The Righteous Will Never Be Moved

112 [a] (A)Praise the Lord!
(B)Blessed is the man who fears the Lord,
    who (C)greatly delights in his commandments!
His (D)offspring will be mighty in the land;
    (E)the generation of the upright will be blessed.
(F)Wealth and riches are in his house,
    and his (G)righteousness endures forever.
Light dawns in the darkness (H)for the upright;
    he is gracious, merciful, and (I)righteous.
It is well with the man who (J)deals generously and lends;
    who conducts his affairs with justice.
For the righteous will (K)never be moved;
    (L)he will be remembered forever.
He is not (M)afraid of bad news;
    his (N)heart is firm, (O)trusting in the Lord.
His heart is steady;[b] he will not be afraid,
    until he looks in triumph on his adversaries.
He has (P)distributed freely; he has given to the poor;
    his righteousness endures forever;
    his (Q)horn is exalted in honor.
10 The wicked man sees it and is angry;
    he (R)gnashes his teeth and (S)melts away;
    (T)the desire of the wicked will perish!

Who Is like the Lord Our God?

113 (U)Praise the Lord!
(V)Praise, O (W)servants of the Lord,
    praise the name of the Lord!

(X)Blessed be the name of the Lord
    from this time forth and forevermore!
(Y)From the rising of the sun to its setting,
    (Z)the name of the Lord is (AA)to be praised!

The Lord is (AB)high above all nations,
    and his (AC)glory above the heavens!
(AD)Who is like the Lord our God,
    who is seated on high,
who (AE)looks far down
    on the heavens and the earth?
He (AF)raises the poor from the dust
    and lifts the needy from the ash heap,
to make them (AG)sit with princes,
    with the princes of his people.
He (AH)gives the barren woman a home,
    making her the joyous mother of children.
(AI)Praise the Lord!

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 112:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, each line beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet
  2. Psalm 112:8 Or established (compare 111:8)

Israel's Sin and the Servant's Obedience

50 Thus says the Lord:
“Where is (A)your mother's certificate of divorce,
    with which (B)I sent her away?
Or (C)which of my creditors is it
    to whom I have sold you?
(D)Behold, for your iniquities you were sold,
    and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.
(E)Why, when I came, was there no man;
    why, when I called, was there no one to answer?
(F)Is my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem?
    Or have I no power to deliver?
(G)Behold, by my rebuke (H)I dry up the sea,
    (I)I make the rivers a desert;
(J)their fish stink for lack of water
    and die of thirst.
(K)I clothe the heavens with blackness
    and make sackcloth their covering.”

The Lord God has given (L)me
    the tongue of those who are taught,
that (M)I may know how to sustain with a word
    (N)him who is weary.
Morning by morning he awakens;
    he awakens my ear
    to hear as those who are taught.
(O)The Lord God has opened my ear,
    (P)and I was not rebellious;
    I turned not backward.
(Q)I gave my back to those who strike,
    and my cheeks to those who pull out the beard;
I hid not my face
    from disgrace and spitting.

But the Lord God helps me;
    therefore I have not been disgraced;
(R)therefore I have set my face like a flint,
    and I know that I shall not be put to shame.
    (S)He who vindicates me is near.
Who will contend with me?
    Let us stand up together.
Who is my adversary?
    Let him come near to me.
(T)Behold, the Lord God helps me;
    who will declare me guilty?
Behold, all of them will wear out like a garment;
    the moth will eat them up.

10 Who among you fears the Lord
    and obeys (U)the voice of his servant?
(V)Let him who walks in darkness
    and has no light
trust in the name of the Lord
    and rely on his God.
11 Behold, all you who kindle a fire,
    who equip yourselves with burning torches!
Walk by the light of your fire,
    and by the torches that you have kindled!
(W)This you have from my hand:
    you shall lie down in torment.

The Storm at Sea

13 Now when the south wind blew gently, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close to the shore. 14 But soon a tempestuous wind, called the northeaster, (A)struck down from the land. 15 And when the ship was caught and could not face the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along. 16 Running under the lee of a small island called Cauda,[a] we managed with difficulty to secure the ship's boat. 17 After hoisting it up, they used supports to undergird the ship. Then, fearing that they would (B)run aground on the Syrtis, they lowered the gear,[b] and thus they were driven along. 18 Since we were violently storm-tossed, they began the next day (C)to jettison the cargo. 19 And on the third day they threw the ship's tackle overboard with their own hands. 20 When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope of our being saved was at last abandoned.

21 Since they had been without food for a long time, Paul stood up among them and said, “Men, (D)you should have listened to me and not have set sail from Crete and incurred this (E)injury and loss. 22 Yet now I urge you to (F)take heart, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship. 23 For this very night (G)there (H)stood before me (I)an angel of the God (J)to whom I belong and (K)whom I worship, 24 and he said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; (L)you must stand before Caesar. And behold, (M)God has granted you all those who sail with you.’ 25 So take heart, men, for I have faith in God that it will be exactly as I have been told. 26 But (N)we must (O)run aground on some island.”

27 When the fourteenth night had come, as we were being driven across the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors suspected that they were nearing land. 28 So they took a sounding and found twenty fathoms.[c] A little farther on they took a sounding again and found fifteen fathoms.[d] 29 And fearing that we might (P)run on the rocks, they let down four anchors from the stern and prayed for day to come. 30 And as the sailors were seeking to escape from the ship, and had lowered (Q)the ship's boat into the sea under pretense of laying out anchors from the bow, 31 Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men stay in the ship, you cannot be saved.” 32 Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the ship's boat and let it go.

33 As day was about to dawn, Paul urged them all to take some food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you have continued in suspense and without food, having taken nothing. 34 Therefore I urge you to take some food. For it will give you strength,[e] for (R)not a hair is to perish from the head of any of you.” 35 And when he had said these things, he took bread, and (S)giving thanks to God in the presence of all he broke it and began to eat. 36 Then they all (T)were encouraged and ate some food themselves. 37 (We were in all 276[f] (U)persons in the ship.) 38 And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, (V)throwing out the wheat into the sea.

The Shipwreck

39 Now when it was day, (W)they did not recognize the land, but they noticed a bay with a beach, on which they planned if possible to run the ship ashore. 40 So they cast off the anchors and left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the ropes that tied the rudders. Then hoisting the foresail to the wind they made for the beach. 41 But striking a reef,[g] (X)they ran the vessel aground. The bow stuck and remained immovable, and the stern was being broken up by the surf. 42 (Y)The soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners, lest any should swim away and escape. 43 But the centurion, (Z)wishing to save Paul, kept them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and make for the land, 44 and the rest on planks or on pieces of the ship. And so it was that (AA)all were brought safely to land.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 27:16 Some manuscripts Clauda
  2. Acts 27:17 That is, the sea-anchor (or possibly the mainsail)
  3. Acts 27:28 About 120 feet; a fathom (Greek orguia) was about 6 feet or 2 meters
  4. Acts 27:28 About 90 feet (see previous note)
  5. Acts 27:34 Or For it is for your deliverance
  6. Acts 27:37 Some manuscripts seventy-six, or about seventy-six
  7. Acts 27:41 Or sandbank, or crosscurrent; Greek place between two seas

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