Psalm 13-16

English Standard Version

How Long, O Lord?

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

13 ^(A)How long, O Lord? Will you ^(B)forget me forever?
How long will you ^(C)hide your face from me?
²How long must I take ^(D)counsel in my soul
and have sorrow in my heart all the day?
How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?

³^(E)Consider and answer me, O Lord my God;
^(F)light up my eyes, lest ^(G)I sleep the sleep of death,
⁴^(H)lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed over him,”
lest my foes rejoice because I am ^(I)shaken.

⁵But I have ^(J)trusted in your steadfast love;
my heart shall ^(K)rejoice in your salvation.
⁶I will sing to the Lord,
because he has dealt bountifully with me.

The Fool Says, There Is No God

To the choirmaster. Of David.

14 ^(L)The ^(M)fool says in his heart, ^(N)“There is no God.”
They are ^(O)corrupt, they do abominable deeds;
^(P)there is none who does good.

²The Lord ^(Q)looks down from heaven on the children of man,
to see if there are any who understand,^[a]
who ^(R)seek after God.

³They have all turned aside; together they have become ^(S)corrupt;
there is none who does good,
not even one.

⁴Have they no ^(T)knowledge, all the evildoers
who ^(U)eat up my people as they eat bread
and ^(V)do not call upon the Lord?

⁵There they are in great terror,
for God is with ^(W)the generation of the righteous.
⁶You would shame the plans of the poor,
but^[b] the Lord is his ^(X)refuge.

⁷Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!
When the Lord ^(Y)restores the fortunes of his people,
let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

Who Shall Dwell on Your Holy Hill?

A Psalm of David.

15 O Lord, ^(Z)who shall sojourn in your ^(AA)tent?
Who shall dwell on your ^(AB)holy hill?

²He who ^(AC)walks blamelessly and ^(AD)does what is right
    and ^(AE)speaks truth in his heart;
³who ^(AF)does not slander with his tongue
    and does no evil to his neighbor,
    nor ^(AG)takes up a reproach against his friend;
⁴^(AH)in whose eyes a vile person is despised,
    but who honors those who fear the Lord;
who ^(AI)swears to his own hurt and does not change;
⁵who ^(AJ)does not put out his money at interest
    and ^(AK)does not take a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things shall never be ^(AL)moved.

You Will Not Abandon My Soul

A ^(AM)Miktam^[c] of David.

16 Preserve me, O God, for in you I ^(AN)take refuge.
²I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
^(AO)I have no good apart from you.”

³As for ^(AP)the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,
in whom is all my delight.^[d]

⁴The sorrows of those who run after^[e] another god shall multiply;
their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out
or ^(AQ)take their names on my lips.

⁵The Lord is ^(AR)my chosen portion and my ^(AS)cup;
you hold my ^(AT)lot.
⁶^(AU)The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.

⁷I bless the Lord who ^(AV)gives me counsel;
in ^(AW)the night also my ^(AX)heart instructs me.^[f]
⁸^(AY)I have ^(AZ)set the Lord always before me;
because he is at my ^(BA)right hand, I shall not be ^(BB)shaken.

⁹Therefore my heart is glad, and my ^(BC)whole being^[g] rejoices;
my flesh also dwells secure.
¹⁰For you will not abandon my soul to ^(BD)Sheol,
^(BE)or let your ^(BF)holy one see ^(BG)corruption.^[h]

¹¹You make known to me ^(BH)the path of life;
in your presence there is ^(BI)fullness of joy;
at your right hand are ^(BJ)pleasures forevermore.

Footnotes

Psalm 14:2 Or that act wisely
Psalm 14:6 Or for
Psalm 16:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
Psalm 16:3 Or To the saints in the land, the excellent in whom is all my delight, I say:
Psalm 16:4 Or who acquire
Psalm 16:7 Hebrew my kidneys instruct me
Psalm 16:9 Hebrew my glory
Psalm 16:10 Or see the pit

Acts 18

English Standard Version

Paul in Corinth

18 After this Paul^[a] left Athens and went to Corinth. ²And he found a Jew named ^(A)Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently come from Italy with his wife ^(B)Priscilla, because ^(C)Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. And he went to see them, ³and ^(D)because he was of the same trade he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade. ⁴And ^(E)he reasoned in the synagogue ^(F)every Sabbath, and tried to persuade Jews and Greeks.

⁵^(G)When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul ^(H)was occupied with the word, ^(I)testifying to the Jews that the Christ was ^(J)Jesus. ⁶And when they opposed and reviled him, ^(K)he shook out his garments and said to them, ^(L)“Your blood be on your own heads! ^(M)I am innocent. ^(N)From now on I will go to the Gentiles.” ⁷And he left there and went to the house of a man named Titius ^(O)Justus, ^(P)a worshiper of God. His house was next door to the synagogue. ⁸^(Q)Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, together ^(R)with his entire household. And many of the Corinthians hearing Paul believed and were baptized. ⁹And the Lord said to Paul ^(S)one night in ^(T)a vision, ^(U)“Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent, ¹⁰^(V)for I am with you, and ^(W)no one will attack you to harm you, for ^(X)I have many in this city who are my people.” ¹¹And he stayed a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

¹²But when Gallio was ^(Y)proconsul of Achaia, ^(Z)the Jews^[b] made a united attack on Paul and ^(AA)brought him before the tribunal, ¹³saying, “This man is persuading people to worship God contrary to ^(AB)the law.” ¹⁴But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of wrongdoing or vicious ^(AC)crime, O Jews, I would have reason to accept your complaint. ¹⁵But ^(AD)since it is a matter of questions about words and names and ^(AE)your own law, see to it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of these things.” ¹⁶And he drove them from the tribunal. ¹⁷And they all seized Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the tribunal. But Gallio paid no attention to any of this.

Paul Returns to Antioch

¹⁸After this, Paul stayed many days longer and then took leave of ^(AF)the brothers^[c] and set sail for Syria, and with him ^(AG)Priscilla and Aquila. At ^(AH)Cenchreae ^(AI)he had cut his hair, for he was under a vow. ¹⁹And they came to ^(AJ)Ephesus, and he left them there, but ^(AK)he himself went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews. ²⁰When they asked him to stay for a longer period, he declined. ²¹But on taking leave of them he said, “I will return to you ^(AL)if God wills,” and he set sail from Ephesus.

²²When he had landed at Caesarea, he ^(AM)went up and greeted the church, and then went down to Antioch. ²³After spending some time there, he departed and ^(AN)went from one place to the next through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, ^(AO)strengthening all the disciples.

Apollos Speaks Boldly in Ephesus

²⁴Now a Jew named ^(AP)Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, ^(AQ)competent in the Scriptures. ²⁵He had been instructed in ^(AR)the way of the Lord. And ^(AS)being fervent in spirit,^[d] he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only ^(AT)the baptism of John. ²⁶He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when ^(AU)Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him ^(AV)the way of God more accurately. ²⁷And when he wished to cross to ^(AW)Achaia, ^(AX)the brothers encouraged him and ^(AY)wrote to the disciples to welcome him. When he arrived, ^(AZ)he greatly helped those who through grace had believed, ²⁸for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, showing by the Scriptures ^(BA)that the Christ was Jesus.

Footnotes

Acts 18:1 Greek he
Acts 18:12 Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time; also verses 14 (twice), 28
Acts 18:18 Or brothers and sisters; also verse 27
Acts 18:25 Or in the Spirit