Psalm 40

New King James Version

Faith Persevering in Trial^(A)

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

40 I ^(B)waited patiently for the Lord;
And He inclined to me,
And heard my cry.
²He also brought me up out of a horrible pit,
Out of ^(C)the miry clay,
And ^(D)set my feet upon a rock,
And established my steps.
³^(E)He has put a new song in my mouth—
Praise to our God;
Many will see it and fear,
And will trust in the Lord.

⁴^(F)Blessed is that man who makes the Lord his trust,
And does not respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
⁵^(G)Many, O Lord my God, are Your wonderful works
Which You have done;
^(H)And Your thoughts toward us
Cannot be recounted to You in order;
If I would declare and speak of them,
They are more than can be numbered.

⁶^(I)Sacrifice and offering You did not desire;
My ears You have opened.
Burnt offering and sin offering You did not require.
⁷Then I said, “Behold, I come;
In the scroll of the book it is written of me.
⁸^(J)I delight to do Your will, O my God,
And Your law is ^(K)within my heart.”

⁹^(L)I have proclaimed the good news of righteousness
In the great assembly;
Indeed, ^(M)I do not restrain my lips,
O Lord, You Yourself know.
¹⁰^(N)I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart;
I have declared Your faithfulness and Your salvation;
I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth
From the great assembly.

¹¹Do not withhold Your tender mercies from me, O Lord;
^(O)Let Your lovingkindness and Your truth continually preserve me.
¹²For innumerable evils have surrounded me;
^(P)My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up;
They are more than the hairs of my head;
Therefore my heart fails me.

¹³^(Q)Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me;
O Lord, make haste to help me!
¹⁴^(R)Let them be ashamed and brought to mutual confusion
Who seek to destroy my ^[a]life;
Let them be driven backward and brought to dishonor
Who wish me evil.
¹⁵Let them be ^(S)confounded because of their shame,
Who say to me, “Aha, aha!”

¹⁶^(T)Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
Let such as love Your salvation ^(U)say continually,
“The Lord be magnified!”
¹⁷^(V)But I am poor and needy;
^(W)Yet the Lord thinks upon me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
Do not delay, O my God.

Footnotes

Psalm 40:14 Lit. soul

Psalm 54

New King James Version

Answered Prayer for Deliverance from Adversaries

To the Chief Musician. With ^[a]stringed instruments. A ^[b]Contemplation of David ^(A)when the Ziphites went and said to Saul, “Is David not hiding with us?”

54 Save me, O God, by Your name,
And vindicate me by Your strength.
²Hear my prayer, O God;
Give ear to the words of my mouth.
³For strangers have risen up against me,
And oppressors have sought after my life;
They have not set God before them. Selah

⁴Behold, God is my helper;
The Lord is with those who ^[c]uphold my life.
⁵He will repay my enemies for their evil.
^[d]Cut them off in Your ^[e]truth.

⁶I will freely sacrifice to You;
I will praise Your name, O Lord, for it is good.
⁷For He has delivered me out of all trouble;
^(B)And my eye has seen its desire upon my enemies.

Footnotes

Psalm 54:1 Heb. neginoth
Psalm 54:1 Heb. Maschil
Psalm 54:4 sustain my soul
Psalm 54:5 Destroy them
Psalm 54:5 Or faithfulness

Isaiah 50

New King James Version

The Servant, Israel’s Hope

50 Thus says the Lord:

“Where is ^(A)the certificate of your mother’s divorce,
Whom I have put away?
Or which of My ^(B)creditors is it to whom I have sold you?
For your iniquities ^(C)you have sold yourselves,
And for your transgressions your mother has been put away.
²Why, when I came, was there no man?
Why, when I called, was there none to answer?
Is My hand shortened at all that it cannot redeem?
Or have I no power to deliver?
Indeed with My ^(D)rebuke I dry up the sea,
I make the rivers a wilderness;
Their fish stink because there is no water,
And die of thirst.
³^(E)I clothe the heavens with blackness,
^(F)And I make sackcloth their covering.”

