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22 And David spoke the words of this song to the LORD on the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hands of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul.
2 And he said, “The LORD is my rock and my fortress, and He Who delivers me.
3 “God is my strength! In Him will I trust, my Shield and the Horn of My Salvation, my High Tower and my Refuge. My Savior, You have saved me from violence!
4 “I will call on the LORD, Who is worthy to be praised! So shall I be safe from my enemies.
5 “For the pangs of death have surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness have made me afraid.
6 “The sorrows of the grave surrounded me all around. The snares of death overtook me.
7 “In my tribulation, I called upon the LORD and cried to my God. And He heard my voice out of His Temple, and my cry into His Ears.
8 “Then the Earth trembled and quaked! The foundations of the heavens moved and shook, because He was angry!
9 “Smoke went out at His Nostrils, and consuming fire out of His Mouth. Coals were kindled there.
10 “He also bent the heavens and came down, darkness under his feet.
11 “And He rode upon Cherubim and flew. And He was seen upon the wings of the wind.
12 “And He made darkness a tabernacle all around Him, the gatherings of waters and the clouds of the air.
13 “At the brightness of His presence the coals of fire were kindled.
14 “The LORD thundered from Heaven! And the Most High gave His Voice!
15 “He also shot arrows and scattered them (lightning) and destroyed them.
16 “Also, the channels of the sea appeared. The foundations of the world were discovered by the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of His Nostrils!
17 “He sent from Above and took me. He drew me out of many waters.
18 “He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me. For they were too strong for me.
19 “They confronted me on the day of my calamity. But the LORD was my Stay,
20 “and brought me forth into a large place. He delivered me, because He favored me.
21 “The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the pureness of my hands, He brought me back.
22 “For I kept the ways of the LORD and did not do wickedly against my God.
23 “For all His Laws were before me, and His Statutes. I did not depart from them.
24 “I was also upright toward Him and have kept myself from my wickedness.
25 “Therefore, the LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to my pureness before His Eyes.
26 “With the godly, You will show Yourself godly. With the upright man, You will show Yourself upright.
27 “With the pure, You will show Yourself pure. And with the crooked, You will show Yourself a Wrestler.
28 “Thus You will save the poor people. But Your Eyes are upon the haughty, to humble.
29 “Surely, You are my Light, O LORD! And the LORD will lighten my darkness!
30 “For by You have I broken through an army. And by my God have I leapt over a wall.
31 “The way of God is complete. The Word of the LORD is tested. He is a Shield to all who trust in Him.
32 “For who is God besides the LORD? And who is mighty, except our God?
33 “God is my strength in battle and makes my way upright.
34 “He makes my feet like hinds’ and has set me upon my high places.
35 “He teaches my hands to fight, so that a bowl of bronze is broken with my arms.
36 “You have also given me the Shield of Your Salvation, and Your loving kindness has caused me to increase.
37 “You have enlarged my steps under me. And my heels have not slid.
38 “I have pursued my enemies and destroyed them and have not turned back until I had consumed them.
39 “Yea, I have consumed them and thrust them through. And they shall not arise but shall fall under my feet.
40 “For You have girded me with power to battle. Those who rose against me You have subdued under me.
41 “And You have given me the necks of my enemies, so that I might destroy those who hate me.
42 “They looked around but there was no one to save, to the LORD but He did not answer them.
43 “Then I beat them as small as the dust of the earth. I tread them flat as the clay of the street and scattered them.
44 “You have also delivered me from the contentions of my people. You have preserved me to be the head over nations. The people whom I did not know, serve me.
45 “Strangers shall be in subjection to me. As soon as they hear, they shall obey me.
46 “Strangers shall shrink away and fear in their strongholds.
47 “Let the LORD live! And blessed be my Strength and God! The Force of my Salvation be exalted!
48 “It is God Who gives me power, to revenge me and subdue the people under me
49 “and rescue me from my enemies! You also have lifted me up from those who rose against me. You have delivered me from the cruel man!
