2 Samuel 22:1-23:23 1 David sang
to the
Lord the words of this song when
the
Lord rescued him from the power
of all his enemies, including Saul.
2 He said: “The
Lord is my high ridge,
my stronghold,
my deliverer.
3 My God
is my rocky summit where I take shelter,
my shield, the horn that saves me,
my stronghold, my refuge, my savior. You save me from violence!
4 I called
to the
Lord, who is worthy of praise,
and I was delivered from my enemies.
5 The waves of death engulfed me; the currents
of chaos
overwhelmed me.
6 The ropes of Sheol
tightened around me;
the snares of death trapped me.
7 In my distress I called to the
Lord; I called to my God.
From his heavenly temple
he heard my voice; he listened to my cry for help.
8 The earth heaved and shook;
the foundations of the sky
trembled.
They heaved because he was angry.
9 Smoke ascended from
his nose;
fire devoured as it came from his mouth;
he hurled down fiery coals.
10 He made the sky sink
as he descended; a thick cloud was under his feet.
11 He mounted
a winged angel
and flew; he glided
on the wings of the wind.
12 He shrouded himself in darkness,
in thick rain clouds.
13 From the brightness in front of him came coals of fire.
14 The
Lord thundered
from the sky; the sovereign One
shouted loudly.
15 He shot
arrows and scattered them,
lightning and routed them.
16 The depths
of the sea were exposed; the inner regions
of the world were uncovered by the
Lord’s battle cry,
by the powerful breath from his nose.
17 He reached down from above and grabbed me;
he pulled me from the surging water.
18 He rescued me from my strong enemy,
from those who hate me, for they were too strong for me.
19 They confronted
me in my day of calamity, but the
Lord helped me.
20 He brought me out into a wide open place; he delivered me because he was pleased with me.
21 The
Lord repaid
me for my godly deeds;
he rewarded
my blameless behavior.
22 For I have obeyed the
Lord’s commands;
I have not rebelled against my God.
23 For I am aware of all his regulations,
and I do not reject his rules.
24 I was blameless before him; I kept myself from sinning.
25 The
Lord rewarded me for my godly deeds;
he took notice of my blameless behavior.
26 You prove to be loyal
to one who is faithful;
you prove to be trustworthy
to one who is innocent.
27 You prove to be reliable
to one who is blameless, but you prove to be deceptive
to one who is perverse.
28 You deliver oppressed
people, but you watch the proud and bring them down.
29 Indeed,
you are my lamp,
Lord. The
Lord illumines
the darkness around me.
30 Indeed,
with your help
I can charge
against an army;
by my God’s power
I can jump over a wall.
31 The one true God acts in a faithful manner;
the
Lord’s promise is reliable;
he is a shield to all who take shelter in him.
32 Indeed,
who is God besides the
Lord? Who is a protector
besides our God?
33 The one true God
is my mighty refuge;
he removes
the obstacles in my way.
34 He gives me the agility of a deer;
he enables me to negotiate the rugged terrain.
35 He trains
my hands for battle;
my arms can bend even the strongest bow.
36 You give me
your protective shield;
your willingness to help enables me to prevail.
37 You widen my path;
my feet
do not slip.
38 I chase my enemies and destroy them; I do not turn back until I wipe them out.
39 I wipe them out and beat them to death; they cannot get up; they fall at my feet.
40 You give me strength for battle;
you make my foes kneel before me.
41 You make my enemies retreat;
I destroy those who hate me.
42 They cry out,
but there is no one to help them;
they cry out to the
Lord,
but he does not answer them.
43 I grind them as fine as the dust of the ground; I crush them and stomp on them like clay
in the streets.
44 You rescue me from a hostile army;
you preserve me as a leader of nations; people over whom I had no authority are now my subjects.
45 Foreigners are powerless before me;
when they hear of my exploits, they submit to me.
46 Foreigners lose their courage;
they shake with fear
as they leave
their strongholds.
47 The
Lord is alive!
My protector
is praiseworthy!
The God who delivers me
is exalted as king!
48 The one true God completely vindicates me;
he makes nations submit to me.
49 He delivers me from my enemies;
you snatch me away
from those who attack me;
you rescue me from violent men.
