so bring together all the peoples around you, and rule over them from above.

Defeat does not come to those who trust in you, but to those who are quick to rebel against you.

May those who gloat over my suffering be completely defeated and confused; may those who claim to be better than I am be covered with shame and disgrace.

Kings will be like fathers to you; queens will be like mothers. They will bow low before you and honor you; they will humbly show their respect for you. Then you will know that I am the LORD; no one who waits for my help will be disappointed."

"What things?" he asked. "The things that happened to Jesus of Nazareth," they answered. "This man was a prophet and was considered by God and by all the people to be powerful in everything he said and did.

And we had hoped that he would be the one who was going to set Israel free! Besides all that, this is now the third day since it happened.

They made the apostles stand before them and asked them, "How did you do this? What power do you have or whose name did you use?"

Praise the LORD, the God of Israel! He alone does these wonderful things.

The God of Israel has spoken; the protector of Israel said to me: "The king who rules with justice, who rules in obedience to God,

The God of the people of Israel chose our ancestors and made the people a great nation during the time they lived as foreigners in Egypt. God brought them out of Egypt by his great power,

It was Jesus, a descendant of David, whom God made the Savior of the people of Israel, as he had promised.