Old/New Testament
In You I Have Taken Refuge
A [a]Shiggaion of David, which he sang to Yahweh concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite.
7 O Yahweh my God, (A)in You I have taken refuge;
Save me from all those who pursue me, and (B)deliver me,
2 Lest he tear [b]my soul (C)like a lion,
Rending me in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
3 O Yahweh my God, if I have done this,
If there is (D)injustice in my hands,
4 If I have (E)rewarded evil to him who [c]is at peace with me,
Or have (F)plundered my adversary without cause,
5 Let the enemy pursue [d]my soul and overtake [e]it;
And let him trample my life down to the ground
And cause my glory to dwell in the dust. [f]Selah.
6 (G)Arise, O Yahweh, in Your anger;
(H)Lift up Yourself against (I)the fury of my adversaries,
And (J)arouse Yourself [g]for me; You have appointed judgment.
7 Let the congregation of the (K)peoples encompass You,
And over [h]them return on high.
8 Yahweh (L)judges the peoples;
[i](M)Give justice to me, O Yahweh, according to my righteousness and my integrity that is in me.
9 O let (N)the evil of the wicked come to an end, but (O)establish the righteous;
For the righteous God (P)tests the hearts and [j]minds.
10 My (Q)shield is [k]with God,
Who (R)saves the upright in heart.
11 God is a (S)righteous judge,
And a God who has (T)indignation every day.
12 If [l]a man (U)does not repent, He will (V)sharpen His sword;
He has (W)bent His bow and prepared it.
13 He has also prepared [m]for Himself deadly weapons;
He makes His (X)arrows fiery shafts.
14 Behold, he travails with wickedness,
And he (Y)conceives mischief and gives birth to falsehood.
15 He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,
And has (Z)fallen into the hole which he made.
16 His (AA)mischief will return upon his own head,
And his (AB)violence will descend upon [n]his own skull.
17 I will give thanks to Yahweh (AC)according to His righteousness
And will (AD)sing praise to the name of Yahweh Most High.
How Majestic Is Your Name
For the choir director. According to the Gittith. A Psalm of David.
8 O Yahweh, our Lord,
How majestic is Your name in all the earth,
Who [o](AE)displays Your splendor above the heavens!
2 (AF)From the mouth of infants and nursing babies You have established [p](AG)strength
Because of Your adversaries,
To make (AH)the enemy and the revengeful cease.
3 When I (AI)see (AJ)Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The (AK)moon and the stars, which You have established;
4 (AL)What is man that You remember him,
And the son of man that You care for him?
5 Yet You have made him a (AM)little lower than the [q]angels,
And (AN)You crown him with (AO)glory and majesty!
6 You make him to (AP)rule over the works of Your hands;
You have (AQ)put all things under his feet,
7 All sheep and oxen,
And also the animals of the field,
8 The birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea,
Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
9 (AR)O Yahweh, our Lord,
How majestic is Your name in all the earth!
Yahweh Will Judge the World in Righteousness
For the choir director. [r]Almuth-labben. A Psalm of David.
Aleph
9 [s]I will give thanks to Yahweh with all (AS)my heart;
I will (AT)recount all Your [t]wondrous deeds.
Aleph
Beth
3 When my enemies turn back,
They stumble and (AX)perish before You.
4 For You have (AY)maintained my [u]justice and my cause;
You have sat on the throne [v](AZ)judging righteously.
Gimel
5 You have (BA)rebuked the nations, You have made the wicked perish;
You have (BB)blotted out their name forever and ever.
He
6 [w]The enemy has come to an end in perpetual [x]ruins,
And You have uprooted the cities;
The very (BC)memory of them has perished.
Vav
Vav
8 And He will (BF)judge the world in righteousness;
He will render justice for the peoples with equity.
Vav
Vav
10 And [ab]those who (BH)know Your name will put their trust in You,
For You, O Yahweh, have not (BI)forsaken those who seek You.
Zayin
11 Sing praises to Yahweh, who (BJ)abides in Zion;
(BK)Declare among the peoples His acts.
