Old/New Testament
Send Out Your Light and Your Truth
43 (A)Give justice to me, O God, and (B)plead my case against an unholy nation;
[a]Oh protect me from (C)the deceitful and unrighteous man!
2 For You are the (D)God of my strength; why have You (E)rejected me?
Why do I go (F)mourning [b]because of the oppression of the enemy?
3 Oh send out Your (G)light and Your truth, let them lead me;
Let them bring me to Your (H)holy mountain
And to Your (I)dwelling places.
4 Then I will go to (J)the altar of God,
To God [c]my exceeding (K)joy;
And upon the (L)lyre I shall praise You, O God, my God.
5 (M)Why are you [d]in despair, O my soul?
And why are you disturbed within me?
Wait for God, for I shall still praise Him,
The salvation of my presence and my God.
Rise Up, Be Our Help
For the choir director. Of the sons of Korah. A [e]Maskil.
44 O God, we have heard with our ears,
Our (N)fathers have recounted to us
The (O)work that You did in their days,
In the (P)days of old.
2 You with Your own hand (Q)dispossessed the nations;
Then You (R)planted them;
You (S)afflicted the peoples,
Then You (T)cast them out.
3 For by their own sword they (U)did not possess the land,
And their own arm did not save them,
But Your right hand and Your (V)arm and the (W)light of Your presence,
For You (X)favored them.
4 You are (Y)my King, O God;
(Z)Command [f]salvation for Jacob.
5 Through You we will (AA)push back our adversaries;
Through Your name we will (AB)tread down those who rise up against us.
6 For I will (AC)not trust in my bow,
And my sword will not save me.
7 But You (AD)have saved us from our adversaries,
And You have (AE)put to shame those who hate us.
8 In God we have (AF)boasted all day long,
And we will (AG)give thanks to Your name forever. [g]Selah.
9 Yet You (AH)have rejected us and brought us to (AI)dishonor,
And (AJ)do not go out with our armies.
10 You cause us to (AK)turn back from the adversary;
And those who hate us (AL)have plundered us for themselves.
11 You give us as (AM)sheep [h]to be eaten
And have (AN)scattered us among the nations.
12 You (AO)sell Your people [i]for no amount,
And You have not [j]profited from their price.
13 You make us a (AP)reproach to our neighbors,
A mockery and a (AQ)derision to those around us.
14 You make us (AR)a byword among the nations,
A [k](AS)laughingstock among the peoples.
15 All day long my dishonor is before me
And [l]the (AT)shame of my face has covered me,
16 Because of the voice of him who (AU)reproaches and reviles,
Because of the presence of the (AV)enemy and the avenger.
17 All this has come upon us, but we have (AW)not forgotten You,
And we have not (AX)dealt falsely with Your covenant.
18 Our heart has not (AY)turned back,
Nor have our steps (AZ)deviated from Your path,
19 Yet You have (BA)crushed us in a place of (BB)jackals
And covered us with (BC)the shadow of death.
20 If we had (BD)forgotten the name of our God
Or spread our [m]hands to (BE)a strange god,
21 Would not God (BF)find this out?
For He knows the secrets of the heart.
22 But (BG)for Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are counted as (BH)sheep for the slaughter.
23 (BI)Arouse Yourself, why (BJ)do You sleep, O Lord?
Awake, (BK)do not reject us forever.
24 Why do You (BL)hide Your face
And (BM)forget our affliction and our oppression?
25 For our (BN)soul has sunk down into the dust;
Our [n]body cleaves to the earth.
26 (BO)Rise up, be our help,
And (BP)redeem us for the sake of Your lovingkindness.
Your Throne, O God, Is Forever
For the choir director. According to [o]Shoshannim. Of the sons of Korah. A [p]Maskil. A Song of Love.
45 My heart [q]overflows with a good theme;
I [r]address my [s]verses to the [t]King;
My tongue is the pen of (BQ)a skillful scribe.
2 You are fairer than the sons of men;
(BR)Grace is poured [u]upon Your lips;
Therefore God has (BS)blessed You forever.
3 Gird (BT)Your sword on Your thigh, O [v](BU)Mighty One,
In Your splendor and Your majesty!
4 And in Your majesty ride on victoriously,
For the cause of truth and (BV)meekness and righteousness;
Let Your (BW)right hand teach You [w]awesome things.
5 Your (BX)arrows are sharp;
The (BY)peoples fall under You;
Your arrows are (BZ)in the heart of the King’s enemies.
6 (CA)Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;
A scepter of (CB)uprightness is the scepter of Your kingdom.
7 You have (CC)loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
Therefore God, Your God, has (CD)anointed You
With the oil of joy above Your companions.
8 All Your garments are fragrant with (CE)myrrh and aloes and cassia;
Out of ivory palaces (CF)stringed instruments have made You glad.
9 Kings’ daughters are among (CG)Your noble ladies;
At Your (CH)right hand stands the queen in (CI)gold from Ophir.
10 Listen, O daughter, give attention and incline your ear:
(CJ)Forget your people and your father’s house;
11 Then the King will desire your beauty.
Because He is your (CK)Lord, (CL)bow down to Him.
12 The daughter of (CM)Tyre will come with a present;
The (CN)rich among the people will seek your favor.
13 The King’s daughter is all glorious within her chamber;
Her clothing is (CO)interwoven with gold.
14 She will be (CP)led to the King (CQ)in embroidered work;
The (CR)virgins, her companions who follow her,
Will be brought to You.
15 They will be led forth with gladness and rejoicing;
They will enter into the King’s palace.
27 But when the fourteenth night came, as we were being carried about in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors began to suspect that some land was approaching them. 28 And when they took soundings, they found it to be [a]twenty fathoms; and a little farther on they took another sounding and found it to be [b]fifteen fathoms. 29 And fearing that we might (A)run aground somewhere on the [c]rocks, they cast four anchors from the stern and were praying for daybreak. 30 But as the sailors were trying to escape from the ship and had let down (B)the ship’s boat into the sea, on the pretense of intending to lay out anchors from the bow, 31 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, “Unless these men remain in the ship, you yourselves cannot [d]be saved.” 32 Then the soldiers cut away the (C)ropes of the ship’s boat and let it fall away.
33 Until the day was about to dawn, Paul was encouraging them all to take some food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you have been constantly watching and going without eating, having taken nothing. 34 Therefore I encourage you to take some food, for this is for your [e]salvation, for (D)not a hair from the head of any of you will perish.” 35 And having said these things, he took bread and (E)gave thanks to God in the presence of all. And he broke it and began to eat. 36 And all (F)of them became cheerful and they themselves also took food. 37 And all of us in the ship were 276 [f](G)persons. 38 And when they had eaten enough, they began to lighten the ship by (H)throwing out the wheat into the sea.
The Shipwreck
39 Now when day came, (I)they [g]could not recognize the land; but they were noticing a bay with a beach, and they were resolving to drive the ship onto it if they could. 40 And casting off (J)the anchors, they left them in the sea while at the same time they were loosening the ropes of the rudders. And hoisting the foresail to the wind, they were heading for the beach. 41 But striking a [h]reef where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground; and the bow stuck fast and remained immovable, but the stern began to be broken up by the force of the waves. 42 Now the soldiers’ plan was to (K)kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim away and escape; 43 but the centurion, (L)wanting to bring Paul safely through, kept them from their intention, and ordered that those who could swim should [i]jump overboard first and get to land, 44 and the rest should follow, some on planks, and others on various things from the ship. And so it happened that (M)they all were brought safely to land.
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