Psalm 10-12

English Standard Version

Why Do You Hide Yourself?

10 Why, O Lord, do you stand ^(A)far away?
Why ^(B)do you hide yourself in ^(C)times of trouble?

²In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor;
    let them ^(D)be caught in the schemes that they have devised.
³For the wicked ^(E)boasts of the desires of his soul,
    and the one greedy for gain ^(F)curses^[a] and ^(G)renounces the Lord.
⁴In the pride of his face^[b] the wicked does not ^(H)seek him;^[c]
    all his thoughts are, ^(I)“There is no God.”
⁵His ways prosper at all times;
    your judgments are on high, ^(J)out of his sight;
    as for all his foes, he ^(K)puffs at them.
⁶He ^(L)says in his heart, “I shall not be moved;
    throughout all generations I ^(M)shall not meet adversity.”
⁷^(N)His mouth is filled with cursing and ^(O)deceit and ^(P)oppression;
    ^(Q)under his tongue are ^(R)mischief and ^(S)iniquity.
⁸He sits in ambush in the villages;
    in ^(T)hiding places he murders the innocent.
His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;
⁹    he lurks in ambush like ^(U)a lion in his ^(V)thicket;
he ^(W)lurks that he may seize the poor;
    he seizes the poor when he draws him into his ^(X)net.
¹⁰The helpless are crushed, sink down,
    and fall by his might.
¹¹He says in his heart, “God has forgotten,
    he has ^(Y)hidden his face, he ^(Z)will never see it.”

¹²^(AA)Arise, O Lord; O God, ^(AB)lift up your hand;
    ^(AC)forget not the afflicted.
¹³Why does the wicked ^(AD)renounce God
    and say in his heart, “You will not ^(AE)call to account”?
¹⁴But you do see, for you ^(AF)note mischief and vexation,
    that you may take it into your hands;
to you the helpless ^(AG)commits himself;
    you have been ^(AH)the helper of the fatherless.
¹⁵^(AI)Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer;
    ^(AJ)call his wickedness to account till you find none.

¹⁶^(AK)The Lord is king forever and ever;
    the ^(AL)nations perish from his land.
¹⁷O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted;
    you will ^(AM)strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear
¹⁸to ^(AN)do justice to the fatherless and ^(AO)the oppressed,
    so that ^(AP)man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.

The Lord Is in His Holy Temple

To the choirmaster. Of David.

11 In the Lord I take refuge;
how can you say to my soul,
    ^(AQ)“Flee like a bird to your mountain,
²for behold, the wicked ^(AR)bend the bow;
    ^(AS)they have fitted their arrow to the string
    to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart;
³if ^(AT)the foundations are destroyed,
    what can the righteous do?”^[d]

⁴^(AU)The Lord is in his holy temple;
    the Lord's ^(AV)throne is in heaven;
    his eyes see, his eyelids ^(AW)test the children of man.
⁵The Lord ^(AX)tests the righteous,
    but ^(AY)his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.
⁶Let him rain coals on the wicked;
    ^(AZ)fire and sulfur and a scorching wind shall be ^(BA)the portion of their cup.
⁷For the Lord is righteous;
he ^(BB)loves righteous deeds;
    ^(BC)the upright shall behold his face.

The Faithful Have Vanished

To the choirmaster: according to The Sheminith.^[e] A Psalm of David.

12 Save, O Lord, for ^(BD)the godly one is gone;
for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.
²Everyone ^(BE)utters lies to his neighbor;
with ^(BF)flattering lips and ^(BG)a double heart they speak.

³May the Lord cut off all ^(BH)flattering lips,
the tongue that makes ^(BI)great boasts,
⁴those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail,
our lips are with us; who is master over us?”

⁵“Because ^(BJ)the poor are plundered, because the needy groan,
    ^(BK)I will now arise,” says the Lord;
    “I will place him in the ^(BL)safety for which he longs.”
⁶^(BM)The words of the Lord are pure words,
    like silver refined in a furnace on the ground,
    purified seven times.

⁷You, O Lord, will keep them;
you will guard us^[f] from this generation forever.
⁸On every side the wicked prowl,
as vileness is exalted among the children of man.

Footnotes

Psalm 10:3 Or and he blesses the one greedy for gain
Psalm 10:4 Or of his anger
Psalm 10:4 Or the wicked says, “He will not call to account”
Psalm 11:3 Or for the foundations will be destroyed; what has the righteous done?
Psalm 12:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
Psalm 12:7 Or guard him

Acts 10:24-48

English Standard Version

²⁴And on the following day they entered Caesarea. Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends. ²⁵When Peter entered, Cornelius met him and ^(A)fell down at his feet and ^(B)worshiped him. ²⁶But Peter lifted him up, saying, ^(C)“Stand up; I too am a man.” ²⁷And as he talked with him, he went in and found many persons gathered. ²⁸And he said to them, “You yourselves know how unlawful it is for a Jew ^(D)to associate with or to visit anyone of another nation, but ^(E)God has shown me that I should not call any person common or unclean. ²⁹So when I was sent for, I came without objection. I ask then why you sent for me.”

³⁰And Cornelius said, ^(F)“Four days ago, about this hour, I was praying in my house at ^(G)the ninth hour,^[a] and behold, ^(H)a man stood before me in bright clothing ³¹and said, ‘Cornelius, ^(I)your prayer has been heard and your alms have been remembered before God. ³²Send therefore to Joppa and ask for Simon who is called Peter. He is lodging in the house of Simon, a tanner, by the sea.’ ³³So I sent for you at once, and you have been kind enough to come. Now therefore we are all here in the presence of God to hear all that you have been commanded by the Lord.”

Gentiles Hear the Good News

³⁴So Peter opened his mouth and said: “Truly I understand that ^(J)God ^(K)shows no partiality, ³⁵but ^(L)in every nation anyone who fears him and ^(M)does what is right is acceptable to him. ³⁶As for ^(N)the word that he sent to Israel, ^(O)preaching good news of ^(P)peace through Jesus Christ (^(Q)he is Lord of all), ³⁷you yourselves know what happened throughout all Judea, ^(R)beginning ^(S)from Galilee after the baptism that John proclaimed: ³⁸how ^(T)God anointed Jesus of Nazareth ^(U)with the Holy Spirit and with ^(V)power. He went about doing good and healing all ^(W)who were oppressed by the devil, ^(X)for God was with him. ³⁹And ^(Y)we are witnesses of all that he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. ^(Z)They put him to death by hanging him on a tree, ⁴⁰but ^(AA)God raised him on ^(AB)the third day and made him to ^(AC)appear, ⁴¹^(AD)not to all the people but to us who had been chosen by God as ^(AE)witnesses, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. ⁴²And ^(AF)he commanded us to preach to the people and to testify ^(AG)that he is the one appointed by God to be judge ^(AH)of the living and the dead. ⁴³^(AI)To him ^(AJ)all the prophets bear witness that ^(AK)everyone who believes in him receives ^(AL)forgiveness of sins ^(AM)through his name.”

The Holy Spirit Falls on the Gentiles

⁴⁴While Peter was still saying these things, ^(AN)the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the word. ⁴⁵And the believers from among ^(AO)the circumcised who had come with Peter were amazed, because ^(AP)the gift of the Holy Spirit ^(AQ)was poured out even on the Gentiles. ⁴⁶For they were hearing them ^(AR)speaking in tongues and extolling God. Then Peter declared, ⁴⁷^(AS)“Can anyone withhold water for baptizing these people, who have received the Holy Spirit ^(AT)just as we have?” ⁴⁸And he ^(AU)commanded them ^(AV)to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to remain for some days.