Psalms 109 Cross References - NSB

¹ ([Psalm of David]) O God, whom I praise, do not be silent. ² Wicked and deceitful people have opened their mouths against me. They speak against me with lying tongues. ³ They surround me with hateful words. They fight against me without reason. ⁴ In return for my love, they accuse me, but I pray for them. ⁵ They reward me with evil instead of good and with hatred instead of love. ⁶ Appoint the evil one to oppose him. Let an accuser stand at his right hand. ⁷ When he stands trial, let him be found guilty. Let his prayer be considered sinful. ⁸ Let his days be few in number. Let someone else take his place. ⁹ Let his children become fatherless and his wife a widow. ¹⁰ Let his children wander around and beg. Let them seek help far from their ruined homes. ¹¹ Let a creditor take everything he owns. Let strangers steal what he has worked for. ¹² Let no one be kind to him anymore. Let no one show any pity to his fatherless children. ¹³ Let his descendants be cut off and their family name be wiped out by the next generation. ¹⁴ Let Jehovah remember the guilt of his ancestors and not wipe out his mother's sin. ¹⁵ Let their guilt and sin always remain on record in front of Jehovah. Let Jehovah remove every memory of him from the earth, ¹⁶ for he did not remember to be kind. He drove oppressed, needy, and brokenhearted people to their graves. ¹⁷ He loved to put curses on others, so he, too, was cursed. He did not like to bless others, so he never received a blessing. ¹⁸ He wore cursing as though it were clothing; so cursing entered his body like water and his bones like oil. ¹⁹ Let cursing be his clothing, a belt he always wears. ²⁰ This is how Jehovah rewards those who accuse me, those who say evil things against me. ²¹ O Lord Jehovah, deal with me out of the goodness of your name. Rescue me because of your loving kindness. ²² I am oppressed and needy. I feel pain in my heart. ²³ I fade away like a lengthening shadow. I have been shaken off like a grasshopper. ²⁴ My knees give way because I have been fasting. My body has become lean, without any fat. ²⁵ I have become the victim of my enemies' insults. They look at me and shake their heads. ²⁶ Help me, O Jehovah my God. Save me because of your loving kindness. ²⁷ Then they will know that this is your doing, that you, O Jehovah, are the one who saved me. ²⁸ They may curse, but you will bless. Let those who attack me be ashamed, but let your servant rejoice. ²⁹ Let those who accuse me wear disgrace as though it were clothing. Let them be wrapped in their shame as though it were a robe. ³⁰ With my mouth I will give many thanks to Jehovah. I will praise him among many people. ³¹ He stands at the right hand of the needy people to save them from those who would condemn them to death.

¹² »When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer (vagabond) on the earth.« ¹³ Cain said to Jehovah: »My punishment is more than I can bear. ¹⁴ »You are driving me from the land today. I will be hidden from your presence. I will be a restless (homeless) wanderer on the earth. And whoever finds me will kill me.«

²¹ They said to one another: »Truly we are guilty concerning our brother, because we saw his distress when he pleaded with us, yet we would not listen. Therefore this distress has come upon us.«

⁴ They just left the city and were not far off, when Joseph said to the man in charge of his house: »Follow the men and when you overtake them, say to them: ‘Why have you repaid evil for good?

¹⁹ The magicians said to the king: »It is the finger of God!« (God has done this!) But the king was stubborn. Just as Jehovah predicted, the king would not listen to Moses and Aaron.

¹³ Moses held his staff over the land of Egypt. Jehovah made a wind from the east blow over the land all that day and all that night. By morning the east wind had brought the locusts.

¹⁹ Jehovah changed the wind to a very strong west wind. It picked up the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not one locust was left anywhere in Egypt.

² »Jehovah is my strong defender. He is the one who has saved me. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will sing about his greatness.

⁵ »Do not worship them or serve them. I, Jehovah your God, am a God demanding exclusive devotion. (I do not tolerate rivals.) I will not share your affection with any other god. I punish children for their parents’ sins to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me.

²² »Do not mistreat any widow or orphan. ²³ »If you do, I, Jehovah, will answer them when they cry out to me for help, ²⁴ and I will become angry and kill you in war. Your wives will become widows, and your children will be fatherless.

²⁴ and I will become angry and kill you in war. Your wives will become widows, and your children will be fatherless.

²² »‘May this water that can bring a curse go into your body and make your stomach swell and your uterus drop!’« Then the woman will say: »Amen!« »Amen!«

³⁹ »‘Those who are left will waste away in the lands of their enemies because of their sins and the sins of their ancestors.

²⁷ »If she has become unclean by being unfaithful to her husband, the water that can bring the curse will go into her and become bitter. Her stomach will swell, her uterus will drop, and she will become cursed among her people.

¹² God said to Balaam: »Do not go with them! Do not curse these people. They are blessed!«

²⁸ Moses said: »This is how you will know that Jehovah sent me to do all these things and that it wasn’t my idea: ²⁹ »If these men die a natural death like all other people Jehovah has not sent me. ³⁰ »But if Jehovah does something totally new, if the ground opens up, swallows them and everything that belongs to them, and they go down alive to their graves; then you will know that these men have treated Jehovah with contempt.«

²⁰ »I have been instructed to bless. And when God blesses, I cannot call it back.

²³ »For there is omen (spell) against Jacob, Nor is there any divination against Israel. At the proper time it will be said to Jacob and Israel: What God has done!

¹⁴ »‘Leave me alone that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.’

²¹ »He is your praise! He is your God! He performed for you those great and awesome things you saw with your own eyes.

¹⁹ »When Jehovah your God has given you rest from all your surrounding enemies, in the land Jehovah your God gives you as an inheritance to possess. You will blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget.

²⁹ that even in bright sunshine you will have to feel your way around like a blind person. You will tell day from night! For the rest of your life, people will beat and rob you. No one will be able to stop them.

³³ »A foreign nation will take all the crops that you have worked so hard to grow. You will receive nothing but constant oppression and harsh treatment. ³⁴ »You will lose your mind (experience insanity) because of all the suffering.

⁵⁰ a nation of fierce countenance who will have no respect for the old, nor show favor to the young. ⁵¹ »They will eat the offspring of your animals and the crops from your fields until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain, no new wine, no olive oil, no calves from your herds, and no lambs or kids from your flocks. They will continue to do this until you are completely desolate.

²⁰ Jehovah will never be willing to forgive him, but rather the anger of Jehovah and / His jealousy will burn against that man. Every curse which is written in this book will rest on him. Jehovah will blot out his name from under heaven.

