Give Thanks to the LordOf David.1 I give you thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart;    before the gods I sing your praise;2 I bow down toward your holy temple    and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness,    for you have exalted above all things    your name and your word.3 On the day I called, you answered me;    my strength of soul you increased.4 All the kings of ...  Read More

How Shall We Sing the Lord's Song?1 By the waters of Babylon,    there we sat down and wept,    when we remembered Zion.2 On the willows there    we hung up our lyres.3 For there our captors    required of us songs,and our tormentors, mirth, saying,    “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”4 How shall we sing the Lord's song    in a foreign land?5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem,    let my right hand fo...  Read More

His Steadfast Love Endures Forever1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,    for his steadfast love endures forever.2 Give thanks to the God of gods,    for his steadfast love endures forever.3 Give thanks to the Lord of lords,   for his steadfast love endures forever;4 to him who alone does great wonders,    for his steadfast love endures forever;5 to him who by understanding made the heavens,...  Read More

Your Name, O Lord, Endures Forever1 Praise the Lord!Praise the name of the Lord,    give praise, O servants of the Lord,2 who stand in the house of the Lord,    in the courts of the house of our God!3 Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good;    sing to his name, for it is pleasant!4 For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself,    Israel as his own possession.5 For I know that the Lord is great,    and...  Read More

27 When the fourteenth night had come, as we were being driven across the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors suspected that they were nearing land. 28 So they took a sounding and found twenty fathoms. A little farther on they took a sounding again and found fifteen fathoms. 29 And fearing that we might run on the rocks, they let down four anchors from the stern and prayed for day to come. 30...  Read More

Paul's Defense Before Agrippa26 So Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and made his defense:2 “I consider myself fortunate that it is before you, King Agrippa, I am going to make my defense today against all the accusations of the Jews, 3 especially because you are familiar with all the customs and controversies of the Jews. Therefore...  Read More

Paul Appeals to Caesar1 Now three days after Festus had arrived in the province, he went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea. 2 And the chief priests and the principal men of the Jews laid out their case against Paul, and they urged him, 3 asking as a favor against Paul that he summon him to Jerusalem—because they were planning an ambush to kill him on the way. 4 Festus replied that Paul was being kept ...  Read More

Paul Before Felix at Caesarea1 And after five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a spokesman, one Tertullus. They laid before the governor their case against Paul. 2 And when he had been summoned, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying:“Since through you we enjoy much peace, and since by your foresight, most excellent Felix, reforms are being made for this nation, 3 in ever...  Read More

A Plot to Kill Paul12 When it was day, the Jews made a plot and bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. 13 There were more than forty who made this conspiracy. 14 They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have strictly bound ourselves by an oath to taste no food till we have killed Paul. 15 Now therefore you, along with the council, give notice...  Read More

Paul and the Roman Tribune22 Up to this word they listened to him. Then they raised their voices and said, “Away with such a fellow from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live.” 23 And as they were shouting and throwing off their cloaks and flinging dust into the air, 24 the tribune ordered him to be brought into the barracks, saying that he should be examined by flogging, to find out why...  Read More

Paul Arrested in the Temple27 When the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, seeing him in the temple, stirred up the whole crowd and laid hands on him, 28 crying out, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who is teaching everyone everywhere against the people and the law and this place. Moreover, he even brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.” 29 For they ...  Read More

Paul Goes to Jerusalem1 And when we had parted from them and set sail, we came by a straight course to Cos, and the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara. 2 And having found a ship crossing to Phoenicia, we went aboard and set sail. 3 When we had come in sight of Cyprus, leaving it on the left we sailed to Syria and landed at Tyre, for there the ship was to unload its cargo. 4 And having so...  Read More