Psalm 43-45
English Standard Version
Send Out Your Light and Your Truth
43 (A)Vindicate me, O God, and (B)defend my cause
against an ungodly people,
from (C)the deceitful and unjust man
deliver me!
2 For you are (D)the God in whom I take refuge;
why have you (E)rejected me?
Why do I (F)go about mourning
because of the oppression of the enemy?
3 (G)Send out your light and your truth;
let them lead me;
let them bring me to your (H)holy hill
and to your (I)dwelling!
4 Then I will go to the altar of God,
to God my exceeding joy,
and I will praise you with the lyre,
O God, my God.
5 (J)Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you in turmoil within me?
(K)Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my salvation and my God.
Come to Our Help
To the choirmaster. (L)A Maskil[a] of the Sons of Korah.
44 O God, we have heard with our ears,
(M)our fathers have told us,
what deeds you performed in their days,
(N)in the days of old:
2 you with your own hand (O)drove out the nations,
but (P)them you planted;
you afflicted the peoples,
but (Q)them you set free;
3 for not (R)by their own sword did they win the land,
nor did their own arm save them,
but your right hand and your arm,
and (S)the light of your face,
(T)for you delighted in them.
4 (U)You are my King, O God;
(V)ordain salvation for Jacob!
5 Through you we (W)push down our foes;
through your name we (X)tread down those who rise up against us.
6 For not in (Y)my bow do I trust,
nor can my sword save me.
7 But you have saved us from our foes
and have (Z)put to shame those who hate us.
8 (AA)In God we have boasted continually,
and we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah
9 But you have (AB)rejected us and disgraced us
and (AC)have not gone out with our armies.
10 You have made us (AD)turn back from the foe,
and those who hate us have gotten spoil.
11 You have made us like (AE)sheep for slaughter
and have (AF)scattered us among the nations.
12 (AG)You have sold your people for a trifle,
demanding no high price for them.
13 You have made us (AH)the taunt of our neighbors,
the derision and (AI)scorn of those around us.
14 You have made us (AJ)a byword among the nations,
(AK)a laughingstock[b] among the peoples.
15 All day long my disgrace is before me,
and (AL)shame has covered my face
16 at the sound of the taunter and reviler,
at the sight of (AM)the enemy and the avenger.
17 (AN)All this has come upon us,
though we have not forgotten you,
and we have not been false to your covenant.
18 Our heart has not turned back,
nor have our (AO)steps (AP)departed from your way;
19 yet you have (AQ)broken us in the place of (AR)jackals
and covered us with (AS)the shadow of death.
20 If we had forgotten the name of our God
or (AT)spread out our hands to (AU)a foreign god,
21 (AV)would not God discover this?
(AW)For he knows the secrets of the heart.
22 Yet (AX)for your sake we are killed all the day long;
we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.
23 (AY)Awake! Why are you sleeping, O Lord?
Rouse yourself! (AZ)Do not reject us forever!
24 Why (BA)do you hide your face?
Why do you forget our affliction and oppression?
25 For our (BB)soul is bowed down to the dust;
our belly clings to the ground.
26 Rise up; (BC)come to our help!
(BD)Redeem us for the sake of your steadfast love!
Your Throne, O God, Is Forever
To the choirmaster: according to Lilies. A Maskil[c] of (BE)the Sons of Korah; a love song.
45 My heart overflows with a pleasing theme;
I address my verses to the king;
my tongue is like the pen of (BF)a ready scribe.
2 You are (BG)the most handsome of the sons of men;
(BH)grace is poured upon your lips;
therefore God has blessed you forever.
3 (BI)Gird your (BJ)sword on your thigh, O (BK)mighty one,
in (BL)your splendor and majesty!
4 In your majesty (BM)ride out victoriously
for the cause of truth and meekness and righteousness;
let your right hand teach you (BN)awesome deeds!
5 Your arrows are sharp
in the heart of the king's enemies;
the peoples fall under you.
6 (BO)Your throne, O God, is forever and ever.
The (BP)scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of uprightness;
7 (BQ)you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness.
Therefore (BR)God, your God, has (BS)anointed you
with the oil of (BT)gladness (BU)beyond your companions;
8 your robes are all fragrant with (BV)myrrh and aloes and cassia.
From ivory palaces (BW)stringed instruments make you glad;
9 daughters of kings are among your ladies of honor;
(BX)at your right hand stands the queen in (BY)gold of Ophir.
10 Hear, O daughter, and consider, and incline your ear:
forget your people and your father's house,
11 and the king will desire your beauty.
Since he is your (BZ)lord, (CA)bow to him.
12 The people[d] of Tyre will (CB)seek your favor with (CC)gifts,
(CD)the richest of the people.[e]
13 All glorious is (CE)the princess in her chamber, with robes interwoven with gold.
14 (CF)In many-colored robes (CG)she is led to the king,
with her virgin companions following behind her.
15 With joy and gladness they are led along
as they enter the palace of the king.
16 In place of your fathers shall be your sons;
you will make them (CH)princes in all the earth.
17 (CI)I will cause your name to be remembered in all generations;
therefore nations will praise you forever and ever.
Footnotes
- Psalm 44:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
- Psalm 44:14 Hebrew a shaking of the head
- Psalm 45:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
- Psalm 45:12 Hebrew daughter
- Psalm 45:12 Or The daughter of Tyre is here with gifts, the richest of people seek your favor
Acts 19:1-20
English Standard Version
Paul in Ephesus
19 And it happened that while (A)Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed (B)through the inland[a] country and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples. 2 And he said to them, (C)“Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” And they said, “No, (D)we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.” 3 And he said, (E)“Into what then were you baptized?” They said, “Into (F)John's baptism.” 4 And Paul said, (G)“John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people (H)to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, Jesus.” 5 On hearing this, (I)they were baptized in[b] the name of the Lord Jesus. 6 And (J)when Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and (K)they began speaking in tongues and (L)prophesying. 7 There were about twelve men in all.
8 And (M)he entered the synagogue and for three months spoke boldly, reasoning and persuading them (N)about the kingdom of God. 9 (O)But when some became stubborn and (P)continued in unbelief, speaking evil of (Q)the Way before the congregation, he withdrew from them and took the disciples with him, reasoning daily in the hall of Tyrannus.[c] 10 This continued for (R)two years, so that (S)all the residents of Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.
The Sons of Sceva
11 And (T)God was doing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul, 12 (U)so that even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his skin were carried away to the sick, and their diseases left them and (V)the evil spirits came out of them. 13 Then some of the itinerant Jewish (W)exorcists (X)undertook to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, (Y)“I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul proclaims.” 14 Seven sons of a Jewish high priest named Sceva were doing this. 15 But the evil spirit answered them, (Z)“Jesus I know, and Paul I recognize, but who are you?” 16 And the man in whom was the evil spirit leaped on them, mastered all[d] of them and overpowered them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. 17 And this became known to all the residents of Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks. And fear fell upon them all, and (AA)the name of the Lord Jesus was extolled. 18 Also many of those who were now believers came, (AB)confessing and divulging their practices. 19 And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted the value of them and found it came to fifty thousand pieces of silver. 20 So the word of the Lord (AC)continued to increase and prevail mightily.
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- Acts 19:1 Greek upper (that is, highland)
- Acts 19:5 Or into
- Acts 19:9 Some manuscripts add from the fifth hour to the tenth (that is, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.)
- Acts 19:16 Or both
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