³⁴ »Is this not laid up in store with me and sealed up among my treasures?

³ When the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites and the Amalekites along with the desert tribes attacked them. ⁴ They camped on the land and destroyed the crops as far south as Gaza. They took all the sheep, cattle, and donkeys, and left nothing for the Israelites to live on. ⁵ They came with their livestock and tents, as thick as locusts. It was impossible to count the men and their camels. They entered the land and destroyed it. ⁶ Israel was helpless against them.

³¹ »‘The days are coming when I will cut off your arm (reduce your strength) and the arm of your father’s house. No old man shall be in your house! ³² »‘You will see the enemy in my house even though God does good for Israel. There will not be an old man in your house forever. ³³ »‘Yet I will keep one of your descendants alive. He will serve me as priest. But he will become blind and lose all hope. All your other descendants will die in the prime of life.

¹³ »I told him I would hand down a long lasting judgment against his household because he knew about his sons’ sin. They were cursing God but he did not restrain them.

⁴ Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul. »You should not commit a sin against your servant David,« he said. »He has not sinned against you. He has in fact done some very fine things for you. ⁵ »He risked his life and killed the Philistine Goliath. Jehovah gave all Israel a great victory. You rejoiced when you saw it. Why should you sin by shedding David’s innocent blood for no reason?«

¹⁸ He also said: »Why are you my lord pursuing your servant? What have I done? Or what evil is in my hand?

²⁹ »Let the punishment for it fall on Joab and all his family! In every generation may there be some man in his family who has gonorrhea or a dreaded skin disease or is fit only to do a woman’s work or is killed in battle or does not have enough to eat!«

⁴⁶ »Today Jehovah will help me defeat you. I will knock you down and cut off your head! I will feed the bodies of the other Philistine soldiers to the birds and wild animals. Then the whole world will know that Israel has a real God. ⁴⁷ »Everybody here will see that Jehovah does not need swords or spears to save his people. Jehovah always wins his battles. He will help us defeat you!«

³ Absalom would say: »My friend, the law is on your side. However, there is no representative of the king to hear your case.« ⁴ He added: »How I wish I were a judge! Then anyone who had a dispute or a claim could come to me. I would give him justice.« ⁵ The man would approach Absalom and bow down before him. Then Absalom would reach out and hug and kiss him. ⁶ Absalom did this with every Israelite who came to the king for judgment. That way he won their loyalty. ⁷ After four years Absalom said to King David: »My lord let me go to Hebron and keep a promise I made to Jehovah. ⁸ »When I lived at Geshur in Syria (Aram), I promised Jehovah that if he would take me back to Jerusalem, I would worship him in Hebron.«

¹² Absalom was offering sacrifices. He sent for Ahithophel, David’s adviser, to come from his home in Giloh. Meanwhile, the conspiracy grew stronger. The number of people siding with Absalom kept getting larger.

³¹ Someone told David: »Ahithophel is helping Absalom conspire against you!« David said: »Please Jehovah keep Ahithophel’s plans from working!«

³¹ Someone told David: »Ahithophel is helping Absalom conspire against you!« David said: »Please Jehovah keep Ahithophel’s plans from working!« ³² David reached the top of the Mount of Olives. He met Hushai the Archite at a place of worship. Hushai’s robe was torn, and dust was on his head.

⁷ Shimei cursed him and said: »Get out! Get out you murderer! ⁸ »You took Saul’s kingdom. Now Jehovah is punishing you for murdering so many of Saul’s family. Jehovah has given the kingdom to your son Absalom. You are ruined, you bloodthirsty murderer!«

¹⁰ »What business is this of yours?« The king said to Abishai and his brother Joab. »If Jehovah told him to curse me who am I to stop him?« ¹¹ David said to Abishai and to all his officials: »My own son is trying to kill me. Why should you be surprised at this Benjaminite? Jehovah told him to curse. Leave him alone and let him curse.

¹¹ David said to Abishai and to all his officials: »My own son is trying to kill me. Why should you be surprised at this Benjaminite? Jehovah told him to curse. Leave him alone and let him curse. ¹² »Perhaps Jehovah will acknowledge my misery and give me some blessings to take away this curse.«

¹² »Perhaps Jehovah will acknowledge my misery and give me some blessings to take away this curse.« ¹³ David and his men continued along the road. Shimei kept up with them. He walked on the hillside. He cursed and threw stones and dirt at them as he went.

³² »Is the young man Absalom all right?« The king asked. The Sudanese messenger answered: »May your enemies and all who turned against you be like that young man!«

³⁹ King David longed for Absalom once people had consoled him over Amnon’s death.

¹ Later Ahithophel said to Absalom: »Let me choose twelve thousand men. Tonight I will set out after David.

¹ Later Ahithophel said to Absalom: »Let me choose twelve thousand men. Tonight I will set out after David. ² »I will attack him while he is tired and discouraged. He will be frightened! All his men will run away. I will kill only the king.

²³ Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed. He saddled his donkey and went back to his hometown. He arranged his affairs in order and he hanged himself. He was buried in the family grave.

¹ There was a famine for three successive years during David’s reign. David asked Jehovah for advice about it. Jehovah answered: »It is because of Saul and his family. They are guilty of murder because they killed the people of Gibeon.«

⁸ Saul and Rizpah the daughter of Aiah had two sons named Armoni and Mephibosheth. Saul’s daughter Merab had five sons whose father was Adriel the son of Barzillai from Meholah. David took Rizpah’s two sons and Merab’s five sons. ⁹ He turned them over to the Gibeonites. They hanged all seven of them on the mountain near the place where Jehovah was worshiped. This happened right at the beginning of the barley harvest.

⁴⁴ »You know very well all the wrong that you did to my father David. Jehovah will punish you for it.

²⁷ but when she came to Elisha, she bowed down before him and took hold of his feet. Gehazi was about to push her away. Elisha said: »Do not bother her. You can see she is deeply distressed. Jehovah has not told me a thing about it.«

³⁶ Then at the time of the offering, Elijah the prophet came near and said, »Jehovah, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be seen this day that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things by your order. ³⁷ »Give me an answer, O Jehovah. Give me an answer so that this people may see that you are God. That you have made their hearts come back again.«

²⁷ »Naaman's leprosy will come upon you. You and your descendants will have it from generation to generation!« When Gehazi left, he had the disease. His skin was as white as snow.

²⁷ Ahaziah was related to King Ahab by marriage. He sinned against Jehovah as Ahab's family did.

