Psalm 43-45

English Standard Version

Send Out Your Light and Your Truth

43 ^(A)Vindicate me, O God, and ^(B)defend my cause
    against an ungodly people,
from ^(C)the deceitful and unjust man
    deliver me!
²For you are ^(D)the God in whom I take refuge;
    why have you ^(E)rejected me?
Why do I ^(F)go about mourning
    because of the oppression of the enemy?

³^(G)Send out your light and your truth;
    let them lead me;
let them bring me to your ^(H)holy hill
    and to your ^(I)dwelling!
⁴Then I will go to the altar of God,
    to God my exceeding joy,
and I will praise you with the lyre,
    O God, my God.

⁵^(J)Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you in turmoil within me?
^(K)Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my salvation and my God.

Come to Our Help

To the choirmaster. ^(L)A Maskil^[a] of the Sons of Korah.

44 O God, we have heard with our ears,
    ^(M)our fathers have told us,
what deeds you performed in their days,
    ^(N)in the days of old:
²you with your own hand ^(O)drove out the nations,
    but ^(P)them you planted;
you afflicted the peoples,
    but ^(Q)them you set free;
³for not ^(R)by their own sword did they win the land,
    nor did their own arm save them,
but your right hand and your arm,
    and ^(S)the light of your face,
    ^(T)for you delighted in them.

⁴^(U)You are my King, O God;
    ^(V)ordain salvation for Jacob!
⁵Through you we ^(W)push down our foes;
    through your name we ^(X)tread down those who rise up against us.
⁶For not in ^(Y)my bow do I trust,
    nor can my sword save me.
⁷But you have saved us from our foes
    and have ^(Z)put to shame those who hate us.
⁸^(AA)In God we have boasted continually,
    and we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah

⁹But you have ^(AB)rejected us and disgraced us
    and ^(AC)have not gone out with our armies.
¹⁰You have made us ^(AD)turn back from the foe,
    and those who hate us have gotten spoil.
¹¹You have made us like ^(AE)sheep for slaughter
    and have ^(AF)scattered us among the nations.
¹²^(AG)You have sold your people for a trifle,
    demanding no high price for them.
¹³You have made us ^(AH)the taunt of our neighbors,
    the derision and ^(AI)scorn of those around us.
¹⁴You have made us ^(AJ)a byword among the nations,
    ^(AK)a laughingstock^[b] among the peoples.
¹⁵All day long my disgrace is before me,
    and ^(AL)shame has covered my face
¹⁶at the sound of the taunter and reviler,
    at the sight of ^(AM)the enemy and the avenger.

¹⁷^(AN)All this has come upon us,
    though we have not forgotten you,
    and we have not been false to your covenant.
¹⁸Our heart has not turned back,
    nor have our ^(AO)steps ^(AP)departed from your way;
¹⁹yet you have ^(AQ)broken us in the place of ^(AR)jackals
    and covered us with ^(AS)the shadow of death.
²⁰If we had forgotten the name of our God
    or ^(AT)spread out our hands to ^(AU)a foreign god,
²¹^(AV)would not God discover this?
    ^(AW)For he knows the secrets of the heart.
²²Yet ^(AX)for your sake we are killed all the day long;
    we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.

²³^(AY)Awake! Why are you sleeping, O Lord?
    Rouse yourself! ^(AZ)Do not reject us forever!
²⁴Why ^(BA)do you hide your face?
    Why do you forget our affliction and oppression?
²⁵For our ^(BB)soul is bowed down to the dust;
    our belly clings to the ground.
²⁶Rise up; ^(BC)come to our help!
    ^(BD)Redeem us for the sake of your steadfast love!

Your Throne, O God, Is Forever

To the choirmaster: according to Lilies. A Maskil^[c] of ^(BE)the Sons of Korah; a love song.

45 My heart overflows with a pleasing theme;
I address my verses to the king;
my tongue is like the pen of ^(BF)a ready scribe.

²You are ^(BG)the most handsome of the sons of men;
    ^(BH)grace is poured upon your lips;
    therefore God has blessed you forever.
³^(BI)Gird your ^(BJ)sword on your thigh, O ^(BK)mighty one,
    in ^(BL)your splendor and majesty!

⁴In your majesty ^(BM)ride out victoriously
    for the cause of truth and meekness and righteousness;
    let your right hand teach you ^(BN)awesome deeds!
⁵Your arrows are sharp
    in the heart of the king's enemies;
    the peoples fall under you.

⁶^(BO)Your throne, O God, is forever and ever.
    The ^(BP)scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of uprightness;
⁷    ^(BQ)you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness.
Therefore ^(BR)God, your God, has ^(BS)anointed you
    with the oil of ^(BT)gladness ^(BU)beyond your companions;
⁸    your robes are all fragrant with ^(BV)myrrh and aloes and cassia.
From ivory palaces ^(BW)stringed instruments make you glad;
⁹    daughters of kings are among your ladies of honor;
    ^(BX)at your right hand stands the queen in ^(BY)gold of Ophir.

¹⁰Hear, O daughter, and consider, and incline your ear:
    forget your people and your father's house,
¹¹    and the king will desire your beauty.
Since he is your ^(BZ)lord, ^(CA)bow to him.
¹²    The people^[d] of Tyre will ^(CB)seek your favor with ^(CC)gifts,
    ^(CD)the richest of the people.^[e]

¹³All glorious is ^(CE)the princess in her chamber, with robes interwoven with gold.
¹⁴    ^(CF)In many-colored robes ^(CG)she is led to the king,
    with her virgin companions following behind her.
¹⁵With joy and gladness they are led along
    as they enter the palace of the king.

¹⁶In place of your fathers shall be your sons;
you will make them ^(CH)princes in all the earth.
¹⁷^(CI)I will cause your name to be remembered in all generations;
therefore nations will praise you forever and ever.

Footnotes

Psalm 44:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
Psalm 44:14 Hebrew a shaking of the head
Psalm 45:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
Psalm 45:12 Hebrew daughter
Psalm 45:12 Or The daughter of Tyre is here with gifts, the richest of people seek your favor

Acts 27:27-44

English Standard Version

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

³³As 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. ³⁴Therefore I urge you to take some food. For it will give you strength,^[c] for ^(C)not a hair is to perish from the head of any of you.” ³⁵And when he had said these things, he took bread, and ^(D)giving thanks to God in the presence of all he broke it and began to eat. ³⁶Then they all ^(E)were encouraged and ate some food themselves. ³⁷(We were in all 276^[d] ^(F)persons in the ship.) ³⁸And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, ^(G)throwing out the wheat into the sea.

The Shipwreck

³⁹Now when it was day, ^(H)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. ⁴⁰So 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. ⁴¹But striking a reef,^[e] ^(I)they ran the vessel aground. The bow stuck and remained immovable, and the stern was being broken up by the surf. ⁴²^(J)The soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners, lest any should swim away and escape. ⁴³But the centurion, ^(K)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, ⁴⁴and the rest on planks or on pieces of the ship. And so it was that ^(L)all were brought safely to land.

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Footnotes

Acts 27:28 About 120 feet; a fathom (Greek orguia) was about 6 feet or 2 meters
Acts 27:28 About 90 feet (see previous note)
Acts 27:34 Or For it is for your deliverance
Acts 27:37 Some manuscripts seventy-six, or about seventy-six
Acts 27:41 Or sandbank, or crosscurrent; Greek place between two seas