because thou wilt not forsake my soul in the grave, nor let thy holy one suffer decay.

Thou hast made known to me the paths of life, thou wilt fill me with delight in thy presence.

who said to our fathers by the holy Spirit through the lips of thy servant David, Why did the Gentiles rage, and the peoples vainly conspire?

In this very city they actually mustered against thy holy Servant Jesus, whom thou didst consecrate ??Herod and Pontius Pilate, together with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,

mustering to carry out what thy hand had traced, thy purpose had decreed.

So now, O Lord, consider the threats of these men, and grant that thy servants may be perfectly fearless in speaking thy word,

when thy hand is stretched out to heal and to perform miracles and wonders by the name of thy holy Servant Jesus."

"But, Lord," Ananias answered, "many people have told me about all the mischief this man has done to thy saints at Jerusalem!

And in this city too he has authority from the high priests to put anyone in chains who invokes thy Name!"

has been fulfilled by God for us their children, when he raised Jesus. As it is written in the second psalm, thou art my son, to-day have I become thy father.

Hence in another psalm he says, thou wilt not let thy holy One suffer decay.