²⁷ When King Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled on the road leading to Beth Haggan. Jehu pursued him and ordered: »Shoot him down in his chariot.« They shot him at Gur Pass, near Ibleam. Ahaziah continued to flee until he got to Megiddo, where he died.

¹⁰ »You may be certain that nothing Jehovah said about the family of Ahab will be without effect. Jehovah has done what he said by his servant Elijah.« ¹¹ Jehu put to death all the rest of the seed of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his relations and his near friends and his priests, till there were no more of them.

¹³ He came across the brothers of Ahaziah, king of Judah, and asked: »Who are you?« They replied: »We are the brothers of Ahaziah, king of Judah. We are going down to see the children of the king and of the queen.« ¹⁴ He ordered: »Take them alive.« So they took them alive and then killed them at the cistern of the shearing house. He killed all forty-two of them.

¹ King Ahaziah's mother Athaliah learned of her son's murder. She gave orders for all the members of the royal family to be killed.

¹⁵ »You know, O Jehovah that we pass through life like exiles and strangers, as our ancestors did. Our days are like a passing shadow, and we cannot escape death.

³ Ahaziah also followed the ways of Ahab’s family, because his mother gave him advice that led him to sin. ⁴ He did what Jehovah considered evil the same as Ahab’s family had done. After his father died, they advised him to do what Ahab’s family had done. They did this to destroy him.

⁵ Do not let their wrongdoing be covered or their sin be washed away from before you: for they have made you angry before the builders.

⁴ »His children are far from help. They are crushed at the court of justice at the city gate. No one is there to rescue them. ⁵ »Hungry people eat what a stubborn fool gathers. They take it even from among the thorns. Thirsty people pant after his wealth.

⁴ »The Almighty’s arrows are in me. My spirit drinks in their poison. God’s terrors set themselves against me.

²² »Your enemies will be clothed in shame. The tents of the wicked will be no more.«

⁴ »I too could speak like you, if I were in your place. I could compose words against you. And I would shake my head at you.

¹² »Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue, ¹³ though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth, ¹⁴ yet his food will turn sour in his stomach; it will become the venom of serpents within him. ¹⁵ »He will spit out the riches he swallowed. God will make his stomach vomit them up. ¹⁶ »He will suck the poison of serpents. The fangs of an adder (cobra) will kill him.

¹⁸ »What he toiled for he must give back uneaten. He will not enjoy the profit from his trading.

²⁰ »He will have no respite from his craving; he cannot save himself by his treasure. ²¹ »There is nothing left for him to devour; his prosperity will not endure. ²² »Distress will overtake him in the midst of his plenty. The full force of misery will come upon him. ²³ »With his belly full, God will vent his burning anger against him and rain down his blows upon him.

² »He springs up like a flower and fades away. He is like a fleeting shadow and does not endure.

⁹ »A trap seizes him by the heel and a snare holds him fast. ¹⁰ »A noose is hidden for him on the ground and a trap lies in his path. ¹¹ »Terrors startle him on every side and chase him at his heels. ¹² »Calamity hungers for him and disaster catch him when he falls. ¹³ »It eats away parts of his skin. Death’s firstborn devours his limbs. ¹⁴ »He is torn from the security of his tent and marched off to the king of terrors. ¹⁵ »Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur is scattered over his dwelling. ¹⁶ »His roots dry up below and his branches wither above. ¹⁷ »The memory of him perishes from the earth. He has no name in the street.

¹⁷ »The memory of him perishes from the earth. He has no name in the street. ¹⁸ »He is driven from light into darkness and is banished from the world. ¹⁹ »He has no offspring or descendants among his people, no survivor where once he lived.

¹⁹ »He has no offspring or descendants among his people, no survivor where once he lived.

² »How long will you torment me and depress me with words? ³ »You have insulted me ten times now. You are not even ashamed of hurting me.

²⁰ »My bones cling to my skin. I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth (with almost nothing). ²¹ »Have pity on me, my friends! Have pity on me because God's hand has struck me down. ²² »Why do you pursue me as God does? Why are you never satisfied with my flesh?

⁸ »They are wet with the rain of the mountains. They cling to the rock in search of shelter. ⁹ »There are those who snatch the orphan child from the breast. They take as a pledge the infant of the poor. ¹⁰ »The needy go about naked, without clothing; though hungry, they carry the sheaves. ¹¹ »Between their terraces they press out oil. They tread the wine presses, but suffer thirst. ¹² »The dying groan from the city. The throat of the wounded cries for help. Yet God pays no attention to their prayer.

¹⁴ »I put on righteousness and it clothed me. My justice was like a robe and a turban.

³ »Shriveled up from need and hunger, they gnaw at the dry and barren ground during the night. ⁴ »They pick mallow (salt herb) from the underbrush, and the roots of the broom plant are their food. ⁵ »They are driven from the community. People shout at them in the same way they shout at thieves. ⁶ »They have to live in dry riverbeds (the clefts of the valleys) (wadis), in holes in the ground, and among rocks. ⁷ »They howl in bushes and huddle together under thorn bushes. ⁸ »Godless fools and worthless people are forced out of the land with whips. ⁹ »Now they make fun of me with songs. I have become a joke to them.

⁷ »He seals the hand of every man and all men may know His work.

¹⁷ I will give to Jehovah the thanks due to his righteousness. I will sing praise to the name of Jehovah, the Most High.

¹ ([Psalm of David]) I will give thanks to Jehovah with all my heart. I will tell of all your wonders.

² The wicked proudly persecutes the poor people. He will be caught in the schemes that he contrived.

¹⁴ You have seen trouble and grief and placed them under your control. The victim entrusts himself to you. You alone have been the helper of orphans.

⁵ Then he rebukes them in his anger and terrifies them in his rage (fury). He says: ⁶ »I have installed (anointed) (established) my king on Zion, my holy mountain.«

¹² Kiss the Son, lest he be angry and you be destroyed in your way, for his wrath can flare up in a moment. Blessed (happy) are all who take refuge (put trust) in him.

¹⁰ All my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed. They will turn back in sudden disgrace.

⁸ I always keep Jehovah in front of me. When he is at my right hand (assisting me), I cannot be moved.

¹¹ They have surrounded me. They have focused their attention on throwing me to the ground.

¹³ Arise, O Jehovah and confront them! Bring them to their knees! With your sword rescue my life from the wicked. ¹⁴ With your power (by your hand) rescue me from mortals, O Jehovah, from mortals who look forward only to this life. You fill their bellies with your treasure. Their children are satisfied with it, and they leave what remains to their children.

