Psalm 99-101
New American Standard Bible 1995
Praise to the Lord for His Fidelity to Israel.
99 (A)The Lord reigns, let the peoples tremble;
He [a](B)is enthroned above the cherubim, let the earth shake!
2 The Lord [b]is (C)great in Zion,
And He is (D)exalted above all the peoples.
3 Let them praise Your (E)great and awesome name;
(F)Holy is [c]He.
4 The [d]strength of the King (G)loves [e]justice;
You have established [f](H)equity;
You have (I)executed [g]justice and righteousness in Jacob.
5 [h](J)Exalt the Lord our God
And (K)worship at His footstool;
(L)Holy is He.
6 (M)Moses and Aaron were among His (N)priests,
And (O)Samuel was among those who (P)called on His name;
They (Q)called upon the Lord and He answered them.
7 He (R)spoke to them in the pillar of cloud;
They (S)kept His testimonies
And the statute that He gave them.
8 O Lord our God, You (T)answered them;
You were a (U)forgiving God to them,
And yet an (V)avenger of their evil deeds.
9 Exalt the Lord our God
And worship at His holy hill,
For holy is the Lord our God.
All Men Exhorted to Praise God.
A Psalm for [i]Thanksgiving.
100 (W)Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth.
2 (X)Serve the Lord with gladness;
(Y)Come before Him with joyful singing.
3 Know that (Z)the Lord [j]Himself is God;
It is He who has (AA)made us, and [k]not we ourselves;
We are (AB)His people and the sheep of His pasture.
4 Enter His gates (AC)with [l]thanksgiving
And His courts with praise.
Give thanks to Him, (AD)bless His name.
5 For (AE)the Lord is good;
(AF)His lovingkindness is everlasting
And His (AG)faithfulness to all generations.
The Psalmist’s Profession of Uprightness.
A Psalm of David.
101 I will (AH)sing of lovingkindness and [m]justice,
To You, O Lord, I will sing praises.
2 I will [n](AI)give heed to the [o]blameless way.
When will You come to me?
I will walk within my house in the [p](AJ)integrity of my heart.
3 I will set no (AK)worthless thing before my eyes;
I hate the [q]work of those who (AL)fall away;
It shall not fasten its grip on me.
4 A (AM)perverse heart shall depart from me;
I will know no evil.
5 Whoever secretly (AN)slanders his neighbor, him I will [r]destroy;
No one who has a (AO)haughty look and an arrogant heart will I endure.
6 My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me;
He who walks in a [s](AP)blameless way is the one who will minister to me.
7 He who (AQ)practices deceit shall not dwell within my house;
He who speaks falsehood (AR)shall not [t]maintain his position before me.
8 (AS)Every morning I will [u](AT)destroy all the wicked of the land,
So as to (AU)cut off from the (AV)city of the Lord all those who do iniquity.
Footnotes
- Psalm 99:1 Lit sits
- Psalm 99:2 Or in Zion is great
- Psalm 99:3 Or it
- Psalm 99:4 Or You have established in equity the strength of the King who loves justice
- Psalm 99:4 Or judgment
- Psalm 99:4 Or uprightness
- Psalm 99:4 Or judgment
- Psalm 99:5 The verb is plural
- Psalm 100:1 Or thank offering
- Psalm 100:3 Or He
- Psalm 100:3 Some mss read His we are
- Psalm 100:4 Or a thank offering
- Psalm 101:1 Or judgment
- Psalm 101:2 Or behave prudently in
- Psalm 101:2 Or way of integrity
- Psalm 101:2 Or blamelessness
- Psalm 101:3 Or practice of apostasy
- Psalm 101:5 Or silence
- Psalm 101:6 Or way of integrity
- Psalm 101:7 Lit be established before my eyes
- Psalm 101:8 Or silence
1 Timothy 3
New American Standard Bible 1995
Overseers and Deacons
3 (A)It is a trustworthy statement: if any man aspires to the (B)office of [a]overseer, it is a fine work he desires to do. 2 [b](C)An overseer, then, must be above reproach, (D)the husband of one wife, (E)temperate, prudent, respectable, (F)hospitable, (G)able to teach, 3 (H)not addicted to wine [c]or pugnacious, but gentle, peaceable, (I)free from the love of money. 4 He must be one who (J)manages his own household well, keeping his children under control with all dignity 5 (but if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of (K)the church of God?), 6 and not a new convert, so that he will not become (L)conceited and fall into the (M)condemnation [d]incurred by the devil. 7 And he must (N)have a good reputation with (O)those outside the church, so that he will not fall into reproach and (P)the snare of the devil.
8 (Q)Deacons likewise must be men of dignity, not [e]double-tongued, [f](R)or addicted to much wine [g](S)or fond of sordid gain, 9 (T)but holding to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience. 10 (U)These men must also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons if they are beyond reproach. 11 [h]Women must likewise be dignified, (V)not malicious gossips, but (W)temperate, faithful in all things. 12 (X)Deacons must be (Y)husbands of only one wife, and [i](Z)good managers of their children and their own households. 13 For those who have served well as deacons (AA)obtain for themselves a [j]high standing and great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.
14 I am writing these things to you, hoping to come to you before long; 15 but [k]in case I am delayed, I write so that you will know how [l]one ought to conduct himself in (AB)the household of God, which is the (AC)church of (AD)the living God, the (AE)pillar and support of the truth. 16 By common confession, great is (AF)the mystery of godliness:
He who was (AG)revealed in the flesh,
Was [m](AH)vindicated [n]in the Spirit,
(AI)Seen by angels,
(AJ)Proclaimed among the nations,
(AK)Believed on in the world,
(AL)Taken up in glory.
Footnotes
- 1 Timothy 3:1 Or bishop
- 1 Timothy 3:2 Lit The
- 1 Timothy 3:3 Lit not
- 1 Timothy 3:6 Lit of the devil
- 1 Timothy 3:8 Or given to double-talk
- 1 Timothy 3:8 Lit not
- 1 Timothy 3:8 Lit not
- 1 Timothy 3:11 I.e. either deacons’ wives or deaconesses
- 1 Timothy 3:12 Lit managing well
- 1 Timothy 3:13 Lit good
- 1 Timothy 3:15 Lit if I delay
- 1 Timothy 3:15 Or you ought to conduct yourself
- 1 Timothy 3:16 Or justified
- 1 Timothy 3:16 Or by
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