50 So I will give you thanks, O
Lord, before the nations!
I will sing praises to you.
51 He gives his chosen king magnificent victories;
he is faithful to his chosen ruler,
to David and to his descendants forever!”
1 These are the final words of David: “The oracle of David son of Jesse, the oracle of the man raised up as the ruler chosen by the God of Jacob,
Israel’s beloved
singer of songs:
2 The
Lord’s spirit spoke through me; his word was on my tongue.
3 The God of Israel spoke, the protector
of Israel spoke to me. The one who rules fairly among men, the one who rules in the fear of God,
4 is like the light of morning when the sun comes up, a morning in which there are no clouds. He is like the brightness after rain that produces grass from the earth.
5 My dynasty is approved by God,
for he has made a perpetual covenant with me, arranged in all its particulars and secured. He always delivers me, and brings all I desire to fruition.
6 But evil people are like thorns – all of them are tossed away, for they cannot be held in the hand.
7 The one who touches them must use an iron instrument or the wooden shaft of a spear. They are completely burned up right where they lie!”
8 These are the names of David’s warriors: Josheb-Basshebeth, a Tahkemonite, was head of the officers.
He killed eight hundred men with his spear in one battle.
9 Next in command
was Eleazar son of Dodo,
the son of Ahohi. He was one of the three warriors who were with David when they defied the Philistines who were assembled there for battle. When the men of Israel retreated,
10 he stood his ground
and fought the Philistines until his hand grew so tired that it
seemed stuck to his sword. The
Lord gave a great victory on that day. When the army returned to him, the only thing left to do was to plunder the corpses.
11 Next in command
was Shammah son of Agee the Hararite. When the Philistines assembled at Lehi,
where there happened to be an area of a field that was full of lentils, the army retreated before the Philistines.
12 But he made a stand in the middle of that area. He defended
it and defeated the Philistines; the
Lord gave them a great victory.
13 At the time of
the harvest three
of the thirty leaders went down to
David at the cave of Adullam. A band of Philistines was camped in the valley of Rephaim.
14 David was in the stronghold at the time, while a Philistine garrison was in Bethlehem.
15 David was thirsty and said, “How I wish someone would give me some water to drink from the cistern in Bethlehem near the gate!”
16 So the three elite warriors broke through the Philistine forces and drew some water from the cistern in Bethlehem near the gate. They carried it back to David, but he refused to drink it. He poured it out as a drink offering to the
Lord 17 and said, “O
Lord, I will not do this!
It is equivalent to the blood of the men who risked their lives by going.”
So he refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three elite warriors.
18 Abishai son of Zeruiah, the brother of Joab, was head of the three.
He killed three hundred men with his spear and gained fame among the three.
19 From
the three he was given honor and he became their officer, even though he was not one of the three.
20 Benaiah son of Jehoida was a brave warrior
from Kabzeel who performed great exploits. He struck down the two sons of Ariel of Moab.
He also went down and killed a lion in a cistern on a snowy day.
21 He also killed an impressive-looking Egyptian.
The Egyptian wielded a spear, while Benaiah attacked
him with a club. He grabbed the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear.
22 Such were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoida, who gained fame among the three elite warriors.
23 He received honor from
the thirty warriors, though he was not one of the three elite warriors. David put him in charge of his bodyguard.
Context (NET) Acts 2:1-47 1 Now
when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place.
2 Suddenly
a sound
like a violent wind blowing
came from heaven
and filled the entire house where they were sitting.
3 And tongues spreading out like a fire
appeared to them and came to rest on each one of them.
4 All
of them were filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak in other languages
as the Spirit enabled them.
5 Now there were devout Jews
from every nation under heaven residing in Jerusalem.
6 When this sound
occurred, a crowd gathered and was in confusion,
because each one heard them speaking in his own language.
7 Completely baffled, they said,
“Aren’t
all these who are speaking Galileans?
8 And how is it that each one of us hears them
in our own native language?
9 Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and the province of Asia,
10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene,
and visitors from Rome,
11 both Jews and proselytes,
Cretans and Arabs – we hear them speaking in our own languages about the great deeds God has done!”
