Save Me, O My God

A Psalm of David, ^(A)when he fled from Absalom his son.

Answer Me When I Call

To the ^(R)choirmaster: with ^(S)stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.

The Creation of Man and Woman

⁵ When no ^(B)bush of the field^[a] was yet in the land^[b] and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man ^(C)to work the ground, ⁶ and a mist^[c] was going up from the land and was watering the whole face of the ground— ⁷ then the Lord God formed the man of ^(D)dust from the ground and ^(E)breathed into his ^(F)nostrils the breath of life, and ^(G)the man became a living creature. ⁸ And the Lord God planted a ^(H)garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed. ⁹ And out of the ground the Lord God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. ^(I)The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, ^(J)and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

¹⁰ A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and there it divided and became four rivers. ¹¹ The name of the first is the Pishon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of ^(K)Havilah, where there is gold. ¹² And the gold of that land is good; bdellium and onyx stone are there. ¹³ The name of the second river is the Gihon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Cush. ¹⁴ And the name of the third river is the ^(L)Tigris, which flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

¹⁵ The Lord God took the man ^(M)and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. ¹⁶ And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, ¹⁷ but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil ^(N)you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat^[d] of it you ^(O)shall surely die.”

¹⁸ Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; ^(P)I will make him a helper fit for^[e] him.” ^19 (Q)Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed^[f] every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and ^(R)brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. ²⁰ The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam^[g] there was not found a helper fit for him. ²¹ So the Lord God caused a ^(S)deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. ²² And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made^[h] into a woman and brought her to the man. ²³ Then the man said,

^24 (V)Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. ²⁵ And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.

Jesus Heals a Man with an Unclean Spirit

^21 (A)And they went into Capernaum, and immediately ^(B)on the Sabbath ^(C)he entered the synagogue and was teaching. ²² And ^(D)they were astonished at his teaching, ^(E)for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as the scribes. ²³ And immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit. And he cried out, ^24 (F)“What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? ^(G)I know who you are—^(H)the Holy One of God.” ²⁵ But Jesus ^(I)rebuked him, saying, “Be silent, and come out of him!” ²⁶ And the unclean spirit, ^(J)convulsing him and ^(K)crying out with a loud voice, came out of him. ²⁷ And they were all ^(L)amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, “What is this? ^(M)A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.” ²⁸ And at once his fame spread everywhere throughout all the surrounding region of Galilee.

Jesus Heals Many

^29 (N)And immediately he^{[a] (O)}left the synagogue and entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. ³⁰ Now ^(P)Simon's mother-in-law lay ill with a fever, and immediately they told him about her. ³¹ And he came and ^(Q)took her by the hand and lifted her up, and the fever left her, and she began to serve them.

³² That evening at sundown they brought to him all who were sick or ^(R)oppressed by demons. ³³ And the whole city was gathered together at the door. ^34 (S)And he healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons. And ^(T)he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.

Jesus Preaches in Galilee

^35 (U)And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and ^(V)there he prayed. ³⁶ And Simon and those who were with him searched for him, ³⁷ and they found him and said to him, ^(W)“Everyone is looking for you.” ³⁸ And he said to them, “Let us go on to the next towns, that I may preach there also, for ^(X)that is why I came out.” ^39 (Y)And ^(Z)he went throughout all Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons.

Jesus Cleanses a Leper

^40 (AA)And a leper^[b] came to him, imploring him, and ^(AB)kneeling said to him, ^(AC)“If you will, you can make me clean.” ⁴¹ Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, “I will; be clean.” ⁴² And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean. ⁴³ And ^(AD)Jesus^[c] sternly charged him and sent him away at once, ⁴⁴ and said to him, ^(AE)“See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, ^(AF)show yourself to the priest and ^(AG)offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, ^(AH)for a proof to them.” ^45 (AI)But he went out and began to talk freely about it, and to spread the news, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter ^(AJ)a town, but was out in ^(AK)desolate places, and ^(AL)people were coming to him from every quarter.