⁸ Your hand (spirit and power) will discover all your enemies. Your powerful hand will find all who hate you. ⁹ When you appear, you will make them burn like a blazing furnace. Jehovah will swallow them up in his anger. Fire will devour them. ¹⁰ You will destroy their children from the earth and their offspring from among the sons of man.

¹⁰ You will destroy their children from the earth and their offspring from among the sons of man. ¹¹ Even though they scheme and devise evil against you, they will not succeed. ¹² They turn their backs and flee because you aim your bow at their faces.

¹ ([Psalm of David]) O Jehovah, I call to you. O my rock, do not turn a deaf ear to me. If you remain silent, I will be like those who go down to the pit (grave).

³ You are my rock and my stronghold. For the sake of your name, lead me and guide me.

¹¹ I have become a disgrace because of all my opponents. I have become someone dreaded by my friends, even by my neighbors. Those who see me on the street run away from me. ¹² I have faded from memory as if I were dead and have become like a piece of broken pottery. ¹³ I have heard the whispering of many people, terror on every side, while they made plans together against me. They were plotting to take my life.

¹³ I have heard the whispering of many people, terror on every side, while they made plans together against me. They were plotting to take my life.

¹⁸ Let their lying lips be speechless, since they speak against righteous people with arrogance and contempt.

³ When I kept silent about my sins, my body wasted away and I groaned all day long. ⁴ Day and night your hand lay heavily on me. My strength drained in the summer heat.

¹⁶ Jehovah confronts those who do evil in order to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.

⁶ Yet, I am a worm and not a man. I am scorned by humanity and despised by people.

⁶ Yet, I am a worm and not a man. I am scorned by humanity and despised by people. ⁷ All who see me laugh at me. Insults pour from their mouths. They shake their heads and say:

¹² Many bulls have surrounded me. Strong bulls from Bashan have encircled me.

¹⁴ I am poured out like water. All my bones are out of joint. My heart has melted within me like wax (I am weak).

²² I will tell my people about your name. I will praise you within the congregation. ²³ All who reverence Jehovah, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob honor him! Stand in awe of him, all you descendants of Israel. ²⁴ Jehovah has not despised or been disgusted with the plight of the oppressed one. He has not hidden his face from that person. Jehovah heard when that oppressed person cried out to him for help. ²⁵ My praise comes from you while I am among those assembled for worship. I will fulfill my vows in the presence of those who respect Jehovah.

³ He restores me and he leads me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

¹¹ O Jehovah, for the sake of your name pardon my guilt, because it is great.

¹⁸ Jehovah is near to those whose hearts and minds are humble and contrite. He saves the broken hearted and crushed in spirit.

⁷ They hid their net in a pit for no reason. They dug the pit to trap me for no reason.

⁷ They hid their net in a pit for no reason. They dug the pit to trap me for no reason. ⁸ Surprise them with destruction. Let the net that they hid catch them. Let them fall into their own pit and be destroyed. ⁹ I will find joy in Jehovah and be joyful about his salvation. ¹⁰ All my bones will say: »O Jehovah, who can compare with you? You rescue the weak person from the one who is too strong for him and weak and needy people from the one who robs them.« ¹¹ Violent witnesses bring charges against me. They ask me things I know nothing about. ¹² I am devastated because they pay me back with evil instead of good.

¹² I am devastated because they pay me back with evil instead of good. ¹³ But when they were sick, I wore sackcloth. I humbled myself with fasting. My prayer returned unanswered. ¹⁴ I walked around as if I were mourning for my friend or my brother. I was bent over as if I were mourning for my mother. ¹⁵ Yet, when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together. They gathered together against me. Unknown attackers tore me apart without stopping. ¹⁶ With godless and abusive mockers, they grit their teeth at me.

¹⁸ I will give you thanks in the large congregation. I will praise you in a mighty crowd.

²⁰ They do not talk about peace. Instead, they scheme against the peaceful people in the land.

²² Now you see it, O Jehovah. Do not remain silent. O Jehovah, do not be so far away from me. ²³ Wake up, and rise to my defense. Plead my case, O my God Jehovah.

²⁶ Let those who gloat over my downfall be thoroughly put to shame and confused. Let those who promote themselves at my expense be clothed with shame and disgrace.

⁷ How precious is your loving-kindness, O God! And the children of men put their trust in the shadow of your wings. ⁸ They drink their fill of the abundance of your house. You give them the river of your delights to drink. ⁹ For with you is the fountain (source) of life. In your light we see light. (Jeremiah 2:13) (Acts 17:28)

¹⁴ The wicked have drawn the sword and bent their bow to throw down the afflicted and the needy, to slay those who are upright in conduct.

¹⁴ Let all those who seek to end my life be confused and put to shame. Let those who want my downfall be turned back and disgraced. ¹⁵ Let those who say to me: Aha! Aha! Be stunned by their shame.

¹⁷ I am oppressed and needy. May Jehovah think of me. You are my help and my salvation. O my God, do not delay!

¹² If an enemy had insulted me, then I could tolerate it. If someone who hated me had attacked me, then I could hide from him. ¹³ But it is you, my equal, my close friend, and a well-known companion! ¹⁴ We took sweet fellowship together and walked into God's house with the crowds. ¹⁵ Let death suddenly take them! Let them go into the grave while they are still alive, for evil lives in their homes and within them. ¹⁶ But I call on God, and Jehovah saves me. ¹⁷ Morning, noon, and night I complain and murmur. He listens to my voice.

²³ But You, O God, will bring them down to the corruption of the grave. Men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in you.

¹ ([Psalm of David]) Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious to me for I take refuge in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge until disaster has passed.

³ They lie in ambush for me right here! Fierce men attack me, O Jehovah, but not because of any disobedience. ⁴ And not because any sin or any guilt on my part. They hurry to take positions against me. Wake up, and help me; see for yourself.

¹² This is because of the sins from their mouths and the words on their lips. Let them be trapped by their own arrogance because they speak curses and lies. ¹³ Destroy them in your rage. Destroy them until not one of them is left. Then they will know that God rules Jacob to the ends of the earth.

¹⁵ They wander around to find food. If they are not full enough, they will stay all night.

⁵ In his holy habitation God is a father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows.

⁴ Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to destroy me, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I did not take away.

⁹ Zeal for your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me. ¹⁰ When I wept and I fasted, that was to my reproach.

¹⁰ When I wept and I fasted, that was to my reproach. ¹¹ When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them. ¹² Those who sit in the gate talk about me. I am the song of the drunkards.

