Old/New Testament
The One Who Rescues Me
For the choir director. Of David. A Psalm.
40 I (A)hoped [a]earnestly for Yahweh;
And He inclined to me and (B)heard my cry for help.
2 He brought me up out of the (C)pit of destruction, out of the [b]miry clay,
And (D)He set my feet upon a high rock, (E)He established my steps.
3 He put a (F)new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God;
Many will (G)see and fear
And will trust in Yahweh.
4 How (H)blessed is the man who has made Yahweh his trust,
And (I)has not [c]turned to the proud, nor to those who (J)stray into falsehood.
5 Many, O Yahweh my God, are (K)the wondrous deeds You have done,
And Your (L)thoughts toward us;
There is none to compare with You.
I would declare and speak of them,
But they (M)are too numerous to recount.
6 [d](N)Sacrifice and meal offering [e]You have not desired;
My ears You have [f]opened;
Burnt offering and sin offering You have not required.
7 Then I said, “Behold, I come;
In the scroll of the book it is [g]written of me.
8 (O)I desire to do Your will, O my God;
(P)Your law is within my inner being.”
9 I (Q)proclaim good news of righteousness in the great assembly;
Behold, I do (R)not restrain my lips,
O Yahweh, (S)You know.
10 I do (T)not conceal Your righteousness within my heart;
I (U)speak of Your faithfulness and Your salvation;
I do not hide Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great assembly.
11 You, O Yahweh, will not withhold Your compassion from me;
[h]Your (V)lovingkindness and Your truth will continually guard me.
12 For evils beyond number have (W)surrounded me;
My (X)iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see;
They are (Y)more numerous than the hairs of my head,
And my (Z)heart has [i]failed me.
13 (AA)Be pleased, O Yahweh, to deliver me;
Make (AB)haste, O Yahweh, to help me.
14 Let those be (AC)ashamed and humiliated together
Who (AD)seek my [j]life to sweep it away;
Let those be turned back and dishonored
Who delight in [k]evil against me.
15 Let those (AE)be [l]appalled because of their shame
Who (AF)say to me, “Aha, aha!”
16 (AG)Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
Let those who love Your salvation (AH)say continually,
“Yahweh be magnified!”
17 As for me, (AI)I am afflicted and needy,
[m](AJ)May the Lord think of me.
You are my help and the One who rescues me;
Do not delay, O my God.
O Yahweh, Be Gracious to Me
For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
41 How blessed is he who (AK)considers the [n]poor;
Yahweh will provide him escape (AL)in a day of [o]calamity.
2 Yahweh will (AM)keep him and keep him alive,
And he shall be (AN)blessed upon the earth;
And (AO)do not give him over to the desire of his enemies.
3 Yahweh will sustain him upon his sickbed;
In his illness, You [p]restore him to health.
4 As for me, I said, “O Yahweh, be gracious to me;
(AP)Heal my soul, for (AQ)I have sinned against You.”
5 My enemies (AR)speak evil against me,
“When will he die, and his name perish?”
6 And [q]when he comes to see me, he (AS)speaks [r]worthlessness;
His heart gathers wickedness to itself;
When he goes outside, he speaks it.
7 All who hate me whisper together against me;
Against me, they (AT)devise for me [s]calamity, saying,
8 “A vile thing is poured out [t]upon him,
That when he lies down, he will (AU)not rise up again.”
9 Even my (AV)close friend in whom I trusted,
Who ate my bread,
Has lifted up his heel against me.
10 But You, O Yahweh, be gracious to me and (AW)raise me up,
That I may repay them.
11 By this I know that (AX)You delight in me,
Because (AY)my enemy makes no shout in triumph over me.
12 As for me, (AZ)You uphold me in my integrity,
And You make me (BA)stand firm in Your presence forever.
13 (BB)Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel,
From everlasting to everlasting.
Amen and Amen.
BOOK 2
My Soul Thirsts for God
For the choir director. A [u]Maskil of the sons of Korah.
42 As the deer [v]pants for the water brooks,
So my soul [w](BC)pants for You, O God.
2 My soul (BD)thirsts for God, for the (BE)living God;
When shall I come and [x](BF)appear before God?