12 All were astounded and greatly confused, saying to one another, “What does this mean?”
13 But others jeered at the speakers,
saying, “They are drunk on new wine!”
14 But Peter stood up
with the eleven, raised his voice, and addressed them: “You men of Judea
and all you who live in Jerusalem,
know this
and listen carefully to what I say.
15 In spite of what you think, these men are not drunk,
for it is only nine o’clock in the morning.
16 But this is what was spoken about through the prophet Joel:
17 ‘
And in the last days
it will be,’
God says, ‘
that I will pour out my Spirit on all people, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams. 18 Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy. 19 And I will perform wonders in the sky above and miraculous signs on the earth below, blood and fire and clouds of smoke. 20 The sun will be changed to darkness and the moon to blood before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes. 21 And then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’
22 “Men of Israel,
listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man clearly attested to you by God with powerful deeds,
wonders, and miraculous signs
that God performed among you through him, just as you yourselves know –
23 this man, who was handed over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you executed
by nailing him to a cross at the hands of Gentiles.
24 But God raised him up,
having released
him from the pains
of death, because it was not possible for him to be held in its power.
25 For David says about him, ‘
I saw the Lord always in front of me, for he is at my right hand so that I will not be shaken. 26 Therefore my heart was glad and my tongue rejoiced; my body also will live in hope, 27 because you will not leave my soul in Hades, nor permit your Holy One to experience decay. 28 You have made known to me the paths of life; you will make me full of joy with your presence.’
29 “Brothers,
I can speak confidently
to you about our forefather
David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
30 So then, because
he was a prophet and knew that God
had sworn to him with an oath to seat one of his descendants on his throne,
31 David by foreseeing this
spoke about the resurrection of the Christ,
that
he was neither abandoned to Hades,
nor did his body
experience decay.
32 This Jesus God raised up, and we are all witnesses of it.
33 So then, exalted
to the right hand
of God, and having received
the promise of the Holy Spirit
from the Father, he has poured out
what you both see and hear.
34 For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says, ‘
The Lord said to my lord, “
Sit at my right hand 35 until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”’
36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know beyond a doubt
that God has made this Jesus whom you crucified
both Lord
and Christ.”
37 Now when they heard this,
they were acutely distressed
and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “What should we do, brothers?”
38 Peter said to them, “Repent, and each one of you be baptized
in the name of Jesus Christ
for
the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
39 For the promise
is for you and your children, and for all who are far away, as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”
40 With many other words he testified
and exhorted them saying, “Save yourselves from this perverse
generation!”
41 So those who accepted
his message
were baptized, and that day about three thousand people
were added.
42 They were devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship,
to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
43 Reverential awe
came over everyone,
and many wonders and miraculous signs
came about by the apostles.
44 All who believed were together and held
everything in common,
45 and they began selling
their property
and possessions and distributing the proceeds
to everyone, as anyone had need.
46 Every day
they continued to gather together by common consent in the temple courts,
breaking bread from
house to house, sharing their food with glad
and humble hearts,
47 praising God and having the good will
of all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number every day
those who were being saved.
Context (NET) Psalm 122:1-9 1 A song of ascents,
by David. I was glad because
they said to me, “We will go to the
Lord’s temple.”
2 Our feet are
standing inside your gates, O Jerusalem.
3 Jerusalem
is a city designed to accommodate an assembly.
4 The tribes go up
there,
the tribes of the
Lord, where it is required that Israel give thanks to the name of the
Lord.
5 Indeed,
the leaders sit
there on thrones and make legal decisions, on the thrones of the house of David.
6 Pray
for the peace of Jerusalem! May those who love her prosper!
7 May there be peace inside your defenses, and prosperity
inside your fortresses!
8 For the sake of my brothers and my neighbors I will say, “May there be peace in you!”
9 For the sake of the temple of the
Lord our God I will pray for you to prosper.
Context (NET) Proverbs 16:19-20 19 It is better to be lowly in spirit
with the afflicted than to share the spoils
with the proud.
20 The one who deals wisely
in a matter
will find success,
and blessed
is the one who trusts in the
Lord.
Context (NET)
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