¹² Those who sit in the gate talk about me. I am the song of the drunkards. ¹³ But as for me, my prayer is to you, Jehovah, in an acceptable time. God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation.

¹³ But as for me, my prayer is to you, Jehovah, in an acceptable time. God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation.

¹⁶ Answer me, Jehovah, for your loving kindness is good. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, turn to me.

¹⁹ You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor. My adversaries are all before you. ²⁰ Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; for comforters, but I found none.

²⁰ Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; for comforters, but I found none. ²¹ They also gave me gall for my food. In my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink. ²² Let their table before them become a snare. Let it become retribution and a trap. ²³ Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see. Let their backs be continually bent. ²⁴ Pour out your indignation on them. Let the fierceness of your anger overtake them. ²⁵ Let their habitation be desolate and let no one live in their tents. ²⁶ For they persecute him whom you have wounded. They tell of the sorrow of those whom you have hurt. ²⁷ Charge them with crime upon crime. Do not let them come into your righteousness. ²⁸ Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous. ²⁹ I am in pain and distress. O God, Let your salvation protect me.

²⁹ I am in pain and distress. O God, Let your salvation protect me.

¹⁰ My enemies talk about me. They watch me as they plot to take my life.

²² I will also praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, my God. I sing praises to you with the stringed instrument, Holy One of Israel. ²³ My lips will shout for joy! You have redeemed me and I sing praises to you!

⁴ He will judge the poor of the people. He will save the children of the needy, and will break the oppressor in pieces.

¹² When he cries he will deliver the needy and the poor who have no helper. ¹³ He will have pity on the poor and needy. He will save the needy.

⁶ That is why arrogance is their necklace and violence covers them like clothing.

²³ Nevertheless I am continually with you. You hold me by my right hand.

²⁵ I have been young, and now I am old, but I have never seen a righteous person abandoned or his descendants begging for food.

²⁸ Jehovah loves justice, and he will not abandon his godly ones. They will be kept safe forever, but the descendants of the wicked will be destroyed.

³² The wicked spies upon the righteous and seeks to kill him.

⁵ My wounds smell rotten. They fester because of my stupidity. ⁶ I am bent over and bowed down very low. All day I walk around in sadness. ⁷ My insides are filled with burning pain, and no healthy spot is left on my body. ⁸ I am numb and completely devastated. I roar because my heart is filling with anguish.

²⁰ They pay me back with evil instead of good, and they accuse me because I try to do what is good.

¹² Countless evils have surrounded me. My sins have caught up with me so that I can no longer see. They outnumber the hairs on my head. I have lost heart (lost strength, courage and motivation).

⁹ Hide your face (turn away) from my sins, and wipe out (erase) all that I have done wrong.

⁴ You love words that devour, O deceitful tongue.

⁴ You love words that devour, O deceitful tongue. ⁵ God will destroy you forever. He will remove you from your dwelling place from out of the land of the living.

³ My lips will praise you because your love (mercy) (loving kindness) (steadfast love) is better than life.

³ Their words cut like swords, and their cruel remarks sting like sharp arrows. ⁴ They fearlessly ambush and shoot innocent people.

⁸ They will be destroyed by their own words, and everyone who sees them will tremble with fear. ⁹ They will be afraid and say: Look at what God has done and remember it.

⁹ Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name. Rescue us, and provide atonement for our sins for the honor of your name. ¹⁰ Why should the nations be allowed to say: Where is their God? Let us watch as the nations learn that there is punishment for shedding the blood of your servants.

¹ ([Prayer by David]) Listen to me, O Jehovah. Answer me, for I am oppressed and needy.

⁵ You, O Jehovah, are good and forgiving, full of loving kindness toward everyone who calls out to you.

¹⁵ But you, O Jehovah, are a compassionate and merciful God. You are patient, always faithful and ready to forgive.

¹⁵ Ever since I was young, I have been suffering and near death. I have endured your terrors, and now I am in despair. ¹⁶ Your burning anger has swept over me. Your terrors have destroyed me. ¹⁷ They swirl around me all day long like water. They surround me on all sides.

⁸ You set our sins in front of you. You put our secret sins in the light of your presence.

²³ He has turned their wickedness against them. He will destroy them because of their sins. Jehovah our God will destroy them.

¹ O God, do not keep silent. Do not keep silent and do not be still, O God.

⁴ My heart has been stricken like grass and has withered away. In fact I forget to eat my bread.

⁴ My heart has been stricken like grass and has withered away. In fact I forget to eat my bread. ⁵ Because of the loudness of my groaning my bones cling to my flesh.

¹⁰ This is because of your indignation and your anger. You have lifted me up and cast me away. ¹¹ My days are like a lengthened shadow and I wither away like grass.

¹⁷ He has respected the prayer of the destitute and has not despised their prayer. ¹⁸ This will be written for the generation to come: That a people yet to be created may praise Jehovah. ¹⁹ He looked down from his holy height. Jehovah gazed upon the earth from heaven. ²⁰ He heard the groaning of the prisoner, to set free those who were doomed to death.

³² Let them glorify him when the people are gathered for worship. Let them praise him in the company of respected leaders.

¹ ([Psalm of David]) O God, my heart is faithful (stable) (fixed). I will sing and give praise with my entire being. ² Awake, lute and harp for I will awake early. ³ I will praise you, O Jehovah, among the people. I will sing praises to you among the nations.

¹³ Let his descendants be cut off and their family name be wiped out by the next generation.

¹⁶ for he did not remember to be kind. He drove oppressed, needy, and brokenhearted people to their graves. ¹⁷ He loved to put curses on others, so he, too, was cursed. He did not like to bless others, so he never received a blessing.

¹⁷ He loved to put curses on others, so he, too, was cursed. He did not like to bless others, so he never received a blessing. ¹⁸ He wore cursing as though it were clothing; so cursing entered his body like water and his bones like oil.

¹⁸ He wore cursing as though it were clothing; so cursing entered his body like water and his bones like oil. ¹⁹ Let cursing be his clothing, a belt he always wears.

²⁹ Let those who accuse me wear disgrace as though it were clothing. Let them be wrapped in their shame as though it were a robe.

¹ ([Psalm of David]) Jehovah said to my Lord: »Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.«

⁵ Jehovah is at your right hand. He will crush kings in the day of his anger.

⁵ Jehovah is at your right hand. He will crush kings in the day of his anger. ⁶ He will pass judgment on the nations and fill them with dead bodies. Throughout the earth he will execute their rulers.

