And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,
And now, Lord, behold their threatenings. Looking upon the threatenings of the Sanhedrim as a declaration of war by the combined powers of the world against their infant cause, they seek not, in a spirit of heated enthusiasm, to hide from themselves its critical position, but calmly ask the Lord of heaven and earth to 'look upon their threatenings.'