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“Because you have done this, you are cursed above all livestock, and above every animal of the field. -You shall go on your belly +You shall go on your belly and you shall eat dust all the days of your life. - + I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. -He will bruise your head, +He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel.”

To the woman he said,

“I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. You will bear children in pain. -Your desire will be for your husband, +Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”

To Adam he said, @@ -215,14 +215,14 @@ and have eaten from the tree, about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ the ground is cursed for your sake. -You will eat from it with much labor all the days of your life. +You will eat from it with much labor all the days of your life. It will yield thorns and thistles to you; and you will eat the herb of the field. - + You will eat bread by the sweat of your face until you return to the ground, for you were taken out of it. -For you are dust, +For you are dust, and you shall return to dust.”

The man called his wife Eve because she would be the mother of all the living. @@ -291,9 +291,9 @@ Lamech said to his wives,

“Adah and Zillah, hear my voice. You wives of Lamech, listen to my speech, -for I have slain a man for wounding me, +for I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for bruising me. - + If Cain will be avenged seven times, truly Lamech seventy-seven times.”

@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ He said,

“Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant. - + May God enlarge Japheth. Let him dwell in the tents of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.” @@ -1555,9 +1555,9 @@ Yahweh said to her,

“Two nations are in your womb. -Two peoples will be separated from your body. -The one people will be stronger than the other people. -The elder will serve the younger.” +Two peoples will be separated from your body. +The one people will be stronger than the other people. +The elder will serve the younger.”

When her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. @@ -1728,16 +1728,16 @@ He came near, and kissed him. He smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him, and said,

“Behold, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which Yahweh has blessed. - + God give you of the dew of the sky, of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and new wine. - + Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. -Be lord over your brothers. +Be lord over your brothers. Let your mother’s sons bow down to you. -Cursed be everyone who curses you. +Cursed be everyone who curses you. Blessed be everyone who blesses you.”

As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had just gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, Esau his brother came in from his hunting. @@ -1761,11 +1761,11 @@

Isaac his father answered him,

“Behold, your dwelling will be of the fatness of the earth, -and of the dew of the sky from above. - +and of the dew of the sky from above. + You will live by your sword, and you will serve your brother. -It will happen, when you will break loose, -that you will shake his yoke from off your neck.” +It will happen, when you will break loose, +that you will shake his yoke from off your neck.”

Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him. Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand. Then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

@@ -3276,12 +3276,12 @@ He blessed Joseph, and said,

“The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, -the God who has fed me all my life long to this day, - +the God who has fed me all my life long to this day, + the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads, -and let my name be named on them, -and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. -Let them grow into a multitude upon the earth.” +and let my name be named on them, +and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. +Let them grow into a multitude upon the earth.”

When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him. He held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head. @@ -3304,44 +3304,44 @@ “Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in dignity, and excelling in power. - + Boiling over like water, you shall not excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, then defiled it. He went up to my couch. “Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence. - + My soul, don’t come into their council. My glory, don’t be united to their assembly; -for in their anger they killed men. +for in their anger they killed men. In their self-will they hamstrung cattle. - + Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel. -I will divide them in Jacob, +I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. “Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies. Your father’s sons will bow down before you. - + Judah is a lion’s cub. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. -He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, +He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, as a lioness. Who will rouse him up? - + The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, -until he comes to whom it belongs. +until he comes to whom it belongs. The obedience of the peoples will be to him. - + Binding his foal to the vine, his donkey’s colt to the choice vine, -he has washed his garments in wine, +he has washed his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes. - + His eyes will be red with wine, his teeth white with milk. @@ -3351,20 +3351,20 @@ “Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the saddlebags. - + He saw a resting place, that it was good, the land, that it was pleasant. -He bows his shoulder to the burden, +He bows his shoulder to the burden, and becomes a servant doing forced labor. “Dan will judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. - + Dan will be a serpent on the trail, an adder in the path, -that bites the horse’s heels, +that bites the horse’s heels, so that his rider falls backward. - + I have waited for your salvation, Yahweh. “A troop will press on Gad, @@ -3379,24 +3379,24 @@ “Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a spring. His branches run over the wall. - + The archers have severely grieved him, shot at him, and persecuted him: - + But his bow remained strong. The arms of his hands were made strong, by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, (from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel), - + even by the God of your father, who will help you, by the Almighty, who will bless you, -with blessings of heaven above, +with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies below, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb. - + The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of my ancestors, above the boundaries of the ancient hills. -They will be on the head of Joseph, +They will be on the head of Joseph, on the crown of the head of him who is separated from his brothers. “Benjamin is a ravenous wolf. @@ -4310,57 +4310,57 @@ Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to Yahweh, and said,

“I will sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously. He has thrown the horse and his rider into the sea. - + Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation. -This is my God, and I will praise him; +This is my God, and I will praise him; my father’s God, and I will exalt him. - + Yahweh is a man of war. Yahweh is his name. - + He has cast Pharaoh’s chariots and his army into the sea. His chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea. - + The deeps cover them. They went down into the depths like a stone. - + Your right hand, Yahweh, is glorious in power. Your right hand, Yahweh, dashes the enemy in pieces. - + In the greatness of your excellency, you overthrow those who rise up against you. You send out your wrath. It consumes them as stubble. - + With the blast of your nostrils, the waters were piled up. The floods stood upright as a heap. The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea. - + The enemy said, ‘I will pursue. I will overtake. I will divide the plunder. My desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword. My hand will destroy them.’ - + You blew with your wind. The sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters. - + Who is like you, Yahweh, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? - + You stretched out your right hand. The earth swallowed them. - + “You, in your loving kindness, have led the people that you have redeemed. You have guided them in your strength to your holy habitation. - + The peoples have heard. They tremble. Pangs have taken hold of the inhabitants of Philistia. - + Then the chiefs of Edom were dismayed. Trembling takes hold of the mighty men of Moab. All the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away. - + Terror and dread falls on them. By the greatness of your arm they are as still as a stone, until your people pass over, Yahweh, @@ -4369,7 +4369,7 @@ You will bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of your inheritance, the place, Yahweh, which you have made for yourself to dwell in: the sanctuary, Lord, which your hands have established. - + Yahweh will reign forever and ever.”

For the horses of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and Yahweh brought back the waters of the sea on them; but the children of Israel walked on dry land in the middle of the sea. @@ -4378,7 +4378,7 @@ Miriam answered them,

“Sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously. -He has thrown the horse and his rider into the sea.” +He has thrown the horse and his rider into the sea.”

Moses led Israel onward from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water. @@ -8511,7 +8511,7 @@ Yahweh make his face to shine on you, and be gracious to you. - + Yahweh lift up his face toward you, and give you peace.’

@@ -9685,21 +9685,21 @@ Therefore those who speak in proverbs say,

“Come to Heshbon. Let the city of Sihon be built and established; - + for a fire has gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon. -It has devoured Ar of Moab, +It has devoured Ar of Moab, The lords of the high places of the Arnon. - + Woe to you, Moab! You are undone, people of Chemosh! -He has given his sons as fugitives, +He has given his sons as fugitives, and his daughters into captivity, to Sihon king of the Amorites. - + We have shot at them. Heshbon has perished even to Dibon. -We have laid waste even to Nophah, +We have laid waste even to Nophah, Which reaches to Medeba.”

Thus Israel lived in the land of the Amorites. @@ -9817,20 +9817,20 @@ He took up his parable, and said,

“From Aram has Balak brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East. -Come, curse Jacob for me. +Come, curse Jacob for me. Come, defy Israel. - + How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? How shall I defy whom Yahweh has not defied? - + For from the top of the rocks I see him. From the hills I see him. -Behold, it is a people that dwells alone, +Behold, it is a people that dwells alone, and shall not be listed among the nations. - + Who can count the dust of Jacob, or count the fourth part of Israel? -Let me die the death of the righteous! +Let me die the death of the righteous! Let my last end be like his!”

Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have blessed them altogether.” @@ -9850,31 +9850,31 @@ He took up his parable, and said,

“Rise up, Balak, and hear! Listen to me, you son of Zippor. - + God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should repent. -Has he said, and he won’t do it? +Has he said, and he won’t do it? Or has he spoken, and he won’t make it good? - + Behold, I have received a command to bless. He has blessed, and I can’t reverse it. - + He has not seen iniquity in Jacob. Neither has he seen perverseness in Israel. -Yahweh his God is with him. +Yahweh his God is with him. The shout of a king is among them. - + God brings them out of Egypt. He has as it were the strength of the wild ox. - + Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; Neither is there any divination with Israel. -Now it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, +Now it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, ‘What has God done!’ - + Behold, a people rises up as a lioness. As a lion he lifts himself up. -He shall not lie down until he eats of the prey, +He shall not lie down until he eats of the prey, and drinks the blood of the slain.”

Balak said to Balaam, “Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.” @@ -9898,34 +9898,34 @@ He took up his parable, and said,

“Balaam the son of Beor says, the man whose eyes are open says; - + he says, who hears the words of God, who sees the vision of the Almighty, falling down, and having his eyes open: - + How goodly are your tents, Jacob, and your dwellings, Israel! - + As valleys they are spread out, as gardens by the riverside, as aloes which Yahweh has planted, as cedar trees beside the waters. - + Water shall flow from his buckets. His seed shall be in many waters. -His king shall be higher than Agag. +His king shall be higher than Agag. His kingdom shall be exalted. - + God brings him out of Egypt. He has as it were the strength of the wild ox. -He shall consume the nations his adversaries, +He shall consume the nations his adversaries, shall break their bones in pieces, and pierce them with his arrows. - + He couched, he lay down as a lion, as a lioness; who shall rouse him up? -Everyone who blesses you is blessed. +Everyone who blesses you is blessed. Everyone who curses you is cursed.”

Balak’s anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his hands together. Balak said to Balaam, “I called you to curse my enemies, and, behold, you have altogether blessed them these three times. @@ -9946,18 +9946,18 @@ knows the knowledge of the Most High, and who sees the vision of the Almighty, falling down, and having his eyes open: - + I see him, but not now. I see him, but not near. -A star will come out of Jacob. +A star will come out of Jacob. A scepter will rise out of Israel, -and shall strike through the corners of Moab, +and shall strike through the corners of Moab, and crush all the sons of Sheth. - + Edom shall be a possession. Seir, his enemy, also shall be a possession, while Israel does valiantly. - + Out of Jacob shall one have dominion, and shall destroy the remnant from the city.”

@@ -9968,7 +9968,7 @@ He looked at the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said,

“Your dwelling place is strong. Your nest is set in the rock. - + Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted, until Asshur carries you away captive.”

@@ -9976,7 +9976,7 @@

“Alas, who shall live when God does this? But ships shall come from the coast of Kittim. -They shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber. +They shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber. He also shall come to destruction.”

Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place; and Balak also went his way. @@ -12703,99 +12703,99 @@ Give ear, you heavens, and I will speak. Let the earth hear the words of my mouth. - + My doctrine will drop as the rain. My speech will condense as the dew, as the misty rain on the tender grass, as the showers on the herb. - + For I will proclaim Yahweh’s name. Ascribe greatness to our God! - + The Rock: his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. A God of faithfulness who does no wrong, just and right is he. - + They have dealt corruptly with him. They are not his children, because of their defect. They are a perverse and crooked generation. - + Is this the way you repay Yahweh, foolish and unwise people? -Isn’t he your father who has bought you? +Isn’t he your father who has bought you? He has made you and established you. - + Remember the days of old. Consider the years of many generations. -Ask your father, and he will show you; +Ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they will tell you. - + When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the children of men, -he set the bounds of the peoples +he set the bounds of the peoples according to the number of the children of Israel. - + For Yahweh’s portion is his people. Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. - + He found him in a desert land, in the waste howling wilderness. -He surrounded him. +He surrounded him. He cared for him. He kept him as the apple of his eye. - + As an eagle that stirs up her nest, that flutters over her young, -he spread abroad his wings, +he spread abroad his wings, he took them, he bore them on his feathers. - + Yahweh alone led him. There was no foreign god with him. - + He made him ride on the high places of the earth. He ate the increase of the field. -He caused him to suck honey out of the rock, +He caused him to suck honey out of the rock, oil out of the flinty rock; - + butter from the herd, and milk from the flock, with fat of lambs, rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the finest of the wheat. From the blood of the grape, you drank wine. - + But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked. You have grown fat. You have grown thick. You have become sleek. -Then he abandoned God who made him, +Then he abandoned God who made him, and rejected the Rock of his salvation. - + They moved him to jealousy with strange gods. They provoked him to anger with abominations. - + They sacrificed to demons, not God, to gods that they didn’t know, to new gods that came up recently, which your fathers didn’t dread. - + Of the Rock who became your father, you are unmindful, and have forgotten God who gave you birth. - + Yahweh saw and abhorred, because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters. - + He said, “I will hide my face from them. I will see what their end will be; -for they are a very perverse generation, +for they are a very perverse generation, children in whom is no faithfulness. - + They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God. They have provoked me to anger with their vanities. -I will move them to jealousy with those who are not a people. +I will move them to jealousy with those who are not a people. I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation. - + For a fire is kindled in my anger, that burns to the lowest Sheol, 32:22 @@ -12805,21 +12805,21 @@ “I will heap evils on them. I will spend my arrows on them. - + They shall be wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat and bitter destruction. -I will send the teeth of animals on them, +I will send the teeth of animals on them, with the venom of vipers that glide in the dust. - + Outside the sword will bereave, and in the rooms, terror on both young man and virgin, the nursing infant with the gray-haired man. - + I said that I would scatter them afar. I would make their memory to cease from among men; - + were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, lest their adversaries should judge wrongly, lest they should say, ‘Our hand is exalted, @@ -12827,61 +12827,61 @@ For they are a nation void of counsel. There is no understanding in them. - + Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end! - + How could one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, -unless their Rock had sold them, +unless their Rock had sold them, and Yahweh had delivered them up? - + For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves concede. - + For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, of the fields of Gomorrah. -Their grapes are poison grapes. +Their grapes are poison grapes. Their clusters are bitter. - + Their wine is the poison of serpents, the cruel venom of asps. “Isn’t this laid up in store with me, sealed up among my treasures? - + Vengeance is mine, and recompense, at the time when their foot slides, -for the day of their calamity is at hand. +for the day of their calamity is at hand. Their doom rushes at them.” For Yahweh will judge his people, and have compassion on his servants, -when he sees that their power is gone, +when he sees that their power is gone, that there is no one remaining, shut up or left at large. - + He will say, “Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge, - + which ate the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offering? -Let them rise up and help you! +Let them rise up and help you! Let them be your protection. “See now that I myself am he. There is no god with me. -I kill and I make alive. +I kill and I make alive. I wound and I heal. There is no one who can deliver out of my hand. - + For I lift up my hand to heaven and declare, as I live forever, - + if I sharpen my glittering sword, my hand grasps it in judgment; -I will take vengeance on my adversaries, +I will take vengeance on my adversaries, and will repay those who hate me. - + I will make my arrows drunk with blood. My sword shall devour flesh with the blood of the slain and the captives, from the head of the leaders of the enemy.” @@ -12918,20 +12918,20 @@ He said,

“Yahweh came from Sinai, and rose from Seir to them. -He shone from Mount Paran. +He shone from Mount Paran. He came from the ten thousands of holy ones. At his right hand was a fiery law for them. 33:2 another manuscript reads “He came with myriads of holy ones from the south, from his mountain slopes.” - + Yes, he loves the people. All his saints are in your hand. They sat down at your feet. Each receives your words. - + Moses commanded us a law, an inheritance for the assembly of Jacob. - + He was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people were gathered, all the tribes of Israel together. @@ -12942,28 +12942,28 @@ This is for Judah. He said,

“Hear, Yahweh, the voice of Judah. Bring him in to his people. -With his hands he contended for himself. +With his hands he contended for himself. You shall be a help against his adversaries.”

About Levi he said,

“Your Thummim and your Urim are with your godly one, whom you proved at Massah, with whom you contended at the waters of Meribah. - + He said of his father, and of his mother, ‘I have not seen him.’ He didn’t acknowledge his brothers, nor did he know his own children; -for they have observed your word, +for they have observed your word, and keep your covenant. - + They shall teach Jacob your ordinances, and Israel your law. -They shall put incense before you, +They shall put incense before you, and whole burnt offering on your altar. - + Yahweh, bless his skills. Accept the work of his hands. -Strike through the hips of those who rise up against him, +Strike through the hips of those who rise up against him, of those who hate him, that they not rise again.”

About Benjamin he said, @@ -12975,43 +12975,43 @@

“His land is blessed by Yahweh, for the precious things of the heavens, for the dew, for the deep that couches beneath, - + for the precious things of the fruits of the sun, for the precious things that the moon can yield, - + for the best things of the ancient mountains, for the precious things of the everlasting hills, - + for the precious things of the earth and its fullness, the good will of him who lived in the bush. 33:16 i.e., the burning bush of Exodus 3:3-4. -Let this come on the head of Joseph, +Let this come on the head of Joseph, on the crown of the head of him who was separated from his brothers. - + Majesty belongs to the firstborn of his herd. His horns are the horns of the wild ox. With them he will push all the peoples to the ends of the earth. -They are the ten thousands of Ephraim. +They are the ten thousands of Ephraim. They are the thousands of Manasseh.”

About Zebulun he said,

“Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out; and Issachar, in your tents. - + They will call the peoples to the mountain. There they will offer sacrifices of righteousness, -for they will draw out the abundance of the seas, +for they will draw out the abundance of the seas, the hidden treasures of the sand.”

About Gad he said,

“He who enlarges Gad is blessed. He dwells as a lioness, and tears the arm and the crown of the head. - + He provided the first part for himself, for the lawgiver’s portion was reserved for him. -He came with the heads of the people. +He came with the heads of the people. He executed the righteousness of Yahweh, His ordinances with Israel.”

@@ -13028,29 +13028,29 @@

“Asher is blessed with children. Let him be acceptable to his brothers. Let him dip his foot in oil. - + Your bars will be iron and bronze. As your days, so your strength will be. “There is no one like God, Jeshurun, who rides on the heavens for your help, in his excellency on the skies. - + The eternal God is your dwelling place. Underneath are the everlasting arms. -He thrust out the enemy from before you, +He thrust out the enemy from before you, and said, ‘Destroy!’ - + Israel dwells in safety, the fountain of Jacob alone, -In a land of grain and new wine. +In a land of grain and new wine. Yes, his heavens drop down dew. - + You are happy, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by Yahweh, the shield of your help, the sword of your excellency? -Your enemies will submit themselves to you. +Your enemies will submit themselves to you. You will tread on their high places.” @@ -14746,33 +14746,33 @@

“Because the leaders took the lead in Israel, because the people offered themselves willingly, -be blessed, Yahweh! +be blessed, Yahweh! “Hear, you kings! Give ear, you princes! -I, even I, will sing to Yahweh. +I, even I, will sing to Yahweh. I will sing praise to Yahweh, the God of Israel. “Yahweh, when you went out of Seir, when you marched out of the field of Edom, -the earth trembled, the sky also dropped. +the earth trembled, the sky also dropped. Yes, the clouds dropped water. - + The mountains quaked at Yahweh’s presence, even Sinai at the presence of Yahweh, the God of Israel. “In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied. The travelers walked through byways. - + The rulers ceased in Israel. They ceased until I, Deborah, arose; Until I arose a mother in Israel. - + They chose new gods. Then war was in the gates. Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel? - + My heart is toward the governors of Israel, who offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless Yahweh! @@ -14780,7 +14780,7 @@ “Speak, you who ride on white donkeys, you who sit on rich carpets, and you who walk by the way. - + Far from the noise of archers, in the places of drawing water, there they will rehearse Yahweh’s righteous acts, the righteous acts of his rule in Israel. @@ -14792,45 +14792,45 @@ “Then a remnant of the nobles and the people came down. Yahweh came down for me against the mighty. - + Those whose root is in Amalek came out of Ephraim, after you, Benjamin, among your peoples. -Governors come down out of Machir. +Governors come down out of Machir. Those who handle the marshal’s staff came out of Zebulun. - + The princes of Issachar were with Deborah. As was Issachar, so was Barak. They rushed into the valley at his feet. -By the watercourses of Reuben, +By the watercourses of Reuben, there were great resolves of heart. - + Why did you sit among the sheepfolds? To hear the whistling for the flocks? -At the watercourses of Reuben, +At the watercourses of Reuben, there were great searchings of heart. - + Gilead lived beyond the Jordan. Why did Dan remain in ships? Asher sat still at the haven of the sea, and lived by his creeks. - + Zebulun was a people that jeopardized their lives to the death; Naphtali also, on the high places of the field. “The kings came and fought, then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo. They took no plunder of silver. - + From the sky the stars fought. From their courses, they fought against Sisera. - + The river Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. My soul, march on with strength. - + Then the horse hoofs stamped because of the prancing, the prancing of their strong ones. - + ‘Curse Meroz,’ said Yahweh’s angel. ‘Curse bitterly its inhabitants, because they didn’t come to help Yahweh, @@ -14839,32 +14839,32 @@ “Jael shall be blessed above women, the wife of Heber the Kenite; blessed shall she be above women in the tent. - + He asked for water. She gave him milk. She brought him butter in a lordly dish. - + She put her hand to the tent peg, and her right hand to the workmen’s hammer. -With the hammer she struck Sisera. +With the hammer she struck Sisera. She struck through his head. Yes, she pierced and struck through his temples. - + At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay. At her feet he bowed, he fell. Where he bowed, there he fell down dead. “Through the window she looked out, and cried: Sisera’s mother looked through the lattice. -‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? +‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why do the wheels of his chariots wait?’ - + Her wise ladies answered her, Yes, she returned answer to herself, - + ‘Have they not found, have they not divided the plunder? A lady, two ladies to every man; -to Sisera a plunder of dyed garments, +to Sisera a plunder of dyed garments, a plunder of dyed garments embroidered, of dyed garments embroidered on both sides, on the necks of the plunder?’ @@ -14997,7 +14997,7 @@

It was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream and its interpretation, that he worshiped. Then he returned into the camp of Israel and said, “Arise, for Yahweh has delivered the army of Midian into your hand!”

-He divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put into the hands of all them trumpets and empty pitchers, with torches within the pitchers. +He divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put into the hands of all of them trumpets and empty pitchers, with torches within the pitchers.

He said to them, “Watch me, and do likewise. Behold, when I come to the outermost part of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so you shall do. @@ -16175,9 +16175,9 @@ Hannah prayed, and said,

“My heart exults in Yahweh! My horn is exalted in Yahweh. -My mouth is enlarged over my enemies, +My mouth is enlarged over my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation. - + There is no one as holy as Yahweh, for there is no one besides you, nor is there any rock like our God. @@ -16189,31 +16189,31 @@ “The bows of the mighty men are broken. Those who stumbled are armed with strength. - + Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread. Those who were hungry are satisfied. -Yes, the barren has borne seven. +Yes, the barren has borne seven. She who has many children languishes. “Yahweh kills and makes alive. He brings down to Sheol 2:6 Sheol is the place of the dead. and brings up. - + Yahweh makes poor and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up. - + He raises up the poor out of the dust. He lifts up the needy from the dunghill to make them sit with princes and inherit the throne of glory. -For the pillars of the earth are Yahweh’s. +For the pillars of the earth are Yahweh’s. He has set the world on them. - + He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked will be put to silence in darkness; for no man will prevail by strength. - + Those who strive with Yahweh shall be broken to pieces. He will thunder against them in the sky. “Yahweh will judge the ends of the earth. @@ -17984,39 +17984,39 @@

“Your glory, Israel, was slain on your high places! How the mighty have fallen! - + Don’t tell it in Gath. Don’t publish it in the streets of Ashkelon, -lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, +lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. - + You mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew or rain on you, and no fields of offerings; For there the shield of the mighty was defiled and cast away, The shield of Saul was not anointed with oil. - + From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, Jonathan’s bow didn’t turn back. Saul’s sword didn’t return empty. - + Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives. In their death, they were not divided. -They were swifter than eagles. +They were swifter than eagles. They were stronger than lions. - + You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you delicately in scarlet, who put ornaments of gold on your clothing. - + How the mighty have fallen in the middle of the battle! Jonathan was slain on your high places. - + I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan. You have been very pleasant to me. Your love to me was wonderful, surpassing the love of women. - + How the mighty have fallen, and the weapons of war have perished!” @@ -19239,82 +19239,82 @@

“Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine; - + God is my rock in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge. My savior, you save me from violence. - + I call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies. For the waves of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid. - + The cords of Sheol 22:6 Sheol is the place of the dead. were around me. The snares of death caught me. - + In my distress, I called on Yahweh. Yes, I called to my God. -He heard my voice out of his temple. +He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry came into his ears. - + Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations of heaven quaked and were shaken, because he was angry. - + Smoke went up out of his nostrils. Consuming fire came out of his mouth. Coals were kindled by it. - + He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet. - + He rode on a cherub, and flew. Yes, he was seen on the wings of the wind. - + He made darkness a shelter around himself, gathering of waters, and thick clouds of the skies. - + At the brightness before him, coals of fire were kindled. - + Yahweh thundered from heaven. The Most High uttered his voice. - + He sent out arrows and scattered them, lightning and confused them. - + Then the channels of the sea appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare by Yahweh’s rebuke, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils. He sent from on high and he took me. He drew me out of many waters. - + He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me. - + They came on me in the day of my calamity, but Yahweh was my support. - + He also brought me out into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted in me. Yahweh rewarded me according to my righteousness. He rewarded me according to the cleanness of my hands. - + For I have kept Yahweh’s ways, and have not wickedly departed from my God. - + For all his ordinances were before me. As for his statutes, I didn’t depart from them. - + I was also perfect toward him. I kept myself from my iniquity. - + Therefore Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness in his eyesight. @@ -19323,82 +19323,82 @@ With the pure you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd. - + You will save the afflicted people, but your eyes are on the arrogant, that you may bring them down. - + For you are my lamp, Yahweh. Yahweh will light up my darkness. - + For by you, I run against a troop. By my God, I leap over a wall. - + As for God, his way is perfect. Yahweh’s word is tested. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him. For who is God, besides Yahweh? Who is a rock, besides our God? - + God is my strong fortress. He makes my way perfect. - + He makes his feet like hinds’ feet, and sets me on my high places. - + He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of bronze. - + You have also given me the shield of your salvation. Your gentleness has made me great. - + You have enlarged my steps under me. My feet have not slipped. - + I have pursued my enemies and destroyed them. I didn’t turn again until they were consumed. - + I have consumed them, and struck them through, so that they can’t arise. Yes, they have fallen under my feet. - + For you have armed me with strength for the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me. - + You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me. - + They looked, but there was no one to save; even to Yahweh, but he didn’t answer them. - + Then I beat them as small as the dust of the earth. I crushed them as the mire of the streets, and spread them abroad. You also have delivered me from the strivings of my people. You have kept me to be the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known will serve me. - + The foreigners will submit themselves to me. As soon as they hear of me, they will obey me. - + The foreigners will fade away, and will come trembling out of their close places. Yahweh lives! Blessed be my rock! -Exalted be God, the rock of my salvation, +Exalted be God, the rock of my salvation, even the God who executes vengeance for me, who brings down peoples under me, who brings me away from my enemies. -Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. +Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You deliver me from the violent man. - + Therefore I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations, and will sing praises to your name. - + He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his offspring, forever more.” @@ -19410,15 +19410,15 @@ the man who was raised on high says, the anointed of the God of Jacob, the sweet psalmist of Israel: - + “Yahweh’s Spirit spoke by me. His word was on my tongue. - + The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me, ‘One who rules over men righteously, who rules in the fear of God, - + shall be as the light of the morning when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, when the tender grass springs out of the earth, @@ -19429,12 +19429,12 @@ ordered in all things, and sure, for it is all my salvation and all my desire. Won’t he make it grow? - + But all the ungodly will be as thorns to be thrust away, because they can’t be taken with the hand. - + The man who touches them must be armed with iron and the staff of a spear. -They will be utterly burned with fire in their place.” +They will be utterly burned with fire in their place.”

These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb Basshebeth a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains; he was called Adino the Eznite, who killed eight hundred at one time. @@ -24146,20 +24146,20 @@ Oh give thanks to Yahweh. Call on his name. Make what he has done known among the peoples. - + Sing to him. Sing praises to him. Tell of all his marvelous works. - + Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh rejoice. - + Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more. - + Remember his marvelous works that he has done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth, - + you offspring 16:13 or, seed of Israel his servant, @@ -24167,74 +24167,74 @@ He is Yahweh our God. His judgments are in all the earth. - + Remember his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations, the covenant which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac. - + He confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant, - + saying, “I will give you the land of Canaan, The lot of your inheritance,” when you were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners in it. - + They went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people. - + He allowed no man to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes, - + “Don’t touch my anointed ones! Do my prophets no harm!” Sing to Yahweh, all the earth! Display his salvation from day to day. - + Declare his glory among the nations, and his marvelous works among all the peoples. - + For great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised. He also is to be feared above all gods. - + For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but Yahweh made the heavens. - + Honor and majesty are before him. Strength and gladness are in his place. Ascribe to Yahweh, you families of the peoples, ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength! - + Ascribe to Yahweh the glory due to his name. Bring an offering, and come before him. Worship Yahweh in holy array. - + Tremble before him, all the earth. The world also is established that it can’t be moved. - + Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice! Let them say among the nations, “Yahweh reigns!” - + Let the sea roar, and its fullness! Let the field exult, and all that is in it! - + Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy before Yahweh, for he comes to judge the earth. - + Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. - + Say, “Save us, God of our salvation! Gather us together and deliver us from the nations, to give thanks to your holy name, to triumph in your praise.” - + Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting.

All the people said, “Amen,” and praised Yahweh. @@ -27002,7 +27002,7 @@

This is the copy of the letter that they sent:

To King Artaxerxes, from your servants, the people beyond the River. -

+

Be it known to the king that the Jews who came up from you have come to us to Jerusalem. They are building the rebellious and bad city, and have finished the walls and repaired the foundations. Be it known now to the king that if this city is built and the walls finished, they will not pay tribute, custom, or toll, and in the end it will be hurtful to the kings. @@ -27012,10 +27012,10 @@ that search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers. You will see in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful to kings and provinces, and that they have started rebellions within it in the past. That is why this city was destroyed. We inform the king that if this city is built and the walls finished, then you will have no possession beyond the River. -

+

Then the king sent an answer to Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions who live in Samaria, and in the rest of the country beyond the River:

Peace. -

+

The letter which you sent to us has been plainly read before me. I decreed, and search has been made, and it was found that this city has made insurrection against kings in the past, and that rebellion and revolts have been made in it. @@ -27025,7 +27025,7 @@ Make a decree now to cause these men to cease, and that this city not be built until a decree is made by me. Be careful that you not be slack doing so. Why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings? -

+

Then when the copy of king Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews, and made them to cease by force of arms. Then work stopped on God’s house which is at Jerusalem. It stopped until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia. @@ -27046,7 +27046,7 @@ They sent a letter to him, in which was written:

To Darius the king, all peace. -

+

Be it known to the king that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is being built with great stones and timber is laid in the walls. This work goes on with diligence and prospers in their hands. Then we asked those elders, and said to them thus, “Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?” @@ -27064,15 +27064,15 @@ He said to him, ‘Take these vessels, go, put them in the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let God’s house be built in its place.’ Then the same Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundations of God’s house which is in Jerusalem. Since that time even until now it has been being built, and yet it is not completed. - +

Now therefore, if it seems good to the king, let a search be made in the king’s treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it is so that a decree was made by Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem; and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.” - +

Then Darius the king made a decree, and the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon, was searched. A scroll was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, and in it this was written for a record: -

+

In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning God’s house at Jerusalem, let the house be built, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let its foundations be strongly laid, with its height sixty cubits 6:3 A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters. and its width sixty cubits; @@ -27080,7 +27080,7 @@ with three courses of great stones and a course of new timber. Let the expenses be given out of the king’s house. Also let the gold and silver vessels of God’s house, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple which is at Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, be restored and brought again to the temple which is at Jerusalem, everything to its place. You shall put them in God’s house. - +

Now therefore, Tattenai, governor beyond the River, Shetharbozenai, and your companions the Apharsachites, who are beyond the River, you must stay far from there. Leave the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in its place. @@ -27094,7 +27094,7 @@ I have also made a decree that whoever alters this message, let a beam be pulled out from his house, and let him be lifted up and fastened on it; and let his house be made a dunghill for this. May the God who has caused his name to dwell there overthrow all kings and peoples who stretch out their hand to alter this, to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree. Let it be done with all diligence. -

+

Then Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, Shetharbozenai, and their companions did accordingly with all diligence, because Darius the king had sent a decree.

The elders of the Jews built and prospered, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They built and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the decree of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia. @@ -27141,7 +27141,7 @@

Artaxerxes, king of kings,

To Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the perfect God of heaven. -

Now +

Now I make a decree that all those of the people of Israel and their priests and the Levites in my realm, who intend of their own free will to go to Jerusalem, go with you. @@ -27158,7 +27158,7 @@ The vessels that are given to you for the service of the house of your God, deliver before the God of Jerusalem. Whatever more will be needed for the house of your God, which you may have occasion to give, give it out of the king’s treasure house. - +

I, even I, Artaxerxes the king, make a decree to all the treasurers who are beyond the River, that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, requires of you, it shall be done with all diligence, up to one hundred talents @@ -27170,13 +27170,13 @@ 1 bath is one tenth of a cor, or about 5.6 U. S. gallons or 21 liters or 2.4 pecks. 100 baths would be about 2,100 liters. of wine, and to one hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much. Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be done exactly for the house of the God of heaven; for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons? - +

Also we inform you that it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, custom, or toll on any of the priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, temple servants, or laborers of this house of God. - +

You, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God that is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges who may judge all the people who are beyond the River, who all know the laws of your God; and teach him who doesn’t know them. Whoever will not do the law of your God and the law of the king, let judgment be executed on him with all diligence, whether it is to death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment. -

+

Blessed be Yahweh, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify Yahweh’s house which is in Jerusalem; and has extended loving kindness to me before the king and his counselors, and before all the king’s mighty princes. I was strengthened according to Yahweh my God’s hand on me, and I gathered together chief men out of Israel to go up with me. @@ -27186,31 +27186,31 @@ Now these are the heads of their fathers’ households, and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king:

Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom. -Of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel. -Of the sons of David, Hattush. - +Of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel. +Of the sons of David, Hattush. + Of the sons of Shecaniah, of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah; and with him were listed by genealogy of the males one hundred fifty. - + Of the sons of Pahathmoab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah; and with him two hundred males. - + Of the sons of Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel; and with him three hundred males. - + Of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan; and with him fifty males. - + Of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah; and with him seventy males. - + Of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael; and with him eighty males. - + Of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel; and with him two hundred eighteen males. - + Of the sons of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah; and with him one hundred sixty males. - + Of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai; and with him twenty-eight males. - + Of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan; and with him one hundred ten males. - + Of the sons of Adonikam, who were the last, their names are: Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah; and with them sixty males. - + Of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud; and with them seventy males.

I gathered them together to the river that runs to Ahava; and there we encamped three days. Then I looked around at the people and the priests, and found there were none of the sons of Levi. @@ -27335,36 +27335,36 @@

of the sons of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah. They gave their hand that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt. - + Of the sons of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah. - + Of the sons of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah. - + Of the sons of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah. - + Of the Levites: Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (also called Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer. - + Of the singers: Eliashib. -Of the gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem, and Uri. - +Of the gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem, and Uri. + Of Israel: Of the sons of Parosh: Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malchijah, and Benaiah. - + Of the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah. - + Of the sons of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza. - + Of the sons of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai. - + Of the sons of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, and Jeremoth. - + Of the sons of Pahathmoab: Adna, Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh. - + Of the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon, Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah. - + Of the sons of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei. - + Of the sons of Bani: Maadai, Amram, Uel, Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhi, @@ -27382,7 +27382,7 @@ Azarel, Shelemiah, Shemariah, Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph. - + Of the sons of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Iddo, Joel, and Benaiah.

All these had taken foreign wives. Some of them had wives by whom they had children. @@ -27688,79 +27688,79 @@

The number of the men of the people of Israel:

The children of Parosh: two thousand one hundred seventy-two. - + The children of Shephatiah: three hundred seventy-two. - + The children of Arah: six hundred fifty-two. - + The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab: two thousand eight hundred eighteen. - + The children of Elam: one thousand two hundred fifty-four. - + The children of Zattu: eight hundred forty-five. - + The children of Zaccai: seven hundred sixty. - + The children of Binnui: six hundred forty-eight. - + The children of Bebai: six hundred twenty-eight. - + The children of Azgad: two thousand three hundred twenty-two. - + The children of Adonikam: six hundred sixty-seven. - + The children of Bigvai: two thousand sixty-seven. - + The children of Adin: six hundred fifty-five. - + The children of Ater: of Hezekiah, ninety-eight. - + The children of Hashum: three hundred twenty-eight. - + The children of Bezai: three hundred twenty-four. - + The children of Hariph: one hundred twelve. - + The children of Gibeon: ninety-five. - + The men of Bethlehem and Netophah: one hundred eighty-eight. - + The men of Anathoth: one hundred twenty-eight. - + The men of Beth Azmaveth: forty-two. - + The men of Kiriath Jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth: seven hundred forty-three. - + The men of Ramah and Geba: six hundred twenty-one. - + The men of Michmas: one hundred twenty-two. - + The men of Bethel and Ai: one hundred twenty-three. - + The men of the other Nebo: fifty-two. - + The children of the other Elam: one thousand two hundred fifty-four. - + The children of Harim: three hundred twenty. - + The children of Jericho: three hundred forty-five. - + The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono: seven hundred twenty-one. - + The children of Senaah: three thousand nine hundred thirty. The priests: The children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua: nine hundred seventy-three. - + The children of Immer: one thousand fifty-two. - + The children of Pashhur: one thousand two hundred forty-seven. - + The children of Harim: one thousand seventeen. The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, of the children of Hodevah: seventy-four. - + The singers: the children of Asaph: one hundred forty-eight. - + The gatekeepers: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai: one hundred thirty-eight.

The temple servants: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth, @@ -27798,7 +27798,7 @@ or, seed whether they were of Israel:

The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda: six hundred forty-two. - + Of the priests: the children of Hobaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name.

These searched for their genealogical records, but couldn’t find them. Therefore they were deemed disqualified and removed from the priesthood. @@ -28732,77 +28732,77 @@

“Let the day perish in which I was born, the night which said, ‘There is a boy conceived.’ - + Let that day be darkness. Don’t let God from above seek for it, neither let the light shine on it. - + Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own. Let a cloud dwell on it. Let all that makes the day black terrify it. - + As for that night, let thick darkness seize on it. Let it not rejoice among the days of the year. Let it not come into the number of the months. - + Behold, let that night be barren. Let no joyful voice come therein. - + Let them curse it who curse the day, who are ready to rouse up leviathan. - + Let the stars of its twilight be dark. Let it look for light, but have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the morning, - + because it didn’t shut up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes. “Why didn’t I die from the womb? Why didn’t I give up the spirit when my mother bore me? - + Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breast, that I should nurse? - + For now I should have lain down and been quiet. I should have slept, then I would have been at rest, - + with kings and counselors of the earth, who built up waste places for themselves; - + or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver; - + or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, as infants who never saw light. - + There the wicked cease from troubling. There the weary are at rest. - + There the prisoners are at ease together. They don’t hear the voice of the taskmaster. - + The small and the great are there. The servant is free from his master. “Why is light given to him who is in misery, life to the bitter in soul, - + who long for death, but it doesn’t come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures, - + who rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave? - + Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in? - + For my sighing comes before I eat. My groanings are poured out like water. - + For the thing which I fear comes on me, that which I am afraid of comes to me. - + I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither do I have rest; but trouble comes.” @@ -28812,64 +28812,64 @@

“If someone ventures to talk with you, will you be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking? - + Behold, you have instructed many, you have strengthened the weak hands. - + Your words have supported him who was falling, you have made the feeble knees firm. - + But now it has come to you, and you faint. It touches you, and you are troubled. - + Isn’t your piety your confidence? Isn’t the integrity of your ways your hope? “Remember, now, whoever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off? - + According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble, reap the same. - + By the breath of God they perish. By the blast of his anger are they consumed. - + The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, the teeth of the young lions, are broken. - + The old lion perishes for lack of prey. The cubs of the lioness are scattered abroad. “Now a thing was secretly brought to me. My ear received a whisper of it. - + In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, - + fear came on me, and trembling, which made all my bones shake. - + Then a spirit passed before my face. The hair of my flesh stood up. - + It stood still, but I couldn’t discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes. Silence, then I heard a voice, saying, - + ‘Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker? - + Behold, he puts no trust in his servants. He charges his angels with error. - + How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth! - + Between morning and evening they are destroyed. They perish forever without any regarding it. - + Isn’t their tent cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.’ @@ -28877,86 +28877,86 @@ “Call now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn? - + For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple. - + I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation. - + His children are far from safety. They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them, - + whose harvest the hungry eat up, and take it even out of the thorns. The snare gapes for their substance. - + For affliction doesn’t come out of the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground; - + but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward. “But as for me, I would seek God. I would commit my cause to God, - + who does great things that can’t be fathomed, marvelous things without number; - + who gives rain on the earth, and sends waters on the fields; - + so that he sets up on high those who are low, those who mourn are exalted to safety. - + He frustrates the plans of the crafty, so that their hands can’t perform their enterprise. - + He takes the wise in their own craftiness; the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong. - + They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope at noonday as in the night. - + But he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty. - + So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth. “Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty. - + For he wounds and binds up. He injures and his hands make whole. - + He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven no evil will touch you. - + In famine he will redeem you from death; in war, from the power of the sword. - + You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, neither will you be afraid of destruction when it comes. - + You will laugh at destruction and famine, neither will you be afraid of the animals of the earth. - + For you will be allied with the stones of the field. The animals of the field will be at peace with you. - + You will know that your tent is in peace. You will visit your fold, and will miss nothing. - + You will know also that your offspring 5:25 or, seed will be great, your offspring as the grass of the earth. - + You will come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season. - + Behold, we have researched it. It is so. Hear it, and know it for your good.” @@ -28966,92 +28966,92 @@

“Oh that my anguish were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances! - + For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas, therefore my words have been rash. - + For the arrows of the Almighty are within me. My spirit drinks up their poison. -The terrors of God set themselves in array against me. +The terrors of God set themselves in array against me. Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? -Or does the ox low over his fodder? +Or does the ox low over his fodder? Can that which has no flavor be eaten without salt? -Or is there any taste in the white of an egg? +Or is there any taste in the white of an egg? My soul refuses to touch them. -They are as loathsome food to me. +They are as loathsome food to me. “Oh that I might have my request, that God would grant the thing that I long for, - + even that it would please God to crush me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! - + Let it still be my consolation, yes, let me exult in pain that doesn’t spare, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One. - + What is my strength, that I should wait? What is my end, that I should be patient? - + Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of bronze? - + Isn’t it that I have no help in me, that wisdom is driven away from me? “To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend; even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty. - + My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away; - + which are black by reason of the ice, in which the snow hides itself. - + In the dry season, they vanish. When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. - + The caravans that travel beside them turn away. They go up into the waste, and perish. - + The caravans of Tema looked. The companies of Sheba waited for them. - + They were distressed because they were confident. They came there, and were confounded. - + For now you are nothing. You see a terror, and are afraid. - + Did I ever say, ‘Give to me?’ or, ‘Offer a present for me from your substance?’ - + or, ‘Deliver me from the adversary’s hand?’ or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?’ “Teach me, and I will hold my peace. Cause me to understand my error. - + How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what does it reprove? - + Do you intend to reprove words, since the speeches of one who is desperate are as wind? - + Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless, and make merchandise of your friend. - + Now therefore be pleased to look at me, for surely I will not lie to your face. - + Please return. Let there be no injustice. Yes, return again. My cause is righteous. - + Is there injustice on my tongue? Can’t my taste discern mischievous things? @@ -29059,70 +29059,70 @@ “Isn’t a man forced to labor on earth? Aren’t his days like the days of a hired hand? - + As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, as a hireling who looks for his wages, - + so I am made to possess months of misery, wearisome nights are appointed to me. - + When I lie down, I say, ‘When will I arise, and the night be gone?’ I toss and turn until the dawning of the day. - + My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust. My skin closes up, and breaks out afresh. - + My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope. - + Oh remember that my life is a breath. My eye will no more see good. - + The eye of him who sees me will see me no more. Your eyes will be on me, but I will not be. - + As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol 7:9 Sheol is the place of the dead. will come up no more. - + He will return no more to his house, neither will his place know him any more. “Therefore I will not keep silent. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. - + Am I a sea, or a sea monster, that you put a guard over me? - + When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me. My couch will ease my complaint,’ - + then you scare me with dreams and terrify me through visions, - + so that my soul chooses strangling, death rather than my bones. - + I loathe my life. I don’t want to live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath. - + What is man, that you should magnify him, that you should set your mind on him, - + that you should visit him every morning, and test him every moment? - + How long will you not look away from me, nor leave me alone until I swallow down my spittle? - + If I have sinned, what do I do to you, you watcher of men? Why have you set me as a mark for you, so that I am a burden to myself? - + Why do you not pardon my disobedience, and take away my iniquity? For now will I lie down in the dust. You will seek me diligently, but I will not be.” @@ -29133,65 +29133,65 @@

“How long will you speak these things? Shall the words of your mouth be a mighty wind? - + Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness? - + If your children have sinned against him, he has delivered them into the hand of their disobedience. - + If you want to seek God diligently, make your supplication to the Almighty. - + If you were pure and upright, surely now he would awaken for you, -and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous. +and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous. Though your beginning was small, -yet your latter end would greatly increase. +yet your latter end would greatly increase. “Please inquire of past generations. Find out about the learning of their fathers. - + (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days on earth are a shadow.) - + Shall they not teach you, tell you, and utter words out of their heart? “Can the papyrus grow up without mire? Can the rushes grow without water? - + While it is yet in its greenness, not cut down, it withers before any other reed. - + So are the paths of all who forget God. The hope of the godless man will perish, - + whose confidence will break apart, whose trust is a spider’s web. - + He will lean on his house, but it will not stand. He will cling to it, but it will not endure. - + He is green before the sun. His shoots go out along his garden. - + His roots are wrapped around the rock pile. He sees the place of stones. - + If he is destroyed from his place, then it will deny him, saying, ‘I have not seen you.’ - + Behold, this is the joy of his way. Out of the earth, others will spring. “Behold, God will not cast away a blameless man, neither will he uphold the evildoers. - + He will still fill your mouth with laughter, your lips with shouting. - + Those who hate you will be clothed with shame. The tent of the wicked will be no more.” @@ -29201,106 +29201,106 @@

“Truly I know that it is so, but how can man be just with God? - + If he is pleased to contend with him, he can’t answer him one time in a thousand. - + God is wise in heart, and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against him and prospered? - + He removes the mountains, and they don’t know it, when he overturns them in his anger. - + He shakes the earth out of its place. Its pillars tremble. - + He commands the sun and it doesn’t rise, and seals up the stars. - + He alone stretches out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea. - + He makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the rooms of the south. - + He does great things past finding out; yes, marvelous things without number. - + Behold, he goes by me, and I don’t see him. He passes on also, but I don’t perceive him. - + Behold, he snatches away. Who can hinder him? Who will ask him, ‘What are you doing?’ “God will not withdraw his anger. The helpers of Rahab stoop under him. - + How much less will I answer him, and choose my words to argue with him? - + Though I were righteous, yet I wouldn’t answer him. I would make supplication to my judge. - + If I had called, and he had answered me, yet I wouldn’t believe that he listened to my voice. - + For he breaks me with a storm, and multiplies my wounds without cause. - + He will not allow me to catch my breath, but fills me with bitterness. - + If it is a matter of strength, behold, he is mighty! If of justice, ‘Who,’ says he, ‘will summon me?’ - + Though I am righteous, my own mouth will condemn me. Though I am blameless, it will prove me perverse. - + I am blameless. I don’t respect myself. I despise my life. “It is all the same. Therefore I say he destroys the blameless and the wicked. - + If the scourge kills suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the innocent. - + The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of its judges. If not he, then who is it? “Now my days are swifter than a runner. They flee away. They see no good. - + They have passed away as the swift ships, as the eagle that swoops on the prey. - + If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face, and cheer up,’ - + I am afraid of all my sorrows. I know that you will not hold me innocent. - + I will be condemned. Why then do I labor in vain? - + If I wash myself with snow, and cleanse my hands with lye, - + yet you will plunge me in the ditch. My own clothes will abhor me. - + For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, that we should come together in judgment. - + There is no umpire between us, that might lay his hand on us both. - + Let him take his rod away from me. Let his terror not make me afraid; - + then I would speak, and not fear him, for I am not so in myself. @@ -29309,72 +29309,72 @@ “My soul is weary of my life. I will give free course to my complaint. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. - + I will tell God, ‘Do not condemn me. Show me why you contend with me. - + Is it good to you that you should oppress, that you should despise the work of your hands, and smile on the counsel of the wicked? - + Do you have eyes of flesh? Or do you see as man sees? - + Are your days as the days of mortals, or your years as man’s years, - + that you inquire after my iniquity, and search after my sin? - + Although you know that I am not wicked, there is no one who can deliver out of your hand. “‘Your hands have framed me and fashioned me altogether, yet you destroy me. - + Remember, I beg you, that you have fashioned me as clay. Will you bring me into dust again? - + Haven’t you poured me out like milk, and curdled me like cheese? - + You have clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews. - + You have granted me life and loving kindness. Your visitation has preserved my spirit. - + Yet you hid these things in your heart. I know that this is with you: - + if I sin, then you mark me. You will not acquit me from my iniquity. - + If I am wicked, woe to me. If I am righteous, I still will not lift up my head, being filled with disgrace, and conscious of my affliction. - + If my head is held high, you hunt me like a lion. Again you show yourself powerful to me. - + You renew your witnesses against me, and increase your indignation on me. Changes and warfare are with me. “‘Why, then, have you brought me out of the womb? I wish I had given up the spirit, and no eye had seen me. - + I should have been as though I had not been. I should have been carried from the womb to the grave. - + Aren’t my days few? Stop! -Leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort, +Leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort, before I go where I will not return from, to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death; - + the land dark as midnight, of the shadow of death, without any order, @@ -29386,61 +29386,61 @@

“Shouldn’t the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of talk be justified? - + Should your boastings make men hold their peace? When you mock, will no man make you ashamed? - + For you say, ‘My doctrine is pure. I am clean in your eyes.’ - + But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against you, - + that he would show you the secrets of wisdom! For true wisdom has two sides. Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves. “Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty? - + They are high as heaven. What can you do? They are deeper than Sheol. 11:8 Sheol is the place of the dead. What can you know? - + Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. - + If he passes by, or confines, or convenes a court, then who can oppose him? - + For he knows false men. He sees iniquity also, even though he doesn’t consider it. - + An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey’s colt. “If you set your heart aright, stretch out your hands toward him. - + If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away. Don’t let unrighteousness dwell in your tents. - + Surely then you will lift up your face without spot. Yes, you will be steadfast, and will not fear, for you will forget your misery. You will remember it like waters that have passed away. - + Life will be clearer than the noonday. Though there is darkness, it will be as the morning. - + You will be secure, because there is hope. Yes, you will search, and will take your rest in safety. - + Also you will lie down, and no one will make you afraid. Yes, many will court your favor. - + But the eyes of the wicked will fail. They will have no way to flee. Their hope will be the giving up of the spirit.” @@ -29451,76 +29451,76 @@

“No doubt, but you are the people, and wisdom will die with you. - + But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Yes, who doesn’t know such things as these? - + I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke. - + In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips. - + The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their god in their hands. “But ask the animals now, and they will teach you; the birds of the sky, and they will tell you. - + Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you. The fish of the sea will declare to you. - + Who doesn’t know that in all these, Yahweh’s hand has done this, - + in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind? - + Doesn’t the ear try words, even as the palate tastes its food? - + With aged men is wisdom, in length of days understanding. “With God is wisdom and might. He has counsel and understanding. - + Behold, he breaks down, and it can’t be built again. He imprisons a man, and there can be no release. - + Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up. Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the earth. - + With him is strength and wisdom. The deceived and the deceiver are his. - + He leads counselors away stripped. He makes judges fools. - + He loosens the bond of kings. He binds their waist with a belt. - + He leads priests away stripped, and overthrows the mighty. - + He removes the speech of those who are trusted, and takes away the understanding of the elders. - + He pours contempt on princes, and loosens the belt of the strong. - + He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death. - + He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive. - + He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way. - + They grope in the dark without light. He makes them stagger like a drunken man. @@ -29528,88 +29528,88 @@ “Behold, my eye has seen all this. My ear has heard and understood it. - + What you know, I know also. I am not inferior to you. “Surely I would speak to the Almighty. I desire to reason with God. - + But you are forgers of lies. You are all physicians of no value. - + Oh that you would be completely silent! Then you would be wise. - + Hear now my reasoning. Listen to the pleadings of my lips. - + Will you speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for him? - + Will you show partiality to him? Will you contend for God? - + Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceives a man, will you deceive him? - + He will surely reprove you if you secretly show partiality. - + Won’t his majesty make you afraid and his dread fall on you? - + Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes. Your defenses are defenses of clay. “Be silent! Leave me alone, that I may speak. Let come on me what will. - + Why should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand? - + Behold, he will kill me. I have no hope. Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways before him. - + This also will be my salvation, that a godless man will not come before him. - + Listen carefully to my speech. Let my declaration be in your ears. - + See now, I have set my cause in order. I know that I am righteous. - + Who is he who will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the spirit. “Only don’t do two things to me, then I will not hide myself from your face: - + withdraw your hand far from me, and don’t let your terror make me afraid. - + Then call, and I will answer, or let me speak, and you answer me. - + How many are my iniquities and sins? Make me know my disobedience and my sin. - + Why do you hide your face, and consider me your enemy? - + Will you harass a driven leaf? Will you pursue the dry stubble? - + For you write bitter things against me, and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth. - + You also put my feet in the stocks, and mark all my paths. You set a bound to the soles of my feet, - + though I am decaying like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten. @@ -29617,39 +29617,39 @@ “Man, who is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble. - + He grows up like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn’t continue. - + Do you open your eyes on such a one, and bring me into judgment with you? - + Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one. Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his bounds that he can’t pass. - + Look away from him, that he may rest, until he accomplishes, as a hireling, his day. “For there is hope for a tree if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, that the tender branch of it will not cease. - + Though its root grows old in the earth, and its stock dies in the ground, - + yet through the scent of water it will bud, and sprout boughs like a plant. - + But man dies, and is laid low. Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he? - + As the waters fail from the sea, and the river wastes and dries up, - + so man lies down and doesn’t rise. Until the heavens are no more, they will not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep. @@ -29659,33 +29659,33 @@ Sheol is the place of the dead. that you would keep me secret until your wrath is past, that you would appoint me a set time and remember me! - + If a man dies, will he live again? I would wait all the days of my warfare, until my release should come. - + You would call, and I would answer you. You would have a desire for the work of your hands. - + But now you count my steps. Don’t you watch over my sin? - + My disobedience is sealed up in a bag. You fasten up my iniquity. “But the mountain falling comes to nothing. The rock is removed out of its place. - + The waters wear the stones. The torrents of it wash away the dust of the earth. So you destroy the hope of man. - + You forever prevail against him, and he departs. You change his face, and send him away. - + His sons come to honor, and he doesn’t know it. They are brought low, but he doesn’t perceive it of them. - + But his flesh on him has pain, and his soul within him mourns.” @@ -29695,105 +29695,105 @@

“Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind? - + Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches with which he can do no good? - + Yes, you do away with fear, and hinder devotion before God. - + For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty. - + Your own mouth condemns you, and not I. Yes, your own lips testify against you. “Are you the first man who was born? Or were you brought out before the hills? - + Have you heard the secret counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself? - + What do you know that we don’t know? What do you understand which is not in us? - + With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much older than your father. - + Are the consolations of God too small for you, even the word that is gentle toward you? - + Why does your heart carry you away? Why do your eyes flash, - + that you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth? - + What is man, that he should be clean? What is he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? - + Behold, he puts no trust in his holy ones. Yes, the heavens are not clean in his sight; - + how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water! “I will show you, listen to me; that which I have seen I will declare - + (which wise men have told by their fathers, and have not hidden it; - + to whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them): - + the wicked man writhes in pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor. - + A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer will come on him. - + He doesn’t believe that he will return out of darkness. He is waited for by the sword. - + He wanders abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. - + Distress and anguish make him afraid. They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle. - + Because he has stretched out his hand against God, and behaves himself proudly against the Almighty, - + he runs at him with a stiff neck, with the thick shields of his bucklers, - + because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat on his thighs. - + He has lived in desolate cities, in houses which no one inhabited, which were ready to become heaps. - + He will not be rich, neither will his substance continue, neither will their possessions be extended on the earth. - + He will not depart out of darkness. The flame will dry up his branches. He will go away by the breath of God’s mouth. - + Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself, for emptiness will be his reward. - + It will be accomplished before his time. His branch will not be green. - + He will shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and will cast off his flower as the olive tree. - + For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery. - + They conceive mischief and produce iniquity. Their heart prepares deceit.” @@ -29803,71 +29803,71 @@

“I have heard many such things. You are all miserable comforters! - + Shall vain words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer? - + I also could speak as you do. If your soul were in my soul’s place, I could join words together against you, and shake my head at you, - + but I would strengthen you with my mouth. The solace of my lips would relieve you. “Though I speak, my grief is not subsided. Though I forbear, what am I eased? - + But now, God, you have surely worn me out. You have made all my company desolate. - + You have shriveled me up. This is a witness against me. My leanness rises up against me. It testifies to my face. - + He has torn me in his wrath and persecuted me. He has gnashed on me with his teeth. My adversary sharpens his eyes on me. - + They have gaped on me with their mouth. They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me. - + God delivers me to the ungodly, and casts me into the hands of the wicked. - + I was at ease, and he broke me apart. Yes, he has taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces. He has also set me up for his target. - + His archers surround me. He splits my kidneys apart, and does not spare. He pours out my bile on the ground. - + He breaks me with breach on breach. He runs at me like a giant. - + I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and have thrust my horn in the dust. - + My face is red with weeping. Deep darkness is on my eyelids, - + although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure. “Earth, don’t cover my blood. Let my cry have no place to rest. - + Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven. He who vouches for me is on high. - + My friends scoff at me. My eyes pour out tears to God, - + that he would maintain the right of a man with God, of a son of man with his neighbor! - + For when a few years have come, I will go the way of no return. @@ -29876,52 +29876,52 @@ “My spirit is consumed. My days are extinct and the grave is ready for me. - + Surely there are mockers with me. My eye dwells on their provocation. “Now give a pledge. Be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with me? - + For you have hidden their heart from understanding, therefore you will not exalt them. - + He who denounces his friends for plunder, even the eyes of his children will fail. “But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face. - + My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. All my members are as a shadow. - + Upright men will be astonished at this. The innocent will stir himself up against the godless. - + Yet the righteous will hold to his way. He who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger. - + But as for you all, come back. I will not find a wise man among you. - + My days are past. My plans are broken off, as are the thoughts of my heart. - + They change the night into day, saying ‘The light is near’ in the presence of darkness. - + If I look for Sheol 17:13 Sheol is the place of the dead. as my house, if I have spread my couch in the darkness, - + if I have said to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ and ‘My sister,’ - + where then is my hope? As for my hope, who will see it? - + Shall it go down with me to the gates of Sheol, 17:16 Sheol is the place of the dead. @@ -29933,62 +29933,62 @@

“How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak. - + Why are we counted as animals, which have become unclean in your sight? - + You who tear yourself in your anger, will the earth be forsaken for you? Or will the rock be removed out of its place? “Yes, the light of the wicked will be put out. The spark of his fire won’t shine. - + The light will be dark in his tent. His lamp above him will be put out. - + The steps of his strength will be shortened. His own counsel will cast him down. - + For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he wanders into its mesh. - + A snare will take him by the heel. A trap will catch him. - + A noose is hidden for him in the ground, a trap for him on the path. - + Terrors will make him afraid on every side, and will chase him at his heels. - + His strength will be famished. Calamity will be ready at his side. - + The members of his body will be devoured. The firstborn of death will devour his members. - + He will be rooted out of the security of his tent. He will be brought to the king of terrors. - + There will dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Sulfur will be scattered on his habitation. - + His roots will be dried up beneath. His branch will be cut off above. - + His memory will perish from the earth. He will have no name in the street. - + He will be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. - + He will have neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any remaining where he lived. - + Those who come after will be astonished at his day, as those who went before were frightened. - + Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous. This is the place of him who doesn’t know God.” @@ -29998,87 +29998,87 @@

“How long will you torment me, and crush me with words? - + You have reproached me ten times. You aren’t ashamed that you attack me. - + If it is true that I have erred, my error remains with myself. - + If indeed you will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach, - + know now that God has subverted me, and has surrounded me with his net. “Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard. I cry for help, but there is no justice. - + He has walled up my way so that I can’t pass, and has set darkness in my paths. - + He has stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head. - + He has broken me down on every side, and I am gone. He has plucked my hope up like a tree. - + He has also kindled his wrath against me. He counts me among his adversaries. - + His troops come on together, build a siege ramp against me, and encamp around my tent. “He has put my brothers far from me. My acquaintances are wholly estranged from me. - + My relatives have gone away. My familiar friends have forgotten me. - + Those who dwell in my house and my maids consider me a stranger. I am an alien in their sight. - + I call to my servant, and he gives me no answer. I beg him with my mouth. - + My breath is offensive to my wife. I am loathsome to the children of my own mother. - + Even young children despise me. If I arise, they speak against me. - + All my familiar friends abhor me. They whom I loved have turned against me. - + My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh. I have escaped by the skin of my teeth. “Have pity on me. Have pity on me, you my friends, for the hand of God has touched me. - + Why do you persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh? “Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book! - + That with an iron pen and lead they were engraved in the rock forever! - + But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. In the end, he will stand upon the earth. - + After my skin is destroyed, then I will see God in my flesh, - + whom I, even I, will see on my side. My eyes will see, and not as a stranger. “My heart is consumed within me. - + If you say, ‘How we will persecute him!’ because the root of the matter is found in me, - + be afraid of the sword, for wrath brings the punishments of the sword, that you may know there is a judgment.” @@ -30089,87 +30089,87 @@

“Therefore my thoughts answer me, even by reason of my haste that is in me. - + I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame. The spirit of my understanding answers me. - + Don’t you know this from old time, since man was placed on earth, - + that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment? - + Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds, - + yet he will perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’ - + He will fly away as a dream, and will not be found. Yes, he will be chased away like a vision of the night. - + The eye which saw him will see him no more, neither will his place see him any more. - + His children will seek the favor of the poor. His hands will give back his wealth. - + His bones are full of his youth, but youth will lie down with him in the dust. “Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue, - + though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth, - + yet his food in his bowels is turned. It is cobra venom within him. - + He has swallowed down riches, and he will vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly. - + He will suck cobra venom. The viper’s tongue will kill him. - + He will not look at the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter. - + He will restore that for which he labored, and will not swallow it down. He will not rejoice according to the substance that he has gotten. - + For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he will not build it up. “Because he knew no quietness within him, he will not save anything of that in which he delights. - + There was nothing left that he didn’t devour, therefore his prosperity will not endure. - + In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress will overtake him. The hand of everyone who is in misery will come on him. - + When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating. - + He will flee from the iron weapon. The bronze arrow will strike him through. - + He draws it out, and it comes out of his body. Yes, the glittering point comes out of his liver. Terrors are on him. - + All darkness is laid up for his treasures. An unfanned fire will devour him. It will consume that which is left in his tent. - + The heavens will reveal his iniquity. The earth will rise up against him. - + The increase of his house will depart. They will rush away in the day of his wrath. - + This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the heritage appointed to him by God.” @@ -30179,105 +30179,105 @@

“Listen diligently to my speech. Let this be your consolation. - + Allow me, and I also will speak. After I have spoken, mock on. - + As for me, is my complaint to man? Why shouldn’t I be impatient? - + Look at me, and be astonished. Lay your hand on your mouth. - + When I remember, I am troubled. Horror takes hold of my flesh. “Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, and grow mighty in power? - + Their child is established with them in their sight, their offspring before their eyes. - + Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them. - + Their bulls breed without fail. Their cows calve, and don’t miscarry. - + They send out their little ones like a flock. Their children dance. - + They sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe. - + They spend their days in prosperity. In an instant they go down to Sheol. 21:13 Sheol is the place of the dead. - + They tell God, ‘Depart from us, for we don’t want to know about your ways. - + What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, if we pray to him?’ - + Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked is far from me. “How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out, that their calamity comes on them, that God distributes sorrows in his anger? - + How often is it that they are as stubble before the wind, as chaff that the storm carries away? - + You say, ‘God lays up his iniquity for his children.’ Let him recompense it to himself, that he may know it. - + Let his own eyes see his destruction. Let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty. - + For what does he care for his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off? “Shall any teach God knowledge, since he judges those who are high? - + One dies in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet. - + His pails are full of milk. The marrow of his bones is moistened. - + Another dies in bitterness of soul, and never tastes of good. - + They lie down alike in the dust. The worm covers them. “Behold, I know your thoughts, the plans with which you would wrong me. - + For you say, ‘Where is the house of the prince? Where is the tent in which the wicked lived?’ - + Haven’t you asked wayfaring men? Don’t you know their evidences, - + that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, that they are led out to the day of wrath? - + Who will declare his way to his face? Who will repay him what he has done? - + Yet he will be borne to the grave. Men will keep watch over the tomb. - + The clods of the valley will be sweet to him. All men will draw after him, as there were innumerable before him. - + So how can you comfort me with nonsense, because in your answers there remains only falsehood?” @@ -30287,88 +30287,88 @@

“Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself. - + Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous? Or does it benefit him that you make your ways perfect? - + Is it for your piety that he reproves you, that he enters with you into judgment? - + Isn’t your wickedness great? Neither is there any end to your iniquities. - + For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing. - + You haven’t given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry. - + But as for the mighty man, he had the earth. The honorable man, he lived in it. - + You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. - + Therefore snares are around you. Sudden fear troubles you, - + or darkness, so that you can not see, and floods of waters cover you. “Isn’t God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are! - + You say, ‘What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness? - + Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn’t see. He walks on the vault of the sky.’ - + Will you keep the old way, which wicked men have trodden, - + who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream, - + who said to God, ‘Depart from us!’ and, ‘What can the Almighty do for us?’ - + Yet he filled their houses with good things, but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. - + The righteous see it, and are glad. The innocent ridicule them, - + saying, ‘Surely those who rose up against us are cut off. The fire has consumed their remnant.’ “Acquaint yourself with him now, and be at peace. By it, good will come to you. - + Please receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart. - + If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up, if you put away unrighteousness far from your tents. - + Lay your treasure in the dust, the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks. - + The Almighty will be your treasure, and precious silver to you. - + For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and will lift up your face to God. - + You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you. You will pay your vows. - + You will also decree a thing, and it will be established to you. Light will shine on your ways. - + When they cast down, you will say, ‘be lifted up.’ He will save the humble person. - + He will even deliver him who is not innocent. Yes, he will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.” @@ -30378,49 +30378,49 @@

“Even today my complaint is rebellious. His hand is heavy in spite of my groaning. - + Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat! - + I would set my cause in order before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. - + I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would tell me. - + Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No, but he would listen to me. - + There the upright might reason with him, so I should be delivered forever from my judge. “If I go east, he is not there. If I go west, I can’t find him. - + He works to the north, but I can’t see him. He turns south, but I can’t catch a glimpse of him. But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I will come out like gold. - + My foot has held fast to his steps. I have kept his way, and not turned away. - + I haven’t gone back from the commandment of his lips. I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. - + But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? What his soul desires, even that he does. - + For he performs that which is appointed for me. Many such things are with him. - + Therefore I am terrified at his presence. When I consider, I am afraid of him. - + For God has made my heart faint. The Almighty has terrified me. - + Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face. @@ -30428,38 +30428,38 @@ “Why aren’t times laid up by the Almighty? Why don’t those who know him see his days? - + There are people who remove the landmarks. They violently take away flocks, and feed them. - + They drive away the donkey of the fatherless, and they take the widow’s ox for a pledge. - + They turn the needy out of the way. The poor of the earth all hide themselves. - + Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, they go out to their work, seeking diligently for food. -The wilderness yields them bread for their children. +The wilderness yields them bread for their children. They cut their food in the field. -They glean the vineyard of the wicked. +They glean the vineyard of the wicked. They lie all night naked without clothing, -and have no covering in the cold. +and have no covering in the cold. They are wet with the showers of the mountains, -and embrace the rock for lack of a shelter. +and embrace the rock for lack of a shelter. There are those who pluck the fatherless from the breast, -and take a pledge of the poor, +and take a pledge of the poor, so that they go around naked without clothing. Being hungry, they carry the sheaves. - + They make oil within the walls of these men. They tread wine presses, and suffer thirst. - + From out of the populous city, men groan. The soul of the wounded cries out, yet God doesn’t regard the folly. @@ -30467,49 +30467,49 @@ “These are of those who rebel against the light. They don’t know its ways, nor stay in its paths. - + The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. In the night he is like a thief. - + The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, ‘No eye will see me.’ He disguises his face. - + In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They don’t know the light. - + For the morning is to all of them like thick darkness, for they know the terrors of the thick darkness. “They are foam on the surface of the waters. Their portion is cursed in the earth. They don’t turn into the way of the vineyards. - + Drought and heat consume the snow waters, so does Sheol 24:19 Sheol is the place of the dead. those who have sinned. - + The womb will forget him. The worm will feed sweetly on him. He will be no more remembered. Unrighteousness will be broken as a tree. - + He devours the barren who don’t bear. He shows no kindness to the widow. - + Yet God preserves the mighty by his power. He rises up who has no assurance of life. - + God gives them security, and they rest in it. His eyes are on their ways. - + They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone. Yes, they are brought low, they are taken out of the way as all others, and are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain. - + If it isn’t so now, who will prove me a liar, and make my speech worth nothing?” @@ -30519,16 +30519,16 @@

“Dominion and fear are with him. He makes peace in his high places. - + Can his armies be counted? On whom does his light not arise? - + How then can man be just with God? Or how can he who is born of a woman be clean? - + Behold, even the moon has no brightness, and the stars are not pure in his sight; - + How much less man, who is a worm, and the son of man, who is a worm!” @@ -30538,44 +30538,44 @@

“How have you helped him who is without power! How have you saved the arm that has no strength! - + How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge! - + To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came out of you? “The departed spirits tremble, those beneath the waters and all that live in them. - + Sheol 26:6 Sheol is the place of the dead. is naked before God, and Abaddon 26:6 Abaddon means Destroyer. has no covering. - + He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing. - + He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them. - + He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it. - + He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness. - + The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke. - + He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab. - + By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent. - + Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways. How small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?” @@ -30586,16 +30586,16 @@

“As God lives, who has taken away my right, the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter - + (for the length of my life is still in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils); - + surely my lips will not speak unrighteousness, neither will my tongue utter deceit. - + Far be it from me that I should justify you. Until I die I will not put away my integrity from me. - + I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart will not reproach me so long as I live. @@ -30604,48 +30604,48 @@ For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes away his life? - + Will God hear his cry when trouble comes on him? - + Will he delight himself in the Almighty, and call on God at all times? - + I will teach you about the hand of God. I will not conceal that which is with the Almighty. - + Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain? “This is the portion of a wicked man with God, the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty. - + If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword. His offspring will not be satisfied with bread. - + Those who remain of him will be buried in death. His widows will make no lamentation. - + Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay; - + he may prepare it, but the just will put it on, and the innocent will divide the silver. - + He builds his house as the moth, as a booth which the watchman makes. - + He lies down rich, but he will not do so again. He opens his eyes, and he is not. - + Terrors overtake him like waters. A storm steals him away in the night. - + The east wind carries him away, and he departs. It sweeps him out of his place. - + For it hurls at him, and does not spare, as he flees away from his hand. - + Men will clap their hands at him, and will hiss him out of his place. @@ -30653,89 +30653,89 @@ “Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine. - + Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted out of the ore. - + Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out, to the furthest bound, the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness. - + He breaks open a shaft away from where people live. They are forgotten by the foot. They hang far from men, they swing back and forth. - + As for the earth, out of it comes bread. Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire. - + Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold. - + That path no bird of prey knows, neither has the falcon’s eye seen it. - + The proud animals have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed by there. - + He puts his hand on the flinty rock, and he overturns the mountains by the roots. - + He cuts out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing. - + He binds the streams that they don’t trickle. The thing that is hidden he brings out to light. “But where will wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding? - + Man doesn’t know its price, and it isn’t found in the land of the living. - + The deep says, ‘It isn’t in me.’ The sea says, ‘It isn’t with me.’ - + It can’t be gotten for gold, neither will silver be weighed for its price. - + It can’t be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. 28:16 or, lapis lazuli - + Gold and glass can’t equal it, neither will it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold. - + No mention will be made of coral or of crystal. Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies. - + The topaz of Ethiopia will not equal it. It won’t be valued with pure gold. - + Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding? - + Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the birds of the sky. - + Destruction and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’ “God understands its way, and he knows its place. - + For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole sky. - + He establishes the force of the wind. Yes, he measures out the waters by measure. - + When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder, - + then he saw it, and declared it. He established it, yes, and searched it out. - + To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, 28:28 @@ -30749,73 +30749,73 @@

“Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me; - + when his lamp shone on my head, and by his light I walked through darkness, - + as I was in my prime, when the friendship of God was in my tent, - + when the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were around me, - + when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out streams of oil for me, - + when I went out to the city gate, when I prepared my seat in the street. - + The young men saw me and hid themselves. The aged rose up and stood. - + The princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth. - + The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth. - + For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me, and when the eye saw me, it commended me, - + because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also, who had no one to help him, - + the blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy. - + I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem. - + I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame. - + I was a father to the needy. I researched the cause of him whom I didn’t know. - + I broke the jaws of the unrighteous and plucked the prey out of his teeth. - + Then I said, ‘I will die in my own house, I will count my days as the sand. - + My root is spread out to the waters. The dew lies all night on my branch. - + My glory is fresh in me. My bow is renewed in my hand.’ “Men listened to me, waited, and kept silence for my counsel. - + After my words they didn’t speak again. My speech fell on them. - + They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain. - + I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They didn’t reject the light of my face. - + I chose out their way, and sat as chief. I lived as a king in the army, as one who comforts the mourners. @@ -30824,97 +30824,97 @@ “But now those who are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I considered unworthy to put with my sheep dogs. - + Of what use is the strength of their hands to me, men in whom ripe age has perished? - + They are gaunt from lack and famine. They gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of waste and desolation. - + They pluck salt herbs by the bushes. The roots of the broom tree are their food. - + They are driven out from among men. They cry after them as after a thief, - + so that they live in frightful valleys, and in holes of the earth and of the rocks. - + They bray among the bushes. They are gathered together under the nettles. - + They are children of fools, yes, children of wicked men. They were flogged out of the land. “Now I have become their song. Yes, I am a byword to them. - + They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, and don’t hesitate to spit in my face. - + For he has untied his cord, and afflicted me; and they have thrown off restraint before me. - + On my right hand rise the rabble. They thrust aside my feet. They cast their ways of destruction up against me. - + They mar my path. They promote my destruction without anyone’s help. - + As through a wide breach they come. They roll themselves in amid the ruin. - + Terrors have turned on me. They chase my honor as the wind. My welfare has passed away as a cloud. “Now my soul is poured out within me. Days of affliction have taken hold of me. - + In the night season my bones are pierced in me, and the pains that gnaw me take no rest. - + My garment is disfigured by great force. It binds me about as the collar of my tunic. - + He has cast me into the mire. I have become like dust and ashes. - + I cry to you, and you do not answer me. I stand up, and you gaze at me. - + You have turned to be cruel to me. With the might of your hand you persecute me. - + You lift me up to the wind, and drive me with it. You dissolve me in the storm. - + For I know that you will bring me to death, to the house appointed for all living. “However doesn’t one stretch out a hand in his fall? Or in his calamity therefore cry for help? - + Didn’t I weep for him who was in trouble? Wasn’t my soul grieved for the needy? - + When I looked for good, then evil came. When I waited for light, darkness came. - + My heart is troubled, and doesn’t rest. Days of affliction have come on me. - + I go mourning without the sun. I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help. - + I am a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches. - + My skin grows black and peels from me. My bones are burned with heat. - + Therefore my harp has turned to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of those who weep. @@ -30922,125 +30922,125 @@ “I made a covenant with my eyes; how then should I look lustfully at a young woman? - + For what is the portion from God above, and the heritage from the Almighty on high? - + Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity? - + Doesn’t he see my ways, and count all my steps? “If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hurried to deceit - + (let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity); - + if my step has turned out of the way, if my heart walked after my eyes, if any defilement has stuck to my hands, - + then let me sow, and let another eat. Yes, let the produce of my field be rooted out. “If my heart has been enticed to a woman, and I have laid wait at my neighbor’s door, - + then let my wife grind for another, and let others sleep with her. - + For that would be a heinous crime. Yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges, - + for it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase. - + “If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my female servant, when they contended with me, - + what then will I do when God rises up? When he visits, what will I answer him? - + Didn’t he who made me in the womb make him? Didn’t one fashion us in the womb? - + “If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail, - + or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it - + (no, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, I have guided her from my mother’s womb); - + if I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering; - + if his heart hasn’t blessed me, if he hasn’t been warmed with my sheep’s fleece; - + if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate; - + then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade, and my arm be broken from the bone. - + For calamity from God is a terror to me. Because of his majesty, I can do nothing. - + “If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, ‘You are my confidence;’ - + If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much; - + if I have seen the sun when it shined, or the moon moving in splendor, - + and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth; - + this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I should have denied the God who is above. - + “If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him - + (I have certainly not allowed my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse); - + if the men of my tent have not said, ‘Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?’ - + (the foreigner has not camped in the street, but I have opened my doors to the traveler); - + if like Adam I have covered my transgressions, by hiding my iniquity in my heart, - + because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and didn’t go out of the door— - + oh that I had one to hear me! Behold, here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me! Let the accuser write my indictment! - + Surely I would carry it on my shoulder, and I would bind it to me as a crown. - + I would declare to him the number of my steps. I would go near to him like a prince. - + If my land cries out against me, and its furrows weep together; - + if I have eaten its fruits without money, or have caused its owners to lose their life, - + let briers grow instead of wheat, and stinkweed instead of barley.”