¹ Praise Jehovah! I will praise Jehovah with all my heart in the company of the upright and in the congregation.

²⁸ You are my God, and I give you thanks. I will proclaim your greatness.

² O Jehovah, rescue me from lying lips and from a deceitful tongue. ³ You deceitful tongue, what can Jehovah give you? What more can he do for you?

¹² How can I repay Jehovah for all the good that he has done for me? ¹³ I will take the cup of salvation and call on the name of Jehovah. ¹⁴ I will keep my vows to Jehovah in the presence of all his people. ¹⁵ Precious in the sight of Jehovah is the death of his godly (holy) ones. ¹⁶ O Jehovah, I am indeed your servant. I am your servant, the son of your handmaid. You have freed me from my chains. ¹⁷ I will bring a song of thanksgiving to you as a sacrifice. I will call on the name of Jehovah. ¹⁸ I will keep my vows to Jehovah in the presence of all his people,

⁸⁶ All your commandments are faithful. They have persecuted me with a lie; help me!

⁵ Jehovah is your keeper. Jehovah is your shade on your right hand.

² Then our mouths were filled with laughter and our tongues with joyful songs. Then the nations said: »Jehovah has done spectacular things for them.«

¹⁸ I will clothe his enemies with shame, but the crown on my anointed one will shine.

¹¹ For the sake of your name, O Jehovah, revive me. In your righteousness bring me out of trouble. ¹² In your loving kindness, cut off my enemies and destroy all those who afflict me. For I am your servant.

⁴ Man is like a mere breath. His days are like a passing shadow.

⁷ The memory of the righteous is blessed. The name of the wicked will waste away.

⁸ You destructive people of Babylon, blessed is the one who pays you back with the same treatment you gave us. ⁹ Blessed is the one who grabs your little children and smashes them against a rock.

¹ ([Psalm of David]) I will adore you with all my heart. I will make music to praise you in front of the false gods.

⁴ All the kings of the earth will praise you, O Jehovah, because they have heard the words you spoke.

³ They make their tongues as sharp as a snake's fang. Their lips hide the venom of poisonous snakes.

⁹ Let the heads of those who surround me be covered with their own threats.

¹² I know that Jehovah will defend the rights of those who are oppressed and the cause of those who are needy.

¹⁷ A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

¹⁹ The lip of truth will be established forever. A lying tongue is only for a moment.

¹⁴ The faithless in heart will be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from above.

⁸ The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah! The prayer of the upright is his delight.

¹³ Offer evil for good and evil will not depart from your house.

²⁷ The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination! How much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind?

²⁸ The heart of the righteous studies how to answer. The mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.

²² Do not rob the poor because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate. ²³ Jehovah will plead their cause and take the life of those who rob them.

⁹ The prayer of the person who will not listen to the law is disgusting.

⁸ If you see oppression of the poor and denial of justice and righteousness in the country, do not be shocked at the sight. One official watches over another official and there are higher officials over them.

¹² Who knows what is good for man in this life? Are all the days of his vain life that he spends like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will happen after his existence under the sun?

¹³ Things will not go well with the wicked. He will not prolong his days. His days are like a shadow. He does not respect God.

¹⁸ »And their bows will mow down the young men. They will not even have compassion on the fruit of the womb. Nor will they have compassion on children.

²⁰ You ruined your country and killed your own people. For that reason, you will not be buried like other kings. None of your evil family will survive. ²¹ »Prepare a slaughtering place! The sons of this king will die because of their ancestors' sins. None of them will ever rule the earth or cover it with cities.« ²² Jehovah of Hosts declares: »I will attack Babylon and bring it to ruin. I will leave nothing! There will be no children, no survivors at all. I, Jehovah, have spoken.

² Like fluttering birds pushed from the nest, so are the women of Moab at the fords of the Arnon River.

¹¹ When its twigs are dry, they are broken off and women come and make fires with them. For they have no understanding (discernment). Their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.

¹⁵ »When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide my eyes from you. Even though you offer many prayers, I will not listen because your hands are full of blood.

¹⁷ That is why Jehovah did not rejoice in their young people, nor show compassion to their orphans and widows. Everyone was godless and an evildoer, and every mouth spoke wickedness (foolishness) (vileness). In all this his anger has not turned away. His hand is stretched out still (ready to apply his power).

²² this is the word Jehovah spoke against him: »The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises and mocks you. The Daughter of Jerusalem tosses her head as you flee.

¹⁴ »I kept silent for a long time. I did not answer my people. The time to act has come. I cry out like a woman in labor.

²⁵ »I alone am the one who is going to wipe away your rebellious actions for my own sake. I will not remember your sins anymore.

³ He was despised and rejected by men. He was a man of sorrows familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised. We did not consider him to be worth much.

¹⁷ »Weapons forged against you will not prevail! You will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of Jehovah and this is their vindication from me,« declares Jehovah.

¹³ Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah says: My servants will eat, but you will go hungry. My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty. My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame! ¹⁴ My servants will sing out of the joy of their hearts, but you will cry out from anguish of heart and wail in brokenness of spirit. ¹⁵ You will leave your name to my chosen ones as a curse. The Sovereign Lord Jehovah will put you to death, but to his servants he will give another name.

¹⁵ You will leave your name to my chosen ones as a curse. The Sovereign Lord Jehovah will put you to death, but to his servants he will give another name. ¹⁶ Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the God of (amen, so be it) truth; he who takes an oath in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the past troubles will be forgotten and hidden from my eyes.

³ »Whoever kills a bull is like someone who kills a person. Whoever sacrifices a lamb is like someone who breaks a dog's neck. Whoever offers a grain sacrifice is like someone who offers pig's blood. Whoever burns incense is like someone who worships an idol. People have certainly chosen their own ways, and they delight in detestable things.

²² »If you wash with detergent and use a lot of soap, I would still see the stains from your wickedness,« says the Lord Jehovah.

³ They bend their tongue like their bow. Lies and not truth prevail in the land. They move from evil to evil. »They do not know me,« says Jehovah.

⁵ »Everyone deceives his neighbor and does not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies. They wear themselves out committing sin.

¹⁴ Heal me, O Jehovah, and I will be healed! Save me and I will be saved! For you are my song of praise.

²¹ Therefore, give their children over to famine and deliver them up to the power of the sword. Let their wives become childless and widowed. Let their men also be smitten to death and their young men struck down by the sword in battle.

²³ Yet You, O Jehovah, know all their deadly designs against me. Do not forgive their iniquity or blot out their sin from your sight. But may they be overthrown before you. Deal with them in the time of your anger!

