Psa 109:4-20, Psa 110, 118:22, Joh 5:39, Act 17:2-3, 1Pe 1:11 | ESV | STEP | In return for my love they accuse me, but I give myself to prayer .

Psalms 109:4-20

4 In return for my love they ^aaccuse me,
but I ^bgive myself to prayer. ^{▼▼Hebrew but I am prayer}
5 So they ^dreward me evil for good,
and hatred for my love.
6 ^eAppoint a wicked man ^fagainst him;
let an accuser stand ^gat his right hand.
7 When he is tried, let him come forth guilty;
let his ^hprayer be counted as sin!
8 May his ⁱdays be few;
may ^janother take his ^koffice!
9 May his ^lchildren be fatherless
and his wife a widow!
10 May his children ^mwander about and beg,
ⁿseeking food far from the ruins they inhabit!
11 May ^othe creditor seize all that he has;
may ^pstrangers plunder the fruits of his toil!
12 Let there be none to ^qextend kindness to him,
nor any to ^rpity his fatherless children!
13 May his ^sposterity be cut off;
may his ^tname be blotted out in the second generation!
14 May ^uthe iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord,
and let not the sin of his mother be ^vblotted out!
15 ^wLet them be before the Lord continually,
that he may ^xcut off the memory of them from the earth!
16 For he did not remember to show kindness,
but pursued ^ythe poor and needy
and ^zthe brokenhearted, to put them to death.
17 ^aaHe loved to curse; let curses come ^{▼▼Revocalization; Masoretic Text curses have come} upon him!
He did not delight in blessing; may it be far ^{▼▼Revocalization; Masoretic Text it is far} from him!
18 He ^adclothed himself with cursing as his coat;
may it ^aesoak ^{▼▼Revocalization; Masoretic Text it has soaked} into his body like water,
like oil into his bones!
19 May it be like a garment that he wraps around him,
like a belt that he puts on every day!
20 May this be the reward of my ^agaccusers from the Lord,
of those who speak evil against my life!

Psalms 110

Sit at My Right Hand

A Psalm of David.

1 ^ahThe Lord says to my Lord:
^ai“Sit at my right hand,
^ajuntil I make your enemies your ^akfootstool.”
2 The Lord sends forth ^alfrom Zion
^amyour mighty scepter.
^anRule in the midst of your enemies!
3 ^aoYour people will ^apoffer themselves freely
on the day of your ^aqpower, ^{▼▼Or on the day you lead your forces}
in ^asholy garments; ^{▼▼Masoretic Text; some Hebrew manuscripts and Jerome on the holy mountains}
from the womb of the morning,
the dew of your youth will be yours. ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain}
4 ^avThe Lord has ^awsworn
and will ^axnot change his mind,
^ay“You are ^aza priest ^baforever
after the order of ^bbMelchizedek.”
5 The Lord is at your ^bcright hand;
he will ^bdshatter kings on ^bethe day of his wrath.
6 He will ^bfexecute judgment among the nations,
^bgfilling them with corpses;
he will ^bhshatter chiefs ^{▼▼Or the head}
over the wide earth.
7 He will ^bjdrink from the brook by the way;
therefore he will lift up his head.

Psalms 118:22

22 ^bkThe stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone. ^{▼▼Hebrew the head of the corner}

John 5:39

39 ^bmYou search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and ^bnit is they that bear witness about me,

Acts 17:2-3

2 And Paul went in, ^boas was his custom, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them ^bpfrom the Scriptures, 3 ^bqexplaining and proving that it was necessary for ^brthe Christ to suffer and ^bsto rise from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.”

1 Peter 1:11

11 inquiring ^btwhat person or time ^buthe Spirit of Christ in them was indicating ^bvwhen he predicted ^bwthe sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories.