姓用石頭打他們。

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