¹¹ Jehovah is with me like a powerful champion. Therefore my persecutors will stumble and not prevail. They will be utterly ashamed! They have failed with an everlasting disgrace that will not be forgotten.

³⁰ »This is what Jehovah says: ‘Write this about Jehoiakin: »He will be childless. He will not prosper in his lifetime. None of his descendants will succeed him as king. They will not sit on David's throne and rule Judah again.«’«

³ We are children without fathers. Our mothers are like widows.

⁶ »‘Therefore as I live, declares the Lord Jehovah: I will give you over to bloodshed (death), and bloodshed (death) will pursue you. Since you have not hated bloodshed, therefore bloodshed will pursue you.

¹⁰ Daniel knew that the decree was signed. He went into his house. His windows were open in his chamber toward Jerusalem. He kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, like he did before.

² »Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

² »It never enters their hearts that I will remember all this evil. But their sins surround them, and I cannot avoid seeing them.

⁷ »Jehovah has sworn by the pride of Jacob: I will never forget any of their works.

¹² »Ephraim surrounds me with lies, the house of Israel with deceit. Yet Judah is unruly against God, even against the Holy One who is faithful.«

¹⁰ My enemy will see it and she will be filled with shame. She will ask: »Where is Jehovah your God?« My eyes will look upon her and she will be trampled down like the mire of the streets.

¹ He showed me Joshua the high priest. Joshua was standing before the angel of Jehovah, and Satan was standing at his right hand to be his adversary.

²⁵ »Come to an agreement quickly with the one who has a legal case against you. Do it before he turns the case over to the judge and you are thrown into jail.

² »As you judge, so you will be judged. As you measure, it will be measured to you.

²⁰ Jesus replied: »Foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven have nests, but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head.«

² He fasted forty days and nights, and was very hungry.

⁷ »Blessed are the merciful and compassionate, for they will receive mercy and compassion.

¹⁹ »The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘A gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Wisdom is justified by its actions.«

²⁴ When the Pharisees heard it, they said: »This man casts out demons by Beelzebub, the prince of the demons.«

³³ »‘Should you [also] show mercy to your fellow servant the same way I showed mercy to you?’ ³⁴ »His lord was angry and sent him to jail to be punished until he paid back all of his debt. ³⁵ »My heavenly Father will treat you like that if you do not forgive your brother from your heart.«

¹³ »Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You close the kingdom of heaven to people. You do not invite others to enter nor do you enter.

³¹ »You witness against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. ³² »Fill up the (guilt) measure of your fathers. ³³ »You serpents! You offspring of vipers! How will you escape from being destroyed in the ever-burning fires of the Valley of Hinnom? (Greek: Gehenna, the trash fires in the valley just outside of Jerusalem) ³⁴ »Look! I am sending you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will torture and kill. Others you will torment and persecute from city to city. ³⁵ »You are responsible for all the righteous blood shed on earth. That includes the blood of the righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, whom you killed between the sanctuary and the altar. ³⁶ »I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation (those living at that time).

⁶⁶ »What is your opinion?« The crowd answered: »Put him to death!« ⁶⁷ They spat in his face and hit him, saying:

³ Judas, his betrayer, heard he was to be put to death. Out of regret, he took the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and those in authority. ⁴ He said: »I have done wrong in giving a righteous man to you.«

⁴ He said: »I have done wrong in giving a righteous man to you.« ⁵ He left the silver in the Temple. Then he went away and hanged himself.

⁵ He left the silver in the Temple. Then he went away and hanged himself.

²⁵ The people answered: »Let his blood be on us, and on our children.«

³⁵ When they impaled him, they divided his garments among themselves by casting lots. ³⁶ Then they sat and watched him. ³⁷ A sign was placed above his head with an accusation written: »This is Jesus the King of the Jews.« ³⁸ Two robbers were impaled with him. One was on the right hand and one on the left. ³⁹ People passing by spoke evil abuse to him. They wagged their heads

³⁹ People passing by spoke evil abuse to him. They wagged their heads ⁴⁰ and said, »You who would destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself. If you are the Son of God come down from the stake.«

⁴⁰ and said, »You who would destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself. If you are the Son of God come down from the stake.« ⁴¹ In like manner the chief priests, scribes, and elders mocked him. ⁴² They said: »He saved others, but cannot save himself. He is the King of Israel; let him now come down from the stake and we will believe in him.« ⁴³ He trusts in God. Let him save him now if he wants him. After all he said: »I am the Son of God.« ⁴⁴ The robbers that were impaled with him also insulted him. ⁴⁵ Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. ⁴⁶ About the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, »Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?« Which (translated) means: »My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?«

²⁴ »It is written that the Son of man will depart. The man who betrays him will experience much grief. It would have been better if that man had not been born.«

⁵⁹ The chief priests and all the Sanhedrin were looking for false witness against Jesus. They wanted to put him to death. ⁶⁰ They failed, even though a number of false witnesses came. ⁶¹ Later two witnesses came. They said: »This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the Temple of God and to rebuild it in three days.’« ⁶² The high priest stood up and said to him: »Have you no answer? What is it these say against you?«

³⁹ But Jesus said: »Do not stop him, for there is no one who will do a mighty work in my name, and be able quickly to speak evil of me.

³⁴ He said to them: »I am very sorrowful to the point of death. Stay here with me and watch.« ³⁵ He went forward a little ways and fell on the ground to pray. He prayed that if it were possible the hour might pass from him. ³⁶ He said: »Abba, Father, all things are possible to you. Take this cup from me. Even so not what I will, but what you will.«

⁴⁴ He who betrayed him gave them a sign. He told them the one I kiss is the one to capture and take away safely. ⁴⁵ When he arrived he went straight to him and said: »Master« and kissed him.

²⁹ Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying, »ha! You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days,

¹¹ They were all very angry and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus. ¹² He went to the mountain to pray and he continued all night in prayer to God.

¹⁶ And finally there was Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

³⁸ »Give and it shall be given to you. You will receive a good measure. It will be pressed down, shaken together, running over and they will give it to you. For with the measure that you measure out it will be measured to you also.«

⁵⁰ »The blood of all the prophets shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation. ⁵¹ »This includes the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. I tell you it will be required of this generation.

²⁷ »Bring my enemies that do not want me to rule over them and kill them in front of me.«

⁴⁴ (possible spurious text) He was in agony and earnestly prayed. His sweat became, as it were great drops of blood falling down upon the ground.

