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1-4Take my side, God—I’m getting kicked around,stomped on every day.Not a day goes bybut somebody beats me up;They make it their dutyto beat me up.When I get really afraidI come to you in trust.I’m proud to praise God;fearless now, I trust in God.What can mere mortals do?
1-5Listen, Heavens, I have something to tell you.Attention, Earth, I’ve got a mouth full of words.My teaching, let it fall like a gentle rain,my words arrive like morning dew,Like a sprinkling rain on new grass,like spring showers on the garden.For it’s God’s Name I’m preaching—respond to the greatness of our God!The Rock: His works are perfect,and the way he works is fair and just;A God you can depend upon, no exceptions,a straight-arrow God.His messed-up, mixed-up children, his non-children,throw mud at him but none of it sticks.
4-6"The Day is coming when Jacob’s robust splendor goes paleand his well-fed body turns skinny.The country will be left empty, picked cleanas a field harvested by field hands.She’ll be like a few stalks of barley left standingin the lush Valley of Rephaim after harvest,Or like the couple of ripe olives overlookedin the top of the olive tree,Or the four or five applesthat the pickers couldn’t reach in the orchard."Decree of the God of Israel.
1-4When the Feast of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Without warning there was a sound like a strong wind, gale force—no one could tell where it came from. It filled the whole building. Then, like a wildfire, the Holy Spirit spread through their ranks, and they started speaking in a number of different languages as the Spirit prompted them.
1,2Abraham traveled from there south to the Negev and settled down between Kadesh and Shur. While he was camping in Gerar, Abraham said of his wife Sarah, "She’s my sister."
1-4After the Sabbath, as the first light of the new week dawned, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to keep vigil at the tomb. Suddenly the earth reeled and rocked under their feet as God’s angel came down from heaven, came right up to where they were standing. He rolled back the stone and then sat on it. Shafts of lightning blazed from him. His garments shimmered snow-white. The guards at the tomb were scared to death. They were so frightened, they couldn’t move.
1-6Then Eliphaz from Teman spoke up:"Would you mind if I said something to you?Under the circumstances it’s hard to keep quiet.You yourself have done this plenty of times, spoken wordsthat clarify, encouraged those who were about to quit.Your words have put stumbling people on their feet,put fresh hope in people about to collapse.But now you’re the one in trouble—you’re hurting!You’ve been hit hard and you’re reeling from the blow.But shouldn’t your devout life give you confidence now?Shouldn’t your exemplary life give you hope?
1-13You who sit down in the High God’s presence,spend the night in Shaddai’s shadow,Say this: "God, you’re my refuge.I trust in you and I’m safe!"That’s right—he rescues you from hidden traps,shields you from deadly hazards.His huge outstretched arms protect you—under them you’re perfectly safe;his arms fend off all harm.Fear nothing—not wild wolves in the night,not flying arrows in the day,Not disease that prowls through the darkness,not disaster that erupts at high noon.Even though others succumb all around,drop like flies right and left,no harm will even graze you.You’ll stand untouched, watch it all from a distance,watch the wicked turn into corpses.Yes, because God’s your refuge,the High God your very own home,Evil can’t get close to you,harm can’t get through the door.He ordered his angelsto guard you wherever you go.If you stumble, they’ll catch you;their job is to keep you from falling.You’ll walk unharmed among lions and snakes,and kick young lions and serpents from the path.
1,2But a man named Ananias—his wife, Sapphira, conniving in this with him—sold a piece of land, secretly kept part of the price for himself, and then brought the rest to the apostles and made an offering of it.
2,3I got two honest men, Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah, to witness the document. Then I went home to my wife, the prophetess. She conceived and gave birth to a son.
4-16"It’s not you I’m complaining to—it’s God.Is it any wonder I’m getting fed up with his silence?Take a good look at me. Aren’t you appalled by what’s happened?No! Don’t say anything. I can do without your comments.When I look back, I go into shock,my body is racked with spasms.Why do the wicked have it so good,live to a ripe old age and get rich?They get to see their children succeed,get to watch and enjoy their grandchildren.Their homes are peaceful and free from fear;they never experience God’s disciplining rod.Their bulls breed with great vigorand their cows calve without fail.They send their children out to playand watch them frolic like spring lambs.They make music with fiddles and flutes,have good times singing and dancing.They have a long life on easy street,and die painlessly in their sleep.They say to God, ‘Get lost!We’ve no interest in you or your ways.Why should we have dealings with God Almighty?What’s there in it for us?’But they’re wrong, dead wrong—they’re not gods.It’s beyond me how they can carry on like this!
2-6God’s the one who rebuilds Jerusalem,who regathers Israel’s scattered exiles.He heals the heartbrokenand bandages their wounds.He counts the starsand assigns each a name.Our Lord is great, with limitless strength;we’ll never comprehend what he knows and does.God puts the fallen on their feet againand pushes the wicked into the ditch.
4-6So Peter, starting from the beginning, laid it out for them step-by-step: "Recently I was in the town of Joppa praying. I fell into a trance and saw a vision: Something like a huge blanket, lowered by ropes at its four corners, came down out of heaven and settled on the ground in front of me. Milling around on the blanket were farm animals, wild animals, reptiles, birds—you name it, it was there. Fascinated, I took it all in.
6-9God, smash their teeth to bits,leave them toothless tigers.Let their lives be buckets of water spilled,all that’s left, a damp stain in the sand.Let them be trampled grassworn smooth by the traffic.Let them dissolve into snail slime,be a miscarried fetus that never sees sunlight.Before what they cook up is half-done, God,throw it out with the garbage!
6Feature trumpets and big trombones,Fill the air with praises to King God.
21-31When God heard that, he was furious—his anger flared against Jacob,he lost his temper with Israel.It was clear they didn’t believe God,had no intention of trusting in his help.But God helped them anyway, commanded the cloudsand gave orders that opened the gates of heaven.He rained down showers of manna to eat,he gave them the Bread of Heaven.They ate the bread of the mighty angels;he sent them all the food they could eat.He let East Wind break loose from the skies,gave a strong push to South Wind.This time it was birds that rained down—succulent birds, an abundance of birds.He aimed them right for the center of their camp;all round their tents there were birds.They ate and had their fill;he handed them everything they craved on a platter.But their greed knew no bounds;they stuffed their mouths with more and more.Finally, God was fed up, his anger erupted—he cut down their brightest and best,he laid low Israel’s finest young men.
3-5He forgives your sins—every one.He heals your diseases—every one.He redeems you from hell—saves your life!He crowns you with love and mercy—a paradise crown.He wraps you in goodness—beauty eternal.He renews your youth—you’re always young in his presence.
7-10Fierce you are, and fearsome!Who can stand up to your rising anger?From heaven you thunder judgment;earth falls to her knees and holds her breath.God stands tall and makes things right,he saves all the wretched on earth.Instead of smoldering rage—God-praise!All that sputtering rage—now a garland for God!
1Light, space, zest—that’s God!So, with him on my side I’m fearless,afraid of no one and nothing.
3,4The day my enemies turned tail and ran,they stumbled on you and fell on their faces.You took over and set everything right;when I needed you, you were there, taking charge.