Old/New Testament
The Voice of Yahweh
A Psalm of David.
29 (A)Ascribe to Yahweh, O [a]sons of the mighty,
Ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength.
2 Ascribe to Yahweh the glory of His name;
Worship Yahweh (B)in the splendor of holiness.
3 The (C)voice of Yahweh is upon the waters;
The God of glory (D)thunders,
Yahweh is over [b](E)many waters.
4 The voice of Yahweh is (F)powerful,
The voice of Yahweh is full of splendor.
5 The voice of Yahweh breaks the cedars;
Indeed, Yahweh breaks in pieces (G)the cedars of Lebanon.
6 He makes Lebanon (H)skip like a calf,
And (I)Sirion like a young wild ox.
7 The voice of Yahweh hews out [c]flames of fire.
8 The voice of Yahweh causes the wilderness to tremble;
Yahweh causes the wilderness of (J)Kadesh to tremble.
9 The voice of Yahweh makes (K)the deer to calve
And strips the forests bare;
And (L)in His temple everything says, “Glory!”
10 Yahweh sat enthroned over the (M)flood;
Indeed, Yahweh sits as (N)King forever.
11 [d]Yahweh will give (O)strength to His people;
[e]Yahweh will bless His people with (P)peace.
You Have Turned My Mourning into Dancing
A Psalm. A Song at the Dedication of the House. Of David.
30 I will (Q)exalt You, O Yahweh, for You have (R)lifted me up,
And have not let my (S)enemies be glad over me.
2 O Yahweh my God,
I (T)cried to You for help, and You (U)healed me.
3 O Yahweh, You have (V)brought up my soul from Sheol;
You have kept me alive, [f]that I would not (W)go down to the pit.
4 (X)Sing praise to Yahweh, you (Y)His holy ones,
And (Z)give thanks for the (AA)remembrance of His holy name.
5 For (AB)His anger is but for a moment,
His (AC)favor is for a lifetime;
Weeping may (AD)last for the night,
But a shout of joy comes in the morning.
6 Now as for me, I said in my prosperity,
“I will (AE)never be shaken.”
7 O Yahweh, by Your favor You have made my mountain to stand strong;
You (AF)hid Your face, I was dismayed.
8 To You, O Yahweh, I called,
And to the Lord I made supplication:
9 “What profit is there in my blood, if I (AG)go down to the pit?
Will the (AH)dust praise You? Will it declare Your truth?
10 “(AI)Hear, O Yahweh, and be gracious to me;
O Yahweh, be my (AJ)helper.”
11 You have turned for me (AK)my mourning into dancing;
You have (AL)loosed my sackcloth and girded me with (AM)gladness,
12 That my [g](AN)glory may sing praise to You and not be silent.
O Yahweh my God, I will (AO)give thanks to You forever.
23 Now Paul, looking intently at (A)the Sanhedrin, said, “(B)Brothers, (C)I have [a]lived my life in all good conscience before God up to this day.” 2 And the high priest (D)Ananias commanded those standing beside him (E)to strike him on the mouth. 3 Then Paul said to him, “God is going to strike you, (F)you whitewashed wall! Do you (G)sit to try me according to the Law, and in violation of the Law order me to be struck?” 4 But those standing nearby said, “Do you revile the high priest of God?” 5 And Paul said, “I was not aware, brothers, that he was high priest; for it is written, ‘(H)You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’”
6 But knowing that one group were (I)Sadducees and the other Pharisees, Paul began crying out in (J)the Sanhedrin, “(K)Brothers, (L)I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees; I am on trial for (M)the hope and resurrection of the dead!” 7 As he said this, there was dissension between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided. 8 For (N)the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor an angel, nor a spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all. 9 And there occurred a great outcry; and some of (O)the scribes of the Pharisaic party stood up and began to argue heatedly, saying, “(P)We find nothing wrong with this man. (Q)Suppose a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?” 10 And as a great dissension was developing, because the [b]commander was afraid Paul would be torn to pieces by them, he ordered the troops to go down and take him away from them by force, and bring him into (R)the barracks.
11 But on (S)that very night, the Lord stood at his side and said, “(T)Take courage; for (U)as you have (V)solemnly borne witness to My cause at Jerusalem, so you must bear witness at Rome also.”
A Plot to Kill Paul
12 Now when it was day, (W)the Jews formed a [c]conspiracy and (X)bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul. 13 And there were more than forty who formed this scheme. 14 They came to the chief priests and the elders and said, “We have (Y)bound ourselves under a curse to taste nothing until we have killed Paul. 15 So now you, along with (Z)the Sanhedrin, notify the commander to bring him down to you, as though you were going to determine his case more carefully; and we for our part are ready to slay him before he comes near.”
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