The words of Job are ended. @@ -31060,56 +31060,56 @@ Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered,

“I am young, and you are very old. Therefore I held back, and didn’t dare show you my opinion. - + I said, ‘Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.’ - + But there is a spirit in man, and the Spirit 32:8 or, breath of the Almighty gives them understanding. - + It is not the great who are wise, nor the aged who understand justice. - + Therefore I said, ‘Listen to me; I also will show my opinion.’ “Behold, I waited for your words, and I listened for your reasoning, while you searched out what to say. - + Yes, I gave you my full attention, but there was no one who convinced Job, or who answered his words, among you. - + Beware lest you say, ‘We have found wisdom. God may refute him, not man;’ - + for he has not directed his words against me; neither will I answer him with your speeches. “They are amazed. They answer no more. They don’t have a word to say. - + Shall I wait, because they don’t speak, because they stand still, and answer no more? - + I also will answer my part, and I also will show my opinion. - + For I am full of words. The spirit within me constrains me. - + Behold, my breast is as wine which has no vent; like new wineskins it is ready to burst. - + I will speak, that I may be refreshed. I will open my lips and answer. - + Please don’t let me respect any man’s person, neither will I give flattering titles to any man. - + For I don’t know how to give flattering titles, or else my Maker would soon take me away. @@ -31117,105 +31117,105 @@ “However, Job, please hear my speech, and listen to all my words. - + See now, I have opened my mouth. My tongue has spoken in my mouth. - + My words will utter the uprightness of my heart. That which my lips know they will speak sincerely. - + The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life. - + If you can, answer me. Set your words in order before me, and stand up. - + Behold, I am toward God even as you are. I am also formed out of the clay. - + Behold, my terror will not make you afraid, neither will my pressure be heavy on you. “Surely you have spoken in my hearing, I have heard the voice of your words, saying, - + ‘I am clean, without disobedience. I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me. - + Behold, he finds occasions against me. He counts me for his enemy. - + He puts my feet in the stocks. He marks all my paths.’ “Behold, I will answer you. In this you are not just, for God is greater than man. - + Why do you strive against him, because he doesn’t give account of any of his matters? - + For God speaks once, yes twice, though man pays no attention. - + In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, in slumbering on the bed, - + then he opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction, - + that he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man. - + He keeps back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword. “He is chastened also with pain on his bed, with continual strife in his bones, - + so that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food. - + His flesh is so consumed away that it can’t be seen. His bones that were not seen stick out. - + Yes, his soul draws near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers. “If there is beside him an angel, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show to man what is right for him, - + then God is gracious to him, and says, ‘Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.’ - + His flesh will be fresher than a child’s. He returns to the days of his youth. - + He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, so that he sees his face with joy. He restores to man his righteousness. - + He sings before men, and says, ‘I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it didn’t profit me. - + He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit. My life will see the light.’ “Behold, God does all these things, twice, yes three times, with a man, - + to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living. - + Mark well, Job, and listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will speak. - + If you have anything to say, answer me. Speak, for I desire to justify you. - + If not, listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom.” @@ -31225,114 +31225,114 @@

“Hear my words, you wise men. Give ear to me, you who have knowledge. - + For the ear tries words, as the palate tastes food. - + Let us choose for us that which is right. Let us know among ourselves what is good. - + For Job has said, ‘I am righteous, God has taken away my right. - + Notwithstanding my right I am considered a liar. My wound is incurable, though I am without disobedience.’ - + What man is like Job, who drinks scorn like water, - + who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, and walks with wicked men? - + For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.’ “Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness, from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity. - + For the work of a man he will render to him, and cause every man to find according to his ways. - + Yes surely, God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert justice. - + Who put him in charge of the earth? Or who has appointed him over the whole world? - + If he set his heart on himself, if he gathered to himself his spirit and his breath, - + all flesh would perish together, and man would turn again to dust. “If now you have understanding, hear this. Listen to the voice of my words. - + Should even one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty, - + who says to a king, ‘Vile!’ or to nobles, ‘Wicked!’? - + He doesn’t respect the persons of princes, nor respect the rich more than the poor, for they all are the work of his hands. - + In a moment they die, even at midnight. The people are shaken and pass away. The mighty are taken away without a hand. “For his eyes are on the ways of a man. He sees all his goings. - + There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. - + For he doesn’t need to consider a man further, that he should go before God in judgment. - + He breaks mighty men in pieces in ways past finding out, and sets others in their place. - + Therefore he takes knowledge of their works. He overturns them in the night, so that they are destroyed. - + He strikes them as wicked men in the open sight of others; - + because they turned away from following him, and wouldn’t pay attention to any of his ways, - + so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him. He heard the cry of the afflicted. - + When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? When he hides his face, who then can see him? He is over a nation or a man alike, - + that the godless man may not reign, that there be no one to ensnare the people. “For has any said to God, ‘I am guilty, but I will not offend any more. - + Teach me that which I don’t see. If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more’? - + Shall his recompense be as you desire, that you refuse it? For you must choose, and not I. Therefore speak what you know. - + Men of understanding will tell me, yes, every wise man who hears me: - + ‘Job speaks without knowledge. His words are without wisdom.’ - + I wish that Job were tried to the end, because of his answering like wicked men. - + For he adds rebellion to his sin. He claps his hands among us, and multiplies his words against God.” @@ -31343,46 +31343,46 @@

“Do you think this to be your right, or do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s,’ - + that you ask, ‘What advantage will it be to you? What profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?’ - + I will answer you, and your companions with you. - + Look to the skies, and see. See the skies, which are higher than you. - + If you have sinned, what effect do you have against him? If your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him? - + If you are righteous, what do you give him? Or what does he receive from your hand? - + Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are, and your righteousness may profit a son of man. “By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out. They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty. - + But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night, - + who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’ - + There they cry, but no one answers, because of the pride of evil men. - + Surely God will not hear an empty cry, neither will the Almighty regard it. - + How much less when you say you don’t see him. The cause is before him, and you wait for him! - + But now, because he has not visited in his anger, neither does he greatly regard arrogance, - + therefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk, and he multiplies words without knowledge.” @@ -31392,100 +31392,100 @@

“Bear with me a little, and I will show you; for I still have something to say on God’s behalf. - + I will get my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. - + For truly my words are not false. One who is perfect in knowledge is with you. “Behold, God is mighty, and doesn’t despise anyone. He is mighty in strength of understanding. - + He doesn’t preserve the life of the wicked, but gives justice to the afflicted. - + He doesn’t withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne, he sets them forever, and they are exalted. - + If they are bound in fetters, and are taken in the cords of afflictions, - + then he shows them their work, and their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly. - + He also opens their ears to instruction, and commands that they return from iniquity. - + If they listen and serve him, they will spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures. - + But if they don’t listen, they will perish by the sword; they will die without knowledge. “But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They don’t cry for help when he binds them. - + They die in youth. Their life perishes among the unclean. - + He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, and opens their ear in oppression. - + Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, into a wide place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on your table would be full of fatness. “But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold of you. - + Don’t let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside. - + Would your wealth sustain you in distress, or all the might of your strength? - + Don’t desire the night, when people are cut off in their place. - + Take heed, don’t regard iniquity; for you have chosen this rather than affliction. - + Behold, God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him? - + Who has prescribed his way for him? Or who can say, ‘You have committed unrighteousness?’ “Remember that you magnify his work, about which men have sung. - + All men have looked on it. Man sees it afar off. - + Behold, God is great, and we don’t know him. The number of his years is unsearchable. - + For he draws up the drops of water, which distill in rain from his vapor, - + which the skies pour down and which drop on man abundantly. - + Indeed, can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds and the thunderings of his pavilion? - + Behold, he spreads his light around him. He covers the bottom of the sea. - + For by these he judges the people. He gives food in abundance. - + He covers his hands with the lightning, and commands it to strike the mark. - + Its noise tells about him, and the livestock also, concerning the storm that comes up. @@ -31493,77 +31493,77 @@ “Yes, at this my heart trembles, and is moved out of its place. - + Hear, oh, hear the noise of his voice, the sound that goes out of his mouth. - + He sends it out under the whole sky, and his lightning to the ends of the earth. - + After it a voice roars. He thunders with the voice of his majesty. He doesn’t hold back anything when his voice is heard. - + God thunders marvelously with his voice. He does great things, which we can’t comprehend. - + For he says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ likewise to the shower of rain, and to the showers of his mighty rain. - + He seals up the hand of every man, that all men whom he has made may know it. - + Then the animals take cover, and remain in their dens. - + Out of its room comes the storm, and cold out of the north. - + By the breath of God, ice is given, and the width of the waters is frozen. - + Yes, he loads the thick cloud with moisture. He spreads abroad the cloud of his lightning. - + It is turned around by his guidance, that they may do whatever he commands them on the surface of the habitable world, - + whether it is for correction, or for his land, or for loving kindness, that he causes it to come. “Listen to this, Job. Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God. - + Do you know how God controls them, and causes the lightning of his cloud to shine? - + Do you know the workings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge? - + You whose clothing is warm when the earth is still by reason of the south wind? - + Can you, with him, spread out the sky, which is strong as a cast metal mirror? - + Teach us what we will tell him, for we can’t make our case by reason of darkness. - + Will it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up? Now men don’t see the light which is bright in the skies, but the wind passes, and clears them. - + Out of the north comes golden splendor. With God is awesome majesty. - + We can’t reach the Almighty. He is exalted in power. In justice and great righteousness, he will not oppress. - + Therefore men revere him. He doesn’t regard any who are wise of heart.” @@ -31573,121 +31573,121 @@

“Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge? - + Brace yourself like a man, for I will question you, then you answer me! “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding. - + Who determined its measures, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it? - + What were its foundations fastened on? Or who laid its cornerstone, - + when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? “Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke out of the womb, - + when I made clouds its garment, and wrapped it in thick darkness, - + marked out for it my bound, set bars and doors, - + and said, ‘You may come here, but no further. Your proud waves shall be stopped here’? “Have you commanded the morning in your days, and caused the dawn to know its place, - + that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it? - + It is changed as clay under the seal, and presented as a garment. - + From the wicked, their light is withheld. The high arm is broken. “Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep? - + Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death? - + Have you comprehended the earth in its width? Declare, if you know it all. “What is the way to the dwelling of light? As for darkness, where is its place, - + that you should take it to its bound, that you should discern the paths to its house? - + Surely you know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great! - + Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, or have you seen the storehouses of the hail, - + which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war? - + By what way is the lightning distributed, or the east wind scattered on the earth? Who has cut a channel for the flood water, or the path for the thunderstorm, - + to cause it to rain on a land where there is no man, on the wilderness, in which there is no man, - + to satisfy the waste and desolate ground, to cause the tender grass to grow? - + Does the rain have a father? Or who fathers the drops of dew? - + Whose womb did the ice come out of? Who has given birth to the gray frost of the sky? - + The waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen. “Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion? - + Can you lead the constellations out in their season? Or can you guide the Bear with her cubs? - + Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish its dominion over the earth? “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover you? - + Can you send out lightnings, that they may go? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’? - + Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the mind? - + Who can count the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the containers of the sky, - + when the dust runs into a mass, and the clods of earth stick together? “Can you hunt the prey for the lioness, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions, - + when they crouch in their dens, and lie in wait in the thicket? - + Who provides for the raven his prey, when his young ones cry to God, and wander for lack of food? @@ -31696,93 +31696,93 @@ “Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears fawns? - + Can you count the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they give birth? - + They bow themselves. They bear their young. They end their labor pains. - + Their young ones become strong. They grow up in the open field. They go out, and don’t return again. “Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey, - + whose home I have made the wilderness, and the salt land his dwelling place? - + He scorns the tumult of the city, neither does he hear the shouting of the driver. - + The range of the mountains is his pasture. He searches after every green thing. “Will the wild ox be content to serve you? Or will he stay by your feeding trough? - + Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness? Or will he till the valleys after you? - + Will you trust him, because his strength is great? Or will you leave to him your labor? - + Will you confide in him, that he will bring home your seed, and gather the grain of your threshing floor? “The wings of the ostrich wave proudly, but are they the feathers and plumage of love? - + For she leaves her eggs on the earth, warms them in the dust, - + and forgets that the foot may crush them, or that the wild animal may trample them. - + She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor is in vain, she is without fear, - + because God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has he imparted to her understanding. - + When she lifts up herself on high, she scorns the horse and his rider. “Have you given the horse might? Have you clothed his neck with a quivering mane? - + Have you made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is awesome. - + He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength. He goes out to meet the armed men. - + He mocks at fear, and is not dismayed, neither does he turn back from the sword. - + The quiver rattles against him, the flashing spear and the javelin. - + He eats up the ground with fierceness and rage, neither does he stand still at the sound of the trumpet. - + As often as the trumpet sounds he snorts, ‘Aha!’ He smells the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting. “Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, and stretches her wings toward the south? - + Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up, and makes his nest on high? - + On the cliff he dwells and makes his home, on the point of the cliff and the stronghold. - + From there he spies out the prey. His eyes see it afar off. - + His young ones also suck up blood. Where the slain are, there he is.” @@ -31797,7 +31797,7 @@

“Behold, I am of small account. What will I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth. - + I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”

@@ -31805,55 +31805,55 @@

“Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me. - + Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified? - + Or do you have an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him? “Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honor and majesty. - + Pour out the fury of your anger. Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low. - + Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place. - + Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place. - + Then I will also admit to you that your own right hand can save you. “See now behemoth, which I made as well as you. He eats grass as an ox. - + Look now, his strength is in his thighs. His force is in the muscles of his belly. - + He moves his tail like a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are knit together. - + His bones are like tubes of bronze. His limbs are like bars of iron. He is the chief of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword. - + Surely the mountains produce food for him, where all the animals of the field play. - + He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the marsh. - + The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him. - + Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn’t tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth. - + Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare? @@ -31863,104 +31863,104 @@ 41:1 Leviathan is a name for a crocodile or similar creature. with a fish hook, or press down his tongue with a cord? - + Can you put a rope into his nose, or pierce his jaw through with a hook? - + Will he make many petitions to you, or will he speak soft words to you? - + Will he make a covenant with you, that you should take him for a servant forever? - + Will you play with him as with a bird? Or will you bind him for your girls? - + Will traders barter for him? Will they part him among the merchants? - + Can you fill his skin with barbed irons, or his head with fish spears? - + Lay your hand on him. Remember the battle, and do so no more. - + Behold, the hope of him is in vain. Won’t one be cast down even at the sight of him? None is so fierce that he dare stir him up. Who then is he who can stand before me? - + Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Everything under the heavens is mine. “I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, nor his mighty strength, nor his goodly frame. - + Who can strip off his outer garment? Who will come within his jaws? - + Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth is terror. - + Strong scales are his pride, shut up together with a close seal. One is so near to another, that no air can come between them. - + They are joined to one another. They stick together, so that they can’t be pulled apart. - + His sneezing flashes out light. His eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. - + Out of his mouth go burning torches. Sparks of fire leap out. - + Out of his nostrils a smoke goes, as of a boiling pot over a fire of reeds. - + His breath kindles coals. A flame goes out of his mouth. - + There is strength in his neck. Terror dances before him. - + The flakes of his flesh are joined together. They are firm on him. They can’t be moved. - + His heart is as firm as a stone, yes, firm as the lower millstone. - + When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid. They retreat before his thrashing. - + If one attacks him with the sword, it can’t prevail; nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft. - + He counts iron as straw, and bronze as rotten wood. - + The arrow can’t make him flee. Sling stones are like chaff to him. - + Clubs are counted as stubble. He laughs at the rushing of the javelin. - + His undersides are like sharp potsherds, leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge. - + He makes the deep to boil like a pot. He makes the sea like a pot of ointment. - + He makes a path shine after him. One would think the deep had white hair. - + On earth there is not his equal, that is made without fear. - + He sees everything that is high. He is king over all the sons of pride.” @@ -31970,17 +31970,17 @@

“I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be restrained. - + You asked, ‘Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?’ therefore I have uttered that which I didn’t understand, things too wonderful for me, which I didn’t know. - + You said, ‘Listen, now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.’ - + I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you. - + Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”

@@ -32016,23 +32016,23 @@ Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers; - + but his delight is in Yahweh’s 1:2 “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. law. On his law he meditates day and night. - + He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that produces its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper. - + The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away. - + Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. - + For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish. @@ -32040,42 +32040,42 @@ Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing? - + The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take counsel together, against Yahweh, and against his Anointed, 2:2 The word “Anointed” is the same as the word for “Messiah” or “Christ” saying, - + “Let’s break their bonds apart, and cast their cords from us.” - + He who sits in the heavens will laugh. The Lord 2:4 The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” will have them in derision. - + Then he will speak to them in his anger, and terrify them in his wrath: - + “Yet I have set my King on my holy hill of Zion.” I will tell of the decree: -Yahweh said to me, “You are my son. +Yahweh said to me, “You are my son. Today I have become your father. - + Ask of me, and I will give the nations for your inheritance, the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession. - + You shall break them with a rod of iron. You shall dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.” - + Now therefore be wise, you kings. Be instructed, you judges of the earth. - + Serve Yahweh with fear, and rejoice with trembling. - + Give sincere homage to the Son, 2:12 or, Kiss the son lest he be angry, and you perish on the way, @@ -32087,31 +32087,31 @@ Yahweh, how my adversaries have increased! Many are those who rise up against me. - + Many there are who say of my soul, “There is no help for him in God.” 3:2 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim). Selah. - + But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head. - + I cry to Yahweh with my voice, and he answers me out of his holy hill. Selah. - + I laid myself down and slept. I awakened, for Yahweh sustains me. - + I will not be afraid of tens of thousands of people who have set themselves against me on every side. - + Arise, Yahweh! Save me, my God! -For you have struck all of my enemies on the cheek bone. +For you have struck all of my enemies on the cheek bone. You have broken the teeth of the wicked. - + Salvation belongs to Yahweh. May your blessing be on your people. Selah. @@ -32122,27 +32122,27 @@ Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness. Give me relief from my distress. Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer. - + You sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? Will you love vanity and seek after falsehood? Selah. - + But know that Yahweh has set apart for himself him who is godly; Yahweh will hear when I call to him. - + Stand in awe, and don’t sin. Search your own heart on your bed, and be still. Selah. - + Offer the sacrifices of righteousness. Put your trust in Yahweh. - + Many say, “Who will show us any good?” Yahweh, let the light of your face shine on us. - + You have put gladness in my heart, more than when their grain and their new wine are increased. - + In peace I will both lay myself down and sleep, for you alone, Yahweh, make me live in safety. @@ -32151,78 +32151,78 @@ Give ear to my words, Yahweh. Consider my meditation. - + Listen to the voice of my cry, my King and my God, for I pray to you. - + Yahweh, in the morning you will hear my voice. In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and will watch expectantly. - + For you are not a God who has pleasure in wickedness. Evil can’t live with you. - + The arrogant will not stand in your sight. You hate all workers of iniquity. - + You will destroy those who speak lies. Yahweh abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man. - + But as for me, in the abundance of your loving kindness I will come into your house. I will bow toward your holy temple in reverence of you. - + Lead me, Yahweh, in your righteousness because of my enemies. Make your way straight before my face. - + For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their tongue. - + Hold them guilty, God. Let them fall by their own counsels. -Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions, +Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions, for they have rebelled against you. - + But let all those who take refuge in you rejoice. Let them always shout for joy, because you defend them. -Let them also who love your name be joyful in you. +Let them also who love your name be joyful in you. For you will bless the righteous. -Yahweh, you will surround him with favor as with a shield. +Yahweh, you will surround him with favor as with a shield.

