Psalm 142142 In Hebrew texts 142:1-7 is numbered 142:2-8.
A maskil142:0 Probably a literary or musical term of David. When he was in the cave. A prayer.
1.I cry aloud to the Lord;
I lift up my voice to the Lord for mercy.
2.I pour out before him my complaint;
before him I tell my trouble.
3.When my spirit grows faint within me,
it is you who watch over my way.
In the path where I walk
people have hidden a snare for me.
4.Look and see, there is no one at my right hand;
no one is concerned for me.
I have no refuge;
no one cares for my life.
5.I cry to you, Lord;
I say, “You are my refuge,
my portion in the land of the living.”
6.Listen to my cry,
for I am in desperate need;
rescue me from those who pursue me,
for they are too strong for me.
7.Set me free from my prison,
that I may praise your name.
Then the righteous will gather about me
because of your goodness to me.
Psalm 5757 In Hebrew texts 57:1-11 is numbered 57:2-12.
For the director of music. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” Of David. A miktam.57:0 Probably a literary or musical term When he had fled from Saul into the cave.
1.Have mercy on me, my God, have mercy on me,
for in you I take refuge.
I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings
until the disaster has passed.
2.I cry out to God Most High,
to God, who vindicates me.
3.He sends from heaven and saves me,
rebuking those who hotly pursue me—57:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 6.
God sends forth his love and his faithfulness.
4.I am in the midst of lions;
I am forced to dwell among ravenous beasts—
men whose teeth are spears and arrows,
whose tongues are sharp swords.
5.Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
let your glory be over all the earth.
6.They spread a net for my feet—
I was bowed down in distress.
They dug a pit in my path—
but they have fallen into it themselves.
7.My heart, O God, is steadfast,
my heart is steadfast;
I will sing and make music.
8.Awake, my soul!
Awake, harp and lyre!
I will awaken the dawn.
9.I will praise you, Lord, among the nations;
I will sing of you among the peoples.
10.For great is your love, reaching to the heavens;
your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
11.Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
let your glory be over all the earth.
1.David left Gath and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there.
Psalm 2222 In Hebrew texts 22:1-31 is numbered 22:2-32.
For the director of music. To the tune of “The Doe of the Morning.” A psalm of David.
1.My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Why are you so far from saving me,
so far from my cries of anguish?
2.My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer,
by night, but I find no rest.22:2 Or night, and am not silent
3.Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One;
you are the one Israel praises.22:3 Or Yet you are holy, / enthroned on the praises of Israel
4.In you our ancestors put their trust;
they trusted and you delivered them.
5.To you they cried out and were saved;
in you they trusted and were not put to shame.
6.But I am a worm and not a man,
scorned by everyone, despised by the people.
7.All who see me mock me;
they hurl insults, shaking their heads.
8.“He trusts in the Lord,” they say,
“let the Lord rescue him.
Let him deliver him,
since he delights in him.”
9.Yet you brought me out of the womb;
you made me trust in you, even at my mother’s breast.
10.From birth I was cast on you;
from my mother’s womb you have been my God.
11.Do not be far from me,
for trouble is near
and there is no one to help.
12.Many bulls surround me;
strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
13.Roaring lions that tear their prey
open their mouths wide against me.
14.I am poured out like water,
and all my bones are out of joint.
My heart has turned to wax;
it has melted within me.
15.My mouth22:15 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text strength is dried up like a potsherd,
and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth;
you lay me in the dust of death.
16.Dogs surround me,
a pack of villains encircles me;
they pierce22:16 Dead Sea Scrolls and some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Septuagint and Syriac; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text me, / like a lion my hands and my feet.
17.All my bones are on display;
people stare and gloat over me.
18.They divide my clothes among them
and cast lots for my garment.
19.But you, Lord, do not be far from me.
You are my strength; come quickly to help me.
20.Deliver me from the sword,
my precious life from the power of the dogs.
21.Rescue me from the mouth of the lions;
save me from the horns of the wild oxen.
22.I will declare your name to my people;
in the assembly I will praise you.
23.You who fear the Lord, praise him!
All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!
Revere him, all you descendants of Israel!
