Now Peter sat outside in the courtyard. And a servant girl came to him, saying, "You also were with Jesus of Galilee."

And when he had gone out to the gateway, another [girl] saw him and said to them there, "This [man] was with Jesus the Nazarene."

And after a little [while], those standing by came up and said to Peter, "Surely you also are one of them, for your accent gives you away."

And Peter remembered the word of Jesus which He said to him, "Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times." And going out, he wept bitterly.

And the servant of Elisha rose up early and went out; and behold, an army compassed the city, and horses and chariots. And the servant said to him, O master, what shall we do?

Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. Indeed the spirit is eager, but the flesh is weak."

Now as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came.

But he denied it, saying, "I neither know nor understand what you are saying." And he went outside into the forecourt, and a rooster crowed.

But again he was denying [it]. And a little later those who were standing by said to Peter again, "Truly you are one of them; for you are also a Galilean, and your accent is like [theirs]."

And for the second [time] a rooster crowed. Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had said to him, "Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times." And when he thought about it, he began to weep.

And having arrested Him, they led Him and brought Him into the house of the high priest. And Peter was following from a distance.

And a certain servant girl, seeing him sitting at the fire and gazing at him, said, "This [man] was also with Him."

And after a little [while] another [person] saw him and said, "You also are [one] of them." But Peter said, "Man, I am not!"

But Peter said, "Man, I do not know what you are saying!" And immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed.

Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. Therefore they said to him, "You are not also [one] of His disciples, [are you]?" Then he denied it and said, "I am not!"

Peter then denied again; and immediately a rooster crowed.

At my first defense no one stood with me, but all forsook me. May it not be reckoned to them.

But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the proclamation might be fulfilled, and all the Gentiles might hear, and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

And behold, a great tempest arose on the sea, so that the boat was covered by waves; but He was sleeping.

Then the disciples came and awoke Him, saying, "Lord, save us! We are perishing!"

Arise, O Lord; deliver me, my God; for You have struck all who were my enemies without cause; You have broken the teeth of sinners.

For the end, [A Psalm] of David, for alternate [strains]. Save me, O God; for the waters have come in to my soul.

I am stuck fast in deep mire, and there is no standing: I have come in to the depths of the sea, and a storm has overwhelmed me.

They are troubled, they stagger as a drunkard, and all their wisdom is swallowed up.

And He commands the storm, and it is calmed into a gentle breeze, and its waves are still.

The pangs of death compassed me; the dangers of hell found me; I found affliction and sorrow.

Then I called on the name of the Lord- O Lord, deliver my soul.

Water flowed over my head: I said, I am cut off.

You heard my voice; close not Your ears to my supplication.

[ 2:3] and said, I cried in my affliction to the Lord my God, and He hearkened unto me, even to my cry out of the belly of hell: You heard my voice.

[ 2:5] And I said, I am cast out of Your presence: shall I indeed look again toward Your holy temple?

[ 2:7] to the clefts of the mountains; I went down into the earth, whose bars are the everlasting barriers: yet, O Lord my God, let my ruined life be restored.

And lest I exalt myself above measure by the excellence of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, an angel of Satan, that it might beat me, lest I exalt myself above measure.

And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness." Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my weaknesses, in order that the power of Christ may rest upon me.