For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments, upon the eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm by David. Yahweh, don’t rebuke me in your anger, neither discipline me in your wrath. - + Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am faint. Yahweh, heal me, for my bones are troubled. - + My soul is also in great anguish. But you, Yahweh—how long? - + Return, Yahweh. Deliver my soul, and save me for your loving kindness’ sake. - + For in death there is no memory of you. In Sheol, 6:5 Sheol is the place of the dead. who shall give you thanks? - + I am weary with my groaning. Every night I flood my bed. I drench my couch with my tears. - + My eye wastes away because of grief. It grows old because of all my adversaries. - + Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for Yahweh has heard the voice of my weeping. - + Yahweh has heard my supplication. Yahweh accepts my prayer. - + May all my enemies be ashamed and dismayed. They shall turn back, they shall be disgraced suddenly.
@@ -32231,60 +32231,60 @@ Yahweh, my God, I take refuge in you. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me, - + lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is no one to deliver. - + Yahweh, my God, if I have done this, if there is iniquity in my hands, - + if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me (yes, I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary), let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; -yes, let him tread my life down to the earth, +yes, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah. - + Arise, Yahweh, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. -Awake for me. You have commanded judgment. +Awake for me. You have commanded judgment. Let the congregation of the peoples surround you. Rule over them on high. - + Yahweh administers judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Yahweh, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in me. - + Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God. - + My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart. - + God is a righteous judge, yes, a God who has indignation every day. - + If a man doesn’t repent, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent and strung his bow. - + He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death. He makes ready his flaming arrows. - + Behold, 7:14 “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection. he travails with iniquity. Yes, he has conceived mischief, and brought out falsehood. - + He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made. - + The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head. - + I will give thanks to Yahweh according to his righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of Yahweh Most High. @@ -32293,30 +32293,30 @@ Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens! - + From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger. - + When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained, - + what is man, that you think of him? What is the son of man, that you care for him? - + For you have made him a little lower than the angels, 8:5 Hebrew: Elohim. The word Elohim, used here, usually means “God”, but can also mean “gods”, “princes”, or “angels”. The Septuagint reads “angels” here. See also the quote from the Septuagint in Hebrews 2:7. and crowned him with glory and honor. - + You make him ruler over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet: - + All sheep and cattle, yes, and the animals of the field, the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas. - + Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! @@ -32325,67 +32325,67 @@ I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous works. - + I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. - + When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence. - + For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously. - + You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever. - + The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin. The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished. - + But Yahweh reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment. - + He will judge the world in righteousness. He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness. - + Yahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble. - + Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you. - + Sing praises to Yahweh, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done. - + For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn’t forget the cry of the afflicted. - + Have mercy on me, Yahweh. See my affliction by those who hate me, -and lift me up from the gates of death, +and lift me up from the gates of death, that I may show all of your praise. I will rejoice in your salvation in the gates of the daughter of Zion. - + The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken. - + Yahweh has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah. - + The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, 9:17 Sheol is the place of the dead. even all the nations that forget God. - + For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever. - + Arise, Yahweh! Don’t let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your sight. - + Put them in fear, Yahweh. Let the nations know that they are only men. Selah. @@ -32394,38 +32394,38 @@ Why do you stand far off, Yahweh? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? - + In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise. - + For the wicked boasts of his heart’s cravings. He blesses the greedy and condemns Yahweh. - + The wicked, in the pride of his face, has no room in his thoughts for God. - + His ways are prosperous at all times. He is arrogant, and your laws are far from his sight. -As for all his adversaries, he sneers at them. +As for all his adversaries, he sneers at them. He says in his heart, “I shall not be shaken. For generations I shall have no trouble.” - + His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity. - + He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. -His eyes are secretly set against the helpless. - +His eyes are secretly set against the helpless. + He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless when he draws him in his net. - + The helpless are crushed. They collapse. They fall under his strength. - + He says in his heart, “God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it.” @@ -32433,20 +32433,20 @@ Arise, Yahweh! God, lift up your hand! Don’t forget the helpless. - + Why does the wicked person condemn God, and say in his heart, “God won’t call me into account?” - + But you do see trouble and grief. You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless. - + Break the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none. - + Yahweh is King forever and ever! The nations will perish out of his land. - + Yahweh, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear, @@ -32459,25 +32459,25 @@ In Yahweh, I take refuge. How can you say to my soul, “Flee as a bird to your mountain”? - + For, behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrows on the strings, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart. - + If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do? - + Yahweh is in his holy temple. Yahweh is on his throne in heaven. -His eyes observe. +His eyes observe. His eyes examine the children of men. - + Yahweh examines the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and him who loves violence. - + On the wicked he will rain blazing coals; fire, sulfur, and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup. - + For Yahweh is righteous. He loves righteousness. The upright shall see his face. @@ -32487,27 +32487,27 @@ Help, Yahweh; for the godly man ceases. For the faithful fail from among the children of men. - + Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart. - + May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts, - + who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?” - + “Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says Yahweh; -“I will set him in safety from those who malign him.” - +“I will set him in safety from those who malign him.” + Yahweh’s words are flawless words, as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times. - + You will keep them, Yahweh. You will preserve them from this generation forever. - + The wicked walk on every side, when what is vile is exalted among the sons of men. @@ -32517,11 +32517,11 @@ How long, Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? - + How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart every day? How long shall my enemy triumph over me? - + Behold, and answer me, Yahweh, my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death; @@ -32530,7 +32530,7 @@ But I trust in your loving kindness. My heart rejoices in your salvation. - + I will sing to Yahweh, because he has been good to me. @@ -32541,25 +32541,25 @@ They are corrupt. They have done abominable deeds. There is no one who does good. - + Yahweh looked down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who understood, who sought after God. - + They have all gone aside. They have together become corrupt. There is no one who does good, no, not one. - + Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and don’t call on Yahweh? - + There they were in great fear, for God is in the generation of the righteous. - + You frustrate the plan of the poor, because Yahweh is his refuge. - + Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When Yahweh restores the fortunes of his people, then Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. @@ -32569,18 +32569,18 @@ Yahweh, who shall dwell in your sanctuary? Who shall live on your holy hill? - + He who walks blamelessly and does what is right, and speaks truth in his heart; - + he who doesn’t slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his friend, nor casts slurs against his fellow man; - + in whose eyes a vile man is despised, but who honors those who fear Yahweh; he who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and doesn’t change; - + he who doesn’t lend out his money for usury, nor take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be shaken. @@ -32589,93 +32589,93 @@
A Poem by David. Preserve me, God, for I take refuge in you. - + My soul, you have said to Yahweh, “You are my Lord. Apart from you I have no good thing.” - + As for the saints who are in the earth, they are the excellent ones in whom is all my delight. Their sorrows shall be multiplied who give gifts to another god. Their drink offerings of blood I will not offer, nor take their names on my lips. - + Yahweh assigned my portion and my cup. You made my lot secure. The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places. Yes, I have a good inheritance. - + I will bless Yahweh, who has given me counsel. Yes, my heart instructs me in the night seasons. - + I have set Yahweh always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. - + Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices. My body shall also dwell in safety. - + For you will not leave my soul in Sheol, 16:10 Sheol is the place of the dead. neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption. - + You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. -In your right hand there are pleasures forever more. +In your right hand there are pleasures forever more.
A Prayer by David. Hear, Yahweh, my righteous plea. Give ear to my prayer that doesn’t go out of deceitful lips. - + Let my sentence come out of your presence. Let your eyes look on equity. - + You have proved my heart. You have visited me in the night. You have tried me, and found nothing. I have resolved that my mouth shall not disobey. - + As for the deeds of men, by the word of your lips, I have kept myself from the ways of the violent. - + My steps have held fast to your paths. My feet have not slipped. - + I have called on you, for you will answer me, God. Turn your ear to me. Hear my speech. - + Show your marvelous loving kindness, you who save those who take refuge by your right hand from their enemies. - + Keep me as the apple of your eye. Hide me under the shadow of your wings, - + from the wicked who oppress me, my deadly enemies, who surround me. - + They close up their callous hearts. With their mouth they speak proudly. - + They have now surrounded us in our steps. They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth. - + He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. - + Arise, Yahweh, confront him. Cast him down. -Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword, +Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword, from men by your hand, Yahweh, from men of the world, whose portion is in this life. -You fill the belly of your cherished ones. +You fill the belly of your cherished ones. Your sons have plenty, and they store up wealth for their children. - + As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.
@@ -32683,164 +32683,164 @@
For the Chief Musician. By David the servant of Yahweh, who spoke to Yahweh the words of this song in the day that Yahweh delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said, I love you, Yahweh, my strength. - + Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower. - + I call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised; and I am saved from my enemies. - + The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid. - + The cords of Sheol 18:5 Sheol is the place of the dead. were around me. The snares of death came on me. - + In my distress I called on Yahweh, and cried to my God. -He heard my voice out of his temple. +He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry before him came into his ears. - + Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken, because he was angry. - + Smoke went out of his nostrils. Consuming fire came out of his mouth. Coals were kindled by it. - + He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet. - + He rode on a cherub, and flew. Yes, he soared on the wings of the wind. - + He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion around him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies. - + At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, hailstones and coals of fire. - + Yahweh also thundered in the sky. The Most High uttered his voice: hailstones and coals of fire. - + He sent out his arrows, and scattered them. He routed them with great lightning bolts. - + Then the channels of waters appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, Yahweh, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils. - + He sent from on high. He took me. He drew me out of many waters. - + He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me. - + They came on me in the day of my calamity, but Yahweh was my support. - + He brought me out also into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted in me. - + Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands, he has recompensed me. - + For I have kept the ways of Yahweh, and have not wickedly departed from my God. - + For all his ordinances were before me. I didn’t put away his statutes from me. - + I was also blameless with him. I kept myself from my iniquity. - + Therefore Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. - + With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect. - + With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd. - + For you will save the afflicted people, but the arrogant eyes you will bring down. - + For you will light my lamp, Yahweh. My God will light up my darkness. - + For by you, I advance through a troop. By my God, I leap over a wall. - + As for God, his way is perfect. Yahweh’s word is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him. - + For who is God, except Yahweh? Who is a rock, besides our God, the God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect? - + He makes my feet like deer’s feet, and sets me on my high places. - + He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of bronze. - + You have also given me the shield of your salvation. Your right hand sustains me. Your gentleness has made me great. - + You have enlarged my steps under me, My feet have not slipped. - + I will pursue my enemies, and overtake them. I won’t turn away until they are consumed. - + I will strike them through, so that they will not be able to rise. They shall fall under my feet. - + For you have armed me with strength to the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me. - + You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me. - + They cried, but there was no one to save; even to Yahweh, but he didn’t answer them. - + Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind. I cast them out as the mire of the streets. - + You have delivered me from the strivings of the people. You have made me the head of the nations. -A people whom I have not known shall serve me. +A people whom I have not known shall serve me. As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me. The foreigners shall submit themselves to me. - + The foreigners shall fade away, and shall come trembling out of their strongholds. - + Yahweh lives! Blessed be my rock. Exalted be the God of my salvation, - + even the God who executes vengeance for me, and subdues peoples under me. - + He rescues me from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You deliver me from the violent man. - + Therefore I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations, and will sing praises to your name. - + He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his offspring, @@ -32852,47 +32852,47 @@ The heavens declare the glory of God. The expanse shows his handiwork. - + Day after day they pour out speech, and night after night they display knowledge. - + There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard. - + Their voice has gone out through all the earth, their words to the end of the world. -In them he has set a tent for the sun, +In them he has set a tent for the sun, which is as a bridegroom coming out of his room, like a strong man rejoicing to run his course. - + His going out is from the end of the heavens, his circuit to its ends. There is nothing hidden from its heat. Yahweh’s law is perfect, restoring the soul. Yahweh’s covenant is sure, making wise the simple. - + Yahweh’s precepts are right, rejoicing the heart. Yahweh’s commandment is pure, enlightening the eyes. - + The fear of Yahweh is clean, enduring forever. Yahweh’s ordinances are true, and righteous altogether. - + They are more to be desired than gold, yes, than much fine gold, sweeter also than honey and the extract of the honeycomb. - + Moreover your servant is warned by them. In keeping them there is great reward. - + Who can discern his errors? Forgive me from hidden errors. Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins. Let them not have dominion over me. -Then I will be upright. +Then I will be upright. I will be blameless and innocent of great transgression. - + Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, Yahweh, my rock, and my redeemer. @@ -32909,24 +32909,24 @@ remember all your offerings, and accept your burned sacrifice. Selah. - + May he grant you your heart’s desire, and fulfill all your counsel. - + We will triumph in your salvation. In the name of our God, we will set up our banners. May Yahweh grant all your requests. - + Now I know that Yahweh saves his anointed. He will answer him from his holy heaven, with the saving strength of his right hand. - + Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we trust in the name of Yahweh our God. - + They are bowed down and fallen, but we rise up, and stand upright. - + Save, Yahweh! Let the King answer us when we call!
@@ -32935,42 +32935,42 @@ The king rejoices in your strength, Yahweh! How greatly he rejoices in your salvation! - + You have given him his heart’s desire, and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah. - + For you meet him with the blessings of goodness. You set a crown of fine gold on his head. - + He asked life of you and you gave it to him, even length of days forever and ever. - + His glory is great in your salvation. You lay honor and majesty on him. - + For you make him most blessed forever. You make him glad with joy in your presence. - + For the king trusts in Yahweh. Through the loving kindness of the Most High, he shall not be moved. - + Your hand will find out all of your enemies. Your right hand will find out those who hate you. - + You will make them as a fiery furnace in the time of your anger. Yahweh will swallow them up in his wrath. The fire shall devour them. - + You will destroy their descendants from the earth, their posterity from among the children of men. - + For they intended evil against you. They plotted evil against you which cannot succeed. - + For you will make them turn their back, when you aim drawn bows at their face. - + Be exalted, Yahweh, in your strength, so we will sing and praise your power. @@ -32979,105 +32979,105 @@ My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning? - + My God, I cry in the daytime, but you don’t answer; in the night season, and am not silent. - + But you are holy, you who inhabit the praises of Israel. - + Our fathers trusted in you. They trusted, and you delivered them. - + They cried to you, and were delivered. They trusted in you, and were not disappointed. - + But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised by the people. - + All those who see me mock me. They insult me with their lips. They shake their heads, saying, “He trusts in Yahweh. Let him deliver him. Let him rescue him, since he delights in him.” - + But you brought me out of the womb. You made me trust while at my mother’s breasts. - + I was thrown on you from my mother’s womb. You are my God since my mother bore me. - + Don’t be far from me, for trouble is near. For there is no one to help. - + Many bulls have surrounded me. Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me. - + They open their mouths wide against me, lions tearing prey and roaring. - + I am poured out like water. All my bones are out of joint. -My heart is like wax. +My heart is like wax. It is melted within me. - + My strength is dried up like a potsherd. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. -You have brought me into the dust of death. - +You have brought me into the dust of death. + For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evildoers have enclosed me. They have pierced my hands and feet. 22:16 So Dead Sea Scrolls. Masoretic Text reads, “Like a lion, they pin my hands and feet.” - + I can count all of my bones. -They look and stare at me. - +They look and stare at me. + They divide my garments among them. They cast lots for my clothing. But don’t be far off, Yahweh. You are my help. Hurry to help me! - + Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dog. - + Save me from the lion’s mouth! Yes, you have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen. I will declare your name to my brothers. Among the assembly, I will praise you. - + You who fear Yahweh, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, glorify him! Stand in awe of him, all you descendants of Israel! - + For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, Neither has he hidden his face from him; but when he cried to him, he heard. My praise of you comes in the great assembly. I will pay my vows before those who fear him. - + The humble shall eat and be satisfied. They shall praise Yahweh who seek after him. Let your hearts live forever. - + All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to Yahweh. All the relatives of the nations shall worship before you. - + For the kingdom is Yahweh’s. He is the ruler over the nations. - + All the rich ones of the earth shall eat and worship. All those who go down to the dust shall bow before him, even he who can’t keep his soul alive. - + Posterity shall serve him. Future generations shall be told about the Lord. - + They shall come and shall declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born, for he has done it. @@ -33086,23 +33086,23 @@ Yahweh is my shepherd; I shall lack nothing. - + He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. - + He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. - + Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. -Your rod and your staff, +Your rod and your staff, they comfort me. - + You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. -You anoint my head with oil. +You anoint my head with oil. My cup runs over. - + Surely goodness and loving kindness shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in Yahweh’s house forever. @@ -33111,20 +33111,20 @@ The earth is Yahweh’s, with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell in it. - + For he has founded it on the seas, and established it on the floods. Who may ascend to Yahweh’s hill? Who may stand in his holy place? - + He who has clean hands and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, and has not sworn deceitfully. - + He shall receive a blessing from Yahweh, righteousness from the God of his salvation. - + This is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek your face—even Jacob. Selah. @@ -33132,15 +33132,15 @@ Lift up your heads, you gates! Be lifted up, you everlasting doors, and the King of glory will come in. - + Who is the King of glory? Yahweh strong and mighty, Yahweh mighty in battle. - + Lift up your heads, you gates; yes, lift them up, you everlasting doors, and the King of glory will come in. - + Who is this King of glory? Yahweh of Armies is the King of glory! Selah. @@ -33149,70 +33149,70 @@
By David. To you, Yahweh, I lift up my soul. - + My God, I have trusted in you. Don’t let me be shamed. Don’t let my enemies triumph over me. - + Yes, no one who waits for you will be shamed. They will be shamed who deal treacherously without cause. Show me your ways, Yahweh. Teach me your paths. - + Guide me in your truth, and teach me, For you are the God of my salvation. I wait for you all day long. - + Yahweh, remember your tender mercies and your loving kindness, for they are from old times. - + Don’t remember the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions. Remember me according to your loving kindness, for your goodness’ sake, Yahweh. - + Good and upright is Yahweh, therefore he will instruct sinners in the way. - + He will guide the humble in justice. He will teach the humble his way. - + All the paths of Yahweh are loving kindness and truth to such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. - + For your name’s sake, Yahweh, pardon my iniquity, for it is great. - + What man is he who fears Yahweh? He shall instruct him in the way that he shall choose. - + His soul will dwell at ease. His offspring will inherit the land. - + The friendship of Yahweh is with those who fear him. He will show them his covenant. My eyes are ever on Yahweh, for he will pluck my feet out of the net. - + Turn to me, and have mercy on me, for I am desolate and afflicted. - + The troubles of my heart are enlarged. Oh bring me out of my distresses. - + Consider my affliction and my travail. Forgive all my sins. - + Consider my enemies, for they are many. They hate me with cruel hatred. - + Oh keep my soul, and deliver me. Let me not be disappointed, for I take refuge in you. - + Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you. - + God, redeem Israel out of all his troubles.
@@ -33221,28 +33221,28 @@ Judge me, Yahweh, for I have walked in my integrity. I have trusted also in Yahweh without wavering. - + Examine me, Yahweh, and prove me. Try my heart and my mind. - + For your loving kindness is before my eyes. I have walked in your truth. - + I have not sat with deceitful men, neither will I go in with hypocrites. - + I hate the assembly of evildoers, and will not sit with the wicked. - + I will wash my hands in innocence, so I will go about your altar, Yahweh, that I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard and tell of all your wondrous deeds. - + Yahweh, I love the habitation of your house, the place where your glory dwells. - + Don’t gather my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloodthirsty men @@ -33251,7 +33251,7 @@ But as for me, I will walk in my integrity. Redeem me, and be merciful to me. - + My foot stands in an even place. In the congregations I will bless Yahweh. @@ -33260,58 +33260,58 @@ Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? -Yahweh is the strength of my life. +Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid? - + When evildoers came at me to eat up my flesh, even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell. - + Though an army should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear. -Though war should rise against me, +Though war should rise against me, even then I will be confident. - + One thing I have asked of Yahweh, that I will seek after: that I may dwell in Yahweh’s house all the days of my life, to see Yahweh’s beauty, and to inquire in his temple. - + For in the day of trouble, he will keep me secretly in his pavilion. In the secret place of his tabernacle, he will hide me. He will lift me up on a rock. - + Now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me. -I will offer sacrifices of joy in his tent. +I will offer sacrifices of joy in his tent. I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to Yahweh. Hear, Yahweh, when I cry with my voice. Have mercy also on me, and answer me. - + When you said, “Seek my face,” my heart said to you, “I will seek your face, Yahweh.” - + Don’t hide your face from me. Don’t put your servant away in anger. -You have been my help. +You have been my help. Don’t abandon me, neither forsake me, God of my salvation. - + When my father and my mother forsake me, then Yahweh will take me up. - + Teach me your way, Yahweh. Lead me in a straight path, because of my enemies. - + Don’t deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen up against me, such as breathe out cruelty. - + I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of Yahweh in the land of the living. - + Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. -Yes, wait for Yahweh. +Yes, wait for Yahweh.
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/><w lemma="strong:H1288">Blessed</w> <w lemma="strong:H1288">be</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">Yahweh</w>, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H3588">because</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">he</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">has</w> <w lemma="strong:H8085">heard</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">the</w> <w lemma="strong:H6963">voice</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H8085">my</w> petitions. -<verse eID="Ps.28.6.seID.14812" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.28.6.seID.14812" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.28.7" sID="Ps.28.7.seID.14813" n="7" /><w lemma="strong:H3068">Yahweh</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">is</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">my</w> <w lemma="strong:H5797">strength</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">and</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">my</w> <w lemma="strong:H4043">shield</w>. </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H3068">My</w> <w lemma="strong:H3820">heart</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">has</w> <w lemma="strong:H982">trusted</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">in</w> <w 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</l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H1931">He</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">is</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">a</w> <w lemma="strong:H4581">stronghold</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H3444">salvation</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">to</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">his</w> <w lemma="strong:H4899">anointed</w>. -<verse eID="Ps.28.8.seID.14814" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.28.8.seID.14814" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.28.9" sID="Ps.28.9.seID.14815" n="9" /><w lemma="strong:H3467">Save</w> <w lemma="strong:H5375">your</w> <w lemma="strong:H5971">people</w>, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H5769">and</w> <w lemma="strong:H1288">bless</w> <w lemma="strong:H5375">your</w> <w lemma="strong:H5159">inheritance</w>. -</l></lg><lg><l level="1"><w lemma="strong:H1288">Be</w> <w lemma="strong:H5375">their</w> <w lemma="strong:H7462">shepherd</w> <w lemma="strong:H853">also</w>, +</l><l level="1"><w lemma="strong:H1288">Be</w> <w lemma="strong:H5375">their</w> <w lemma="strong:H7462">shepherd</w> <w lemma="strong:H853">also</w>, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H5769">and</w> <w lemma="strong:H5375">bear</w> <w lemma="strong:H853">them</w> <w lemma="strong:H5375">up</w> <w lemma="strong:H5769">forever</w>. <verse eID="Ps.28.9.seID.14815" /></l></lg></div><chapter eID="Ps.28.seID.14806" /> <chapter osisID="Ps.29" sID="Ps.29.seID.14816" n="29" /> @@ -33357,34 +33357,34 @@ Ascribe to Yahweh, you sons of the mighty, ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength. - + Ascribe to Yahweh the glory due to his name. Worship Yahweh in holy array. Yahweh’s voice is on the waters. The God of glory thunders, even Yahweh on many waters. - + Yahweh’s voice is powerful. Yahweh’s voice is full of majesty. - + Yahweh’s voice breaks the cedars. Yes, Yahweh breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon. - + He makes them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young, wild ox. - + Yahweh’s voice strikes with flashes of lightning. Yahweh’s voice shakes the wilderness. Yahweh shakes the wilderness of Kadesh. - + Yahweh’s voice makes the deer calve, and strips the forests bare. In his temple everything says, “Glory!” Yahweh sat enthroned at the Flood. Yes, Yahweh sits as King forever. - + Yahweh will give strength to his people. Yahweh will bless his people with peace.
@@ -33393,44 +33393,44 @@ I will extol you, Yahweh, for you have raised me up, and have not made my foes to rejoice over me. - + Yahweh my God, I cried to you, and you have healed me. - + Yahweh, you have brought up my soul from Sheol. 30:3 Sheol is the place of the dead. You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. - + Sing praise to Yahweh, you saints of his. Give thanks to his holy name. - + For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. -Weeping may stay for the night, +Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning. - + As for me, I said in my prosperity, “I shall never be moved.” - + You, Yahweh, when you favored me, made my mountain stand strong; but when you hid your face, I was troubled. - + I cried to you, Yahweh. I made supplication to the Lord: - + “What profit is there in my destruction, if I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise you? Shall it declare your truth? - + Hear, Yahweh, and have mercy on me. Yahweh, be my helper.” - + You have turned my mourning into dancing for me. You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness, to the end that my heart may sing praise to you, and not be silent. -Yahweh my God, I will give thanks to you forever! +Yahweh my God, I will give thanks to you forever!
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. @@ -33438,86 +33438,86 @@ <verse osisID="Ps.31.1" sID="Ps.31.1.seID.14842" n="1" /><w lemma="strong:H1732">In</w> you, Yahweh, I take refuge. </l><l level="2">Let me never <w lemma="strong:H1732">be</w> disappointed. </l><l level="2">Deliver me <w lemma="strong:H1732">in</w> <w lemma="strong:H1732">your</w> righteousness. -<verse eID="Ps.31.1.seID.14842" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.31.1.seID.14842" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.31.2" sID="Ps.31.2.seID.14843" n="2" />Bow down <w lemma="strong:H3068">your</w> ear <w lemma="strong:H3068">to</w> <w lemma="strong:H954">me</w>. </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H6403">Deliver</w> <w lemma="strong:H954">me</w> speedily. -</l></lg><lg><l level="1"><w lemma="strong:H408">Be</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">to</w> <w lemma="strong:H954">me</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">a</w> strong rock, +</l><l level="1"><w lemma="strong:H408">Be</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">to</w> <w lemma="strong:H954">me</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">a</w> strong rock, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H3068">a</w> house <w lemma="strong:H3068">of</w> defense <w lemma="strong:H3068">to</w> save <w lemma="strong:H954">me</w>. -<verse eID="Ps.31.2.seID.14843" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.31.2.seID.14843" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.31.3" sID="Ps.31.3.seID.14844" n="3" /><w lemma="strong:H413">For</w> <w lemma="strong:H413">you</w> <w lemma="strong:H1004">are</w> <w lemma="strong:H1961">my</w> <w lemma="strong:H6697">rock</w> <w lemma="strong:H1004">and</w> <w lemma="strong:H1961">my</w> <w lemma="strong:H4581">fortress</w>, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H1961">therefore</w> <w lemma="strong:H413">for</w> <w lemma="strong:H5186">your</w> name’s sake <w lemma="strong:H413">lead</w> <w lemma="strong:H413">me</w> <w lemma="strong:H1004">and</w> guide <w lemma="strong:H413">me</w>. -<verse eID="Ps.31.3.seID.14844" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.31.3.seID.14844" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.31.4" sID="Ps.31.4.seID.14845" n="4" />Pluck <w lemma="strong:H8034">me</w> out <w lemma="strong:H8034">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">the</w> <w lemma="strong:H4686">net</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">that</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">they</w> <w lemma="strong:H859">have</w> laid secretly <w lemma="strong:H3588">for</w> <w lemma="strong:H8034">me</w>, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H3588">for</w> <w lemma="strong:H859">you</w> <w lemma="strong:H859">are</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">my</w> stronghold. -<verse eID="Ps.31.4.seID.14845" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.31.4.seID.14845" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.31.5" sID="Ps.31.5.seID.14846" n="5" /><w lemma="strong:H3318">Into</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">your</w> hand <w lemma="strong:H3588">I</w> commend <w lemma="strong:H3318">my</w> spirit. </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H859">You</w> redeem <w lemma="strong:H3318">me</w>, Yahweh, God <w lemma="strong:H4581">of</w> truth. -<verse eID="Ps.31.5.seID.14846" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.31.5.seID.14846" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.31.6" sID="Ps.31.6.seID.14847" n="6" /><w lemma="strong:H3068">I</w> hate <w lemma="strong:H853">those</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">who</w> regard lying vanities, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H3068">but</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">I</w> trust <w lemma="strong:H3068">in</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">Yahweh</w>. -<verse eID="Ps.31.6.seID.14847" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.31.6.seID.14847" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.31.7" sID="Ps.31.7.seID.14848" n="7" /><w lemma="strong:H589">I</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">will</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">be</w> glad <w lemma="strong:H3068">and</w> rejoice <w lemma="strong:H413">in</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">your</w> loving kindness, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H413">for</w> <w lemma="strong:H413">you</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">have</w> seen <w lemma="strong:H8104">my</w> affliction. </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H413">You</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">have</w> known <w lemma="strong:H8104">my</w> soul <w lemma="strong:H413">in</w> adversities. -<verse eID="Ps.31.7.seID.14848" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.31.7.seID.14848" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.31.8" sID="Ps.31.8.seID.14849" n="8" /><w lemma="strong:H834">You</w> <w lemma="strong:H834">have</w> <w lemma="strong:H5315">not</w> shut <w lemma="strong:H5315">me</w> <w lemma="strong:H7200">up</w> <w lemma="strong:H7200">into</w> <w lemma="strong:H853">the</w> hand <w lemma="strong:H5315">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H853">the</w> enemy. </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H834">You</w> <w lemma="strong:H834">have</w> <w lemma="strong:H834">set</w> <w lemma="strong:H7200">my</w> feet <w lemma="strong:H5315">in</w> <w lemma="strong:H7200">a</w> large place. -<verse eID="Ps.31.8.seID.14849" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.31.8.seID.14849" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.31.9" sID="Ps.31.9.seID.14850" n="9" /><w lemma="strong:H3808">Have</w> mercy <w lemma="strong:H3027">on</w> <w lemma="strong:H3808">me</w>, Yahweh, <w lemma="strong:H3027">for</w> <w lemma="strong:H3808">I</w> am <w lemma="strong:H5975">in</w> <w lemma="strong:H3027">distress</w>. </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H3027">My</w> eye, <w lemma="strong:H3027">my</w> soul, <w lemma="strong:H3027">and</w> <w lemma="strong:H3027">my</w> body waste away <w lemma="strong:H3027">with</w> grief. -<verse eID="Ps.31.9.seID.14850" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.31.9.seID.14850" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.31.10" sID="Ps.31.10.seID.14851" n="10" /><w lemma="strong:H3588">For</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">my</w> <w lemma="strong:H5315">life</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">is</w> spent <w lemma="strong:H3068">with</w> sorrow, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H3068">my</w> years <w lemma="strong:H3068">with</w> sighing. -</l></lg><lg><l level="1"><w lemma="strong:H3068">My</w> <w lemma="strong:H5315">strength</w> fails <w lemma="strong:H3588">because</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">my</w> iniquity. +</l><l level="1"><w lemma="strong:H3068">My</w> <w lemma="strong:H5315">strength</w> fails <w lemma="strong:H3588">because</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">my</w> iniquity. </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H3068">My</w> bones <w lemma="strong:H5869">are</w> <w lemma="strong:H6244">wasted</w> <w lemma="strong:H6244">away</w>. -<verse eID="Ps.31.10.seID.14851" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.31.10.seID.14851" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.31.11" sID="Ps.31.11.seID.14852" n="11" /><w lemma="strong:H3588">Because</w> <w lemma="strong:H8141">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H3615">all</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">my</w> adversaries <w lemma="strong:H3588">I</w> <w lemma="strong:H5771">have</w> become utterly contemptible <w lemma="strong:H8141">to</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">my</w> neighbors, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H3588">a</w> horror <w lemma="strong:H8141">to</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">my</w> acquaintances. </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H3588">Those</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">who</w> saw <w lemma="strong:H3615">me</w> <w lemma="strong:H3615">on</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">the</w> street fled <w lemma="strong:H6106">from</w> <w lemma="strong:H3615">me</w>. -<verse eID="Ps.31.11.seID.14852" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.31.11.seID.14852" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.31.12" sID="Ps.31.12.seID.14853" n="12" /><w lemma="strong:H3045">I</w> <w lemma="strong:H1961">am</w> forgotten <w lemma="strong:H4480">from</w> <w lemma="strong:H3605">their</w> hearts <w lemma="strong:H1961">like</w> <w lemma="strong:H1961">a</w> dead <w lemma="strong:H3605">man</w>. </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H3045">I</w> <w lemma="strong:H1961">am</w> <w lemma="strong:H1961">like</w> broken pottery. -<verse eID="Ps.31.12.seID.14853" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.31.12.seID.14853" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.31.13" sID="Ps.31.13.seID.14854" n="13" /><w lemma="strong:H4191">For</w> <w lemma="strong:H3820">I</w> <w lemma="strong:H1961">have</w> heard <w lemma="strong:H1961">the</w> slander <w lemma="strong:H3627">of</w> many, terror <w lemma="strong:H1961">on</w> every side, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H1961">while</w> <w lemma="strong:H7911">they</w> conspire together against <w lemma="strong:H7911">me</w>, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H7911">they</w> plot <w lemma="strong:H4191">to</w> <w lemma="strong:H1961">take</w> away <w lemma="strong:H1961">my</w> <w lemma="strong:H4191">life</w>. -<verse eID="Ps.31.13.seID.14854" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.31.13.seID.14854" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.31.14" sID="Ps.31.14.seID.14855" n="14" /><w lemma="strong:H3588">But</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">I</w> trust <w lemma="strong:H5921">in</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">you</w>, Yahweh. </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H3588">I</w> <w lemma="strong:H8085">said</w>, “<w lemma="strong:H3588">You</w> <w lemma="strong:H5315">are</w> <w lemma="strong:H8085">my</w> God.” -<verse eID="Ps.31.14.seID.14855" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.31.14.seID.14855" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.31.15" sID="Ps.31.15.seID.14856" n="15" /><w lemma="strong:H3068">My</w> times <w lemma="strong:H3068">are</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">in</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">your</w> hand. </l><l level="2">Deliver <w lemma="strong:H5921">me</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">from</w> <w lemma="strong:H559">the</w> hand <w lemma="strong:H430">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">my</w> enemies, <w lemma="strong:H3068">and</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">from</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">those</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">who</w> persecute <w lemma="strong:H5921">me</w>. -<verse eID="Ps.31.15.seID.14856" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.31.15.seID.14856" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.31.16" sID="Ps.31.16.seID.14857" n="16" /><w lemma="strong:H3027">Make</w> <w lemma="strong:H3027">your</w> face <w lemma="strong:H6256">to</w> shine <w lemma="strong:H3027">on</w> <w lemma="strong:H3027">your</w> servant. </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H5337">Save</w> <w lemma="strong:H7291">me</w> <w lemma="strong:H3027">in</w> <w lemma="strong:H3027">your</w> loving kindness. -<verse eID="Ps.31.16.seID.14857" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.31.16.seID.14857" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.31.17" sID="Ps.31.17.seID.14858" n="17" />Let <w lemma="strong:H6440">me</w> <w lemma="strong:H3467">not</w> <w lemma="strong:H5650">be</w> disappointed, Yahweh, <w lemma="strong:H5921">for</w> <w lemma="strong:H5650">I</w> <w lemma="strong:H5650">have</w> called <w lemma="strong:H5921">on</w> <w lemma="strong:H6440">you</w>. </l><l level="2">Let <w lemma="strong:H6440">the</w> wicked <w lemma="strong:H5650">be</w> disappointed. </l><l level="2">Let <w lemma="strong:H5921">them</w> <w lemma="strong:H5650">be</w> silent <w lemma="strong:H5921">in</w> Sheol.<note type="translation" osisRef="Ps.31.17" osisID="Ps.31.17!note.1" placement="foot"> <reference type="source" osisRef="Ps.31.17">31:17 </reference>Sheol is the place of the dead.</note> -<verse eID="Ps.31.17.seID.14858" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.31.17.seID.14858" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.31.18" sID="Ps.31.18.seID.14859" n="18" /><w lemma="strong:H408">Let</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">the</w> lying lips <w lemma="strong:H408">be</w> mute, </l><l level="2">which speak against <w lemma="strong:H3588">the</w> righteous insolently, <w lemma="strong:H3068">with</w> pride <w lemma="strong:H3068">and</w> contempt. -<verse eID="Ps.31.18.seID.14859" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.31.18.seID.14859" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.31.19" sID="Ps.31.19.seID.14860" n="19" />Oh how great <w lemma="strong:H6662">is</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">your</w> goodness, </l><l level="2">which <w lemma="strong:H5921">you</w> <w lemma="strong:H1696">have</w> laid <w lemma="strong:H5921">up</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">for</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">those</w> <w lemma="strong:H6662">who</w> fear <w lemma="strong:H5921">you</w>, </l><l level="2">which <w lemma="strong:H5921">you</w> <w lemma="strong:H1696">have</w> worked <w lemma="strong:H5921">for</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">those</w> <w lemma="strong:H6662">who</w> take refuge <w lemma="strong:H5921">in</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">you</w>, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H5921">before</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">the</w> sons <w lemma="strong:H5921">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H6662">men</w>! -<verse eID="Ps.31.19.seID.14860" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.31.19.seID.14860" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.31.20" sID="Ps.31.20.seID.14861" n="20" /><w lemma="strong:H1121">In</w> <w lemma="strong:H834">the</w> <w lemma="strong:H2620">shelter</w> <w lemma="strong:H1121">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H834">your</w> <w lemma="strong:H5048">presence</w> <w lemma="strong:H834">you</w> <w lemma="strong:H834">will</w> <w lemma="strong:H6845">hide</w> <w lemma="strong:H5048">them</w> <w lemma="strong:H1121">from</w> <w lemma="strong:H834">the</w> plotting <w lemma="strong:H1121">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H120">man</w>. </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H834">You</w> <w lemma="strong:H834">will</w> <w lemma="strong:H6845">keep</w> <w lemma="strong:H5048">them</w> <w lemma="strong:H6845">secretly</w> <w lemma="strong:H1121">in</w> <w lemma="strong:H834">a</w> dwelling <w lemma="strong:H5048">away</w> <w lemma="strong:H1121">from</w> <w lemma="strong:H834">the</w> strife <w lemma="strong:H1121">of</w> tongues. -<verse eID="Ps.31.20.seID.14861" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.31.20.seID.14861" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.31.21" sID="Ps.31.21.seID.14862" n="21" />Praise <w lemma="strong:H376">be</w> <w lemma="strong:H376">to</w> Yahweh, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H376">for</w> <w lemma="strong:H376">he</w> <w lemma="strong:H376">has</w> shown <w lemma="strong:H6440">me</w> <w lemma="strong:H376">his</w> marvelous loving kindness <w lemma="strong:H376">in</w> <w lemma="strong:H376">a</w> strong city. -<verse eID="Ps.31.21.seID.14862" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.31.21.seID.14862" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.31.22" sID="Ps.31.22.seID.14863" n="22" /><w lemma="strong:H3068">As</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">for</w> <w lemma="strong:H1288">me</w>, <w lemma="strong:H3588">I</w> said <w lemma="strong:H3068">in</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">my</w> haste, “<w lemma="strong:H3588">I</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">am</w> cut off <w lemma="strong:H3068">from</w> before <w lemma="strong:H3068">your</w> eyes.” </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H3588">Nevertheless</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">you</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">heard</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">the</w> voice <w lemma="strong:H3068">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">my</w> petitions <w lemma="strong:H3588">when</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">I</w> cried <w lemma="strong:H3068">to</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">you</w>. -<verse eID="Ps.31.22.seID.14863" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.31.22.seID.14863" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.31.23" sID="Ps.31.23.seID.14864" n="23" />Oh love Yahweh, all <w lemma="strong:H413">you</w> <w lemma="strong:H8085">his</w> saints! </l><l level="2">Yahweh preserves <w lemma="strong:H559">the</w> faithful, -</l></lg><lg><l level="1"><w lemma="strong:H5869">and</w> fully recompenses <w lemma="strong:H413">him</w> <w lemma="strong:H559">who</w> behaves arrogantly. -<verse eID="Ps.31.23.seID.14864" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +</l><l level="1"><w lemma="strong:H5869">and</w> fully recompenses <w lemma="strong:H413">him</w> <w lemma="strong:H559">who</w> behaves arrogantly. +<verse eID="Ps.31.23.seID.14864" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.31.24" sID="Ps.31.24.seID.14865" n="24" /><w lemma="strong:H3068">Be</w> strong, <w lemma="strong:H3068">and</w> let <w lemma="strong:H3068">your</w> heart take courage, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H3605">all</w> <w lemma="strong:H3605">you</w> <w lemma="strong:H3605">who</w> hope <w lemma="strong:H5921">in</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">Yahweh</w>. <verse eID="Ps.31.24.seID.14865" /></l></lg></div><chapter eID="Ps.31.seID.14841" /> @@ -33526,39 +33526,39 @@ Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is covered. - + Blessed is the man to whom Yahweh doesn’t impute iniquity, in whose spirit there is no deceit. - + When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. - + For day and night your hand was heavy on me. My strength was sapped in the heat of summer. Selah. - + I acknowledged my sin to you. I didn’t hide my iniquity. -I said, I will confess my transgressions to Yahweh, +I said, I will confess my transgressions to Yahweh, and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah. - + For this, let everyone who is godly pray to you in a time when you may be found. Surely when the great waters overflow, they shall not reach to him. - + You are my hiding place. You will preserve me from trouble. You will surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah. - + I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you. - + Don’t be like the horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding, who are controlled by bit and bridle, or else they will not come near to you. - + Many sorrows come to the wicked, but loving kindness shall surround him who trusts in Yahweh. - + Be glad in Yahweh, and rejoice, you righteous! Shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart!
@@ -33566,66 +33566,66 @@ Rejoice in Yahweh, you righteous! Praise is fitting for the upright. - + Give thanks to Yahweh with the lyre. Sing praises to him with the harp of ten strings. - + Sing to him a new song. Play skillfully with a shout of joy! - + For Yahweh’s word is right. All his work is done in faithfulness. - + He loves righteousness and justice. The earth is full of the loving kindness of Yahweh. - + By Yahweh’s word, the heavens were made: all their army by the breath of his mouth. - + He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap. He lays up the deeps in storehouses. - + Let all the earth fear Yahweh. Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. - + For he spoke, and it was done. He commanded, and it stood firm. - + Yahweh brings the counsel of the nations to nothing. He makes the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect. - + The counsel of Yahweh stands fast forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations. - + Blessed is the nation whose God is Yahweh, the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance. - + Yahweh looks from heaven. He sees all the sons of men. - + From the place of his habitation he looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth, he who fashions all of their hearts; and he considers all of their works. - + There is no king saved by the multitude of an army. A mighty man is not delivered by great strength. - + A horse is a vain thing for safety, neither does he deliver any by his great power. - + Behold, Yahweh’s eye is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his loving kindness, to deliver their soul from death, to keep them alive in famine. - + Our soul has waited for Yahweh. He is our help and our shield. - + For our heart rejoices in him, because we have trusted in his holy name. - + Let your loving kindness be on us, Yahweh, since we have hoped in you. @@ -33637,67 +33637,67 @@ 34:1 Psalm 34 is an acrostic poem, with each verse starting with a letter of the alphabet (ordered from Alef to Tav). I will bless Yahweh at all times. His praise will always be in my mouth. - + My soul shall boast in Yahweh. The humble shall hear of it and be glad. - + Oh magnify Yahweh with me. Let’s exalt his name together. - + I sought Yahweh, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears. - + They looked to him, and were radiant. Their faces shall never be covered with shame. - + This poor man cried, and Yahweh heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. - + Yahweh’s angel encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them. - + Oh taste and see that Yahweh is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him. - + Oh fear Yahweh, you his saints, for there is no lack with those who fear him. - + The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek Yahweh shall not lack any good thing. Come, you children, listen to me. I will teach you the fear of Yahweh. - + Who is someone who desires life, and loves many days, that he may see good? - + Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies. - + Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it. - + Yahweh’s eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry. - + Yahweh’s face is against those who do evil, to cut off their memory from the earth. - + The righteous cry, and Yahweh hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles. - + Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit. - + Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all. - + He protects all of his bones. Not one of them is broken. - + Evil shall kill the wicked. Those who hate the righteous shall be condemned. - + Yahweh redeems the soul of his servants. None of those who take refuge in him shall be condemned. @@ -33706,91 +33706,91 @@ Contend, Yahweh, with those who contend with me. Fight against those who fight against me. - + Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help. - + Brandish the spear and block those who pursue me. Tell my soul, “I am your salvation.” - + Let those who seek after my soul be disappointed and brought to dishonor. Let those who plot my ruin be turned back and confounded. - + Let them be as chaff before the wind, Yahweh’s angel driving them on. - + Let their way be dark and slippery, Yahweh’s angel pursuing them. - + For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul. - + Let destruction come on him unawares. Let his net that he has hidden catch himself. Let him fall into that destruction. My soul shall be joyful in Yahweh. It shall rejoice in his salvation. - + All my bones shall say, “Yahweh, who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him; yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?” - + Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don’t know about. - + They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul. But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting. My prayer returned into my own bosom. - + I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother. - + But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I didn’t know it. They tore at me, and didn’t cease. - + Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed their teeth at me. - + Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction, my precious life from the lions. - + I will give you thanks in the great assembly. I will praise you among many people. - + Don’t let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes. - + For they don’t speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land. - + Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me. They said, “Aha! Aha! Our eye has seen it!” - + You have seen it, Yahweh. Don’t keep silent. Lord, don’t be far from me. - + Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God! My Lord, contend for me! - + Vindicate me, Yahweh my God, according to your righteousness. Don’t let them gloat over me. - + Don’t let them say in their heart, “Aha! That’s the way we want it!” Don’t let them say, “We have swallowed him up!” - + Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me. Let those who favor my righteous cause shout for joy and be glad. Yes, let them say continually, “May Yahweh be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant!” - + My tongue shall talk about your righteousness and about your praise all day long. @@ -33798,39 +33798,39 @@ A revelation is within my heart about the disobedience of the wicked: There is no fear of God before his eyes. - + For he flatters himself in his own eyes, too much to detect and hate his sin. - + The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good. - + He plots iniquity on his bed. He sets himself in a way that is not good. He doesn’t abhor evil. Your loving kindness, Yahweh, is in the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the skies. - + Your righteousness is like the mountains of God. Your judgments are like a great deep. Yahweh, you preserve man and animal. - + How precious is your loving kindness, God! The children of men take refuge under the shadow of your wings. - + They shall be abundantly satisfied with the abundance of your house. You will make them drink of the river of your pleasures. - + For with you is the spring of life. In your light we will see light. - + Oh continue your loving kindness to those who know you, your righteousness to the upright in heart. - + Don’t let the foot of pride come against me. Don’t let the hand of the wicked drive me away. - + There the workers of iniquity are fallen. They are thrust down, and shall not be able to rise. @@ -33839,60 +33839,60 @@ Don’t fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness. - + For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither like the green herb. - + Trust in Yahweh, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture. - + Also delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart. - + Commit your way to Yahweh. Trust also in him, and he will do this: - + he will make your righteousness shine out like light, and your justice as the noon day sun. - + Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen. - + Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don’t fret; it leads only to evildoing. - + For evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for Yahweh shall inherit the land. - + For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for his place, he isn’t there. - + But the humble shall inherit the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. - + The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes at him with his teeth. - + The Lord will laugh at him, for he sees that his day is coming. - + The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, to kill those who are upright on the path. - + Their sword shall enter into their own heart. Their bows shall be broken. - + Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked. - + For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but Yahweh upholds the righteous. - + Yahweh knows the days of the perfect. Their inheritance shall be forever. - + They shall not be disappointed in the time of evil. In the days of famine they shall be satisfied. @@ -33900,68 +33900,68 @@ The enemies of Yahweh shall be like the beauty of the fields. They will vanish— vanish like smoke. - + The wicked borrow, and don’t pay back, but the righteous give generously. - + For such as are blessed by him shall inherit the land. Those who are cursed by him shall be cut off. - + A man’s steps are established by Yahweh. He delights in his way. - + Though he stumble, he shall not fall, for Yahweh holds him up with his hand. - + I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging for bread. - + All day long he deals graciously, and lends. His offspring is blessed. - + Depart from evil, and do good. Live securely forever. - + For Yahweh loves justice, and doesn’t forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off. - + The righteous shall inherit the land, and live in it forever. The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom. His tongue speaks justice. - + The law of his God is in his heart. None of his steps shall slide. - + The wicked watch the righteous, and seek to kill him. - + Yahweh will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged. - + Wait for Yahweh, and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it. I have seen the wicked in great power, spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil. - + But he passed away, and behold, he was not. Yes, I sought him, but he could not be found. - + Mark the perfect man, and see the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace. - + As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together. The future of the wicked shall be cut off. - + But the salvation of the righteous is from Yahweh. He is their stronghold in the time of trouble. - + Yahweh helps them and rescues them. He rescues them from the wicked and saves them, because they have taken refuge in him. @@ -33971,69 +33971,69 @@ Yahweh, don’t rebuke me in your wrath, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure. - + For your arrows have pierced me, your hand presses hard on me. - + There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation, neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin. - + For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me. - + My wounds are loathsome and corrupt because of my foolishness. - + I am in pain and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all day long. - + For my waist is filled with burning. There is no soundness in my flesh. - + I am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned by reason of the anguish of my heart. - + Lord, all my desire is before you. My groaning is not hidden from you. - + My heart throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it has also left me. - + My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand far away. - + They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long. - + But I, as a deaf man, don’t hear. I am as a mute man who doesn’t open his mouth. - + Yes, I am as a man who doesn’t hear, in whose mouth are no reproofs. - + For I hope in you, Yahweh. You will answer, Lord my God. - + For I said, “Don’t let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips.” - + For I am ready to fall. My pain is continually before me. - + For I will declare my iniquity. I will be sorry for my sin. - + But my enemies are vigorous and many. Those who hate me without reason are numerous. - + They who render evil for good are also adversaries to me, because I follow what is good. - + Don’t forsake me, Yahweh. My God, don’t be far from me. - + Hurry to help me, Lord, my salvation. @@ -34042,51 +34042,51 @@ I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.” - + I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred. - + My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned. -I spoke with my tongue: +I spoke with my tongue: “Yahweh, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am. - + Behold, you have made my days hand widths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. -Surely every man stands as a breath.” +Surely every man stands as a breath.” Selah. - + “Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather. - + Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you. - + Deliver me from all my transgressions. Don’t make me the reproach of the foolish. - + I was mute. I didn’t open my mouth, because you did it. - + Remove your scourge away from me. I am overcome by the blow of your hand. - + When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, you consume his wealth like a moth. -Surely every man is but a breath.” +Surely every man is but a breath.” Selah. - + “Hear my prayer, Yahweh, and give ear to my cry. Don’t be silent at my tears. -For I am a stranger with you, +For I am a stranger with you, a foreigner, as all my fathers were. - + Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away and exist no more.” @@ -34095,62 +34095,62 @@ I waited patiently for Yahweh. He turned to me, and heard my cry. - + He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. -He set my feet on a rock, +He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand. - + He has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God. Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in Yahweh. - + Blessed is the man who makes Yahweh his trust, and doesn’t respect the proud, nor such as turn away to lies. - + Many, Yahweh, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done, and your thoughts which are toward us. -They can’t be declared back to you. +They can’t be declared back to you. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be counted. - + Sacrifice and offering you didn’t desire. You have opened my ears. You have not required burnt offering and sin offering. - + Then I said, “Behold, I have come. It is written about me in the book in the scroll. - + I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your law is within my heart.” - + I have proclaimed glad news of righteousness in the great assembly. Behold, I will not seal my lips, Yahweh, you know. - + I have not hidden your righteousness within my heart. I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation. I have not concealed your loving kindness and your truth from the great assembly. - + Don’t withhold your tender mercies from me, Yahweh. Let your loving kindness and your truth continually preserve me. - + For innumerable evils have surrounded me. My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up. -They are more than the hairs of my head. +They are more than the hairs of my head. My heart has failed me. - + Be pleased, Yahweh, to deliver me. Hurry to help me, Yahweh. - + Let them be disappointed and confounded together who seek after my soul to destroy it. Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt. - + Let them be desolate by reason of their shame that tell me, “Aha! Aha!” - + Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let such as love your salvation say continually, “Let Yahweh be exalted!” - + But I am poor and needy. May the Lord think about me. -You are my help and my deliverer. +You are my help and my deliverer. Don’t delay, my God. @@ -34158,46 +34158,46 @@ Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil. - + Yahweh will preserve him, and keep him alive. He shall be blessed on the earth, and he will not surrender him to the will of his enemies. - + Yahweh will sustain him on his sickbed, and restore him from his bed of illness. - + I said, “Yahweh, have mercy on me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you.” - + My enemies speak evil against me: “When will he die, and his name perish?” - + If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it. - + All who hate me whisper together against me. They imagine the worst for me. - + “An evil disease”, they say, “has afflicted him. Now that he lies he shall rise up no more.” - + Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate bread with me, has lifted up his heel against me. But you, Yahweh, have mercy on me, and raise me up, that I may repay them. - + By this I know that you delight in me, because my enemy doesn’t triumph over me. - + As for me, you uphold me in my integrity, and set me in your presence forever. Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting! -Amen and amen. +Amen and amen.
BOOK 2 @@ -34207,26 +34207,26 @@ </l><l level="2">so my soul pants after you, God.<note type="translation" osisRef="Ps.42.1" osisID="Ps.42.1!note.1" placement="foot"> <reference type="source" osisRef="Ps.42.1">42:1 </reference>The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).</note> -<verse eID="Ps.42.1.seID.15077" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.42.1.seID.15077" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.42.2" sID="Ps.42.2.seID.15078" n="2" /><w lemma="strong:H5921">My</w> <w lemma="strong:H5315">soul</w> thirsts <w lemma="strong:H5921">for</w> <w lemma="strong:H430">God</w>, <w lemma="strong:H5921">for</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">the</w> <w lemma="strong:H5315">living</w> <w lemma="strong:H430">God</w>. </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H5921">When</w> <w lemma="strong:H5315">shall</w> <w lemma="strong:H3651">I</w> come <w lemma="strong:H430">and</w> appear <w lemma="strong:H413">before</w> <w lemma="strong:H430">God</w>? -<verse eID="Ps.42.2.seID.15078" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.42.2.seID.15078" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.42.3" sID="Ps.42.3.seID.15079" n="3" /><w lemma="strong:H7200">My</w> tears <w lemma="strong:H7200">have</w> been <w lemma="strong:H7200">my</w> food day <w lemma="strong:H935">and</w> night, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H5315">while</w> <w lemma="strong:H935">they</w> continually ask <w lemma="strong:H5315">me</w>, “Where <w lemma="strong:H430">is</w> <w lemma="strong:H7200">your</w> <w lemma="strong:H430">God</w>?” -<verse eID="Ps.42.3.seID.15079" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.42.3.seID.15079" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.42.4" sID="Ps.42.4.seID.15080" n="4" /><w lemma="strong:H3605">These</w> <w lemma="strong:H3605">things</w> <w lemma="strong:H3117">I</w> remember, <w lemma="strong:H430">and</w> pour <w lemma="strong:H413">out</w> <w lemma="strong:H3605">my</w> soul <w lemma="strong:H413">within</w> <w lemma="strong:H413">me</w>, </l><l level="2">how <w lemma="strong:H3117">I</w> <w lemma="strong:H1961">used</w> <w lemma="strong:H413">to</w> <w lemma="strong:H1961">go</w> <w lemma="strong:H413">with</w> <w lemma="strong:H3605">the</w> crowd, <w lemma="strong:H430">and</w> led <w lemma="strong:H413">them</w> <w lemma="strong:H413">to</w> <w lemma="strong:H430">God’s</w> house, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H413">with</w> <w lemma="strong:H3605">the</w> voice <w lemma="strong:H430">of</w> joy <w lemma="strong:H430">and</w> praise, <w lemma="strong:H1961">a</w> multitude keeping <w lemma="strong:H1961">a</w> holy <w lemma="strong:H3117">day</w>. -<verse eID="Ps.42.4.seID.15080" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.42.4.seID.15080" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.42.5" sID="Ps.42.5.seID.15081" n="5" /><w lemma="strong:H3588">Why</w> <w lemma="strong:H428">are</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">you</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">in</w> despair, <w lemma="strong:H5921">my</w> <w lemma="strong:H5315">soul</w>? </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H3588">Why</w> <w lemma="strong:H428">are</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">you</w> disturbed <w lemma="strong:H5921">within</w> <w lemma="strong:H5315">me</w>? -</l></lg><lg><l level="1">Hope <w lemma="strong:H5921">in</w> <w lemma="strong:H430">God</w>! +</l><l level="1">Hope <w lemma="strong:H5921">in</w> <w lemma="strong:H430">God</w>! </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H3588">For</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">I</w> <w lemma="strong:H1004">shall</w> <w lemma="strong:H5704">still</w> <w lemma="strong:H8426">praise</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">him</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">for</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">the</w> saving help <w lemma="strong:H1004">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">his</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">presence</w>. -<verse eID="Ps.42.5.seID.15081" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.42.5.seID.15081" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.42.6" sID="Ps.42.6.seID.15082" n="6" /><w lemma="strong:H5921">My</w> <w lemma="strong:H430">God</w>, <w lemma="strong:H5921">my</w> <w lemma="strong:H5315">soul</w> <w lemma="strong:H4100">is</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">in</w> <w lemma="strong:H7817">despair</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">within</w> <w lemma="strong:H5315">me</w>. </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H3588">Therefore</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">I</w> remember <w lemma="strong:H3588">you</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">from</w> <w lemma="strong:H6440">the</w> <w lemma="strong:H6440">land</w> <w lemma="strong:H430">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H6440">the</w> Jordan, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H6440">the</w> heights <w lemma="strong:H430">of</w> Hermon, <w lemma="strong:H5921">from</w> <w lemma="strong:H6440">the</w> hill Mizar. -<verse eID="Ps.42.6.seID.15082" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.42.6.seID.15082" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.42.7" sID="Ps.42.7.seID.15083" n="7" />Deep calls <w lemma="strong:H5921">to</w> deep <w lemma="strong:H5921">at</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">the</w> noise <w lemma="strong:H776">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">your</w> waterfalls. </l><l level="2">All <w lemma="strong:H5921">your</w> waves <w lemma="strong:H430">and</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">your</w> billows <w lemma="strong:H776">have</w> swept <w lemma="strong:H5921">over</w> <w lemma="strong:H5315">me</w>. <verse eID="Ps.42.7.seID.15083" /></l></lg><lb /><lg><l level="1"> @@ -34235,38 +34235,38 @@ </reference>“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.</note> <w lemma="strong:H6963">will</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">command</w> <w lemma="strong:H3605">his</w> loving kindness <w lemma="strong:H5921">in</w> <w lemma="strong:H3605">the</w> daytime. </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H5921">In</w> <w lemma="strong:H3605">the</w> night <w lemma="strong:H3605">his</w> song shall <w lemma="strong:H6963">be</w> <w lemma="strong:H413">with</w> <w lemma="strong:H413">me</w>: </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H7121">a</w> prayer <w lemma="strong:H413">to</w> <w lemma="strong:H3605">the</w> <w lemma="strong:H413">God</w> <w lemma="strong:H6963">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H3605">my</w> life. -<verse eID="Ps.42.8.seID.15084" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.42.8.seID.15084" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.42.9" sID="Ps.42.9.seID.15085" n="9" /><w lemma="strong:H6680">I</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">will</w> ask <w lemma="strong:H410">God</w>, <w lemma="strong:H3068">my</w> rock, “Why <w lemma="strong:H3068">have</w> <w lemma="strong:H6680">you</w> forgotten <w lemma="strong:H5973">me</w>? </l><l level="2">Why <w lemma="strong:H6680">do</w> <w lemma="strong:H6680">I</w> go mourning <w lemma="strong:H5973">because</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">the</w> oppression <w lemma="strong:H3068">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">the</w> enemy?” -<verse eID="Ps.42.9.seID.15085" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.42.9.seID.15085" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.42.10" sID="Ps.42.10.seID.15086" n="10" /><w lemma="strong:H410">As</w> <w lemma="strong:H3906">with</w> <w lemma="strong:H4100">a</w> sword <w lemma="strong:H559">in</w> <w lemma="strong:H559">my</w> bones, <w lemma="strong:H559">my</w> adversaries reproach <w lemma="strong:H7911">me</w>, </l><l level="2">while <w lemma="strong:H559">they</w> continually <w lemma="strong:H559">ask</w> <w lemma="strong:H7911">me</w>, “<w lemma="strong:H4100">Where</w> <w lemma="strong:H4100">is</w> <w lemma="strong:H7911">your</w> <w lemma="strong:H410">God</w>?” -<verse eID="Ps.42.10.seID.15086" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.42.10.seID.15086" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.42.11" sID="Ps.42.11.seID.15087" n="11" />Why <w lemma="strong:H3117">are</w> <w lemma="strong:H3605">you</w> <w lemma="strong:H413">in</w> despair, <w lemma="strong:H3605">my</w> soul? </l><l level="2">Why <w lemma="strong:H3117">are</w> <w lemma="strong:H3605">you</w> disturbed <w lemma="strong:H413">within</w> <w lemma="strong:H413">me</w>? -</l></lg><lg><l level="1">Hope <w lemma="strong:H413">in</w> <w lemma="strong:H430">God</w>! <w lemma="strong:H413">For</w> <w lemma="strong:H3117">I</w> <w lemma="strong:H3117">shall</w> <w lemma="strong:H559">still</w> praise <w lemma="strong:H413">him</w>, +</l><l level="1">Hope <w lemma="strong:H413">in</w> <w lemma="strong:H430">God</w>! <w lemma="strong:H413">For</w> <w lemma="strong:H3117">I</w> <w lemma="strong:H3117">shall</w> <w lemma="strong:H559">still</w> praise <w lemma="strong:H413">him</w>, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H3605">the</w> saving help <w lemma="strong:H430">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H3605">my</w> countenance, <w lemma="strong:H430">and</w> <w lemma="strong:H3605">my</w> <w lemma="strong:H430">God</w>. <verse eID="Ps.42.11.seID.15087" /></l></lg></div><chapter eID="Ps.42.seID.15076" /> <chapter osisID="Ps.43" sID="Ps.43.seID.15088" n="43" /> <lg><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.43.1" sID="Ps.43.1.seID.15089" n="1" /><w lemma="strong:H8199">Vindicate</w> <w lemma="strong:H3808">me</w>, <w lemma="strong:H430">God</w>, <w lemma="strong:H430">and</w> <w lemma="strong:H7378">plead</w> <w lemma="strong:H7378">my</w> <w lemma="strong:H7379">cause</w> <w lemma="strong:H376">against</w> <w lemma="strong:H376">an</w> ungodly <w lemma="strong:H1471">nation</w>. </l><l level="2">Oh, <w lemma="strong:H6403">deliver</w> <w lemma="strong:H3808">me</w> <w lemma="strong:H376">from</w> <w lemma="strong:H4820">deceitful</w> <w lemma="strong:H430">and</w> wicked <w lemma="strong:H376">men</w>. -<verse eID="Ps.43.1.seID.15089" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.43.1.seID.15089" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.43.2" sID="Ps.43.2.seID.15090" n="2" /><w lemma="strong:H3588">For</w> <w lemma="strong:H859">you</w> <w lemma="strong:H4100">are</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">the</w> <w lemma="strong:H430">God</w> <w lemma="strong:H430">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">my</w> <w lemma="strong:H4581">strength</w>. <w lemma="strong:H4100">Why</w> <w lemma="strong:H859">have</w> <w lemma="strong:H859">you</w> <w lemma="strong:H2186">rejected</w> <w lemma="strong:H1980">me</w>? </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H4100">Why</w> <w lemma="strong:H4100">do</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">I</w> <w lemma="strong:H1980">go</w> <w lemma="strong:H6937">mourning</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">because</w> <w lemma="strong:H430">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">the</w> <w lemma="strong:H3906">oppression</w> <w lemma="strong:H430">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">the</w> <w lemma="strong:H341">enemy</w>? -<verse eID="Ps.43.2.seID.15090" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.43.2.seID.15090" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.43.3" sID="Ps.43.3.seID.15091" n="3" />Oh, <w lemma="strong:H7971">send</w> <w lemma="strong:H7971">out</w> <w lemma="strong:H935">your</w> <w lemma="strong:H216">light</w> <w lemma="strong:H935">and</w> <w lemma="strong:H935">your</w> <w lemma="strong:H571">truth</w>. </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H7971">Let</w> <w lemma="strong:H413">them</w> <w lemma="strong:H5148">lead</w> <w lemma="strong:H413">me</w>. </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H7971">Let</w> <w lemma="strong:H413">them</w> <w lemma="strong:H935">bring</w> <w lemma="strong:H413">me</w> <w lemma="strong:H413">to</w> <w lemma="strong:H935">your</w> <w lemma="strong:H6944">holy</w> <w lemma="strong:H2022">hill</w>, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H413">to</w> <w lemma="strong:H935">your</w> <w lemma="strong:H4908">tents</w>. -<verse eID="Ps.43.3.seID.15091" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.43.3.seID.15091" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.43.4" sID="Ps.43.4.seID.15092" n="4" /><w lemma="strong:H935">Then</w> <w lemma="strong:H935">I</w> <w lemma="strong:H430">will</w> <w lemma="strong:H935">go</w> <w lemma="strong:H413">to</w> <w lemma="strong:H413">the</w> <w lemma="strong:H4196">altar</w> <w lemma="strong:H430">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H430">God</w>, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H413">to</w> <w lemma="strong:H430">God</w>, <w lemma="strong:H935">my</w> <w lemma="strong:H8057">exceeding</w> <w lemma="strong:H8057">joy</w>. -</l></lg><lg><l level="1"><w lemma="strong:H935">I</w> <w lemma="strong:H430">will</w> <w lemma="strong:H3034">praise</w> <w lemma="strong:H935">you</w> <w lemma="strong:H413">on</w> <w lemma="strong:H413">the</w> <w lemma="strong:H3658">harp</w>, <w lemma="strong:H430">God</w>, <w lemma="strong:H935">my</w> <w lemma="strong:H430">God</w>. -<verse eID="Ps.43.4.seID.15092" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +</l><l level="1"><w lemma="strong:H935">I</w> <w lemma="strong:H430">will</w> <w lemma="strong:H3034">praise</w> <w lemma="strong:H935">you</w> <w lemma="strong:H413">on</w> <w lemma="strong:H413">the</w> <w lemma="strong:H3658">harp</w>, <w lemma="strong:H430">God</w>, <w lemma="strong:H935">my</w> <w lemma="strong:H430">God</w>. +<verse eID="Ps.43.4.seID.15092" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.43.5" sID="Ps.43.5.seID.15093" n="5" /><w lemma="strong:H4100">Why</w> <w lemma="strong:H4100">are</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">you</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">in</w> <w lemma="strong:H7817">despair</w>, <w lemma="strong:H5921">my</w> <w lemma="strong:H5315">soul</w>? </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H4100">Why</w> <w lemma="strong:H4100">are</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">you</w> <w lemma="strong:H1993">disturbed</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">within</w> <w lemma="strong:H5315">me</w>? -</l></lg><lg><l level="1"><w lemma="strong:H3176">Hope</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">in</w> <w lemma="strong:H430">God</w>! +</l><l level="1"><w lemma="strong:H3176">Hope</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">in</w> <w lemma="strong:H430">God</w>! </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H3588">For</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">I</w> <w lemma="strong:H5315">shall</w> <w lemma="strong:H5750">still</w> <w lemma="strong:H3034">praise</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">him</w>: </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H5921">my</w> Savior, <w lemma="strong:H5921">my</w> helper, <w lemma="strong:H430">and</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">my</w> <w lemma="strong:H430">God</w>. <verse eID="Ps.43.5.seID.15093" /></l></lg><chapter eID="Ps.43.seID.15088" /> @@ -34276,90 +34276,90 @@ <verse osisID="Ps.44.1" sID="Ps.44.1.seID.15095" n="1" />We <w lemma="strong:H1121">have</w> heard <w lemma="strong:H5329">with</w> our ears, God; </l><l level="2">our fathers <w lemma="strong:H1121">have</w> told us what work you did <w lemma="strong:H1121">in</w> their days, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H1121">in</w> <w lemma="strong:H1121">the</w> days <w lemma="strong:H1121">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H1121">old</w>. -<verse eID="Ps.44.1.seID.15095" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.44.1.seID.15095" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.44.2" sID="Ps.44.2.seID.15096" n="2" /><w lemma="strong:H3117">You</w> drove <w lemma="strong:H6466">out</w> <w lemma="strong:H8085">the</w> nations <w lemma="strong:H3117">with</w> <w lemma="strong:H8085">your</w> hand, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H8085">but</w> <w lemma="strong:H3117">you</w> planted <w lemma="strong:H3117">them</w>. -</l></lg><lg><l level="1"><w lemma="strong:H3117">You</w> afflicted <w lemma="strong:H8085">the</w> peoples, +</l><l level="1"><w lemma="strong:H3117">You</w> afflicted <w lemma="strong:H8085">the</w> peoples, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H8085">but</w> <w lemma="strong:H3117">you</w> spread <w lemma="strong:H3117">them</w> abroad. -<verse eID="Ps.44.2.seID.15096" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.44.2.seID.15096" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.44.3" sID="Ps.44.3.seID.15097" n="3" /><w lemma="strong:H3027">For</w> <w lemma="strong:H3027">they</w> didn’t <w lemma="strong:H7971">get</w> <w lemma="strong:H7971">the</w> land <w lemma="strong:H1471">in</w> <w lemma="strong:H3423">possession</w> <w lemma="strong:H3027">by</w> <w lemma="strong:H7971">their</w> own sword, </l><l level="2">neither did <w lemma="strong:H7971">their</w> own <w lemma="strong:H3027">arm</w> save <w lemma="strong:H7971">them</w>; -</l></lg><lg><l level="1"><w lemma="strong:H859">but</w> <w lemma="strong:H7971">your</w> right <w lemma="strong:H3027">hand</w>, <w lemma="strong:H7971">your</w> <w lemma="strong:H3027">arm</w>, <w lemma="strong:H3027">and</w> <w lemma="strong:H7971">the</w> light <w lemma="strong:H3027">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H7971">your</w> face, +</l><l level="1"><w lemma="strong:H859">but</w> <w lemma="strong:H7971">your</w> right <w lemma="strong:H3027">hand</w>, <w lemma="strong:H7971">your</w> <w lemma="strong:H3027">arm</w>, <w lemma="strong:H3027">and</w> <w lemma="strong:H7971">the</w> light <w lemma="strong:H3027">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H7971">your</w> face, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H3027">because</w> <w lemma="strong:H859">you</w> <w lemma="strong:H3027">were</w> favorable <w lemma="strong:H7971">to</w> <w lemma="strong:H7971">them</w>. -<verse eID="Ps.44.3.seID.15097" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.44.3.seID.15097" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.44.4" sID="Ps.44.4.seID.15098" n="4" /><w lemma="strong:H3808">God</w>, <w lemma="strong:H3588">you</w> <w lemma="strong:H776">are</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">my</w> King. </l><l level="2">Command victories <w lemma="strong:H3588">for</w> Jacob! -<verse eID="Ps.44.4.seID.15098" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.44.4.seID.15098" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.44.5" sID="Ps.44.5.seID.15099" n="5" />Through <w lemma="strong:H859">you</w>, we <w lemma="strong:H430">will</w> push <w lemma="strong:H6680">down</w> <w lemma="strong:H430">our</w> adversaries. </l><l level="2">Through <w lemma="strong:H6680">your</w> name, we <w lemma="strong:H430">will</w> tread <w lemma="strong:H6680">down</w> <w lemma="strong:H1931">those</w> <w lemma="strong:H1931">who</w> rise <w lemma="strong:H4428">up</w> <w lemma="strong:H3290">against</w> us. -<verse eID="Ps.44.5.seID.15099" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.44.5.seID.15099" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.44.6" sID="Ps.44.6.seID.15100" n="6" /><w lemma="strong:H6862">For</w> <w lemma="strong:H6965">I</w> <w lemma="strong:H8034">will</w> not trust <w lemma="strong:H8034">in</w> <w lemma="strong:H6965">my</w> bow, </l><l level="2">neither <w lemma="strong:H8034">will</w> <w lemma="strong:H6965">my</w> sword save <w lemma="strong:H8034">me</w>. -<verse eID="Ps.44.6.seID.15100" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.44.6.seID.15100" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.44.7" sID="Ps.44.7.seID.15101" n="7" /><w lemma="strong:H3588">But</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">you</w> <w lemma="strong:H982">have</w> <w lemma="strong:H3467">saved</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">us</w> <w lemma="strong:H3808">from</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">our</w> adversaries, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H2719">and</w> <w lemma="strong:H982">have</w> shamed <w lemma="strong:H3588">those</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">who</w> hate <w lemma="strong:H3588">us</w>. -<verse eID="Ps.44.7.seID.15101" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.44.7.seID.15101" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.44.8" sID="Ps.44.8.seID.15102" n="8" /><w lemma="strong:H3588">In</w> God <w lemma="strong:H3588">we</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">have</w> made <w lemma="strong:H3588">our</w> boast <w lemma="strong:H954">all</w> day long. </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H3588">We</w> <w lemma="strong:H3467">will</w> give thanks <w lemma="strong:H954">to</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">your</w> name forever. </l><l type="selah">Selah.</l> <verse eID="Ps.44.8.seID.15102" /></lg><lb /><lg><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.44.9" sID="Ps.44.9.seID.15103" n="9" /><w lemma="strong:H3117">But</w> <w lemma="strong:H3117">now</w> <w lemma="strong:H3605">you</w> rejected <w lemma="strong:H3117">us</w>, <w lemma="strong:H430">and</w> brought <w lemma="strong:H3117">us</w> <w lemma="strong:H3117">to</w> dishonor, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H430">and</w> don’t go <w lemma="strong:H3605">out</w> <w lemma="strong:H430">with</w> <w lemma="strong:H3605">our</w> armies. -<verse eID="Ps.44.9.seID.15103" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.44.9.seID.15103" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.44.10" sID="Ps.44.10.seID.15104" n="10" /><w lemma="strong:H3808">You</w> make us <w lemma="strong:H637">turn</w> <w lemma="strong:H3318">back</w> <w lemma="strong:H3318">from</w> <w lemma="strong:H3318">the</w> adversary. </l><l level="2">Those <w lemma="strong:H6635">who</w> hate us <w lemma="strong:H3318">take</w> plunder <w lemma="strong:H6635">for</w> themselves. -<verse eID="Ps.44.10.seID.15104" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.44.10.seID.15104" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.44.11" sID="Ps.44.11.seID.15105" n="11" /><w lemma="strong:H7725">You</w> <w lemma="strong:H8130">have</w> <w lemma="strong:H7725">made</w> <w lemma="strong:H7725">us</w> <w lemma="strong:H7725">like</w> sheep <w lemma="strong:H4480">for</w> food, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H7725">and</w> <w lemma="strong:H8130">have</w> scattered <w lemma="strong:H7725">us</w> <w lemma="strong:H4480">among</w> <w lemma="strong:H4480">the</w> nations. -<verse eID="Ps.44.11.seID.15105" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.44.11.seID.15105" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.44.12" sID="Ps.44.12.seID.15106" n="12" /><w lemma="strong:H5414">You</w> <w lemma="strong:H5414">sell</w> <w lemma="strong:H5414">your</w> <w lemma="strong:H1471">people</w> <w lemma="strong:H5414">for</w> nothing, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H6629">and</w> <w lemma="strong:H1471">have</w> gained nothing <w lemma="strong:H1471">from</w> <w lemma="strong:H5414">their</w> sale. -<verse eID="Ps.44.12.seID.15106" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.44.12.seID.15106" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.44.13" sID="Ps.44.13.seID.15107" n="13" /><w lemma="strong:H3808">You</w> <w lemma="strong:H4376">make</w> <w lemma="strong:H5971">us</w> <w lemma="strong:H3808">a</w> reproach <w lemma="strong:H3808">to</w> <w lemma="strong:H5971">our</w> neighbors, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H3808">a</w> scoffing <w lemma="strong:H3808">and</w> <w lemma="strong:H3808">a</w> derision <w lemma="strong:H3808">to</w> those <w lemma="strong:H3808">who</w> <w lemma="strong:H3808">are</w> around <w lemma="strong:H5971">us</w>. -<verse eID="Ps.44.13.seID.15107" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.44.13.seID.15107" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.44.14" sID="Ps.44.14.seID.15108" n="14" /><w lemma="strong:H7760">You</w> <w lemma="strong:H7760">make</w> <w lemma="strong:H7760">us</w> <w lemma="strong:H7760">a</w> byword <w lemma="strong:H2781">among</w> <w lemma="strong:H7760">the</w> nations, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H7760">a</w> shaking <w lemma="strong:H2781">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H7760">the</w> head <w lemma="strong:H2781">among</w> <w lemma="strong:H7760">the</w> peoples. -<verse eID="Ps.44.14.seID.15108" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.44.14.seID.15108" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.44.15" sID="Ps.44.15.seID.15109" n="15" />All day long <w lemma="strong:H7760">my</w> dishonor <w lemma="strong:H7218">is</w> before <w lemma="strong:H7760">me</w>, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H7218">and</w> shame <w lemma="strong:H3816">covers</w> <w lemma="strong:H7760">my</w> face, <verse eID="Ps.44.15.seID.15109" /></l><l level="2"> <verse osisID="Ps.44.16" sID="Ps.44.16.seID.15110" n="16" /><w lemma="strong:H3117">at</w> <w lemma="strong:H3605">the</w> taunt <w lemma="strong:H3117">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H3605">one</w> <w lemma="strong:H3605">who</w> <w lemma="strong:H3639">reproaches</w> <w lemma="strong:H3117">and</w> verbally abuses, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H6440">because</w> <w lemma="strong:H3117">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H3605">the</w> enemy <w lemma="strong:H3117">and</w> <w lemma="strong:H3605">the</w> avenger. -<verse eID="Ps.44.16.seID.15110" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.44.16.seID.15110" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.44.17" sID="Ps.44.17.seID.15111" n="17" />All this has come <w lemma="strong:H6440">on</w> <w lemma="strong:H6440">us</w>, </l><l level="2">yet we haven’t forgotten <w lemma="strong:H6440">you</w>. </l><l level="2">We haven’t been false <w lemma="strong:H6440">to</w> <w lemma="strong:H6440">your</w> covenant. -<verse eID="Ps.44.17.seID.15111" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.44.17.seID.15111" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.44.18" sID="Ps.44.18.seID.15112" n="18" /><w lemma="strong:H3605">Our</w> heart <w lemma="strong:H3605">has</w> <w lemma="strong:H3808">not</w> turned <w lemma="strong:H935">back</w>, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H3808">neither</w> <w lemma="strong:H3605">have</w> <w lemma="strong:H3605">our</w> steps strayed <w lemma="strong:H935">from</w> <w lemma="strong:H3605">your</w> path, <verse eID="Ps.44.18.seID.15112" /></l><l level="2"> <verse osisID="Ps.44.19" sID="Ps.44.19.seID.15113" n="19" />though <w lemma="strong:H3808">you</w> <w lemma="strong:H3808">have</w> crushed <w lemma="strong:H4480">us</w> <w lemma="strong:H3808">in</w> <w lemma="strong:H4480">the</w> haunt <w lemma="strong:H4480">of</w> jackals, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H3820">and</w> covered <w lemma="strong:H4480">us</w> <w lemma="strong:H3820">with</w> <w lemma="strong:H4480">the</w> shadow <w lemma="strong:H4480">of</w> death. -<verse eID="Ps.44.19.seID.15113" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.44.19.seID.15113" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.44.20" sID="Ps.44.20.seID.15114" n="20" /><w lemma="strong:H3588">If</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">we</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">have</w> forgotten <w lemma="strong:H5921">the</w> name <w lemma="strong:H5921">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">our</w> God, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H3588">or</w> spread <w lemma="strong:H5921">out</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">our</w> hands <w lemma="strong:H5921">to</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">a</w> strange god, <verse eID="Ps.44.20.seID.15114" /></l><l level="2"> <verse osisID="Ps.44.21" sID="Ps.44.21.seID.15115" n="21" />won’t <w lemma="strong:H430">God</w> search <w lemma="strong:H518">this</w> <w lemma="strong:H6566">out</w>? </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H518">For</w> <w lemma="strong:H518">he</w> knows <w lemma="strong:H518">the</w> secrets <w lemma="strong:H430">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H518">the</w> heart. -<verse eID="Ps.44.21.seID.15115" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.44.21.seID.15115" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.44.22" sID="Ps.44.22.seID.15116" n="22" /><w lemma="strong:H3588">Yes</w>, <w lemma="strong:H3588">for</w> <w lemma="strong:H3045">your</w> sake <w lemma="strong:H3588">we</w> <w lemma="strong:H430">are</w> killed <w lemma="strong:H3045">all</w> day long. </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H3588">We</w> <w lemma="strong:H430">are</w> regarded <w lemma="strong:H3588">as</w> sheep <w lemma="strong:H3588">for</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">the</w> slaughter. -<verse eID="Ps.44.22.seID.15116" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.44.22.seID.15116" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.44.23" sID="Ps.44.23.seID.15117" n="23" />Wake <w lemma="strong:H5921">up</w>! </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H3588">Why</w> <w lemma="strong:H3605">do</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">you</w> sleep, Lord?<note type="translation" osisRef="Ps.44.23" osisID="Ps.44.23!note.1" placement="foot"> <reference type="source" osisRef="Ps.44.23">44:23 </reference>The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” </note> -</l></lg><lg><l level="1">Arise! +</l><l level="1">Arise! </l><l level="2">Don’t reject <w lemma="strong:H5921">us</w> <w lemma="strong:H3117">forever</w>. -<verse eID="Ps.44.23.seID.15117" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.44.23.seID.15117" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.44.24" sID="Ps.44.24.seID.15118" n="24" /><w lemma="strong:H4100">Why</w> <w lemma="strong:H408">do</w> <w lemma="strong:H4100">you</w> hide <w lemma="strong:H4100">your</w> face, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H3462">and</w> forget <w lemma="strong:H136">our</w> affliction <w lemma="strong:H3462">and</w> <w lemma="strong:H136">our</w> oppression? -<verse eID="Ps.44.24.seID.15118" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.44.24.seID.15118" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.44.25" sID="Ps.44.25.seID.15119" n="25" /><w lemma="strong:H6440">For</w> <w lemma="strong:H6440">our</w> soul <w lemma="strong:H4100">is</w> bowed <w lemma="strong:H6440">down</w> <w lemma="strong:H6440">to</w> <w lemma="strong:H6440">the</w> dust. </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H6440">Our</w> body clings <w lemma="strong:H6440">to</w> <w lemma="strong:H6440">the</w> earth. -<verse eID="Ps.44.25.seID.15119" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.44.25.seID.15119" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.44.26" sID="Ps.44.26.seID.15120" n="26" />Rise up <w lemma="strong:H776">to</w> help <w lemma="strong:H3588">us</w>. </l><l level="2">Redeem <w lemma="strong:H3588">us</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">for</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">your</w> loving kindness’ sake. <verse eID="Ps.44.26.seID.15120" /></l></lg></div><chapter eID="Ps.44.seID.15094" /> @@ -34369,53 +34369,53 @@ <verse osisID="Ps.45.1" sID="Ps.45.1.seID.15122" n="1" /><w lemma="strong:H5921">My</w> heart overflows <w lemma="strong:H5921">with</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">a</w> noble theme. </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H5921">I</w> recite <w lemma="strong:H5921">my</w> verses <w lemma="strong:H5921">for</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">the</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">king</w>. </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H5921">My</w> tongue <w lemma="strong:H1121">is</w> <w lemma="strong:H1121">like</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">the</w> pen <w lemma="strong:H1121">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">a</w> skillful writer. -<verse eID="Ps.45.1.seID.15122" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.45.1.seID.15122" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.45.2" sID="Ps.45.2.seID.15123" n="2" /><w lemma="strong:H3820">You</w> <w lemma="strong:H1697">are</w> <w lemma="strong:H559">the</w> <w lemma="strong:H4428">most</w> excellent <w lemma="strong:H4428">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H559">the</w> sons <w lemma="strong:H4428">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H559">men</w>. </l><l level="2">Grace <w lemma="strong:H4428">has</w> anointed <w lemma="strong:H559">your</w> lips, </l><l level="2">therefore <w lemma="strong:H559">God</w> <w lemma="strong:H4428">has</w> blessed <w lemma="strong:H3820">you</w> forever. -<verse eID="Ps.45.2.seID.15123" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.45.2.seID.15123" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.45.3" sID="Ps.45.3.seID.15124" n="3" />Strap <w lemma="strong:H5921">your</w> sword <w lemma="strong:H5921">on</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">your</w> thigh, <w lemma="strong:H430">O</w> <w lemma="strong:H430">mighty</w> <w lemma="strong:H120">one</w>, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H5921">in</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">your</w> splendor <w lemma="strong:H1121">and</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">your</w> majesty. -<verse eID="Ps.45.3.seID.15124" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.45.3.seID.15124" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.45.4" sID="Ps.45.4.seID.15125" n="4" /><w lemma="strong:H5921">In</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">your</w> <w lemma="strong:H1926">majesty</w> ride <w lemma="strong:H5921">on</w> victoriously <w lemma="strong:H5921">on</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">behalf</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">of</w> truth, humility, <w lemma="strong:H2719">and</w> righteousness. </l><l level="2">Let <w lemma="strong:H5921">your</w> right hand display awesome deeds. -<verse eID="Ps.45.4.seID.15125" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.45.4.seID.15125" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.45.5" sID="Ps.45.5.seID.15126" n="5" /><w lemma="strong:H5921">Your</w> arrows <w lemma="strong:H1697">are</w> sharp. </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H5921">The</w> nations fall <w lemma="strong:H5921">under</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">you</w>, <w lemma="strong:H5921">with</w> arrows <w lemma="strong:H5921">in</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">the</w> heart <w lemma="strong:H1697">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">the</w> king’s enemies. -<verse eID="Ps.45.5.seID.15126" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.45.5.seID.15126" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.45.6" sID="Ps.45.6.seID.15127" n="6" /><w lemma="strong:H8478">Your</w> throne, God, <w lemma="strong:H3820">is</w> forever <w lemma="strong:H4428">and</w> ever. </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H8478">A</w> scepter <w lemma="strong:H4428">of</w> equity <w lemma="strong:H3820">is</w> <w lemma="strong:H8478">the</w> scepter <w lemma="strong:H4428">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H8478">your</w> <w lemma="strong:H4428">kingdom</w>. -<verse eID="Ps.45.6.seID.15127" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.45.6.seID.15127" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.45.7" sID="Ps.45.7.seID.15128" n="7" /><w lemma="strong:H5769">You</w> <w lemma="strong:H430">have</w> loved righteousness, <w lemma="strong:H430">and</w> hated wickedness. </l><l level="2">Therefore <w lemma="strong:H430">God</w>, <w lemma="strong:H430">your</w> <w lemma="strong:H430">God</w>, <w lemma="strong:H430">has</w> anointed <w lemma="strong:H5769">you</w> <w lemma="strong:H430">with</w> <w lemma="strong:H430">the</w> oil <w lemma="strong:H430">of</w> gladness above <w lemma="strong:H430">your</w> fellows. -<verse eID="Ps.45.7.seID.15128" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.45.7.seID.15128" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.45.8" sID="Ps.45.8.seID.15129" n="8" />All <w lemma="strong:H5921">your</w> garments smell <w lemma="strong:H3651">like</w> myrrh, aloes, <w lemma="strong:H430">and</w> cassia. </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H5921">Out</w> <w lemma="strong:H430">of</w> ivory palaces stringed instruments <w lemma="strong:H157">have</w> made <w lemma="strong:H5921">you</w> glad. -<verse eID="Ps.45.8.seID.15129" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.45.8.seID.15129" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.45.9" sID="Ps.45.9.seID.15130" n="9" />Kings’ daughters <w lemma="strong:H8127">are</w> <w lemma="strong:H4480">among</w> <w lemma="strong:H3605">your</w> honorable women. </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H1964">At</w> <w lemma="strong:H3605">your</w> right hand <w lemma="strong:H3605">the</w> queen stands <w lemma="strong:H8055">in</w> gold <w lemma="strong:H4480">of</w> Ophir. -<verse eID="Ps.45.9.seID.15130" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.45.9.seID.15130" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.45.10" sID="Ps.45.10.seID.15131" n="10" />Listen, <w lemma="strong:H1323">daughter</w>, consider, <w lemma="strong:H4428">and</w> turn <w lemma="strong:H4428">your</w> ear. </l><l level="2">Forget <w lemma="strong:H4428">your</w> own people, <w lemma="strong:H4428">and</w> <w lemma="strong:H4428">also</w> <w lemma="strong:H4428">your</w> father’s house. <verse eID="Ps.45.10.seID.15131" /></l><l level="2"> <verse osisID="Ps.45.11" sID="Ps.45.11.seID.15132" n="11" /><w lemma="strong:H7200">So</w> <w lemma="strong:H8085">the</w> king <w lemma="strong:H1004">will</w> desire <w lemma="strong:H7200">your</w> beauty, </l><l level="2">honor <w lemma="strong:H7200">him</w>, <w lemma="strong:H1004">for</w> <w lemma="strong:H5186">he</w> <w lemma="strong:H1004">is</w> <w lemma="strong:H7200">your</w> lord. -<verse eID="Ps.45.11.seID.15132" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.45.11.seID.15132" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.45.12" sID="Ps.45.12.seID.15133" n="12" /><w lemma="strong:H3588">The</w> daughter <w lemma="strong:H4428">of</w> Tyre comes <w lemma="strong:H4428">with</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">a</w> gift. </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H3588">The</w> rich among <w lemma="strong:H3588">the</w> <w lemma="strong:H1931">people</w> entreat <w lemma="strong:H3588">your</w> <w lemma="strong:H4428">favor</w>. -<verse eID="Ps.45.12.seID.15133" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.45.12.seID.15133" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.45.13" sID="Ps.45.13.seID.15134" n="13" /><w lemma="strong:H6440">The</w> princess <w lemma="strong:H6440">inside</w> <w lemma="strong:H6440">is</w> all glorious. </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H1323">Her</w> clothing <w lemma="strong:H6440">is</w> interwoven <w lemma="strong:H6440">with</w> gold. -<verse eID="Ps.45.13.seID.15134" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.45.13.seID.15134" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.45.14" sID="Ps.45.14.seID.15135" n="14" />She <w lemma="strong:H4428">shall</w> <w lemma="strong:H4428">be</w> led <w lemma="strong:H4428">to</w> <w lemma="strong:H3605">the</w> <w lemma="strong:H4428">king</w> <w lemma="strong:H4428">in</w> embroidered work. </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H3605">The</w> virgins, <w lemma="strong:H3605">her</w> companions <w lemma="strong:H3605">who</w> follow <w lemma="strong:H3605">her</w>, <w lemma="strong:H4428">shall</w> <w lemma="strong:H4428">be</w> brought <w lemma="strong:H4428">to</w> <w lemma="strong:H3605">you</w>. -<verse eID="Ps.45.14.seID.15135" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.45.14.seID.15135" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.45.15" sID="Ps.45.15.seID.15136" n="15" /><w lemma="strong:H935">With</w> gladness <w lemma="strong:H935">and</w> rejoicing <w lemma="strong:H935">they</w> <w lemma="strong:H4428">shall</w> <w lemma="strong:H4428">be</w> <w lemma="strong:H2986">led</w>. </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H935">They</w> <w lemma="strong:H4428">shall</w> <w lemma="strong:H935">enter</w> <w lemma="strong:H935">into</w> <w lemma="strong:H935">the</w> <w lemma="strong:H4428">king’s</w> palace. -<verse eID="Ps.45.15.seID.15136" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.45.15.seID.15136" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.45.16" sID="Ps.45.16.seID.15137" n="16" /><w lemma="strong:H935">Your</w> sons <w lemma="strong:H4428">will</w> <w lemma="strong:H935">take</w> <w lemma="strong:H935">the</w> <w lemma="strong:H935">place</w> <w lemma="strong:H4428">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H935">your</w> fathers. </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H935">You</w> <w lemma="strong:H4428">shall</w> make <w lemma="strong:H935">them</w> princes <w lemma="strong:H935">in</w> all <w lemma="strong:H935">the</w> earth. -<verse eID="Ps.45.16.seID.15137" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.45.16.seID.15137" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.45.17" sID="Ps.45.17.seID.15138" n="17" /><w lemma="strong:H776">I</w> <w lemma="strong:H1961">will</w> <w lemma="strong:H7896">make</w> <w lemma="strong:H3605">your</w> name <w lemma="strong:H1961">to</w> <w lemma="strong:H1961">be</w> remembered <w lemma="strong:H776">in</w> <w lemma="strong:H3605">all</w> generations. </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H1961">Therefore</w> <w lemma="strong:H3605">the</w> peoples <w lemma="strong:H1121">shall</w> <w lemma="strong:H1961">give</w> <w lemma="strong:H3605">you</w> thanks forever <w lemma="strong:H1121">and</w> ever. <verse eID="Ps.45.17.seID.15138" /></l></lg></div><chapter eID="Ps.45.seID.15121" /> @@ -34426,7 +34426,7 @@ God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. - + Therefore we won’t be afraid, though the earth changes, though the mountains are shaken into the heart of the seas; @@ -34436,28 +34436,28 @@ There is a river, the streams of which make the city of God glad, the holy place of the tents of the Most High. - + God is within her. She shall not be moved. God will help her at dawn. - + The nations raged. The kingdoms were moved. He lifted his voice and the earth melted. - + Yahweh of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. Come, see Yahweh’s works, what desolations he has made in the earth. - + He makes wars cease to the end of the earth. He breaks the bow, and shatters the spear. He burns the chariots in the fire. - + “Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.” - + Yahweh of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. @@ -34467,31 +34467,31 @@ Oh clap your hands, all you nations. Shout to God with the voice of triumph! - + For Yahweh Most High is awesome. He is a great King over all the earth. - + He subdues nations under us, and peoples under our feet. - + He chooses our inheritance for us, the glory of Jacob whom he loved. Selah. - + God has gone up with a shout, Yahweh with the sound of a trumpet. - + Sing praises to God! Sing praises! Sing praises to our King! Sing praises! - + For God is the King of all the earth. Sing praises with understanding. - + God reigns over the nations. God sits on his holy throne. - + The princes of the peoples are gathered together, -the people of the God of Abraham. +the people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God. He is greatly exalted!
@@ -34500,47 +34500,47 @@ Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, in his holy mountain. - + Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is Mount Zion, on the north sides, the city of the great King. - + God has shown himself in her citadels as a refuge. - + For, behold, the kings assembled themselves, they passed by together. - + They saw it, then they were amazed. They were dismayed. They hurried away. - + Trembling took hold of them there, pain, as of a woman in travail. - + With the east wind, you break the ships of Tarshish. - + As we have heard, so we have seen, in the city of Yahweh of Armies, in the city of our God. -God will establish it forever. +God will establish it forever. Selah. - + We have thought about your loving kindness, God, in the middle of your temple. - + As is your name, God, so is your praise to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is full of righteousness. - + Let Mount Zion be glad! Let the daughters of Judah rejoice because of your judgments. - + Walk about Zion, and go around her. Number its towers. - + Notice her bulwarks. Consider her palaces, that you may tell it to the next generation. - + For this God is our God forever and ever. He will be our guide even to death. @@ -34552,72 +34552,72 @@ both low and high, rich and poor together. - + My mouth will speak words of wisdom. My heart will utter understanding. - + I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will solve my riddle on the harp. - + Why should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels surrounds me? - + Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude of their riches— none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give God a ransom for him. - + For the redemption of their life is costly, no payment is ever enough, that he should live on forever, that he should not see corruption. - + For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others. - + Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves. - + But man, despite his riches, doesn’t endure. He is like the animals that perish. This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings. Selah. - + They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. 49:14 Sheol is the place of the dead. Death shall be their shepherd. -The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. +The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. Their beauty shall decay in Sheol, 49:14 Sheol is the place of the dead. far from their mansion. - + But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, 49:15 Sheol is the place of the dead. for he will receive me. Selah. - + Don’t be afraid when a man is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; - + for when he dies he will carry nothing away. His glory won’t descend after him. - + Though while he lived he blessed his soul— and men praise you when you do well for yourself— he shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light. - + A man who has riches without understanding, is like the animals that perish. @@ -34626,49 +34626,49 @@ The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, speaks, and calls the earth from sunrise to sunset. - + Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines out. - + Our God comes, and does not keep silent. A fire devours before him. It is very stormy around him. - + He calls to the heavens above, to the earth, that he may judge his people: - + “Gather my saints together to me, those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.” - + The heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge. Selah. - + “Hear, my people, and I will speak. Israel, I will testify against you. -I am God, your God. - +I am God, your God. + I don’t rebuke you for your sacrifices. Your burnt offerings are continually before me. - + I have no need for a bull from your stall, nor male goats from your pens. - + For every animal of the forest is mine, and the livestock on a thousand hills. - + I know all the birds of the mountains. The wild animals of the field are mine. - + If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it. - + Will I eat the meat of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? - + Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High. - + Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me.” @@ -34678,23 +34678,23 @@ since you hate instruction, and throw my words behind you? - + When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have participated with adulterers. “You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit. - + You sit and speak against your brother. You slander your own mother’s son. - + You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that I was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes. “Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you into pieces, and there be no one to deliver. - + Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, and prepares his way so that I will show God’s salvation to him.” @@ -34703,95 +34703,95 @@ Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions. - + Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity. Cleanse me from my sin. - + For I know my transgressions. My sin is constantly before me. - + Against you, and you only, I have sinned, and done that which is evil in your sight, -so you may be proved right when you speak, +so you may be proved right when you speak, and justified when you judge. - + Behold, I was born in iniquity. My mother conceived me in sin. - + Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place. - + Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. - + Let me hear joy and gladness, that the bones which you have broken may rejoice. - + Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all of my iniquities. - + Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me. - + Don’t throw me from your presence, and don’t take your Holy Spirit from me. - + Restore to me the joy of your salvation. Uphold me with a willing spirit. - + Then I will teach transgressors your ways. Sinners will be converted to you. - + Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, the God of my salvation. My tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness. - + Lord, open my lips. My mouth will declare your praise. - + For you don’t delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it. You have no pleasure in burnt offering. - + The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. O God, you will not despise a broken and contrite heart. Do well in your good pleasure to Zion. Build the walls of Jerusalem. - + Then you will delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt offerings and in whole burnt offerings. -Then they will offer bulls on your altar. +Then they will offer bulls on your altar.
For the Chief Musician. A contemplation by David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, “David has come to Ahimelech’s house.” Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man? God’s loving kindness endures continually. - + Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. - + You love evil more than good, lying rather than speaking the truth. Selah. - + You love all devouring words, you deceitful tongue. - + God will likewise destroy you forever. He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah. - + The righteous also will see it, and fear, and laugh at him, saying, - + “Behold, this is the man who didn’t make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.” - + But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in God’s house. I trust in God’s loving kindness forever and ever. - + I will give you thanks forever, because you have done it. I will hope in your name, for it is good, in the presence of your saints. @@ -34802,24 +34802,24 @@ The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity. There is no one who does good. - + God looks down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there are any who understood, who seek after God. - + Every one of them has gone back. They have become filthy together. There is no one who does good, no, not one. - + Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and don’t call on God? - + There they were in great fear, where no fear was, for God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you. -You have put them to shame, +You have put them to shame, because God has rejected them. - + Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When God brings back his people from captivity, then Jacob shall rejoice, @@ -34830,24 +34830,24 @@ Save me, God, by your name. Vindicate me in your might. - + Hear my prayer, God. Listen to the words of my mouth. - + For strangers have risen up against me. Violent men have sought after my soul. They haven’t set God before them. Selah. - + Behold, God is my helper. The Lord is the one who sustains my soul. - + He will repay the evil to my enemies. Destroy them in your truth. - + With a free will offering, I will sacrifice to you. I will give thanks to your name, Yahweh, for it is good. - + For he has delivered me out of all trouble. My eye has seen triumph over my enemies.
@@ -34856,84 +34856,84 @@ Listen to my prayer, God. Don’t hide yourself from my supplication. - + Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and moan because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked. -For they bring suffering on me. +For they bring suffering on me. In anger they hold a grudge against me. - + My heart is severely pained within me. The terrors of death have fallen on me. - + Fearfulness and trembling have come on me. Horror has overwhelmed me. - + I said, “Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then I would fly away, and be at rest. - + Behold, then I would wander far off. I would lodge in the wilderness.” Selah. - + “I would hurry to a shelter from the stormy wind and storm.” - + Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language, for I have seen violence and strife in the city. - + Day and night they prowl around on its walls. Malice and abuse are also within her. - + Destructive forces are within her. Threats and lies don’t depart from her streets. - + For it was not an enemy who insulted me, then I could have endured it. -Neither was it he who hated me who raised himself up against me, +Neither was it he who hated me who raised himself up against me, then I would have hidden myself from him. - + But it was you, a man like me, my companion, and my familiar friend. - + We took sweet fellowship together. We walked in God’s house with company. - + Let death come suddenly on them. Let them go down alive into Sheol. 55:15 Sheol is the place of the dead. For wickedness is among them, in their dwelling. - + As for me, I will call on God. Yahweh will save me. - + Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress. He will hear my voice. - + He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me, although there are many who oppose me. - + God, who is enthroned forever, will hear and answer them. Selah. They never change and don’t fear God. - + He raises his hands against his friends. He has violated his covenant. - + His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. -His words were softer than oil, +His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords. Cast your burden on Yahweh and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved. - + But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you. @@ -34943,45 +34943,45 @@ Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me. - + My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me. - + When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you. - + In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. -I will not be afraid. +I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me? - + All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil. - + They conspire and lurk, watching my steps. They are eager to take my life. - + Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, God. - + You count my wanderings. You put my tears into your container. Aren’t they in your book? - + Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this: that God is for me. - + In God, I will praise his word. In Yahweh, I will praise his word. - + I have put my trust in God. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? - + Your vows are on me, God. I will give thank offerings to you. - + For you have delivered my soul from death, and prevented my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living. @@ -34991,44 +34991,44 @@ Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge in you. -Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge, +Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge, until disaster has passed. - + I cry out to God Most High, -to God who accomplishes my requests for me. - +to God who accomplishes my requests for me. + He will send from heaven, and save me, he rebukes the one who is pursuing me. Selah. -God will send out his loving kindness and his truth. - +God will send out his loving kindness and his truth. + My soul is among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. - + Be exalted, God, above the heavens! Let your glory be above all the earth! They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. -They dig a pit before me. +They dig a pit before me. They fall into the middle of it themselves. Selah. - + My heart is steadfast, God. My heart is steadfast. I will sing, yes, I will sing praises. - + Wake up, my glory! Wake up, lute and harp! I will wake up the dawn. - + I will give thanks to you, Lord, among the peoples. I will sing praises to you among the nations. - + For your great loving kindness reaches to the heavens, and your truth to the skies. - + Be exalted, God, above the heavens. Let your glory be over all the earth. @@ -35037,34 +35037,34 @@ Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men? - + No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth. - + The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies. - + Their poison is like the poison of a snake, like a deaf cobra that stops its ear, which doesn’t listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful the charmer may be. - + Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh. - + Let them vanish like water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt. - + Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away, like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun. - + Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns, he will sweep away the green and the burning alike. - + The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked, - + so that men shall say, “Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth.” @@ -35073,62 +35073,62 @@ Deliver me from my enemies, my God. Set me on high from those who rise up against me. - + Deliver me from the workers of iniquity. Save me from the bloodthirsty men. - + For, behold, they lie in wait for my soul. The mighty gather themselves together against me, not for my disobedience, nor for my sin, Yahweh. - + I have done no wrong, yet they are ready to attack me. Rise up, behold, and help me! - + You, Yahweh God of Armies, the God of Israel, rouse yourself to punish the nations. Show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah. - + They return at evening, howling like dogs, and prowl around the city. - + Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, “For”, they say, “who hears us?” - + But you, Yahweh, laugh at them. You scoff at all the nations. - + Oh, my Strength, I watch for you, for God is my high tower. - + My God will go before me with his loving kindness. God will let me look at my enemies in triumph. - + Don’t kill them, or my people may forget. Scatter them by your power, and bring them down, Lord our shield. - + For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride, for the curses and lies which they utter. - + Consume them in wrath. Consume them, and they will be no more. -Let them know that God rules in Jacob, +Let them know that God rules in Jacob, to the ends of the earth. Selah. - + At evening let them return. Let them howl like a dog, and go around the city. - + They shall wander up and down for food, and wait all night if they aren’t satisfied. But I will sing of your strength. Yes, I will sing aloud of your loving kindness in the morning. -For you have been my high tower, +For you have been my high tower, a refuge in the day of my distress. - + To you, my strength, I will sing praises. For God is my high tower, the God of my mercy. @@ -35137,46 +35137,46 @@ God, you have rejected us. You have broken us down. -You have been angry. +You have been angry. Restore us, again. - + You have made the land tremble. You have torn it. -Mend its fractures, +Mend its fractures, for it quakes. - + You have shown your people hard things. You have made us drink the wine that makes us stagger. - + You have given a banner to those who fear you, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah. So that your beloved may be delivered, save with your right hand, and answer us. - + God has spoken from his sanctuary: “I will triumph. I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth. - + Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine. Ephraim also is the defense of my head. Judah is my scepter. - + Moab is my wash basin. I will throw my sandal on Edom. I shout in triumph over Philistia.” Who will bring me into the strong city? Who has led me to Edom? - + Haven’t you, God, rejected us? You don’t go out with our armies, God. - + Give us help against the adversary, for the help of man is vain. - + Through God we will do valiantly, for it is he who will tread down our adversaries. @@ -35185,26 +35185,26 @@ Hear my cry, God. Listen to my prayer. - + From the end of the earth, I will call to you when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I. - + For you have been a refuge for me, a strong tower from the enemy. - + I will dwell in your tent forever. I will take refuge in the shelter of your wings. Selah. - + For you, God, have heard my vows. You have given me the heritage of those who fear your name. - + You will prolong the king’s life. His years will be for generations. - + He shall be enthroned in God’s presence forever. Appoint your loving kindness and truth, that they may preserve him. - + So I will sing praise to your name forever, that I may fulfill my vows daily. @@ -35213,47 +35213,47 @@ My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him. - + He alone is my rock, my salvation, and my fortress. I will never be greatly shaken. - + How long will you assault a man? Would all of you throw him down, like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence? - + They fully intend to throw him down from his lofty place. They delight in lies. They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah. - + My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him. - + He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress. I will not be shaken. - + My salvation and my honor is with God. The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. - + Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah. - + Surely men of low degree are just a breath, and men of high degree are a lie. -In the balances they will go up. +In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath. - + Don’t trust in oppression. Don’t become vain in robbery. -If riches increase, +If riches increase, don’t set your heart on them. - + God has spoken once; twice I have heard this, that power belongs to God. - + Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness, for you reward every man according to his work. @@ -35262,37 +35262,37 @@ God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. -My soul thirsts for you. +My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water. - + So I have seen you in the sanctuary, watching your power and your glory. - + Because your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you. - + So I will bless you while I live. I will lift up my hands in your name. - + My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food. My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips, when I remember you on my bed, and think about you in the night watches. - + For you have been my help. I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings. - + My soul stays close to you. Your right hand holds me up. - + But those who seek my soul to destroy it shall go into the lower parts of the earth. - + They shall be given over to the power of the sword. They shall be jackal food. - + But the king shall rejoice in God. Everyone who swears by him will praise him, for the mouth of those who speak lies shall be silenced. @@ -35302,33 +35302,33 @@ Hear my voice, God, in my complaint. Preserve my life from fear of the enemy. - + Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil; - + who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words, to shoot innocent men from ambushes. They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly. - + They encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, “Who will see them?” - + They plot injustice, saying, “We have made a perfect plan!” Surely man’s mind and heart are cunning. - + But God will shoot at them. They will be suddenly struck down with an arrow. - + Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads. - + All mankind shall be afraid. They shall declare the work of God, and shall wisely ponder what he has done. - + The righteous shall be glad in Yahweh, and shall take refuge in him. All the upright in heart shall praise him! @@ -35338,52 +35338,52 @@ Praise waits for you, God, in Zion. Vows shall be performed to you. - + You who hear prayer, all men will come to you. - + Sins overwhelmed me, but you atoned for our transgressions. - + Blessed is the one whom you choose and cause to come near, that he may live in your courts. We will be filled with the goodness of your house, your holy temple. - + By awesome deeds of righteousness, you answer us, God of our salvation. -You who are the hope of all the ends of the earth, +You who are the hope of all the ends of the earth, of those who are far away on the sea. - + By your power, you form the mountains, having armed yourself with strength. - + You still the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the turmoil of the nations. - + They also who dwell in faraway places are afraid at your wonders. You call the morning’s dawn and the evening with songs of joy. - + You visit the earth, and water it. You greatly enrich it. -The river of God is full of water. +The river of God is full of water. You provide them grain, for so you have ordained it. - + You drench its furrows. You level its ridges. You soften it with showers. You bless it with a crop. - + You crown the year with your bounty. Your carts overflow with abundance. - + The wilderness grasslands overflow. The hills are clothed with gladness. - + The pastures are covered with flocks. The valleys also are clothed with grain. -They shout for joy! +They shout for joy! They also sing. @@ -35393,66 +35393,66 @@ Sing to the glory of his name! Offer glory and praise! - + Tell God, “How awesome are your deeds! Through the greatness of your power, your enemies submit themselves to you. - + All the earth will worship you, and will sing to you; they will sing to your name.” Selah. - + Come, and see God’s deeds— awesome work on behalf of the children of men. - + He turned the sea into dry land. They went through the river on foot. There, we rejoiced in him. - + He rules by his might forever. His eyes watch the nations. Don’t let the rebellious rise up against him. Selah. - + Praise our God, you peoples! Make the sound of his praise heard, - + who preserves our life among the living, and doesn’t allow our feet to be moved. - + For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined. - + You brought us into prison. You laid a burden on our backs. - + You allowed men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water, but you brought us to the place of abundance. - + I will come into your temple with burnt offerings. I will pay my vows to you, which my lips promised, and my mouth spoke, when I was in distress. - + I will offer to you burnt offerings of fat animals, with the offering of rams, I will offer bulls with goats. Selah. - + Come and hear, all you who fear God. I will declare what he has done for my soul. - + I cried to him with my mouth. He was extolled with my tongue. - + If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn’t have listened. - + But most certainly, God has listened. He has heard the voice of my prayer. - + Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor his loving kindness from me. @@ -35462,24 +35462,24 @@ May God be merciful to us, bless us, and cause his face to shine on us. Selah. - + That your way may be known on earth, and your salvation among all nations, - + let the peoples praise you, God. Let all the peoples praise you. - + Oh let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you will judge the peoples with equity, and govern the nations on earth. Selah. - + Let the peoples praise you, God. Let all the peoples praise you. - + The earth has yielded its increase. God, even our own God, will bless us. - + God will bless us. All the ends of the earth shall fear him. @@ -35489,124 +35489,124 @@ Let God arise! Let his enemies be scattered! Let them who hate him also flee before him. - + As smoke is driven away, so drive them away. -As wax melts before the fire, +As wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God. - + But let the righteous be glad. Let them rejoice before God. Yes, let them rejoice with gladness. - + Sing to God! Sing praises to his name! Extol him who rides on the clouds: -to Yah, his name! +to Yah, his name! Rejoice before him! - + A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. - + God sets the lonely in families. -He brings out the prisoners with singing, +He brings out the prisoners with singing, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land. God, when you went out before your people, when you marched through the wilderness... Selah. - + The earth trembled. The sky also poured down rain at the presence of the God of Sinai— at the presence of God, the God of Israel. - + You, God, sent a plentiful rain. You confirmed your inheritance when it was weary. - + Your congregation lived therein. You, God, prepared your goodness for the poor. - + The Lord announced the word. The ones who proclaim it are a great company. - + “Kings of armies flee! They flee!” She who waits at home divides the plunder, while you sleep among the camp fires, the wings of a dove sheathed with silver, her feathers with shining gold. - + When the Almighty scattered kings in her, it snowed on Zalmon. - + The mountains of Bashan are majestic mountains. The mountains of Bashan are rugged. - + Why do you look in envy, you rugged mountains, at the mountain where God chooses to reign? Yes, Yahweh will dwell there forever. - + The chariots of God are tens of thousands and thousands of thousands. The Lord is among them, from Sinai, into the sanctuary. - + You have ascended on high. You have led away captives. -You have received gifts among people, +You have received gifts among people, yes, among the rebellious also, that Yah God might dwell there. Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burdens, even the God who is our salvation. Selah. - + God is to us a God of deliverance. To Yahweh, the Lord, belongs escape from death. - + But God will strike through the head of his enemies, the hairy scalp of such a one as still continues in his guiltiness. - + The Lord said, “I will bring you again from Bashan, I will bring you again from the depths of the sea, - + that you may crush them, dipping your foot in blood, that the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from your enemies.” - + They have seen your processions, God, even the processions of my God, my King, into the sanctuary. - + The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, among the ladies playing with tambourines, - + “Bless God in the congregations, even the Lord in the assembly of Israel!” - + There is little Benjamin, their ruler, the princes of Judah, their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali. Your God has commanded your strength. Strengthen, God, that which you have done for us. - + Because of your temple at Jerusalem, kings shall bring presents to you. - + Rebuke the wild animal of the reeds, the multitude of the bulls with the calves of the peoples. -Trample under foot the bars of silver. +Trample under foot the bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war. - + Princes shall come out of Egypt. Ethiopia shall hurry to stretch out her hands to God. - + Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth! Sing praises to the Lord— Selah— - + to him who rides on the heaven of heavens, which are of old; behold, he utters his voice, a mighty voice. - + Ascribe strength to God! His excellency is over Israel, his strength is in the skies. - + You are awesome, God, in your sanctuaries. The God of Israel gives strength and power to his people. Praise be to God! @@ -35616,114 +35616,114 @@ Save me, God, for the waters have come up to my neck! - + I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. - + I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail looking for my God. - + Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I didn’t take away. - + God, you know my foolishness. My sins aren’t hidden from you. - + Don’t let those who wait for you be shamed through me, Lord Yahweh of Armies. Don’t let those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, God of Israel. - + Because for your sake, I have borne reproach. Shame has covered my face. - + I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother’s children. - + For the zeal of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me. - + When I wept and I fasted, that was to my reproach. - + When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them. - + Those who sit in the gate talk about me. I am the song of the drunkards. - + But as for me, my prayer is to you, Yahweh, in an acceptable time. God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation. - + Deliver me out of the mire, and don’t let me sink. Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters. - + Don’t let the flood waters overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up. Don’t let the pit shut its mouth on me. - + Answer me, Yahweh, for your loving kindness is good. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, turn to me. - + Don’t hide your face from your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me speedily! - + Draw near to my soul and redeem it. Ransom me because of my enemies. - + You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor. My adversaries are all before you. - + Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; for comforters, but I found none. - + They also gave me poison for my food. In my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink. - + Let their table before them become a snare. May it become a retribution and a trap. - + Let their eyes be darkened, so that they can’t see. Let their backs be continually bent. - + Pour out your indignation on them. Let the fierceness of your anger overtake them. - + Let their habitation be desolate. Let no one dwell in their tents. - + For they persecute him whom you have wounded. They tell of the sorrow of those whom you have hurt. - + Charge them with crime upon crime. Don’t let them come into your righteousness. - + Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous. - + But I am in pain and distress. Let your salvation, God, protect me. - + I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. - + It will please Yahweh better than an ox, or a bull that has horns and hoofs. - + The humble have seen it, and are glad. You who seek after God, let your heart live. - + For Yahweh hears the needy, and doesn’t despise his captive people. - + Let heaven and earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moves therein! - + For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah. They shall settle there, and own it. - + The children also of his servants shall inherit it. Those who love his name shall dwell therein. @@ -35732,99 +35732,99 @@ Hurry, God, to deliver me. Come quickly to help me, Yahweh. - + Let them be disappointed and confounded who seek my soul. Let those who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace. - + Let them be turned because of their shame who say, “Aha! Aha!” - + Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let those who love your salvation continually say, “Let God be exalted!” - + But I am poor and needy. Come to me quickly, God. -You are my help and my deliverer. +You are my help and my deliverer. Yahweh, don’t delay. In you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Never let me be disappointed. - + Deliver me in your righteousness, and rescue me. Turn your ear to me, and save me. - + Be to me a rock of refuge to which I may always go. Give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress. - + Rescue me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. - + For you are my hope, Lord Yahweh, my confidence from my youth. - + I have relied on you from the womb. You are he who took me out of my mother’s womb. I will always praise you. - + I am a marvel to many, but you are my strong refuge. - + My mouth shall be filled with your praise, with your honor all day long. - + Don’t reject me in my old age. Don’t forsake me when my strength fails. - + For my enemies talk about me. Those who watch for my soul conspire together, saying, “God has forsaken him. Pursue and take him, for no one will rescue him.” - + God, don’t be far from me. My God, hurry to help me. - + Let my accusers be disappointed and consumed. Let them be covered with disgrace and scorn who want to harm me. - + But I will always hope, and will add to all of your praise. - + My mouth will tell about your righteousness, and of your salvation all day, though I don’t know its full measure. - + I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord Yahweh. I will make mention of your righteousness, even of yours alone. - + God, you have taught me from my youth. Until now, I have declared your wondrous works. - + Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, don’t forsake me, until I have declared your strength to the next generation, your might to everyone who is to come. - + God, your righteousness also reaches to the heavens. You have done great things. God, who is like you? - + You, who have shown us many and bitter troubles, you will let me live. You will bring us up again from the depths of the earth. - + Increase my honor and comfort me again. - + I will also praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, my God. I sing praises to you with the lyre, Holy One of Israel. - + My lips shall shout for joy! My soul, which you have redeemed, sings praises to you! - + My tongue will also talk about your righteousness all day long, for they are disappointed, and they are confounded, who want to harm me. @@ -35834,66 +35834,66 @@ God, give the king your justice; your righteousness to the royal son. - + He will judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice. - + The mountains shall bring prosperity to the people. The hills bring the fruit of righteousness. - + He will judge the poor of the people. He will save the children of the needy, and will break the oppressor in pieces. - + They shall fear you while the sun endures; and as long as the moon, throughout all generations. - + He will come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth. - + In his days, the righteous shall flourish, and abundance of peace, until the moon is no more. - + He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, from the River to the ends of the earth. - + Those who dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him. His enemies shall lick the dust. - + The kings of Tarshish and of the islands will bring tribute. The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. - + Yes, all kings shall fall down before him. All nations shall serve him. - + For he will deliver the needy when he cries; the poor, who has no helper. - + He will have pity on the poor and needy. He will save the souls of the needy. - + He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight. - + He will live; and Sheba’s gold will be given to him. Men will pray for him continually. They will bless him all day long. - + Abundance of grain shall be throughout the land. Its fruit sways like Lebanon. Let it flourish, thriving like the grass of the field. - + His name endures forever. His name continues as long as the sun. -Men shall be blessed by him. +Men shall be blessed by him. All nations will call him blessed. Praise be to Yahweh God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds. - + Blessed be his glorious name forever! Let the whole earth be filled with his glory! -Amen and amen. +Amen and amen.

