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Psalm 118

¹O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever.
²Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.
³Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.
⁴Let them now that fear the Lord say, that his mercy endureth for ever.
⁵I called upon the Lord in distress: the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place.
⁶The Lord is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?
⁷The Lord taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me.
⁸It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man.
⁹It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes.
¹⁰All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord will I destroy them.
¹¹They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.
¹²They compassed me about like bees: they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.
¹³Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the Lord helped me.
¹⁴The Lord is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.
¹⁵The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly.
¹⁶The right hand of the Lord is exalted: the right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly.
¹⁷I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord.
¹⁸The Lord hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.
¹⁹Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the Lord:
²⁰This gate of the Lord, into which the righteous shall enter.
²¹I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation.
²²The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.
²³This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.
²⁴This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
²⁵Save now, I beseech thee, O Lord: O Lord, I beseech thee, send now prosperity.
²⁶Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord: we have blessed you out of the house of the Lord.
²⁷God is the Lord, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.
²⁸Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I will exalt thee.
²⁹O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

¹⁷Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.
¹⁸And they left the house of the Lord God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.
¹⁹Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the Lord; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.
²⁰And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the Lord, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the Lord, he hath also forsaken you.
²¹And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the Lord.
²²Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The Lord look upon it, and require it.

6And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.
²Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.
³Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.
⁴But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
⁵And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:
⁶Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
⁷And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
⁸And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
⁹Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.
¹⁰And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.
¹¹Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.
¹²And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,
¹³And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
¹⁴For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.
¹⁵And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.