⁴⁷ As he spoke a crowd followed Judas, one of the twelve. They came to him. Judas approached Jesus and kissed him. ⁴⁸ Jesus said to him: »Judas, do you betray the Son of man with a kiss?«

³⁴ [Jesus said: »Father, forgive them for they do not know what they do.«](This verse not found in older manuscripts.) They cast lots and divided his garments among themselves.

³² Jesus replied to them: »I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of those works do you stone me?«

²⁷ »I am troubled! What should I say? Father, save me out of this hour? It is for this purpose that I came to this hour! (Hebrews 5:7)

² The devil influenced the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son. So he betrayed him during the meal.

¹⁸ »I do not speak about all of you. I know whom I have chosen! This way the scripture may be fulfilled: ‘He that eats my bread lifted up his heel against me.’«

²⁷ After he was given the piece of bread Satan entered him. Jesus said to him: »Do what you do quickly.«

²⁴ »If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would have no sin. They have seen and hated both my Father and me. ²⁵ »This took place that the word written in the Law may be fulfilled: They hated me without a cause.

²² »You have sorrow now. But I will see you again. Your heart will rejoice and no one can take your joy from you.

¹ Jesus spoke these things and lifted up his eyes to heaven. He said: »Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that the son may glorify you.

¹⁶ »Brothers, the Scripture needed to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who guided those who arrested Jesus. ¹⁷ »He was numbered among us, and shared in this ministry. ¹⁸ »This man obtained a field with the reward of his wickedness; and falling headlong, he burst open and all his intestines spilled out. (Matthew 27:5 says he hanged himself. The rope broke or the branch on which it was tied broke. Then he fell to the ground and burst open.)

¹⁸ »This man obtained a field with the reward of his wickedness; and falling headlong, he burst open and all his intestines spilled out. (Matthew 27:5 says he hanged himself. The rope broke or the branch on which it was tied broke. Then he fell to the ground and burst open.) ¹⁹ »It became known to all who live in Jerusalem that the field was called the field of blood, in their language; Akeldama. ²⁰ »It is written in the book of Psalms: ‘Let his habitation be made desolate and let no man dwell there. Let another take his office.’ (Psalm 109:8) ²¹ »Someone must join us as a witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. He must be one of the men who were in our group during the time that the Lord Jesus traveled about with us. This should be from the time John preached his message of baptism until the day Jesus was taken up from us to heaven. ²² »One who was with us from the baptism of John, to the day that he was received up from us must become a witness with us of his resurrection.« ²³ They proposed two men: Joseph called Barsabbas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias. ²⁴ They prayed: »You O Jehovah, know the hearts of all men. Show us which of these men you choose. ²⁵ »Which of these men should assume this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place.«

²⁵ »Which of these men should assume this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place.« ²⁶ They cast lots for them and the lot fell on Matthias. So he was included with the eleven apostles.

³² »God resurrected Jesus and we all witnessed this! ³³ »He is exalted to the right hand of God. He has received the promised Holy Spirit from the Father. So he poured out what you now see and hear. ³⁴ »For David has not ascended into heaven and yet he said: ‘Jehovah said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, ³⁵ ‘»until I make your enemies your footstool.’ (Psalm 110:1) ³⁶ »Therefore let all the house of Israel know for sure that God has made that same Jesus, whom you impaled, both Lord and Christ.« (Acts 10:36)

¹⁰ »Let it be known to you and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you impaled and whom God raised from the dead, even by him this man stands before you healed. ¹¹ »This is the stone that was rejected by you builders. It became the chief corner stone. ¹² »There is no salvation in anyone else. For there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.«

¹⁶ They said: »What shall we do to these men? The fact that a notable miracle has been done by them is evident to all who live in Jerusalem. And we cannot deny it.

³⁰ »The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed. You hanged him on a stake. ³¹ »God exalted him to his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

¹³ They brought false witnesses, which said: »This man will not stop speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.

¹⁹ We know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those under the law. Every mouth may be stopped and the entire world may become liable to God for punishment.

³ For even Christ did not please himself. However it is written, »The reproaches (insults) hurled at you have fallen on me.« (Psalm 69:9)

³ I want you to understand that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed. And no person can say, »Jesus is the Lord,« except by the Holy Spirit.

⁹ For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.

¹⁰ Those who are of the works of the Law are under a curse. For it is written, »Cursed is everyone who does not abide by all things written in the book of the Law, by obeying them.«

²⁷ In weariness and painfulness, in watching often, in hunger and thirst, in fasting often, in cold and nakedness.

¹⁵ I will gladly spend and be spent for you. When I love you more abundantly should I be loved less.

⁸ He obtained the appearance as a man, humbled himself, and became obedient even to death, yes, death on the stake. ⁹ For this reason God highly exalted him, and gave to him the name that is above every name, (Relative authority given by Jehovah God, the Father to His Son) (Philipians 2:11) ¹⁰ that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven and things on earth and things under the earth, ¹¹ and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

⁸ Now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech out of your mouth.

¹² As God’s chosen, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness (humility), meekness (mildness), and long-suffering (patience).

¹⁵ They killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out. They did not please God and are contrary to all men. ¹⁶ They hindered us from speaking to the nations so that they may be saved. The result was that they always fill up the measure of their sins. But wrath has come upon them to the utmost.

¹⁰ He will use every kind of wicked deceit on those who will perish. They will perish because they did not welcome and love the truth so as to be saved. ¹¹ So God dispatches the power of deceit (error) to work in them so that they are allowed to believe what is false. ¹² He says: »I will declare your name to my brothers; in the middle of the congregation I will sing praises to you.«

¹⁴ Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: God will render to him according to his works.

⁷ In the days of his life on earth, when he [Christ] offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears to the one who was able to save him out of death, and was heard because of his godly reverence. (Galatians 1:1) (Psalm 69:13)

² Look to (consider without distractions) Jesus, the Leader (Predecessor) and Finisher (Perfecter) of our faith. He despised the shame. He endured the stake for the joy that was set before him. Then he sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

¹² Lift up the hands that hang down, and the feeble knees.

¹³ Let us therefore go forth to him outside the camp, bearing his reproach.

¹⁴ You do not know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? For you are a vapor (puff of air) that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.

¹³ For judgment is without mercy to him who shows no mercy. And mercy triumphs over judgment.

⁵ Likewise, you younger men, be subject to the older men. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility and serve one another. God resists the proud, but gives loving kindness to the humble.

⁶ »They have shed the blood of the holy ones and prophets. You give them blood to drink for they deserve it.«