This ends the prayers by David, the son of Jesse.

@@ -35905,87 +35905,87 @@ 73:1 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim). is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart. - + But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped. - + For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. - + For there are no struggles in their death, but their strength is firm. - + They are free from burdens of men, neither are they plagued like other men. - + Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment. - + Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit. - + They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression. - + They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth. - + Therefore their people return to them, and they drink up waters of abundance. - + They say, “How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?” - + Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches. - + Surely I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence, - + For all day long I have been plagued, and punished every morning. - + If I had said, “I will speak thus”, behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children. - + When I tried to understand this, it was too painful for me— - + until I entered God’s sanctuary, and considered their latter end. - + Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction. - + How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors. - + As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, 73:20 The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” when you awake, you will despise their fantasies. - + For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart. - + I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you. - + Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand. - + You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. - + Whom do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth whom I desire besides you. - + My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. - + For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish. You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you. - + But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord Yahweh 73:28 @@ -35997,71 +35997,71 @@ God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture? - + Remember your congregation, which you purchased of old, which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your inheritance: Mount Zion, in which you have lived. - + Lift up your feet to the perpetual ruins, all the evil that the enemy has done in the sanctuary. - + Your adversaries have roared in the middle of your assembly. They have set up their standards as signs. - + They behaved like men wielding axes, cutting through a thicket of trees. - + Now they break all its carved work down with hatchet and hammers. They have burned your sanctuary to the ground. They have profaned the dwelling place of your Name. - + They said in their heart, “We will crush them completely.” They have burned up all the places in the land where God was worshiped. - + We see no miraculous signs. There is no longer any prophet, neither is there among us anyone who knows how long. - + How long, God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme your name forever? - + Why do you draw back your hand, even your right hand? Take it from your chest and consume them! Yet God is my King of old, working salvation throughout the earth. - + You divided the sea by your strength. You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters. - + You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces. You gave him as food to people and desert creatures. - + You opened up spring and stream. You dried up mighty rivers. - + The day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun. - + You have set all the boundaries of the earth. You have made summer and winter. Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, Yahweh. Foolish people have blasphemed your name. - + Don’t deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Don’t forget the life of your poor forever. - + Honor your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth. - + Don’t let the oppressed return ashamed. Let the poor and needy praise your name. - + Arise, God! Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day. - + Don’t forget the voice of your adversaries. The tumult of those who rise up against you ascends continually. @@ -36074,31 +36074,31 @@ When I choose the appointed time, I will judge blamelessly. - + The earth and all its inhabitants quake. I firmly hold its pillars. Selah. - + I said to the arrogant, “Don’t boast!” I said to the wicked, “Don’t lift up the horn. - + Don’t lift up your horn on high. Don’t speak with a stiff neck.” - + For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor yet from the south, comes exaltation. - + But God is the judge. He puts down one, and lifts up another. - + For in Yahweh’s hand there is a cup, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. -He pours it out. +He pours it out. Indeed the wicked of the earth drink and drink it to its very dregs. But I will declare this forever: I will sing praises to the God of Jacob. - + I will cut off all the horns of the wicked, but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up. @@ -36107,40 +36107,40 @@ In Judah, God is known. His name is great in Israel. - + His tabernacle is also in Salem. His dwelling place in Zion. - + There he broke the flaming arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah. - + Glorious are you, and excellent, more than mountains of game. - + Valiant men lie plundered, they have slept their last sleep. None of the men of war can lift their hands. - + At your rebuke, God of Jacob, both chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep. - + You, even you, are to be feared. Who can stand in your sight when you are angry? - + You pronounced judgment from heaven. The earth feared, and was silent, when God arose to judgment, to save all the afflicted ones of the earth. Selah. - + Surely the wrath of man praises you. The survivors of your wrath are restrained. - + Make vows to Yahweh your God, and fulfill them! Let all of his neighbors bring presents to him who is to be feared. - + He will cut off the spirit of princes. He is feared by the kings of the earth. @@ -36150,70 +36150,70 @@ My cry goes to God! Indeed, I cry to God for help, and for him to listen to me. - + In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord. My hand was stretched out in the night, and didn’t get tired. My soul refused to be comforted. - + I remember God, and I groan. I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. Selah. You hold my eyelids open. I am so troubled that I can’t speak. - + I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times. - + I remember my song in the night. I consider in my own heart; my spirit diligently inquires: - + “Will the Lord reject us forever? Will he be favorable no more? - + Has his loving kindness vanished forever? Does his promise fail for generations? - + Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he, in anger, withheld his compassion?” Selah. - + Then I thought, “I will appeal to this: the years of the right hand of the Most High.” - + I will remember Yah’s deeds; for I will remember your wonders of old. - + I will also meditate on all your work, and consider your doings. - + Your way, God, is in the sanctuary. What god is great like God? - + You are the God who does wonders. You have made your strength known among the peoples. - + You have redeemed your people with your arm, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah. - + The waters saw you, God. The waters saw you, and they writhed. The depths also convulsed. - + The clouds poured out water. The skies resounded with thunder. Your arrows also flashed around. - + The voice of your thunder was in the whirlwind. The lightnings lit up the world. The earth trembled and shook. - + Your way was through the sea, your paths through the great waters. Your footsteps were not known. - + You led your people like a flock, by the hand of Moses and Aaron. @@ -36222,232 +36222,232 @@ Hear my teaching, my people. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth. - + I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old, - + which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. - + We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of Yahweh, his strength, and his wondrous deeds that he has done. - + For he established a covenant in Jacob, and appointed a teaching in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children; - + that the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; who should arise and tell their children, - + that they might set their hope in God, and not forget God’s deeds, but keep his commandments, - + and might not be as their fathers— a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that didn’t make their hearts loyal, whose spirit was not steadfast with God. - + The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. - + They didn’t keep God’s covenant, and refused to walk in his law. - + They forgot his doings, his wondrous deeds that he had shown them. - + He did marvelous things in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. - + He split the sea, and caused them to pass through. He made the waters stand as a heap. - + In the daytime he also led them with a cloud, and all night with a light of fire. - + He split rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths. - + He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers. - + Yet they still went on to sin against him, to rebel against the Most High in the desert. - + They tempted God in their heart by asking food according to their desire. - + Yes, they spoke against God. They said, “Can God prepare a table in the wilderness? - + Behold, he struck the rock, so that waters gushed out, and streams overflowed. -Can he give bread also? +Can he give bread also? Will he provide meat for his people?” - + Therefore Yahweh heard, and was angry. A fire was kindled against Jacob, anger also went up against Israel, - + because they didn’t believe in God, and didn’t trust in his salvation. - + Yet he commanded the skies above, and opened the doors of heaven. - + He rained down manna on them to eat, and gave them food from the sky. - + Man ate the bread of angels. He sent them food to the full. - + He caused the east wind to blow in the sky. By his power he guided the south wind. - + He also rained meat on them as the dust, winged birds as the sand of the seas. - + He let them fall in the middle of their camp, around their habitations. - + So they ate, and were well filled. He gave them their own desire. - + They didn’t turn from their cravings. Their food was yet in their mouths, when the anger of God went up against them, killed some of their strongest, and struck down the young men of Israel. - + For all this they still sinned, and didn’t believe in his wondrous works. - + Therefore he consumed their days in vanity, and their years in terror. - + When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly. - + They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God, their redeemer. - + But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue. - + For their heart was not right with him, neither were they faithful in his covenant. - + But he, being merciful, forgave iniquity, and didn’t destroy them. Yes, many times he turned his anger away, and didn’t stir up all his wrath. - + He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes away, and doesn’t come again. - + How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and grieved him in the desert! - + They turned again and tempted God, and provoked the Holy One of Israel. - + They didn’t remember his hand, nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary; - + how he set his signs in Egypt, his wonders in the field of Zoan, - + he turned their rivers into blood, and their streams, so that they could not drink. - + He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them. - + He also gave their increase to the caterpillar, and their labor to the locust. - + He destroyed their vines with hail, their sycamore fig trees with frost. - + He also gave over their livestock to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts. - + He threw on them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, indignation, and trouble, and a band of angels of evil. - + He made a path for his anger. He didn’t spare their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence, - + and struck all the firstborn in Egypt, the chief of their strength in the tents of Ham. - + But he led out his own people like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. - + He led them safely, so that they weren’t afraid, but the sea overwhelmed their enemies. - + He brought them to the border of his sanctuary, to this mountain, which his right hand had taken. - + He also drove out the nations before them, allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents. - + Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, and didn’t keep his testimonies, - + but turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers. They were twisted like a deceitful bow. - + For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their engraved images. - + When God heard this, he was angry, and greatly abhorred Israel, - + so that he abandoned the tent of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men, - + and delivered his strength into captivity, his glory into the adversary’s hand. - + He also gave his people over to the sword, and was angry with his inheritance. - + Fire devoured their young men. Their virgins had no wedding song. - + Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows couldn’t weep. - + Then the Lord awakened as one out of sleep, like a mighty man who shouts by reason of wine. - + He struck his adversaries backward. He put them to a perpetual reproach. - + Moreover he rejected the tent of Joseph, and didn’t choose the tribe of Ephraim, - + But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved. - + He built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he has established forever. - + He also chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds; - + from following the ewes that have their young, he brought him to be the shepherd of Jacob, his people, and Israel, his inheritance. - + So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands. @@ -36457,43 +36457,43 @@ God, the nations have come into your inheritance. They have defiled your holy temple. They have laid Jerusalem in heaps. - + They have given the dead bodies of your servants to be food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of your saints to the animals of the earth. - + They have shed their blood like water around Jerusalem. There was no one to bury them. - + We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and derision to those who are around us. - + How long, Yahweh? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire? - + Pour out your wrath on the nations that don’t know you, on the kingdoms that don’t call on your name, - + for they have devoured Jacob, and destroyed his homeland. - + Don’t hold the iniquities of our forefathers against us. Let your tender mercies speedily meet us, for we are in desperate need. - + Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of your name. Deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name’s sake. - + Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” Let it be known among the nations, before our eyes, that vengeance for your servants’ blood is being poured out. - + Let the sighing of the prisoner come before you. According to the greatness of your power, preserve those who are sentenced to death. - + Pay back to our neighbors seven times into their bosom their reproach with which they have reproached you, Lord. - + So we, your people and sheep of your pasture, will give you thanks forever. We will praise you forever, to all generations. @@ -36504,61 +36504,61 @@ Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock, you who sit above the cherubim, shine out. - + Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, stir up your might! Come to save us! - + Turn us again, God. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved. Yahweh God of Armies, how long will you be angry against the prayer of your people? - + You have fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure. - + You make us a source of contention to our neighbors. Our enemies laugh among themselves. - + Turn us again, God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved. You brought a vine out of Egypt. You drove out the nations, and planted it. - + You cleared the ground for it. It took deep root, and filled the land. - + The mountains were covered with its shadow. Its boughs were like God’s cedars. - + It sent out its branches to the sea, its shoots to the River. - + Why have you broken down its walls, so that all those who pass by the way pluck it? - + The boar out of the wood ravages it. The wild animals of the field feed on it. - + Turn again, we beg you, God of Armies. Look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vine, - + the stock which your right hand planted, the branch that you made strong for yourself. - + It’s burned with fire. It’s cut down. They perish at your rebuke. - + Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, on the son of man whom you made strong for yourself. - + So we will not turn away from you. Revive us, and we will call on your name. - + Turn us again, Yahweh God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved. @@ -36567,23 +36567,23 @@ Sing aloud to God, our strength! Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob! - + Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine, the pleasant lyre with the harp. - + Blow the trumpet at the New Moon, at the full moon, on our feast day. - + For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob. - + He appointed it in Joseph for a covenant, when he went out over the land of Egypt, I heard a language that I didn’t know. - + “I removed his shoulder from the burden. His hands were freed from the basket. - + You called in trouble, and I delivered you. I answered you in the secret place of thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah.” @@ -36591,29 +36591,29 @@ “Hear, my people, and I will testify to you, Israel, if you would listen to me! - + There shall be no strange god in you, neither shall you worship any foreign god. - + I am Yahweh, your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it. - + But my people didn’t listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me. - + So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own counsels. - + Oh that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways! - + I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against their adversaries. - + The haters of Yahweh would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever. - + But he would have also fed them with the finest of the wheat. I will satisfy you with honey out of the rock.” @@ -36622,27 +36622,27 @@ God presides in the great assembly. He judges among the gods. - + “How long will you judge unjustly, and show partiality to the wicked?” Selah. “Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. - + Rescue the weak and needy. Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.” - + They don’t know, neither do they understand. They walk back and forth in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken. - + I said, “You are gods, all of you are sons of the Most High. - + Nevertheless you shall die like men, and fall like one of the rulers.” - + Arise, God, judge the earth, for you inherit all of the nations. @@ -36652,55 +36652,55 @@ God, don’t keep silent. Don’t keep silent, and don’t be still, God. - + For, behold, your enemies are stirred up. Those who hate you have lifted up their heads. - + They conspire with cunning against your people. They plot against your cherished ones. - + “Come,” they say, “let’s destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more.” - + For they have conspired together with one mind. They form an alliance 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 is joined with them. They have helped the children of Lot. Selah. - + Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon; - + who perished at Endor, who became as dung for the earth. - + Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna, who said, “Let’s take possession of God’s pasture lands.” - + My God, make them like tumbleweed, like chaff before the wind. - + As the fire that burns the forest, as the flame that sets the mountains on fire, so pursue them with your tempest, and terrify them with your storm. - + Fill their faces with confusion, that they may seek your name, Yahweh. - + Let them be disappointed and dismayed forever. Yes, let them be confounded and perish; - + that they may know that you alone, whose name is Yahweh, are the Most High over all the earth. @@ -36709,42 +36709,42 @@ How lovely are your dwellings, Yahweh of Armies! - + My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Yahweh. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. - + Yes, the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young, near your altars, Yahweh of Armies, my King, and my God. - + Blessed are those who dwell in your house. They are always praising you. Selah. - + Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage. - + Passing through the valley of Weeping, they make it a place of springs. Yes, the autumn rain covers it with blessings. - + They go from strength to strength. Every one of them appears before God in Zion. - + Yahweh, God of Armies, hear my prayer. Listen, God of Jacob. Selah. - + Behold, God our shield, look at the face of your anointed. - + For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. - + For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly. - + Yahweh of Armies, blessed is the man who trusts in you. @@ -36753,42 +36753,42 @@ Yahweh, you have been favorable to your land. You have restored the fortunes of Jacob. - + You have forgiven the iniquity of your people. You have covered all their sin. Selah. - + You have taken away all your wrath. You have turned from the fierceness of your anger. - + Turn us, God of our salvation, and cause your indignation toward us to cease. - + Will you be angry with us forever? Will you draw out your anger to all generations? - + Won’t you revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you? - + Show us your loving kindness, Yahweh. Grant us your salvation. - + I will hear what God, Yahweh, will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, his saints; but let them not turn again to folly. - + Surely his salvation is near those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land. - + Mercy and truth meet together. Righteousness and peace have kissed each other. - + Truth springs out of the earth. Righteousness has looked down from heaven. - + Yes, Yahweh will give that which is good. Our land will yield its increase. - + Righteousness goes before him, And prepares the way for his steps. @@ -36797,57 +36797,57 @@ Hear, Yahweh, and answer me, for I am poor and needy. - + Preserve my soul, for I am godly. You, my God, save your servant who trusts in you. - + Be merciful to me, Lord, for I call to you all day long. - + Bring joy to the soul of your servant, for to you, Lord, do I lift up my soul. - + For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you. - + Hear, Yahweh, my prayer. Listen to the voice of my petitions. - + In the day of my trouble I will call on you, for you will answer me. - + There is no one like you among the gods, Lord, nor any deeds like your deeds. - + All nations you have made will come and worship before you, Lord. They shall glorify your name. - + For you are great, and do wondrous things. You are God alone. - + Teach me your way, Yahweh. I will walk in your truth. Make my heart undivided to fear your name. - + I will praise you, Lord my God, with my whole heart. I will glorify your name forever more. - + For your loving kindness is great toward me. You have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol. 86:13 Sheol is the place of the dead. - + God, the proud have risen up against me. A company of violent men have sought after my soul, and they don’t hold regard for you before them. - + But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth. - + Turn to me, and have mercy on me! Give your strength to your servant. Save the son of your servant. - + Show me a sign of your goodness, that those who hate me may see it, and be shamed, because you, Yahweh, have helped me, and comforted me. @@ -36858,23 +36858,23 @@ His foundation is in the holy mountains. Yahweh loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. - + Glorious things are spoken about you, city of God. Selah. - + I will record Rahab 87:4 Rahab is a reference to Egypt. and Babylon among those who acknowledge me. Behold, Philistia, Tyre, and also Ethiopia: “This one was born there.” - + Yes, of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one was born in her;” the Most High himself will establish her. - + Yahweh will count, when he writes up the peoples, “This one was born there.” Selah. - + Those who sing as well as those who dance say, “All my springs are in you.” @@ -36883,15 +36883,15 @@ Yahweh, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you. - + Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my cry. - + For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol. 88:3 Sheol is the place of the dead. - + I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help, @@ -36899,47 +36899,47 @@ like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand. - + You have laid me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths. - + Your wrath lies heavily on me. You have afflicted me with all your waves. Selah. - + You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can’t escape. - + My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, Yahweh. I have spread out my hands to you. - + Do you show wonders to the dead? Do the departed spirits rise up and praise you? Selah. - + Is your loving kindness declared in the grave? Or your faithfulness in Destruction? - + Are your wonders made known in the dark? Or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? - + But to you, Yahweh, I have cried. In the morning, my prayer comes before you. - + Yahweh, why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me? - + I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted. - + Your fierce wrath has gone over me. Your terrors have cut me off. - + They came around me like water all day long. They completely engulfed me. - + You have put lover and friend far from me, and my friends into darkness. @@ -36948,170 +36948,170 @@ I will sing of the loving kindness of Yahweh forever. With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations. - + I indeed declare, “Love stands firm forever. You established the heavens. Your faithfulness is in them.” “I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David, my servant, - + ‘I will establish your offspring forever, and build up your throne to all generations.’” Selah. - + The heavens will praise your wonders, Yahweh, your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones. - + For who in the skies can be compared to Yahweh? Who among the sons of the heavenly beings is like Yahweh, - + a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be feared above all those who are around him? - + Yahweh, God of Armies, who is a mighty one, like you? Yah, your faithfulness is around you. - + You rule the pride of the sea. When its waves rise up, you calm them. - + You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain. You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm. - + The heavens are yours. The earth also is yours, the world and its fullness. You have founded them. - + You have created the north and the south. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name. - + You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted. - + Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face. - + Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, Yahweh. - + In your name they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted. - + For you are the glory of their strength. In your favor, our horn will be exalted. - + For our shield belongs to Yahweh, our king to the Holy One of Israel. Then you spoke in vision to your saints, and said, “I have given strength to the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people. - + I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil, - + with whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him. - + No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him. - + I will beat down his adversaries before him, and strike those who hate him. - + But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted. - + I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers. - + He will call to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation!’ - + I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. - + I will keep my loving kindness for him forever more. My covenant will stand firm with him. - + I will also make his offspring endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven. - + If his children forsake my law, and don’t walk in my ordinances; - + if they break my statutes, and don’t keep my commandments; - + then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. - + But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail. - + I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered. - + Once I have sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David. - + His offspring will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me. - + It will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky.” Selah. But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your anointed. - + You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust. - + You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin. - + All who pass by the way rob him. -He has become a reproach to his neighbors. - +He has become a reproach to his neighbors. + You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all of his enemies rejoice. - + Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven’t supported him in battle. - + You have ended his splendor, and thrown his throne down to the ground. - + You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. Selah. - + How long, Yahweh? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire? - + Remember how short my time is, for what vanity you have created all the children of men! - + What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? 89:48 Sheol is the place of the dead. Selah. - + Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your faithfulness? - + Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples, - + With which your enemies have mocked, Yahweh, with which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one. Blessed be Yahweh forever more. -Amen, and Amen. +Amen, and Amen.
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n="3" /><w lemma="strong:H5704">You</w> <w lemma="strong:H7725">turn</w> <w lemma="strong:H120">man</w> <w lemma="strong:H559">to</w> destruction, <w lemma="strong:H559">saying</w>, </l><l level="2">“<w lemma="strong:H7725">Return</w>, <w lemma="strong:H5704">you</w> <w lemma="strong:H1121">children</w> <w lemma="strong:H1121">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H120">men</w>.” -<verse eID="Ps.90.3.seID.15950" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.90.3.seID.15950" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.90.4" sID="Ps.90.4.seID.15951" n="4" /><w lemma="strong:H3588">For</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">a</w> <w lemma="strong:H505">thousand</w> <w lemma="strong:H8141">years</w> <w lemma="strong:H8141">in</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">your</w> <w lemma="strong:H5869">sight</w> <w lemma="strong:H3117">are</w> just <w lemma="strong:H5869">like</w> yesterday <w lemma="strong:H3588">when</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">it</w> <w lemma="strong:H3117">is</w> past, </l><l level="2"><w 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osisID="Ps.90.6" sID="Ps.90.6.seID.15953" n="6" /><w lemma="strong:H1242">In</w> <w lemma="strong:H1242">the</w> <w lemma="strong:H1242">morning</w> <w lemma="strong:H1242">it</w> <w lemma="strong:H2498">sprouts</w> <w lemma="strong:H1242">and</w> springs <w lemma="strong:H3001">up</w>. </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H1242">By</w> <w lemma="strong:H6153">evening</w>, <w lemma="strong:H1242">it</w> is <w lemma="strong:H3001">withered</w> <w lemma="strong:H1242">and</w> <w lemma="strong:H3001">dry</w>. -<verse eID="Ps.90.6.seID.15953" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.90.6.seID.15953" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.90.7" sID="Ps.90.7.seID.15954" n="7" /><w lemma="strong:H3588">For</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">we</w> <w lemma="strong:H639">are</w> <w lemma="strong:H3615">consumed</w> <w lemma="strong:H3615">in</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">your</w> <w lemma="strong:H639">anger</w>. </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H3588">We</w> <w lemma="strong:H639">are</w> troubled <w lemma="strong:H3615">in</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">your</w> <w lemma="strong:H2534">wrath</w>. -<verse eID="Ps.90.7.seID.15954" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.90.7.seID.15954" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.90.8" sID="Ps.90.8.seID.15955" n="8" /><w lemma="strong:H6440">You</w> <w lemma="strong:H5771">have</w> <w lemma="strong:H7896">set</w> <w lemma="strong:H7896">our</w> <w lemma="strong:H5771">iniquities</w> <w lemma="strong:H6440">before</w> <w lemma="strong:H6440">you</w>, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H7896">our</w> <w lemma="strong:H5956">secret</w> <w lemma="strong:H5771">sins</w> <w lemma="strong:H6440">in</w> <w lemma="strong:H6440">the</w> <w lemma="strong:H3974">light</w> <w lemma="strong:H6440">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H6440">your</w> <w lemma="strong:H6440">presence</w>. -<verse eID="Ps.90.8.seID.15955" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.90.8.seID.15955" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.90.9" sID="Ps.90.9.seID.15956" n="9" /><w lemma="strong:H3588">For</w> <w lemma="strong:H3605">all</w> <w lemma="strong:H3605">our</w> <w lemma="strong:H3117">days</w> <w lemma="strong:H3605">have</w> passed <w lemma="strong:H6437">away</w> <w lemma="strong:H8141">in</w> <w lemma="strong:H3605">your</w> <w lemma="strong:H5678">wrath</w>. </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H3588">We</w> bring <w lemma="strong:H3605">our</w> <w lemma="strong:H8141">years</w> <w lemma="strong:H3117">to</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">an</w> <w lemma="strong:H3615">end</w> <w lemma="strong:H3644">as</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">a</w> <w lemma="strong:H1899">sigh</w>. -<verse eID="Ps.90.9.seID.15956" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.90.9.seID.15956" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.90.10" sID="Ps.90.10.seID.15957" n="10" /><w lemma="strong:H3588">The</w> <w lemma="strong:H3117">days</w> <w lemma="strong:H3117">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">our</w> <w lemma="strong:H8141">years</w> <w lemma="strong:H3117">are</w> <w lemma="strong:H7657">seventy</w>, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H518">or</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">even</w> <w lemma="strong:H3117">by</w> reason <w lemma="strong:H3117">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H1369">strength</w> <w lemma="strong:H8084">eighty</w> <w lemma="strong:H8141">years</w>; </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H3588">yet</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">their</w> <w lemma="strong:H7296">pride</w> <w lemma="strong:H3117">is</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">but</w> <w lemma="strong:H5999">labor</w> <w lemma="strong:H3117">and</w> <w lemma="strong:H205">sorrow</w>, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H3588">for</w> <w lemma="strong:H518">it</w> passes <w lemma="strong:H2440">quickly</w>, <w lemma="strong:H3117">and</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">we</w> <w lemma="strong:H5774">fly</w> away. -<verse eID="Ps.90.10.seID.15957" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.90.10.seID.15957" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.90.11" sID="Ps.90.11.seID.15958" n="11" /><w lemma="strong:H4310">Who</w> <w lemma="strong:H3045">knows</w> <w lemma="strong:H3045">the</w> <w lemma="strong:H5797">power</w> <w lemma="strong:H3045">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H3045">your</w> <w lemma="strong:H639">anger</w>, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H3045">your</w> <w lemma="strong:H5678">wrath</w> according <w lemma="strong:H3045">to</w> <w lemma="strong:H3045">the</w> <w lemma="strong:H3374">fear</w> <w lemma="strong:H3045">that</w> <w lemma="strong:H4310">is</w> due <w lemma="strong:H3045">to</w> <w lemma="strong:H3045">you</w>? -<verse eID="Ps.90.11.seID.15958" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.90.11.seID.15958" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.90.12" sID="Ps.90.12.seID.15959" n="12" /><w lemma="strong:H3651">So</w> <w lemma="strong:H3045">teach</w> <w lemma="strong:H3045">us</w> <w lemma="strong:H935">to</w> <w lemma="strong:H4487">count</w> <w lemma="strong:H935">our</w> <w lemma="strong:H3117">days</w>, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H3045">that</w> <w lemma="strong:H3117">we</w> <w lemma="strong:H3824">may</w> <w lemma="strong:H3045">gain</w> <w lemma="strong:H935">a</w> <w lemma="strong:H3824">heart</w> <w lemma="strong:H3117">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H2451">wisdom</w>. -<verse eID="Ps.90.12.seID.15959" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.90.12.seID.15959" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.90.13" sID="Ps.90.13.seID.15960" n="13" /><w lemma="strong:H5162">Relent</w>, <w lemma="strong:H3068">Yahweh</w>!<note type="translation" osisRef="Ps.90.13" osisID="Ps.90.13!note.1" placement="foot"> <reference type="source" osisRef="Ps.90.13">90:13 </reference>“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.</note> </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H4970">How</w> <w lemma="strong:H5704">long</w>? </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H5650">Have</w> <w lemma="strong:H5162">compassion</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">on</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">your</w> <w lemma="strong:H5650">servants</w>! -<verse eID="Ps.90.13.seID.15960" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.90.13.seID.15960" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.90.14" sID="Ps.90.14.seID.15961" n="14" /><w lemma="strong:H7646">Satisfy</w> <w lemma="strong:H3117">us</w> <w lemma="strong:H3117">in</w> <w lemma="strong:H3605">the</w> <w lemma="strong:H1242">morning</w> <w lemma="strong:H7646">with</w> <w lemma="strong:H3605">your</w> loving <w lemma="strong:H2617">kindness</w>, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H3605">that</w> <w lemma="strong:H3117">we</w> <w lemma="strong:H3117">may</w> <w lemma="strong:H8055">rejoice</w> <w lemma="strong:H3117">and</w> <w lemma="strong:H3117">be</w> <w lemma="strong:H8055">glad</w> <w lemma="strong:H3605">all</w> <w lemma="strong:H3605">our</w> <w lemma="strong:H3117">days</w>. -<verse eID="Ps.90.14.seID.15961" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.90.14.seID.15961" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.90.15" sID="Ps.90.15.seID.15962" n="15" /><w lemma="strong:H8055">Make</w> <w lemma="strong:H7200">us</w> <w lemma="strong:H8055">glad</w> <w lemma="strong:H3117">for</w> <w lemma="strong:H3117">as</w> many <w lemma="strong:H3117">days</w> <w lemma="strong:H3117">as</w> <w lemma="strong:H3117">you</w> <w lemma="strong:H7200">have</w> afflicted <w lemma="strong:H7200">us</w>, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H3117">for</w> <w lemma="strong:H3117">as</w> many <w lemma="strong:H8141">years</w> <w lemma="strong:H3117">as</w> <w lemma="strong:H3117">we</w> <w lemma="strong:H7200">have</w> <w lemma="strong:H7200">seen</w> <w lemma="strong:H7451">evil</w>. -<verse eID="Ps.90.15.seID.15962" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.90.15.seID.15962" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.90.16" sID="Ps.90.16.seID.15963" n="16" />Let <w lemma="strong:H5921">your</w> <w lemma="strong:H6467">work</w> <w lemma="strong:H7200">appear</w> <w lemma="strong:H413">to</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">your</w> <w lemma="strong:H5650">servants</w>, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H5921">your</w> glory <w lemma="strong:H413">to</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">their</w> <w lemma="strong:H1121">children</w>. -<verse eID="Ps.90.16.seID.15963" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.90.16.seID.15963" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.90.17" sID="Ps.90.17.seID.15964" n="17" /><w lemma="strong:H1961">Let</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">the</w> <w lemma="strong:H5278">favor</w> <w lemma="strong:H430">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">the</w> <w lemma="strong:H136">Lord</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">our</w> <w lemma="strong:H430">God</w> <w lemma="strong:H1961">be</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">on</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">us</w>. </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H3559">Establish</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">the</w> <w lemma="strong:H4639">work</w> <w lemma="strong:H430">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">our</w> <w lemma="strong:H3027">hands</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">for</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">us</w>. </l><l level="2">Yes, <w lemma="strong:H3559">establish</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">the</w> <w lemma="strong:H4639">work</w> <w lemma="strong:H430">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">our</w> <w lemma="strong:H3027">hands</w>. @@ -37182,52 +37182,52 @@ <lg><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.91.1" sID="Ps.91.1.seID.15966" n="1" />He <w lemma="strong:H3427">who</w> <w lemma="strong:H3427">dwells</w> <w lemma="strong:H3427">in</w> <w lemma="strong:H3427">the</w> secret place <w lemma="strong:H3427">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H3427">the</w> Most High </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H3427">will</w> rest <w lemma="strong:H3427">in</w> <w lemma="strong:H3427">the</w> <w lemma="strong:H6738">shadow</w> <w lemma="strong:H3427">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H3427">the</w> <w lemma="strong:H7706">Almighty</w>. -<verse eID="Ps.91.1.seID.15966" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.91.1.seID.15966" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.91.2" sID="Ps.91.2.seID.15967" n="2" /><w lemma="strong:H559">I</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">will</w> <w lemma="strong:H559">say</w> <w lemma="strong:H430">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">Yahweh</w>, “<w lemma="strong:H430">He</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">is</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">my</w> <w lemma="strong:H4268">refuge</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">and</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">my</w> fortress; </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H3068">my</w> <w lemma="strong:H430">God</w>, <w lemma="strong:H430">in</w> whom <w lemma="strong:H559">I</w> <w lemma="strong:H982">trust</w>.” -<verse eID="Ps.91.2.seID.15967" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.91.2.seID.15967" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.91.3" sID="Ps.91.3.seID.15968" n="3" /><w lemma="strong:H3588">For</w> <w lemma="strong:H1931">he</w> <w lemma="strong:H1931">will</w> <w lemma="strong:H5337">deliver</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">you</w> <w lemma="strong:H5337">from</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">the</w> <w lemma="strong:H6341">snare</w> <w lemma="strong:H1931">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">the</w> <w lemma="strong:H3353">fowler</w>, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H1698">and</w> <w lemma="strong:H5337">from</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">the</w> <w lemma="strong:H1942">deadly</w> <w lemma="strong:H1698">pestilence</w>. -<verse eID="Ps.91.3.seID.15968" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.91.3.seID.15968" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.91.4" sID="Ps.91.4.seID.15969" n="4" />He <w lemma="strong:H3671">will</w> cover <w lemma="strong:H8478">you</w> <w lemma="strong:H571">with</w> <w lemma="strong:H8478">his</w> feathers. </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H8478">Under</w> <w lemma="strong:H8478">his</w> <w lemma="strong:H3671">wings</w> <w lemma="strong:H8478">you</w> <w lemma="strong:H3671">will</w> <w lemma="strong:H2620">take</w> <w lemma="strong:H2620">refuge</w>. </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H8478">His</w> <w lemma="strong:H571">faithfulness</w> <w lemma="strong:H3671">is</w> <w lemma="strong:H8478">your</w> <w lemma="strong:H6793">shield</w> <w lemma="strong:H571">and</w> rampart. -<verse eID="Ps.91.4.seID.15969" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.91.4.seID.15969" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.91.5" sID="Ps.91.5.seID.15970" n="5" /><w lemma="strong:H3808">You</w> <w lemma="strong:H3808">shall</w> <w lemma="strong:H3808">not</w> <w lemma="strong:H3808">be</w> <w lemma="strong:H3372">afraid</w> <w lemma="strong:H6343">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H3372">the</w> <w lemma="strong:H6343">terror</w> <w lemma="strong:H3915">by</w> <w lemma="strong:H3915">night</w>, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H3808">nor</w> <w lemma="strong:H6343">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H3372">the</w> <w lemma="strong:H2671">arrow</w> <w lemma="strong:H3808">that</w> <w lemma="strong:H5774">flies</w> <w lemma="strong:H3915">by</w> <w lemma="strong:H3119">day</w>, <verse eID="Ps.91.5.seID.15970" /></l><l level="2"> <verse osisID="Ps.91.6" sID="Ps.91.6.seID.15971" n="6" />nor of <w lemma="strong:H1980">the</w> <w lemma="strong:H1698">pestilence</w> <w lemma="strong:H1698">that</w> <w lemma="strong:H1980">walks</w> <w lemma="strong:H1980">in</w> <w lemma="strong:H652">darkness</w>, </l><l level="2">nor of <w lemma="strong:H1980">the</w> <w lemma="strong:H6986">destruction</w> <w lemma="strong:H1698">that</w> wastes <w lemma="strong:H1980">at</w> noonday. -<verse eID="Ps.91.6.seID.15971" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.91.6.seID.15971" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.91.7" sID="Ps.91.7.seID.15972" n="7" /><w lemma="strong:H3808">A</w> <w lemma="strong:H505">thousand</w> <w lemma="strong:H3808">may</w> <w lemma="strong:H5307">fall</w> <w lemma="strong:H413">at</w> <w lemma="strong:H3808">your</w> <w lemma="strong:H6654">side</w>, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H5066">and</w> <w lemma="strong:H7233">ten</w> <w lemma="strong:H505">thousand</w> <w lemma="strong:H413">at</w> <w lemma="strong:H3808">your</w> <w lemma="strong:H3225">right</w> <w lemma="strong:H3225">hand</w>; 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/></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.91.9" sID="Ps.91.9.seID.15974" n="9" /><w lemma="strong:H3588">Because</w> <w lemma="strong:H859">you</w> <w lemma="strong:H859">have</w> <w lemma="strong:H7760">made</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">Yahweh</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">your</w> <w lemma="strong:H4268">refuge</w>, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H3068">and</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">the</w> Most High <w lemma="strong:H3068">your</w> <w lemma="strong:H4583">dwelling</w> <w lemma="strong:H7760">place</w>, -<verse eID="Ps.91.9.seID.15974" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.91.9.seID.15974" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.91.10" sID="Ps.91.10.seID.15975" n="10" /><w lemma="strong:H3808">no</w> <w lemma="strong:H7451">evil</w> <w lemma="strong:H3808">shall</w> happen <w lemma="strong:H413">to</w> <w lemma="strong:H3808">you</w>, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H3808">neither</w> <w lemma="strong:H3808">shall</w> <w lemma="strong:H3808">any</w> <w 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eID="Ps.91.seID.15965" /> @@ -37236,49 +37236,49 @@ It is a good thing to give thanks to Yahweh, to sing praises to your name, Most High, - + to proclaim your loving kindness in the morning, and your faithfulness every night, - + with the ten-stringed lute, with the harp, and with the melody of the lyre. - + For you, Yahweh, have made me glad through your work. I will triumph in the works of your hands. - + How great are your works, Yahweh! Your thoughts are very deep. - + A senseless man doesn’t know, neither does a fool understand this: - + though the wicked spring up as the grass, and all the evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever. - + But you, Yahweh, are on high forever more. - + For behold, your enemies, Yahweh, for behold, your enemies shall perish. All the evildoers will be scattered. - + But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox. I am anointed with fresh oil. - + My eye has also seen my enemies. My ears have heard of the wicked enemies who rise up against me. - + The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree. He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon. - + They are planted in Yahweh’s house. They will flourish in our God’s courts. - + They will still produce fruit in old age. They will be full of sap and green, to show that Yahweh is upright. -He is my rock, +He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
@@ -37286,20 +37286,20 @@ Yahweh reigns! He is clothed with majesty! Yahweh is armed with strength. -The world also is established. +The world also is established. It can’t be moved. - + Your throne is established from long ago. You are from everlasting. - + The floods have lifted up, Yahweh, the floods have lifted up their voice. The floods lift up their waves. - + Above the voices of many waters, the mighty breakers of the sea, Yahweh on high is mighty. - + Your statutes stand firm. Holiness adorns your house, Yahweh, forever more. @@ -37308,70 +37308,70 @@ Yahweh, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine out. - + Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve. - + Yahweh, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked triumph? - + They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast. - + They break your people in pieces, Yahweh, and afflict your heritage. - + They kill the widow and the alien, and murder the fatherless. - + They say, “Yah will not see, neither will Jacob’s God consider.” - + Consider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be wise? - + He who implanted the ear, won’t he hear? He who formed the eye, won’t he see? - + He who disciplines the nations, won’t he punish? He who teaches man knows. - + Yahweh knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile. - + Blessed is the man whom you discipline, Yah, and teach out of your law, - + that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked. - + For Yahweh won’t reject his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance. - + For judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it. - + Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers? - + Unless Yahweh had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence. - + When I said, “My foot is slipping!” Your loving kindness, Yahweh, held me up. - + In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul. - + Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by statute? - + They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. - + But Yahweh has been my high tower, my God, the rock of my refuge. - + He has brought on them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own wickedness. Yahweh, our God, will cut them off. @@ -37380,37 +37380,37 @@ Oh come, let’s sing to Yahweh. Let’s shout aloud to the rock of our salvation! - + Let’s come before his presence with thanksgiving. Let’s extol him with songs! - + For Yahweh is a great God, a great King above all gods. - + In his hand are the deep places of the earth. The heights of the mountains are also his. - + The sea is his, and he made it. His hands formed the dry land. - + Oh come, let’s worship and bow down. Let’s kneel before Yahweh, our Maker, for he is our God. -We are the people of his pasture, +We are the people of his pasture, and the sheep in his care. -Today, oh that you would hear his voice! +Today, oh that you would hear his voice! Don’t harden your heart, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the wilderness, - + when your fathers tempted me, tested me, and saw my work. - + Forty long years I was grieved with that generation, and said, “They are a people who err in their heart. They have not known my ways.” - + Therefore I swore in my wrath, “They won’t enter into my rest.” @@ -37418,37 +37418,37 @@ Sing to Yahweh a new song! Sing to Yahweh, all the earth. - + Sing to Yahweh! Bless his name! Proclaim his salvation from day to day! - + Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples. - + For Yahweh is great, and greatly to be praised! He is to be feared above all gods. - + For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but Yahweh made the heavens. - + Honor and majesty are before him. Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. - + Ascribe to Yahweh, you families of nations, ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength. - + Ascribe to Yahweh the glory due to his name. Bring an offering, and come into his courts. - + Worship Yahweh in holy array. Tremble before him, all the earth. - + Say among the nations, “Yahweh reigns.” The world is also established. It can’t be moved. He will judge the peoples with equity. - + Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice. Let the sea roar, and its fullness! @@ -37457,7 +37457,7 @@ before Yahweh; for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. -He will judge the world with righteousness, +He will judge the world with righteousness, the peoples with his truth. @@ -37465,42 +37465,42 @@ Yahweh reigns! Let the earth rejoice! Let the multitude of islands be glad! - + Clouds and darkness are around him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne. - + A fire goes before him, and burns up his adversaries on every side. - + His lightning lights up the world. The earth sees, and trembles. - + The mountains melt like wax at the presence of Yahweh, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. - + The heavens declare his righteousness. All the peoples have seen his glory. - + Let all them be shamed who serve engraved images, who boast in their idols. Worship him, all you gods! 97:7 LXX reads “angels” instead of “gods”. - + Zion heard and was glad. The daughters of Judah rejoiced because of your judgments, Yahweh. - + For you, Yahweh, are most high above all the earth. You are exalted far above all gods. - + You who love Yahweh, hate evil! He preserves the souls of his saints. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked. - + Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart. - + Be glad in Yahweh, you righteous people! Give thanks to his holy Name. @@ -37510,31 +37510,31 @@ Sing to Yahweh a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him. - + Yahweh has made known his salvation. He has openly shown his righteousness in the sight of the nations. - + He has remembered his loving kindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. - + Make a joyful noise to Yahweh, all the earth! Burst out and sing for joy, yes, sing praises! - + Sing praises to Yahweh with the harp, with the harp and the voice of melody. - + With trumpets and sound of the ram’s horn, make a joyful noise before the King, Yahweh. - + Let the sea roar with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell therein. - + Let the rivers clap their hands. Let the mountains sing for joy together. - + Let them sing before Yahweh, for he comes to judge the earth. -He will judge the world with righteousness, +He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity. @@ -37542,17 +37542,17 @@ Yahweh reigns! Let the peoples tremble. He sits enthroned among the cherubim. Let the earth be moved. - + Yahweh is great in Zion. He is high above all the peoples. - + Let them praise your great and awesome name. He is Holy! The King’s strength also loves justice. You establish equity. You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob. - + Exalt Yahweh our God. Worship at his footstool. He is Holy! @@ -37560,15 +37560,15 @@ Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel was among those who call on his name. They called on Yahweh, and he answered them. - + He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud. They kept his testimonies, the statute that he gave them. - + You answered them, Yahweh our God. You are a God who forgave them, although you took vengeance for their doings. - + Exalt Yahweh, our God. Worship at his holy hill, for Yahweh, our God, is holy! @@ -37580,15 +37580,15 @@ Serve Yahweh with gladness. Come before his presence with singing. - + Know that Yahweh, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. - + Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name. - + For Yahweh is good. His loving kindness endures forever, his faithfulness to all generations. @@ -37598,29 +37598,29 @@ I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To you, Yahweh, I will sing praises. - + I will be careful to live a blameless life. When will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a blameless heart. - + I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me. - + A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil. - + I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won’t tolerate one who is arrogant and conceited. - + My eyes will be on the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me. -He who walks in a perfect way, +He who walks in a perfect way, he will serve me. - + He who practices deceit won’t dwell within my house. He who speaks falsehood won’t be established before my eyes. - + Morning by morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land, to cut off all the workers of iniquity from Yahweh’s city. @@ -37629,87 +37629,87 @@ Hear my prayer, Yahweh! Let my cry come to you. - + Don’t hide your face from me in the day of my distress. Turn your ear to me. Answer me quickly in the day when I call. - + For my days consume away like smoke. My bones are burned as a torch. - + My heart is blighted like grass, and withered, for I forget to eat my bread. - + By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones stick to my skin. - + I am like a pelican of the wilderness. I have become as an owl of the waste places. I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop. - + My enemies reproach me all day. Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse. - + For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mixed my drink with tears, because of your indignation and your wrath; for you have taken me up and thrown me away. - + My days are like a long shadow. I have withered like grass. But you, Yahweh, will remain forever; your renown endures to all generations. - + You will arise and have mercy on Zion, for it is time to have pity on her. Yes, the set time has come. - + For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and have pity on her dust. - + So the nations will fear Yahweh’s name, all the kings of the earth your glory. - + For Yahweh has built up Zion. He has appeared in his glory. - + He has responded to the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer. - + This will be written for the generation to come. A people which will be created will praise Yah, - + for he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary. From heaven, Yahweh saw the earth, - + to hear the groans of the prisoner, to free those who are condemned to death, - + that men may declare Yahweh’s name in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem, - + when the peoples are gathered together, the kingdoms, to serve Yahweh. He weakened my strength along the course. He shortened my days. - + I said, “My God, don’t take me away in the middle of my days. Your years are throughout all generations. - + Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the work of your hands. - + They will perish, but you will endure. Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment. You will change them like a cloak, and they will be changed. - + But you are the same. Your years will have no end. - + The children of your servants will continue. Their offspring will be established before you.” @@ -37718,68 +37718,68 @@ Praise Yahweh, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name! - + Praise Yahweh, my soul, and don’t forget all his benefits, - + who forgives all your sins, who heals all your diseases, - + who redeems your life from destruction, who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies, - + who satisfies your desire with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. - + Yahweh executes righteous acts, and justice for all who are oppressed. - + He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the children of Israel. - + Yahweh is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness. - + He will not always accuse; neither will he stay angry forever. - + He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor repaid us for our iniquities. - + For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him. - + As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. - + Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him. - + For he knows how we are made. He remembers that we are dust. - + As for man, his days are like grass. As a flower of the field, so he flourishes. - + For the wind passes over it, and it is gone. Its place remembers it no more. - + But Yahweh’s loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children’s children, - + to those who keep his covenant, to those who remember to obey his precepts. - + Yahweh has established his throne in the heavens. His kingdom rules over all. - + Praise Yahweh, you angels of his, who are mighty in strength, who fulfill his word, obeying the voice of his word. - + Praise Yahweh, all you armies of his, you servants of his, who do his pleasure. - + Praise Yahweh, all you works of his, in all places of his dominion. Praise Yahweh, my soul! @@ -37789,114 +37789,114 @@ Bless Yahweh, my soul. Yahweh, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty. - + He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain. - + He lays the beams of his rooms in the waters. He makes the clouds his chariot. He walks on the wings of the wind. - + He makes his messengers 104:4 or, angels winds, and his servants flames of fire. - + He laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved forever. - + You covered it with the deep as with a cloak. The waters stood above the mountains. - + At your rebuke they fled. At the voice of your thunder they hurried away. - + The mountains rose, the valleys sank down, to the place which you had assigned to them. - + You have set a boundary that they may not pass over, that they don’t turn again to cover the earth. - + He sends springs into the valleys. They run among the mountains. - + They give drink to every animal of the field. The wild donkeys quench their thirst. - + The birds of the sky nest by them. They sing among the branches. - + He waters the mountains from his rooms. The earth is filled with the fruit of your works. - + He causes the grass to grow for the livestock, and plants for man to cultivate, that he may produce food out of the earth: - + wine that makes the heart of man glad, oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man’s heart. - + Yahweh’s trees are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted, - + where the birds make their nests. The stork makes its home in the cypress trees. - + The high mountains are for the wild goats. The rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers. - + He appointed the moon for seasons. The sun knows when to set. - + You make darkness, and it is night, in which all the animals of the forest prowl. - + The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God. - + The sun rises, and they steal away, and lie down in their dens. - + Man goes out to his work, to his labor until the evening. - + Yahweh, how many are your works! In wisdom, you have made them all. The earth is full of your riches. - + There is the sea, great and wide, in which are innumerable living things, both small and large animals. - + There the ships go, and leviathan, whom you formed to play there. - + These all wait for you, that you may give them their food in due season. - + You give to them; they gather. You open your hand; they are satisfied with good. - + You hide your face; they are troubled. You take away their breath; they die and return to the dust. - + You send out your Spirit and they are created. You renew the face of the ground. - + Let Yahweh’s glory endure forever. Let Yahweh rejoice in his works. - + He looks at the earth, and it trembles. He touches the mountains, and they smoke. - + I will sing to Yahweh as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being. - + Let my meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in Yahweh. - + Let sinners be consumed out of the earth. Let the wicked be no more. Bless Yahweh, my soul. @@ -37906,136 +37906,136 @@ Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples. - + Sing to him, sing praises to him! Tell of all his marvelous works. - + Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh rejoice. - + Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more. - + Remember his marvelous works that he has done: his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth, - + you offspring of Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones. - + He is Yahweh, our God. His judgments are in all the earth. - + He has remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations, - + the covenant which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac, - + and confirmed it to Jacob for a statute; to Israel for an everlasting covenant, - + saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance,” - + when they were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners in it. - + They went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people. - + He allowed no one to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes, - + “Don’t touch my anointed ones! Do my prophets no harm!” - + He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies. - + He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a slave. - + They bruised his feet with shackles. His neck was locked in irons, - + until the time that his word happened, and Yahweh’s word proved him true. - + The king sent and freed him, even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free. - + He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all of his possessions, - + to discipline his princes at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom. - + Israel also came into Egypt. Jacob lived in the land of Ham. - + He increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their adversaries. - + He turned their heart to hate his people, to conspire against his servants. - + He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen. - + They performed miracles among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. - + He sent darkness, and made it dark. They didn’t rebel against his words. - + He turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish. - + Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the rooms of their kings. - + He spoke, and swarms of flies came, and lice in all their borders. - + He gave them hail for rain, with lightning in their land. - + He struck their vines and also their fig trees, and shattered the trees of their country. - + He spoke, and the locusts came with the grasshoppers, without number. - + They ate up every plant in their land, and ate up the fruit of their ground. - + He struck also all the firstborn in their land, the first fruits of all their manhood. - + He brought them out with silver and gold. There was not one feeble person among his tribes. - + Egypt was glad when they departed, for the fear of them had fallen on them. - + He spread a cloud for a covering, fire to give light in the night. - + They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of the sky. - + He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places. - + For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham, his servant. - + He brought his people out with joy, his chosen with singing. - + He gave them the lands of the nations. They took the labor of the peoples in possession, - + that they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Praise Yah! @@ -38045,16 +38045,16 @@ Praise Yahweh! Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. - + Who can utter the mighty acts of Yahweh, or fully declare all his praise? - + Blessed are those who keep justice. Blessed is one who does what is right at all times. - + Remember me, Yahweh, with the favor that you show to your people. Visit me with your salvation, - + that I may see the prosperity of your chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may glory with your inheritance. @@ -38062,23 +38062,23 @@ We have sinned with our fathers. We have committed iniquity. We have done wickedly. - + Our fathers didn’t understand your wonders in Egypt. They didn’t remember the multitude of your loving kindnesses, but were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea. - + Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power known. - + He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up; so he led them through the depths, as through a desert. - + He saved them from the hand of him who hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. - + The waters covered their adversaries. There was not one of them left. - + Then they believed his words. They sang his praise. @@ -38087,103 +38087,103 @@ but gave in to craving in the desert, and tested God in the wasteland. - + He gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul. - + They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron, Yahweh’s saint. - + The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram. - + A fire was kindled in their company. The flame burned up the wicked. - + They made a calf in Horeb, and worshiped a molten image. - + Thus they exchanged their glory for an image of a bull that eats grass. - + They forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt, wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome things by the Red Sea. - + Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had Moses, his chosen, not stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, so that he wouldn’t destroy them. - + Yes, they despised the pleasant land. They didn’t believe his word, but murmured in their tents, and didn’t listen to Yahweh’s voice. - + Therefore he swore to them that he would overthrow them in the wilderness, that he would overthrow their offspring among the nations, and scatter them in the lands. - + They joined themselves also to Baal Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. - + Thus they provoked him to anger with their deeds. The plague broke in on them. - + Then Phinehas stood up and executed judgment, so the plague was stopped. - + That was credited to him for righteousness, for all generations to come. - + They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was troubled for their sakes; - + because they were rebellious against his spirit, he spoke rashly with his lips. - + They didn’t destroy the peoples, as Yahweh commanded them, but mixed themselves with the nations, and learned their works. - + They served their idols, which became a snare to them. - + Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. They shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. The land was polluted with blood. - + Thus they were defiled with their works, and prostituted themselves in their deeds. - + Therefore Yahweh burned with anger against his people. He abhorred his inheritance. - + He gave them into the hand of the nations. Those who hated them ruled over them. - + Their enemies also oppressed them. They were brought into subjection under their hand. - + He rescued them many times, but they were rebellious in their counsel, and were brought low in their iniquity. - + Nevertheless he regarded their distress, when he heard their cry. - + He remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses. - + He made them also to be pitied by all those who carried them captive. @@ -38194,7 +38194,7 @@ Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting! -Let all the people say, “Amen.” +Let all the people say, “Amen.” Praise Yah! @@ -38204,7 +38204,7 @@ 107:1 “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. - + Let the redeemed by Yahweh say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary, @@ -38214,16 +38214,16 @@ They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way. They found no city to live in. - + Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. - + Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses. - + He led them also by a straight way, that they might go to a city to live in. - + Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men! @@ -38237,16 +38237,16 @@ 107:11 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim). and condemned the counsel of the Most High. - + Therefore he brought down their heart with labor. They fell down, and there was no one to help. - + Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses. - + He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke away their chains. - + Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men! @@ -38255,16 +38255,16 @@ Fools are afflicted because of their disobedience, and because of their iniquities. - + Their soul abhors all kinds of food. They draw near to the gates of death. - + Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, and he saves them out of their distresses. - + He sends his word, and heals them, and delivers them from their graves. - + Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men! @@ -38276,25 +38276,25 @@ these see Yahweh’s deeds, and his wonders in the deep. - + For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up its waves. - + They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble. - + They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end. - + Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distress. - + He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still. - + Then they are glad because it is calm, so he brings them to their desired haven. - + Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds for the children of men! @@ -38306,31 +38306,31 @@ and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it. - + He turns a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into water springs. - + There he makes the hungry live, that they may prepare a city to live in, sow fields, plant vineyards, and reap the fruits of increase. - + He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly. He doesn’t allow their livestock to decrease. - + Again, they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow. - + He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in a trackless waste. - + Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction, and increases their families like a flock. - + The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths. - + Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things. They will consider the loving kindnesses of Yahweh. @@ -38339,42 +38339,42 @@ My heart is steadfast, God. I will sing and I will make music with my soul. - + Wake up, harp and lyre! I will wake up the dawn. - + I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations. I will sing praises to you among the peoples. - + For your loving kindness is great above the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the skies. - + Be exalted, God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth. - + That your beloved may be delivered, save with your right hand, and answer us. - + God has spoken from his sanctuary: “In triumph, I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth. - + Gilead is mine. Manasseh is mine. Ephraim also is my helmet. Judah is my scepter. - + Moab is my wash pot. I will toss my sandal on Edom. I will shout over Philistia.” - + Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom? - + Haven’t you rejected us, God? You don’t go out, God, with our armies. - + Give us help against the enemy, for the help of man is vain. - + Through God, we will do valiantly, for it is he who will tread down our enemies. @@ -38385,60 +38385,60 @@ for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue. - + They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause. - + In return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I am in prayer. - + They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. - + Set a wicked man over him. Let an adversary stand at his right hand. - + When he is judged, let him come out guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin. - + Let his days be few. Let another take his office. - + Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. - + Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins. - + Let the creditor seize all that he has. Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor. - + Let there be no one to extend kindness to him, neither let there be anyone to have pity on his fatherless children. - + Let his posterity be cut off. In the generation following let their name be blotted out. - + Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by Yahweh. Don’t let the sin of his mother be blotted out. - + Let them be before Yahweh continually, that he may cut off their memory from the earth; - + because he didn’t remember to show kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, the broken in heart, to kill them. - + Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn’t delight in blessing, and it was far from him. - + He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water, like oil into his bones. - + Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself, for the belt that is always around him. - + This is the reward of my adversaries from Yahweh, of those who speak evil against my soul. @@ -38449,32 +38449,32 @@ for I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded within me. - + I fade away like an evening shadow. I am shaken off like a locust. - + My knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat. - + I have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head. - + Help me, Yahweh, my God. Save me according to your loving kindness; - + that they may know that this is your hand; that you, Yahweh, have done it. - + They may curse, but you bless. When they arise, they will be shamed, but your servant shall rejoice. - + Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe. - + I will give great thanks to Yahweh with my mouth. Yes, I will praise him among the multitude. - + For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who judge his soul. @@ -38483,23 +38483,23 @@ Yahweh says to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet.” - + Yahweh will send out the rod of your strength out of Zion. Rule among your enemies. - + Your people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power, in holy array. Out of the womb of the morning, you have the dew of your youth. - + Yahweh has sworn, and will not change his mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.” - + The Lord is at your right hand. He will crush kings in the day of his wrath. - + He will judge among the nations. He will heap up dead bodies. He will crush the ruler of the whole earth. - + He will drink of the brook on the way; therefore he will lift up his head. @@ -38510,35 +38510,35 @@ Psalm 111 is an acrostic poem, with each verse after the initial “Praise Yah!” starting with a letter of the alphabet (ordered from Alef to Tav). I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart, in the council of the upright, and in the congregation. - + Yahweh’s works are great, pondered by all those who delight in them. - + His work is honor and majesty. His righteousness endures forever. - + He has caused his wonderful works to be remembered. Yahweh is gracious and merciful. - + He has given food to those who fear him. He always remembers his covenant. - + He has shown his people the power of his works, in giving them the heritage of the nations. - + The works of his hands are truth and justice. All his precepts are sure. - + They are established forever and ever. They are done in truth and uprightness. - + He has sent redemption to his people. He has ordained his covenant forever. His name is holy and awesome! - + The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. -His praise endures forever! +His praise endures forever! @@ -38547,32 +38547,32 @@ Psalm 112 is an acrostic poem, with each verse after the initial “Praise Yah!” starting with a letter of the alphabet (ordered from Alef to Tav). Blessed is the man who fears Yahweh, who delights greatly in his commandments. - + His offspring will be mighty in the land. The generation of the upright will be blessed. - + Wealth and riches are in his house. His righteousness endures forever. - + Light dawns in the darkness for the upright, gracious, merciful, and righteous. - + It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment. - + For he will never be shaken. The righteous will be remembered forever. - + He will not be afraid of evil news. His heart is steadfast, trusting in Yahweh. - + His heart is established. He will not be afraid in the end when he sees his adversaries. - + He has dispersed, he has given to the poor. His righteousness endures forever. His horn will be exalted with honor. - + The wicked will see it, and be grieved. He shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away. The desire of the wicked will perish. @@ -38582,54 +38582,54 @@ Praise Yah! Praise, you servants of Yahweh, praise Yahweh’s name. - + Blessed be Yahweh’s name, from this time forward and forever more. - + From the rising of the sun to its going down, Yahweh’s name is to be praised. - + Yahweh is high above all nations, his glory above the heavens. - + Who is like Yahweh, our God, who has his seat on high, who stoops down to see in heaven and in the earth? - + He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts up the needy from the ash heap, - + that he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people. - + He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother of children. -Praise Yah! +Praise Yah! When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign language, - + Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion. - + The sea saw it, and fled. The Jordan was driven back. - + The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs. - + What was it, you sea, that you fled? You Jordan, that you turned back? - + You mountains, that you skipped like rams? You little hills, like lambs? - + Tremble, you earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob, - + who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a spring of waters. @@ -38638,222 +38638,222 @@ Not to us, Yahweh, not to us, but to your name give glory, for your loving kindness, and for your truth’s sake. - + Why should the nations say, “Where is their God, now?” - + But our God is in the heavens. He does whatever he pleases. - + Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands. - + They have mouths, but they don’t speak. They have eyes, but they don’t see. - + They have ears, but they don’t hear. They have noses, but they don’t smell. - + They have hands, but they don’t feel. They have feet, but they don’t walk, neither do they speak through their throat. - + Those who make them will be like them; yes, everyone who trusts in them. - + Israel, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield. - + House of Aaron, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield. - + You who fear Yahweh, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield. - + Yahweh remembers us. He will bless us. He will bless the house of Israel. He will bless the house of Aaron. - + He will bless those who fear Yahweh, both small and great. - + May Yahweh increase you more and more, you and your children. - + Blessed are you by Yahweh, who made heaven and earth. - + The heavens are Yahweh’s heavens, but he has given the earth to the children of men. - + The dead don’t praise Yah, nor any who go down into silence, - + but we will bless Yah, from this time forward and forever more. -Praise Yah! +Praise Yah! I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy. - + Because he has turned his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. - + The cords of death surrounded me, the pains of Sheol 116:3 Sheol is the place of the dead. got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow. - + Then I called on Yahweh’s name: “Yahweh, I beg you, deliver my soul.” - + Yahweh is gracious and righteous. Yes, our God is merciful. - + Yahweh preserves the simple. I was brought low, and he saved me. - + Return to your rest, my soul, for Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you. - + For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. - + I will walk before Yahweh in the land of the living. - + I believed, therefore I said, “I was greatly afflicted.” - + I said in my haste, “All people are liars.” - + What will I give to Yahweh for all his benefits toward me? I will take the cup of salvation, and call on Yahweh’s name. - + I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of all his people. - + Precious in Yahweh’s sight is the death of his saints. - + Yahweh, truly I am your servant. I am your servant, the son of your servant girl. You have freed me from my chains. - + I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call on Yahweh’s name. - + I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of all his people, - + in the courts of Yahweh’s house, in the middle of you, Jerusalem. -Praise Yah! +Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh, all you nations! Extol him, all you peoples! - + For his loving kindness is great toward us. Yahweh’s faithfulness endures forever. -Praise Yah! +Praise Yah! Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. - + Let Israel now say that his loving kindness endures forever. - + Let the house of Aaron now say that his loving kindness endures forever. - + Now let those who fear Yahweh say that his loving kindness endures forever. - + Out of my distress, I called on Yah. Yah answered me with freedom. - + Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? - + Yahweh is on my side among those who help me. Therefore I will look in triumph at those who hate me. - + It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man. - + It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in princes. - + All the nations surrounded me, but in Yahweh’s name I cut them off. - + They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. In Yahweh’s name I indeed cut them off. - + They surrounded me like bees. They are quenched like the burning thorns. In Yahweh’s name I cut them off. - + You pushed me back hard, to make me fall, but Yahweh helped me. - + Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation. - + The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous. “The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly. - + The right hand of Yahweh is exalted! The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly!” - + I will not die, but live, and declare Yah’s works. - + Yah has punished me severely, but he has not given me over to death. - + Open to me the gates of righteousness. I will enter into them. I will give thanks to Yah. - + This is the gate of Yahweh; the righteous will enter into it. - + I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me, and have become my salvation. - + The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. 118:22 Literally, head of the corner - + This is Yahweh’s doing. It is marvelous in our eyes. - + This is the day that Yahweh has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it! - + Save us now, we beg you, Yahweh! Yahweh, we beg you, send prosperity now. - + Blessed is he who comes in Yahweh’s name! We have blessed you out of Yahweh’s house. - + Yahweh is God, and he has given us light. Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar. - + You are my God, and I will give thanks to you. You are my God, I will exalt you. - + Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. @@ -38862,448 +38862,448 @@ Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to Yahweh’s law. - + Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart. - + Yes, they do nothing wrong. They walk in his ways. - + You have commanded your precepts, that we should fully obey them. - + Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes! - + Then I wouldn’t be disappointed, when I consider all of your commandments. - + I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, when I learn your righteous judgments. - + I will observe your statutes. Don’t utterly forsake me.
BETH How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word. - + With my whole heart I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments. - + I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you. - + Blessed are you, Yahweh. Teach me your statutes. - + With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth. - + I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches. - + I will meditate on your precepts, and consider your ways. - + I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word.
GIMEL Do good to your servant. I will live and I will obey your word. - + Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things out of your law. - + I am a stranger on the earth. Don’t hide your commandments from me. - + My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times. - + You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, who wander from your commandments. - + Take reproach and contempt away from me, for I have kept your statutes. - + Though princes sit and slander me, your servant will meditate on your statutes. - + Indeed your statutes are my delight, and my counselors.
DALETH My soul is laid low in the dust. Revive me according to your word! - + I declared my ways, and you answered me. Teach me your statutes. - + Let me understand the teaching of your precepts! Then I will meditate on your wondrous works. - + My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word. - + Keep me from the way of deceit. Grant me your law graciously! - + I have chosen the way of truth. I have set your ordinances before me. - + I cling to your statutes, Yahweh. Don’t let me be disappointed. - + I run in the path of your commandments, for you have set my heart free.
<w lemma="strong:H3588">HE</w> Teach me, Yahweh, the way of your statutes. I will keep them to the end. - + Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart. - + Direct me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in them. - + Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain. - + Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways. - + Fulfill your promise to your servant, that you may be feared. - + Take away my disgrace that I dread, for your ordinances are good. - + Behold, I long for your precepts! Revive me in your righteousness.
VAV Let your loving kindness also come to me, Yahweh, your salvation, according to your word. - + So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me, for I trust in your word. - + Don’t snatch the word of truth out of my mouth, for I put my hope in your ordinances. - + So I will obey your law continually, forever and ever. - + I will walk in liberty, for I have sought your precepts. - + I will also speak of your statutes before kings, and will not be disappointed. - + I will delight myself in your commandments, because I love them. - + I reach out my hands for your commandments, which I love. I will meditate on your statutes.
ZAYIN Remember your word to your servant, because you gave me hope. - + This is my comfort in my affliction, for your word has revived me. - + The arrogant mock me excessively, but I don’t swerve from your law. - + I remember your ordinances of old, Yahweh, and have comforted myself. - + Indignation has taken hold on me, because of the wicked who forsake your law. - + Your statutes have been my songs in the house where I live. - + I have remembered your name, Yahweh, in the night, and I obey your law. - + This is my way, that I keep your precepts.
HETH Yahweh is my portion. I promised to obey your words. - + I sought your favor with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to your word. - + I considered my ways, and turned my steps to your statutes. - + I will hurry, and not delay, to obey your commandments. - + The ropes of the wicked bind me, but I won’t forget your law. - + At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you, because of your righteous ordinances. - + I am a friend of all those who fear you, of those who observe your precepts. - + The earth is full of your loving kindness, Yahweh. Teach me your statutes.
TETH You have treated your servant well, according to your word, Yahweh. - + Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments. - + Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word. - + You are good, and do good. Teach me your statutes. - + The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts. - + Their heart is as callous as the fat, but I delight in your law. - + It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn your statutes. - + The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
YODH Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments. - + Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I have put my hope in your word. - + Yahweh, I know that your judgments are righteous, that in faithfulness you have afflicted me. - + Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, according to your word to your servant. - + Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; for your law is my delight. - + Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will meditate on your precepts. - + Let those who fear you turn to me. They will know your statutes. - + Let my heart be blameless toward your decrees, that I may not be disappointed.
KAPF My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word. - + My eyes fail for your word. I say, “When will you comfort me?” - + For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I don’t forget your statutes. - + How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgment on those who persecute me? - + The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your law. - + All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me! - + They had almost wiped me from the earth, but I didn’t forsake your precepts. - + Preserve my life according to your loving kindness, so I will obey the statutes of your mouth.
LAMEDH Yahweh, your word is settled in heaven forever. - + Your faithfulness is to all generations. You have established the earth, and it remains. - + Your laws remain to this day, for all things serve you. - + Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction. - + I will never forget your precepts, for with them, you have revived me. - + I am yours. Save me, for I have sought your precepts. - + The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes. - + I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commands are boundless.
MEM How I love your law! It is my meditation all day. - + Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me. - + I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation. - + I understand more than the aged, because I have kept your precepts. - + I have kept my feet from every evil way, that I might observe your word. - + I have not turned away from your ordinances, for you have taught me. - + How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth! - + Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.
NUN Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path. - + I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances. - + I am afflicted very much. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your word. - + Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth. Yahweh, teach me your ordinances. - + My soul is continually in my hand, yet I won’t forget your law. - + The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven’t gone astray from your precepts. - + I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart. - + I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, even to the end.
SAMEKH I hate double-minded men, but I love your law. - + You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word. - + Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God. - + Uphold me according to your word, that I may live. Let me not be ashamed of my hope. - + Hold me up, and I will be safe, and will have respect for your statutes continually. - + You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is in vain. - + You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross. Therefore I love your testimonies. - + My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments.
AYIN I have done what is just and righteous. Don’t leave me to my oppressors. - + Ensure your servant’s well-being. Don’t let the proud oppress me. - + My eyes fail looking for your salvation, for your righteous word. - + Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness. Teach me your statutes. - + I am your servant. Give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies. - + It is time to act, Yahweh, for they break your law. - + Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold. - + Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way.
PE Your testimonies are wonderful, therefore my soul keeps them. - + The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple. - + I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for your commandments. - + Turn to me, and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name. - + Establish my footsteps in your word. Don’t let any iniquity have dominion over me. - + Redeem me from the oppression of man, so I will observe your precepts. - + Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes. - + Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they don’t observe your law.
TZADHE You are righteous, Yahweh. Your judgments are upright. - + You have commanded your statutes in righteousness. They are fully trustworthy. - + My zeal wears me out, because my enemies ignore your words. - + Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them. - + I am small and despised. I don’t forget your precepts. - + Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your law is truth. - + Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments are my delight. - + Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.
QOPH @@ -39311,100 +39311,100 @@ <verse osisID="Ps.119.145" sID="Ps.119.145.seID.16641" n="145" /><w lemma="strong:H3068">I</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">have</w> <w lemma="strong:H7121">called</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">with</w> <w lemma="strong:H3605">my</w> <w lemma="strong:H3605">whole</w> <w lemma="strong:H3820">heart</w>. </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H6030">Answer</w> <w lemma="strong:H7121">me</w>, <w lemma="strong:H3068">Yahweh</w>! </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H3068">I</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">will</w> <w lemma="strong:H5341">keep</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">your</w> <w lemma="strong:H2706">statutes</w>. -<verse eID="Ps.119.145.seID.16641" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.119.145.seID.16641" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.119.146" sID="Ps.119.146.seID.16642" n="146" /><w lemma="strong:H7121">I</w> <w lemma="strong:H8104">have</w> <w lemma="strong:H7121">called</w> <w lemma="strong:H8104">to</w> <w lemma="strong:H3467">you</w>. <w lemma="strong:H3467">Save</w> <w lemma="strong:H7121">me</w>! </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H7121">I</w> <w lemma="strong:H7121">will</w> <w lemma="strong:H8104">obey</w> <w lemma="strong:H8104">your</w> statutes. -<verse eID="Ps.119.146.seID.16642" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.119.146.seID.16642" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.119.147" sID="Ps.119.147.seID.16643" n="147" /><w lemma="strong:H1697">I</w> <w lemma="strong:H6923">rise</w> <w lemma="strong:H6923">before</w> <w lemma="strong:H5399">dawn</w> <w lemma="strong:H1697">and</w> <w lemma="strong:H7768">cry</w> <w lemma="strong:H7768">for</w> <w lemma="strong:H7768">help</w>. </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H1697">I</w> put <w lemma="strong:H6923">my</w> <w lemma="strong:H3176">hope</w> <w lemma="strong:H1697">in</w> <w lemma="strong:H1697">your</w> <w lemma="strong:H1697">words</w>. -<verse eID="Ps.119.147.seID.16643" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.119.147.seID.16643" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.119.148" sID="Ps.119.148.seID.16644" n="148" /><w lemma="strong:H6923">My</w> <w lemma="strong:H5869">eyes</w> stay open through <w lemma="strong:H5869">the</w> night <w lemma="strong:H821">watches</w>, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H5869">that</w> <w lemma="strong:H7878">I</w> might <w lemma="strong:H7878">meditate</w> <w lemma="strong:H5869">on</w> <w lemma="strong:H5869">your</w> <w lemma="strong:H565">word</w>. -<verse eID="Ps.119.148.seID.16644" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.119.148.seID.16644" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.119.149" sID="Ps.119.149.seID.16645" n="149" /><w lemma="strong:H8085">Hear</w> <w lemma="strong:H8085">my</w> <w lemma="strong:H6963">voice</w> <w lemma="strong:H4941">according</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">to</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">your</w> loving <w lemma="strong:H2617">kindness</w>. </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H2421">Revive</w> <w lemma="strong:H6963">me</w>, <w lemma="strong:H3068">Yahweh</w>, <w lemma="strong:H4941">according</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">to</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">your</w> <w lemma="strong:H4941">ordinances</w>. -<verse eID="Ps.119.149.seID.16645" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.119.149.seID.16645" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.119.150" sID="Ps.119.150.seID.16646" n="150" />They <w lemma="strong:H7126">draw</w> <w lemma="strong:H7126">near</w> who <w lemma="strong:H7291">follow</w> <w lemma="strong:H7291">after</w> <w lemma="strong:H2154">wickedness</w>. </l><l level="2">They <w lemma="strong:H2154">are</w> <w lemma="strong:H7368">far</w> <w lemma="strong:H7368">from</w> <w lemma="strong:H7126">your</w> <w lemma="strong:H8451">law</w>. -<verse eID="Ps.119.150.seID.16646" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.119.150.seID.16646" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.119.151" sID="Ps.119.151.seID.16647" n="151" /><w lemma="strong:H859">You</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">are</w> <w lemma="strong:H7138">near</w>, <w lemma="strong:H3068">Yahweh</w>. </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H3605">All</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">your</w> <w lemma="strong:H4687">commandments</w> <w lemma="strong:H3068">are</w> <w lemma="strong:H571">truth</w>. -<verse eID="Ps.119.151.seID.16647" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Ps.119.151.seID.16647" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Ps.119.152" sID="Ps.119.152.seID.16648" n="152" /><w lemma="strong:H3045">Of</w> <w lemma="strong:H5769">old</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">I</w> <w lemma="strong:H3045">have</w> <w lemma="strong:H3045">known</w> <w lemma="strong:H6924">from</w> <w lemma="strong:H3045">your</w> testimonies, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H3588">that</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">you</w> <w lemma="strong:H3045">have</w> <w lemma="strong:H3245">founded</w> <w lemma="strong:H3588">them</w> <w lemma="strong:H5769">forever</w>. <verse eID="Ps.119.152.seID.16648" /></l></lg></div><div><title type="psalm" canonical="true">RESH Consider my affliction, and deliver me, for I don’t forget your law. - + Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise. - + Salvation is far from the wicked, for they don’t seek your statutes. - + Great are your tender mercies, Yahweh. Revive me according to your ordinances. - + Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven’t swerved from your testimonies. - + I look at the faithless with loathing, because they don’t observe your word. - + Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your loving kindness. - + All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever.
SIN <w lemma="strong:H4941">AND</w> SHIN Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words. - + I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great plunder. - + I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your law. - + Seven times a day, I praise you, because of your righteous ordinances. - + Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble. - + I have hoped for your salvation, Yahweh. I have done your commandments. - + My soul has observed your testimonies. I love them exceedingly. - + I have obeyed your precepts and your testimonies, for all my ways are before you.
TAV Let my cry come before you, Yahweh. Give me understanding according to your word. - + Let my supplication come before you. Deliver me according to your word. - + Let my lips utter praise, for you teach me your statutes. - + Let my tongue sing of your word, for all your commandments are righteousness. - + Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts. - + I have longed for your salvation, Yahweh. Your law is my delight. - + Let my soul live, that I may praise you. Let your ordinances help me. - + I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don’t forget your commandments.
@@ -39413,22 +39413,22 @@ In my distress, I cried to Yahweh. He answered me. - + Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue. - + What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you, you deceitful tongue? - + Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. - + Woe is me, that I live in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar! - + My soul has had her dwelling too long with him who hates peace. - + I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war. @@ -39437,25 +39437,25 @@ I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from? - + My help comes from Yahweh, who made heaven and earth. He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber. - + Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. - + Yahweh is your keeper. Yahweh is your shade on your right hand. - + The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. - + Yahweh will keep you from all evil. He will keep your soul. - + Yahweh will keep your going out and your coming in, from this time forward, and forever more. @@ -39464,27 +39464,27 @@ I was glad when they said to me, “Let’s go to Yahweh’s house!” - + Our feet are standing within your gates, Jerusalem! Jerusalem is built as a city that is compact together, - + where the tribes go up, even Yah’s tribes, according to an ordinance for Israel, to give thanks to Yahweh’s name. - + For there are set thrones for judgment, the thrones of David’s house. - + Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Those who love you will prosper. - + Peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your palaces. - + For my brothers’ and companions’ sakes, I will now say, “Peace be within you.” - + For the sake of the house of Yahweh our God, I will seek your good. @@ -39493,15 +39493,15 @@ I lift up my eyes to you, you who sit in the heavens. - + Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to Yahweh, our God, until he has mercy on us. - + Have mercy on us, Yahweh, have mercy on us, for we have endured much contempt. - + Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scoffing of those who are at ease, with the contempt of the proud. @@ -39510,24 +39510,24 @@ If it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, let Israel now say, - + if it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, when men rose up against us, - + then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us, - + then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul. - + Then the proud waters would have gone over our soul. - + Blessed be Yahweh, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth. - + Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped. - + Our help is in Yahweh’s name, who made heaven and earth. @@ -39536,37 +39536,37 @@ Those who trust in Yahweh are as Mount Zion, which can’t be moved, but remains forever. - + As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so Yahweh surrounds his people from this time forward and forever more. - + For the scepter of wickedness won’t remain over the allotment of the righteous, so that the righteous won’t use their hands to do evil. - + Do good, Yahweh, to those who are good, to those who are upright in their hearts. - + But as for those who turn away to their crooked ways, Yahweh will lead them away with the workers of iniquity. -Peace be on Israel. +Peace be on Israel.
A Song of Ascents. When Yahweh brought back those who returned to Zion, we were like those who dream. - + Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing. -Then they said among the nations, +Then they said among the nations, “Yahweh has done great things for them.” - + Yahweh has done great things for us, and we are glad. - + Restore our fortunes again, Yahweh, like the streams in the Negev. - + Those who sow in tears will reap in joy. He who goes out weeping, carrying seed for sowing, @@ -39577,20 +39577,20 @@ Unless Yahweh builds the house, they who build it labor in vain. -Unless Yahweh watches over the city, +Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain. - + It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil, for he gives sleep to his loved ones. - + Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward. - + As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth. - + Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. They won’t be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.
@@ -39599,18 +39599,18 @@ Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways. - + For you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be happy, and it will be well with you. - + Your wife will be as a fruitful vine in the innermost parts of your house, your children like olive shoots around your table. - + Behold, this is how the man who fears Yahweh is blessed. May Yahweh bless you out of Zion, and may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life. - + Yes, may you see your children’s children. Peace be upon Israel. @@ -39619,25 +39619,25 @@ Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say: - + many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me. - + The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long. - + Yahweh is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked. - + Let them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who hate Zion. - + Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up, - + with which the reaper doesn’t fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom. - + Neither do those who go by say, “The blessing of Yahweh be on you. We bless you in Yahweh’s name.” @@ -39646,27 +39646,27 @@
A Song of Ascents. Out of the depths I have cried to you, Yahweh. - + Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my petitions. - + If you, Yah, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand? - + But there is forgiveness with you, therefore you are feared. - + I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word. - + My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning. - + Israel, hope in Yahweh, for there is loving kindness with Yahweh. Abundant redemption is with him. - + He will redeem Israel from all their sins.
@@ -39675,11 +39675,11 @@ Yahweh, my heart isn’t arrogant, nor my eyes lofty; nor do I concern myself with great matters, or things too wonderful for me. - + Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me. - + Israel, hope in Yahweh, from this time forward and forever more. @@ -39687,57 +39687,57 @@
A Song of Ascents. Yahweh, remember David and all his affliction, - + how he swore to Yahweh, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob: - + “Surely I will not come into the structure of my house, nor go up into my bed; - + I will not give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids, - + until I find out a place for Yahweh, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.” - + Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah. We found it in the field of Jaar. - + “We will go into his dwelling place. We will worship at his footstool.” - + Arise, Yahweh, into your resting place, you, and the ark of your strength. - + Let your priests be clothed with righteousness. Let your saints shout for joy! - + For your servant David’s sake, don’t turn away the face of your anointed one. - + Yahweh has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn from it: “I will set the fruit of your body on your throne. - + If your children will keep my covenant, my testimony that I will teach them, their children also will sit on your throne forever more.” - + For Yahweh has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his habitation. - + “This is my resting place forever. I will live here, for I have desired it. - + I will abundantly bless her provision. I will satisfy her poor with bread. - + I will also clothe her priests with salvation. Her saints will shout aloud for joy. - + I will make the horn of David to bud there. I have ordained a lamp for my anointed. - + I will clothe his enemies with shame, but on himself, his crown will shine.”
@@ -39746,12 +39746,12 @@ See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity! - + It is like the precious oil on the head, that ran down on the beard, even Aaron’s beard, that came down on the edge of his robes, - + like the dew of Hermon, that comes down on the hills of Zion; for there Yahweh gives the blessing, @@ -39762,10 +39762,10 @@ Look! Praise Yahweh, all you servants of Yahweh, who stand by night in Yahweh’s house! - + Lift up your hands in the sanctuary. Praise Yahweh! - + May Yahweh bless you from Zion, even he who made heaven and earth. @@ -39774,147 +39774,147 @@ Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh’s name! Praise him, you servants of Yahweh, - + you who stand in Yahweh’s house, in the courts of our God’s house. - + Praise Yah, for Yahweh is good. Sing praises to his name, for that is pleasant. - + For Yah has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel for his own possession. - + For I know that Yahweh is great, that our Lord is above all gods. - + Whatever Yahweh pleased, that he has done, in heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps. - + He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightnings with the rain. He brings the wind out of his treasuries. - + He struck the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and animal. - + He sent signs and wonders into the middle of you, Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his servants. - + He struck many nations, and killed mighty kings— - + Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan— - + and gave their land for a heritage, a heritage to Israel, his people. - + Your name, Yahweh, endures forever; your renown, Yahweh, throughout all generations. - + For Yahweh will judge his people and have compassion on his servants. The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands. - + They have mouths, but they can’t speak. They have eyes, but they can’t see. - + They have ears, but they can’t hear, neither is there any breath in their mouths. - + Those who make them will be like them, yes, everyone who trusts in them. - + House of Israel, praise Yahweh! House of Aaron, praise Yahweh! - + House of Levi, praise Yahweh! You who fear Yahweh, praise Yahweh! - + Blessed be Yahweh from Zion, who dwells in Jerusalem. -Praise Yah! +Praise Yah! Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. - + Give thanks to the God of gods, for his loving kindness endures forever. - + Give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his loving kindness endures forever; - + to him who alone does great wonders, for his loving kindness endures forever; - + to him who by understanding made the heavens, for his loving kindness endures forever; - + to him who spread out the earth above the waters, for his loving kindness endures forever; - + to him who made the great lights, for his loving kindness endures forever; - + the sun to rule by day, for his loving kindness endures forever; - + the moon and stars to rule by night, for his loving kindness endures forever; - + to him who struck down the Egyptian firstborn, for his loving kindness endures forever; - + and brought out Israel from among them, for his loving kindness endures forever; - + with a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm, for his loving kindness endures forever; - + to him who divided the Red Sea apart, for his loving kindness endures forever; - + and made Israel to pass through the middle of it, for his loving kindness endures forever; - + but overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea, for his loving kindness endures forever; - + to him who led his people through the wilderness, for his loving kindness endures forever; - + to him who struck great kings, for his loving kindness endures forever; - + and killed mighty kings, for his loving kindness endures forever; - + Sihon king of the Amorites, for his loving kindness endures forever; - + Og king of Bashan, for his loving kindness endures forever; - + and gave their land as an inheritance, for his loving kindness endures forever; - + even a heritage to Israel his servant, for his loving kindness endures forever; - + who remembered us in our low estate, for his loving kindness endures forever; - + and has delivered us from our adversaries, for his loving kindness endures forever; - + who gives food to every creature, for his loving kindness endures forever. - + Oh give thanks to the God of heaven, for his loving kindness endures forever. @@ -39922,30 +39922,30 @@ By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion. - + On the willows in that land, we hung up our harps. - + For there, those who led us captive asked us for songs. Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy: “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!” - + How can we sing Yahweh’s song in a foreign land? - + If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill. - + Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don’t remember you, if I don’t prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy. - + Remember, Yahweh, against the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem, who said, “Raze it! Raze it even to its foundation!” - + Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, he will be happy who repays you, as you have done to us. - + Happy shall he be, who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock. @@ -39956,27 +39956,27 @@ Before the gods, 138:1 The word elohim, used here, usually means “God” but can also mean “gods”, “princes”, or “angels”. I will sing praises to you. - + I will bow down toward your holy temple, and give thanks to your Name for your loving kindness and for your truth; for you have exalted your Name and your Word above all. - + In the day that I called, you answered me. You encouraged me with strength in my soul. - + All the kings of the earth will give you thanks, Yahweh, for they have heard the words of your mouth. - + Yes, they will sing of the ways of Yahweh, for Yahweh’s glory is great! - + For though Yahweh is high, yet he looks after the lowly; but he knows the proud from afar. - + Though I walk in the middle of trouble, you will revive me. You will stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies. Your right hand will save me. - + Yahweh will fulfill that which concerns me. Your loving kindness, Yahweh, endures forever. Don’t forsake the works of your own hands. @@ -39986,82 +39986,82 @@ Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me. - + You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar. - + You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways. - + For there is not a word on my tongue, but behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether. - + You hem me in behind and before. You laid your hand on me. - + This knowledge is beyond me. It’s lofty. I can’t attain it. - + Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence? - + If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, 139:8 Sheol is the place of the dead. behold, you are there! - + If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea, - + even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me. - + If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me. The light around me will be night,” - + even the darkness doesn’t hide from you, but the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to you. - + For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb. - + I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. -Your works are wonderful. +Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well. - + My frame wasn’t hidden from you, when I was made in secret, woven together in the depths of the earth. - + Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there were none of them. - + How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is their sum! - + If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I wake up, I am still with you. - + If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men! - + For they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your name in vain. - + Yahweh, don’t I hate those who hate you? Am I not grieved with those who rise up against you? - + I hate them with perfect hatred. They have become my enemies. - + Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts. - + See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way. @@ -40070,45 +40070,45 @@ Deliver me, Yahweh, from evil men. Preserve me from violent men: - + those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war. - + They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper’s poison is under their lips. Selah. - + Yahweh, keep me from the hands of the wicked. Preserve me from the violent men who have determined to trip my feet. - + The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah. - + I said to Yahweh, “You are my God.” Listen to the cry of my petitions, Yahweh. - + Yahweh, the Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle. - + Yahweh, don’t grant the desires of the wicked. Don’t let their evil plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah. - + As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them. - + Let burning coals fall on them. Let them be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, from where they never rise. - + An evil speaker won’t be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him. - + I know that Yahweh will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the needy. - + Surely the righteous will give thanks to your name. The upright will dwell in your presence. @@ -40118,37 +40118,37 @@ Yahweh, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen to my voice when I call to you. - + Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice. - + Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips. - + Don’t incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity. Don’t let me eat of their delicacies. - + Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; don’t let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds. - + Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock. They will hear my words, for they are well spoken. - + “As when one plows and breaks up the earth, our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.” 141:7 Sheol is the place of the dead. - + For my eyes are on you, Yahweh, the Lord. I take refuge in you. Don’t leave my soul destitute. - + Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, from the traps of the workers of iniquity. - + Let the wicked fall together into their own nets while I pass by. @@ -40157,32 +40157,32 @@ I cry with my voice to Yahweh. With my voice, I ask Yahweh for mercy. - + I pour out my complaint before him. I tell him my troubles. - + When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, you knew my route. -On the path in which I walk, +On the path in which I walk, they have hidden a snare for me. - + Look on my right, and see; for there is no one who is concerned for me. Refuge has fled from me. No one cares for my soul. - + I cried to you, Yahweh. I said, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.” - + Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need. -Deliver me from my persecutors, +Deliver me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me. - + Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name. -The righteous will surround me, +The righteous will surround me, for you will be good to me. @@ -40191,46 +40191,46 @@ Hear my prayer, Yahweh. Listen to my petitions. In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me. - + Don’t enter into judgment with your servant, for in your sight no man living is righteous. - + For the enemy pursues my soul. He has struck my life down to the ground. He has made me live in dark places, as those who have been long dead. - + Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me. My heart within me is desolate. - + I remember the days of old. I meditate on all your doings. I contemplate the work of your hands. - + I spread out my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land. Selah. - + Hurry to answer me, Yahweh. My spirit fails. -Don’t hide your face from me, +Don’t hide your face from me, so that I don’t become like those who go down into the pit. - + Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. -Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, +Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you. - + Deliver me, Yahweh, from my enemies. I flee to you to hide me. - + Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. -Your Spirit is good. +Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness. - + Revive me, Yahweh, for your name’s sake. In your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble. - + In your loving kindness, cut off my enemies, and destroy all those who afflict my soul, For I am your servant. @@ -40241,51 +40241,51 @@ Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, who trains my hands to war, and my fingers to battle— - + my loving kindness, my fortress, my high tower, my deliverer, my shield, and he in whom I take refuge, who subdues my people under me. - + Yahweh, what is man, that you care for him? Or the son of man, that you think of him? - + Man is like a breath. His days are like a shadow that passes away. - + Part your heavens, Yahweh, and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke. - + Throw out lightning, and scatter them. Send out your arrows, and rout them. - + Stretch out your hand from above, rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, out of the hands of foreigners, whose mouths speak deceit, whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood. - + I will sing a new song to you, God. On a ten-stringed lyre, I will sing praises to you. - + You are he who gives salvation to kings, who rescues David, his servant, from the deadly sword. - + Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hands of foreigners, whose mouths speak deceit, whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood. Then our sons will be like well-nurtured plants, our daughters like pillars carved to adorn a palace. - + Our barns are full, filled with all kinds of provision. Our sheep produce thousands and ten thousands in our fields. - + Our oxen will pull heavy loads. There is no breaking in, and no going away, and no outcry in our streets. - + Happy are the people who are in such a situation. Happy are the people whose God is Yahweh. @@ -40296,68 +40296,68 @@ I will exalt you, my God, the King. I will praise your name forever and ever. - + Every day I will praise you. I will extol your name forever and ever. - + Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised! His greatness is unsearchable. - + One generation will commend your works to another, and will declare your mighty acts. - + I will meditate on the glorious majesty of your honor, on your wondrous works. - + Men will speak of the might of your awesome acts. I will declare your greatness. - + They will utter the memory of your great goodness, and will sing of your righteousness. - + Yahweh is gracious, merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving kindness. - + Yahweh is good to all. His tender mercies are over all his works. - + All your works will give thanks to you, Yahweh. Your saints will extol you. - + They will speak of the glory of your kingdom, and talk about your power, - + to make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, the glory of the majesty of his kingdom. - + Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. Your dominion endures throughout all generations. -Yahweh is faithful in all his words, +Yahweh is faithful in all his words, and loving in all his deeds. 145:13 Some manuscripts omit these last two lines. - + Yahweh upholds all who fall, and raises up all those who are bowed down. - + The eyes of all wait for you. You give them their food in due season. - + You open your hand, and satisfy the desire of every living thing. - + Yahweh is righteous in all his ways, and gracious in all his works. - + Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. - + He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him. He also will hear their cry, and will save them. - + Yahweh preserves all those who love him, but he will destroy all the wicked. - + My mouth will speak the praise of Yahweh. Let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever. @@ -40365,201 +40365,201 @@ Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh, my soul. - + While I live, I will praise Yahweh. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist. - + Don’t put your trust in princes, in a son of man in whom there is no help. - + His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish. - + Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh, his God, - + who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps truth forever; - + who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. -Yahweh frees the prisoners. +Yahweh frees the prisoners. Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind. Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down. Yahweh loves the righteous. - + Yahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but he turns the way of the wicked upside down. - + Yahweh will reign forever; your God, O Zion, to all generations. -Praise Yah! +Praise Yah! Praise Yah, for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him. - + Yahweh builds up Jerusalem. He gathers together the outcasts of Israel. - + He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds. - + He counts the number of the stars. He calls them all by their names. - + Great is our Lord, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite. - + Yahweh upholds the humble. He brings the wicked down to the ground. - + Sing to Yahweh with thanksgiving. Sing praises on the harp to our God, - + who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass grow on the mountains. - + He provides food for the livestock, and for the young ravens when they call. - + He doesn’t delight in the strength of the horse. He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man. - + Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness. - + Praise Yahweh, Jerusalem! Praise your God, Zion! - + For he has strengthened the bars of your gates. He has blessed your children within you. - + He makes peace in your borders. He fills you with the finest of the wheat. - + He sends out his commandment to the earth. His word runs very swiftly. - + He gives snow like wool, and scatters frost like ashes. - + He hurls down his hail like pebbles. Who can stand before his cold? - + He sends out his word, and melts them. He causes his wind to blow, and the waters flow. - + He shows his word to Jacob, his statutes and his ordinances to Israel. - + He has not done this for just any nation. They don’t know his ordinances. -Praise Yah! +Praise Yah! Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh from the heavens! Praise him in the heights! - + Praise him, all his angels! Praise him, all his army! - + Praise him, sun and moon! Praise him, all you shining stars! - + Praise him, you heavens of heavens, you waters that are above the heavens. - + Let them praise Yahweh’s name, for he commanded, and they were created. - + He has also established them forever and ever. He has made a decree which will not pass away. - + Praise Yahweh from the earth, you great sea creatures, and all depths, - + lightning and hail, snow and clouds, stormy wind, fulfilling his word, - + mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars, - + wild animals and all livestock, small creatures and flying birds, - + kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all judges of the earth, - + both young men and maidens, old men and children. - + Let them praise Yahweh’s name, for his name alone is exalted. His glory is above the earth and the heavens. - + He has lifted up the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints, even of the children of Israel, a people near to him. -Praise Yah! +Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh! Sing to Yahweh a new song, his praise in the assembly of the saints. - + Let Israel rejoice in him who made them. Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. - + Let them praise his name in the dance! Let them sing praises to him with tambourine and harp! - + For Yahweh takes pleasure in his people. He crowns the humble with salvation. - + Let the saints rejoice in honor. Let them sing for joy on their beds. - + May the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a two-edged sword in their hand, - + to execute vengeance on the nations, and punishments on the peoples; - + to bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; - + to execute on them the written judgment. All his saints have this honor. -Praise Yah! +Praise Yah! Praise Yah! Praise God in his sanctuary! Praise him in his heavens for his acts of power! - + Praise him for his mighty acts! Praise him according to his excellent greatness! - + Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet! Praise him with harp and lyre! - + Praise him with tambourine and dancing! Praise him with stringed instruments and flute! - + Praise him with loud cymbals! Praise him with resounding cymbals! - + Let everything that has breath praise Yah! Praise Yah! @@ -40571,16 +40571,16 @@

