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Psalm 67

1  God be gracious to us and bless us ♦︎
   and make his face to shine upon us,
2  That your way may be known upon earth, ♦︎
   your saving power among all nations.
3  Let the peoples praise you, O God; ♦︎
   let all the peoples praise you.
4  O let the nations rejoice and be glad, ♦︎
   for you will judge the peoples righteously
      and govern the nations upon earth.
5  Let the peoples praise you, O God; ♦︎
   let all the peoples praise you.
6  Then shall the earth bring forth her increase, ♦︎
   and God, our own God, will bless us.
7  God will bless us, ♦︎
   and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.

A Prayer of Penitence

¹⁵ Look down from heaven and see,
   from your holy and glorious habitation.
Where are your zeal and your might?
   The yearning of your heart and your compassion?
   They are withheld from me.
¹⁶ For you are our father,
   though Abraham does not know us
   and Israel does not acknowledge us;
you, O Lord, are our father;
   our Redeemer from of old is your name.
¹⁷ Why, O Lord, do you make us stray from your ways
   and harden our heart, so that we do not fear you?
Turn back for the sake of your servants,
   for the sake of the tribes that are your heritage.
¹⁸ Your holy people took possession for a little while;
   but now our adversaries have trampled down your sanctuary.
¹⁹ We have long been like those whom you do not rule,
   like those not called by your name.

19 But Jews came there from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds. Then they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead. ²⁰But when the disciples surrounded him, he got up and went into the city. The next day he went on with Barnabas to Derbe.

The Return to Antioch in Syria

21 After they had proclaimed the good news to that city and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, then on to Iconium and Antioch. ²²There they strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith, saying, ‘It is through many persecutions that we must enter the kingdom of God.’ ²³And after they had appointed elders for them in each church, with prayer and fasting they entrusted them to the Lord in whom they had come to believe.

24 Then they passed through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia. ²⁵When they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia. ²⁶From there they sailed back to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work^* that they had completed. ²⁷When they arrived, they called the church together and related all that God had done with them, and how he had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles. ²⁸And they stayed there with the disciples for some time.