⁶ Let not those who have hope in you be put to shame because of me, O Lord God of armies: let not those who are waiting for you be made low because of me, O God of Israel.

³ The God of Israel said, the word of the Rock of Israel came to me: When an upright king is ruling over men, when he is ruling in the fear of God,

¹⁷ The God of this people Israel made selection of our fathers, lifting the people up from their low condition when they were living in the land of Egypt, and with a strong arm took them out of it.

⁷ Then sending for Peter and John, they said, By what power and in whose name have you done this?

¹⁹ And he said to them, What things? And they said, The things to do with Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet, great in his acts and his words, before God and all the people:

²⁰ And how the chief priests and our rulers gave him up to be put to death on the cross.

²¹ But we were hoping that he would be the Saviour of Israel. In addition to all this he has now let three days go by from the time when these things took place;

²³ And kings will take care of you, and queens will give you their milk: they will go down on their faces before you, kissing the dust of your feet; and you will be certain that I am the Lord, and that those who put their hope in me will not be shamed.

¹⁸ Praise be to the Lord God, the God of Israel, the only doer of wonders.

²⁶ Let all those who take pleasure in my troubles be shamed and come to nothing: let those who are lifted up against me be covered with shame and have no honour.

³ Let no servant of yours be put to shame; may those be shamed who are false without cause.

⁷ The meeting of the nations will be round you; take your seat, then, over them, on high.

²³ From this man's seed has God given to Israel a Saviour, even Jesus, as he gave his word;