to know wisdom and instruction; to discern the words of understanding; - + to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity; - + to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the young man— - + that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel; - + to understand a proverb and parables, the words and riddles of the wise. @@ -40588,89 +40588,89 @@ 1:7 “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. is the beginning of knowledge, but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction. - + My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching; - + for they will be a garland to grace your head, and chains around your neck. - + My son, if sinners entice you, don’t consent. - + If they say, “Come with us. Let’s lie in wait for blood. Let’s lurk secretly for the innocent without cause. - + Let’s swallow them up alive like Sheol, 1:12 Sheol is the place of the dead. and whole, like those who go down into the pit. - + We’ll find all valuable wealth. We’ll fill our houses with plunder. - + You shall cast your lot among us. We’ll all have one purse”— - + my son, don’t walk on the path with them. Keep your foot from their path, - + for their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood. - + For the net is spread in vain in the sight of any bird; - + but these lay in wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives. - + So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners. Wisdom calls aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the public squares. - + She calls at the head of noisy places. At the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words: - + “How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge? - + Turn at my reproof. Behold, 1:23 “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection. I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make known my words to you. - + Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention; - + but you have ignored all my counsel, and wanted none of my reproof; - + I also will laugh at your disaster. I will mock when calamity overtakes you, - + when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when your disaster comes on like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come on you. - + Then they will call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me, - + because they hated knowledge, and didn’t choose the fear of Yahweh. - + They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof. - + Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own schemes. - + For the backsliding of the simple will kill them. The careless ease of fools will destroy them. - + But whoever listens to me will dwell securely, and will be at ease, without fear of harm.” @@ -40678,69 +40678,69 @@ My son, if you will receive my words, and store up my commandments within you, - + so as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding; - + yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding; - + if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures; - + then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, and find the knowledge of God. 2:5 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim). - + For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding. - + He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity, - + that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his saints. - + Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path. - + For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul. - + Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you, - + to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things, - + who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness, - + who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil, - + who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths, - + to deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words, - + who forsakes the friend of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God; - + for her house leads down to death, her paths to the departed spirits. - + None who go to her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life. - + Therefore walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous. - + For the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect will remain in it. - + But the wicked will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it. @@ -40748,108 +40748,108 @@ My son, don’t forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments, - + for they will add to you length of days, years of life, and peace. - + Don’t let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart. - + So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man. - + Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. - + In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. - + Don’t be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil. - + It will be health to your body, and nourishment to your bones. - + Honor Yahweh with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase; - + so your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine. - + My son, don’t despise Yahweh’s discipline, neither be weary of his correction; - + for whom Yahweh loves, he corrects, even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights. Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding. - + For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold. - + She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her. - + Length of days is in her right hand. In her left hand are riches and honor. - + Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace. - + She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her. - + By wisdom Yahweh founded the earth. By understanding, he established the heavens. - + By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew. - + My son, let them not depart from your eyes. Keep sound wisdom and discretion, - + so they will be life to your soul, and grace for your neck. - + Then you shall walk in your way securely. Your foot won’t stumble. - + When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet. - + Don’t be afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it comes; - + for Yahweh will be your confidence, and will keep your foot from being taken. Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it. - + Don’t say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again; tomorrow I will give it to you,” when you have it by you. - + Don’t devise evil against your neighbor, since he dwells securely by you. - + Don’t strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm. - + Don’t envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways. - + For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh, but his friendship is with the upright. - + Yahweh’s curse is in the house of the wicked, but he blesses the habitation of the righteous. - + Surely he mocks the mockers, but he gives grace to the humble. - + The wise will inherit glory, but shame will be the promotion of fools. @@ -40857,86 +40857,86 @@ Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction. Pay attention and know understanding; - + for I give you sound learning. Don’t forsake my law. - + For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother. - + He taught me, and said to me: “Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live. - + Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don’t forget, and don’t deviate from the words of my mouth. - + Don’t forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you. - + Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding. - + Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor when you embrace her. - + She will give to your head a garland of grace. She will deliver a crown of splendor to you.” Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many. - + I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths. - + When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble. - + Take firm hold of instruction. Don’t let her go. Keep her, for she is your life. - + Don’t enter into the path of the wicked. Don’t walk in the way of evil men. - + Avoid it, and don’t pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on. - + For they don’t sleep unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall. - + For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence. - + But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day. - + The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don’t know what they stumble over. My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings. - + Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the center of your heart. - + For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body. - + Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life. - + Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you. - + Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you. - + Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established. - + Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil. @@ -40944,74 +40944,74 @@ My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding, - + that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge. - + For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil, - + but in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword. - + Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to Sheol. 5:5 Sheol is the place of the dead. - + She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn’t know it. Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don’t depart from the words of my mouth. - + Remove your way far from her. Don’t come near the door of her house, - + lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one; - + lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man’s house. - + You will groan at your latter end, when your flesh and your body are consumed, - + and say, “How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof. - + I haven’t obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor turned my ear to those who instructed me! - + I have come to the brink of utter ruin, among the gathered assembly.” Drink water out of your own cistern, running water out of your own well. - + Should your springs overflow in the streets, streams of water in the public squares? - + Let them be for yourself alone, not for strangers with you. - + Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth. - + A loving doe and a graceful deer— let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love. - + For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another? - + For the ways of man are before Yahweh’s eyes. He examines all his paths. - + The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly. - + He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray. @@ -41019,110 +41019,110 @@ My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger, - + you are trapped by the words of your mouth; you are ensnared with the words of your mouth. - + Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, since you have come into the hand of your neighbor. -Go, humble yourself. +Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor. - + Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids. - + Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler. Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise; - + which having no chief, overseer, or ruler, provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest. - + How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep? - + A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep— - + so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man. A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth, - + who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers, - + in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord. - + Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy. There are six things which Yahweh hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him: - + arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, - + a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief, - + a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers. My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching. - + Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck. - + When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk with you. - + For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life, - + to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife’s tongue. - + Don’t lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids. - + For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life. - + Can a man scoop fire into his lap, and his clothes not be burned? - + Or can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be scorched? - + So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished. - + Men don’t despise a thief if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry, - + but if he is found, he shall restore seven times. He shall give all the wealth of his house. - + He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul. - + He will get wounds and dishonor. His reproach will not be wiped away. - + For jealousy arouses the fury of the husband. He won’t spare in the day of vengeance. - + He won’t regard any ransom, neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts. @@ -41130,84 +41130,84 @@ My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you. - + Keep my commandments and live! Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye. - + Bind them on your fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart. - + Tell wisdom, “You are my sister.” Call understanding your relative, - + that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words. - + For at the window of my house, I looked out through my lattice. - + I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding, - + passing through the street near her corner, he went the way to her house, - + in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the middle of the night and in the darkness. - + Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, and with crafty intent. - + She is loud and defiant. Her feet don’t stay in her house. - + Now she is in the streets, now in the squares, and lurking at every corner. - + So she caught him, and kissed him. With an impudent face she said to him: - + “Sacrifices of peace offerings are with me. Today I have paid my vows. - + Therefore I came out to meet you, to diligently seek your face, and I have found you. - + I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt. - + I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. - + Come, let’s take our fill of loving until the morning. Let’s solace ourselves with loving. - + For my husband isn’t at home. He has gone on a long journey. - + He has taken a bag of money with him. He will come home at the full moon.” - + With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him. - + He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool stepping into a noose. - + Until an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hurries to the snare, and doesn’t know that it will cost his life. Now therefore, sons, listen to me. Pay attention to the words of my mouth. - + Don’t let your heart turn to her ways. Don’t go astray in her paths, - + for she has thrown down many wounded. Yes, all her slain are a mighty army. - + Her house is the way to Sheol, 7:27 Sheol is the place of the dead. @@ -41218,112 +41218,112 @@ Doesn’t wisdom cry out? Doesn’t understanding raise her voice? - + On the top of high places by the way, where the paths meet, she stands. - + Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the entry doors, she cries aloud: - + “I call to you men! I send my voice to the sons of mankind. - + You simple, understand prudence! You fools, be of an understanding heart! - + Hear, for I will speak excellent things. The opening of my lips is for right things. - + For my mouth speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips. - + All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them. - + They are all plain to him who understands, right to those who find knowledge. - + Receive my instruction rather than silver, knowledge rather than choice gold. - + For wisdom is better than rubies. All the things that may be desired can’t be compared to it. “I, wisdom, have made prudence my dwelling. Find out knowledge and discretion. - + The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth. - + Counsel and sound knowledge are mine. I have understanding and power. - + By me kings reign, and princes decree justice. - + By me princes rule, nobles, and all the righteous rulers of the earth. - + I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me. - + With me are riches, honor, enduring wealth, and prosperity. - + My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold, my yield than choice silver. - + I walk in the way of righteousness, in the middle of the paths of justice, - + that I may give wealth to those who love me. I fill their treasuries. “Yahweh possessed me in the beginning of his work, before his deeds of old. - + I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth existed. - + When there were no depths, I was born, when there were no springs abounding with water. - + Before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was born; - + while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world. - + When he established the heavens, I was there. When he set a circle on the surface of the deep, - + when he established the clouds above, when the springs of the deep became strong, - + when he gave to the sea its boundary, that the waters should not violate his commandment, when he marked out the foundations of the earth, - + then I was the craftsman by his side. I was a delight day by day, always rejoicing before him, - + rejoicing in his whole world. My delight was with the sons of men. “Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways. - + Hear instruction, and be wise. Don’t refuse it. - + Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my door posts. - + For whoever finds me finds life, and will obtain favor from Yahweh. - + But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death.” @@ -41331,56 +41331,56 @@ Wisdom has built her house. She has carved out her seven pillars. - + She has prepared her meat. She has mixed her wine. She has also set her table. - + She has sent out her maidens. She cries from the highest places of the city: - + “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him, - + “Come, eat some of my bread, Drink some of the wine which I have mixed! - + Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding.” One who corrects a mocker invites insult. One who reproves a wicked man invites abuse. - + Don’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise person, and he will love you. - + Instruct a wise person, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous person, and he will increase in learning. - + The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. - + For by me your days will be multiplied. The years of your life will be increased. - + If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it. The foolish woman is loud, undisciplined, and knows nothing. - + She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, - + to call to those who pass by, who go straight on their ways, - + “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here.” As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him, - + “Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant.” - + But he doesn’t know that the departed spirits are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol. 9:18 @@ -41391,97 +41391,97 @@ The proverbs of Solomon.

A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother. - + Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death. - + Yahweh will not allow the soul of the righteous to go hungry, but he thrusts away the desire of the wicked. - + He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth. - + He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during the harvest is a son who causes shame. - + Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked. - + The memory of the righteous is blessed, but the name of the wicked will rot. - + The wise in heart accept commandments, but a chattering fool will fall. - + He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out. - + One who winks with the eye causes sorrow, but a chattering fool will fall. - + The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked. - + Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs. - + Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has discernment, but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding. - + Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin. - + The rich man’s wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty. - + The labor of the righteous leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin. - + He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes reproof leads others astray. - + He who hides hatred has lying lips. He who utters a slander is a fool. - + In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely. - + The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth. - + The lips of the righteous feed many, but the foolish die for lack of understanding. - + Yahweh’s blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it. - + It is a fool’s pleasure to do wickedness, but wisdom is a man of understanding’s pleasure. - + What the wicked fear will overtake them, but the desire of the righteous will be granted. - + When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more; but the righteous stand firm forever. - + As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him. - + The fear of Yahweh prolongs days, but the years of the wicked shall be shortened. - + The prospect of the righteous is joy, but the hope of the wicked will perish. - + The way of Yahweh is a stronghold to the upright, but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity. - + The righteous will never be removed, but the wicked will not dwell in the land. - + The mouth of the righteous produces wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off. - + The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse. @@ -41489,96 +41489,96 @@ A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, but accurate weights are his delight. - + When pride comes, then comes shame, but with humility comes wisdom. - + The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them. - + Riches don’t profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death. - + The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. - + The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires. - + When a wicked man dies, hope perishes, and expectation of power comes to nothing. - + A righteous person is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked takes his place. - + With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor, but the righteous will be delivered through knowledge. - + When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices. When the wicked perish, there is shouting. - + By the blessing of the upright, the city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked. - + One who despises his neighbor is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding holds his peace. - + One who brings gossip betrays a confidence, but one who is of a trustworthy spirit is one who keeps a secret. - + Where there is no wise guidance, the nation falls, but in the multitude of counselors there is victory. - + He who is collateral for a stranger will suffer for it, but he who refuses pledges of collateral is secure. - + A gracious woman obtains honor, but violent men obtain riches. - + The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh. - + Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward. - + He who is truly righteous gets life. He who pursues evil gets death. - + Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to Yahweh, but those whose ways are blameless are his delight. - + Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished, but the offspring 11:21 or, seed of the righteous will be delivered. - + Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout, is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion. - + The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath. - + There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty. - + The liberal soul shall be made fat. He who waters shall be watered also himself. - + People curse someone who withholds grain, but blessing will be on the head of him who sells it. - + He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him. - + He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf. - + He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart. - + The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls. - + Behold, the righteous shall be repaid in the earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner! @@ -41586,85 +41586,85 @@ Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid. - + A good man shall obtain favor from Yahweh, but he will condemn a man of wicked plans. - + A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous shall not be moved. - + A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones. - + The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful. - + The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them. - + The wicked are overthrown, and are no more, but the house of the righteous shall stand. - + A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he who has a warped mind shall be despised. - + Better is he who is little known, and has a servant, than he who honors himself and lacks bread. - + A righteous man respects the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. - + He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding. - + The wicked desires the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes. - + An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble. - + A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth. The work of a man’s hands shall be rewarded to him. - + The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who is wise listens to counsel. - + A fool shows his annoyance the same day, but one who overlooks an insult is prudent. - + He who is truthful testifies honestly, but a false witness lies. - + There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals. - + Truth’s lips will be established forever, but a lying tongue is only momentary. - + Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but joy comes to the promoters of peace. - + No mischief shall happen to the righteous, but the wicked shall be filled with evil. - + Lying lips are an abomination to Yahweh, but those who do the truth are his delight. - + A prudent man keeps his knowledge, but the hearts of fools proclaim foolishness. - + The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor. - + Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad. - + A righteous person is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray. - + The slothful man doesn’t roast his game, but the possessions of diligent men are prized. - + In the way of righteousness is life; in its path there is no death. @@ -41672,76 +41672,76 @@ A wise son listens to his father’s instruction, but a scoffer doesn’t listen to rebuke. - + By the fruit of his lips, a man enjoys good things, but the unfaithful crave violence. - + He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin. - + The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied. - + A righteous man hates lies, but a wicked man brings shame and disgrace. - + Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner. - + There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing. There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth. - + The ransom of a man’s life is his riches, but the poor hear no threats. - + The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out. - + Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom is with people who take advice. - + Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow. - + Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life. - + Whoever despises instruction will pay for it, but he who respects a command will be rewarded. - + The teaching of the wise is a spring of life, to turn from the snares of death. - + Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the unfaithful is hard. - + Every prudent man acts from knowledge, but a fool exposes folly. - + A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a trustworthy envoy gains healing. - + Poverty and shame come to him who refuses discipline, but he who heeds correction shall be honored. - + Longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but fools detest turning from evil. - + One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm. - + Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous. - + A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous. - + An abundance of food is in poor people’s fields, but injustice sweeps it away. - + One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him. - + The righteous one eats to the satisfying of his soul, but the belly of the wicked goes hungry. @@ -41749,106 +41749,106 @@ Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands. - + He who walks in his uprightness fears Yahweh, but he who is perverse in his ways despises him. - + The fool’s talk brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them. - + Where no oxen are, the crib is clean, but much increase is by the strength of the ox. - + A truthful witness will not lie, but a false witness pours out lies. - + A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn’t find it, but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person. - + Stay away from a foolish man, for you won’t find knowledge on his lips. - + The wisdom of the prudent is to think about his way, but the folly of fools is deceit. - + Fools mock at making atonement for sins, but among the upright there is good will. - + The heart knows its own bitterness and joy; he will not share these with a stranger. - + The house of the wicked will be overthrown, but the tent of the upright will flourish. - + There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death. - + Even in laughter the heart may be sorrowful, and mirth may end in heaviness. - + The unfaithful will be repaid for his own ways; likewise a good man will be rewarded for his ways. - + A simple man believes everything, but the prudent man carefully considers his ways. - + A wise man fears and shuns evil, but the fool is hot headed and reckless. - + He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, and a crafty man is hated. - + The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge. - + The evil bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous. - + The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor, but the rich person has many friends. - + He who despises his neighbor sins, but he who has pity on the poor is blessed. - + Don’t they go astray who plot evil? But love and faithfulness belong to those who plan good. - + In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty. - + The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools crowns them with folly. - + A truthful witness saves souls, but a false witness is deceitful. - + In the fear of Yahweh is a secure fortress, and he will be a refuge for his children. - + The fear of Yahweh is a fountain of life, turning people from the snares of death. - + In the multitude of people is the king’s glory, but in the lack of people is the destruction of the prince. - + He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly. - + The life of the body is a heart at peace, but envy rots the bones. - + He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him. - + The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge. - + Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, and is even made known in the inward part of fools. - + Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people. - + The king’s favor is toward a servant who deals wisely, but his wrath is toward one who causes shame. @@ -41856,104 +41856,104 @@ A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. - + The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools gush out folly. - + Yahweh’s eyes are everywhere, keeping watch on the evil and the good. - + A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit. - + A fool despises his father’s correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence. - + In the house of the righteous is much treasure, but the income of the wicked brings trouble. - + The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so with the heart of fools. - + The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright is his delight. - + The way of the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but he loves him who follows after righteousness. - + There is stern discipline for one who forsakes the way. Whoever hates reproof shall die. - + Sheol 15:11 Sheol is the place of the dead. and Abaddon are before Yahweh— how much more then the hearts of the children of men! - + A scoffer doesn’t love to be reproved; he will not go to the wise. - + A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but an aching heart breaks the spirit. - + The heart of one who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly. - + All the days of the afflicted are wretched, but one who has a cheerful heart enjoys a continual feast. - + Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, than great treasure with trouble. - + Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, than a fattened calf with hatred. - + A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife. - + The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway. - + A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother. - + Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding keeps his way straight. - + Where there is no counsel, plans fail; but in a multitude of counselors they are established. - + Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time! - + The path of life leads upward for the wise, to keep him from going downward to Sheol. 15:24 Sheol is the place of the dead. - + Yahweh will uproot the house of the proud, but he will keep the widow’s borders intact. - + Yahweh detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the thoughts of the pure are pleasing. - + He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live. - + The heart of the righteous weighs answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes out evil. - + Yahweh is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous. - + The light of the eyes rejoices the heart. Good news gives health to the bones. - + The ear that listens to reproof lives, and will be at home among the wise. - + He who refuses correction despises his own soul, but he who listens to reproof gets understanding. - + The fear of Yahweh teaches wisdom. Before honor is humility. @@ -41961,100 +41961,100 @@ The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from Yahweh. - + All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes, but Yahweh weighs the motives. - + Commit your deeds to Yahweh, and your plans shall succeed. - + Yahweh has made everything for its own end— yes, even the wicked for the day of evil. - + Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to Yahweh; they shall certainly not be unpunished. - + By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for. By the fear of Yahweh men depart from evil. - + When a man’s ways please Yahweh, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him. - + Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice. - + A man’s heart plans his course, but Yahweh directs his steps. - + Inspired judgments are on the lips of the king. He shall not betray his mouth. - + Honest balances and scales are Yahweh’s; all the weights in the bag are his work. - + It is an abomination for kings to do wrong, for the throne is established by righteousness. - + Righteous lips are the delight of kings. They value one who speaks the truth. - + The king’s wrath is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it. - + In the light of the king’s face is life. His favor is like a cloud of the spring rain. - + How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver. - + The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul. - + Pride goes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall. - + It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the plunder with the proud. - + He who heeds the Word finds prosperity. Whoever trusts in Yahweh is blessed. - + The wise in heart shall be called prudent. Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction. - + Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly. - + The heart of the wise instructs his mouth, and adds learning to his lips. - + Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. - + There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death. - + The appetite of the laboring man labors for him, for his mouth urges him on. - + A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire. - + A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends. - + A man of violence entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good. - + One who winks his eyes to plot perversities, one who compresses his lips, is bent on evil. - + Gray hair is a crown of glory. It is attained by a life of righteousness. - + One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city. - + The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from Yahweh. @@ -42062,85 +42062,85 @@ Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife. - + A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers. - + The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Yahweh tests the hearts. - + An evildoer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue. - + Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished. - + Children’s children are the crown of old men; the glory of children is their parents. - + Excellent speech isn’t fitting for a fool, much less do lying lips fit a prince. - + A bribe is a precious stone in the eyes of him who gives it; wherever he turns, he prospers. - + He who covers an offense promotes love; but he who repeats a matter separates best friends. - + A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding than a hundred lashes into a fool. - + An evil man seeks only rebellion; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him. - + Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly. - + Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house. - + The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out. - + He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh. - + Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding? - + A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity. - + A man void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes collateral in the presence of his neighbor. - + He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks destruction. - + One who has a perverse heart doesn’t find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble. - + He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy. - + A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. - + A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, to pervert the ways of justice. - + Wisdom is before the face of one who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth. - + A foolish son brings grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him. - + Also to punish the righteous is not good, nor to flog officials for their integrity. - + He who spares his words has knowledge. He who is even tempered is a man of understanding. - + Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning. @@ -42148,73 +42148,73 @@ A man who isolates himself pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment. - + A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion. - + When wickedness comes, contempt also comes, and with shame comes disgrace. - + The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook. - + To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice. - + A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings. - + A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul. - + The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts. - + One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction. - + Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe. - + The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination. - + Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility. - + He who answers before he hears, that is folly and shame to him. - + A man’s spirit will sustain him in sickness, but a crushed spirit, who can bear? - + The heart of the discerning gets knowledge. The ear of the wise seeks knowledge. - + A man’s gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men. - + He who pleads his cause first seems right— until another comes and questions him. - + The lot settles disputes, and keeps strong ones apart. - + A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city. Disputes are like the bars of a fortress. - + A man’s stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied. - + Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit. - + Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh. - + The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly. - + A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. @@ -42222,89 +42222,89 @@ Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool. - + It isn’t good to have zeal without knowledge, nor being hasty with one’s feet and missing the way. - + The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart rages against Yahweh. - + Wealth adds many friends, but the poor is separated from his friend. - + A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free. - + Many will entreat the favor of a ruler, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts. - + All the relatives of the poor shun him; how much more do his friends avoid him! He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone. - + He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good. - + A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish. - + Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes. - + The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense. - + The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass. - + A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping. - + House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from Yahweh. - + Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger. - + He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, but he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die. - + He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him. - + Discipline your son, for there is hope; don’t be a willing party to his death. - + A hot-tempered man must pay the penalty, for if you rescue him, you must do it again. - + Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter end. - + There are many plans in a man’s heart, but Yahweh’s counsel will prevail. - + That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar. - + The fear of Yahweh leads to life, then contentment; he rests and will not be touched by trouble. - + The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not so much as bring it to his mouth again. - + Flog a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke one who has understanding, and he will gain knowledge. - + He who robs his father and drives away his mother is a son who causes shame and brings reproach. - + If you stop listening to instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge. - + A corrupt witness mocks justice, and the mouth of the wicked gulps down iniquity. - + Penalties are prepared for scoffers, and beatings for the backs of fools. @@ -42312,91 +42312,91 @@ Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise. - + The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life. - + It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling. - + The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing. - + Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out. - + Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man? - + A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him. - + A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes. - + Who can say, “I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin?” - + Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh. - + Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right. - + The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Yahweh has made even both of them. - + Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread. - + “It’s no good, it’s no good,” says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts. - + There is gold and abundance of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel. - + Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman. - + Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel. - + Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war! - + He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips. - + Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness. - + An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning won’t be blessed in the end. - + Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you. - + Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing. - + A man’s steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way? - + It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows. - + A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them. - + The spirit of man is Yahweh’s lamp, searching all his innermost parts. - + Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love. - + The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair. - + Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts. @@ -42404,94 +42404,94 @@ The king’s heart is in Yahweh’s hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires. - + Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but Yahweh weighs the hearts. - + To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice. - + A high look and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin. - + The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty. - + Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death. - + The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right. - + The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright. - + It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than to share a house with a contentious woman. - + The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes. - + When the mocker is punished, the simple gains wisdom. When the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge. - + The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin. - + Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard. - + A gift in secret pacifies anger, and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath. - + It is joy to the righteous to do justice; but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity. - + The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of the departed spirits. - + He who loves pleasure will be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil won’t be rich. - + The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, the treacherous for the upright. - + It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman. - + There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man swallows it up. - + He who follows after righteousness and kindness finds life, righteousness, and honor. - + A wise man scales the city of the mighty, and brings down the strength of its confidence. - + Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles. - + The proud and arrogant man—“Scoffer” is his name— he works in the arrogance of pride. - + The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor. - + There are those who covet greedily all day long; but the righteous give and don’t withhold. - + The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination— how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind! - + A false witness will perish. A man who listens speaks to eternity. - + A wicked man hardens his face; but as for the upright, he establishes his ways. - + There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against Yahweh. - + The horse is prepared for the day of battle; but victory is with Yahweh. @@ -42499,82 +42499,82 @@ A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold. - + The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all. - + A prudent man sees danger and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it. - + The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh is wealth, honor, and life. - + Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked; whoever guards his soul stays from them. - + Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it. - + The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender. - + He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed. - + He who has a generous eye will be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor. - + Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out; yes, quarrels and insults will stop. - + He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is the king’s friend. - + Yahweh’s eyes watch over knowledge, but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful. - + The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!” - + The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit. He who is under Yahweh’s wrath will fall into it. - + Folly is bound up in the heart of a child; the rod of discipline drives it far from him. - + Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty. Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching. - + For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips. - + I teach you today, even you, so that your trust may be in Yahweh. - + Haven’t I written to you thirty excellent things of counsel and knowledge, - + To teach you truth, reliable words, to give sound answers to the ones who sent you? Don’t exploit the poor because he is poor; and don’t crush the needy in court; - + for Yahweh will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them. Don’t befriend a hot-tempered man. Don’t associate with one who harbors anger, - + lest you learn his ways and ensnare your soul. Don’t you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts. - + If you don’t have means to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you? @@ -42589,26 +42589,26 @@ When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you; - + put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite. - + Don’t be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food. - + Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint. - + Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky. - + Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don’t crave his delicacies, for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you. - + You will vomit up the morsel which you have eaten and waste your pleasant words. @@ -42617,16 +42617,16 @@ Don’t move the ancient boundary stone. Don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless, - + for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you. Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge. - + Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die. - + Punish him with the rod, and save his soul from Sheol. 23:14 @@ -42634,43 +42634,43 @@ My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine. - + Yes, my heart will rejoice when your lips speak what is right. - + Don’t let your heart envy sinners, but rather fear Yahweh all day long. - + Indeed surely there is a future hope, and your hope will not be cut off. - + Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path! - + Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat; - + for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags. - + Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old. - + Buy the truth, and don’t sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding. - + The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him. - + Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her who bore you rejoice! - + My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways. - + For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is a narrow well. - + Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men. @@ -42680,23 +42680,23 @@ Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes? - + Those who stay long at the wine; those who go to seek out mixed wine. - + Don’t look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly. - + In the end, it bites like a snake, and poisons like a viper. - + Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will imagine confusing things. - + Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the middle of the sea, or as he who lies on top of the rigging: - + “They hit me, and I was not hurt! They beat me, and I don’t feel it! When will I wake up? I can do it again. @@ -42706,108 +42706,108 @@ Don’t be envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them; - + for their hearts plot violence and their lips talk about mischief. - + Through wisdom a house is built; by understanding it is established; - + by knowledge the rooms are filled with all rare and beautiful treasure. - + A wise man has great power. A knowledgeable man increases strength, - + for by wise guidance you wage your war, and victory is in many advisors. - + Wisdom is too high for a fool. He doesn’t open his mouth in the gate. - + One who plots to do evil will be called a schemer. - + The schemes of folly are sin. The mocker is detested by men. - + If you falter in the time of trouble, your strength is small. - + Rescue those who are being led away to death! Indeed, hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter! - + If you say, “Behold, we didn’t know this,” doesn’t he who weighs the hearts consider it? -He who keeps your soul, doesn’t he know it? +He who keeps your soul, doesn’t he know it? Shall he not render to every man according to his work? - + My son, eat honey, for it is good, the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste; - + so you shall know wisdom to be to your soul. If you have found it, then there will be a reward: Your hope will not be cut off. - + Don’t lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don’t destroy his resting place; - + for a righteous man falls seven times and rises up again, but the wicked are overthrown by calamity. - + Don’t rejoice when your enemy falls. Don’t let your heart be glad when he is overthrown, - + lest Yahweh see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him. - + Don’t fret yourself because of evildoers, neither be envious of the wicked; - + for there will be no reward to the evil man. The lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out. - + My son, fear Yahweh and the king. Don’t join those who are rebellious, - + for their calamity will rise suddenly. Who knows what destruction may come from them both?

These also are sayings of the wise:

To show partiality in judgment is not good. - + He who says to the wicked, “You are righteous,” peoples will curse him, and nations will abhor him— - + but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and a rich blessing will come on them. - + An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips. - + Prepare your work outside, and get your fields ready. Afterwards, build your house. - + Don’t be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don’t deceive with your lips. - + Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.” - + I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding. - + Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down. - + Then I saw, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction: - + a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep, - + so your poverty will come as a robber and your want as an armed man. @@ -42817,26 +42817,26 @@

It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter. - + As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth, so the hearts of kings are unsearchable. - + Take away the dross from the silver, and material comes out for the refiner. - + Take away the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness. - + Don’t exalt yourself in the presence of the king, or claim a place among great men; - + for it is better that it be said to you, “Come up here,” than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom your eyes have seen. - + Don’t be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you? - + Debate your case with your neighbor, and don’t betray the confidence of another, @@ -42845,58 +42845,58 @@ A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver. - + As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to an obedient ear. - + As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to those who send him; for he refreshes the soul of his masters. - + As clouds and wind without rain, so is he who boasts of gifts deceptively. - + By patience a ruler is persuaded. A soft tongue breaks the bone. - + Have you found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for you, lest you eat too much, and vomit it. - + Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor’s house, lest he be weary of you, and hate you. - + A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow. - + Confidence in someone unfaithful in time of trouble is like a bad tooth or a lame foot. - + As one who takes away a garment in cold weather, or vinegar on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart. - + If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat. If he is thirsty, give him water to drink; - + for you will heap coals of fire on his head, and Yahweh will reward you. - + The north wind produces rain; so a backbiting tongue brings an angry face. - + It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than to share a house with a contentious woman. - + Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. - + Like a muddied spring and a polluted well, so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked. - + It is not good to eat much honey, nor is it honorable to seek one’s own honor. - + Like a city that is broken down and without walls is a man whose spirit is without restraint. @@ -42904,87 +42904,87 @@ Like snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool. - + Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn’t come to rest. - + A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools! - + Don’t answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him. - + Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes. - + One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence. - + Like the legs of the lame that hang loose, so is a parable in the mouth of fools. - + As one who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool. - + Like a thorn bush that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools. - + As an archer who wounds all, so is he who hires a fool or he who hires those who pass by. - + As a dog that returns to his vomit, so is a fool who repeats his folly. - + Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him. - + The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!” - + As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed. - + The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth. - + The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion. - + Like one who grabs a dog’s ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own. - + Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death, is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “Am I not joking?” - + For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down. - + As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife. - + The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, they go down into the innermost parts. - + Like silver dross on an earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart. - + A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but he harbors evil in his heart. - + When his speech is charming, don’t believe him, for there are seven abominations in his heart. - + His malice may be concealed by deception, but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly. - + Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him. - + A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin. @@ -42992,90 +42992,90 @@ Don’t boast about tomorrow; for you don’t know what a day may bring. - + Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips. - + A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both. - + Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy? - + Better is open rebuke than hidden love. - + The wounds of a friend are faithful, although the kisses of an enemy are profuse. - + A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet. - + As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home. - + Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend. - + Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend. Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster. A neighbor who is near is better than a distant brother. - + Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor. - + A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it. - + Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman! - + He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse by him. - + A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike: - + restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand. Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance. - + Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored. - + Like water reflects a face, so a man’s heart reflects the man. - + Sheol 27:20 Sheol is the place of the dead. and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man’s eyes are never satisfied. - + The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise. - + Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him. Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds, - + for riches are not forever, nor does the crown endure to all generations. - + The hay is removed, and the new growth appears, the grasses of the hills are gathered in. - + The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are the price of a field. - + There will be plenty of goats’ milk for your food, for your family’s food, and for the nourishment of your servant girls. @@ -43084,86 +43084,86 @@ The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion. - + In rebellion, a land has many rulers, but order is maintained by a man of understanding and knowledge. - + A needy man who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain which leaves no crops. - + Those who forsake the law praise the wicked; but those who keep the law contend with them. - + Evil men don’t understand justice; but those who seek Yahweh understand it fully. - + Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich. - + Whoever keeps the law is a wise son; but he who is a companion of gluttons shames his father. - + He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor. - + He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination. - + Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, he will fall into his own trap; but the blameless will inherit good. - + The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor who has understanding sees through him. - + When the righteous triumph, there is great glory; but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves. - + He who conceals his sins doesn’t prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy. - + Blessed is the man who always fears; but one who hardens his heart falls into trouble. - + As a roaring lion or a charging bear, so is a wicked ruler over helpless people. - + A tyrannical ruler lacks judgment. One who hates ill-gotten gain will have long days. - + A man who is tormented by blood guilt will be a fugitive until death. No one will support him. - + Whoever walks blamelessly is kept safe; but one with perverse ways will fall suddenly. - + One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty. - + A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished. - + To show partiality is not good, yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread. - + A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn’t know that poverty waits for him. - + One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than one who flatters with the tongue. - + Whoever robs his father or his mother and says, “It’s not wrong,” is a partner with a destroyer. - + One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper. - + One who trusts in himself is a fool; but one who walks in wisdom is kept safe. - + One who gives to the poor has no lack; but one who closes his eyes will have many curses. - + When the wicked rise, men hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous thrive. @@ -43171,82 +43171,82 @@ He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy. - + When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; but when the wicked rule, the people groan. - + Whoever loves wisdom brings joy to his father; but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth. - + The king by justice makes the land stable, but he who takes bribes tears it down. - + A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet. - + An evil man is snared by his sin, but the righteous can sing and be glad. - + The righteous care about justice for the poor. The wicked aren’t concerned about knowledge. - + Mockers stir up a city, but wise men turn away anger. - + If a wise man goes to court with a foolish man, the fool rages or scoffs, and there is no peace. - + The bloodthirsty hate a man of integrity; and they seek the life of the upright. - + A fool vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings himself under control. - + If a ruler listens to lies, all of his officials are wicked. - + The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: Yahweh gives sight to the eyes of both. - + The king who fairly judges the poor, his throne shall be established forever. - + The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother. - + When the wicked increase, sin increases; but the righteous will see their downfall. - + Correct your son, and he will give you peace; yes, he will bring delight to your soul. - + Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; but one who keeps the law is blessed. - + A servant can’t be corrected by words. Though he understands, yet he will not respond. - + Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him. - + He who pampers his servant from youth will have him become a son in the end. - + An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in sin. - + A man’s pride brings him low, but one of lowly spirit gains honor. - + Whoever is an accomplice of a thief is an enemy of his own soul. He takes an oath, but dares not testify. - + The fear of man proves to be a snare, but whoever puts his trust in Yahweh is kept safe. - + Many seek the ruler’s favor, but a man’s justice comes from Yahweh. - + A dishonest man detests the righteous, and the upright in their ways detest the wicked. @@ -43255,13 +43255,13 @@ The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, the revelation:

the man says to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal: - + “Surely I am the most ignorant man, and don’t have a man’s understanding. - + I have not learned wisdom, neither do I have the knowledge of the Holy One. - + Who has ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has bound the waters in his garment? @@ -43270,17 +43270,17 @@ “Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him. - + Don’t you add to his words, lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar. “Two things I have asked of you. Don’t deny me before I die. - + Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for me, - + lest I be full, deny you, and say, ‘Who is Yahweh?’ or lest I be poor, and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God. @@ -43290,13 +43290,13 @@ There is a generation that curses their father, and doesn’t bless their mother. - + There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness. - + There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! Their eyelids are lifted up. - + There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaws like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men. @@ -43366,7 +43366,7 @@ “If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, or if you have thought evil, -put your hand over your mouth. +put your hand over your mouth. For as the churning of milk produces butter, and the wringing of the nose produces blood, @@ -43379,26 +43379,26 @@ “Oh, my son! Oh, son of my womb! Oh, son of my vows! - + Don’t give your strength to women, nor your ways to that which destroys kings. - + It is not for kings, Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for princes to say, ‘Where is strong drink?’ - + lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the justice due to anyone who is afflicted. - + Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish, and wine to the bitter in soul. - + Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more. - + Open your mouth for the mute, in the cause of all who are left desolate. - + Open your mouth, judge righteously, and serve justice to the poor and needy.” @@ -43407,68 +43407,68 @@ 31:10 Proverbs 31:10-31 form an acrostic, with each verse starting with each letter of the Hebrew alphabet, in order.Who can find a worthy woman? For her value is far above rubies. - + The heart of her husband trusts in her. He shall have no lack of gain. - + She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life. - + She seeks wool and flax, and works eagerly with her hands. - + She is like the merchant ships. She brings her bread from afar. - + She rises also while it is yet night, gives food to her household, and portions for her servant girls. - + She considers a field, and buys it. With the fruit of her hands, she plants a vineyard. - + She arms her waist with strength, and makes her arms strong. - + She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp doesn’t go out by night. - + She lays her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle. - + She opens her arms to the poor; yes, she extends her hands to the needy. - + She is not afraid of the snow for her household, for all her household are clothed with scarlet. - + She makes for herself carpets of tapestry. Her clothing is fine linen and purple. - + Her husband is respected in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land. - + She makes linen garments and sells them, and delivers sashes to the merchant. - + Strength and dignity are her clothing. She laughs at the time to come. - + She opens her mouth with wisdom. Kind instruction is on her tongue. - + She looks well to the ways of her household, and doesn’t eat the bread of idleness. - + Her children rise up and call her blessed. Her husband also praises her: - + “Many women do noble things, but you excel them all.” - + Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised. - + Give her of the fruit of her hands! Let her works praise her in the gates! @@ -43576,37 +43576,37 @@

a time to be born, and a time to die; -a time to plant, +a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; - + a time to kill, and a time to heal; -a time to break down, +a time to break down, and a time to build up; - + a time to weep, and a time to laugh; -a time to mourn, +a time to mourn, and a time to dance; - + a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; -a time to embrace, +a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; - + a time to seek, and a time to lose; -a time to keep, +a time to keep, and a time to cast away; - + a time to tear, and a time to sew; -a time to keep silence, +a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; - + a time to love, and a time to hate; -a time for war, +a time for war, and a time for peace.

