because Thou wilt not leave my soul to hades, nor wilt Thou give Thy Kind One to see corruption;

Thou didst make known to me ways of life, Thou shalt fill me with joy with Thy countenance.

till I make thy foes thy footstool;

'Ye are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant that God made unto our fathers, saying unto Abraham: And in thy seed shall be blessed all the families of the earth;

who, through the mouth of David thy servant, did say, Why did nations rage, and peoples meditate vain things?

for gathered together of a truth against Thy holy child Jesus, whom Thou didst anoint, were both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with nations and peoples of Israel,

to do whatever Thy hand and Thy counsel did determine before to come to pass.

'And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings, and grant to Thy servants with all freedom to speak Thy word,

in the stretching forth of Thy hand, for healing, and signs, and wonders, to come to pass through the name of Thy holy child Jesus.'

And Peter said, 'Ananias, wherefore did the Adversary fill thy heart, for thee to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back of the price of the place?

while it remained, did it not remain thine? and having been sold, in thy authority was it not? why is it that thou didst put in thy heart this thing? thou didst not lie to men, but to God;'

And Peter said unto her, 'How was it agreed by you, to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? lo, the feet of those who did bury thy husband are at the door, and they shall carry thee forth;'

and He said to him, Go forth out of thy land, and out of thy kindred, and come to a land that I shall shew thee.

I am the God of thy fathers; the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. 'And Moses having become terrified, durst not behold,

and the Lord said to him, Loose the sandal of thy feet, for the place in which thou hast stood is holy ground;

And Peter said unto him, 'Thy silver with thee -- may it be to destruction! because the gift of God thou didst think to possess through money;

thou hast neither part nor lot in this thing, for thy heart is not right before God;

reform, therefore, from this thy wickedness, and beseech God, if then the purpose of thy heart may be forgiven thee,

And Ananias answered, 'Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how many evils he did to Thy saints in Jerusalem,

and here he hath authority from the chief priests, to bind all those calling on Thy name.'

and he having looked earnestly on him, and becoming afraid, said, 'What is it, Lord?' And he said to him, 'Thy prayers and thy kind acts came up for a memorial before God,

and he said, Cornelius, thy prayer was heard, and thy kind acts were remembered before God;

who shall speak sayings by which thou shalt be saved, thou and all thy house.

The messenger also said to him, 'Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals;' and he did so; and he saith to him, 'Put thy garment round and be following me;'

wherefore also in another place he saith, Thou shalt not give Thy kind One to see corruption,

for so hath the Lord commanded us: I have set thee for a light of nations -- for thy being for salvation unto the end of the earth.'

said with a loud voice, 'Stand up on thy feet upright;' and he was springing and walking,

and they said, 'Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved -- thou and thy house;'

and now, why tarriest thou? having risen, baptize thyself, and wash away thy sins, calling upon the name of the Lord.

and I saw him saying to me, Haste and go forth in haste out of Jerusalem, because they will not receive thy testimony concerning me;

and when the blood of thy witness Stephen was being poured forth, I also was standing by and assenting to his death, and keeping the garments of those putting him to death;

and Paul said, 'I did not know, brethren, that he is chief priest: for it hath been written, Of the ruler of thy people thou shalt not speak evil;'

and he having been called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, 'Much peace enjoying through thee, and worthy deeds being done to this nation through thy forethought,

and that I may not be further tedious to thee, I pray thee to hear us concisely in thy gentleness;

but rise, and stand upon thy feet, for for this I appeared to thee, to appoint thee an officer and a witness both of the things thou didst see, and of the things in which I will appear to thee,