Old Testament

The Book of Psalms Chapter 83:1-18

A Song. A Psalm of Asaph.

Do not keep silent, O God!
Do not hold Your peace,
And do not be still, O God!

For behold, Your enemies make a tumult;
And those who hate You have lifted up their head.

They have taken crafty counsel against Your people,
And consulted together against Your sheltered ones.

They have said, "Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation,
That the name of Israel may be remembered no more."

For they have consulted together with one consent;
They form a confederacy against You:

The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites;
Moab and the Hagrites;

Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek;
Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;

Assyria also has joined with them;
They have helped the children of Lot. Selah

Deal with them as with Midian,
As with Sisera,
As with Jabin at the Brook Kishon,

Who perished at En Dor,
Who became as refuse on the earth.

Make their nobles like Oreb and like Zeeb,
Yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,

Who said, "Let us take for ourselves
The pastures of God for a possession."

O my God, make them like the whirling dust,
Like the chaff before the wind!

As the fire burns the woods,
And as the flame sets the mountains on fire,

So pursue them with Your tempest,
And frighten them with Your storm.

Fill their faces with shame,
That they may seek Your name, O Lord.

Let them be confounded and dismayed forever;
Yes, let them be put to shame and perish,

That they may know that You, whose name alone is the Lord,
Are the Most High over all the earth.

New Testament (NKJV)

The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Ephesians Chapter 3:1-8-14-21

For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles--if indeed you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you, how that by revelation He made known to me the mystery (as I have briefly written already, by which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ), which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets: that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ through the gospel, of which I became a minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effective working of His power.

To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to make all see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden in God who created all things through Jesus Christ; to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places, according to the eternal purpose which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through faith in Him. Therefore I ask that you do not lose heart at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height--to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.