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Give Justice to Me, O Yahweh
Of David.
26 (A)Give justice to me, O Yahweh, for I have (B)walked in my integrity,
And I have (C)trusted in Yahweh; (D)I will not waver.
2 (E)Test me, O Yahweh, and try me;
(F)Refine my [a]mind and my heart.
3 For Your (G)lovingkindness is before my eyes,
And I have (H)walked in Your [b]truth.
4 I do not (I)sit with worthless men,
And I will not go with [c](J)pretenders.
5 I (K)hate the assembly of evildoers,
And I will not sit with the wicked.
6 I shall (L)wash my hands in innocence,
So I will go around (M)Your altar, O Yahweh,
7 In order to proclaim with the voice of (N)thanksgiving
And to recount all Your [d]wondrous deeds.
8 O Yahweh, I (O)love the habitation of Your house
And the place [e]where Your (P)glory dwells.
9 (Q)Do not [f]take my soul away along with sinners,
Nor my life with (R)men of bloodshed,
10 In whose hands is a (S)wicked scheme,
And whose right hand is full of (T)bribes.
11 But as for me, I shall (U)walk in my integrity;
(V)Redeem me, and be gracious to me.
12 (W)My foot stands on (X)level ground;
In the (Y)congregations I shall bless Yahweh.
Yahweh Is My Light and My Salvation
Of David.
27 Yahweh is my (Z)light and my (AA)salvation;
Whom shall I fear?
Yahweh is the [g](AB)strong defense of my life;
(AC)Whom shall I dread?
2 When evildoers came upon me to (AD)devour my flesh,
My adversaries and my enemies, they (AE)stumbled and fell.
3 Though a (AF)host encamp against me,
My heart will not fear;
Though war arise against me,
In this I (AG)trust.
4 (AH)One thing I have asked from Yahweh, that I shall seek:
That I may (AI)dwell in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life,
To behold (AJ)the [h]beauty of Yahweh
And to (AK)inquire in His temple.
5 For in the (AL)day of calamity He will (AM)conceal me in His shelter;
In the secret place of His tent He will (AN)hide me;
He will (AO)lift me up on a rock.
6 And now (AP)my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me,
And I will offer in His tent (AQ)sacrifices with loud shouts of joy;
I will (AR)sing, and I will sing praises to Yahweh.
7 (AS)Hear, O Yahweh, when I call with my voice,
And be gracious to me and (AT)answer me.
8 On Your behalf my heart says, “(AU)Seek My face,”
“Your face, O Yahweh, (AV)I shall seek.”
9 (AW)Do not hide Your face from me,
Do not turn Your slave away in (AX)anger;
You have been (AY)my help;
(AZ)Do not abandon me and do not (BA)forsake me,
O God of my salvation!
10 [i]For my father and (BB)my mother have forsaken me,
But (BC)Yahweh will take me up.
11 (BD)Instruct me in Your way, O Yahweh,
And lead me in a (BE)level path
Because of [j]my foes.
12 Do not give me over to the [k](BF)desire of my adversaries,
For (BG)false witnesses have risen against me,
And such as (BH)breathe out violence.
13 [l]I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the (BI)goodness of Yahweh
In the (BJ)land of the living.
14 (BK)Hope in Yahweh;
Be (BL)strong and let your heart take courage;
Hope in Yahweh.
Yahweh Is My Strength and My Shield
Of David.
28 To You, O Yahweh, I call;
My (BM)rock, do not be silent to me,
Lest if You (BN)are hesitant toward me,
I will become like those who (BO)go down to the pit.
2 Hear the (BP)voice of my supplications when I cry to You for help,
When I (BQ)lift up my hands (BR)toward [m]Your holy (BS)sanctuary.
3 (BT)Do not drag me away with the wicked
And with workers of iniquity,
Who (BU)speak peace with their neighbors,
While evil is in their hearts.
4 Give to them (BV)according to their work and according to the evil of their actions;
Give to them according to the deeds of their hands;
Return their dealings upon them.
5 Because they (BW)do not regard the works of Yahweh
Nor the deeds of His hands,
He will tear them down and not build them up.
6 Blessed be Yahweh,
Because He (BX)has heard the voice of my supplications.
