Psalm 117-118
New American Standard Bible 1995
A Psalm of Praise.
117 (A)Praise the Lord, all nations;
Laud Him, all peoples!
2 For His (B)lovingkindness [a]is great toward us,
And the [b](C)truth of the Lord is everlasting.
[c]Praise [d]the Lord!
Thanksgiving for the Lord’s Saving Goodness.
118 (D)Give thanks to the Lord, for (E)He is good;
For His lovingkindness is everlasting.
2 Oh let (F)Israel say,
“His lovingkindness is everlasting.”
3 Oh let the (G)house of Aaron say,
“His lovingkindness is everlasting.”
4 Oh let those (H)who [e]fear the Lord say,
“His lovingkindness is everlasting.”
5 From my (I)distress I called upon [f]the Lord;
[g]The Lord answered me and (J)set me in a large place.
6 The Lord is (K)for me; I will (L)not fear;
(M)What can man do to me?
7 The Lord is for me (N)among those who help me;
Therefore I will (O)look with satisfaction on those who hate me.
8 It is (P)better to take refuge in the Lord
Than to trust in man.
9 It is (Q)better to take refuge in the Lord
Than to trust in princes.
10 All nations (R)surrounded me;
In the name of the Lord I will surely (S)cut them off.
11 They (T)surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me;
In the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off.
12 They surrounded me (U)like bees;
They were extinguished as a (V)fire of thorns;
In the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off.
13 You (W)pushed me violently so that I [h]was falling,
But the Lord (X)helped me.
14 [i](Y)The Lord is my strength and song,
And He has become (Z)my salvation.
15 The sound of (AA)joyful shouting and salvation is in the tents of the righteous;
The (AB)right hand of the Lord does valiantly.
16 The (AC)right hand of the Lord is exalted;
The right hand of the Lord does valiantly.
17 I (AD)will not die, but live,
And (AE)tell of the works of [j]the Lord.
18 [k]The Lord has (AF)disciplined me severely,
But He has (AG)not given me over to death.
19 (AH)Open to me the gates of righteousness;
I shall enter through them, I shall give thanks to [l]the Lord.
20 This is the gate of the Lord;
The (AI)righteous will enter through it.
21 I shall give thanks to You, for You have (AJ)answered me,
And You have (AK)become my salvation.
22 The (AL)stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief corner stone.
23 This is [m]the Lord’s doing;
It is marvelous in our eyes.
24 This is the day which the Lord has made;
Let us (AM)rejoice and be glad in it.
25 O Lord, (AN)do save, we beseech You;
O Lord, we beseech You, do send (AO)prosperity!
26 (AP)Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord;
We have (AQ)blessed you from the house of the Lord.
27 (AR)The Lord is God, and He has given us (AS)light;
Bind the festival sacrifice with cords [n]to the (AT)horns of the altar.
28 (AU)You are my God, and I give thanks to You;
You are my God, (AV)I extol You.
29 (AW)Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;
For His lovingkindness is everlasting.
Footnotes
- Psalm 117:2 Lit prevails over us
- Psalm 117:2 Or faithfulness
- Psalm 117:2 Or Hallelujah!
- Psalm 117:2 Heb Yah
- Psalm 118:4 Or revere
- Psalm 118:5 Heb Yah
- Psalm 118:5 Heb Yah
- Psalm 118:13 Or fell
- Psalm 118:14 Heb Yah
- Psalm 118:17 Heb Yah
- Psalm 118:18 Heb Yah
- Psalm 118:19 Heb Yah
- Psalm 118:23 Lit from the Lord
- Psalm 118:27 Lit unto
2 Timothy 3
New American Standard Bible 1995
“Difficult Times Will Come”
3 But realize this, that (A)in the last days difficult times will come. 2 For men will be (B)lovers of self, (C)lovers of money, (D)boastful, (E)arrogant, (F)revilers, (G)disobedient to parents, (H)ungrateful, (I)unholy, 3 (J)unloving, irreconcilable, (K)malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, [a](L)haters of good, 4 (M)treacherous, (N)reckless, (O)conceited, (P)lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 holding to a form of [b](Q)godliness, although they have (R)denied its power; (S)Avoid such men as these. 6 For among them are those who [c](T)enter into households and captivate [d](U)weak women weighed down with sins, led on by (V)various impulses, 7 always learning and never able to (W)come to the [e]knowledge of the truth. 8 Just as (X)Jannes and Jambres (Y)opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, (Z)men of depraved mind, rejected in regard to the faith. 9 But they will not make further progress; for their (AA)folly will be obvious to all, just (AB)as [f]Jannes’s and Jambres’s folly was also.
10 Now you (AC)followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, (AD)love, [g]perseverance, 11 (AE)persecutions, and (AF)sufferings, such as happened to me at (AG)Antioch, at (AH)Iconium and at (AI)Lystra; what (AJ)persecutions I endured, and out of them all (AK)the Lord rescued me! 12 Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus (AL)will be persecuted. 13 But evil men and impostors (AM)will proceed from bad to worse, (AN)deceiving and being deceived. 14 You, however, (AO)continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them, 15 and that (AP)from childhood you have known (AQ)the sacred writings which are able to (AR)give you the wisdom that leads to (AS)salvation through faith which is in (AT)Christ Jesus. 16 (AU)All Scripture is [h]inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for [i]training in righteousness; 17 so that (AV)the man of God may be adequate, (AW)equipped for every good work.
Footnotes
- 2 Timothy 3:3 Lit not loving good
- 2 Timothy 3:5 Or religion
- 2 Timothy 3:6 Or creep into
- 2 Timothy 3:6 Or idle
- 2 Timothy 3:7 Or recognition
- 2 Timothy 3:9 Lit that of those
- 2 Timothy 3:10 Or steadfastness
- 2 Timothy 3:16 Lit God-breathed
- 2 Timothy 3:16 Lit training which is in
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