Old/New Testament
Prayer for Victory over Enemies.
For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
20 May the Lord answer you (A)in the day of trouble!
May the (B)name of the (C)God of Jacob set you securely on high!
2 May He send you help (D)from the sanctuary
And (E)support you from Zion!
3 May He (F)remember all your meal offerings
And (G)find your burnt offering [a]acceptable! [b]Selah.
4 May He grant you your (H)heart’s desire
And (I)fulfill all your [c]counsel!
5 [d]We will (J)sing for joy over your [e]victory,
And in the name of our God we will (K)set up our banners.
May the Lord (L)fulfill all your petitions.
6 Now (M)I know that the Lord saves His anointed;
He will (N)answer him from His holy heaven
With the [f](O)saving strength of His right hand.
7 Some [g]boast in chariots and some in (P)horses,
But (Q)we [h]will boast in the name of the Lord, our God.
8 They have (R)bowed down and fallen,
But we have (S)risen and stood upright.
9 [i](T)Save, O Lord;
May the (U)King answer us in the day we call.
Praise for Deliverance.
For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
21 O Lord, in Your strength the king will (V)be glad,
And in Your [j]salvation how greatly he will rejoice!
2 You have (W)given him his heart’s desire,
And You have not withheld the request of his lips. [k]Selah.
3 For You (X)meet him with the blessings of good things;
You set a (Y)crown of fine gold on his head.
4 He asked life of You,
You (Z)gave it to him,
(AA)Length of days forever and ever.
5 His (AB)glory is great through Your [l]salvation,
(AC)Splendor and majesty You place upon him.
6 For You make him [m]most (AD)blessed forever;
You make him joyful (AE)with gladness in Your presence.
7 For the king (AF)trusts in the Lord,
And through the lovingkindness of the Most High (AG)he will not be shaken.
8 Your hand will (AH)find out all your enemies;
Your right hand will find out those who hate you.
9 You will make them (AI)as a fiery oven in the time [n]of your anger;
The Lord will (AJ)swallow them up in His wrath,
And (AK)fire will devour them.
10 Their [o]offspring You will destroy from the earth,
And their [p](AL)descendants from among the sons of men.
11 Though they [q](AM)intended evil against You
And (AN)devised a plot,
They will not succeed.
12 For You will (AO)make them turn their back;
You will [r]aim (AP)with Your bowstrings at their faces.
13 Be exalted, O Lord, in Your strength;
We will (AQ)sing and praise Your power.
A Cry of Anguish and a Song of Praise.
For the choir director; upon [s]Aijeleth Hashshahar. A Psalm of David.
22 (AR)My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?
[t](AS)Far from my deliverance are the words of my [u](AT)groaning.
2 O my God, I (AU)cry by day, but You do not answer;
And by night, but [v]I have no rest.
3 Yet (AV)You are holy,
O You who [w]are enthroned upon (AW)the praises of Israel.
4 In You our fathers (AX)trusted;
They trusted and You (AY)delivered them.
5 To You they cried out and were delivered;
(AZ)In You they trusted and were not [x]disappointed.
6 But I am a (BA)worm and not a man,
A (BB)reproach of men and (BC)despised by the people.
7 All who see me [y](BD)sneer at me;
They [z]separate with the lip, they (BE)wag the head, saying,
8 “[aa]Commit yourself to the Lord; (BF)let Him deliver him;
Let Him rescue him, because He delights in him.”
9 Yet You are He who (BG)brought me forth from the womb;
You made me trust when upon my mother’s breasts.
10 Upon You I was cast (BH)from [ab]birth;
You have been my God from my mother’s womb.
11 (BI)Be not far from me, for [ac]trouble is near;
For there is (BJ)none to help.
12 Many (BK)bulls have surrounded me;
Strong bulls of (BL)Bashan have encircled me.
13 They (BM)open wide their mouth at me,
As a ravening and a roaring (BN)lion.
14 I am (BO)poured out like water,
And all my (BP)bones are out of joint;
My (BQ)heart is like wax;
It is melted within [ad]me.