What profit has he who works in that in which he labors? @@ -43880,7 +43880,7 @@ Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to produce an evil odor; so does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor. - + A wise man’s heart is at his right hand, but a fool’s heart at his left. @@ -43913,18 +43913,18 @@

Woe to you, land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning! - + Happy are you, land, when your king is the son of nobles, and your princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness! - + By slothfulness the roof sinks in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks. - + A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes the life glad; and money is the answer for all things. - + Don’t curse the king, no, not in your thoughts; and don’t curse the rich in your bedroom, for a bird of the sky may carry your voice, @@ -43934,39 +43934,39 @@

Cast your bread on the waters;

for you shall find it after many days. - + Give a portion to seven, yes, even to eight; for you don’t know what evil will be on the earth. - + If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there shall it be. - + He who observes the wind won’t sow; and he who regards the clouds won’t reap. - + As you don’t know what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child; even so you don’t know the work of God who does all. - + In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening don’t withhold your hand; for you don’t know which will prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both will be equally good. - + Truly the light is sweet, and it is a pleasant thing for the eyes to see the sun. - + Yes, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity. - + Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment. - + Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity. @@ -43976,20 +43976,20 @@ Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth,

before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them;” - + Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain; - + in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those who look out of the windows are darkened, - + and the doors shall be shut in the street; when the sound of the grinding is low, and one shall rise up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low; - + yes, they shall be afraid of heights, and terrors will be on the way; and the almond tree shall blossom, @@ -43997,12 +43997,12 @@ and desire shall fail; because man goes to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets; - + before the silver cord is severed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the spring, or the wheel broken at the cistern, - + and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it. @@ -44030,11 +44030,11 @@ Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; for your love is better than wine. - + Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured out, therefore the virgins love you. - + Take me away with you. Let’s hurry. The king has brought me into his rooms. @@ -44043,18 +44043,18 @@ We will praise your love more than wine! <w lemma="strong:H1730">Beloved</w> They are right to love you. - + I am dark, but lovely, you daughters of Jerusalem, like Kedar’s tents, like Solomon’s curtains. - + Don’t stare at me because I am dark, because the sun has scorched me. -My mother’s sons were angry with me. +My mother’s sons were angry with me. They made me keeper of the vineyards. I haven’t kept my own vineyard. - + Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you graze your flock, where you rest them at noon; @@ -44068,7 +44068,7 @@ I have compared you, my love, to a steed in Pharaoh’s chariots. - + Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings, your neck with strings of jewels. Friends @@ -44079,10 +44079,10 @@ While the king sat at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance. - + My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh, that lies between my breasts. - + My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi. Lover @@ -44114,19 +44114,19 @@ As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. -I sat down under his shadow with great delight, +I sat down under his shadow with great delight, his fruit was sweet to my taste. - + He brought me to the banquet hall. His banner over me is love. - + Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples; for I am faint with love. - + His left hand is under my head. His right hand embraces me. - + I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, @@ -44136,26 +44136,26 @@ Behold, he comes, leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills. - + My beloved is like a roe or a young deer. Behold, he stands behind our wall! -He looks in at the windows. +He looks in at the windows. He glances through the lattice. My beloved spoke, and said to me, “Rise up, my love, my beautiful one, and come away. - + For behold, the winter is past. The rain is over and gone. - + The flowers appear on the earth. The time of the singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land. - + The fig tree ripens her green figs. The vines are in blossom. They give out their fragrance. -Arise, my love, my beautiful one, +Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.” Lover @@ -44164,7 +44164,7 @@ let me see your face. Let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet and your face is lovely. - + Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that plunder the vineyards; for our vineyards are in blossom. @@ -44172,7 +44172,7 @@ My beloved is mine, and I am his. He browses among the lilies. - + Until the day is cool, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be like a roe or a young deer on the mountains of Bether. @@ -44182,17 +44182,17 @@ By night on my bed,

I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn’t find him. - + I will get up now, and go about the city; in the streets and in the squares I will seek him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn’t find him. - + The watchmen who go about the city found me; “Have you seen him whom my soul loves?” - + I had scarcely passed from them, when I found him whom my soul loves. -I held him, and would not let him go, +I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, into the room of her who conceived me. @@ -44204,23 +44204,23 @@ Who is this who comes up from the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all spices of the merchant? - + Behold, it is Solomon’s carriage! Sixty mighty men are around it, of the mighty men of Israel. - + They all handle the sword, and are expert in war. Every man has his sword on his thigh, because of fear in the night. King Solomon made himself a carriage of the wood of Lebanon. - + He made its pillars of silver, its bottom of gold, its seat of purple, the middle of it being paved with love, from the daughters of Jerusalem. - + Go out, you daughters of Zion, and see king Solomon, with the crown with which his mother has crowned him, in the day of his weddings, @@ -44231,23 +44231,23 @@

Behold, you are beautiful, my love.

Behold, you are beautiful. -Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. +Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. Your hair is as a flock of goats, that descend from Mount Gilead. - + Your teeth are like a newly shorn flock, which have come up from the washing, where every one of them has twins. None is bereaved among them. - + Your lips are like scarlet thread. Your mouth is lovely. Your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind your veil. - + Your neck is like David’s tower built for an armory, on which a thousand shields hang, all the shields of the mighty men. - + Your two breasts are like two fawns that are twins of a roe, which feed among the lilies. @@ -44258,7 +44258,7 @@ You are all beautiful, my love. There is no spot in you. - + Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, with me from Lebanon. Look from the top of Amana, @@ -44269,19 +44269,19 @@ You have ravished my heart, my sister, my bride. You have ravished my heart with one of your eyes, with one chain of your neck. - + How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine, the fragrance of your perfumes than all kinds of spices! - + Your lips, my bride, drip like the honeycomb. Honey and milk are under your tongue. The smell of your garments is like the smell of Lebanon. - + My sister, my bride, is a locked up garden; a locked up spring, a sealed fountain. - + Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates, with precious fruits, henna with spikenard plants, @@ -44296,7 +44296,7 @@ Awake, north wind, and come, you south! Blow on my garden, that its spices may flow out. -Let my beloved come into his garden, +Let my beloved come into his garden, and taste his precious fruits. @@ -44316,24 +44316,24 @@ “Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, and my hair with the dampness of the night.” - + I have taken off my robe. Indeed, must I put it on? I have washed my feet. Indeed, must I soil them? - + My beloved thrust his hand in through the latch opening. My heart pounded for him. - + I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with liquid myrrh, on the handles of the lock. - + I opened to my beloved; but my beloved left, and had gone away. -My heart went out when he spoke. +My heart went out when he spoke. I looked for him, but I didn’t find him. I called him, but he didn’t answer. - + The watchmen who go about the city found me. They beat me. They bruised me. @@ -44346,31 +44346,31 @@ How is your beloved better than another beloved, you fairest among women? -How is your beloved better than another beloved, -that you do so adjure us? +How is your beloved better than another beloved, +that you do so adjure us? <w lemma="strong:H1730">Beloved</w> My beloved is white and ruddy. The best among ten thousand. - + His head is like the purest gold. His hair is bushy, black as a raven. - + His eyes are like doves beside the water brooks, washed with milk, mounted like jewels. - + His cheeks are like a bed of spices with towers of perfumes. His lips are like lilies, dropping liquid myrrh. - + His hands are like rings of gold set with beryl. His body is like ivory work overlaid with sapphires. - + His legs are like pillars of marble set on sockets of fine gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars. - + His mouth is sweetness; yes, he is altogether lovely. -This is my beloved, and this is my friend, +This is my beloved, and this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem. @@ -44383,7 +44383,7 @@ My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens, and to gather lilies. - + I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine. He browses among the lilies. 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<w lemma="strong:H8259">out</w> <w lemma="strong:H3644">as</w> <w lemma="strong:H3644">the</w> <w lemma="strong:H7837">morning</w>, @@ -44422,7 +44422,7 @@ </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H413">to</w> <w lemma="strong:H7200">see</w> <w lemma="strong:H413">the</w> <w lemma="strong:H3">green</w> plants <w lemma="strong:H413">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H413">the</w> <w lemma="strong:H5158">valley</w>, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H413">to</w> <w lemma="strong:H7200">see</w> <w lemma="strong:H7200">whether</w> <w lemma="strong:H413">the</w> <w lemma="strong:H1612">vine</w> <w lemma="strong:H6524">budded</w>, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H7200">and</w> <w lemma="strong:H413">the</w> <w lemma="strong:H7416">pomegranates</w> were <w lemma="strong:H413">in</w> flower. -<verse eID="Song.6.11.seID.18303" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Song.6.11.seID.18303" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Song.6.12" sID="Song.6.12.seID.18304" n="12" /><w lemma="strong:H3808">Without</w> realizing <w lemma="strong:H7760">it</w>, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H7760">my</w> <w lemma="strong:H5315">desire</w> <w lemma="strong:H7760">set</w> <w lemma="strong:H5315">me</w> <w lemma="strong:H3045">with</w> <w lemma="strong:H7760">my</w> royal <w lemma="strong:H5971">people’s</w> <w lemma="strong:H4818">chariots</w>. <verse eID="Song.6.12.seID.18304" /></l></lg><title type="sub" canonical="false"><w lemma="strong:H3045">Friends</w> @@ -44438,34 +44438,34 @@ <verse osisID="Song.7.1" sID="Song.7.1.seID.18307" n="1" /><w lemma="strong:H4100">How</w> beautiful <w lemma="strong:H4100">are</w> <w lemma="strong:H7725">your</w> feet <w lemma="strong:H7725">in</w> sandals, prince’s daughter! </p><lg><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H7725">Your</w> rounded thighs <w lemma="strong:H4100">are</w> <w lemma="strong:H7725">like</w> jewels, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H7725">the</w> work <w lemma="strong:H4264">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H7725">the</w> hands <w 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+<verse eID="Song.7.2.seID.18308" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Song.7.3" sID="Song.7.3.seID.18309" n="3" /><w lemma="strong:H408">Your</w> two breasts are <w lemma="strong:H7799">like</w> two fawns, </l><l level="2">that are twins <w lemma="strong:H6194">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H2637">a</w> roe. -<verse eID="Song.7.3.seID.18309" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Song.7.3.seID.18309" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Song.7.4" sID="Song.7.4.seID.18310" n="4" />Your neck is like an ivory tower. </l><l level="2">Your eyes <w lemma="strong:H8147">are</w> like <w lemma="strong:H8147">the</w> pools <w lemma="strong:H8147">in</w> Heshbon <w lemma="strong:H8147">by</w> <w lemma="strong:H8147">the</w> gate <w lemma="strong:H8147">of</w> Bathrabbim. </l><l level="2">Your nose is like <w lemma="strong:H8147">the</w> tower <w lemma="strong:H8147">of</w> Lebanon which looks toward Damascus. -<verse eID="Song.7.4.seID.18310" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Song.7.4.seID.18310" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Song.7.5" sID="Song.7.5.seID.18311" n="5" /><w lemma="strong:H5921">Your</w> <w lemma="strong:H6440">head</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">on</w> <w lemma="strong:H6440">you</w> <w lemma="strong:H639">is</w> <w lemma="strong:H639">like</w> Carmel. </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H6440">The</w> hair <w lemma="strong:H5869">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">your</w> <w lemma="strong:H6440">head</w> <w lemma="strong:H639">like</w> purple. </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H6440">The</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">king</w> <w lemma="strong:H639">is</w> held captive <w lemma="strong:H5921">in</w> <w lemma="strong:H5921">its</w> tresses. -<verse eID="Song.7.5.seID.18311" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Song.7.5.seID.18311" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Song.7.6" sID="Song.7.6.seID.18312" n="6" />How beautiful <w lemma="strong:H4428">and</w> how pleasant <w lemma="strong:H5921">you</w> <w lemma="strong:H4428">are</w>, </l><l level="2">love, <w lemma="strong:H5921">for</w> delights! -<verse eID="Song.7.6.seID.18312" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Song.7.6.seID.18312" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Song.7.7" sID="Song.7.7.seID.18313" n="7" />This, <w lemma="strong:H4100">your</w> stature, <w lemma="strong:H4100">is</w> like <w lemma="strong:H4100">a</w> palm tree, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H4100">your</w> breasts like its fruit. -<verse eID="Song.7.7.seID.18313" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Song.7.7.seID.18313" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Song.7.8" sID="Song.7.8.seID.18314" n="8" /><w lemma="strong:H1819">I</w> said, “<w lemma="strong:H1819">I</w> will climb up into <w lemma="strong:H1819">the</w> <w lemma="strong:H8558">palm</w> <w lemma="strong:H8558">tree</w>. </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H1819">I</w> will take hold <w lemma="strong:H6967">of</w> its fruit.” -</l></lg><lg><l level="1">Let your <w lemma="strong:H7699">breasts</w> be <w lemma="strong:H1819">like</w> <w lemma="strong:H811">clusters</w> <w lemma="strong:H6967">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H1819">the</w> vine, +</l><l level="1">Let your <w lemma="strong:H7699">breasts</w> be <w lemma="strong:H1819">like</w> <w lemma="strong:H811">clusters</w> <w lemma="strong:H6967">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H1819">the</w> vine, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H1819">the</w> smell <w lemma="strong:H6967">of</w> your breath <w lemma="strong:H1819">like</w> apples. -<verse eID="Song.7.8.seID.18314" /></l></lg><lg><l level="1"> +<verse eID="Song.7.8.seID.18314" /></l><l level="1"> <verse osisID="Song.7.9" sID="Song.7.9.seID.18315" n="9" /><w lemma="strong:H4994">Your</w> mouth <w lemma="strong:H639">is</w> <w lemma="strong:H1961">like</w> <w lemma="strong:H559">the</w> best wine, </l><l level="2"><w lemma="strong:H559">that</w> <w lemma="strong:H5927">goes</w> <w lemma="strong:H639">down</w> smoothly <w lemma="strong:H270">for</w> <w lemma="strong:H1961">my</w> beloved, </l><l level="2">gliding <w lemma="strong:H4994">through</w> <w lemma="strong:H559">the</w> lips <w lemma="strong:H559">of</w> <w lemma="strong:H1961">those</w> <w lemma="strong:H559">who</w> <w lemma="strong:H5927">are</w> asleep. @@ -44473,16 +44473,16 @@ I am my beloved’s. His desire is toward me. - + Come, my beloved! Let’s go out into the field. Let’s lodge in the villages. - + Let’s go early up to the vineyards. Let’s see whether the vine has budded, its blossom is open, and the pomegranates are in flower. There I will give you my love. - + The mandrakes produce fragrance. At our doors are all kinds of precious fruits, new and old, which I have stored up for you, my beloved. @@ -44491,14 +44491,14 @@

Oh that you were like my brother,

who nursed from the breasts of my mother! -If I found you outside, I would kiss you; +If I found you outside, I would kiss you; yes, and no one would despise me. - + I would lead you, bringing you into the house of my mother, who would instruct me. -I would have you drink spiced wine, +I would have you drink spiced wine, of the juice of my pomegranate. - + His left hand would be under my head. His right hand would embrace me. @@ -44525,33 +44525,33 @@ a very flame of Yahweh. 8:6 “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. - + Many waters can’t quench love, neither can floods drown it. -If a man would give all the wealth of his house for love, +If a man would give all the wealth of his house for love, he would be utterly scorned. Brothers We have a little sister. She has no breasts. -What shall we do for our sister +What shall we do for our sister in the day when she is to be spoken for? If she is a wall, we will build on her a turret of silver. -If she is a door, +If she is a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar. Beloved I am a wall, and my breasts like towers, then I was in his eyes like one who found peace. - + Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon. He leased out the vineyard to keepers. Each was to bring a thousand shekels 8:11 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 1000 shekels is about 10 kilograms or about 22 pounds. of silver for its fruit. - + My own vineyard is before me. The thousand are for you, Solomon, two hundred for those who tend its fruit. @@ -44574,43 +44574,43 @@ and listen, earth; for Yahweh 1:2 “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. has spoken: -“I have nourished and brought up children +“I have nourished and brought up children and they have rebelled against me. - + The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master’s crib; but Israel doesn’t know. My people don’t consider.” - + Ah sinful nation, a people loaded with iniquity, offspring 1:4 or, seed of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! -They have forsaken Yahweh. +They have forsaken Yahweh. They have despised the Holy One of Israel. They are estranged and backward. - + Why should you be beaten more, that you revolt more and more? -The whole head is sick, +The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. - + From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it, but wounds, welts, and open sores. They haven’t been closed, bandaged, or soothed with oil. - + Your country is desolate. Your cities are burned with fire. Strangers devour your land in your presence and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers. - + The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, like a hut in a field of melons, like a besieged city. - + Unless Yahweh of Armies had left to us a very small remnant, we would have been as Sodom. We would have been like Gomorrah. @@ -44619,44 +44619,44 @@ Listen to the law of our God, 1:10 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim). you people of Gomorrah! - + “What are the multitude of your sacrifices to me?”, says Yahweh. “I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed animals. I don’t delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of male goats. - + When you come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand, to trample my courts? - + Bring no more vain offerings. Incense is an abomination to me. New moons, Sabbaths, and convocations— I can’t stand evil assemblies. - + My soul hates your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They are a burden to me. I am weary of bearing them. - + When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood. - + Wash yourselves. Make yourself clean. Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes. Cease to do evil. - + Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. -Defend the fatherless. +Defend the fatherless. Plead for the widow.” “Come now, and let’s reason together,” says Yahweh: “Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool. - + If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the good of the land; @@ -44665,12 +44665,12 @@ How the faithful city has become a prostitute! She was full of justice. -Righteousness lodged in her, +Righteousness lodged in her, but now there are murderers. - + Your silver has become dross, your wine mixed with water. - + Your princes are rebellious and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes and follows after rewards. They don’t defend the fatherless, @@ -44681,35 +44681,35 @@ The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” Yahweh of Armies, the Mighty One of Israel, says: -“Ah, I will get relief from my adversaries, +“Ah, I will get relief from my adversaries, and avenge myself on my enemies. - + I will turn my hand on you, thoroughly purge away your dross, and will take away all your tin. 1:25 tin is a metal that is separated from silver during the refining and purification process. - + I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning. -Afterward you shall be called ‘The city of righteousness, +Afterward you shall be called ‘The city of righteousness, a faithful town.’ - + Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and her converts with righteousness. - + But the destruction of transgressors and sinners shall be together, and those who forsake Yahweh shall be consumed. - + For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired, and you shall be confounded for the gardens that you have chosen. - + For you shall be as an oak whose leaf fades, and as a garden that has no water. - + The strong will be like tinder, and his work like a spark. -They will both burn together, +They will both burn together, and no one will quench them.” @@ -44719,47 +44719,47 @@ It shall happen in the latter days, that the mountain of Yahweh’s house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be raised above the hills; and all nations shall flow to it. - + Many peoples shall go and say, “Come, let’s go up to the mountain of Yahweh, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths.” -For the law shall go out of Zion, +For the law shall go out of Zion, and Yahweh’s word from Jerusalem. - + He will judge between the nations, and will decide concerning many peoples. They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. -Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, +Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. House of Jacob, come, and let’s walk in the light of Yahweh. - + For you have forsaken your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled from the east, with those who practice divination like the Philistines, and they clasp hands with the children of foreigners. - + Their land is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures. -Their land also is full of horses, +Their land also is full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots. - + Their land also is full of idols. They worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made. - + Man is brought low, and mankind is humbled; therefore don’t forgive them. - + Enter into the rock, and hide in the dust, -from before the terror of Yahweh, +from before the terror of Yahweh, and from the glory of his majesty. - + The lofty looks of man will be brought low, the arrogance of men will be bowed down, and Yahweh alone will be exalted in that day. @@ -44779,19 +44779,19 @@ for all the ships of Tarshish, and for all pleasant imagery. - + The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the arrogance of men shall be brought low; and Yahweh alone shall be exalted in that day. - + The idols shall utterly pass away. - + Men shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of Yahweh, and from the glory of his majesty, when he arises to shake the earth mightily. - + In that day, men shall cast away their idols of silver and their idols of gold, which have been made for themselves to worship, @@ -44802,7 +44802,7 @@ from before the terror of Yahweh, and from the glory of his majesty, when he arises to shake the earth mightily. - + Stop trusting in man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for of what account is he? @@ -44826,41 +44826,41 @@ the counselor, the skilled craftsman, and the clever enchanter. - + I will give boys to be their princes, and children shall rule over them. - + The people will be oppressed, everyone by another, and everyone by his neighbor. -The child will behave himself proudly against the old man, +The child will behave himself proudly against the old man, and the wicked against the honorable. - + Indeed a man shall take hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying, “You have clothing, you be our ruler, and let this ruin be under your hand.” - + In that day he will cry out, saying, “I will not be a healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing. You shall not make me ruler of the people.” - + For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen; because their tongue and their doings are against Yahweh, -to provoke the eyes of his glory. - +to provoke the eyes of his glory. + The look of their faces testify against them. They parade their sin like Sodom. They don’t hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have brought disaster upon themselves. - + Tell the righteous that it will be well with them, for they will eat the fruit of their deeds. - + Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them, for the deeds of their hands will be paid back to them. - + As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. My people, those who lead you cause you to err, @@ -44868,7 +44868,7 @@ Yahweh stands up to contend, and stands to judge the peoples. - + Yahweh will enter into judgment with the elders of his people and their leaders: “It is you who have eaten up the vineyard. @@ -44881,7 +44881,7 @@ and walk with outstretched necks and flirting eyes, walking daintily as they go, jingling ornaments on their feet; - + therefore the Lord brings sores on the crown of the head of the women of Zion, and Yahweh will make their scalps bald.”

@@ -44902,10 +44902,10 @@ instead of well set hair, baldness; instead of a robe, a wearing of sackcloth; and branding instead of beauty. - + Your men shall fall by the sword, and your mighty in the war. - + Her gates shall lament and mourn. She shall be desolate and sit on the ground. @@ -44927,30 +44927,30 @@ Let me sing for my well beloved a song of my beloved about his vineyard. My beloved had a vineyard on a very fruitful hill. - + He dug it up, gathered out its stones, planted it with the choicest vine, built a tower in the middle of it, and also cut out a wine press in it. -He looked for it to yield grapes, +He looked for it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes. “Now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, please judge between me and my vineyard. - + What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? Why, when I looked for it to yield grapes, did it yield wild grapes? - + Now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will take away its hedge, and it will be eaten up. I will break down its wall, and it will be trampled down. - + I will lay it a wasteland. It won’t be pruned or hoed, but it will grow briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain on it.” - + For the vineyard of Yahweh of Armies is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant. He looked for justice, but behold, oppression, @@ -44959,10 +44959,10 @@ Woe to those who join house to house, who lay field to field, until there is no room, and you are made to dwell alone in the middle of the land! - + In my ears, Yahweh of Armies says: “Surely many houses will be desolate, even great and beautiful, unoccupied. - + For ten acres 5:10 literally, ten yokes, or the amount of land that ten yokes of oxen can plow in one day, which is about 10 acres or 4 hectares. of vineyard shall yield one bath, @@ -44973,10 +44973,10 @@ 1 homer is about 220 liters or 6 bushels of seed shall yield an ephah.” 5:10 1 ephah is about 22 liters or 0.6 bushels or about 2 pecks—only one tenth of what was sown. - + Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink, who stay late into the night, until wine inflames them! - + The harp, lyre, tambourine, and flute, with wine, are at their feasts; but they don’t respect the work of Yahweh, neither have they considered the operation of his hands. @@ -44984,42 +44984,42 @@ Therefore my people go into captivity for lack of knowledge. Their honorable men are famished, and their multitudes are parched with thirst. - + Therefore Sheol 5:14 Sheol is the place of the dead. has enlarged its desire, and opened its mouth without measure; and their glory, their multitude, their pomp, and he who rejoices among them, descend into it. - + So man is brought low, mankind is humbled, and the eyes of the arrogant ones are humbled; - + but Yahweh of Armies is exalted in justice, and God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness. - + Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture, and strangers will eat the ruins of the rich. Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and wickedness as with cart rope, - + who say, “Let him make haste, let him hasten his work, that we may see it; let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, that we may know it!” - + Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; -who put bitter for sweet, +who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! - + Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! - + Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and champions at mixing strong drink; - + who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent! @@ -45027,36 +45027,36 @@ and as the dry grass sinks down in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust, -because they have rejected the law of Yahweh of Armies, +because they have rejected the law of Yahweh of Armies, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. - + Therefore Yahweh’s anger burns against his people, and he has stretched out his hand against them and has struck them. -The mountains tremble, +The mountains tremble, and their dead bodies are as refuse in the middle of the streets. -For all this, his anger is not turned away, +For all this, his anger is not turned away, but his hand is still stretched out. He will lift up a banner to the nations from far away, and he will whistle for them from the end of the earth. Behold, they will come speedily and swiftly. - + No one shall be weary nor stumble among them; no one shall slumber nor sleep, neither shall the belt of their waist be untied, nor the strap of their sandals be broken, - + whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent. -Their horses’ hoofs will be like flint, +Their horses’ hoofs will be like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind. - + Their roaring will be like a lioness. They will roar like young lions. -Yes, they shall roar, +Yes, they shall roar, and seize their prey and carry it off, and there will be no one to deliver. - + They will roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea. If one looks to the land, behold, darkness and distress. The light is darkened in its clouds. @@ -45085,12 +45085,12 @@ He said, “Go, and tell this people,

‘You hear indeed, but don’t understand. -You see indeed, +You see indeed, but don’t perceive.’ - + Make the heart of this people fat. Make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; -lest they see with their eyes, +lest they see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed.” @@ -45103,10 +45103,10 @@ and Yahweh has removed men far away, and the forsaken places are many within the land. - + If there is a tenth left in it, that also will in turn be consumed, -as a terebinth, and as an oak whose stump remains when they are cut down, +as a terebinth, and as an oak whose stump remains when they are cut down, so the holy seed is its stump.” @@ -45219,7 +45219,7 @@

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light.

The light has shined on those who lived in the land of the shadow of death. - + You have multiplied the nation. You have increased their joy.

They rejoice before you according to the joy in harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the plunder. @@ -45234,58 +45234,58 @@

The Lord sent a word into Jacob,

and it falls on Israel. - + All the people will know, including Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria, who say in pride and in arrogance of heart, - + “The bricks have fallen, but we will build with cut stone. -The sycamore fig trees have been cut down, +The sycamore fig trees have been cut down, but we will put cedars in their place.” - + Therefore Yahweh will set up on high against him the adversaries of Rezin, and will stir up his enemies, The Syrians in front, and the Philistines behind; and they will devour Israel with open mouth. -For all this, his anger is not turned away, +For all this, his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. Yet the people have not turned to him who struck them, neither have they sought Yahweh of Armies. - + Therefore Yahweh will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed, in one day. - + The elder and the honorable man is the head, and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail. - + For those who lead this people lead them astray; and those who are led by them are destroyed. - + Therefore the Lord will not rejoice over their young men, neither will he have compassion on their fatherless and widows; -for everyone is profane and an evildoer, +for everyone is profane and an evildoer, and every mouth speaks folly. -For all this his anger is not turned away, +For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. For wickedness burns like a fire. It devours the briers and thorns; yes, it kindles in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke. - + Through Yahweh of Armies’ wrath, the land is burned up; and the people are the fuel for the fire. No one spares his brother. - + One will devour on the right hand, and be hungry; and he will eat on the left hand, and they will not be satisfied. -Everyone will eat the flesh of his own arm: +Everyone will eat the flesh of his own arm: Manasseh eating Ephraim and Ephraim eating Manasseh, and they together will be against Judah. -For all this his anger is not turned away, +For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. @@ -45298,7 +45298,7 @@

They will only bow down under the prisoners,

and will fall under the slain. -For all this his anger is not turned away, +For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

Alas Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand is my indignation! @@ -45365,21 +45365,21 @@ A shoot will come out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots will bear fruit. - + Yahweh’s Spirit will rest on him: the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Yahweh. - + His delight will be in the fear of Yahweh. -He will not judge by the sight of his eyes, +He will not judge by the sight of his eyes, neither decide by the hearing of his ears; - + but he will judge the poor with righteousness, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth. -He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; +He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked. - + Righteousness will be the belt around his waist, and faithfulness the belt around his waist. @@ -45387,14 +45387,14 @@ and the leopard will lie down with the young goat, the calf, the young lion, and the fattened calf together; and a little child will lead them. - + The cow and the bear will graze. Their young ones will lie down together. The lion will eat straw like the ox. - + The nursing child will play near a cobra’s hole, and the weaned child will put his hand on the viper’s den. - + They will not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth will be full of the knowledge of Yahweh, as the waters cover the sea. @@ -45925,84 +45925,84 @@ In that day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah:

“We have a strong city. God appoints salvation for walls and bulwarks. - + Open the gates, that the righteous nation may enter: the one which keeps faith. - + You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you. - + Trust in Yahweh forever; for in Yah, Yahweh, is an everlasting Rock. - + For he has brought down those who dwell on high, the lofty city. He lays it low. He lays it low even to the ground. He brings it even to the dust. - + The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor and the steps of the needy.” - + The way of the just is uprightness. You who are upright make the path of the righteous level. Yes, in the way of your judgments, Yahweh, we have waited for you. Your name and your renown are the desire of our soul. - + With my soul I have desired you in the night. Yes, with my spirit within me I will seek you earnestly; for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness. - + Let favor be shown to the wicked, yet he will not learn righteousness. -In the land of uprightness he will deal wrongfully, +In the land of uprightness he will deal wrongfully, and will not see Yahweh’s majesty. Yahweh, your hand is lifted up, yet they don’t see; but they will see your zeal for the people and be disappointed. Yes, fire will consume your adversaries. - + Yahweh, you will ordain peace for us, for you have also done all our work for us. - + Yahweh our God, other lords besides you have had dominion over us, but we will only acknowledge your name. - + The dead shall not live. The departed spirits shall not rise. -Therefore you have visited and destroyed them, +Therefore you have visited and destroyed them, and caused all memory of them to perish. - + You have increased the nation, O Yahweh. You have increased the nation! -You are glorified! +You are glorified! You have enlarged all the borders of the land. Yahweh, in trouble they have visited you. They poured out a prayer when your chastening was on them. - + Just as a woman with child, who draws near the time of her delivery, is in pain and cries out in her pangs, so we have been before you, Yahweh. - + We have been with child. We have been in pain. -We gave birth, it seems, only to wind. +We gave birth, it seems, only to wind. We have not worked any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen. - + Your dead shall live. Their dead bodies shall arise. -Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust; +Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust; for your dew is like the dew of herbs, and the earth will cast out the departed spirits. Come, my people, enter into your rooms, and shut your doors behind you. -Hide yourself for a little moment, +Hide yourself for a little moment, until the indignation is past. - + For, behold, Yahweh comes out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth also will disclose her blood, and will no longer cover her slain. @@ -46227,116 +46227,116 @@ and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they don’t look to the Holy One of Israel, and they don’t seek Yahweh! - + Yet he also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who work iniquity. - + Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. -When Yahweh stretches out his hand, both he who helps shall stumble, +When Yahweh stretches out his hand, both he who helps shall stumble, and he who is helped shall fall, and they all shall be consumed together. For Yahweh says to me, -“As the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, +“As the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, if a multitude of shepherds is called together against him, will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for their noise, so Yahweh of Armies will come down to fight on Mount Zion and on its heights. - + As birds hovering, so Yahweh of Armies will protect Jerusalem. He will protect and deliver it. He will pass over and preserve it.” - + Return to him from whom you have deeply revolted, children of Israel. For in that day everyone shall cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold—sin which your own hands have made for you.

“The Assyrian will fall by the sword, not of man;

and the sword, not of mankind, shall devour him. -He will flee from the sword, +He will flee from the sword, and his young men will become subject to forced labor. - + His rock will pass away by reason of terror, and his princes will be afraid of the banner,” -says Yahweh, whose fire is in Zion, +says Yahweh, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem. Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice. - + A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the storm, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a large rock in a weary land. - + The eyes of those who see will not be dim, and the ears of those who hear will listen. - + The heart of the rash will understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers will be ready to speak plainly. - + The fool will no longer be called noble, nor the scoundrel be highly respected. - + For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice profanity, and to utter error against Yahweh, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. - + The ways of the scoundrel are evil. He devises wicked plans to destroy the humble with lying words, even when the needy speaks right. - + But the noble devises noble things, and he will continue in noble things. Rise up, you women who are at ease! Hear my voice! You careless daughters, give ear to my speech! - + For days beyond a year you will be troubled, you careless women; for the vintage will fail. The harvest won’t come. - + Tremble, you women who are at ease! Be troubled, you careless ones! Strip yourselves, make yourselves naked, and put sackcloth on your waist. - + Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine. - + Thorns and briers will come up on my people’s land; yes, on all the houses of joy in the joyous city. - + For the palace will be forsaken. The populous city will be deserted. The hill and the watchtower will be for dens forever, a delight for wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks, - + until the Spirit is poured on us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is considered a forest. Then justice will dwell in the wilderness; and righteousness will remain in the fruitful field. - + The work of righteousness will be peace, and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever. - + My people will live in a peaceful habitation, in safe dwellings, and in quiet resting places, - + though hail flattens the forest, and the city is leveled completely. - + Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, who send out the feet of the ox and the donkey. @@ -46344,64 +46344,64 @@ Woe to you who destroy, but you weren’t destroyed, and who betray, but nobody betrayed you! -When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed; +When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed; and when you have finished betrayal, you will be betrayed. Yahweh, be gracious to us. We have waited for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble. - + At the noise of the thunder, the peoples have fled. When you lift yourself up, the nations are scattered. - + Your plunder will be gathered as the caterpillar gathers. Men will leap on it as locusts leap. - + Yahweh is exalted, for he dwells on high. He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness. - + There will be stability in your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of Yahweh is your treasure. Behold, their valiant ones cry outside; the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly. - + The highways are desolate. The traveling man ceases. The covenant is broken. He has despised the cities. He doesn’t respect man. - + The land mourns and languishes. Lebanon is confounded and withers away. Sharon is like a desert, and Bashan and Carmel are stripped bare. - + “Now I will arise,” says Yahweh. “Now I will lift myself up. Now I will be exalted. - + You will conceive chaff. You will give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will devour you. - + The peoples will be like the burning of lime, like thorns that are cut down and burned in the fire. Hear, you who are far off, what I have done; and, you who are near, acknowledge my might.” - + The sinners in Zion are afraid. Trembling has seized the godless ones. -Who among us can live with the devouring fire? +Who among us can live with the devouring fire? Who among us can live with everlasting burning? - + He who walks righteously and speaks blamelessly, he who despises the gain of oppressions, who gestures with his hands, refusing to take a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from looking at evil— - + he will dwell on high. His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks. His bread will be supplied. @@ -46409,27 +46409,27 @@ Your eyes will see the king in his beauty. They will see a distant land. - + Your heart will meditate on the terror. Where is he who counted? Where is he who weighed? Where is he who counted the towers? - + You will no longer see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that you can’t comprehend, with a strange language that you can’t understand. - + Look at Zion, the city of our appointed festivals. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet habitation, a tent that won’t be removed. -Its stakes will never be plucked up, +Its stakes will never be plucked up, nor will any of its cords be broken. - + But there Yahweh will be with us in majesty, a place of wide rivers and streams, in which no galley with oars will go, neither will any gallant ship pass by there. - + For Yahweh is our judge. Yahweh is our lawgiver. Yahweh is our king. @@ -46438,7 +46438,7 @@ Your rigging is untied. They couldn’t strengthen the foot of their mast. They couldn’t spread the sail. -Then the prey of a great plunder was divided. +Then the prey of a great plunder was divided. The lame took the prey. The inhabitant won’t say, “I am sick.” @@ -46450,31 +46450,31 @@ Listen, you peoples. Let the earth and all it contains hear, the world, and everything that comes from it. - + For Yahweh is enraged against all the nations, and angry with all their armies. -He has utterly destroyed them. +He has utterly destroyed them. He has given them over for slaughter. - + Their slain will also be cast out, and the stench of their dead bodies will come up. The mountains will melt in their blood. - + All of the army of the sky will be dissolved. The sky will be rolled up like a scroll, and all its armies will fade away, as a leaf fades from off a vine or a fig tree. - + For my sword has drunk its fill in the sky. Behold, it will come down on Edom, and on the people of my curse, for judgment. - + Yahweh’s sword is filled with blood. It is covered with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams; for Yahweh has a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom. - + The wild oxen will come down with them, and the young bulls with the mighty bulls; and their land will be drunken with blood, @@ -46482,36 +46482,36 @@ For Yahweh has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion. - + Its streams will be turned into pitch, its dust into sulfur, and its land will become burning pitch. - + It won’t be quenched night or day. Its smoke will go up forever. From generation to generation, it will lie waste. No one will pass through it forever and ever. - + But the pelican and the porcupine will possess it. The owl and the raven will dwell in it. -He will stretch the line of confusion over it, +He will stretch the line of confusion over it, and the plumb line of emptiness. - + They shall call its nobles to the kingdom, but none shall be there; and all its princes shall be nothing. - + Thorns will come up in its palaces, nettles and thistles in its fortresses; and it will be a habitation of jackals, a court for ostriches. - + The wild animals of the desert will meet with the wolves, and the wild goat will cry to his fellow. -Yes, the night creature +Yes, the night creature 34:14 literally, lilith, which could also be a night demon or night monster shall settle there, and shall find herself a place of rest. - + The arrow snake will make her nest there, and lay, hatch, and gather under her shade. Yes, the kites will be gathered there, every one with her mate. @@ -46521,7 +46521,7 @@ None will lack her mate. For my mouth has commanded, and his Spirit has gathered them. - + He has cast the lot for them, and his hand has divided it to them with a measuring line. They shall possess it forever. @@ -46531,7 +46531,7 @@ The wilderness and the dry land will be glad. The desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose. - + It will blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing. Lebanon’s glory will be given to it, @@ -46541,39 +46541,39 @@ Strengthen the weak hands, and make the feeble knees firm. - + Tell those who have a fearful heart, “Be strong! Don’t be afraid! -Behold, your God will come with vengeance, God’s retribution. +Behold, your God will come with vengeance, God’s retribution. He will come and save you. Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped. - + Then the lame man will leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute will sing; for waters will break out in the wilderness, and streams in the desert. - + The burning sand will become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water. Grass with reeds and rushes will be in the habitation of jackals, where they lay. - + A highway will be there, a road, and it will be called “The Holy Way”. -The unclean shall not pass over it, +The unclean shall not pass over it, but it will be for those who walk in the Way. Wicked fools shall not go there. - + No lion will be there, nor will any ravenous animal go up on it. They will not be found there; but the redeemed will walk there. - + Then Yahweh’s ransomed ones will return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy will be on their heads. -They will obtain gladness and joy, +They will obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.” @@ -46724,48 +46724,48 @@ 38:10 Sheol is the place of the dead. I am deprived of the residue of my years.” - + I said, “I won’t see Yah, Yah in the land of the living. I will see man no more with the inhabitants of the world. - + My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me like a shepherd’s tent. -I have rolled up my life like a weaver. +I have rolled up my life like a weaver. He will cut me off from the loom. From day even to night you will make an end of me. - + I waited patiently until morning. He breaks all my bones like a lion. From day even to night you will make an end of me. - + I chattered like a swallow or a crane. I moaned like a dove. My eyes weaken looking upward. Lord, I am oppressed. Be my security.” - + What will I say? He has both spoken to me, and himself has done it. I will walk carefully all my years because of the anguish of my soul. - + Lord, men live by these things; and my spirit finds life in all of them. You restore me, and cause me to live. - + Behold, for peace I had great anguish, but you have in love for my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption; for you have cast all my sins behind your back. - + For Sheol 38:18 Sheol is the place of the dead. can’t praise you. Death can’t celebrate you. -Those who go down into the pit can’t hope for your truth. - +Those who go down into the pit can’t hope for your truth. + The living, the living, he shall praise you, as I do today. The father shall make known your truth to the children. - + Yahweh will save me. Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments all the days of our life in Yahweh’s house.

@@ -46802,26 +46802,26 @@ The voice of one who calls out, “Prepare the way of Yahweh in the wilderness! Make a level highway in the desert for our God. - + Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low. The uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain. - + Yahweh’s glory shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.” The voice of one saying, “Cry out!” One said, “What shall I cry?” -“All flesh is like grass, +“All flesh is like grass, and all its glory is like the flower of the field. - + The grass withers, the flower fades, because Yahweh’s breath blows on it. Surely the people are like grass. - + The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God stands forever.” @@ -46830,12 +46830,12 @@ You who tell good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength! Lift it up! Don’t be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, “Behold, your God!” - + Behold, the Lord Yahweh will come as a mighty one, and his arm will rule for him. Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him. - + He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom. @@ -46846,33 +46846,33 @@ and calculated the dust of the earth in a measuring basket, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? - + Who has directed Yahweh’s Spirit, or has taught him as his counselor? - + Who did he take counsel with, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed him the way of understanding? - + Behold, the nations are like a drop in a bucket, and are regarded as a speck of dust on a balance. Behold, he lifts up the islands like a very little thing. - + Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor its animals sufficient for a burnt offering. - + All the nations are like nothing before him. They are regarded by him as less than nothing, and vanity. To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to him? - + A workman has cast an image, and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts silver chains for it. - + He who is too impoverished for such an offering chooses a tree that will not rot. He seeks a skillful workman to set up a carved image for him that will not be moved. @@ -46880,7 +46880,7 @@ Haven’t you heard? Haven’t you been told from the beginning? Haven’t you understood from the foundations of the earth? - + It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, @@ -46888,7 +46888,7 @@ who brings princes to nothing, who makes the judges of the earth meaningless. - + They are planted scarcely. They are sown scarcely. Their stock has scarcely taken root in the ground. @@ -46897,7 +46897,7 @@ “To whom then will you liken me? Who is my equal?” says the Holy One. - + Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these, who brings out their army by number. @@ -46910,17 +46910,17 @@ and speak, Israel, “My way is hidden from Yahweh, and the justice due me is disregarded by my God?” - + Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? The everlasting God, Yahweh, the Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint. He isn’t weary. His understanding is unsearchable. - + He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might. - + Even the youths faint and get weary, and the young men utterly fall; @@ -46933,21 +46933,21 @@ “Keep silent before me, islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. -Let them come near, +Let them come near, then let them speak. Let’s meet together for judgment. - + Who has raised up one from the east? Who called him to his feet in righteousness? He hands over nations to him and makes him rule over kings. He gives them like the dust to his sword, like the driven stubble to his bow. - + He pursues them and passes by safely, even by a way that he had not gone with his feet. - + Who has worked and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Yahweh, the first, and with the last, I am he.” @@ -46955,10 +46955,10 @@ The islands have seen, and fear. The ends of the earth tremble. They approach, and come. - + Everyone helps his neighbor. They say to their brothers, “Be strong!” - + So the carpenter encourages the goldsmith. He who smooths with the hammer encourages him who strikes the anvil, saying of the soldering, “It is good;” @@ -46971,51 +46971,51 @@ you whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called from its corners, and said to you, ‘You are my servant. I have chosen you and have not cast you away.’ - + Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness. - + Behold, all those who are incensed against you will be disappointed and confounded. Those who strive with you will be like nothing, and shall perish. - + You will seek them, and won’t find them, even those who contend with you. Those who war against you will be as nothing, as a nonexistent thing. - + For I, Yahweh your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, ‘Don’t be afraid. I will help you.’ - + Don’t be afraid, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel. I will help you,” says Yahweh. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel. - + Behold, I have made you into a new sharp threshing instrument with teeth. You will thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and will make the hills like chaff. - + You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them away, and the whirlwind will scatter them. -You will rejoice in Yahweh. +You will rejoice in Yahweh. You will glory in the Holy One of Israel. The poor and needy seek water, and there is none. Their tongue fails for thirst. -I, Yahweh, will answer them. +I, Yahweh, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them. - + I will open rivers on the bare heights, and springs in the middle of the valleys. I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. - + I will put cedar, acacia, myrtle, and oil trees in the wilderness. I will set cypress trees, pine, and box trees together in the desert; @@ -47025,18 +47025,18 @@ Produce your cause,” says Yahweh. “Bring out your strong reasons!” says the King of Jacob. - + “Let them announce and declare to us what will happen! Declare the former things, what they are, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or show us things to come. - + Declare the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods. -Yes, do good, or do evil, +Yes, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and see it together. - + Behold, you are nothing, and your work is nothing. He who chooses you is an abomination. @@ -47045,19 +47045,19 @@ from the rising of the sun, one who calls on my name, and he shall come on rulers as on mortar, and as the potter treads clay. - + Who has declared it from the beginning, that we may know? and before, that we may say, ‘He is right?’ -Surely, there is no one who declares. +Surely, there is no one who declares. Surely, there is no one who shows. Surely, there is no one who hears your words. - + I am the first to say to Zion, ‘Behold, look at them;’ and I will give one who brings good news to Jerusalem. - + When I look, there is no man, even among them there is no counselor who, when I ask, can answer a word. - + Behold, all of their deeds are vanity and nothing. Their molten images are wind and confusion. @@ -47067,15 +47067,15 @@ my chosen, in whom my soul delights: I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations. - + He will not shout, nor raise his voice, nor cause it to be heard in the street. - + He won’t break a bruised reed. He won’t quench a dimly burning wick. He will faithfully bring justice. - + He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he has set justice in the earth, and the islands wait for his law.” @@ -47084,7 +47084,7 @@ he who created the heavens and stretched them out, he who spread out the earth and that which comes out of it, he who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk in it, says: - + “I, Yahweh, have called you in righteousness. I will hold your hand. I will keep you, @@ -47099,7 +47099,7 @@ That is my name. I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to engraved images. - + Behold, the former things have happened and I declare new things. I tell you about them before they come up.” @@ -47109,15 +47109,15 @@ you who go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the islands and their inhabitants. - + Let the wilderness and its cities raise their voices, with the villages that Kedar inhabits. Let the inhabitants of Sela sing. Let them shout from the top of the mountains! - + Let them give glory to Yahweh, and declare his praise in the islands. - + Yahweh will go out like a mighty man. He will stir up zeal like a man of war. He will raise a war cry. @@ -47127,12 +47127,12 @@ “I have been silent a long time. I have been quiet and restrained myself. Now I will cry out like a travailing woman. I will both gasp and pant. - + I will destroy mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs. I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools. - + I will bring the blind by a way that they don’t know. I will lead them in paths that they don’t know. I will make darkness light before them, @@ -47149,71 +47149,71 @@ “Hear, you deaf, and look, you blind, that you may see. - + Who is blind, but my servant? Or who is as deaf as my messenger whom I send? -Who is as blind as he who is at peace, +Who is as blind as he who is at peace, and as blind as Yahweh’s servant? - + You see many things, but don’t observe. His ears are open, but he doesn’t listen. - + It pleased Yahweh, for his righteousness’ sake, to magnify the law and make it honorable. - + But this is a robbed and plundered people. All of them are snared in holes, and they are hidden in prisons. -They have become captives, and no one delivers, +They have become captives, and no one delivers, and a plunder, and no one says, ‘Restore them!’ Who is there among you who will give ear to this? Who will listen and hear for the time to come? - + Who gave Jacob as plunder, and Israel to the robbers? Didn’t Yahweh, he against whom we have sinned? For they would not walk in his ways, and they disobeyed his law. - + Therefore he poured the fierceness of his anger on him, and the strength of battle. -It set him on fire all around, but he didn’t know. +It set him on fire all around, but he didn’t know. It burned him, but he didn’t take it to heart.” But now Yahweh who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel, says: -“Don’t be afraid, for I have redeemed you. +“Don’t be afraid, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You are mine. - + When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. -When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, +When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, and flame will not scorch you. - + For I am Yahweh your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. -I have given Egypt as your ransom, +I have given Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in your place. - + Since you have been precious and honored in my sight, and I have loved you, therefore I will give people in your place, and nations instead of your life. - + Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. I will bring your offspring from the east, and gather you from the west. - + I will tell the north, ‘Give them up!’ and tell the south, ‘Don’t hold them back! Bring my sons from far away, and my daughters from the ends of the earth— - + everyone who is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, @@ -47221,29 +47221,29 @@ Bring out the blind people who have eyes, and the deaf who have ears. - + Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the peoples be assembled. -Who among them can declare this, +Who among them can declare this, and show us former things? -Let them bring their witnesses, that they may be justified, +Let them bring their witnesses, that they may be justified, or let them hear, and say, “That is true.” “You are my witnesses,” says Yahweh, “With my servant whom I have chosen; that you may know and believe me, and understand that I am he. -Before me there was no God formed, +Before me there was no God formed, neither will there be after me. - + I myself am Yahweh. Besides me, there is no savior. - + I have declared, I have saved, and I have shown, and there was no strange god among you. -Therefore you are my witnesses”, +Therefore you are my witnesses”, says Yahweh, “and I am God. - + Yes, since the day was, I am he. There is no one who can deliver out of my hand. I will work, and who can hinder it?” @@ -47254,21 +47254,21 @@

Yahweh, who makes a way in the sea,

and a path in the mighty waters, - + who brings out the chariot and horse, the army and the mighty man (they lie down together, they shall not rise; they are extinct, they are quenched like a wick) says: - + “Don’t remember the former things, and don’t consider the things of old. - + Behold, I will do a new thing. It springs out now. Don’t you know it? -I will even make a way in the wilderness, +I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. - + The animals of the field, the jackals and the ostriches, shall honor me, because I give water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen, @@ -47278,28 +47278,28 @@ Yet you have not called on me, Jacob; but you have been weary of me, Israel. - + You have not brought me any of your sheep for burnt offerings, neither have you honored me with your sacrifices. -I have not burdened you with offerings, +I have not burdened you with offerings, nor wearied you with frankincense. - + You have bought me no sweet cane with money, nor have you filled me with the fat of your sacrifices, -but you have burdened me with your sins. +but you have burdened me with your sins. You have wearied me with your iniquities. I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake; and I will not remember your sins. - + Put me in remembrance. Let us plead together. -Declare your case, +Declare your case, that you may be justified. - + Your first father sinned, and your teachers have transgressed against me. - + Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary; and I will make Jacob a curse, and Israel an insult.” @@ -47308,21 +47308,21 @@ Yet listen now, Jacob my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen. - + This is what Yahweh who made you, and formed you from the womb, who will help you says: -“Don’t be afraid, Jacob my servant; +“Don’t be afraid, Jacob my servant; and you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen. - + For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and streams on the dry ground. -I will pour my Spirit on your descendants, +I will pour my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessing on your offspring; - + and they will spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses. - + One will say, ‘I am Yahweh’s.’ Another will be called by the name of Jacob; and another will write with his hand ‘to Yahweh,’ @@ -47330,36 +47330,36 @@ This is what Yahweh, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies, says: -“I am the first, and I am the last; +“I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God. - + Who is like me? Who will call, and will declare it, and set it in order for me, since I established the ancient people? -Let them declare the things that are coming, +Let them declare the things that are coming, and that will happen. - + Don’t fear, neither be afraid. -Haven’t I declared it to you long ago, +Haven’t I declared it to you long ago, and shown it? -You are my witnesses. +You are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? -Indeed, there is not. +Indeed, there is not. I don’t know any other Rock.” Everyone who makes a carved image is vain. The things that they delight in will not profit. Their own witnesses don’t see, nor know, that they may be disappointed. - + Who has fashioned a god, or molds an image that is profitable for nothing? - + Behold, all his fellows will be disappointed; and the workmen are mere men. -Let them all be gathered together. +Let them all be gathered together. Let them stand up. They will fear. They will be put to shame together. @@ -47368,11 +47368,11 @@ works in the coals, fashions it with hammers, and works it with his strong arm. -He is hungry, +He is hungry, and his strength fails; -he drinks no water, +he drinks no water, and is faint. - + The carpenter stretches out a line. He marks it out with a pencil. He shapes it with planes. @@ -47380,34 +47380,34 @@ and shapes it like the figure of a man, with the beauty of a man, to reside in a house. - + He cuts down cedars for himself, and takes the cypress and the oak, and strengthens for himself one among the trees of the forest. -He plants a cypress tree, +He plants a cypress tree, and the rain nourishes it. - + Then it will be for a man to burn; and he takes some of it and warms himself. Yes, he burns it and bakes bread. -Yes, he makes a god and worships it; +Yes, he makes a god and worships it; he makes it a carved image, and falls down to it. - + He burns part of it in the fire. With part of it, he eats meat. He roasts a roast and is satisfied. -Yes, he warms himself +Yes, he warms himself and says, “Aha! I am warm. I have seen the fire.” - + The rest of it he makes into a god, even his engraved image. -He bows down to it and worships, +He bows down to it and worships, and prays to it, and says, “Deliver me, for you are my god!” They don’t know, neither do they consider, for he has shut their eyes, that they can’t see, and their hearts, that they can’t understand. - + No one thinks, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, “I have burned part of it in the fire. @@ -47415,7 +47415,7 @@ I have roasted meat and eaten it. Shall I make the rest of it into an abomination? Shall I bow down to a tree trunk?” - + He feeds on ashes. A deceived heart has turned him aside; and he can’t deliver his soul, @@ -47426,7 +47426,7 @@ I have formed you. You are my servant. Israel, you will not be forgotten by me. - + I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, as a cloud, your sins. Return to me, for I have redeemed you. @@ -47439,24 +47439,24 @@ Yahweh, your Redeemer, and he who formed you from the womb says: -“I am Yahweh, who makes all things; +“I am Yahweh, who makes all things; who alone stretches out the heavens; who spreads out the earth by myself; - + who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; -who turns wise men backward, +who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish; - + who confirms the word of his servant, and performs the counsel of his messengers; -who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited;’ +who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited;’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be built,’ and ‘I will raise up its waste places;’ - + who says to the deep, ‘Be dry,’ and ‘I will dry up your rivers,’ - + who says of Cyrus, ‘He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure,’ even saying of Jerusalem, ‘She will be built;’ and of the temple, ‘Your foundation will be laid.’” @@ -47467,65 +47467,65 @@

“I will go before you and make the rough places smooth. -I will break the doors of bronze in pieces +I will break the doors of bronze in pieces and cut apart the bars of iron. - + I will give you the treasures of darkness and hidden riches of secret places, -that you may know that it is I, Yahweh, who calls you by your name, +that you may know that it is I, Yahweh, who calls you by your name, even the God of Israel. - + For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel my chosen, -I have called you by your name. +I have called you by your name. I have given you a title, though you have not known me. - + I am Yahweh, and there is no one else. Besides me, there is no God. -I will strengthen +I will strengthen 45:5 or, equip you, though you have not known me, - + that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, -that there is no one besides me. +that there is no one besides me. I am Yahweh, and there is no one else. - + I form the light and create darkness. -I make peace +I make peace and create calamity. -I am Yahweh, +I am Yahweh, who does all these things. Rain, you heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. -Let the earth open, that it may produce salvation, +Let the earth open, that it may produce salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up with it. -I, Yahweh, have created it. +I, Yahweh, have created it. Woe to him who strives with his Maker— a clay pot among the clay pots of the earth! -Shall the clay ask him who fashions it, ‘What are you making?’ +Shall the clay ask him who fashions it, ‘What are you making?’ or your work, ‘He has no hands?’ - + Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What have you become the father of?’ or to a mother, ‘What have you given birth to?’” Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel and his Maker says: -“You ask me about the things that are to come, concerning my sons, +“You ask me about the things that are to come, concerning my sons, and you command me concerning the work of my hands! - + I have made the earth, and created man on it. I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens. I have commanded all their army. - + I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will make all his ways straight. -He shall build my city, +He shall build my city, and he shall let my exiles go free, not for price nor reward,” says Yahweh of Armies. @@ -47533,20 +47533,20 @@ and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you, and they will be yours. -They will go after you. +They will go after you. They shall come over in chains. They will bow down to you. -They will make supplication to you: +They will make supplication to you: ‘Surely God is in you; and there is no one else. There is no other god. - + Most certainly you are a God who has hidden yourself, God of Israel, the Savior.’” - + They will be disappointed, yes, confounded, all of them. Those who are makers of idols will go into confusion together. - + Israel will be saved by Yahweh with an everlasting salvation. You will not be disappointed nor confounded to ages everlasting. @@ -47554,41 +47554,41 @@ the God who formed the earth and made it, who established it and didn’t create it a waste, who formed it to be inhabited says: -“I am Yahweh. +“I am Yahweh. There is no other. - + I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness. -I didn’t say to the offspring of Jacob, ‘Seek me in vain.’ +I didn’t say to the offspring of Jacob, ‘Seek me in vain.’ I, Yahweh, speak righteousness. I declare things that are right. “Assemble yourselves and come. Draw near together, you who have escaped from the nations. -Those have no knowledge who carry the wood of their engraved image, +Those have no knowledge who carry the wood of their engraved image, and pray to a god that can’t save. - + Declare and present it. Yes, let them take counsel together. -Who has shown this from ancient time? +Who has shown this from ancient time? Who has declared it of old? Haven’t I, Yahweh? -There is no other God besides me, a just God and a Savior. +There is no other God besides me, a just God and a Savior. There is no one besides me. “Look to me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other. - + I have sworn by myself. The word has gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and will not be revoked, -that to me every knee shall bow, +that to me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall take an oath. - + They will say of me, ‘There is righteousness and strength only in Yahweh.’” -Even to him will men come. +Even to him will men come. All those who raged against him will be disappointed. - + All the offspring of Israel will be justified in Yahweh, and will rejoice! @@ -47596,11 +47596,11 @@ Bel bows down. Nebo stoops. -Their idols are carried by animals, +Their idols are carried by animals, and on the livestock. -The things that you carried around are heavy loads, +The things that you carried around are heavy loads, a burden for the weary. - + They stoop and they bow down together. They could not deliver the burden, but they have gone into captivity. @@ -47609,54 +47609,54 @@ and all the remnant of the house of Israel, that have been carried from their birth, that have been carried from the womb. - + Even to old age I am he, and even to gray hairs I will carry you. -I have made, and I will bear. +I have made, and I will bear. Yes, I will carry, and will deliver. “To whom will you compare me, and consider my equal, and compare me, as if we were the same? - + Some pour out gold from the bag, and weigh silver in the balance. -They hire a goldsmith, +They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a god. -They fall down— +They fall down— yes, they worship. - + They bear it on their shoulder. They carry it, and set it in its place, and it stands there. It cannot move from its place. -Yes, one may cry to it, yet it can not answer. +Yes, one may cry to it, yet it can not answer. It cannot save him out of his trouble. “Remember this, and show yourselves men. Bring it to mind again, you transgressors. - + Remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other. I am God, and there is none like me. - + I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done. -I say: My counsel will stand, +I say: My counsel will stand, and I will do all that I please. - + I call a ravenous bird from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country. -Yes, I have spoken. +Yes, I have spoken. I will also bring it to pass. -I have planned. +I have planned. I will also do it. Listen to me, you stubborn-hearted, who are far from righteousness! - + I bring my righteousness near. It is not far off, and my salvation will not wait. -I will grant salvation to Zion, +I will grant salvation to Zion, my glory to Israel. @@ -47664,14 +47664,14 @@ “Come down and sit in the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon.

Sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of the Chaldeans. For you will no longer be called tender and delicate. - + Take the millstones and grind flour. Remove your veil, lift up your skirt, uncover your legs, and wade through the rivers. - + Your nakedness will be uncovered. Yes, your shame will be seen. -I will take vengeance, +I will take vengeance, and will spare no one.” Our Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies is his name, @@ -47679,59 +47679,59 @@ “Sit in silence, and go into darkness, daughter of the Chaldeans. -For you shall no longer be called +For you shall no longer be called the mistress of kingdoms. - + I was angry with my people. I profaned my inheritance and gave them into your hand. -You showed them no mercy. +You showed them no mercy. You laid a very heavy yoke on the aged. - + You said, ‘I will be a princess forever,’ so that you didn’t lay these things to your heart, nor did you remember the results. “Now therefore hear this, you who are given to pleasures, who sit securely, -who say in your heart, +who say in your heart, ‘I am, and there is no one else besides me. -I won’t sit as a widow, +I won’t sit as a widow, neither will I know the loss of children.’ - + But these two things will come to you in a moment in one day: the loss of children and widowhood. -They will come on you in their full measure, +They will come on you in their full measure, in the multitude of your sorceries, and the great abundance of your enchantments. - + For you have trusted in your wickedness. You have said, ‘No one sees me.’ -Your wisdom and your knowledge has perverted you. +Your wisdom and your knowledge has perverted you. You have said in your heart, ‘I am, and there is no one else besides me.’ - + Therefore disaster will come on you. You won’t know when it dawns. -Mischief will fall on you. +Mischief will fall on you. You won’t be able to put it away. -Desolation will come on you suddenly, +Desolation will come on you suddenly, which you don’t understand. “Stand now with your enchantments and with the multitude of your sorceries, in which you have labored from your youth, -as if you might profit, +as if you might profit, as if you might prevail. - + You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels. Now let the astrologers, the stargazers, and the monthly prognosticators stand up and save you from the things that will happen to you. - + Behold, they are like stubble. The fire will burn them. They won’t deliver themselves from the power of the flame. -It won’t be a coal to warm at +It won’t be a coal to warm at or a fire to sit by. - + The things that you labored in will be like this: those who have trafficked with you from your youth will each wander in his own way. There will be no one to save you. @@ -47741,74 +47741,74 @@ “Hear this, house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, and have come out of the waters of Judah. -You swear by Yahweh’s name, +You swear by Yahweh’s name, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness— - + for they call themselves citizens of the holy city, and rely on the God of Israel; Yahweh of Armies is his name. - + I have declared the former things from of old. Yes, they went out of my mouth, and I revealed them. I did them suddenly, and they happened. - + Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow bronze; - + therefore I have declared it to you from of old; before it came to pass I showed it to you; lest you should say, ‘My idol has done them. My engraved image and my molten image has commanded them.’ - + You have heard it. Now see all this. And you, won’t you declare it? “I have shown you new things from this time, even hidden things, which you have not known. - + They are created now, and not from of old. Before today, you didn’t hear them, lest you should say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’ - + Yes, you didn’t hear. Yes, you didn’t know. Yes, from of old your ear was not opened, -for I knew that you dealt very treacherously, +for I knew that you dealt very treacherously, and were called a transgressor from the womb. - + For my name’s sake, I will defer my anger, and for my praise, I hold it back for you so that I don’t cut you off. - + Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver. I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction. - + For my own sake, for my own sake, I will do it; -for how would my name be profaned? +for how would my name be profaned? I will not give my glory to another. “Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: -I am he. +I am he. I am the first. I am also the last. - + Yes, my hand has laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand has spread out the heavens. when I call to them, they stand up together. “Assemble yourselves, all of you, and hear! Who among them has declared these things? -He whom Yahweh loves will do what he likes to Babylon, +He whom Yahweh loves will do what he likes to Babylon, and his arm will be against the Chaldeans. - + I, even I, have spoken. Yes, I have called him. -I have brought him +I have brought him and he shall make his way prosperous.