12 For (BL)He who [ac]requires blood remembers them;
He does not forget (BM)the cry of the afflicted.
Heth
13 Be gracious to me, O Yahweh;
See my affliction from those (BN)who hate me,
You who (BO)lift me up from the gates of death,
14 That I may recount (BP)all Your praises,
That in the gates of the daughter of Zion
I may (BQ)rejoice in Your [ad]salvation.
Teth
15 The nations have sunk down (BR)in the pit which they have made;
In the (BS)net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.
16 Yahweh has (BT)made Himself known;
He has (BU)executed judgment.
In the work of his own hands the wicked is snared. [ae]Higgaion [af]Selah.
Yodh
Kaph
In Corinth
18 After these things he departed (A)Athens and went to (B)Corinth. 2 And he found a Jew named (C)Aquila, a native of (D)Pontus, and his wife (E)Priscilla, who recently came from (F)Italy because (G)Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome. He came to them, 3 and because he was of the same trade, he was staying with them and (H)they were working, for by trade they were tent-makers. 4 And he was reasoning (I)in the synagogue every (J)Sabbath and trying to persuade both (K)Jews and Greeks.
5 But when (L)Silas and Timothy (M)came down from (N)Macedonia, Paul began devoting himself completely to the word, solemnly (O)bearing witness to the Jews that (P)Jesus is the [a]Christ. 6 But when they resisted and blasphemed, he (Q)shook out his garments and said to them, “Your (R)blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on I will go (S)to the Gentiles.” 7 Then he left there and went to the house of a man named [b]Titius Justus, a (T)God-fearer, whose house was next to the synagogue. 8 (U)And Crispus, (V)the leader of the synagogue, believed in the Lord (W)with all his household, and many of the (X)Corinthians when they heard were believing and being baptized. 9 And the Lord said to Paul in the night by (Y)a vision, “Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent; 10 for I am with you, and no man will lay a hand on you in order to harm you, for I have many people in this city.” 11 And he stayed there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
12 But while Gallio was (Z)proconsul of (AA)Achaia, (AB)the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before (AC)the judgment seat, 13 saying, “This man persuades men to worship God contrary to (AD)the law.” 14 But when Paul was about to (AE)open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a wrongdoing or vicious crime, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to put up with you; 15 but if there are (AF)questions about words and names and your own law, see to it yourselves; I am not willing to be a judge of these matters.” 16 And he drove them away from (AG)the judgment seat. 17 And they all took hold of (AH)Sosthenes, (AI)the leader of the synagogue, and began beating him in front of (AJ)the judgment seat. But Gallio was not concerned about any of these things.
Priscilla, Aquila, and Apollos
18 And Paul, having remained many days longer, (AK)took leave of (AL)the brothers and put out to sea for (AM)Syria, and with him were (AN)Priscilla and (AO)Aquila. In (AP)Cenchreae [c]he (AQ)had his hair cut, for he was keeping a vow. 19 And they arrived at (AR)Ephesus, and he left them there. Now he himself entered (AS)the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews. 20 When they asked him to stay for a longer time, he did not consent, 21 but (AT)taking leave of them and saying, “I will return to you again (AU)if God wills,” he set sail from (AV)Ephesus.
22 And when he had landed at (AW)Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church, and went down to (AX)Antioch. 23 And having spent some time there, he left and passed successively through the (AY)Galatian region and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.
24 Now a Jew named (AZ)Apollos, an (BA)Alexandrian by birth, [d]an eloquent man, arrived at (BB)Ephesus; and he was mighty in the Scriptures. 25 This man had been instructed in (BC)the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he was speaking and teaching accurately the things concerning Jesus, being acquainted only with (BD)the baptism of John; 26 and [e]he began to speak out boldly in the synagogue. But when (BE)Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him (BF)the way of God more accurately. 27 And when he wanted to go across to (BG)Achaia, (BH)the brothers encouraged him and wrote to (BI)the disciples to welcome him; and when he had arrived, he greatly [f]helped those who had believed through grace, 28 for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating (BJ)by the Scriptures that (BK)Jesus is the [g]Christ.
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