Old/New Testament
Answer Me When I Call
To the (A)choirmaster: with (B)stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.
4 Answer me when I call, O God of my (C)righteousness!
You have (D)given me relief when I was in distress.
Be gracious to me and hear my prayer!
2 O men,[a] how long shall my honor be turned into shame?
How long will you love vain words and seek after (E)lies? Selah
3 But know that the Lord has (F)set apart (G)the godly for himself;
the Lord hears when I call to him.
4 (H)Be angry,[b] and do not sin;
(I)ponder in your own hearts (J)on your beds, and be silent. Selah
5 Offer (K)right sacrifices,
and put your (L)trust in the Lord.
6 There are many who say, “Who will show us some good?
(M)Lift up (N)the light of your face upon us, O Lord!”
7 You have put (O)more joy in my heart
than they have when their grain and wine abound.
Lead Me in Your Righteousness
To the choirmaster: for the flutes. A Psalm of David.
5 Give ear to my words, O Lord;
consider my (R)groaning.
2 Give attention to the sound of my cry,
my (S)King and my God,
for (T)to you do I pray.
3 O Lord, in (U)the morning you hear my voice;
in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you[c] and (V)watch.
4 For you are not a God who delights in wickedness;
evil may not dwell with you.
5 The (W)boastful shall not (X)stand before your eyes;
you (Y)hate all evildoers.
6 You destroy those who speak (Z)lies;
the Lord abhors (AA)the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
7 But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love,
will enter your house.
I will (AB)bow down (AC)toward your (AD)holy temple
in the fear of you.
8 (AE)Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness
because of my enemies;
(AF)make your way straight before me.
9 For there is no truth in their mouth;
their inmost self is (AG)destruction;
(AH)their throat is (AI)an open grave;
they (AJ)flatter with their tongue.
10 (AK)Make them bear their guilt, O God;
let them (AL)fall by their own counsels;
because of the abundance of their transgressions cast them out,
for they have rebelled against you.
11 But let all who (AM)take refuge in you (AN)rejoice;
let them ever sing for joy,
and spread your protection over them,
that those who love your name may (AO)exult in you.
12 For you (AP)bless the righteous, O Lord;
you (AQ)cover him with favor as with (AR)a shield.
O Lord, Deliver My Life
To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments; according to (AS)The Sheminith.[d] A Psalm of David.
6 O Lord, (AT)rebuke me not in your anger,
nor (AU)discipline me in your wrath.
2 Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing;
(AV)heal me, O Lord, (AW)for my bones are troubled.
3 My (AX)soul also is greatly troubled.
But you, O Lord—(AY)how long?
4 Turn, O Lord, deliver my life;
save me for the sake of your steadfast love.
5 For in (AZ)death there is no remembrance of you;
in Sheol who will give you praise?
Paul in Athens
16 Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was (A)provoked within him as he saw that the city was (B)full of idols. 17 So (C)he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there. 18 Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. And some said, (D)“What does this babbler wish to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities”—because (E)he was preaching (F)Jesus and the resurrection. 19 And they took him and brought him to (G)the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this (H)new teaching is that you are presenting? 20 For you bring some (I)strange things to our ears. We wish to know therefore what these things mean.” 21 Now all the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there would spend their time in nothing except telling or hearing something new.
Paul Addresses the Areopagus
22 So Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: “Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious. 23 For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: (J)‘To the unknown god.’ (K)What therefore you worship (L)as unknown, this I proclaim to you. 24 (M)The God who made the world and everything in it, being (N)Lord of heaven and earth, (O)does not live in temples made by man,[a] 25 nor is he served by human hands, (P)as though he needed anything, since he himself (Q)gives to all mankind (R)life and breath and everything. 26 And (S)he made from one man every nation of mankind to live (T)on all the face of the earth, (U)having determined allotted periods and (V)the boundaries of their dwelling place, 27 (W)that they should seek God, (X)and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. (Y)Yet he is actually not far from each one of us, 28 for
as even some of (AA)your own poets have said,
“‘For we are indeed his offspring.’[c]
29 (AB)Being then God's offspring, (AC)we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man. 30 (AD)The times of ignorance (AE)God overlooked, but (AF)now he (AG)commands all people everywhere to repent, 31 because he has fixed (AH)a day on which (AI)he will judge the world (AJ)in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and (AK)of this he has given assurance to all (AL)by raising him from the dead.”
32 Now when they heard of (AM)the resurrection of the dead, (AN)some mocked. But others said, (AO)“We will hear you again about this.” 33 So Paul went out from their midst. 34 But some men joined him and believed, among whom also were Dionysius (AP)the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris and others with them.
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