“Come near to me and hear this: @@ -47820,24 +47820,24 @@ Yahweh, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, says: -“I am Yahweh your God, +“I am Yahweh your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way that you should go. - + Oh that you had listened to my commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river and your righteousness like the waves of the sea. - + Your offspring also would have been as the sand and the descendants of your body like its grains. His name would not be cut off nor destroyed from before me.” Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! -With a voice of singing announce this, +With a voice of singing announce this, tell it even to the end of the earth; say, “Yahweh has redeemed his servant Jacob!” - + They didn’t thirst when he led them through the deserts. He caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them. He also split the rock and the waters gushed out. @@ -47848,20 +47848,20 @@ Listen, islands, to me. Listen, you peoples, from afar: -Yahweh has called me from the womb; +Yahweh has called me from the womb; from the inside of my mother, he has mentioned my name. - + He has made my mouth like a sharp sword. He has hidden me in the shadow of his hand. -He has made me a polished shaft. +He has made me a polished shaft. He has kept me close in his quiver. - + He said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.” - + But I said, “I have labored in vain. I have spent my strength in vain for nothing; -yet surely the justice due to me is with Yahweh, +yet surely the justice due to me is with Yahweh, and my reward with my God.” Now Yahweh, he who formed me from the womb to be his servant, @@ -47869,284 +47869,284 @@ and to gather Israel to him, for I am honorable in Yahweh’s eyes, and my God has become my strength. - + Indeed, he says, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel. -I will also give you as a light to the nations, +I will also give you as a light to the nations, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.” - + Yahweh, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, says to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers: -“Kings shall see and rise up, +“Kings shall see and rise up, princes, and they shall worship, because of Yahweh who is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.” Yahweh says, “I have answered you in an acceptable time. I have helped you in a day of salvation. -I will preserve you and give you for a covenant of the people, +I will preserve you and give you for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritage, - + saying to those who are bound, ‘Come out!’; to those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves!’ -“They shall feed along the paths, +“They shall feed along the paths, and their pasture shall be on all treeless heights. - + They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun strike them, for he who has mercy on them will lead them. He will guide them by springs of water. - + I will make all my mountains a road, and my highways shall be exalted. - + Behold, these shall come from afar, and behold, these from the north and from the west, and these from the land of Sinim.” - + Sing, heavens, and be joyful, earth! Break out into singing, mountains! -For Yahweh has comforted his people, +For Yahweh has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted. But Zion said, “Yahweh has forsaken me, and the Lord has forgotten me.” - + “Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? -Yes, these may forget, +Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you! - + Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands. Your walls are continually before me. - + Your children hurry. Your destroyers and those who devastated you will leave you. - + Lift up your eyes all around, and see: all these gather themselves together, and come to you. -As I live,” says Yahweh, “you shall surely clothe yourself with them all as with an ornament, +As I live,” says Yahweh, “you shall surely clothe yourself with them all as with an ornament, and dress yourself with them, like a bride. - + “For, as for your waste and your desolate places, and your land that has been destroyed, -surely now that land will be too small for the inhabitants, +surely now that land will be too small for the inhabitants, and those who swallowed you up will be far away. - + The children of your bereavement will say in your ears, ‘This place is too small for me. Give me a place to live in.’ - + Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who has conceived these for me, since I have been bereaved of my children and am alone, an exile, and wandering back and forth? -Who has brought these up? +Who has brought these up? Behold, I was left alone. Where were these?’” The Lord Yahweh says, “Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and lift up my banner to the peoples. -They shall bring your sons in their bosom, +They shall bring your sons in their bosom, and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders. - + Kings shall be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. -They will bow down to you with their faces to the earth, +They will bow down to you with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of your feet. -Then you will know that I am Yahweh; +Then you will know that I am Yahweh; and those who wait for me won’t be disappointed.” Shall the plunder be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered? - + But Yahweh says, “Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the plunder retrieved from the fierce, -for I will contend with him who contends with you +for I will contend with him who contends with you and I will save your children. - + I will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh; and they will be drunk on their own blood, as with sweet wine. -Then all flesh shall know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior +Then all flesh shall know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.” Yahweh says, “Where is the bill of your mother’s divorce, with which I have put her away? Or to which of my creditors have I sold you? -Behold, you were sold for your iniquities, +Behold, you were sold for your iniquities, and your mother was put away for your transgressions. - + Why, when I came, was there no one? When I called, why was there no one to answer? -Is my hand shortened at all, that it can’t redeem? +Is my hand shortened at all, that it can’t redeem? Or have I no power to deliver? -Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea. +Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea. I make the rivers a wilderness. Their fish stink because there is no water, and die of thirst. - + I clothe the heavens with blackness. I make sackcloth their covering.” The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary. -He awakens morning by morning, +He awakens morning by morning, he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught. - + The Lord Yahweh has opened my ear. I was not rebellious. I have not turned back. - + I gave my back to those who beat me, and my cheeks to those who plucked off the hair. I didn’t hide my face from shame and spitting. - + For the Lord Yahweh will help me. Therefore I have not been confounded. -Therefore I have set my face like a flint, +Therefore I have set my face like a flint, and I know that I won’t be disappointed. - + He who justifies me is near. Who will bring charges against me? -Let us stand up together. +Let us stand up together. Who is my adversary? Let him come near to me. - + Behold, the Lord Yahweh will help me! Who is he who will condemn me? -Behold, they will all grow old like a garment. +Behold, they will all grow old like a garment. The moths will eat them up. Who among you fears Yahweh and obeys the voice of his servant? -He who walks in darkness +He who walks in darkness and has no light, -let him trust in Yahweh’s name, +let him trust in Yahweh’s name, and rely on his God. - + Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who adorn yourselves with torches around yourselves, -walk in the flame of your fire, +walk in the flame of your fire, and among the torches that you have kindled. -You will have this from my hand: +You will have this from my hand: you will lie down in sorrow. “Listen to me, you who follow after righteousness, you who seek Yahweh. -Look to the rock you were cut from, +Look to the rock you were cut from, and to the quarry you were dug from. - + Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you; -for when he was but one I called him, +for when he was but one I called him, I blessed him, and made him many. - + For Yahweh has comforted Zion. He has comforted all her waste places, and has made her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Yahweh. -Joy and gladness will be found in them, +Joy and gladness will be found in them, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody. “Listen to me, my people; and hear me, my nation, -for a law will go out from me, +for a law will go out from me, and I will establish my justice for a light to the peoples. - + My righteousness is near. My salvation has gone out, and my arms will judge the peoples. -The islands will wait for me, +The islands will wait for me, and they will trust my arm. - + Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth beneath; -for the heavens will vanish away like smoke, +for the heavens will vanish away like smoke, and the earth will wear out like a garment. -Its inhabitants will die in the same way, +Its inhabitants will die in the same way, but my salvation will be forever, and my righteousness will not be abolished. “Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law. -Don’t fear the reproach of men, +Don’t fear the reproach of men, and don’t be dismayed at their insults. - + For the moth will eat them up like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool; -but my righteousness will be forever, +but my righteousness will be forever, and my salvation to all generations.” Awake, awake, put on strength, arm of Yahweh! Awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. -Isn’t it you who cut Rahab in pieces, +Isn’t it you who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the monster? - + Isn’t it you who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep; who made the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over? - + Those ransomed by Yahweh will return, and come with singing to Zion. Everlasting joy shall be on their heads. -They will obtain gladness and joy. +They will obtain gladness and joy. Sorrow and sighing shall flee away. “I, even I, am he who comforts you. Who are you, that you are afraid of man who shall die, and of the son of man who will be made as grass? - + Have you forgotten Yahweh your Maker, who stretched out the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth? -Do you live in fear continually all day because of the fury of the oppressor, +Do you live in fear continually all day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he prepares to destroy? Where is the fury of the oppressor? - + The captive exile will speedily be freed. He will not die and go down into the pit. His bread won’t fail. - + For I am Yahweh your God, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar. Yahweh of Armies is his name. - + I have put my words in your mouth and have covered you in the shadow of my hand, -that I may plant the heavens, +that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and tell Zion, ‘You are my people.’” Awake, awake! Stand up, Jerusalem, you who have drunk from Yahweh’s hand the cup of his wrath. -You have drunken the bowl of the cup of staggering, +You have drunken the bowl of the cup of staggering, and drained it. - + There is no one to guide her among all the sons to whom she has given birth; and there is no one who takes her by the hand among all the sons whom she has brought up. - + These two things have happened to you— who will grieve with you?— -desolation and destruction, +desolation and destruction, and famine and the sword. How can I comfort you? - + Your sons have fainted. They lie at the head of all the streets, like an antelope in a net. -They are full of Yahweh’s wrath, +They are full of Yahweh’s wrath, the rebuke of your God. Therefore now hear this, you afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine: - + Your Lord Yahweh, your God who pleads the cause of his people, says, -“Behold, I have taken out of your hand the cup of staggering, +“Behold, I have taken out of your hand the cup of staggering, even the bowl of the cup of my wrath. You will not drink it any more. - + I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you, who have said to your soul, ‘Bow down, that we may walk over you;’ and you have laid your back as the ground, @@ -48157,7 +48157,7 @@ Awake, awake! Put on your strength, Zion. Put on your beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city, for from now on the uncircumcised and the unclean will no more come into you. - + Shake yourself from the dust! Arise, sit up, Jerusalem! Release yourself from the bonds of your neck, captive daughter of Zion! @@ -48171,9 +48171,9 @@ “Now therefore, what do I do here,” says Yahweh, “seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? -Those who rule over them mock,” says Yahweh, +Those who rule over them mock,” says Yahweh, “and my name is blasphemed continually all day long. - + Therefore my people shall know my name. Therefore they shall know in that day that I am he who speaks. Behold, it is I.” @@ -48183,35 +48183,35 @@ who brings good news, who proclaims salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!” - + Your watchmen lift up their voice. Together they sing; for they shall see eye to eye when Yahweh returns to Zion. - + Break out into joy! Sing together, you waste places of Jerusalem; for Yahweh has comforted his people. He has redeemed Jerusalem. - + Yahweh has made his holy arm bare in the eyes of all the nations. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. Depart! Depart! Go out from there! Touch no unclean thing! Go out from among her! Cleanse yourselves, you who carry Yahweh’s vessels. - + For you shall not go out in haste, neither shall you go by flight; -for Yahweh will go before you, +for Yahweh will go before you, and the God of Israel will be your rear guard. Behold, my servant will deal wisely. He will be exalted and lifted up, and will be very high. - + Just as many were astonished at you— his appearance was marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men— - + so he will cleanse 52:15 or, sprinkle many nations. @@ -48223,68 +48223,68 @@ Who has believed our message? To whom has Yahweh’s arm been revealed? - + For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground. -He has no good looks or majesty. +He has no good looks or majesty. When we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. - + He was despised and rejected by men, -a man of suffering +a man of suffering and acquainted with disease. -He was despised as one from whom men hide their face; +He was despised as one from whom men hide their face; and we didn’t respect him. Surely he has borne our sickness and carried our suffering; -yet we considered him plagued, +yet we considered him plagued, struck by God, and afflicted. - + But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. -The punishment that brought our peace was on him; +The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed. - + All we like sheep have gone astray. Everyone has turned to his own way; and Yahweh has laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he didn’t open his mouth. -As a lamb that is led to the slaughter, +As a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he didn’t open his mouth. - + He was taken away by oppression and judgment. As for his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living and stricken for the disobedience of my people? - + They made his grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in his death, -although he had done no violence, +although he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth. Yet it pleased Yahweh to bruise him. He has caused him to suffer. -When you make his soul an offering for sin, +When you make his soul an offering for sin, he will see his offspring. -He will prolong his days +He will prolong his days and Yahweh’s pleasure will prosper in his hand. - + After the suffering of his soul, he will see the light 53:11 So read the Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint. Masoretic Text omits “the light”. and be satisfied. -My righteous servant will justify many by the knowledge of himself; +My righteous servant will justify many by the knowledge of himself; and he will bear their iniquities. - + Therefore I will give him a portion with the great. He will divide the plunder with the strong, -because he poured out his soul to death +because he poured out his soul to death and was counted with the transgressors; -yet he bore the sins of many +yet he bore the sins of many and made intercession for the transgressors. @@ -48292,70 +48292,70 @@ “Sing, barren, you who didn’t give birth! Break out into singing, and cry aloud, you who didn’t travail with child! For more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife,” says Yahweh. - + “Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch out the curtains of your habitations; don’t spare; lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes. - + For you will spread out on the right hand and on the left; and your offspring will possess the nations and settle in desolate cities. “Don’t be afraid, for you will not be ashamed. Don’t be confounded, for you will not be disappointed. -For you will forget the shame of your youth. +For you will forget the shame of your youth. You will remember the reproach of your widowhood no more. - + For your Maker is your husband; Yahweh of Armies is his name. The Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer. He will be called the God of the whole earth. - + For Yahweh has called you as a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, even a wife of youth, when she is cast off,” says your God. “For a small moment I have forsaken you, but I will gather you with great mercies. - + In overflowing wrath I hid my face from you for a moment, but with everlasting loving kindness I will have mercy on you,” says Yahweh your Redeemer. “For this is like the waters of Noah to me; for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah will no more go over the earth, so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you, nor rebuke you. - + For the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed, -but my loving kindness will not depart from you, +but my loving kindness will not depart from you, and my covenant of peace will not be removed,” says Yahweh who has mercy on you. “You afflicted, tossed with storms, and not comforted, behold, I will set your stones in beautiful colors, and lay your foundations with sapphires. - + I will make your pinnacles of rubies, your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious stones. - + All your children will be taught by Yahweh, and your children’s peace will be great. - + You will be established in righteousness. You will be far from oppression, for you will not be afraid, and far from terror, for it shall not come near you. - + Behold, they may gather together, but not by me. Whoever gathers together against you will fall because of you. “Behold, I have created the blacksmith who fans the coals into flame, and forges a weapon for his work; and I have created the destroyer to destroy. - + No weapon that is formed against you will prevail; and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment. -This is the heritage of Yahweh’s servants, +This is the heritage of Yahweh’s servants, and their righteousness is of me,” says Yahweh. @@ -48363,19 +48363,19 @@ “Hey! Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters! Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat! Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. - + Why do you spend money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which doesn’t satisfy? -Listen diligently to me, and eat that which is good, +Listen diligently to me, and eat that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in richness. - + Turn your ear, and come to me. Hear, and your soul will live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. - + Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander to the peoples. - + Behold, you shall call a nation that you don’t know; and a nation that didn’t know you shall run to you, because of Yahweh your God, @@ -48384,37 +48384,37 @@ Seek Yahweh while he may be found. Call on him while he is near. - + Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. -Let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him, +Let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him, to our God, for he will freely pardon. “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways,” says Yahweh. - + “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. - + For as the rain comes down and the snow from the sky, and doesn’t return there, but waters the earth, and makes it grow and bud, and gives seed to the sower and bread to the eater; - + so is my word that goes out of my mouth: it will not return to me void, but it will accomplish that which I please, and it will prosper in the thing I sent it to do. - + For you shall go out with joy, and be led out with peace. -The mountains and the hills will break out before you into singing; +The mountains and the hills will break out before you into singing; and all the trees of the fields will clap their hands. - + Instead of the thorn the cypress tree will come up; and instead of the brier the myrtle tree will come up. -It will make a name for Yahweh, +It will make a name for Yahweh, for an everlasting sign that will not be cut off.” @@ -48422,12 +48422,12 @@ Yahweh says:

“Maintain justice and do what is right, -for my salvation is near +for my salvation is near and my righteousness will soon be revealed. - + Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast; -who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it +who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it and keeps his hand from doing any evil.” Let no foreigner who has joined himself to Yahweh speak, saying, @@ -48437,22 +48437,22 @@ For Yahweh says, “To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, choose the things that please me, and hold fast to my covenant, - + I will give them in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name better than of sons and of daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off. Also the foreigners who join themselves to Yahweh to serve him, -and to love Yahweh’s name, +and to love Yahweh’s name, to be his servants, -everyone who keeps the Sabbath from profaning it, +everyone who keeps the Sabbath from profaning it, and holds fast my covenant, - + I will bring these to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer. -Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; +Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house will be called a house of prayer for all peoples.” - + The Lord Yahweh, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, says, “I will yet gather others to him, in addition to his own who are gathered.” @@ -48460,19 +48460,19 @@ All you animals of the field, come to devour, all you animals in the forest. - + His watchmen are blind. They are all without knowledge. -They are all mute dogs. +They are all mute dogs. They can’t bark— dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber. - + Yes, the dogs are greedy. They can never have enough. -They are shepherds who can’t understand. +They are shepherds who can’t understand. They have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter. - + “Come,” they say, “I will get wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow will be as today, @@ -48482,99 +48482,99 @@ The righteous perish, and no one lays it to heart. -Merciful men are taken away, +Merciful men are taken away, and no one considers that the righteous is taken away from the evil. - + He enters into peace. They rest in their beds, each one who walks in his uprightness. “But draw near here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes. - + Whom do you mock? Against whom do you make a wide mouth and stick out your tongue? -Aren’t you children of disobedience +Aren’t you children of disobedience and offspring of falsehood, - + you who inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree; -who kill the children in the valleys, +who kill the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks? - + Among the smooth stones of the valley is your portion. They, they are your lot. -You have even poured a drink offering to them. +You have even poured a drink offering to them. You have offered an offering. Shall I be appeased for these things? - + On a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed. You also went up there to offer sacrifice. - + You have set up your memorial behind the doors and the posts, for you have exposed yourself to someone besides me, and have gone up. -You have enlarged your bed +You have enlarged your bed and made you a covenant with them. You loved what you saw on their bed. - + You went to the king with oil, increased your perfumes, sent your ambassadors far off, and degraded yourself even to Sheol. 57:9 Sheol is the place of the dead. - + You were wearied with the length of your ways; yet you didn’t say, ‘It is in vain.’ -You found a reviving of your strength; +You found a reviving of your strength; therefore you weren’t faint. “Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lie, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart? -Haven’t I held my peace for a long time, +Haven’t I held my peace for a long time, and you don’t fear me? - + I will declare your righteousness; and as for your works, they will not benefit you. - + When you cry, let those whom you have gathered deliver you, -but the wind will take them. +but the wind will take them. A breath will carry them all away, -but he who takes refuge in me will possess the land, +but he who takes refuge in me will possess the land, and will inherit my holy mountain.” He will say, “Build up, build up, prepare the way! Remove the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.” - + For the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy, says: -“I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, +“I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite. - + For I will not contend forever, neither will I always be angry; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls whom I have made. - + I was angry because of the iniquity of his covetousness and struck him. I hid myself and was angry; and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart. - + I have seen his ways, and will heal him. I will lead him also, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners. - + I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him who is far off and to him who is near,” says Yahweh; “and I will heal them.” - + But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it can’t rest and its waters cast up mire and mud. - + “There is no peace”, says my God, “for the wicked.” @@ -48582,30 +48582,30 @@ “Cry aloud! Don’t spare! Lift up your voice like a trumpet! -Declare to my people their disobedience, +Declare to my people their disobedience, and to the house of Jacob their sins. - + Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways. -As a nation that did righteousness, +As a nation that did righteousness, and didn’t forsake the ordinance of their God, -they ask of me righteous judgments. +they ask of me righteous judgments. They delight to draw near to God. - + ‘Why have we fasted,’ they say, ‘and you don’t see? Why have we afflicted our soul, and you don’t notice?’ “Behold, in the day of your fast you find pleasure, and oppress all your laborers. - + Behold, you fast for strife and contention, and to strike with the fist of wickedness. You don’t fast today so as to make your voice to be heard on high. - + Is this the fast that I have chosen? A day for a man to humble his soul? -Is it to bow down his head like a reed, +Is it to bow down his head like a reed, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under himself? -Will you call this a fast, +Will you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to Yahweh? “Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: @@ -48613,50 +48613,50 @@ to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke? - + Isn’t it to distribute your bread to the hungry, and that you bring the poor who are cast out to your house? -When you see the naked, +When you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you not hide yourself from your own flesh? - + Then your light will break out as the morning, and your healing will appear quickly; -then your righteousness shall go before you, +then your righteousness shall go before you, and Yahweh’s glory will be your rear guard. - + Then you will call, and Yahweh will answer. You will cry for help, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’ “If you take away from among you the yoke, finger pointing, and speaking wickedly; - + and if you pour out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul, -then your light will rise in darkness, +then your light will rise in darkness, and your obscurity will be as the noonday; - + and Yahweh will guide you continually, satisfy your soul in dry places, and make your bones strong. -You will be like a watered garden, +You will be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water whose waters don’t fail. - + Those who will be of you will build the old waste places. You will raise up the foundations of many generations. -You will be called Repairer of the Breach, +You will be called Repairer of the Breach, Restorer of Paths with Dwellings. “If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day, -and call the Sabbath a delight, +and call the Sabbath a delight, and the holy of Yahweh honorable, and honor it, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words, - + then you will delight yourself in Yahweh, and I will make you to ride on the high places of the earth, and I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father;” @@ -48666,97 +48666,97 @@ Behold, Yahweh’s hand is not shortened, that it can’t save; nor his ear dull, that it can’t hear. - + But your iniquities have separated you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear. - + For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity. -Your lips have spoken lies. +Your lips have spoken lies. Your tongue mutters wickedness. - + No one sues in righteousness, and no one pleads in truth. -They trust in vanity +They trust in vanity and speak lies. -They conceive mischief +They conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity. - + They hatch adders’ eggs and weave the spider’s web. -He who eats of their eggs dies; +He who eats of their eggs dies; and that which is crushed breaks out into a viper. - + Their webs won’t become garments. They won’t cover themselves with their works. -Their works are works of iniquity, +Their works are works of iniquity, and acts of violence are in their hands. - + Their feet run to evil, and they hurry to shed innocent blood. -Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity. +Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity. Desolation and destruction are in their paths. - + They don’t know the way of peace; and there is no justice in their ways. -They have made crooked paths for themselves; +They have made crooked paths for themselves; whoever goes in them doesn’t know peace. Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness doesn’t overtake us. -We look for light, but see darkness; +We look for light, but see darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity. - + We grope for the wall like the blind. Yes, we grope as those who have no eyes. -We stumble at noon as if it were twilight. +We stumble at noon as if it were twilight. Among those who are strong, we are like dead men. - + We all roar like bears and moan sadly like doves. -We look for justice, but there is none, +We look for justice, but there is none, for salvation, but it is far off from us. For our transgressions are multiplied before you, and our sins testify against us; -for our transgressions are with us, +for our transgressions are with us, and as for our iniquities, we know them: - + transgressing and denying Yahweh, and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. - + Justice is turned away backward, and righteousness stands far away; -for truth has fallen in the street, +for truth has fallen in the street, and uprightness can’t enter. - + Yes, truth is lacking; and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. Yahweh saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice. - + He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor. -Therefore his own arm brought salvation to him; +Therefore his own arm brought salvation to him; and his righteousness sustained him. - + He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head. -He put on garments of vengeance for clothing, +He put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a mantle. - + According to their deeds, he will repay as appropriate: wrath to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies. He will repay the islands their due. - + So they will fear Yahweh’s name from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun; -for he will come as a rushing stream, +for he will come as a rushing stream, which Yahweh’s breath drives. “A Redeemer will come to Zion, @@ -48768,103 +48768,103 @@ “Arise, shine; for your light has come, and Yahweh’s glory has risen on you! - + For behold, darkness will cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; -but Yahweh will arise on you, +but Yahweh will arise on you, and his glory shall be seen on you. - + Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising. “Lift up your eyes all around, and see: they all gather themselves together. They come to you. -Your sons will come from far away, +Your sons will come from far away, and your daughters will be carried in arms. - + Then you shall see and be radiant, and your heart will thrill and be enlarged; -because the abundance of the sea will be turned to you. +because the abundance of the sea will be turned to you. The wealth of the nations will come to you. - + A multitude of camels will cover you, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah. -All from Sheba will come. +All from Sheba will come. They will bring gold and frankincense, and will proclaim the praises of Yahweh. - + All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered together to you. The rams of Nebaioth will serve you. -They will be accepted as offerings on my altar; +They will be accepted as offerings on my altar; and I will beautify my glorious house. “Who are these who fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows? - + Surely the islands will wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, -to bring your sons from far away, +to bring your sons from far away, their silver and their gold with them, -for the name of Yahweh your God, +for the name of Yahweh your God, and for the Holy One of Israel, because he has glorified you. “Foreigners will build up your walls, and their kings will serve you; -for in my wrath I struck you, +for in my wrath I struck you, but in my favor I have had mercy on you. - + Your gates also shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night, that men may bring to you the wealth of the nations, and their kings led captive. - + For that nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; yes, those nations shall be utterly wasted. “The glory of Lebanon shall come to you, the cypress tree, the pine, and the box tree together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious. - + The sons of those who afflicted you will come bowing to you; and all those who despised you will bow themselves down at the soles of your feet. -They will call you Yahweh’s City, +They will call you Yahweh’s City, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel. “Whereas you have been forsaken and hated, so that no one passed through you, -I will make you an eternal excellency, +I will make you an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations. - + You will also drink the milk of the nations, and will nurse from royal breasts. -Then you will know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior, +Then you will know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior, your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. - + For bronze I will bring gold; for iron I will bring silver; for wood, bronze, and for stones, iron. -I will also make peace your governor, +I will also make peace your governor, and righteousness your ruler. - + Violence shall no more be heard in your land, nor desolation or destruction within your borders; -but you will call your walls Salvation, +but you will call your walls Salvation, and your gates Praise. - + The sun will be no more your light by day, nor will the brightness of the moon give light to you, -but Yahweh will be your everlasting light, +but Yahweh will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory. - + Your sun will not go down any more, nor will your moon withdraw itself; -for Yahweh will be your everlasting light, +for Yahweh will be your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning will end. - + Then your people will all be righteous. They will inherit the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified. - + The little one will become a thousand, and the small one a strong nation. I, Yahweh, will do this quickly in its time.” @@ -48873,59 +48873,59 @@ The Lord Yahweh’s Spirit is on me, because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. -He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, +He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release to those who are bound, 61:1 LXX and DSS add: recovery of sight to the blind - + to proclaim the year of Yahweh’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, - + to provide for those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, -that they may be called trees of righteousness, +that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified. They will rebuild the old ruins. They will raise up the former devastated places. -They will repair the ruined cities +They will repair the ruined cities that have been devastated for many generations. - + Strangers will stand and feed your flocks. Foreigners will work your fields and your vineyards. - + But you will be called Yahweh’s priests. Men will call you the servants of our God. -You will eat the wealth of the nations. +You will eat the wealth of the nations. You will boast in their glory. - + Instead of your shame you will have double. Instead of dishonor, they will rejoice in their portion. -Therefore in their land they will possess double. +Therefore in their land they will possess double. Everlasting joy will be to them. - + “For I, Yahweh, love justice. I hate robbery and iniquity. -I will give them their reward in truth +I will give them their reward in truth and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. - + Their offspring will be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples. -All who see them will acknowledge them, +All who see them will acknowledge them, that they are the offspring which Yahweh has blessed.” I will greatly rejoice in Yahweh! My soul will be joyful in my God, -for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation. +for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation. He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. - + For as the earth produces its bud, and as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring up, so the Lord Yahweh will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations. @@ -48934,92 +48934,92 @@ For Zion’s sake I will not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, -until her righteousness shines out like the dawn, +until her righteousness shines out like the dawn, and her salvation like a burning lamp. - + The nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory. -You will be called by a new name, +You will be called by a new name, which Yahweh’s mouth will name. - + You will also be a crown of beauty in Yahweh’s hand, and a royal diadem in your God’s hand. - + You will not be called Forsaken any more, nor will your land be called Desolate any more; -but you will be called Hephzibah, +but you will be called Hephzibah, 62:4 Hephzibah means “I delight in her”. and your land Beulah; 62:4 Beulah means “married” -for Yahweh delights in you, +for Yahweh delights in you, and your land will be married. - + For as a young man marries a virgin, so your sons will marry you. -As a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, +As a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you. I have set watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem. They will never be silent day nor night. -You who call on Yahweh, take no rest, +You who call on Yahweh, take no rest, and give him no rest until he establishes, and until he makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth. Yahweh has sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, -“Surely I will no more give your grain to be food for your enemies, +“Surely I will no more give your grain to be food for your enemies, and foreigners will not drink your new wine, for which you have labored, - + but those who have harvested it will eat it, and praise Yahweh. Those who have gathered it will drink it in the courts of my sanctuary.” Go through, go through the gates! Prepare the way of the people! -Build up, build up the highway! +Build up, build up the highway! Gather out the stones! Lift up a banner for the peoples. - + Behold, Yahweh has proclaimed to the end of the earth: “Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold, your salvation comes! -Behold, his reward is with him, +Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him!’” - + They will call them “The Holy People, Yahweh’s Redeemed”. -You will be called “Sought Out, +You will be called “Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken”. Who is this who comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? -Who is this who is glorious in his clothing, +Who is this who is glorious in his clothing, marching in the greatness of his strength? -“It is I who speak in righteousness, +“It is I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.” - + Why is your clothing red, and your garments like him who treads in the wine vat? “I have trodden the wine press alone. Of the peoples, no one was with me. -Yes, I trod them in my anger +Yes, I trod them in my anger and trampled them in my wrath. -Their lifeblood is sprinkled on my garments, +Their lifeblood is sprinkled on my garments, and I have stained all my clothing. - + For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redeemed has come. - + I looked, and there was no one to help; and I wondered that there was no one to uphold. -Therefore my own arm brought salvation to me. +Therefore my own arm brought salvation to me. My own wrath upheld me. - + I trod down the peoples in my anger and made them drunk in my wrath. I poured their lifeblood out on the earth.” @@ -49027,60 +49027,60 @@ I will tell of the loving kindnesses of Yahweh and the praises of Yahweh, according to all that Yahweh has given to us, -and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, +and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he has given to them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses. - + For he said, “Surely, they are my people, children who will not deal falsely;” so he became their Savior. - + In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them. -In his love and in his pity he redeemed them. +In his love and in his pity he redeemed them. He bore them, and carried them all the days of old. But they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit. -Therefore he turned and became their enemy, +Therefore he turned and became their enemy, and he himself fought against them. Then he remembered the days of old, Moses and his people, saying, -“Where is he who brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? +“Where is he who brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? Where is he who put his Holy Spirit among them?” - + Who caused his glorious arm to be at Moses’ right hand? Who divided the waters before them, to make himself an everlasting name? - + Who led them through the depths, like a horse in the wilderness, so that they didn’t stumble? - + As the livestock that go down into the valley, Yahweh’s Spirit caused them to rest. So you led your people to make yourself a glorious name. Look down from heaven, and see from the habitation of your holiness and of your glory. -Where are your zeal and your mighty acts? +Where are your zeal and your mighty acts? The yearning of your heart and your compassion is restrained toward me. - + For you are our Father, though Abraham doesn’t know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us. -You, Yahweh, are our Father. +You, Yahweh, are our Father. Our Redeemer from everlasting is your name. - + O Yahweh, why do you make us wander from your ways, and harden our heart from your fear? -Return for your servants’ sake, +Return for your servants’ sake, the tribes of your inheritance. - + Your holy people possessed it but a little while. Our adversaries have trodden down your sanctuary. - + We have become like those over whom you never ruled, like those who were not called by your name. @@ -49089,53 +49089,53 @@ Oh that you would tear the heavens, that you would come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence— - + as when fire kindles the brushwood, and the fire causes the water to boil. -Make your name known to your adversaries, +Make your name known to your adversaries, that the nations may tremble at your presence! - + When you did awesome things which we didn’t look for, you came down, and the mountains quaked at your presence. - + For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, nor has the eye seen a God besides you, who works for him who waits for him. - + You meet him who rejoices and does righteousness, those who remember you in your ways. -Behold, you were angry, and we sinned. +Behold, you were angry, and we sinned. We have been in sin for a long time. Shall we be saved? - + For we have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteousness is like a polluted garment. -We all fade like a leaf; +We all fade like a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away. - + There is no one who calls on your name, who stirs himself up to take hold of you; -for you have hidden your face from us, +for you have hidden your face from us, and have consumed us by means of our iniquities. But now, Yahweh, you are our Father. We are the clay and you our potter. We all are the work of your hand. - + Don’t be furious, Yahweh. Don’t remember iniquity forever. -Look and see, we beg you, +Look and see, we beg you, we are all your people. - + Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. - + Our holy and our beautiful house where our fathers praised you is burned with fire. All our pleasant places are laid waste. - + Will you hold yourself back for these things, Yahweh? Will you keep silent and punish us very severely? @@ -49144,31 +49144,31 @@ “I am inquired of by those who didn’t ask. I am found by those who didn’t seek me. I said, ‘See me, see me,’ to a nation that was not called by my name. - + I have spread out my hands all day to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts; - + a people who provoke me to my face continually, sacrificing in gardens, and burning incense on bricks; - + who sit among the graves, and spend nights in secret places; -who eat pig’s meat, +who eat pig’s meat, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels; - + who say, ‘Stay by yourself, don’t come near to me, for I am holier than you.’ -These are smoke in my nose, +These are smoke in my nose, a fire that burns all day. “Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will repay, yes, I will repay into their bosom - + your own iniquities and the iniquities of your fathers together”, says Yahweh, “who have burned incense on the mountains, and blasphemed me on the hills. @@ -49177,14 +49177,14 @@ Yahweh says,

“As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one says, ‘Don’t destroy it, for a blessing is in it:’ -so I will do for my servants’ sake, +so I will do for my servants’ sake, that I may not destroy them all. - + I will bring offspring out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains. -My chosen will inherit it, +My chosen will inherit it, and my servants will dwell there. - + Sharon will be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down in, for my people who have sought me. @@ -49193,73 +49193,73 @@ who forget my holy mountain, who prepare a table for Fortune, and who fill up mixed wine to Destiny; - + I will destine you to the sword, and you will all bow down to the slaughter; -because when I called, you didn’t answer. +because when I called, you didn’t answer. When I spoke, you didn’t listen; -but you did that which was evil in my eyes, +but you did that which was evil in my eyes, and chose that in which I didn’t delight.”

Therefore the Lord Yahweh says,

“Behold, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry; -behold, my servants will drink, +behold, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty. -Behold, my servants will rejoice, +Behold, my servants will rejoice, but you will be disappointed. - + Behold, my servants will sing for joy of heart, but you will cry for sorrow of heart, and will wail for anguish of spirit. - + You will leave your name for a curse to my chosen, and the Lord Yahweh will kill you. -He will call his servants by another name, +He will call his servants by another name, so that he who blesses himself in the earth will bless himself in the God of truth; and he who swears in the earth will swear by the God of truth; -because the former troubles are forgotten, +because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hidden from my eyes. “For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things will not be remembered, nor come into mind. - + But be glad and rejoice forever in that which I create; for, behold, I create Jerusalem to be a delight, and her people a joy. - + I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and delight in my people; -and the voice of weeping and the voice of crying +and the voice of weeping and the voice of crying will be heard in her no more. “No more will there be an infant who only lives a few days, nor an old man who has not filled his days; -for the child will die one hundred years old, +for the child will die one hundred years old, and the sinner being one hundred years old will be accursed. - + They will build houses and inhabit them. They will plant vineyards and eat their fruit. - + They will not build and another inhabit. They will not plant and another eat; -for the days of my people will be like the days of a tree, +for the days of my people will be like the days of a tree, and my chosen will long enjoy the work of their hands. - + They will not labor in vain nor give birth for calamity; -for they are the offspring of Yahweh’s blessed +for they are the offspring of Yahweh’s blessed and their descendants with them. - + It will happen that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. - + The wolf and the lamb will feed together. The lion will eat straw like the ox. Dust will be the serpent’s food. -They will not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain,” +They will not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain,” says Yahweh. @@ -49268,55 +49268,55 @@

“Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build to me? Where will I rest? - + For my hand has made all these things, and so all these things came to be,” says Yahweh: -“but I will look to this man, +“but I will look to this man, even to he who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word. - + He who kills an ox is as he who kills a man; he who sacrifices a lamb, as he who breaks a dog’s neck; he who offers an offering, as he who offers pig’s blood; he who burns frankincense, as he who blesses an idol. -Yes, they have chosen their own ways, +Yes, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations. - + I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears on them, -because when I called, no one answered; +because when I called, no one answered; when I spoke, they didn’t listen, -but they did that which was evil in my eyes, +but they did that which was evil in my eyes, and chose that in which I didn’t delight.” Hear Yahweh’s word, you who tremble at his word: -“Your brothers who hate you, +“Your brothers who hate you, who cast you out for my name’s sake, have said, -‘Let Yahweh be glorified, +‘Let Yahweh be glorified, that we may see your joy;’ but it is those who shall be disappointed. - + A voice of tumult from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of Yahweh that repays his enemies what they deserve. “Before she travailed, she gave birth. Before her pain came, she delivered a son. - + Who has heard of such a thing? Who has seen such things? -Shall a land be born in one day? +Shall a land be born in one day? Shall a nation be born at once? -For as soon as Zion travailed, +For as soon as Zion travailed, she gave birth to her children. - + Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to be delivered?” says Yahweh. “Shall I who cause to give birth shut the womb?” says your God. “Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all you who love her. Rejoice for joy with her, all you who mourn over her; - + that you may nurse and be satisfied at the comforting breasts; that you may drink deeply, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.” @@ -49324,23 +49324,23 @@ For Yahweh says, “Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream, and you will nurse. -You will be carried on her side, +You will be carried on her side, and will be dandled on her knees. - + As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you. You will be comforted in Jerusalem.” You will see it, and your heart shall rejoice, and your bones will flourish like the tender grass. -Yahweh’s hand will be known among his servants; +Yahweh’s hand will be known among his servants; and he will have indignation against his enemies. For, behold, Yahweh will come with fire, and his chariots will be like the whirlwind; -to render his anger with fierceness, +to render his anger with fierceness, and his rebuke with flames of fire. - + For Yahweh will execute judgment by fire and by his sword on all flesh; and those slain by Yahweh will be many.

@@ -49406,7 +49406,7 @@ For behold, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north,” says Yahweh.

“They will come, and they will each set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all its walls all around, and against all the cities of Judah. - + I will utter my judgments against them concerning all their wickedness, in that they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, @@ -49425,12 +49425,12 @@ “Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Yahweh says,

“I remember for you the kindness of your youth, your love as a bride, -how you went after me in the wilderness, +how you went after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. - + Israel was holiness to Yahweh, the first fruits of his increase. -All who devour him will be held guilty. +All who devour him will be held guilty. Evil will come on them,”’ says Yahweh.”

Hear Yahweh’s word, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel! @@ -49438,150 +49438,150 @@ Yahweh says,

“What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, -and have walked after worthless vanity, +and have walked after worthless vanity, and have become worthless? - + They didn’t say, ‘Where is Yahweh who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that no one passed through, and where no man lived?’ - + I brought you into a plentiful land to eat its fruit and its goodness; -but when you entered, you defiled my land, +but when you entered, you defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination. - + The priests didn’t say, ‘Where is Yahweh?’ and those who handle the law didn’t know me. -The rulers also transgressed against me, +The rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal and followed things that do not profit. - + “Therefore I will yet contend with you,” says Yahweh, “and I will contend with your children’s children. - + For pass over to the islands of Kittim, and see. Send to Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there has been such a thing. - + Has a nation changed its gods, which really are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which doesn’t profit. - + “Be astonished, you heavens, at this and be horribly afraid. Be very desolate,” says Yahweh. - + “For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and cut out cisterns for themselves: broken cisterns that can’t hold water. - + Is Israel a slave? Is he born into slavery? Why has he become a captive? - + The young lions have roared at him and raised their voices. They have made his land waste. His cities are burned up, without inhabitant. The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of your head. - + “Haven’t you brought this on yourself, in that you have forsaken Yahweh your God, 2:17 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim). when he led you by the way? - + Now what do you gain by going to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? Or why do you to go on the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River? 2:18 i.e., the Euphrates River - + “Your own wickedness will correct you, and your backsliding will rebuke you. -Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing, +Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing, that you have forsaken Yahweh your God, and that my fear is not in you,” says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies. - + “For long ago I broke off your yoke, and burst your bonds. -You said, ‘I will not serve;’ +You said, ‘I will not serve;’ for on every high hill and under every green tree you bowed yourself, playing the prostitute. - + Yet I had planted you a noble vine, a pure and faithful seed. How then have you turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine to me? - + For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before me,” says the Lord Yahweh. - + “How can you say, ‘I am not defiled. I have not gone after the Baals’? -See your way in the valley. +See your way in the valley. Know what you have done. -You are a swift dromedary traversing her ways, +You are a swift dromedary traversing her ways, a wild donkey used to the wilderness, that sniffs the wind in her craving. When she is in heat, who can turn her away? All those who seek her will not weary themselves. In her month, they will find her. - + “Keep your feet from being bare, and your throat from thirst. -But you said, ‘It is in vain. +But you said, ‘It is in vain. No, for I have loved strangers, and I will go after them.’ - + As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so the house of Israel is ashamed— they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, - + who tell wood, ‘You are my father,’ and a stone, ‘You have given birth to me,’ -for they have turned their back to me, +for they have turned their back to me, and not their face, but in the time of their trouble they will say, ‘Arise, and save us!’ - + “But where are your gods that you have made for yourselves? Let them arise, if they can save you in the time of your trouble, for you have as many gods as you have towns, O Judah. - + “Why will you contend with me? You all have transgressed against me,” says Yahweh. - + “I have struck your children in vain. They received no correction. -Your own sword has devoured your prophets, +Your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion. - + Generation, consider Yahweh’s word. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? Or a land of thick darkness? -Why do my people say, ‘We have broken loose. +Why do my people say, ‘We have broken loose. We will come to you no more’? - + “Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me for days without number. - + How well you prepare your way to seek love! Therefore you have even taught the wicked women your ways. - + Also the blood of the souls of the innocent poor is found in your skirts. You didn’t find them breaking in, but it is because of all these things. - + “Yet you said, ‘I am innocent. Surely his anger has turned away from me.’ -“Behold, I will judge you, +“Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’ - + Why do you go about so much to change your ways? You will be ashamed of Egypt also, as you were ashamed of Assyria. - + You will also leave that place with your hands on your head; for Yahweh has rejected those in whom you trust, and you won’t prosper with them. @@ -49792,22 +49792,22 @@ Therefore I am full of Yahweh’s wrath. I am weary with holding it in.

“Pour it out on the children in the street, and on the assembly of young men together; -for even the husband with the wife will be taken, +for even the husband with the wife will be taken, the aged with him who is full of days. - + Their houses will be turned to others, their fields and their wives together; -for I will stretch out my hand on the inhabitants of the land, says Yahweh.” - +for I will stretch out my hand on the inhabitants of the land, says Yahweh.” + “For from their least even to their greatest, everyone is given to covetousness. From the prophet even to the priest, everyone deals falsely. - + They have healed also the hurt of my people superficially, saying, ‘Peace, peace!’ when there is no peace. - + Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush. -Therefore they will fall among those who fall. +Therefore they will fall among those who fall. When I visit them, they will be cast down,” says Yahweh.

Yahweh says, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, ‘Where is the good way?’ and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’ @@ -49923,73 +49923,73 @@ “Moreover you shall tell them, ‘Yahweh says:

“‘Do men fall, and not rise up again? Does one turn away, and not return? - + Why then have the people of Jerusalem fallen back by a perpetual backsliding? They cling to deceit. They refuse to return. - + I listened and heard, but they didn’t say what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, saying, “What have I done?” -Everyone turns to his course, +Everyone turns to his course, as a horse that rushes headlong in the battle. - + Yes, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times. The turtledove, the swallow, and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people don’t know Yahweh’s law. “‘How do you say, “We are wise, and Yahweh’s law is with us?” But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has made that a lie. - + The wise men are disappointed. They are dismayed and trapped. -Behold, they have rejected Yahweh’s word. +Behold, they have rejected Yahweh’s word. What kind of wisdom is in them? - + Therefore I will give their wives to others and their fields to those who will possess them. -For everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness; +For everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness; from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely. - + They have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, “Peace, peace,” when there is no peace. - + Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed. They couldn’t blush. -Therefore they will fall among those who fall. +Therefore they will fall among those who fall. In the time of their visitation they will be cast down, says Yahweh. “‘I will utterly consume them, says Yahweh. No grapes will be on the vine, no figs on the fig tree, and the leaf will fade. -The things that I have given them +The things that I have given them will pass away from them.’” “Why do we sit still? Assemble yourselves! Let’s enter into the fortified cities, and let’s be silent there; -for Yahweh our God has put us to silence, +for Yahweh our God has put us to silence, and given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against Yahweh. - + We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold, dismay! - + The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan. The whole land trembles at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; -for they have come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it, +for they have come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it, the city and those who dwell therein.” - + “For, behold, I will send serpents, adders among you, which will not be charmed; and they will bite you,” says Yahweh. - + Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! My heart is faint within me. - + Behold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land that is very far off: “Isn’t Yahweh in Zion? Isn’t her King in her?” @@ -50003,67 +50003,67 @@ For the hurt of the daughter of my people, I am hurt. I mourn. Dismay has taken hold of me. - + Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? -Why then isn’t the health of the daughter of my people recovered? +Why then isn’t the health of the daughter of my people recovered? Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a spring of tears, -that I might weep day and night +that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! - + Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men, -that I might leave my people +that I might leave my people and go from them! -For they are all adulterers, +For they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men. - + “They bend their tongue, as their bow, for falsehood. -They have grown strong in the land, +They have grown strong in the land, but not for truth; -for they proceed from evil to evil, +for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don’t know me,” says Yahweh. - + “Everyone beware of his neighbor, and don’t trust in any brother; -for every brother will utterly supplant, +for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go around like a slanderer. - + Friends deceive each other, and will not speak the truth. -They have taught their tongue to speak lies. +They have taught their tongue to speak lies. They weary themselves committing iniquity. - + Your habitation is in the middle of deceit. Through deceit, they refuse to know me,” says Yahweh.

Therefore Yahweh of Armies says,

“Behold, I will melt them and test them; for how should I deal with the daughter of my people? - + Their tongue is a deadly arrow. It speaks deceit. -One speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, +One speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart, he waits to ambush him. - + Shouldn’t I punish them for these things?” says Yahweh. “Shouldn’t my soul be avenged on a nation such as this? - + I will weep and wail for the mountains, and lament for the pastures of the wilderness, -because they are burned up, so that no one passes through; +because they are burned up, so that no one passes through; Men can’t hear the voice of the livestock. -Both the birds of the sky and the animals have fled. +Both the birds of the sky and the animals have fled. They are gone. “I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling place of jackals. -I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, +I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”

Who is wise enough to understand this? Who is he to whom the mouth of Yahweh has spoken, that he may declare it? Why has the land perished and burned up like a wilderness, so that no one passes through? @@ -50079,26 +50079,26 @@ Yahweh of Armies says,

“Consider, and call for the mourning women, that they may come. Send for the skillful women, that they may come. - + Let them make haste and take up a wailing for us, -that our eyes may run down with tears +that our eyes may run down with tears and our eyelids gush out with waters. - + For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, ‘How we are ruined! -We are greatly confounded +We are greatly confounded because we have forsaken the land, because they have cast down our dwellings.’” Yet hear Yahweh’s word, you women. Let your ear receive the word of his mouth. -Teach your daughters wailing. +Teach your daughters wailing. Everyone teach her neighbor a lamentation. - + For death has come up into our windows. It has entered into our palaces -to cut off the children from outside, +to cut off the children from outside, and the young men from the streets.

Speak, “Yahweh says, @@ -50110,10 +50110,10 @@

“Don’t let the wise man glory in his wisdom. Don’t let the mighty man glory in his might. Don’t let the rich man glory in his riches. - + But let him who glories glory in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, -that I am Yahweh who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness in the earth, +that I am Yahweh who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness in the earth, for I delight in these things,” says Yahweh.

“Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will punish all those who are circumcised only in their flesh: @@ -50128,48 +50128,48 @@

“Don’t learn the way of the nations, and don’t be dismayed at the signs of the sky; for the nations are dismayed at them. - + For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the ax. - + They deck it with silver and with gold. They fasten it with nails and with hammers, so that it can’t move. - + They are like a palm tree, of turned work, and don’t speak. -They must be carried, +They must be carried, because they can’t move. -Don’t be afraid of them; +Don’t be afraid of them; for they can’t do evil, neither is it in them to do good.” - + There is no one like you, Yahweh. You are great, and your name is great in might. - + Who shouldn’t fear you, King of the nations? For it belongs to you. -Because among all the wise men of the nations, +Because among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royal estate, there is no one like you. - + But they are together brutish and foolish, instructed by idols! It is just wood. - + There is silver beaten into plates, which is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the engraver and of the hands of the goldsmith. -Their clothing is blue and purple. +Their clothing is blue and purple. They are all the work of skillful men. - + But Yahweh is the true God. He is the living God, and an everlasting King. -At his wrath, the earth trembles. +At his wrath, the earth trembles. The nations aren’t able to withstand his indignation.

“You shall say this to them: ‘The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.’” @@ -50177,64 +50177,64 @@ God has made the earth by his power. He has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens. - + When he utters his voice, the waters in the heavens roar, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth. -He makes lightnings for the rain, +He makes lightnings for the rain, and brings the wind out of his treasuries. - + Every man has become brutish and without knowledge. Every goldsmith is disappointed by his engraved image; -for his molten image is falsehood, +for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. - + They are vanity, a work of delusion. In the time of their visitation they will perish. - + The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the maker of all things; -and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance. +and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance. Yahweh of Armies is his name. - + Gather up your wares out of the land, you who live under siege. - + For Yahweh says, “Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may feel it.” - + Woe is me because of my injury! My wound is serious; -but I said, +but I said, “Truly this is my grief, and I must bear it.” - + My tent has been destroyed, and all my cords are broken. -My children have gone away from me, and they are no more. +My children have gone away from me, and they are no more. There is no one to spread my tent any more, to set up my curtains. - + For the shepherds have become brutish, and have not inquired of Yahweh. -Therefore they have not prospered, +Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flocks have scattered. - + The voice of news, behold, it comes, and a great commotion out of the north country, -to make the cities of Judah a desolation, +to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a dwelling place of jackals. - + Yahweh, I know that the way of man is not in himself. It is not in man who walks to direct his steps. - + Yahweh, correct me, but gently; not in your anger, lest you reduce me to nothing. - + Pour out your wrath on the nations that don’t know you, and on the families that don’t call on your name; -for they have devoured Jacob. +for they have devoured Jacob. Yes, they have devoured him, consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation. @@ -50272,12 +50272,12 @@ What has my beloved to do in my house, since she has behaved lewdly with many, and the holy flesh has passed from you? -When you do evil, +When you do evil, then you rejoice.” Yahweh called your name, “A green olive tree, beautiful with goodly fruit.” -With the noise of a great roar he has kindled fire on it, +With the noise of a great roar he has kindled fire on it, and its branches are broken.

For Yahweh of Armies, who planted you, has pronounced evil against you, because of the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done to themselves in provoking me to anger by offering incense to Baal. @@ -50288,10 +50288,10 @@

“Let’s destroy the tree with its fruit, and let’s cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.” - + But, Yahweh of Armies, who judges righteously, who tests the heart and the mind, -I will see your vengeance on them; +I will see your vengeance on them; for to you I have revealed my cause.

“Therefore Yahweh says concerning the men of Anathoth, who seek your life, saying, ‘You shall not prophesy in Yahweh’s name, that you not die by our hand’— @@ -50304,70 +50304,70 @@ You are righteous, Yahweh, when I contend with you; -yet I would like to plead a case with you. +yet I would like to plead a case with you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are they all at ease who deal very treacherously? - + You have planted them. Yes, they have taken root. They grow. Yes, they produce fruit. -You are near in their mouth, +You are near in their mouth, and far from their heart. - + But you, Yahweh, know me. You see me, and test my heart toward you. -Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, +Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter. - + How long will the land mourn, and the herbs of the whole country wither? -Because of the wickedness of those who dwell therein, +Because of the wickedness of those who dwell therein, the animals and birds are consumed; -because they said, +because they said, “He won’t see our latter end.” - + “If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses? -Though in a land of peace you are secure, +Though in a land of peace you are secure, yet how will you do in the pride of the Jordan? - + For even your brothers, and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you! Even they have cried aloud after you! -Don’t believe them, +Don’t believe them, though they speak beautiful words to you. “I have forsaken my house. I have cast off my heritage. I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies. - + My heritage has become to me as a lion in the forest. She has uttered her voice against me. Therefore I have hated her. - + Is my heritage to me as a speckled bird of prey? Are the birds of prey against her all around? -Go, assemble all the animals of the field. +Go, assemble all the animals of the field. Bring them to devour. - + Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard. They have trodden my portion under foot. They have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness. - + They have made it a desolation. It mourns to me, being desolate. -The whole land is made desolate, +The whole land is made desolate, because no one cares. - + Destroyers have come on all the bare heights in the wilderness; for the sword of Yahweh devours from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land. No flesh has peace. - + They have sown wheat, and have reaped thorns. -They have exhausted themselves, +They have exhausted themselves, and profit nothing. -You will be ashamed of your fruits, +You will be ashamed of your fruits, because of Yahweh’s fierce anger.”

Yahweh says, “Concerning all my evil neighbors, who touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit: Behold, I will pluck them up from off their land, and will pluck up the house of Judah from among them. @@ -50411,64 +50411,64 @@ Hear, and give ear. Don’t be proud, for Yahweh has spoken. - + Give glory to Yahweh your God, before he causes darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, -and while you look for light, +and while you look for light, he turns it into the shadow of death, and makes it deep darkness. - + But if you will not hear it, my soul will weep in secret for your pride. -My eye will weep bitterly, +My eye will weep bitterly, and run down with tears, because Yahweh’s flock has been taken captive. - + Say to the king and to the queen mother, “Humble yourselves. -Sit down, for your crowns have come down, +Sit down, for your crowns have come down, even the crown of your glory. - + The cities of the South are shut up, and there is no one to open them. -Judah is carried away captive: all of them. +Judah is carried away captive: all of them. They are wholly carried away captive. - + Lift up your eyes, and see those who come from the north. -Where is the flock that was given to you, +Where is the flock that was given to you, your beautiful flock? - + What will you say when he sets over you as head those whom you have yourself taught to be friends to you? Won’t sorrows take hold of you, as of a woman in travail? - + If you say in your heart, “Why have these things come on me?” -Your skirts are uncovered because of the greatness of your iniquity, +Your skirts are uncovered because of the greatness of your iniquity, and your heels suffer violence. - + Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? -Then may you also do good, +Then may you also do good, who are accustomed to do evil. “Therefore I will scatter them as the stubble that passes away by the wind of the wilderness. - + This is your lot, the portion measured to you from me,” says Yahweh, -“because you have forgotten me, +“because you have forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.” - + Therefore I will also uncover your skirts on your face, and your shame will appear. - + I have seen your abominations, even your adulteries and your neighing, the lewdness of your prostitution, on the hills in the field. -Woe to you, Jerusalem! +Woe to you, Jerusalem! You will not be made clean. How long will it yet be?” @@ -50478,49 +50478,49 @@

“Judah mourns, and its gates languish. -They sit in black on the ground. +They sit in black on the ground. The cry of Jerusalem goes up. - + Their nobles send their little ones to the waters. They come to the cisterns, and find no water. -They return with their vessels empty. +They return with their vessels empty. They are disappointed and confounded, and cover their heads. - + Because of the ground which is cracked, because no rain has been in the land, -the plowmen are disappointed. +the plowmen are disappointed. They cover their heads. - + Yes, the doe in the field also calves and forsakes her young, because there is no grass. - + The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights. They pant for air like jackals. -Their eyes fail, +Their eyes fail, because there is no vegetation. - + Though our iniquities testify against us, work for your name’s sake, Yahweh; -for our rebellions are many. +for our rebellions are many. We have sinned against you. - + You hope of Israel, its Savior in the time of trouble, -why should you be as a foreigner in the land, +why should you be as a foreigner in the land, and as a wayfaring man who turns aside to stay for a night? - + Why should you be like a scared man, as a mighty man who can’t save? -Yet you, Yahweh, are in the middle of us, +Yet you, Yahweh, are in the middle of us, and we are called by your name. Don’t leave us.

Yahweh says to this people:

“Even so they have loved to wander. They have not restrained their feet. -Therefore Yahweh does not accept them. +Therefore Yahweh does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity, and punish them for their sins.”

@@ -50539,34 +50539,34 @@ “You shall say this word to them:

“‘Let my eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease; -for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, +for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous wound. - + If I go out into the field, then behold, the slain with the sword! -If I enter into the city, +If I enter into the city, then behold, those who are sick with famine! -For both the prophet and the priest go about in the land, +For both the prophet and the priest go about in the land, and have no knowledge.’” Have you utterly rejected Judah? Has your soul loathed Zion? -Why have you struck us, and there is no healing for us? +Why have you struck us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold, dismay! - + We acknowledge, Yahweh, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against you. - + Do not abhor us, for your name’s sake. Do not disgrace the throne of your glory. Remember, and don’t break your covenant with us. - + Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? Or can the sky give showers? Aren’t you he, Yahweh our God? -Therefore we will wait for you; +Therefore we will wait for you; for you have made all these things. @@ -50575,9 +50575,9 @@ It will happen when they ask you, ‘Where shall we go out?’ then you shall tell them, ‘Yahweh says:

“Such as are for death, to death; -such as are for the sword, to the sword; -such as are for the famine, to the famine; -and such as are for captivity, to captivity.”’ +such as are for the sword, to the sword; +such as are for the famine, to the famine; +and such as are for captivity, to captivity.”’

“I will appoint over them four kinds,” says Yahweh: “the sword to kill, the dogs to tear, the birds of the sky, and the animals of the earth, to devour and to destroy. @@ -50586,45 +50586,45 @@ For who will have pity on you, Jerusalem? Who will mourn you? Who will come to ask of your welfare? - + You have rejected me,” says Yahweh. “You have gone backward. -Therefore I have stretched out my hand against you +Therefore I have stretched out my hand against you and destroyed you. I am weary of showing compassion. - + I have winnowed them with a fan in the gates of the land. I have bereaved them of children. -I have destroyed my people. +I have destroyed my people. They didn’t return from their ways. - + Their widows are increased more than the sand of the seas. I have brought on them against the mother of the young men a destroyer at noonday. I have caused anguish and terrors to fall on her suddenly. - + She who has borne seven languishes. She has given up the spirit. -Her sun has gone down while it was yet day. +Her sun has gone down while it was yet day. She has been disappointed and confounded. I will deliver their residue to the sword before their enemies,” says Yahweh. Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife, and a man of contention to the whole earth! -I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; +I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet every one of them curses me.

Yahweh said,

“Most certainly I will strengthen you for good. Most certainly I will cause the enemy to make supplication to you in the time of evil and in the time of affliction. - + Can one break iron, even iron from the north, and bronze? - + I will give your substance and your treasures for a plunder without price, and that for all your sins, even in all your borders. - + I will make them to pass with your enemies into a land which you don’t know; for a fire is kindled in my anger, which will burn on you.” @@ -50632,38 +50632,38 @@ Yahweh, you know. Remember me, visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors. -You are patient, so don’t take me away. +You are patient, so don’t take me away. Know that for your sake I have suffered reproach. - + Your words were found, and I ate them. -Your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart, +Your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart, for I am called by your name, Yahweh, God of Armies. - + I didn’t sit in the assembly of those who make merry and rejoice. I sat alone because of your hand, for you have filled me with indignation. - + Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuses to be healed? -Will you indeed be to me as a deceitful brook, +Will you indeed be to me as a deceitful brook, like waters that fail?

Therefore Yahweh says,

“If you return, then I will bring you again, that you may stand before me; -and if you take out the precious from the vile, +and if you take out the precious from the vile, you will be as my mouth. -They will return to you, +They will return to you, but you will not return to them. - + I will make you to this people a fortified bronze wall. They will fight against you, but they will not prevail against you; -for I am with you to save you +for I am with you to save you and to deliver you,” says Yahweh. - + “I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem you out of the hand of the terrible.” @@ -50707,11 +50707,11 @@

Yahweh, my strength, my stronghold, and my refuge in the day of affliction, -the nations will come to you from the ends of the earth, +the nations will come to you from the ends of the earth, and will say, -“Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies, +“Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies, vanity and things in which there is no profit. - + Should a man make to himself gods which yet are no gods?” @@ -50723,16 +50723,16 @@ “The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond. -It is engraved on the tablet of their heart, +It is engraved on the tablet of their heart, and on the horns of your altars. - + Even their children remember their altars and their Asherah poles by the green trees on the high hills. - + My mountain in the field, I will give your substance and all your treasures for a plunder, and your high places, because of sin, throughout all your borders. - + You, even of yourself, will discontinue from your heritage that I gave you. I will cause you to serve your enemies in the land which you don’t know, for you have kindled a fire in my anger which will burn forever.” @@ -50741,65 +50741,65 @@

“Cursed is the man who trusts in man, relies on strength of flesh, and whose heart departs from Yahweh. - + For he will be like a bush in the desert, and will not see when good comes, -but will inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, +but will inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, an uninhabited salt land. “Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh, and whose confidence is in Yahweh. - + For he will be as a tree planted by the waters, who spreads out its roots by the river, -and will not fear when heat comes, +and will not fear when heat comes, but its leaf will be green, -and will not be concerned in the year of drought. +and will not be concerned in the year of drought. It won’t cease from yielding fruit. - + The heart is deceitful above all things and it is exceedingly corrupt. Who can know it? “I, Yahweh, search the mind. I try the heart, -even to give every man according to his ways, +even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.” As the partridge that sits on eggs which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right. -In the middle of his days, they will leave him. +In the middle of his days, they will leave him. At his end, he will be a fool. - + A glorious throne, set on high from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary. - + Yahweh, the hope of Israel, all who forsake you will be disappointed. -Those who depart from me will be written in the earth, +Those who depart from me will be written in the earth, because they have forsaken Yahweh, the spring of living waters. - + Heal me, O Yahweh, and I will be healed. Save me, and I will be saved; for you are my praise. - + Behold, they ask me, “Where is Yahweh’s word? Let it be fulfilled now.” - + As for me, I have not hurried from being a shepherd after you. I haven’t desired the woeful day. You know. That which came out of my lips was before your face. - + Don’t be a terror to me. You are my refuge in the day of evil. - + Let them be disappointed who persecute me, but don’t let me be disappointed. -Let them be dismayed, +Let them be dismayed, but don’t let me be dismayed. -Bring on them the day of evil, +Bring on them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.

Yahweh said this to me: “Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, through which the kings of Judah come in and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem. @@ -50850,21 +50850,21 @@

“Ask now among the nations, ‘Who has heard such things?’ The virgin of Israel has done a very horrible thing. - + Will the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? Will the cold waters that flow down from afar be dried up? - + For my people have forgotten me. They have burned incense to false gods. -They have been made to stumble in their ways +They have been made to stumble in their ways in the ancient paths, to walk in byways, in a way not built up, - + to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing. -Everyone who passes by it will be astonished, +Everyone who passes by it will be astonished, and shake his head. - + I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy. I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity. @@ -50873,27 +50873,27 @@

Give heed to me, Yahweh, and listen to the voice of those who contend with me. - + Should evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. -Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, +Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them. - + Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and give them over to the power of the sword. -Let their wives become childless and widows. +Let their wives become childless and widows. Let their men be killed and their young men struck by the sword in battle. - + Let a cry be heard from their houses when you bring a troop suddenly on them; -for they have dug a pit to take me +for they have dug a pit to take me and hidden snares for my feet. - + Yet, Yahweh, you know all their counsel against me to kill me. Don’t forgive their iniquity. Don’t blot out their sin from your sight, -Let them be overthrown before you. +Let them be overthrown before you. Deal with them in the time of your anger. @@ -50946,60 +50946,60 @@

Yahweh, you have persuaded me, and I was persuaded. You are stronger than I, and have prevailed. -I have become a laughingstock all day. +I have become a laughingstock all day. Everyone mocks me. - + For as often as I speak, I cry out; I cry, “Violence and destruction!” -because Yahweh’s word has been made a reproach to me, +because Yahweh’s word has been made a reproach to me, and a derision, all day. - + If I say that I will not make mention of him, or speak any more in his name, -then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones. +then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones. I am weary with holding it in. I can’t. - + For I have heard the defaming of many: “Terror on every side! Denounce, and we will denounce him!” -say all my familiar friends, +say all my familiar friends, those who watch for my fall. -“Perhaps he will be persuaded, +“Perhaps he will be persuaded, and we will prevail against him, and we will take our revenge on him.” - + But Yahweh is with me as an awesome mighty one. Therefore my persecutors will stumble, and they won’t prevail. -They will be utterly disappointed +They will be utterly disappointed because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which will never be forgotten. - + But Yahweh of Armies, who tests the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind, -let me see your vengeance on them, +let me see your vengeance on them, for I have revealed my cause to you. - + Sing to Yahweh! Praise Yahweh, for he has delivered the soul of the needy from the hand of evildoers. - + Cursed is the day in which I was born. Don’t let the day in which my mother bore me be blessed. - + Cursed is the man who brought news to my father, saying, “A boy is born to you,” making him very glad. - + Let that man be as the cities which Yahweh overthrew, and didn’t repent. -Let him hear a cry in the morning, +Let him hear a cry in the morning, and shouting at noontime, - + because he didn’t kill me from the womb. So my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great. - + Why did I come out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame? @@ -51030,15 +51030,15 @@ House of David, Yahweh says,

‘Execute justice in the morning, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor, -lest my wrath go out like fire, +lest my wrath go out like fire, and burn so that no one can quench it, because of the evil of your doings. - + Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, and of the rock of the plain,’ says Yahweh. -‘You that say, “Who would come down against us?” +‘You that say, “Who would come down against us?” or, “Who would enter into our homes?” - + I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, says Yahweh; and I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it will devour all that is around her.’” @@ -51058,12 +51058,12 @@ For Yahweh says concerning the house of the king of Judah:

“You are Gilead to me, the head of Lebanon. -Yet surely I will make you a wilderness, +Yet surely I will make you a wilderness, cities which are not inhabited. - + I will prepare destroyers against you, everyone with his weapons, -and they will cut down your choice cedars, +and they will cut down your choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.

“Many nations will pass by this city, and they will each ask his neighbor, ‘Why has Yahweh done this to this great city?’ @@ -51072,7 +51072,7 @@

Don’t weep for the dead. Don’t bemoan him; -but weep bitterly for him who goes away, +but weep bitterly for him who goes away, for he will return no more, and not see his native country.

@@ -51082,24 +51082,24 @@

“Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his rooms by injustice; -who uses his neighbor’s service without wages, +who uses his neighbor’s service without wages, and doesn’t give him his hire; - + who says, ‘I will build myself a wide house and spacious rooms,’ and cuts out windows for himself, -with a cedar ceiling, +with a cedar ceiling, and painted with red. “Should you reign because you strive to excel in cedar? Didn’t your father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him. - + He judged the cause of the poor and needy; so then it was well. -Wasn’t this to know me?” +Wasn’t this to know me?” says Yahweh. - + But your eyes and your heart are only for your covetousness, for shedding innocent blood, for oppression, and for doing violence.” @@ -51107,30 +51107,30 @@ Therefore Yahweh says concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:

“They won’t lament for him, saying, ‘Ah my brother!’ or, ‘Ah sister!’ -They won’t lament for him, +They won’t lament for him, saying ‘Ah lord!’ or, ‘Ah his glory!’ - + He will be buried with the burial of a donkey, drawn and cast out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.” “Go up to Lebanon, and cry out. Lift up your voice in Bashan, -and cry from Abarim; +and cry from Abarim; for all your lovers have been destroyed. - + I spoke to you in your prosperity, but you said, ‘I will not listen.’ -This has been your way from your youth, +This has been your way from your youth, that you didn’t obey my voice. - + The wind will feed all your shepherds, and your lovers will go into captivity. -Surely then you will be ashamed +Surely then you will be ashamed and confounded for all your wickedness. - + Inhabitant of Lebanon, who makes your nest in the cedars, -how greatly to be pitied you will be when pangs come on you, +how greatly to be pitied you will be when pangs come on you, the pain as of a woman in travail!

“As I live,” says Yahweh, “though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet on my right hand, I would still pluck you from there. @@ -51143,16 +51143,16 @@

Is this man Coniah a despised broken vessel? Is he a vessel in which no one delights? -Why are they cast out, he and his offspring, +Why are they cast out, he and his offspring, and cast into a land which they don’t know? - + O earth, earth, earth, hear Yahweh’s word! - + Yahweh says, “Record this man as childless, a man who will not prosper in his days; -for no more will a man of his offspring prosper, +for no more will a man of his offspring prosper, sitting on David’s throne and ruling in Judah.” @@ -51168,12 +51168,12 @@

“Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will raise to David a righteous Branch; -and he will reign as king and deal wisely, +and he will reign as king and deal wisely, and will execute justice and righteousness in the land. - + In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell safely. -This is his name by which he will be called: +This is his name by which he will be called: Yahweh our righteousness.

“Therefore, behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that they will no more say, ‘As Yahweh lives, who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;’ @@ -51183,35 +51183,35 @@ Concerning the prophets:

My heart within me is broken. All my bones shake. -I am like a drunken man, +I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine has overcome, -because of Yahweh, +because of Yahweh, and because of his holy words. - + “For the land is full of adulterers; for because of the curse the land mourns. -The pastures of the wilderness have dried up. +The pastures of the wilderness have dried up. Their course is evil, and their might is not right; - + for both prophet and priest are profane. Yes, in my house I have found their wickedness,” says Yahweh. - + Therefore their way will be to them as slippery places in the darkness. They will be driven on, and fall therein; -for I will bring evil on them, +for I will bring evil on them, even the year of their visitation,” says Yahweh. “I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria. They prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err. - + In the prophets of Jerusalem I have also seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery and walk in lies. -They strengthen the hands of evildoers, +They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one returns from his wickedness. -They have all become to me as Sodom, +They have all become to me as Sodom, and its inhabitants as Gomorrah.”