50 “Therefore I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations, and will sing to Your Name!
51 “He is the Tower of Salvation for His king, and shows mercy to His anointed, to David and to his seed, forever.”
23 These, also, are the last words of David. David, the son of Jesse, says. The man who was set up on high. The anointed of the God of Jacob and the sweet singer of Israel, says,
2 “The Spirit of the LORD spoke through me. And His Word was in my tongue.
3 “The God of Israel spoke to me, the Strength of Israel said: ‘Bear rule over men, being just, ruling in the fear of God,
4 ‘as the morning light when the Sun rises. Be as the morning, I say, without clouds, as the grass of the earth by the bright rain.’
5 “For my House shall not be so with God. For He has made with me an everlasting Covenant, perfect in all points, and sure. It is with all my health and whole desire. Will He not make it grow?
6 “But every one of the wicked shall be as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands.
7 “But the man who shall touch them must be filled with iron, or with the shaft of a spear. And they shall be burnt with fire in the same place.”
8 These are the names of the mighty men whom David has. He who sat in the seat of wisdom, being chief of the princes, was Adino of Ezni. He killed eight hundred at one time.
9 And after him was Eleazar, the son of Dodo, the son of Ahohi, one of the three worthies with David when they defied the Philistines gathered there to battle when the men of Israel had gone up.
10 He arose and struck the Philistines, until his hand was weary, and his hand clung to the sword. And the LORD gave great victory that same day. And the people returned after him only to plunder.
11 After him was Shammah, the son of Agee the Hararite. For the Philistines assembled at a town where there was a piece of a field full of lentils. And the people fled from the Philistines.
12 But he stood in the midst of the field and defended it and killed the Philistines. So, the LORD gave great victory.
13 Afterward, thirty-three of the captains went down and came to David in the harvest time, to the cave of Adullam. And the army of the Philistines camped in the Valley of Rephaim.
14 And David was then in a stronghold. And the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.
15 And David longed, and said, “Oh, that one would give me a drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem which is by the gate!”
16 Then the three mighty men broke through the army of the Philistines and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate and took and brought it to David, who would not drink of it, but poured it out to the LORD,
17 and said, “O LORD! Far be it from me that I should do this! Is not this the blood of the men who went in jeopardy of their lives?” Therefore, he would not drink it. These things these three mighty men did.
18 And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among the three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred and killed them. And he had the name among the three.
19 For he was most excellent of the three and was their captain. But he did not aspire to be in the first three.
20 And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, killed two strong men of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in the midst of a pit, in the time of snow.
21 And he killed an Egyptian, a man of great stature. And the Egyptian had a spear in his hand. But he went down to him with a staff and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear.
22 These things Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did and had the name among the three worthies.
23 He was honorable among thirty, but he did not aspire to be in the first three. And David made him one of his counsel.
2 And when the Day of Pentecost had come, they were all of one mind, in one place.
2 And suddenly there came a sound from Heaven as that of a rushing, mighty wind. And it filled all the house where they sat.
3 And tongues of fire appeared to them. And they were distributed and sat upon each of them.
4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit declared.
5 And there were Jews dwelling at Jerusalem, men of every nation under heaven, who feared God.
6 Now when this was heard, the multitude came together and were astonished, because everyone heard them speak his own language.
7 And they all wondered, and marveled, saying among themselves, “Behold, are not all these who speak from Galilee?
8 “How then do we each hear our own language, with which we were born?
9 “Parthians and Medes and Elamites; and the inhabitants of Mesopotamia and of Judea and of Cappadocia of Pontus, and Asia,
10 “and of Phrygia and Pamphylia; of Egypt and of the parts of Libya which is beside Cyrene; and strangers of Rome and Jews and Proselytes,
11 “Cretans and Arabians. We heard them speak the wonderful works of God in our own tongues!”
12 Then they were all amazed, and doubted, saying to one another, “What could this mean?”
13 And others mocked them, and said, “They are full of new wine!”
14 But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and said to them, “You men of Judea! All you who inhabit Jerusalem! Be it known to you and hear my words!
