Old/New Testament

29 Give to the LORD, you sons of the Mighty. Give to the LORD glory and strength.

² Give to the LORD glory due His Name. Worship the LORD in the glorious Sanctuary.

³ The voice of the LORD is upon the waters. The God of Glory makes it thunder. The LORD is upon the great waters.

⁴ The voice of the LORD is mighty. The voice of the LORD is glorious.

⁵ The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars. Indeed, the LORD breaks the cedars of Lebanon.

⁶ He also makes them leap like a calf, Lebanon and Shirion like a young unicorn.

⁷ The voice of the LORD divides the flames of fire.

⁸ The voice of the LORD makes the wilderness tremble. The LORD makes the wilderness of Kadesh tremble.

⁹ The voice of the LORD makes the hinds calve and discovers the forests. In His Temple, every man speaks of His Glory.

¹⁰ The LORD sits upon the floods; and the LORD remains King forever.

¹¹ The LORD shall give strength to His people. The LORD shall bless His people with peace. A Psalm or song of the dedication of the House of David.

30 I will magnify You, O LORD. You have exalted me and have not made my foes to rejoice over me.

² O LORD, my God, I cried to You; and You have restored me.

³ O LORD, You have brought up my soul out of the grave. You have revived me from those who go down into the pit.

⁴ Sing praises to the LORD, His Saints, and give thanks before the remembrance of His Holiness.

⁵ For His anger endures but a while. In His favor is life. Weeping may abide at evening, but joy comes in the morning.

⁶ And in my prosperity, I said, “I shall never be moved.”

⁷ For You, LORD, from Your goodness, had made my mountain to stand strong. You hid Your face, and I was troubled.

⁸ Then I cried to You, O LORD, and prayed to my LORD.

⁹ What profit is there in my blood when I go down to the pit! Shall the dust give thanks to You? Or shall it declare Your Truth?

¹⁰ Hear, O LORD; and have mercy upon me. LORD, be my Helper.

¹¹ You have turned my mourning into joy. You have loosened my sackcloth and girded me with gladness.

¹² Therefore, my tongue shall praise You, and not cease. O LORD, my God, I will give thanks to You forever. To him who excels: A Psalm of David.

23 And Paul looked earnestly at the Council, and said, “Men! Brothers! I have in all good conscience served God until this day...”

² Then the High Priest, Ananias, commanded those who stood by to strike him on the mouth.

³ Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitened wall! For you sit to judge me according to the Law. And transgressing the Law, you command me to be struck?”

⁴ And those who stood by, said, “You revile God’s High Priest?!”

⁵ Then Paul said, “I did not know, brothers, that he was the High Priest. For it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil of the ruler of your people.’”

⁶ But when Paul perceived that part of them were of the Sadducees, and another of the Pharisees, he cried in the Council, “Men! Brothers! I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. I am accused of the hope and resurrection of the dead.”

⁷ And when he had said this, there was a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, so that the multitude was divided.

⁸ For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel nor spirit. But the Pharisees confess both.

⁹ Then there was a great outcry. And the scribes of the Pharisees’ part rose up and contended fiercely with them, saying, “We find no evil in this man. But if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him, let us not fight against God.”

¹⁰ And when there was a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing Paul might have been pulled to pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him from among them, and to bring him into the castle.

¹¹ Now the night following, the Lord stood by him, and said, “Be of good courage, Paul, for as you have testified of me in Jerusalem, so also must you bear witness in Rome.

¹² And when the day had come, some of the Jews assembled and bound themselves with a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.

¹³ And there were more than forty of them who hatched this plot.

¹⁴ And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, “We have bound ourselves with a solemn curse, that we will eat nothing until we have killed Paul.

¹⁵ “Now therefore, you and the Council send word to the chief captain as though you wanted to inquire further about him, so that he will bring him forth to you tomorrow. And we will be ready to kill him before he comes near.”