Psalm 87-88

English Standard Version

Glorious Things of You Are Spoken

A Psalm of ^(A)the Sons of Korah. A Song.

87 On ^(B)the holy mount ^(C)stands the city he founded;
²    the Lord ^(D)loves the gates of Zion
    more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.
³^(E)Glorious things of you are spoken,
    O ^(F)city of God. Selah

⁴Among those who ^(G)know me I mention ^(H)Rahab and Babylon;
    behold, Philistia and Tyre, with ^(I)Cush^[a]—
    “This one was born there,” they say.
⁵And of Zion it shall be said,
    “This one and that one were born in her”;
    for the Most High himself will ^(J)establish her.
⁶The Lord records as he ^(K)registers the peoples,
    “This one was born there.” Selah

⁷^(L)Singers and ^(M)dancers alike say,
“All my ^(N)springs are in you.”

I Cry Out Day and Night Before You

A Song. A Psalm of ^(O)the Sons of Korah. To the choirmaster: according to ^(P)Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil^[b] of ^(Q)Heman the Ezrahite.

88 O Lord, ^(R)God of my salvation,
I ^(S)cry out day and night before you.
²Let my prayer come before you;
^(T)incline your ear to my cry!

³For my soul is full of troubles,
    and ^(U)my life draws near to ^(V)Sheol.
⁴I am counted among those who ^(W)go down to the pit;
    I am a man who has no strength,
⁵like one set loose among the dead,
    like the slain that lie in the grave,
like those whom ^(X)you remember no more,
    for they are ^(Y)cut off from your hand.
⁶You have put me in ^(Z)the depths of the pit,
    in the ^(AA)regions dark and ^(AB)deep.
⁷Your wrath ^(AC)lies heavy upon me,
    and you overwhelm me with ^(AD)all your waves. Selah

⁸You have caused ^(AE)my companions to shun me;
    you have made me ^(AF)a horror^[c] to them.
I am ^(AG)shut in so that I cannot escape;
⁹    ^(AH)my eye grows dim through sorrow.
Every day I call upon you, O Lord;
    I ^(AI)spread out my hands to you.
¹⁰Do you work wonders for the dead?
    ^(AJ)Do the departed rise up to praise you? Selah
¹¹Is your steadfast love declared in the grave,
    or your faithfulness in Abaddon?
¹²Are your ^(AK)wonders known in ^(AL)the darkness,
    or your righteousness in the land of ^(AM)forgetfulness?

¹³But I, O Lord, cry ^(AN)to you;
    ^(AO)in the morning my prayer comes before you.
¹⁴O Lord, why ^(AP)do you cast my soul away?
    Why ^(AQ)do you hide your face from me?
¹⁵Afflicted and close to death from my youth up,
    I suffer your terrors; I am helpless.^[d]
¹⁶Your wrath has swept over me;
    your ^(AR)dreadful assaults destroy me.
¹⁷They ^(AS)surround me like a flood ^(AT)all day long;
    they ^(AU)close in on me together.
¹⁸You have caused ^(AV)my beloved and my friend to shun me;
    my companions have become darkness.^[e]

Footnotes

Psalm 87:4 Probably Nubia
Psalm 88:1 Probably musical or liturgical terms
Psalm 88:8 Or an abomination
Psalm 88:15 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
Psalm 88:18 Or darkness has become my only companion

1 Peter 3

English Standard Version

Wives and Husbands

3 Likewise, wives, ^(A)be subject to your own husbands, so that ^(B)even if some do not obey the word, ^(C)they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, ²when they see your ^(D)respectful and pure conduct. ³^(E)Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— ⁴but let your adorning be ^(F)the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious. ⁵For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands, ⁶as Sarah obeyed Abraham, ^(G)calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and ^(H)do not fear anything that is frightening.

⁷Likewise, ^(I)husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker ^(J)vessel, since they are heirs with you^[a] of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.

Suffering for Righteousness' Sake

⁸Finally, all of you, ^(K)have unity of mind, sympathy, ^(L)brotherly love, ^(M)a tender heart, and ^(N)a humble mind. ⁹^(O)Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, ^(P)bless, for ^(Q)to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing. ¹⁰For

^(R)“Whoever desires to love life
    and see good days,
let him keep his tongue from evil
    and his lips from speaking deceit;
¹¹let him turn away from evil and do good;
    let him seek peace and pursue it.
¹²For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
    and his ears are open to their prayer.
But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

¹³Now ^(S)who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good? ¹⁴^(T)But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you will be blessed. ^(U)Have no fear of them, ^(V)nor be troubled, ¹⁵but ^(W)in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, ^(X)always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and ^(Y)respect, ¹⁶^(Z)having a good conscience, so that, ^(AA)when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame. ¹⁷For ^(AB)it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God's will, than for doing evil.

¹⁸For Christ also ^(AC)suffered^[b] ^(AD)once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, ^(AE)that he might bring us to God, being put to death ^(AF)in the flesh but made alive ^(AG)in the spirit, ¹⁹in which^[c] he went and ^(AH)proclaimed^[d] to the spirits in prison, ²⁰because^[e] they formerly did not obey, ^(AI)when God's patience waited in the days of Noah, ^(AJ)while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, ^(AK)eight persons, were brought safely through water. ²¹Baptism, which corresponds to this, ^(AL)now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but ^(AM)as an appeal to God for a good conscience, ^(AN)through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, ²²who has gone into heaven and ^(AO)is at the right hand of God, ^(AP)with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him.