Psa 16
 
Psa 57
 
Psa 58
 
Psa 59
 
Psa 60
 
ce[See ver. 1 above]

Psalms 16:1

You Will Not Abandon My Soul

A aMiktam
Probably a musical or liturgical term
of David.

1 Preserve me, O God, for in you I ctake refuge.

Psalms 57:1

Let Your Glory Be over All the Earth

To the choirmaster: according to dDo Not Destroy. A eMiktam
Probably a musical or liturgical term
of David, when he fled from Saul, in gthe cave.

1 hBe merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me,
for in you my soul itakes refuge;
in jthe shadow of your wings I will take refuge,
ktill the storms of destruction pass by.

Psalms 58:1

God Who Judges the Earth

To the choirmaster: according to lDo Not Destroy. A mMiktam
Probably a musical or liturgical term
of David.

1 Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods?
Or  you mighty lords (by revocalization; Hebrew in silence)

Do you judge the children of man uprightly?

Psalms 59:1

Deliver Me from My Enemies

To the choirmaster: according to pDo Not Destroy. A qMiktam
Probably a musical or liturgical term
of David, swhen Saul sent men to watch his house in order to kill him.

1 tDeliver me from my enemies, O my God;
uprotect me from those who vrise up against me;

Psalms 60:1

He Will Tread Down Our Foes

To the choirmaster: according to wShushan Eduth. A xMiktam
Probably musical or liturgical terms
of David; zfor instruction; when he aastrove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and when Joab on his return struck down twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.

1 O God, abyou have rejected us, acbroken our defenses;
you have been angry; adoh, restore us.

This pastoral letter from Paul to Titus was intended to offer encouragement and wisdom as Titus endured ongoing opposition from the ungodly and from legalists within his congregations. Paul instructed Titus to complete his assigned job of establishing overseers (elders) for the churches under his care. He described what sort of people these leaders should be, and how all believers should live in relation to each other as well as in their interactions with nonbelievers. Proper Christian behavior is based on the fact that “the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people,” and therefore those who believe in Christ are to “live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives” as they await his return (2:11-13). Paul probably wrote this letter in the 60s a.d.

Titus 1

Greeting

1Paul, a servant
Or slave (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)
of God and afan apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God’s elect and agtheir knowledge of the truth, ahwhich accords with godliness,
2 aiin hope of eternal life, which God, ajwho never lies, akpromised albefore the ages began
Greek before times eternal
3and anat the proper time manifested in his word aothrough the preaching apwith which I have been entrusted aqby the command of God our Savior;

4To Titus, army true child in asa common faith:

atGrace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

Qualifications for Elders

5 auThis is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and avappoint elders in every town as I directed you 6 awif anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife,
Or a man of one woman
and his children are believers
Or  are faithful
and not open to the charge of azdebauchery or insubordination.
7For an overseer,
Or bishop; Greek episkopos
bbas God’s steward, must be above reproach. He must not bcbe arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent bdor greedy for gain,
8but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, beand disciplined. 9He must bfhold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in bgsound
Or healthy; also verse 13
doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.

10For there are many who are insubordinate, biempty talkers and deceivers, especially those of bjthe circumcision party.
Or  especially those of the circumcision
11They must be silenced, since blthey are upsetting whole families by teaching bmfor shameful gain what they ought not to teach. 12 bnOne of the Cretans,
Greek  One of them
a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
Probably from Epimenides of Crete
13This testimony is true. Therefore bqrebuke them brsharply, that they bsmay be sound in the faith, 14 btnot devoting themselves to Jewish myths and buthe commands of people bvwho turn away from the truth. 15 bwTo the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and bxunbelieving, nothing is pure; but both bytheir minds and their consciences are defiled. 16 bzThey profess to know God, but they cadeny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, cbunfit for any good work.

Titus 2

Teach Sound Doctrine

1But as for you, teach what accords with ccsound
Or healthy; also verses 2, 8
doctrine.
2Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, cesound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. 3 cfOlder women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, cgnot slanderers chor slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, 4and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, 5to be self-controlled, cipure, cjworking at home, kind, and cksubmissive to their own husbands, clthat the word of God may not be reviled. 6Likewise, urge cmthe younger men to be self-controlled. 7Show yourself in all respects to be cna model of good works, and in your teaching coshow integrity, cpdignity, 8and cqsound speech that cannot be condemned, crso that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us. 9 csBondservants
Or Slaves (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)
are to be submissive to their own masters cuin everything; they are to be well-pleasing, not argumentative,
10not pilfering, cvbut showing all good faith, cwso that in everything they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior.

11For cxthe grace of God cyhas appeared, bringing salvation czfor all people, 12training us to renounce ungodliness and daworldly passions, and dbto live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in dcthe present age, 13 ddwaiting for our blessed dehope, the dfappearing of the glory of our great dgGod and Savior Jesus Christ, 14 dhwho gave himself for us to diredeem us from all lawlessness and djto purify for himself dka people for his own possession who are dlzealous for good works.

15Declare these things; exhort and dmrebuke with all authority. dnLet no one disregard you.

Titus 3

Be Ready for Every Good Work

1Remind them doto be submissive to rulers and authorities, dpto be obedient, to be ready for every good work, 2 dqto speak evil of no one, drto avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and dsto show perfect courtesy toward all people. 3For dtwe ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another. 4But when duthe goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, 5he saved us, dvnot because of works done by us in righteousness, but dwaccording to his own mercy, by dxthe washing of regeneration and dyrenewal of the Holy Spirit, 6whom he dzpoured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7so that eabeing justified by his grace we might become ebheirs ecaccording to the hope of eternal life. 8The saying is edtrustworthy, and I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful eeto devote themselves to good works. These things are excellent and profitable for people. 9But efavoid foolish egcontroversies, ehgenealogies, dissensions, and quarrels about the law, for eithey are unprofitable and worthless. 10As for a person who stirs up division, ejafter warning him once and then twice, ekhave nothing more to do with him, 11knowing that such a person is warped and sinful; he is self-condemned.

Final Instructions and Greetings

12When I send Artemas or elTychicus to you, do your best to come to me emat Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there. 13Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and enApollos on their way; see that they lack nothing. 14And let our people learn eoto devote themselves to good works, so as to help cases of urgent need, and not epbe unfruitful.

15All who are with me send greetings to you. Greet those who love us in the faith.

eqGrace be with you all.

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