For Thou wilt not leave me in the Unseen World forsaken, nor give up Thy holy One to undergo decay.

Thou hast made known to me the ways of Life: Thou wilt fill me with gladness in Thy presence.'

until I make thy foes a footstool under thy feet.'

and didst say through the Holy Spirit by the lips of our forefather David Thy servant, "'Why have the nations stamped and raged, and the peoples formed futile plans?

"They did indeed assemble in this city in hostility to Thy holy Servant Jesus whom Thou hadst anointed--Herod and Pontius Pilate with the Gentiles and also the tribes of Israel--

to do all that Thy power and Thy will had predetermined should be done.

And now, Lord, listen to their threats, and enable Thy servants to proclaim Thy Message with fearless courage,

whilst Thou stretchest out Thine arm to cure men, and to give signs and marvels through the name of Thy holy Servant Jesus."

"Lord," answered Ananias, "I have heard about that man from many, and I have heard of the great mischief he has done to Thy people in Jerusalem;

and here he is authorized by the High Priests to arrest all who call upon Thy name."

that God has amply fulfilled it to our children in raising up Jesus; as it is also written in the second Psalm, 'Thou art My Son: to-day I have become Thy Father.'

Because in another Psalm also He says, 'Thou wilt not give up Thy Holy One to undergo decay.'

and when they were shedding the blood of Stephen, Thy witness, I was standing by, fully approving of it, and I held the clothes of those who were killing him.'

"I did not know, brethren," replied Paul, "that he was the High Priest; for it is written, 'Thou shalt not speak evil of a ruler of Thy people.'"