Psa 4
 
Psa 54
 
Psa 61
 
Psa 67
 
bn[See ver. 1 above]

Psalms 4:1

Answer Me When I Call

To the achoirmaster: with bstringed instruments. A Psalm of David.

1 Answer me when I call, O God of my crighteousness!
You have dgiven me relief when I was in distress.
Be gracious to me and hear my prayer!

Psalms 54:1

The Lord Upholds My Life

To the choirmaster: with estringed instruments. A Maskil
Probably a musical or liturgical term
of David, gwhen the Ziphites went and told Saul, “Is not David hiding among us?”

1 O God, save me by your hname,
and vindicate me by your might.

Psalms 61:1

Lead Me to the Rock

To the choirmaster: with istringed instruments. Of David.

1 Hear my cry, O God,
jlisten to my prayer;

Psalms 67:1

Make Your Face Shine upon Us

To the choirmaster: with kstringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song.

1 May God lbe gracious to us and bless us
and make his face to mshine upon us,  Selah

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 oan apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God’s elect and ptheir knowledge of the truth, qwhich accords with godliness,
2 rin hope of eternal life, which God, swho never lies, tpromised ubefore the ages began
Greek before times eternal
3and wat the proper time manifested in his word xthrough the preaching ywith which I have been entrusted zby the command of God our Savior;

4To Titus, aamy true child in aba common faith:

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

Qualifications for Elders

5 adThis is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and aeappoint elders in every town as I directed you 6 afif 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 aidebauchery or insubordination.
7For an overseer,
Or bishop; Greek episkopos
akas God’s steward, must be above reproach. He must not albe arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent amor greedy for gain,
8but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, anand disciplined. 9He must aohold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in apsound
Or healthy; also verse 13
doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.

10For there are many who are insubordinate, arempty talkers and deceivers, especially those of asthe circumcision party.
Or  especially those of the circumcision
11They must be silenced, since authey are upsetting whole families by teaching avfor shameful gain what they ought not to teach. 12 awOne 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 azrebuke them basharply, that they bbmay be sound in the faith, 14 bcnot devoting themselves to Jewish myths and bdthe commands of people bewho turn away from the truth. 15 bfTo the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and bgunbelieving, nothing is pure; but both bhtheir minds and their consciences are defiled. 16 biThey profess to know God, but they bjdeny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, bkunfit for any good work.

Titus 2

Teach Sound Doctrine

1But as for you, teach what accords with blsound
Or healthy; also verses 2, 8
doctrine.
2Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, bnsound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. 3 boOlder women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, bpnot slanderers bqor 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, brpure, bsworking at home, kind, and btsubmissive to their own husbands, buthat the word of God may not be reviled. 6Likewise, urge bvthe younger men to be self-controlled. 7Show yourself in all respects to be bwa model of good works, and in your teaching bxshow integrity, bydignity, 8and bzsound speech that cannot be condemned, caso that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us. 9 cbBondservants
Or Slaves (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)
are to be submissive to their own masters cdin everything; they are to be well-pleasing, not argumentative,
10not pilfering, cebut showing all good faith, cfso that in everything they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior.

11For cgthe grace of God chhas appeared, bringing salvation cifor all people, 12training us to renounce ungodliness and cjworldly passions, and ckto live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in clthe present age, 13 cmwaiting for our blessed cnhope, the coappearing of the glory of our great cpGod and Savior Jesus Christ, 14 cqwho gave himself for us to crredeem us from all lawlessness and csto purify for himself cta people for his own possession who are cuzealous for good works.

15Declare these things; exhort and cvrebuke with all authority. cwLet no one disregard you.

Titus 3

Be Ready for Every Good Work

1Remind them cxto be submissive to rulers and authorities, cyto be obedient, to be ready for every good work, 2 czto speak evil of no one, dato avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and dbto show perfect courtesy toward all people. 3For dcwe 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 ddthe goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, 5he saved us, denot because of works done by us in righteousness, but dfaccording to his own mercy, by dgthe washing of regeneration and dhrenewal of the Holy Spirit, 6whom he dipoured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7so that djbeing justified by his grace we might become dkheirs dlaccording to the hope of eternal life. 8The saying is dmtrustworthy, and I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful dnto devote themselves to good works. These things are excellent and profitable for people. 9But doavoid foolish dpcontroversies, dqgenealogies, dissensions, and quarrels about the law, for drthey are unprofitable and worthless. 10As for a person who stirs up division, dsafter warning him once and then twice, dthave 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 duTychicus to you, do your best to come to me dvat Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there. 13Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and dwApollos on their way; see that they lack nothing. 14And let our people learn dxto devote themselves to good works, so as to help cases of urgent need, and not dybe unfruitful.

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

dzGrace be with you all.

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