Job 7:21

21Why do you not pardon my transgression
and take away my iniquity?
For now I shall lie in ^athe earth;
you will ^bseek me, ^cbut I shall not be.”

Psalms 22:19

19 But you, O Lord, ^ddo not be far off!
O you my help, ^ecome quickly to my aid!

Psalms 40:13

13 ^fBe pleased, O Lord, to ^gdeliver me!
O Lord, ^hmake haste to help me!

Psalms 70:1

O Lord, Do Not Delay

To the choirmaster. Of David, ⁱfor the memorial offering.

1 ^jMake haste, O God, to deliver me!
O Lord, make haste to help me!

Isaiah 65:24

24 ^kBefore they call I will answer;
^lwhile they are yet speaking I will hear.

Acts 12:5-25

5So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest ^mprayer for him was made to God by the church.

Peter Is Rescued

6Now when Herod was about to bring him out, on that very night, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, ⁿbound with two chains, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison. 7And behold, ^oan angel of the Lord ^pstood next to him, and a light shone in the cell. ^qHe struck Peter on the side and woke him, saying, “Get up quickly.” And ^rthe chains fell off his hands. 8And the angel said to him, “Dress yourself and ^sput on your sandals.” And he did so. And he said to him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.” 9And he went out and followed him. He did not know that what was being done by the angel was real, but ^tthought he was seeing a vision. 10When they had passed the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. ^uIt opened for them of its own accord, and they went out and went along one street, and immediately the angel left him. 11When Peter ^vcame to himself, he said, “Now I am sure that ^wthe Lord has sent his angel and ^xrescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.”

12When he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of ^yJohn whose other name was Mark, where many were gathered together and ^zwere praying. 13And when he knocked at the door of the gateway, ^aaa servant girl named Rhoda came to answer. 14Recognizing Peter’s voice, ^abin her joy she did not open the gate but ran in and reported that Peter was standing at the gate. 15They said to her, “You are out of your mind.” But she kept insisting that it was so, and they kept saying, “It is ^achis angel!” 16But Peter continued knocking, and when they opened, they saw him and were amazed. 17But ^admotioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, “Tell these things to ^aeJames and to ^afthe brothers.” ▼

▼Or  brothers and sisters

Then he departed and went to another place.

18Now when day came, there was no little disturbance among the soldiers over what had become of Peter. 19And after Herod searched for him and did not find him, he examined the sentries and ^ahordered that they should be put to death. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent time there.

The Death of Herod

20Now Herod was angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they came to him with one accord, and ^aihaving persuaded Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, ▼

▼That is, trusted personal attendant

they asked for peace, because ^aktheir country depended on the king’s country for food. 21On an appointed day Herod put on his royal robes, took his seat upon the throne, and delivered an oration to them. 22And the people were shouting, “The voice of a god, and not of a man!” 23Immediately ^alan angel of the Lord struck him down, because ^amhe did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last.

24But ^anthe word of God increased and multiplied.

25 ^aoAnd Barnabas and Saul returned from ▼

▼Some manuscripts to

Jerusalem when they had completed their service, bringing with them ^aqJohn, whose other name was Mark.