15 My (BR)strength is dried up like a potsherd,
And (BS)my tongue cleaves to my jaws;
And You (BT)lay me [ae]in the dust of death.
16 For (BU)dogs have surrounded me;
[af]A band of evildoers has encompassed me;
[ag]They (BV)pierced my hands and my feet.
17 I can count all my bones.
(BW)They look, they stare at me;
18 They (BX)divide my garments among them,
And for my clothing they cast lots.
19 But You, O Lord, (BY)be not far off;
O You my help, (BZ)hasten to my assistance.
20 Deliver my [ah]soul from (CA)the sword,
My (CB)only life from the [ai]power of the dog.
21 Save me from the (CC)lion’s mouth;
From the horns of the (CD)wild oxen You (CE)answer me.
22 I will (CF)tell of Your name to my brethren;
In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.
23 (CG)You who fear the Lord, praise Him;
All you [aj]descendants of Jacob, (CH)glorify Him,
And (CI)stand in awe of Him, all you [ak]descendants of Israel.
24 For He has (CJ)not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;
Nor has He (CK)hidden His face from him;
But (CL)when he cried to Him for help, He heard.
25 From You comes (CM)my praise in the great assembly;
I shall (CN)pay my vows before those who fear Him.
26 The [al]afflicted will eat and (CO)be satisfied;
Those who seek Him will (CP)praise the Lord.
Let your (CQ)heart live forever!
27 All the (CR)ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord,
And all the (CS)families of the nations will worship before [am]You.
28 For the (CT)kingdom is the Lord’s
And He (CU)rules over the nations.
29 All the [an](CV)prosperous of the earth will eat and worship,
All those who (CW)go down to the dust will bow before Him,
Even he who [ao](CX)cannot keep his soul alive.
30 [ap](CY)Posterity will serve Him;
It will be told of the Lord to (CZ)the coming generation.
31 They will come and (DA)will declare His righteousness
To a people (DB)who will be born, that He has performed it.
Paul Sails from Miletus
21 When (A)we had parted from them and had set sail, we ran (B)a straight course to Cos and the next day to Rhodes and from there to Patara; 2 and having found a ship crossing over to (C)Phoenicia, we went aboard and set sail. 3 When we came in sight of (D)Cyprus, leaving it on the left, we kept sailing to (E)Syria and landed at (F)Tyre; for there the ship was to unload its cargo. 4 After looking up (G)the disciples, we stayed there seven days; and they kept telling Paul [a](H)through the Spirit not to set foot in Jerusalem. 5 When [b]our days there were ended, we left and started on our journey, while they all, with wives and children, (I)escorted us until we were out of the city. After (J)kneeling down on the beach and praying, we said farewell to one another. 6 Then we went on board the ship, and they returned (K)home again.
7 When we had finished the voyage from (L)Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais, and after greeting (M)the brethren, we stayed with them for a day. 8 On the next day we left and came to (N)Caesarea, and entering the house of (O)Philip the (P)evangelist, who was (Q)one of the seven, we stayed with him. 9 Now this man had four virgin daughters who were (R)prophetesses. 10 As we were staying there for some days, a prophet named (S)Agabus came down from Judea. 11 And coming to us, he (T)took Paul’s belt and bound his own feet and hands, and said, “This (U)is what the Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews at Jerusalem will (V)bind the man who owns this belt and (W)deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.’” 12 When we had heard this, we as well as the local residents began begging him (X)not to go up to Jerusalem. 13 Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For (Y)I am ready not only to be bound, but even to die at Jerusalem for (Z)the name of the Lord Jesus.” 14 And since he would not be persuaded, we fell silent, remarking, “(AA)The will of the Lord be done!”
Paul at Jerusalem
15 After these days we got ready and (AB)started on our way up to Jerusalem. 16 Some of (AC)the disciples from (AD)Caesarea also came with us, taking us to Mnason of (AE)Cyprus, a (AF)disciple of long standing with whom we were to lodge.
17 After we arrived in Jerusalem, (AG)the brethren received us gladly.
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