I have preached righteousness in the great congregation; lo! I will not refrain my lips; O Lord, You know my righteousness.

I have not hid Your truth within my heart, and I have declared Your salvation; I have not hid Your mercy and Your truth from the great congregation.

My mouth shall declare Your righteousness openly, [and] Your salvation all the day; for I am not acquainted with the affairs [of men].

I will go on in the might of the Lord: O Lord, I will make mention of Your righteousness only.

The ungodly [man] flees when no one pursues, but the righteous is confident as a lion.

He shall shine out, and shall not be discouraged, until he has set judgment on the earth; and in his name shall the Gentiles trust.

but the Lord God became my helper; therefore I was not ashamed, but I set my face as a solid rock; and I know that I shall never be ashamed,

for He that has justified me draws near. Who is he that pleads with me? Let him stand up against me at the same time; yea, who is he that pleads with me? Let him draw near to me.

And they sent their disciples to Him with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that You are true, and teach the way of God in truth; nor do You show favoritism to anyone.

Now when they observed the boldness of Peter and John, and understood that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they recognized that they had been with Jesus.

and for me, that utterance may be given unto me, in the opening of my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel,

for the sake of which I serve as an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I must speak.

and most of the brothers in the Lord, having been persuaded by my chains, are much more bold to speak the word fearlessly.

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner, but endure hardship with the gospel according to the power of God,

Have any of the rulers or the Pharisees believed in Him?

These things his parents said because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had agreed already that if anyone should confess that He was Christ, he would be excommunicated.

Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council and said, "What are we doing? For this Man works many signs.

But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, "You don't know anything,

Now this he did not say on his own, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was about to die for the nation,

Therefore from that day [on] they took counsel together, that they might kill Him.

Nevertheless even from among the rulers many believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, lest they should be excommunicated;

But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God for themselves, because they had not been baptized by him.