This translation is from the New American Bible. The bolded hyperlinks to scriptural citations will take you to additional translations of the scriptures. The italicized hyperlinks will take you to explanations of original Hebrew or Greek words.
I hear the whisperings of many: ‘Terror on every side! Denounce! let us denounce him!’ All those who were my friends are on the watch for any misstep of mine. ‘Perhaps he will be trapped; then we can prevail, and take our vengeance on him.’
But the LORD is with me, like a might champion: my persecutors will stumble, they will not triumph. In their failure they will be put to utter shame, to lasting, unforgettable confusion.
Sing to the LORD, praise the LORD, for he has rescued the life of the poor from the power of the wicked!
awe-inspiring, terror-striking, awesome, terrifying, ruthless, mighty;in great power, strong, terrible, violent, causing fear
to examine, try, prove; scrutinize; prove, try (of gold, persons, the heart, man of God); to investigate
to remove; to uncover oneself; to disclose, discover, lay bare; to make known, show, reveal;plainly, publish, remove, reveal. This sound a lot like the dynamic described in Philippians 4:6-7.
R. (14c) Lord, in your great love, answer me.
For your sake I bear insult, and shame covers my face.
I have become an outcast to my brothers, a stranger to my mother's children, because zeal for your house consumes me, and the insults of those who blaspheme you fall upon me.
R. Lord, in your great love, answer me.
I pray to you, O LORD, for the time of your favor, O God!
In your great kindness answer me with your constant help.
Answer me, O LORD, for bounteous is your kindness; in your great mercy turn toward me.
R. Lord, in your great love, answer me.
“See, you lowly ones, and be glad; you who seek God, may your hearts revive! For the LORD hears the poor, and his own who are in bonds he spurns not.
Let the heavens and the earth praise him, the seas and whatever moves in them!”
R. Lord, in your great love, answer me.
For your sake I bear insult, and shame covers my face.
I have become an outcast to my brothers, a stranger to my mother's children, because zeal for your house consumes me, and the insults of those who blaspheme you fall upon me.
R. Lord, in your great love, answer me.
I pray to you, O LORD, for the time of your favor, O God!
In your great kindness answer me with your constant help.
Answer me, O LORD, for bounteous is your kindness; in your great mercy turn toward me.
R. Lord, in your great love, answer me.
“See, you lowly ones, and be glad; you who seek God, may your hearts revive! For the LORD hears the poor, and his own who are in bonds he spurns not.
Let the heavens and the earth praise him, the seas and whatever moves in them!”
R. Lord, in your great love, answer me.
intercession, supplication; to pour out prayers;
hears= שָׁמַע = shama`
to hear, listen to; to hear with attention or interest, listen to; give heed; to hear intelligently; give ear; understand; to hear and answer; to be regarded, cared for; to be heard and answered. This sounds a lot like the dynamic described in James 1:2-5.
Brothers and sisters:
Through one man sin entered the world, and through sin, death, and thus death came to all men, inasmuch as all sinned—for up to the time of the law, sin was in the world, though sin is not accounted when there is no law. But death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who did not sin after the pattern of the trespass of Adam, who is the type of the one who was to come.
Through one man sin entered the world, and through sin, death, and thus death came to all men, inasmuch as all sinned—for up to the time of the law, sin was in the world, though sin is not accounted when there is no law. But death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who did not sin after the pattern of the trespass of Adam, who is the type of the one who was to come.
But the gift is not like the transgression. For if by the transgression of the one the many died, how much more did the grace of God and the gracious gift of the one man Jesus Christ overflow for the many.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
The Spirit of truth will testify to me, says the Lord;
and you also will testify.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
The Spirit of truth will testify to me, says the Lord;
and you also will testify.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Jesus said to the Twelve:
“Fear no one. Nothing is concealed that will not be revealed, nor secret that will not be known. What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light; what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops. And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna. Are not two sparrows sold for a small coin? Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father’s knowledge. Even all the hairs of your head are counted. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
Everyone who acknowledges me before others I will acknowledge before my heavenly Father. But whoever denies me before others, I will deny before my heavenly Father.”
to be afraid; to put to flight, to flee;to be struck with fear, to be seized with alarm;startled by strange sights or occurrences; to fear (i.e. hesitate) to do something (for fear of harm); awe, reverential fear
To assent, accord, agree with; to confess, declare, admit; to declare openly by way of speaking out freely, such confession being the effect of deep conviction of fact; to confess by way of celebrating with praise; to profess;to agree with, assent; to praise, celebrate; not to deny, i. e. to confess; declare
to contradict; disowning a person;to abrogate, forsake, or renounce a thing; not to accept, to reject; abnegate, abjure; disavow, reject; refuse.
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