3 My (BG)tears have been my food day and night,
While they (BH)say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
4 These things I remember and I (BI)pour out my soul within me.
For I (BJ)used to go along with the throng and [y]lead them in procession to the house of God,
With the sound of a (BK)shout of joy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival.
5 (BL)Why are you [z](BM)in despair, O my soul?
And why are you (BN)disturbed within me?
(BO)Wait for God, for I shall still praise Him,
[aa]For the [ab](BP)salvation of His presence.
6 O my God, my soul is [ac]in despair within me;
Therefore I (BQ)remember You from (BR)the land of the Jordan
And the [ad]peaks of (BS)Hermon, from Mount Mizar.
7 Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls;
All Your (BT)breakers and Your waves have rolled over me.
8 By day, Yahweh will (BU)command His lovingkindness;
And (BV)by night, His song will be with me,
A prayer to (BW)the God of my life.
9 I say to God (BX)my rock, “Why have You forgotten me?
Why do I go (BY)mourning [ae]because of the (BZ)oppression of the enemy?”
10 As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries reproach me,
While they (CA)say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
11 (CB)Why are you [af]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.
Paul Is Sent to Rome
27 Now when it was decided that (A)we (B)would sail for (C)Italy, they proceeded to deliver Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan [a](D)cohort named Julius. 2 And getting aboard an Adramyttian ship, which was about to sail to the regions along the coast of [b](E)Asia, we set sail accompanied by (F)Aristarchus, a (G)Macedonian of (H)Thessalonica. 3 The next day we put in at (I)Sidon, and Julius (J)treated Paul with consideration and (K)allowed him to go to his friends and receive care. 4 And from there we set sail and sailed under the shelter of (L)Cyprus because (M)the winds were against us. 5 And when we had sailed through the sea along the coast of (N)Cilicia and (O)Pamphylia, we landed at Myra in Lycia. 6 There the centurion found an (P)Alexandrian ship sailing for (Q)Italy, and he put us aboard it. 7 And when we had sailed slowly for a good many days, and with difficulty had arrived off Cnidus, (R)since the wind did not permit us to go farther, we sailed under the shelter of (S)Crete, off Salmone; 8 and with difficulty, we (T)sailed past it and came to a place called Fair Havens, near which was the city of Lasea.
9 And when considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, since even (U)the [c]Fast was already over, Paul began to advise them, 10 and said to them, “Men, I perceive that the voyage will certainly be with (V)damage and great loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.” 11 But the centurion was being more persuaded by the (W)pilot and the [d]captain of the ship than by what was being said by Paul. 12 And because the harbor was not suitable for wintering, the majority reached a decision to set sail from there, if somehow they could arrive at Phoenix, a harbor of (X)Crete facing southwest and northwest, to spend the winter there.
13 And when a moderate [e]south wind came up, thinking that they had attained their purpose, they weighed anchor and began (Y)sailing along [f]the shore of (Z)Crete.
The Storm at Sea
14 But before very long there (AA)rushed down from [g]the land a violent wind, called [h]Euraquilo; 15 and when the ship was caught in it and could not face the wind, we gave way to it and let ourselves be carried along. 16 And running under the shelter of a small island called Clauda, we were scarcely able to get the ship’s [i]boat under control. 17 After they had hoisted it up, they used [j]supporting cables in undergirding the ship. Fearing that they might (AB)run aground on the shallows of Syrtis, they let down the [k]sea anchor and in this way let themselves be carried along. 18 And the next day as we were being violently storm-tossed, [l]they began to (AC)jettison the cargo; 19 and on the third day they cast the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands. 20 And since neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small storm was assailing us, from then on all hope of our being saved was gradually abandoned.
21 And [m]when they had gone a long time without food, then Paul stood up in their midst and said, “(AD)Men, you ought to have [n]followed my advice to not set sail from (AE)Crete and to [o]avoid this (AF)damage and loss. 22 And now I advise you to (AG)be cheerful, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship. 23 For this very night (AH)an angel of the God to whom I belong and (AI)whom I serve (AJ)stood before me, 24 saying, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; (AK)you must stand before Caesar; and behold, God has granted you (AL)all those who are sailing with you.’ 25 Therefore, (AM)be cheerful, men, for I believe God that [p]it will turn out exactly as I have been told. 26 But we must (AN)run aground on some (AO)island.”
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