15 “For these men are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day.
16 “But this is that which was spoken by the Prophet Joel,
17 ‘And it shall be in the last days, says God, “I will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh. And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy. And your young men shall see visions. And your old men shall dream dreams.
18 “And on My servants, and on My handmaids, I will pour out My Spirit in those days. And they shall prophesy.
19 “And I will show wonders in Heaven above. And tokens in the Earth beneath - blood, and fire, and the vapors of smoke.
20 “The Sun shall be turned to darkness, and the Moon to blood, before that great and notable Day of the Lord comes.
21 “And it shall be, that whoever shall call on the Name of the Lord, shall be saved.”’
22 “You men of Israel! Hear these words! Jesus of Nazareth, a proven man of God among you, through great works and wonders and signs which God did through him in the midst of you (as you yourselves also know),
23 “whom, after you had taken, crucified and killed with wicked hands (being delivered by the determinate decree and foreknowledge of God),
24 “and Whom God has raised up, having released the sorrows of death because it was impossible for Him to be held by it,
25 “(for David says concerning Him, ‘I beheld the Lord always before me. For He is at my right hand, so that I should not be shaken.
26 ‘Therefore my heart rejoiced, and my tongue was glad, and moreover my flesh shall also rest in hope.
27 ‘Because You will not leave my soul in the grave. Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption.
28 ‘You have shown me the ways of life and shall make me full of joy with Your countenance.’
29 “Men, brothers, I may boldly say to you of the patriarch David that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulcher remains with us to this day.
30 “Therefore, seeing he was a Prophet, and knew that God had sworn an oath to him that He would raise up Christ in the flesh from the fruit of his loins, to set Him upon his throne,
31 “he, knowing this beforehand, spoke of the resurrection of Christ - that His soul should not be left in the grave, nor should His flesh see corruption.
32 “God has raised up this Jesus. Of which we are all witnesses.
33 “Therefore, since He has been exalted by the right hand of God and has received the promise of the Holy Ghost from His Father, He has poured out that which you now see and hear.
34 “For David has not ascended into the heaven, but he says, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand,
35 “Until I make Your enemies Your footstool.”’
36 “Therefore, let all the House of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both Lord and Christ - this Jesus Whom you have crucified!”
37 Now when they heard it, they were pricked in their hearts, and said to Peter and the other Apostles, “Men, brothers, what shall we do?”
38 Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the Name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of sins. And you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
39 “For the promise is made to you and to your children, and to all who are far away, as many as the Lord our God shall call.”
40 And he testified and exhorted them with many other words, saying, “Save yourselves from this perverse generation!”
41 Then those who gladly received his Word were baptized. And the same day there were added to them about three thousand souls.
42 And they continued in the Apostles’ doctrine, and fellowship, and breaking of bread, and prayers.
43 And fear came upon every soul. And many wonders and signs were done by the Apostles.
44 And all who believed were in one place and shared everything.
45 And they sold their possessions and goods and distributed them to anyone who had need.
46 And they continued daily, with one mind, in the Temple. And breaking bread at home, they ate their meals together, with gladness and singleness of heart,
47 praising God. And they had favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily, those who would be saved.
122 I rejoiced when they said to me, “We will go into the House of the LORD.”
2 Our feet shall stand in Your gates, O Jerusalem!
3 Jerusalem is built as a city that is compact together in itself,
4 to which the tribes—even the Tribes of the LORD—go up (according to the testimony to Israel) to praise the Name of the LORD.
5 For there are thrones set for judgment, the thrones of the House of David.
6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Let those who love You prosper.
7 Peace be within Your walls and prosperity within Your palaces.
8 For my brothers’ and neighbors’ sakes, I will now wish you prosperity.
9 Because of the House of the LORD our God, I will seek your good. A song of degrees
19 It is better to be of humble mind with the lowly, than to divide the spoils with the proud.
20 He who is wise in his business, shall find good. And he who trusts in the LORD, he is blessed.
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