Old/New Testament
Yahweh Makes Me Abide in Safety
[a]For the choir director. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.
4 (A)Answer me when (B)I call, O God [b]of my righteousness!
You have [c](C)relieved me in my distress;
Be (D)gracious to me and (E)hear my prayer.
2 O sons of men, how long will (F)my glory become (G)a reproach?
How long will you love (H)what is worthless and seek (I)falsehood? [d]Selah.
3 But know that Yahweh has [e](J)set apart the (K)holy one for Himself;
Yahweh (L)hears when I call to Him.
4 [f](M)Tremble, [g](N)and do not sin;
[h](O)Ponder in your heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
5 Offer [i]the (P)sacrifices of righteousness,
And (Q)trust in Yahweh.
6 Many are saying, “(R)Who will show us good?”
(S)Lift up the light of Your face upon us, O Yahweh!
7 You have put (T)gladness in my heart,
More than when their grain and new wine abound.
8 In peace I will [j]both (U)lie down and sleep,
For You alone, O Yahweh, make me to (V)abide in safety.
Lead Me in Your Righteousness
For the choir director. For [k]the flutes. A Psalm of David.
5 (W)Give ear to my words, O Yahweh,
Consider my (X)meditation.
2 Give heed to (Y)the sound of my cry for help, (Z)my King and my God,
For to You I pray.
3 O Yahweh, in the morning, [l]You will hear my voice;
In the (AA)morning I will order my [m]prayer to You and eagerly (AB)watch.
4 For You are not a God (AC)who delights in wickedness;
(AD)Evil does not sojourn with You.
5 The (AE)boastful shall not (AF)stand before Your eyes;
You (AG)hate all workers of iniquity.
6 You (AH)destroy those who speak falsehood;
Yahweh abhors (AI)the man of bloodshed and deceit.
7 But as for me, (AJ)in the abundance of Your lovingkindness I will enter Your house,
[n]At Your holy temple I will (AK)worship in (AL)fear of You.
8 O Yahweh, (AM)lead me (AN)in Your righteousness (AO)because of [o]my foes;
Make Your way [p]straight before me.
9 There is (AP)nothing [q]reliable in their mouth;
Their (AQ)inward part is destruction itself.
Their (AR)throat is an open grave;
They [r]flatter with their tongue.
10 Hold them guilty, O God;
(AS)By their own devices let them fall!
In the abundance of their transgressions (AT)thrust them out,
For they are (AU)rebellious against You.
11 But let all who (AV)take refuge in You (AW)be glad,
Let them ever sing for joy;
And [s]may You (AX)shelter them,
That those who (AY)love Your name may exult in You.
12 For it is You who (AZ)blesses the righteous one, O Yahweh,
You (BA)surround him with favor as with a large shield.
Yahweh, Rescue My Soul
For the choir director. With stringed instruments. According to the [t]Sheminith. A Psalm of David.
6 O Yahweh, (BB)do not reprove me in Your anger,
Nor discipline me in Your wrath.
2 Be gracious to me, O Yahweh, for I am (BC)pining away;
(BD)Heal me, O Yahweh, for (BE)my bones are dismayed.
3 And my (BF)soul is greatly dismayed;
But You, O Yahweh—(BG)how long?
4 Return, O Yahweh, (BH)rescue my [u]soul;
Save me because of Your lovingkindness.
5 For (BI)there is no remembrance of You in death;
In Sheol who will give You thanks?
In Athens
16 Now while Paul was waiting for them at (A)Athens, his spirit was being provoked within him as he was observing the city full of idols. 17 So he was reasoning (B)in the synagogue with the Jews and (C)the God-fearing Gentiles, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be present. 18 And also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were [a]conversing with him. Some were saying, “What would (D)this [b]idle babbler wish to say?” Others, “He seems to be a proclaimer of strange deities,”—because he was proclaiming the good news of (E)Jesus and the resurrection. 19 And they (F)took him and brought him [c]to the [d](G)Areopagus, saying, “May we know what (H)this new teaching is [e]which you are speaking? 20 For you are bringing some strange things to our ears. So we want to know what these things mean.” 21 (Now all the Athenians and the strangers (I)visiting there used to spend their time in nothing other than telling or hearing something newer.)
22 So Paul stood in the midst of the [f]Areopagus and said, “Men of (J)Athens, I observe that you are very (K)religious in all respects. 23 For while I was passing through and examining the (L)objects of your worship, I also found an altar with this inscription, ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ Therefore what (M)you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you. 24 (N)The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is (O)Lord of heaven and earth, does not (P)dwell in temples made with hands; 25 nor is He served by human hands, (Q)as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all people life and breath and all things; 26 and (R)He made from one man every nation of mankind to inhabit all the face of the earth, having (S)determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation, 27 that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, (T)though He is not far from each one of us; 28 for (U)in Him we live and move and [g]exist, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we also are His offspring.’ 29 Being then the offspring of God, we (V)ought not to suppose that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the craft and thought of man. 30 Therefore having (W)overlooked (X)the times of ignorance, God is (Y)now commanding men that everyone everywhere should repent, 31 because He has fixed (Z)a day in which (AA)He will judge [h](AB)the world in righteousness [i]through a Man whom He (AC)determined, having furnished proof to all [j]by (AD)raising Him from the dead.”
32 Now when they heard about (AE)the resurrection of the dead, some began to sneer, but others said, “We shall hear you [k]again concerning this.” 33 In this way, Paul went out of their midst. 34 But some men joined him and believed, among whom also were Dionysius the (AF)Areopagite and a woman named Damaris and others with them.
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