24.For he has not despised or scorned
the suffering of the afflicted one;
he has not hidden his face from him
but has listened to his cry for help.
25.From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly;
before those who fear you22:25 Hebrew him I will fulfill my vows.
26.The poor will eat and be satisfied;
those who seek the Lord will praise him—
may your hearts live forever!
27.All the ends of the earth
will remember and turn to the Lord,
and all the families of the nations
will bow down before him,
28.for dominion belongs to the Lord
and he rules over the nations.
29.All the rich of the earth will feast and worship;
all who go down to the dust will kneel before him—
those who cannot keep themselves alive.
30.Posterity will serve him;
future generations will be told about the Lord.
31.They will proclaim his righteousness,
declaring to a people yet unborn:
He has done it!
35.Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36.As it is written:
“For your sake we face death all day long;
we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”8:36 Psalm 44:2237.No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38.For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,8:38 Or nor heavenly rulers neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39.neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
1.As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2.His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”3.
“Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. 4.As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. 5.While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”6.After saying this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes. 7.“Go,” he told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam” (this word means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.8.His neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging asked, “Isn’t this the same man who used to sit and beg?” 9.Some claimed that he was.
Others said, “No, he only looks like him.”
But he himself insisted, “I am the man.”10.“How then were your eyes opened?” they asked.11.He replied, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see.”12.“Where is this man?” they asked him.
“I don’t know,” he said.
2.Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,1:2 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in verses 16 and 19; and in 2:1, 5, 14; 3:10, 12; 4:11; 5:7, 9, 10, 12, 19. whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3.because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4.Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 5.If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.
7.Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father?
1.We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. 2.Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up. 3.For even Christ did not please himself but, as it is written: “The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.”15:3 Psalm 69:9 4.For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.
5.May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, 6.so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
7.Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God. 8.For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the Jews15:8 Greek circumcision on behalf of God’s truth, so that the promises made to the patriarchs might be confirmed 9.and, moreover, that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written:
“Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles;
I will sing the praises of your name.”15:9 2 Samuel 22:50; Psalm 18:49
10.Again, it says,
“Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people.”15:10 Deut. 32:43
11.And again,
“Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles;
let all the peoples extol him.”15:11 Psalm 117:1
12.And again, Isaiah says,
“The Root of Jesse will spring up,
one who will arise to rule over the nations;
in him the Gentiles will hope.”15:12 Isaiah 11:10 (see Septuagint)
13.May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Paul the Minister to the Gentiles
14.I myself am convinced, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with knowledge and competent to instruct one another. 15.Yet I have written you quite boldly on some points to remind you of them again, because of the grace God gave me 16.to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. He gave me the priestly duty of proclaiming the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
17.Therefore I glory in Christ Jesus in my service to God. 18.I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done— 19.by the power of signs and wonders, through the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ. 20.It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation. 21.Rather, as it is written:
“Those who were not told about him will see,
and those who have not heard will understand.”15:21 Isaiah 52:15 (see Septuagint)
22.This is why I have often been hindered from coming to you.
Paul’s Plan to Visit Rome
23.But now that there is no more place for me to work in these regions, and since I have been longing for many years to visit you, 24.I plan to do so when I go to Spain. I hope to see you while passing through and to have you assist me on my journey there, after I have enjoyed your company for a while. 25.Now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem in the service of the Lord’s people there. 26.For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the Lord’s people in Jerusalem. 27.They were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in the Jews’ spiritual blessings, they owe it to the Jews to share with them their material blessings. 28.So after I have completed this task and have made sure that they have received this contribution, I will go to Spain and visit you on the way. 29.I know that when I come to you, I will come in the full measure of the blessing of Christ.
30.I urge you, brothers and sisters, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me. 31.Pray that I may be kept safe from the unbelievers in Judea and that the contribution I take to Jerusalem may be favorably received by the Lord’s people there, 32.so that I may come to you with joy, by God’s will, and in your company be refreshed. 33.The God of peace be with you all. Amen.
18.Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High, 19.and he blessed Abram, saying,
“Blessed be Abram by God Most High,
Creator of heaven and earth.20.And praise be to God Most High,
who delivered your enemies into your hand.”
Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
42.“Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.”
8.And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
by becoming obedient to death—
even death on a cross!