Psalm 20-22
Christian Standard Bible
Psalm 20
Deliverance in Battle
For the choir director. A psalm of David.
1 May the Lord answer you in a day of trouble;(A)
may the name of Jacob’s God protect you.(B)
2 May he send you help from the sanctuary
and sustain you from Zion.(C)
3 May he remember all your offerings
and accept your burnt offering.(D)Selah
4 May he give you what your heart desires(E)
and fulfill your whole purpose.(F)
5 Let us shout for joy at your victory(G)
and lift the banner in the name of our God.(H)
May the Lord fulfill all your requests.(I)
6 Now I know that the Lord gives victory to his anointed;(J)
he will answer him from his holy heaven
with mighty victories from his right hand.(K)
7 Some take pride in chariots, and others in horses,
but we take pride in the name of the Lord our God.(L)
8 They collapse and fall,
but we rise and stand firm.(M)
9 Lord, give victory to the king!(N)
May he[a] answer us on the day that we call.
Psalm 21
The King’s Victory
For the choir director. A psalm of David.
1 Lord, the king finds joy in your strength.
How greatly he rejoices in your victory!(O)
2 You have given him his heart’s desire(P)
and have not denied the request of his lips.(Q)Selah
3 For you meet him with rich blessings;
you place a crown of pure gold on his head.(R)
4 He asked you for life, and you gave it to him—
length of days forever and ever.(S)
5 His glory is great through your victory;
you confer majesty and splendor on him.(T)
6 You give him blessings forever;(U)
you cheer him with joy in your presence.(V)
7 For the king relies on the Lord;
through the faithful love of the Most High
he is not shaken.(W)
8 Your hand will capture all your enemies;
your right hand will seize those who hate you.(X)
9 You will make them burn
like a fiery furnace when you appear;
the Lord will engulf them in his wrath,
and fire will devour them.(Y)
10 You will wipe their progeny from the earth
and their offspring from the human race.[b](Z)
11 Though they intend to harm[c] you
and devise a wicked plan, they will not prevail.(AA)
12 Instead, you will put them to flight
when you ready your bowstrings to shoot at them.(AB)
13 Be exalted, Lord, in your strength;
we will sing and praise your might.(AC)
Psalm 22
From Suffering to Praise
For the choir director: according to “The Deer of the Dawn.” A psalm of David.
1 My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?(AD)
Why are you so far from my deliverance(AE)
and from my words of groaning?(AF)
2 My God, I cry by day, but you do not answer,
by night, yet I have no rest.(AG)
3 But you are holy,
enthroned on the praises of Israel.(AH)
4 Our ancestors trusted in you;
they trusted, and you rescued them.(AI)
5 They cried to you and were set free;
they trusted in you and were not disgraced.(AJ)
6 But I am a worm and not a man,(AK)
scorned by mankind and despised by people.(AL)
7 Everyone who sees me mocks me;
they sneer[d] and shake their heads:(AM)
8 “He relies on[e] the Lord;
let him save him;
let the Lord[f] rescue him,
since he takes pleasure in him.”(AN)
9 It was you who brought me out of the womb,
making me secure at my mother’s breast.(AO)
10 I was given over to you at birth;[g]
you have been my God from my mother’s womb.(AP)
11 Don’t be far from me, because distress is near
and there’s no one to help.(AQ)
12 Many bulls surround me;
strong ones of Bashan encircle me.(AR)
13 They open their mouths against me—
lions, mauling and roaring.(AS)
14 I am poured out like water,(AT)
and all my bones are disjointed;(AU)
my heart is like wax,
melting within me.(AV)
15 My strength is dried up like baked clay;(AW)
my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.(AX)
You put me into the dust of death.(AY)
16 For dogs have surrounded me;(AZ)
a gang of evildoers has closed in on me;
they pierced[h] my hands and my feet.(BA)
17 I can count all my bones;
people[i] look and stare at me.(BB)
18 They divided my garments among themselves,
and they cast lots for my clothing.(BC)
19 But you, Lord, don’t be far away.(BD)
My strength, come quickly to help me.(BE)
20 Rescue my life from the sword,(BF)
my only life[j] from the power of these dogs.
21 Save me from the lion’s mouth,(BG)
from the horns of wild oxen.
You answered me![k]
22 I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters;
I will praise you in the assembly.(BH)
23 You who fear the Lord, praise him!(BI)
All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!
All you descendants of Israel, revere him!(BJ)
24 For he has not despised or abhorred
the torment of the oppressed.(BK)
He did not hide his face from him(BL)
but listened when he cried to him for help.(BM)
25 I will give praise in the great assembly
because of you;(BN)
I will fulfill my vows
before those who fear you.[l](BO)
26 The humble will eat and be satisfied;(BP)
those who seek the Lord will praise him.
May your hearts live forever!(BQ)
27 All the ends of the earth will remember
and turn to the Lord.
All the families of the nations
will bow down before you,(BR)
28 for kingship belongs to the Lord;
he rules the nations.(BS)
29 All who prosper on earth will eat and bow down;
all those who go down to the dust
will kneel before him—
even the one who cannot preserve his life.(BT)
30 Their descendants will serve him;
the next generation will be told about the Lord.(BU)
31 They will come and declare his righteousness;
to a people yet to be born
they will declare what he has done.(BV)
Footnotes
- 20:9 Or Lord, save. May the king
- 21:10 Or the descendants of Adam
- 21:11 Lit they stretch out harm against
- 22:7 Lit separate with the lip
- 22:8 Or Rely on
- 22:8 Lit let him
- 22:10 Lit was cast on you from the womb
- 22:16 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr; other Hb mss read me; like a lion
- 22:17 Lit they
- 22:20 Lit my only one
- 22:21 Or oxen you rescued me
- 22:25 Lit him
Acts 21:1-17
Christian Standard Bible
Warnings on the Journey to Jerusalem
21 After(A) we tore ourselves away from them, we set sail straight for Cos, the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara. 2 Finding a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, we boarded and set sail. 3 After we sighted Cyprus, passing to the south of it,[a] we sailed on to Syria and arrived at Tyre, since the ship was to unload its cargo there. 4 We sought out the disciples and stayed there seven days. Through the Spirit they told Paul not to go to Jerusalem.(B) 5 When our time had come to an end, we left to continue our journey, while all of them, with their wives and children, accompanied us out of the city. After kneeling down on the beach to pray, 6 we said farewell to one another and boarded the ship, and they returned home.
7 When we completed our voyage[b] from Tyre, we reached Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and sisters and stayed with them for a day.(C) 8 The next day we left and came to Caesarea, where we entered the house of Philip(D) the evangelist,(E) who was one of the Seven, and stayed with him. 9 This man had four virgin daughters who prophesied.(F)
10 After we had been there for several days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea. 11 He came to us, took Paul’s belt, tied his own feet and hands, and said, “This is what the Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews in Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him over to the Gentiles.’”(G) 12 When we heard this, both we and the local people pleaded with him not to go up to Jerusalem.
13 Then Paul replied, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”(H)
14 Since he would not be persuaded, we said no more except, “The Lord’s will be done.”(I)
Conflict over the Gentile Mission
15 After this we got ready and went up to Jerusalem. 16 Some of the disciples from Caesarea also went with us and brought us to Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we were to stay.(J)
17 When we reached Jerusalem, the brothers and sisters welcomed us warmly.(K)
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