7 Yahweh is my (BY)strength and my (BZ)shield;
My heart (CA)trusts in Him, and I am helped;
Therefore (CB)my heart exults,
And with (CC)my song I shall thank Him.
8 Yahweh is [n]their (CD)strength,
And He is a [o](CE)strong defense of salvation to His anointed.
9 (CF)Save Your people and bless (CG)Your inheritance;
Be their (CH)shepherd also, and (CI)carry them forever.
22 “(A)Men, brothers, and fathers, hear my defense which I now offer to you.”
2 And when they heard that he was addressing them in the (B)Hebrew language, they became even quieter; and he *said,
3 “(C)I am (D)a Jew, born in (E)Tarsus of (F)Cilicia, but having been brought up in this city, having been instructed at the feet of (G)Gamaliel according to the (H)strictness of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God just as (I)you all are today, 4 (J)I persecuted this (K)Way to the death, binding and delivering both men and women into prisons, 5 as also (L)the high priest and all (M)the Council of the elders [a]can testify. From them I also (N)received letters to (O)the brothers, and started off for (P)Damascus in order to bring even those who were there to Jerusalem [b]as prisoners to be punished.
6 “(Q)But it happened that as I was on my way, approaching Damascus about noontime, a very bright light suddenly flashed from heaven all around me, 7 and I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?’ 8 And I answered, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said to me, ‘I am (R)Jesus the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting.’ 9 And those who were with me (S)beheld the light, to be sure, but (T)did not [c]understand the voice of the One who was speaking to me. 10 And I said, ‘(U)What should I do, Lord?’ And the Lord said to me, ‘Rise up and go on into Damascus, and there you will be told of all that has been determined for you to do.’ 11 But since I (V)could not see because of the glory of that light, being led by the hand by those who were with me, I came into Damascus.
12 “Now a certain (W)Ananias, a man who was devout by the standard of the Law, and (X)well spoken of by all the Jews who lived there, 13 came to me, and standing near, said to me, ‘(Y)Brother Saul, regain your sight!’ And [d](Z)at that very hour I regained my sight and saw him. 14 And he said, ‘(AA)The God of our fathers has (AB)appointed you to know His will and to (AC)see the (AD)Righteous One and to hear a [e]voice from His mouth. 15 For you will be (AE)a witness for Him to all men of (AF)what you have seen and heard. 16 Now why do you delay? (AG)Rise up and be baptized, and (AH)wash away your sins, (AI)calling on His name.’
17 “Now it happened when I (AJ)returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, that I (AK)fell into a trance, 18 and I saw Him saying to me, ‘(AL)Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your witness about Me.’ 19 And I said, ‘Lord, they themselves understand that in one synagogue after another (AM)I used to imprison and (AN)beat those who believed in You. 20 And (AO)when the blood of Your witness Stephen was being shed, I also was standing by approving, and guarding the garments of those who were slaying him.’ 21 And He said to me, ‘Go! For I will send you far away (AP)to the Gentiles.’”
Paul, a Citizen of Rome
22 And they were listening to him up to this statement, and then they raised their voices and said, “(AQ)Away with such a fellow from the earth, for (AR)he should not be allowed to live!” 23 And as they were crying out and (AS)throwing off their garments and (AT)tossing dust into the air, 24 the [f]commander ordered him to be brought into (AU)the barracks, stating that he should be (AV)examined by flogging so that he might find out the reason why they were shouting against him that way. 25 But when they stretched him out [g]with leather straps, Paul said to the centurion who was standing by, “Is it [h]lawful for you to flog (AW)a man who is a Roman and uncondemned?” 26 And when the centurion heard this, he went to the commander and reported to him, saying, “What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman.” 27 And the commander came and said to him, “Tell me, are you a Roman?” And he said, “Yes.” 28 And the commander answered, “I acquired this citizenship with a large sum of money.” And Paul said, “But I have been born a citizen.” 29 Therefore those who were about to (AX)examine him immediately withdrew from him; and the commander also (AY)was afraid when he learned that he was a Roman, and because he had (AZ)bound him.
Paul Before the Sanhedrin
30 But on the next day, (BA)wishing to know for certain why he had been accused by the Jews, he (BB)released him and ordered the chief priests and all (BC)the Sanhedrin to come together, and brought Paul down and set him before them.
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