⁴“The^(G) Lord God has given Me
The tongue of the learned,
That I should know how to speak
A word in season to him who is ^(H)weary.
He awakens Me morning by morning,
He awakens My ear
To hear as the learned.
⁵The Lord God ^(I)has opened My ear;
And I was not ^(J)rebellious,
Nor did I turn away.
⁶^(K)I gave My back to those who struck Me,
And ^(L)My cheeks to those who plucked out the beard;
I did not hide My face from shame and ^(M)spitting.

⁷“For the Lord God will help Me;
Therefore I will not be disgraced;
Therefore ^(N)I have set My face like a flint,
And I know that I will not be ashamed.
⁸^(O)He is near who justifies Me;
Who will contend with Me?
Let us stand together.
Who is ^[a]My adversary?
Let him come near Me.
⁹Surely the Lord God will help Me;
Who is he who will condemn Me?
^(P)Indeed they will all grow old like a garment;
^(Q)The moth will eat them up.

¹⁰“Who among you fears the Lord?
Who obeys the voice of His Servant?
Who ^(R)walks in darkness
And has no light?
^(S)Let him trust in the name of the Lord
And rely upon his God.
¹¹Look, all you who kindle a fire,
Who encircle yourselves with sparks:
Walk in the light of your fire and in the sparks you have kindled—
^(T)This you shall have from My hand:
You shall lie down ^(U)in torment.

Footnotes

Isaiah 50:8 Lit. master of My judgment

Galatians 3:15-22

New King James Version

The Changeless Promise^(A)

¹⁵Brethren, I speak in the manner of men: ^(B)Though it is only a man’s covenant, yet if it is confirmed, no one annuls or adds to it. ¹⁶Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He does not say, “And to seeds,” as of many, but as of ^(C)one, ^(D)“And to your Seed,” who is ^(E)Christ. ¹⁷And this I say, that the law, ^(F)which was four hundred and thirty years later, cannot annul the covenant that was confirmed before by God ^[a]in Christ, ^(G)that it should make the promise of no effect. ¹⁸For if ^(H)the inheritance is of the law, ^(I)it is no longer of promise; but God gave it to Abraham by promise.

Purpose of the Law

¹⁹What purpose then does the law serve? ^(J)It was added because of transgressions, till the ^(K)Seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ^(L)appointed through angels by the hand ^(M)of a mediator. ²⁰Now a mediator does not mediate for one only, ^(N)but God is one.

²¹Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could have given life, truly righteousness would have been by the law. ²²But the Scripture has confined ^(O)all under sin, ^(P)that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

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Footnotes

Galatians 3:17 NU omits in Christ

Mark 6:47-56

New King James Version

⁴⁷Now when evening came, the boat was in the middle of the sea; and He was alone on the land. ⁴⁸Then He saw them straining at rowing, for the wind was against them. Now about the fourth watch of the night He came to them, walking on the sea, and ^(A)would have passed them by. ⁴⁹And when they saw Him walking on the sea, they supposed it was a ^(B)ghost, and cried out; ⁵⁰for they all saw Him and were troubled. But immediately He talked with them and said to them, ^(C)“Be^[a] of good cheer! It is I; do not be ^(D)afraid.” ⁵¹Then He went up into the boat to them, and the wind ^(E)ceased. And they were greatly ^(F)amazed in themselves beyond measure, and marveled. ⁵²For ^(G)they had not understood about the loaves, because their ^(H)heart was hardened.

Many Touch Him and Are Made Well^(I)

⁵³^(J)When they had crossed over, they came to the land of Gennesaret and anchored there. ⁵⁴And when they came out of the boat, immediately ^[b]the people recognized Him, ⁵⁵ran through that whole surrounding region, and began to carry about on beds those who were sick to wherever they heard He was. ⁵⁶Wherever He entered, into villages, cities, or the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged Him that ^(K)they might just touch the ^(L)hem of His garment. And as many as touched Him were made well.