Therefore Yahweh of Armies says concerning the prophets: @@ -51224,35 +51224,35 @@ They teach you vanity. They speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of Yahweh. - + They say continually to those who despise me, ‘Yahweh has said, “You will have peace;”’ -and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart they say, +and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart they say, ‘No evil will come on you.’ - + For who has stood in the council of Yahweh, that he should perceive and hear his word? Who has listened to my word, and heard it? - + Behold, Yahweh’s storm, his wrath, has gone out. Yes, a whirling storm! It will burst on the head of the wicked. - + Yahweh’s anger will not return until he has executed and performed the intents of his heart. In the latter days, you will understand it perfectly. - + I didn’t send these prophets, yet they ran. I didn’t speak to them, yet they prophesied. - + But if they had stood in my council, then they would have caused my people to hear my words, -and would have turned them from their evil way, +and would have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings. “Am I a God at hand,” says Yahweh, “and not a God afar off? - + Can anyone hide himself in secret places so that I can’t see him?” says Yahweh. “Don’t I fill heaven and earth?” says Yahweh. @@ -51376,12 +51376,12 @@

“‘Yahweh will roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation. He will mightily roar against his fold. -He will give a shout, as those who tread grapes, +He will give a shout, as those who tread grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth. - + A noise will come even to the end of the earth; for Yahweh has a controversy with the nations. -He will enter into judgment with all flesh. +He will enter into judgment with all flesh. As for the wicked, he will give them to the sword,”’ says Yahweh.”

Yahweh of Armies says, @@ -51392,19 +51392,19 @@

Wail, you shepherds, and cry. Wallow in dust, you leader of the flock; -for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions have fully come, +for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions have fully come, and you will fall like fine pottery. - + The shepherds will have no way to flee. The leader of the flock will have no escape. - + A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and the wailing of the leader of the flock, for Yahweh destroys their pasture. - + The peaceful folds are brought to silence because of the fierce anger of Yahweh. - + He has left his covert, as the lion; for their land has become an astonishment because of the fierceness of the oppression, and because of his fierce anger. @@ -51551,7 +51551,7 @@ (after Jeconiah the king, the queen mother, the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the smiths had departed from Jerusalem), by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon). It said: -

+

Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says to all the captives whom I have caused to be carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon: “Build houses and dwell in them. Plant gardens and eat their fruit. @@ -51573,7 +51573,7 @@ You shall seek me and find me, when you search for me with all your heart. I will be found by you,” says Yahweh, “and I will turn again your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places where I have driven you, says Yahweh. I will bring you again to the place from where I caused you to be carried away captive.” - +

Because you have said, “Yahweh has raised us up prophets in Babylon,” Yahweh says concerning the king who sits on David’s throne, and concerning all the people who dwell in this city, your brothers who haven’t gone with you into captivity, @@ -51583,7 +51583,7 @@ I will pursue after them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth, to be an object of horror, an astonishment, a hissing, and a reproach among all the nations where I have driven them, because they have not listened to my words,” says Yahweh, “with which I sent to them my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but you would not hear,” says Yahweh. - +

Hear therefore Yahweh’s word, all you captives whom I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon. Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie to you in my name: “Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and he will kill them before your eyes. @@ -51591,7 +51591,7 @@ A curse will be taken up about them by all the captives of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, ‘Yahweh make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;’ because they have done foolish things in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives, and have spoken words in my name falsely, which I didn’t command them. I am he who knows, and am witness,” says Yahweh. -

+

Concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall speak, saying, “Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says, ‘Because you have sent letters in your own name to all the people who are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, and to all the priests, saying, @@ -51623,98 +51623,98 @@ For Yahweh says:

“We have heard a voice of trembling; a voice of fear, and not of peace. - + Ask now, and see whether a man travails with child. Why do I see every man with his hands on his waist, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned pale? - + Alas, for that day is great, so that none is like it! It is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he will be saved out of it. - + It will come to pass in that day, says Yahweh of Armies, that I will break his yoke from off your neck, and will burst your bonds. Strangers will no more make them their bondservants; - + but they will serve Yahweh their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up to them. - + Therefore don’t be afraid, O Jacob my servant, says Yahweh. Don’t be dismayed, Israel. -For, behold, I will save you from afar, +For, behold, I will save you from afar, and save your offspring from the land of their captivity. -Jacob will return, +Jacob will return, and will be quiet and at ease. No one will make him afraid. - + For I am with you, says Yahweh, to save you; for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have scattered you, but I will not make a full end of you; -but I will correct you in measure, +but I will correct you in measure, and will in no way leave you unpunished.”

For Yahweh says,

“Your hurt is incurable. Your wound is grievous. - + There is no one to plead your cause, that you may be bound up. You have no healing medicines. - + All your lovers have forgotten you. They don’t seek you. -For I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy, +For I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, -for the greatness of your iniquity, +for the greatness of your iniquity, because your sins were increased. - + Why do you cry over your injury? Your pain is incurable. -For the greatness of your iniquity, +For the greatness of your iniquity, because your sins have increased, I have done these things to you. - + Therefore all those who devour you will be devoured. All your adversaries, everyone of them, will go into captivity. -Those who plunder you will be plunder. +Those who plunder you will be plunder. I will make all who prey on you become prey. - + For I will restore health to you, and I will heal you of your wounds,” says Yahweh, -“because they have called you an outcast, +“because they have called you an outcast, saying, ‘It is Zion, whom no man seeks after.’”

Yahweh says:

“Behold, I will reverse the captivity of Jacob’s tents, and have compassion on his dwelling places. -The city will be built on its own hill, +The city will be built on its own hill, and the palace will be inhabited in its own place. - + Thanksgiving will proceed out of them with the voice of those who make merry. -I will multiply them, +I will multiply them, and they will not be few; -I will also glorify them, +I will also glorify them, and they will not be small. - + Their children also will be as before, and their congregation will be established before me. I will punish all who oppress them. - + Their prince will be one of them, and their ruler will proceed from among them. -I will cause him to draw near, +I will cause him to draw near, and he will approach me; for who is he who has had boldness to approach me?” says Yahweh. - + “You shall be my people, and I will be your God. - + Behold, Yahweh’s storm, his wrath, has gone out, a sweeping storm; it will burst on the head of the wicked. - + The fierce anger of Yahweh will not return until he has accomplished, and until he has performed the intentions of his heart. In the latter days you will understand it.” @@ -51728,66 +51728,66 @@ Yahweh appeared of old to me, saying,

“Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love. Therefore I have drawn you with loving kindness. - + I will build you again, and you will be built, O virgin of Israel. -You will again be adorned with your tambourines, +You will again be adorned with your tambourines, and will go out in the dances of those who make merry. - + Again you will plant vineyards on the mountains of Samaria. The planters will plant, and will enjoy its fruit. - + For there will be a day that the watchmen on the hills of Ephraim cry, ‘Arise! Let’s go up to Zion to Yahweh our God.’”

For Yahweh says,

“Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout for the chief of the nations. -Publish, praise, and say, +Publish, praise, and say, ‘Yahweh, save your people, the remnant of Israel!’ - + Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth, -along with the blind and the lame, +along with the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her who travails with child together. They will return as a great company. - + They will come with weeping. I will lead them with petitions. -I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, +I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they won’t stumble; -for I am a father to Israel. +for I am a father to Israel. Ephraim is my firstborn. “Hear Yahweh’s word, you nations, and declare it in the distant islands. Say, -‘He who scattered Israel will gather him, +‘He who scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd does his flock.’ - + For Yahweh has ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he. - + They will come and sing in the height of Zion, and will flow to the goodness of Yahweh, -to the grain, to the new wine, to the oil, +to the grain, to the new wine, to the oil, and to the young of the flock and of the herd. -Their soul will be as a watered garden. +Their soul will be as a watered garden. They will not sorrow any more at all. - + Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance, the young men and the old together; -for I will turn their mourning into joy, +for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow. - + I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people will be satisfied with my goodness,” says Yahweh.

Yahweh says:

“A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping, -Rachel weeping for her children. +Rachel weeping for her children. She refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.”

@@ -51796,40 +51796,40 @@ and your eyes from tears, for your work will be rewarded,” says Yahweh. “They will come again from the land of the enemy. - + There is hope for your latter end,” says Yahweh. “Your children will come again to their own territory. “I have surely heard Ephraim grieving thus, ‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as an untrained calf. -Turn me, and I will be turned, +Turn me, and I will be turned, for you are Yahweh my God. - + Surely after that I was turned. I repented. -After that I was instructed. +After that I was instructed. I struck my thigh. -I was ashamed, yes, even confounded, +I was ashamed, yes, even confounded, because I bore the reproach of my youth.’ - + Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he a darling child? -For as often as I speak against him, +For as often as I speak against him, I still earnestly remember him. -therefore my heart yearns for him. +therefore my heart yearns for him. I will surely have mercy on him,” says Yahweh. “Set up road signs. Make guideposts. -Set your heart toward the highway, +Set your heart toward the highway, even the way by which you went. -Turn again, virgin of Israel. +Turn again, virgin of Israel. Turn again to these your cities. - + How long will you go here and there, you backsliding daughter? -For Yahweh has created a new thing in the earth: +For Yahweh has created a new thing in the earth: a woman will encompass a man.”

Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Yet again they will use this speech in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I reverse their captivity: ‘Yahweh bless you, habitation of righteousness, mountain of holiness.’ @@ -51857,24 +51857,24 @@ “But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says Yahweh:

“I will put my law in their inward parts, and I will write it in their heart. -I will be their God, +I will be their God, and they shall be my people. - + They will no longer each teach his neighbor, and every man teach his brother, saying, ‘Know Yahweh;’ -for they will all know me, +for they will all know me, from their least to their greatest,” says Yahweh, -“for I will forgive their iniquity, +“for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.” - + Yahweh, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, -who stirs up the sea, so that its waves roar— +who stirs up the sea, so that its waves roar— Yahweh of Armies is his name, says: - + “If these ordinances depart from before me,” says Yahweh, “then the offspring of Israel also will cease from being a nation before me forever.” - + Yahweh says: “If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, then I will also cast off all the offspring of Israel for all that they have done,” says Yahweh. @@ -51935,11 +51935,11 @@ and gave them this land, which you swore to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey. They came in and possessed it, but they didn’t obey your voice and didn’t walk in your law. They have done nothing of all that you commanded them to do. Therefore you have caused all this evil to come upon them. -

+

“Behold, siege ramps have been built against the city to take it. The city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans who fight against it, because of the sword, of the famine, and of the pestilence. What you have spoken has happened. Behold, you see it. You have said to me, Lord Yahweh, ‘Buy the field for money, and call witnesses;’ whereas the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.” -

+

Then Yahweh’s word came to Jeremiah, saying, “Behold, I am Yahweh, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for me? @@ -52011,10 +52011,10 @@ “In those days and at that time, I will cause a Branch of righteousness to grow up to David. He will execute justice and righteousness in the land. - + In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell safely. -This is the name by which she will be called: +This is the name by which she will be called: Yahweh our righteousness.”

For Yahweh says: “David will never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel. @@ -52285,7 +52285,7 @@ ‘Behold, all the women who are left in the king of Judah’s house will be brought out to the king of Babylon’s princes, and those women will say,

“Your familiar friends have turned on you, and have prevailed over you. -Your feet are sunk in the mire, +Your feet are sunk in the mire, they have turned away from you.”

They will bring out all your wives and your children to the Chaldeans. You won’t escape out of their hand, but will be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon. You will cause this city to be burned with fire.’” @@ -52570,50 +52570,50 @@

“Prepare the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle! - + Harness the horses, and get up, you horsemen, and stand up with your helmets. -Polish the spears, +Polish the spears, put on the coats of mail. - + Why have I seen it? They are dismayed and are turned backward. -Their mighty ones are beaten down, +Their mighty ones are beaten down, have fled in haste, and don’t look back. -Terror is on every side,” +Terror is on every side,” says Yahweh. - + “Don’t let the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape. -In the north by the river Euphrates +In the north by the river Euphrates they have stumbled and fallen. “Who is this who rises up like the Nile, like rivers whose waters surge? - + Egypt rises up like the Nile, like rivers whose waters surge. -He says, ‘I will rise up. I will cover the earth. +He says, ‘I will rise up. I will cover the earth. I will destroy cities and its inhabitants.’ - + Go up, you horses! Rage, you chariots! -Let the mighty men go out: +Let the mighty men go out: Cush and Put, who handle the shield; and the Ludim, who handle and bend the bow. - + For that day is of the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge himself of his adversaries. -The sword will devour and be satiated, +The sword will devour and be satiated, and will drink its fill of their blood; for the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, has a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates. - + Go up into Gilead, and take balm, virgin daughter of Egypt. You use many medicines in vain. There is no healing for you. - + The nations have heard of your shame, and the earth is full of your cry; for the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty, @@ -52624,53 +52624,53 @@ “Declare in Egypt, publish in Migdol, and publish in Memphis and in Tahpanhes; -say, ‘Stand up, and prepare, +say, ‘Stand up, and prepare, for the sword has devoured around you.’ - + Why are your strong ones swept away? They didn’t stand, because Yahweh pushed them. - + He made many to stumble. Yes, they fell on one another. -They said, ‘Arise! Let’s go again to our own people, +They said, ‘Arise! Let’s go again to our own people, and to the land of our birth, from the oppressing sword.’ - + They cried there, ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he has let the appointed time pass by.’ “As I live,” says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Armies, -“surely like Tabor among the mountains, +“surely like Tabor among the mountains, and like Carmel by the sea, so he will come. - + You daughter who dwells in Egypt, furnish yourself to go into captivity; -for Memphis will become a desolation, +for Memphis will become a desolation, and will be burned up, without inhabitant. “Egypt is a very beautiful heifer; but destruction out of the north has come. It has come. - + Also her hired men in the middle of her are like calves of the stall, for they also are turned back. They have fled away together. -They didn’t stand, +They didn’t stand, for the day of their calamity has come on them, the time of their visitation. - + Its sound will go like the serpent, for they will march with an army, and come against her with axes, as wood cutters. - + They will cut down her forest,” says Yahweh, “though it can’t be searched; -because they are more than the locusts, +because they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable. - + The daughter of Egypt will be disappointed; she will be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.”

@@ -52680,16 +52680,16 @@

“But don’t you be afraid, Jacob my servant. Don’t be dismayed, Israel; -for, behold, I will save you from afar, +for, behold, I will save you from afar, and your offspring from the land of their captivity. -Jacob will return, +Jacob will return, and will be quiet and at ease. No one will make him afraid. - + Don’t be afraid, O Jacob my servant,” says Yahweh, “for I am with you; for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have driven you, -but I will not make a full end of you, +but I will not make a full end of you, but I will correct you in measure, and will in no way leave you unpunished.” @@ -52700,25 +52700,25 @@ Yahweh says:

“Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and will become an overflowing stream, -and will overflow the land and all that is therein, +and will overflow the land and all that is therein, the city and those who dwell therein. -The men will cry, +The men will cry, and all the inhabitants of the land will wail. - + At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong ones, at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of his wheels, -the fathers don’t look back for their children +the fathers don’t look back for their children because their hands are so feeble, - + because of the day that comes to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper who remains; -for Yahweh will destroy the Philistines, +for Yahweh will destroy the Philistines, the remnant of the isle of Caphtor. - + Baldness has come on Gaza; Ashkelon is brought to nothing. -You remnant of their valley, +You remnant of their valley, how long will you cut yourself? “‘You sword of Yahweh, how long will it be before you are quiet? @@ -52727,7 +52727,7 @@ “How can you be quiet, since Yahweh has given you a command? -Against Ashkelon, and against the seashore, +Against Ashkelon, and against the seashore, there he has appointed it.” @@ -52735,44 +52735,44 @@ Of Moab. Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says:

“Woe to Nebo! For it is laid waste. -Kiriathaim is disappointed. +Kiriathaim is disappointed. It is taken. -Misgab +Misgab 48:1 or, The stronghold is put to shame and broken down. - + The praise of Moab is no more. In Heshbon they have devised evil against her: ‘Come! Let’s cut her off from being a nation.’ -You also, Madmen, will be brought to silence. +You also, Madmen, will be brought to silence. The sword will pursue you. - + The sound of a cry from Horonaim, desolation and great destruction! - + Moab is destroyed. Her little ones have caused a cry to be heard. - + For they will go up by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping. For at the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distress of the cry of destruction. - + Flee! Save your lives! Be like the juniper bush in the wilderness. - + For, because you have trusted in your works and in your treasures, you also will be taken. -Chemosh will go out into captivity, +Chemosh will go out into captivity, his priests and his princes together. - + The destroyer will come on every city, and no city will escape; -the valley also will perish, +the valley also will perish, and the plain will be destroyed, as Yahweh has spoken. - + Give wings to Moab, that she may fly and get herself away: -and her cities will become a desolation, +and her cities will become a desolation, without anyone to dwell in them. “Cursed is he who does the work of Yahweh negligently; @@ -52780,51 +52780,51 @@ “Moab has been at ease from his youth, and he has settled on his dregs, -and has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, +and has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither has he gone into captivity; -therefore his taste remains in him, +therefore his taste remains in him, and his scent is not changed. - + Therefore behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will send to him those who pour off, -and they will pour him off; +and they will pour him off; and they will empty his vessels, and break their containers in pieces. - + Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their confidence. “How do you say, ‘We are mighty men, and valiant men for the war’? - + Moab is laid waste, and they have gone up into his cities, and his chosen young men have gone down to the slaughter,” says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Armies. - + “The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hurries fast. - + All you who are around him, bemoan him; and all you who know his name, say, -‘How the strong staff is broken, +‘How the strong staff is broken, the beautiful rod!’ “You daughter who dwells in Dibon, come down from your glory, and sit in thirst; -for the destroyer of Moab has come up against you. +for the destroyer of Moab has come up against you. He has destroyed your strongholds. - + Inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way and watch. Ask him who flees, and her who escapes; say, ‘What has been done?’ - + Moab is disappointed; for it is broken down. -Wail and cry! +Wail and cry! Tell it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste. - + Judgment has come on the plain country— on Holon, on Jahzah, on Mephaath, @@ -52834,103 +52834,103 @@ on Kerioth, on Bozrah, and on all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near. - + The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken,” says Yahweh. “Make him drunk, for he magnified himself against Yahweh. -Moab will wallow in his vomit, +Moab will wallow in his vomit, and he also will be in derision. - + For wasn’t Israel a derision to you? Was he found among thieves? -For as often as you speak of him, +For as often as you speak of him, you shake your head. - + You inhabitants of Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock. Be like the dove that makes her nest over the mouth of the abyss. “We have heard of the pride of Moab. He is very proud in his loftiness, his pride, his arrogance, and the arrogance of his heart. - + I know his wrath,” says Yahweh, “that it is nothing; his boastings have done nothing. - + Therefore I will wail for Moab. Yes, I will cry out for all Moab. They will mourn for the men of Kir Heres. - + With more than the weeping of Jazer I will weep for you, vine of Sibmah. -Your branches passed over the sea. +Your branches passed over the sea. They reached even to the sea of Jazer. -The destroyer has fallen on your summer fruits +The destroyer has fallen on your summer fruits and on your vintage. - + Gladness and joy is taken away from the fruitful field and from the land of Moab. -I have caused wine to cease from the wine presses. +I have caused wine to cease from the wine presses. No one will tread with shouting. The shouting will be no shouting. - + From the cry of Heshbon even to Elealeh, even to Jahaz they have uttered their voice, from Zoar even to Horonaim, to Eglath Shelishiyah; for the waters of Nimrim will also become desolate. - + Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab,” says Yahweh, “him who offers in the high place, and him who burns incense to his gods. - + Therefore my heart sounds for Moab like flutes, and my heart sounds like flutes for the men of Kir Heres. Therefore the abundance that he has gotten has perished. - + For every head is bald, and every beard clipped. -There are cuttings on all the hands, +There are cuttings on all the hands, and sackcloth on the waist. - + On all the housetops of Moab, and in its streets, there is lamentation everywhere; for I have broken Moab like a vessel in which no one delights,” says Yahweh. - + “How it is broken down! How they wail! -How Moab has turned the back with shame! +How Moab has turned the back with shame! So will Moab become a derision and a terror to all who are around him.” - + For Yahweh says: “Behold, he will fly as an eagle, and will spread out his wings against Moab. - + Kerioth is taken, and the strongholds are seized. -The heart of the mighty men of Moab at that day +The heart of the mighty men of Moab at that day will be as the heart of a woman in her pangs. - + Moab will be destroyed from being a people, because he has magnified himself against Yahweh. - + Terror, the pit, and the snare are on you, inhabitant of Moab,” says Yahweh. - + “He who flees from the terror will fall into the pit; and he who gets up out of the pit will be taken in the snare, -for I will bring on him, even on Moab, +for I will bring on him, even on Moab, the year of their visitation,” says Yahweh. “Those who fled stand without strength under the shadow of Heshbon; for a fire has gone out of Heshbon, and a flame from the middle of Sihon, -and has devoured the corner of Moab, +and has devoured the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones. - + Woe to you, O Moab! The people of Chemosh are undone; -for your sons are taken away captive, +for your sons are taken away captive, and your daughters into captivity. “Yet I will reverse the captivity of Moab in the latter days,” @@ -52942,32 +52942,32 @@ Of the children of Ammon. Yahweh says:

“Has Israel no sons? Has he no heir? -Why then does Malcam possess Gad, +Why then does Malcam possess Gad, and his people dwell in its cities? - + Therefore behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, -“that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, +“that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and it will become a desolate heap, and her daughters will be burned with fire; -then Israel will possess those who possessed him,” +then Israel will possess those who possessed him,” says Yahweh. - + “Wail, Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste! Cry, you daughters of Rabbah! -Clothe yourself in sackcloth. +Clothe yourself in sackcloth. Lament, and run back and forth among the fences; -for Malcam will go into captivity, +for Malcam will go into captivity, his priests and his princes together. - + Why do you boast in the valleys, your flowing valley, backsliding daughter? -You trusted in her treasures, +You trusted in her treasures, saying, ‘Who will come to me?’ - + Behold, I will bring a terror on you,” says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, -“from all who are around you. +“from all who are around you. All of you will be driven completely out, and there will be no one to gather together the fugitives. @@ -52978,23 +52978,23 @@

“Is wisdom no more in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom vanished? - + Flee! Turn back! Dwell in the depths, inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau on him when I visit him. - + If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? -If thieves came by night, +If thieves came by night, wouldn’t they steal until they had enough? - + But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he will not be able to hide himself. -His offspring is destroyed, +His offspring is destroyed, with his brothers and his neighbors; and he is no more. - + Leave your fatherless children. I will preserve them alive. Let your widows trust in me.” @@ -53005,45 +53005,45 @@

I have heard news from Yahweh, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, -saying, “Gather yourselves together! +saying, “Gather yourselves together! Come against her! Rise up to the battle!” “For, behold, I have made you small among the nations, and despised among men. - + As for your terror, the pride of your heart has deceived you, -O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, +O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill, -though you should make your nest as high as the eagle, +though you should make your nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down from there,” says Yahweh. - + “Edom will become an astonishment. Everyone who passes by it will be astonished, and will hiss at all its plagues. - + As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and its neighbor cities,” says Yahweh, “no man will dwell there, neither will any son of man live therein. “Behold, he will come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation; for I will suddenly make them run away from it, -and whoever is chosen, +and whoever is chosen, I will appoint him over it. -For who is like me? +For who is like me? Who will appoint me a time? Who is the shepherd who will stand before me?” - + Therefore hear the counsel of Yahweh, that he has taken against Edom, and his purposes that he has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: -Surely they will drag them away, +Surely they will drag them away, the little ones of the flock. Surely he will make their habitation desolate over them. - + The earth trembles at the noise of their fall; there is a cry, the noise which is heard in the Red Sea. - + Behold, he will come up and fly as the eagle, and spread out his wings against Bozrah. The heart of the mighty men of Edom at that day will be as the heart of a woman in her pangs. @@ -53052,54 +53052,54 @@

“Hamath and Arpad are confounded, for they have heard evil news. They have melted away. -There is sorrow on the sea. +There is sorrow on the sea. It can’t be quiet. - + Damascus has grown feeble, she turns herself to flee, and trembling has seized her. -Anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her, +Anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her, as of a woman in travail. - + How is the city of praise not forsaken, the city of my joy? - + Therefore her young men will fall in her streets, and all the men of war will be brought to silence in that day,” says Yahweh of Armies. - + “I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it will devour the palaces of Ben Hadad.” Of Kedar, and of the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck, Yahweh says: -“Arise, go up to Kedar, +“Arise, go up to Kedar, and destroy the children of the east. - + They will take their tents and their flocks. they will carry away for themselves their curtains, all their vessels, and their camels; and they will cry to them, ‘Terror on every side!’ - + Flee! Wander far off! -Dwell in the depths, you inhabitants of Hazor,” says Yahweh; +Dwell in the depths, you inhabitants of Hazor,” says Yahweh; “for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has taken counsel against you, and has conceived a purpose against you. - + Arise! Go up to a nation that is at ease, that dwells without care,” says Yahweh; “that has neither gates nor bars, that dwells alone. - + Their camels will be a booty, and the multitude of their livestock a plunder. -I will scatter to all winds those who have the corners of their beards cut off; +I will scatter to all winds those who have the corners of their beards cut off; and I will bring their calamity from every side of them,” says Yahweh. - + Hazor will be a dwelling place of jackals, a desolation forever. -No man will dwell there, +No man will dwell there, neither will any son of man live therein.”

Yahweh’s word that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, @@ -53107,20 +53107,20 @@ “Yahweh of Armies says:

‘Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might. - + I will bring on Elam the four winds from the four quarters of the sky, and will scatter them toward all those winds. There will be no nation where the outcasts of Elam will not come. - + I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before those who seek their life. -I will bring evil on them, even my fierce anger,’ says Yahweh; +I will bring evil on them, even my fierce anger,’ says Yahweh; ‘and I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them. - + I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from there king and princes,’ says Yahweh. - + ‘But it will happen in the latter days that I will reverse the captivity of Elam,’ says Yahweh.” @@ -53131,176 +53131,176 @@ “Declare among the nations and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and don’t conceal; -say, ‘Babylon has been taken, +say, ‘Babylon has been taken, Bel is disappointed, Merodach is dismayed! -Her images are disappointed. +Her images are disappointed. Her idols are dismayed.’ - + For a nation comes up out of the north against her, which will make her land desolate, and no one will dwell in it. -They have fled. +They have fled. They are gone, both man and animal. “In those days, and in that time,” says Yahweh, “the children of Israel will come, they and the children of Judah together; -they will go on their way weeping, +they will go on their way weeping, and will seek Yahweh their God. - + They will inquire concerning Zion with their faces turned toward it, saying, ‘Come, and join yourselves to Yahweh in an everlasting covenant that will not be forgotten.’ - + My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have caused them to go astray. -They have turned them away on the mountains. +They have turned them away on the mountains. They have gone from mountain to hill. They have forgotten their resting place. - + All who found them have devoured them. Their adversaries said, ‘We are not guilty, -because they have sinned against Yahweh, +because they have sinned against Yahweh, the habitation of righteousness, even Yahweh, the hope of their fathers.’ “Flee out of the middle of Babylon! Go out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the male goats before the flocks. - + For, behold, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon a company of great nations from the north country; and they will set themselves in array against her. -She will be taken from there. +She will be taken from there. Their arrows will be as of an expert mighty man. None of them will return in vain. - + Chaldea will be a prey. All who prey on her will be satisfied,” says Yahweh. “Because you are glad, because you rejoice, -O you who plunder my heritage, +O you who plunder my heritage, because you are wanton as a heifer that treads out the grain, and neigh as strong horses, - + your mother will be utterly disappointed. She who bore you will be confounded. -Behold, she will be the least of the nations, +Behold, she will be the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert. - + Because of Yahweh’s wrath she won’t be inhabited, but she will be wholly desolate. -Everyone who goes by Babylon will be astonished, +Everyone who goes by Babylon will be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues. - + Set yourselves in array against Babylon all around, all you who bend the bow; shoot at her. -Spare no arrows, +Spare no arrows, for she has sinned against Yahweh. - + Shout against her all around. She has submitted herself. Her bulwarks have fallen. -Her walls have been thrown down, +Her walls have been thrown down, for it is the vengeance of Yahweh. -Take vengeance on her. +Take vengeance on her. As she has done, do to her. - + Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him who handles the sickle in the time of harvest. -For fear of the oppressing sword, +For fear of the oppressing sword, they will each return to their own people, and they will each flee to their own land. “Israel is a hunted sheep. The lions have driven him away. -First, the king of Assyria devoured him, +First, the king of Assyria devoured him, and now at last Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones.”

Therefore Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says:

“Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria. - + I will bring Israel again to his pasture, and he will feed on Carmel and Bashan. His soul will be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead. - + In those days, and in that time,” says Yahweh, “the iniquity of Israel will be sought for, and there will be none, -also the sins of Judah, +also the sins of Judah, and they won’t be found; for I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant. “Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod. -Kill and utterly destroy after them,” says Yahweh, +Kill and utterly destroy after them,” says Yahweh, “and do according to all that I have commanded you. - + A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction. - + How the hammer of the whole earth is cut apart and broken! How Babylon has become a desolation among the nations! - + I have laid a snare for you, and you are also taken, Babylon, and you weren’t aware. -You are found, +You are found, and also caught, because you have fought against Yahweh. - + Yahweh has opened his armory, and has brought out the weapons of his indignation; for the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, has a work to do in the land of the Chaldeans. - + Come against her from the farthest border. Open her storehouses. Cast her up as heaps. -Destroy her utterly. +Destroy her utterly. Let nothing of her be left. - + Kill all her bulls. Let them go down to the slaughter. -Woe to them! For their day has come, +Woe to them! For their day has come, the time of their visitation. - + Listen to those who flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of Yahweh our God, the vengeance of his temple. “Call together the archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. -Encamp against her all around. +Encamp against her all around. Let none of it escape. -Pay her back according to her work. +Pay her back according to her work. According to all that she has done, do to her; -for she has been proud against Yahweh, +for she has been proud against Yahweh, against the Holy One of Israel. - + Therefore her young men will fall in her streets. All her men of war will be brought to silence in that day,” says Yahweh. - + “Behold, I am against you, you proud one,” says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies; “for your day has come, the time that I will visit you. - + The proud one will stumble and fall, and no one will raise him up. -I will kindle a fire in his cities, +I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it will devour all who are around him.” - + Yahweh of Armies says: “The children of Israel and the children of Judah are oppressed together. All who took them captive hold them fast. They refuse to let them go. - + Their Redeemer is strong. Yahweh of Armies is his name. -He will thoroughly plead their cause, +He will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon. @@ -53308,67 +53308,67 @@ “and on the inhabitants of Babylon, on her princes, and on her wise men. - + A sword is on the boasters, and they will become fools. -A sword is on her mighty men, +A sword is on her mighty men, and they will be dismayed. - + A sword is on their horses, on their chariots, and on all the mixed people who are in the middle of her; and they will become as women. -A sword is on her treasures, +A sword is on her treasures, and they will be robbed. - + A drought is on her waters, and they will be dried up; -for it is a land of engraved images, +for it is a land of engraved images, and they are mad over idols. - + Therefore the wild animals of the desert with the wolves will dwell there. -The ostriches will dwell therein. +The ostriches will dwell therein. It will be inhabited no more forever, neither will it be lived in from generation to generation. - + As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and its neighbor cities,” says Yahweh, “so no man will dwell there, neither will any son of man live therein. “Behold, a people comes from the north. A great nation and many kings will be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth. - + They take up bow and spear. They are cruel, and have no mercy. Their voice roars like the sea. -They ride on horses, +They ride on horses, everyone set in array, as a man to the battle, against you, daughter of Babylon. - + The king of Babylon has heard the news of them, and his hands become feeble. -Anguish has taken hold of him, +Anguish has taken hold of him, pains as of a woman in labor. - + Behold, the enemy will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan against the strong habitation; for I will suddenly make them run away from it. -Whoever is chosen, +Whoever is chosen, I will appoint him over it, for who is like me? -Who will appoint me a time? +Who will appoint me a time? Who is the shepherd who can stand before me?” - + Therefore hear the counsel of Yahweh that he has taken against Babylon; -and his purposes +and his purposes that he has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: -Surely they will drag them away, +Surely they will drag them away, even the little ones of the flock. Surely he will make their habitation desolate over them. - + The earth trembles at the noise of the taking of Babylon. The cry is heard among the nations. @@ -53377,66 +53377,66 @@ Yahweh says:

“Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against those who dwell in Lebkamai, a destroying wind. - + I will send to Babylon strangers, who will winnow her. They will empty her land; for in the day of trouble they will be against her all around. - + Against him who bends, let the archer bend his bow, also against him who lifts himself up in his coat of mail. -Don’t spare her young men! +Don’t spare her young men! Utterly destroy all her army! - + They will fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and thrust through in her streets. - + For Israel is not forsaken, nor Judah, by his God, by Yahweh of Armies; though their land is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel. “Flee out of the middle of Babylon! Everyone save his own life! -Don’t be cut off in her iniquity, +Don’t be cut off in her iniquity, for it is the time of Yahweh’s vengeance. He will render to her a recompense. - + Babylon has been a golden cup in Yahweh’s hand, who made all the earth drunk. -The nations have drunk of her wine; +The nations have drunk of her wine; therefore the nations have gone mad. - + Babylon has suddenly fallen and been destroyed! Wail for her! -Take balm for her pain. +Take balm for her pain. Perhaps she may be healed. “We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed. -Forsake her, +Forsake her, and let’s each go into his own country; -for her judgment reaches to heaven, +for her judgment reaches to heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies. - + ‘Yahweh has produced our righteousness. Come, and let’s declare in Zion the work of Yahweh our God.’ “Make the arrows sharp! Hold the shields firmly! -Yahweh has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, +Yahweh has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because his purpose is against Babylon, to destroy it; -for it is the vengeance of Yahweh, +for it is the vengeance of Yahweh, the vengeance of his temple. - + Set up a standard against the walls of Babylon! Make the watch strong! -Set the watchmen, +Set the watchmen, and prepare the ambushes; -for Yahweh has both purposed and done +for Yahweh has both purposed and done that which he spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon. - + You who dwell on many waters, abundant in treasures, your end has come, the measure of your covetousness. - + Yahweh of Armies has sworn by himself, saying, ‘Surely I will fill you with men, as with locusts, @@ -53445,22 +53445,22 @@ “He has made the earth by his power. He has established the world by his wisdom. By his understanding he has stretched out the heavens. - + When he utters his voice, there is a roar of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth. -He makes lightning for the rain, +He makes lightning for the rain, and brings the wind out of his treasuries. “Every man has become stupid and without knowledge. Every goldsmith is disappointed by his image, -for his molten images are falsehood, +for his molten images are falsehood, and there is no breath in them. - + They are vanity, a work of delusion. In the time of their visitation, they will perish. - + The portion of Jacob is not like these, for he formed all things, including the tribe of his inheritance. @@ -53469,63 +53469,63 @@ “You are my battle ax and weapons of war. With you I will break the nations into pieces. With you I will destroy kingdoms. - + With you I will break in pieces the horse and his rider. - + With you I will break in pieces the chariot and him who rides therein. -With you I will break in pieces +With you I will break in pieces man and woman. -With you I will break in pieces +With you I will break in pieces the old man and the youth. -With you I will break in pieces +With you I will break in pieces the young man and the virgin. - + With you I will break in pieces the shepherd and his flock. -With you I will break in pieces +With you I will break in pieces the farmer and his yoke. -With you I will break in pieces +With you I will break in pieces governors and deputies.

“I will render to Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight,” says Yahweh.

“Behold, I am against you, destroying mountain,” says Yahweh, “which destroys all the earth. -I will stretch out my hand on you, +I will stretch out my hand on you, roll you down from the rocks, and will make you a burned mountain. - + They won’t take a cornerstone from you, nor a stone for foundations; but you will be desolate forever,” says Yahweh. “Set up a standard in the land! Blow the trumpet among the nations! -Prepare the nations against her! +Prepare the nations against her! Call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz! -Appoint a marshal against her! +Appoint a marshal against her! Cause the horses to come up as the swarming locusts! - + Prepare against her the nations, the kings of the Medes, its governors, and all its deputies, and all the land of their dominion! - + The land trembles and is in pain; for the purposes of Yahweh against Babylon stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant. - + The mighty men of Babylon have stopped fighting, they remain in their strongholds. -Their might has failed. +Their might has failed. They have become as women. -Her dwelling places are set on fire. +Her dwelling places are set on fire. Her bars are broken. - + One runner will run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter. - + So the passages are seized. They have burned the reeds with fire. The men of war are frightened.” @@ -53537,32 +53537,32 @@ “Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me. He has crushed me. He has made me an empty vessel. -He has, like a monster, swallowed me up. +He has, like a monster, swallowed me up. He has filled his mouth with my delicacies. He has cast me out. - + May the violence done to me and to my flesh be on Babylon!” the inhabitant of Zion will say; and, -“May my blood be on the inhabitants of Chaldea!” +“May my blood be on the inhabitants of Chaldea!” will Jerusalem say.

Therefore Yahweh says:

“Behold, I will plead your cause, and take vengeance for you. -I will dry up her sea, +I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry. - + Babylon will become heaps, a dwelling place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant. - + They will roar together like young lions. They will growl as lions’ cubs. - + When they are inflamed, I will make their feast, and I will make them drunk, -that they may rejoice, +that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake up,” says Yahweh. @@ -53572,85 +53572,85 @@ “How Sheshach is taken! How the praise of the whole earth is seized! How Babylon has become a desolation among the nations! - + The sea has come up on Babylon. She is covered with the multitude of its waves. - + Her cities have become a desolation, a dry land, and a desert, a land in which no man dwells. No son of man passes by it. - + I will execute judgment on Bel in Babylon, and I will bring out of his mouth that which he has swallowed up. -The nations will not flow any more to him. +The nations will not flow any more to him. Yes, the wall of Babylon will fall. “My people, go away from the middle of her, and each of you save yourselves from Yahweh’s fierce anger. - + Don’t let your heart faint. Don’t fear for the news that will be heard in the land. -For news will come one year, +For news will come one year, and after that in another year news will come, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler. - + Therefore behold, the days come that I will execute judgment on the engraved images of Babylon; and her whole land will be confounded. All her slain will fall in the middle of her. - + Then the heavens and the earth, and all that is therein, -will sing for joy over Babylon; +will sing for joy over Babylon; for the destroyers will come to her from the north,” says Yahweh. “As Babylon has caused the slain of Israel to fall, so the slain of all the land will fall at Babylon. - + You who have escaped the sword, go! Don’t stand still! -Remember Yahweh from afar, +Remember Yahweh from afar, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.” “We are confounded because we have heard reproach. -Confusion has covered our faces, +Confusion has covered our faces, for strangers have come into the sanctuaries of Yahweh’s house.” “Therefore behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will execute judgment on her engraved images; and through all her land the wounded will groan. - + Though Babylon should mount up to the sky, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet destroyers will come to her from me,” says Yahweh. “The sound of a cry comes from Babylon, and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans! - + For Yahweh lays Babylon waste, and destroys out of her the great voice! -Their waves roar like many waters. +Their waves roar like many waters. The noise of their voice is uttered. - + For the destroyer has come on her, even on Babylon. -Her mighty men are taken. +Her mighty men are taken. Their bows are broken in pieces, -for Yahweh is a God of retribution. +for Yahweh is a God of retribution. He will surely repay. - + I will make her princes, her wise men, her governors, her deputies, and her mighty men drunk. -They will sleep a perpetual sleep, +They will sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake up,” says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Armies.

Yahweh of Armies says:

“The wide walls of Babylon will be utterly overthrown. Her high gates will be burned with fire. -The peoples will labor for vanity, +The peoples will labor for vanity, and the nations for the fire; and they will be weary.”

@@ -53751,34 +53751,34 @@

How the city sits solitary,

that was full of people! -She has become as a widow, +She has become as a widow, who was great among the nations! -She who was a princess among the provinces +She who was a princess among the provinces has become a slave! She weeps bitterly in the night. Her tears are on her cheeks. -Among all her lovers +Among all her lovers she has no one to comfort her. -All her friends have dealt treacherously with her. +All her friends have dealt treacherously with her. They have become her enemies. Judah has gone into captivity because of affliction and because of great servitude. -She dwells among the nations. +She dwells among the nations. She finds no rest. All her persecutors overtook her in her distress. The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to the solemn assembly. -All her gates are desolate. +All her gates are desolate. Her priests sigh. -Her virgins are afflicted, +Her virgins are afflicted, and she herself is in bitterness. Her adversaries have become the head. Her enemies prosper; -for Yahweh +for Yahweh 1:5 “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. has afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions. Her young children have gone into captivity before the adversary. @@ -53789,22 +53789,22 @@ Jerusalem remembers in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that were from the days of old; -when her people fell into the hand of the adversary, +when her people fell into the hand of the adversary, and no one helped her. -The adversaries saw her. +The adversaries saw her. They mocked at her desolations. Jerusalem has grievously sinned. Therefore she has become unclean. -All who honored her despise her, +All who honored her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness. Yes, she sighs and turns backward. Her filthiness was in her skirts. She didn’t remember her latter end. -Therefore she has come down astoundingly. +Therefore she has come down astoundingly. She has no comforter. -“See, Yahweh, my affliction; +“See, Yahweh, my affliction; for the enemy has magnified himself.” The adversary has spread out his hand on all her pleasant things; @@ -53814,7 +53814,7 @@ All her people sigh. They seek bread. They have given their pleasant things for food to refresh their soul. -“Look, Yahweh, and see, +“Look, Yahweh, and see, for I have become despised.” “Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? @@ -53824,7 +53824,7 @@ “From on high has he sent fire into my bones, and it prevails against them. -He has spread a net for my feet. +He has spread a net for my feet. He has turned me back. He has made me desolate and I faint all day long. @@ -53832,7 +53832,7 @@ They are knit together. They have come up on my neck. He made my strength fail. -The Lord +The Lord 1:14 The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” has delivered me into their hands, against whom I am not able to stand. @@ -53844,43 +53844,43 @@ “For these things I weep. My eye, my eye runs down with water, because the comforter who should refresh my soul is far from me. -My children are desolate, +My children are desolate, because the enemy has prevailed.” Zion spreads out her hands. There is no one to comfort her. -Yahweh has commanded concerning Jacob, +Yahweh has commanded concerning Jacob, that those who are around him should be his adversaries. Jerusalem is among them as an unclean thing. “Yahweh is righteous, for I have rebelled against his commandment. -Please hear all you peoples, +Please hear all you peoples, and see my sorrow. My virgins and my young men have gone into captivity. “I called for my lovers, but they deceived me. -My priests and my elders gave up the spirit in the city, +My priests and my elders gave up the spirit in the city, while they sought food for themselves to refresh their souls. “Look, Yahweh; for I am in distress. My heart is troubled. -My heart turns over within me, +My heart turns over within me, for I have grievously rebelled. -Abroad, the sword bereaves. +Abroad, the sword bereaves. At home, it is like death. “They have heard that I sigh. There is no one to comfort me. -All my enemies have heard of my trouble. +All my enemies have heard of my trouble. They are glad that you have done it. -You will bring the day that you have proclaimed, +You will bring the day that you have proclaimed, and they will be like me. “Let all their wickedness come before you. Do to them as you have done to me for all my transgressions. -For my sighs are many, +For my sighs are many, and my heart is faint. @@ -53891,58 +53891,58 @@ The Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob without pity. -He has thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah. +He has thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah. He has brought them down to the ground. He has profaned the kingdom and its princes. He has cut off all the horn of Israel in fierce anger. He has drawn back his right hand from before the enemy. -He has burned up Jacob like a flaming fire, +He has burned up Jacob like a flaming fire, which devours all around. He has bent his bow like an enemy. He has stood with his right hand as an adversary. -He has killed all that were pleasant to the eye. +He has killed all that were pleasant to the eye. In the tent of the daughter of Zion, he has poured out his wrath like fire. The Lord has become as an enemy. He has swallowed up Israel. -He has swallowed up all her palaces. +He has swallowed up all her palaces. He has destroyed his strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation in the daughter of Judah. He has violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were a garden. -He has destroyed his place of assembly. +He has destroyed his place of assembly. Yahweh has caused solemn assembly and Sabbath to be forgotten in Zion. In the indignation of his anger, he has despised the king and the priest. The Lord has cast off his altar. He has abhorred his sanctuary. -He has given the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. +He has given the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. They have made a noise in Yahweh’s house, as in the day of a solemn assembly. Yahweh has purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion. He has stretched out the line. He has not withdrawn his hand from destroying; -He has made the rampart and wall lament. +He has made the rampart and wall lament. They languish together. Her gates have sunk into the ground. He has destroyed and broken her bars. -Her king and her princes are among the nations where the law is not. +Her king and her princes are among the nations where the law is not. Yes, her prophets find no vision from Yahweh. The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground. They keep silence. -They have cast up dust on their heads. +They have cast up dust on their heads. They have clothed themselves with sackcloth. The virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground. My eyes fail with tears. My heart is troubled. -My bile is poured on the earth, +My bile is poured on the earth, because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, because the young children and the infants swoon in the streets of the city. @@ -53953,9 +53953,9 @@ What shall I testify to you? What shall I liken to you, daughter of Jerusalem? -What shall I compare to you, +What shall I compare to you, that I may comfort you, virgin daughter of Zion? -For your breach is as big as the sea. +For your breach is as big as the sea. Who can heal you? Your prophets have seen false and foolish visions for you. @@ -53965,32 +53965,32 @@ All that pass by clap their hands at you. They hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, -“Is this the city that men called ‘The perfection of beauty, +“Is this the city that men called ‘The perfection of beauty, the joy of the whole earth’?” All your enemies have opened their mouth wide against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth. They say, “We have swallowed her up. -Certainly this is the day that we looked for. +Certainly this is the day that we looked for. We have found it. We have seen it.” Yahweh has done that which he planned. He has fulfilled his word that he commanded in the days of old. -He has thrown down, +He has thrown down, and has not pitied. -He has caused the enemy to rejoice over you. +He has caused the enemy to rejoice over you. He has exalted the horn of your adversaries. Their heart cried to the Lord. O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night. -Give yourself no relief. +Give yourself no relief. Don’t let your eyes rest. Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches! -Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord. +Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord. Lift up your hands toward him for the life of your young children, who faint for hunger at the head of every street. @@ -54001,7 +54001,7 @@ “The youth and the old man lie on the ground in the streets. My virgins and my young men have fallen by the sword. -You have killed them in the day of your anger. +You have killed them in the day of your anger. You have slaughtered, and not pitied. “You have called, as in the day of a solemn assembly, my terrors on every side. @@ -54012,38 +54012,38 @@ I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. - + He has led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light. - + Surely he turns his hand against me again and again all day long. He has made my flesh and my skin old. He has broken my bones. - + He has built against me, and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship. - + He has made me dwell in dark places, as those who have been long dead. He has walled me about, so that I can’t go out. He has made my chain heavy. - + Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer. - + He has walled up my ways with cut stone. He has made my paths crooked. He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in hiding. - + He has turned away my path, and pulled me in pieces. He has made me desolate. - + He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. @@ -54051,40 +54051,40 @@ I have become a derision to all my people, and their song all day long. - + He has filled me with bitterness. He has stuffed me with wormwood. He has also broken my teeth with gravel. He has covered me with ashes. - + You have removed my soul far away from peace. I forgot prosperity. - + I said, “My strength has perished, along with my expectation from Yahweh.” Remember my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the bitterness. - + My soul still remembers them, and is bowed down within me. - + This I recall to my mind; therefore I have hope. It is because of Yahweh’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his mercies don’t fail. - + They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness. - + “Yahweh is my portion,” says my soul. “Therefore I will hope in him.” Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. - + It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Yahweh. @@ -54092,10 +54092,10 @@ Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he has laid it on him. - + Let him put his mouth in the dust, if it is so that there may be hope. - + Let him give his cheek to him who strikes him. Let him be filled full of reproach. @@ -54103,7 +54103,7 @@ For though he causes grief, yet he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses. - + For he does not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men. @@ -54115,7 +54115,7 @@ Who is he who says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord doesn’t command it? - + Doesn’t evil and good come out of the mouth of the Most High? Why should a living man complain, @@ -54123,7 +54123,7 @@ Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Yahweh. - + Let’s lift up our heart with our hands to God 3:41 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim). in the heavens. @@ -54134,10 +54134,10 @@ “You have covered us with anger and pursued us. You have killed. You have not pitied. - + You have covered yourself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through. - + You have made us an off-scouring and refuse in the middle of the peoples. @@ -54148,29 +54148,29 @@ My eye runs down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people. - + My eye pours down and doesn’t cease, without any intermission, - + until Yahweh looks down, and sees from heaven. - + My eye affects my soul, because of all the daughters of my city. They have chased me relentlessly like a bird, those who are my enemies without cause. - + They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone on me. - + Waters flowed over my head. I said, “I am cut off.” I called on your name, Yahweh, out of the lowest dungeon. - + You heard my voice: “Don’t hide your ear from my sighing, and my cry.” @@ -54180,28 +54180,28 @@ Lord, you have pleaded the causes of my soul. You have redeemed my life. - + Yahweh, you have seen my wrong. Judge my cause. - + You have seen all their vengeance and all their plans against me. You have heard their reproach, Yahweh, and all their plans against me, - + the lips of those that rose up against me, and their plots against me all day long. - + You see their sitting down and their rising up. I am their song. You will pay them back, Yahweh, according to the work of their hands. - + You will give them hardness of heart, your curse to them. - + You will pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Yahweh. @@ -54209,17 +54209,17 @@ How the gold has become dim! The most pure gold has changed! -The stones of the sanctuary are poured out +The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street. The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, -how they are esteemed as earthen pitchers, +how they are esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter! Even the jackals offer their breast. They nurse their young ones. -But the daughter of my people has become cruel, +But the daughter of my people has become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness. The tongue of the nursing child clings to the roof of his mouth for thirst. @@ -54235,12 +54235,12 @@ Her nobles were purer than snow. They were whiter than milk. -They were more ruddy in body than rubies. +They were more ruddy in body than rubies. Their polishing was like sapphire. Their appearance is blacker than a coal. They are not known in the streets. -Their skin clings to their bones. +Their skin clings to their bones. It is withered. It has become like wood. @@ -54253,7 +54253,7 @@ Yahweh has accomplished his wrath. He has poured out his fierce anger. -He has kindled a fire in Zion, +He has kindled a fire in Zion, which has devoured its foundations. The kings of the earth didn’t believe, @@ -54270,12 +54270,12 @@ “Go away!” they cried to them. “Unclean! Go away! Go away! Don’t touch! -When they fled away and wandered, men said among the nations, +When they fled away and wandered, men said among the nations, “They can’t live here any more.” Yahweh’s anger has scattered them. He will not pay attention to them any more. -They didn’t respect the persons of the priests. +They didn’t respect the persons of the priests. They didn’t favor the elders. Our eyes still fail, @@ -54284,7 +54284,7 @@ They hunt our steps, so that we can’t go in our streets. -Our end is near. +Our end is near. Our days are fulfilled, for our end has come. @@ -54295,85 +54295,85 @@ The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of Yahweh, was taken in their pits; -of whom we said, +of whom we said, under his shadow we will live among the nations. Rejoice and be glad, daughter of Edom, who dwells in the land of Uz. -The cup will pass through to you also. +The cup will pass through to you also. You will be drunken, and will make yourself naked. The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished, daughter of Zion. He will no more carry you away into captivity. -He will visit your iniquity, daughter of Edom. +He will visit your iniquity, daughter of Edom. He will uncover your sins. Remember, Yahweh, what has come on us. Look, and see our reproach. - + Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to aliens. - + We are orphans and fatherless. Our mothers are as widows. - + We must pay for water to drink. Our wood is sold to us. - + Our pursuers are on our necks. We are weary, and have no rest. - + We have given our hands to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread. - + Our fathers sinned, and are no more. We have borne their iniquities. - + Servants rule over us. There is no one to deliver us out of their hand. - + We get our bread at the peril of our lives, because of the sword in the wilderness. - + Our skin is black like an oven, because of the burning heat of famine. - + They ravished the women in Zion, the virgins in the cities of Judah. - + Princes were hanged up by their hands. The faces of elders were not honored. - + The young men carry millstones. The children stumbled under loads of wood. - + The elders have ceased from the gate, and the young men from their music. - + The joy of our heart has ceased. Our dance is turned into mourning. - + The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned! - + For this our heart is faint. For these things our eyes are dim: - + for the mountain of Zion, which is desolate. The foxes walk on it. You, Yahweh, remain forever. Your throne is from generation to generation. - + Why do you forget us forever, and forsake us for so long a time? - + Turn us to yourself, Yahweh, and we will be turned. Renew our days as of old. - + But you have utterly rejected us. You are very angry against us.
@@ -55227,27 +55227,27 @@

“But if a man is just, and does that which is lawful and right, - + and has not eaten on the mountains, hasn’t lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, -hasn’t defiled his neighbor’s wife, +hasn’t defiled his neighbor’s wife, hasn’t come near a woman in her impurity, - + and has not wronged any, but has restored to the debtor his pledge, -has taken nothing by robbery, +has taken nothing by robbery, has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment; - + he who hasn’t lent to them with interest, hasn’t taken any increase from them, -who has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, +who has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true justice between man and man, - + has walked in my statutes, and has kept my ordinances, to deal truly; -he is just, +he is just, he shall surely live,” says the Lord Yahweh.

“If he fathers a son who is a robber who sheds blood, and who does any one of these things, @@ -55255,13 +55255,13 @@ or who does not do any of those things

but has eaten at the mountain shrines and defiled his neighbor’s wife, - + has wronged the poor and needy, has taken by robbery, -has not restored the pledge, +has not restored the pledge, and has lifted up his eyes to the idols, has committed abomination, - + has lent with interest, and has taken increase from the poor,

shall he then live? He shall not live. He has done all these abominations. He shall surely die. His blood will be on him. @@ -55271,16 +55271,16 @@ who hasn’t eaten on the mountains, hasn’t lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hasn’t defiled his neighbor’s wife, - + hasn’t wronged any, hasn’t taken anything to pledge, -hasn’t taken by robbery, +hasn’t taken by robbery, but has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment; - + who has withdrawn his hand from the poor, who hasn’t received interest or increase, -has executed my ordinances, +has executed my ordinances, has walked in my statutes;

he shall not die for the iniquity of his father. He shall surely live. @@ -55321,59 +55321,59 @@ and say,

‘What was your mother? A lioness. -She couched among lions, +She couched among lions, in the middle of the young lions she nourished her cubs. - + She brought up one of her cubs. He became a young lion. -He learned to catch the prey. +He learned to catch the prey. He devoured men. - + The nations also heard of him. He was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt. “‘Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, -then she took another of her cubs, +then she took another of her cubs, and made him a young lion. - + He went up and down among the lions. He became a young lion. -He learned to catch the prey. +He learned to catch the prey. He devoured men. - + He knew their palaces, and laid waste their cities. -The land was desolate with its fullness, +The land was desolate with its fullness, because of the noise of his roaring. - + Then the nations attacked him on every side from the provinces. They spread their net over him. He was taken in their pit. - + They put him in a cage with hooks, and brought him to the king of Babylon. -They brought him into strongholds, +They brought him into strongholds, so that his voice should no more be heard on the mountains of Israel. “‘Your mother was like a vine in your blood, planted by the waters. It was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters. - + It had strong branches for the scepters of those who ruled. Their stature was exalted among the thick boughs. -They were seen in their height +They were seen in their height with the multitude of their branches. - + But it was plucked up in fury. It was cast down to the ground, -and the east wind dried up its fruit. +and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were broken off and withered. The fire consumed them. - + Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land. - + Fire has gone out of its branches. It has devoured its fruit, so that there is in it no strong branch to be a scepter to rule.’ @@ -55505,45 +55505,45 @@

“A sword! A sword! It is sharpened, and also polished. - + It is sharpened that it may make a slaughter. It is polished that it may be as lightning. -Should we then make mirth? +Should we then make mirth? The rod of my son condemns every tree. - + It is given to be polished, that it may be handled. -The sword is sharpened. +The sword is sharpened. Yes, it is polished to give it into the hand of the killer.”’ - + Cry and wail, son of man; for it is on my people. It is on all the princes of Israel. -They are delivered over to the sword with my people. +They are delivered over to the sword with my people. Therefore beat your thigh.

“For there is a trial. What if even the rod that condemns will be no more?” says the Lord Yahweh.

“You therefore, son of man, prophesy, and strike your hands together. -Let the sword be doubled the third time, +Let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the fatally wounded. -It is the sword of the great one who is fatally wounded, +It is the sword of the great one who is fatally wounded, which enters into their rooms. - + I have set the threatening sword against all their gates, that their heart may melt, and their stumblings be multiplied. -Ah! It is made as lightning. +Ah! It is made as lightning. It is pointed for slaughter. - + Gather yourselves together. Go to the right. -Set yourselves in array. +Set yourselves in array. Go to the left, wherever your face is set. - + I will also strike my hands together, and I will cause my wrath to rest. I, Yahweh, have spoken it.” @@ -55573,26 +55573,26 @@ “You, son of man, prophesy and say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says this concerning the children of Ammon, and concerning their reproach:

“A sword! A sword is drawn! It is polished for the slaughter, -to cause it to devour, +to cause it to devour, that it may be as lightning; - + while they see for you false visions, while they divine lies to you, -to lay you on the necks of the wicked who are deadly wounded, +to lay you on the necks of the wicked who are deadly wounded, whose day has come in the time of the iniquity of the end. - + Cause it to return into its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your birth, I will judge you. - + I will pour out my indignation on you. I will blow on you with the fire of my wrath. -I will deliver you into the hand of brutish men, +I will deliver you into the hand of brutish men, skillful to destroy. - + You will be for fuel to the fire. Your blood will be in the middle of the land. -You will be remembered no more; +You will be remembered no more; for I, Yahweh, have spoken it.”’” @@ -55729,13 +55729,13 @@ “The Lord Yahweh says:

‘You will drink of your sister’s cup, which is deep and large. -You will be ridiculed and held in derision. +You will be ridiculed and held in derision. It contains much. - + You will be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of your sister Samaria. - + You will even drink it and drain it out. You will gnaw the broken pieces of it, and will tear your breasts; @@ -55781,29 +55781,29 @@

“Put the cauldron on the fire. Put it on, and also pour water into it. - + Gather its pieces into it, even every good piece: the thigh and the shoulder. Fill it with the choice bones. - + Take the choice of the flock, and also a pile of wood for the bones under the cauldron. -Make it boil well. +Make it boil well. Yes, let its bones be boiled within it.”

“‘Therefore the Lord Yahweh says:

“Woe to the bloody city, to the cauldron whose rust is in it, and whose rust hasn’t gone out of it! -Take out of it piece after piece +Take out of it piece after piece without casting lots for it. “‘“For the blood she shed is in the middle of her. She set it on the bare rock. -She didn’t pour it on the ground, +She didn’t pour it on the ground, to cover it with dust. - + That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have set her blood on the bare rock, that it should not be covered.” @@ -55811,19 +55811,19 @@ “‘Therefore the Lord Yahweh says:

“Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great. - + Heap on the wood. Make the fire hot. -Boil the meat well. +Boil the meat well. Make the broth thick, and let the bones be burned. - + Then set it empty on its coals, that it may be hot, -and its bronze may burn, +and its bronze may burn, and that its filthiness may be molten in it, that its rust may be consumed. - + She is weary with toil; yet her great rust, rust by fire, doesn’t leave her. @@ -55931,11 +55931,11 @@ They will take up a lamentation over you, and tell you,

“How you are destroyed, who were inhabited by seafaring men, -the renowned city, +the renowned city, who was strong in the sea, -she and her inhabitants, +she and her inhabitants, who caused their terror to be on all who lived there!” - + Now the islands will tremble in the day of your fall. Yes, the islands that are in the sea will be dismayed at your departure.’

@@ -55954,37 +55954,37 @@ and tell Tyre, ‘You who dwell at the entry of the sea, who are the merchant of the peoples to many islands, the Lord Yahweh says:

“You, Tyre, have said, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’ - + Your borders are in the heart of the seas. Your builders have perfected your beauty. - + They have made all your planks of cypress trees from Senir. They have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you. - + They have made your oars of the oaks of Bashan. They have made your benches of ivory inlaid in cypress wood from the islands of Kittim. - + Your sail was of fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt, that it might be to you for a banner. Blue and purple from the islands of Elishah was your awning. - + The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers. Your wise men, Tyre, were in you. They were your pilots. - + The old men of Gebal and its wise men were your repairers of ship seams in you. -All the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you +All the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you to deal in your merchandise. “‘“Persia, Lud, and Put were in your army, your men of war. -They hung the shield and helmet in you. +They hung the shield and helmet in you. They showed your beauty. - + The men of Arvad with your army were on your walls all around, and valiant men were in your towers. -They hung their shields on your walls all around. +They hung their shields on your walls all around. They have perfected your beauty.

“‘“Tarshish was your merchant by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches. They traded for your wares with silver, iron, tin, and lead. @@ -56016,53 +56016,53 @@ “‘“The ships of Tarshish were your caravans for your merchandise. You were replenished and made very glorious in the heart of the seas. - + Your rowers have brought you into great waters. The east wind has broken you in the heart of the seas. - + Your riches, your wares, your merchandise, your mariners, your pilots, your repairers of ship seams, -the dealers in your merchandise, +the dealers in your merchandise, and all your men of war who are in you, -with all your company which is among you, +with all your company which is among you, will fall into the heart of the seas in the day of your ruin. - + At the sound of the cry of your pilots, the pasture lands will shake. - + All who handle the oars, the mariners and all the pilots of the sea, will come down from their ships. -They will stand on the land, +They will stand on the land, and will cause their voice to be heard over you, and will cry bitterly. -They will cast up dust on their heads. +They will cast up dust on their heads. They will wallow in the ashes. - + They will make themselves bald for you, and clothe themselves with sackcloth. -They will weep for you in bitterness of soul, +They will weep for you in bitterness of soul, with bitter mourning. - + In their wailing they will take up a lamentation for you, and lament over you, saying, -‘Who is there like Tyre, +‘Who is there like Tyre, like her who is brought to silence in the middle of the sea?’ - + When your wares came from the seas, you filled many peoples. -You enriched the kings of the earth +You enriched the kings of the earth with the multitude of your riches and of your merchandise. - + In the time that you were broken by the seas, in the depths of the waters, your merchandise and all your company fell within you. - + All the inhabitants of the islands are astonished at you, and their kings are horribly afraid. They are troubled in their face. - + The merchants among the peoples hiss at you. You have come to a terrible end, and you will be no more.”’” @@ -56074,18 +56074,18 @@ “Son of man, tell the prince of Tyre, ‘The Lord Yahweh says:

“Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, ‘I am a god, -I sit in the seat of God, +I sit in the seat of God, in the middle of the seas;’ -yet you are man, +yet you are man, and no god, though you set your heart as the heart of a god— - + behold, you are wiser than Daniel. There is no secret that is hidden from you. - + By your wisdom and by your understanding you have gotten yourself riches, and have gotten gold and silver into your treasuries. - + By your great wisdom and by your trading you have increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches—” @@ -56095,17 +56095,17 @@ therefore, behold, I will bring strangers on you, the terrible of the nations. -They will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom. +They will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom. They will defile your brightness. - + They will bring you down to the pit. You will die the death of those who are slain in the heart of the seas. - + Will you yet say before him who kills you, ‘I am God’? But you are man, and not God, in the hand of him who wounds you. - + You will die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers; for I have spoken it,” says the Lord Yahweh.’” @@ -56116,47 +56116,47 @@

“You were the seal of full measure, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. - + You were in Eden, the garden of God. -Every precious stone adorned you: +Every precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, emerald, chrysolite, onyx, jasper, sapphire, 28:13 or, lapis lazuli turquoise, and beryl. -Gold work of tambourines +Gold work of tambourines and of pipes was in you. They were prepared in the day that you were created. - + You were the anointed cherub who covers. Then I set you up on the holy mountain of God. You have walked up and down in the middle of the stones of fire. - + You were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created, until unrighteousness was found in you. - + By the abundance of your commerce, your insides were filled with violence, and you have sinned. -Therefore I have cast you as profane out of God’s mountain. +Therefore I have cast you as profane out of God’s mountain. I have destroyed you, covering cherub, from the middle of the stones of fire. - + Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty. You have corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor. -I have cast you to the ground. +I have cast you to the ground. I have laid you before kings, that they may see you. - + By the multitude of your iniquities, in the unrighteousness of your commerce, you have profaned your sanctuaries. -Therefore I have brought out a fire from the middle of you. +Therefore I have brought out a fire from the middle of you. It has devoured you. -I have turned you to ashes on the earth +I have turned you to ashes on the earth in the sight of all those who see you. - + All those who know you among the peoples will be astonished at you. You have become a terror, and you will exist no more.”’” @@ -56168,13 +56168,13 @@ and say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says:

“Behold, I am against you, Sidon. I will be glorified among you. -Then they will know that I am Yahweh, +Then they will know that I am Yahweh, when I have executed judgments in her, and am sanctified in her. - + For I will send pestilence into her, and blood into her streets. -The wounded will fall within her, +The wounded will fall within her, with the sword on her on every side. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.

@@ -56193,19 +56193,19 @@ Speak and say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says:

“Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lies in the middle of his rivers, -that has said, ‘My river is my own, +that has said, ‘My river is my own, and I have made it for myself.’ - + I will put hooks in your jaws, and I will make the fish of your rivers stick to your scales. -I will bring you up out of the middle of your rivers, +I will bring you up out of the middle of your rivers, with all the fish of your rivers which stick to your scales. - + I’ll cast you out into the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers. -You’ll fall on the open field. +You’ll fall on the open field. You won’t be brought together or gathered. -I have given you for food to the animals of the earth +I have given you for food to the animals of the earth and to the birds of the sky.

“‘“All the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am Yahweh, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. @@ -56250,13 +56250,13 @@ For the day is near, even Yahweh’s day is near. -It will be a day of clouds, +It will be a day of clouds, a time of the nations. - + A sword will come on Egypt, and anguish will be in Ethiopia, when the slain fall in Egypt. -They take away her multitude, +They take away her multitude, and her foundations are broken down.

“‘“Ethiopia, Put, Lud, all the mixed people, Cub, and the children of the land that is allied with them, will fall with them by the sword.” @@ -56264,12 +56264,12 @@ “‘Yahweh says:

“They also who uphold Egypt will fall. The pride of her power will come down. -They will fall by the sword in it from the tower of Seveneh,” +They will fall by the sword in it from the tower of Seveneh,” says the Lord Yahweh. - + “They will be desolate in the middle of the countries that are desolate. Her cities will be among the cities that are wasted. - + They will know that I am Yahweh when I have set a fire in Egypt, and all her helpers are destroyed. @@ -56279,16 +56279,16 @@ “‘The Lord Yahweh says:

“I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease, by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. - + He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, -will be brought in to destroy the land. +will be brought in to destroy the land. They will draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain. - + I will make the rivers dry, and will sell the land into the hand of evil men. -I will make the land desolate, +I will make the land desolate, and all that is therein, by the hand of foreigners. I, Yahweh, have spoken it.” @@ -56296,31 +56296,31 @@ “‘The Lord Yahweh says:

“I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause the images to cease from Memphis. -There will be no more a prince from the land of Egypt. +There will be no more a prince from the land of Egypt. I will put a fear in the land of Egypt. - + I will make Pathros desolate, and will set a fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments on No. - + I will pour my wrath on Sin, the stronghold of Egypt. I will cut off the multitude of No. - + I will set a fire in Egypt Sin will be in great anguish. -No will be broken up. +No will be broken up. Memphis will have adversaries in the daytime. - + The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth will fall by the sword. They will go into captivity. - + At Tehaphnehes also the day will withdraw itself, when I break the yokes of Egypt there. -The pride of her power will cease in her. +The pride of her power will cease in her. As for her, a cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity. - + Thus I will execute judgments on Egypt. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.”’”

@@ -56344,36 +56344,36 @@ “Son of man, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt and his multitude:

‘Whom are you like in your greatness? - + Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with beautiful branches, -and with a forest-like shade, +and with a forest-like shade, of high stature; and its top was among the thick boughs. - + The waters nourished it. The deep made it to grow. -Its rivers ran all around its plantation. +Its rivers ran all around its plantation. It sent out its channels to all the trees of the field. - + Therefore its stature was exalted above all the trees of the field; and its boughs were multiplied. -Its branches became long by reason of many waters, +Its branches became long by reason of many waters, when it spread them out. - + All the birds of the sky made their nests in its boughs. Under its branches, all the animals of the field gave birth to their young. All great nations lived under its shadow. - + Thus it was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its branches; for its root was by many waters. - + The cedars in the garden of God could not hide it. The cypress trees were not like its branches. -The pine trees were not like its branches; +The pine trees were not like its branches; nor was any tree in the garden of God like it in its beauty. - + I made it beautiful by the multitude of its branches, so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied it.’ @@ -56408,64 +56408,64 @@ ‘Son of man, take up a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt, and tell him,

“You were likened to a young lion of the nations; yet you are as a monster in the seas. -You broke out with your rivers, +You broke out with your rivers, and troubled the waters with your feet, and fouled their rivers.” - + The Lord Yahweh says: “I will spread out my net on you with a company of many peoples. They will bring you up in my net. - + I will leave you on the land. I will cast you out on the open field, -and will cause all the birds of the sky to settle on you. +and will cause all the birds of the sky to settle on you. I will satisfy the animals of the whole earth with you. - + I will lay your flesh on the mountains, and fill the valleys with your height. - + I will also water the land in which you swim with your blood, even to the mountains. The watercourses will be full of you. - + When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and make its stars dark. -I will cover the sun with a cloud, +I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon won’t give its light. - + I will make all the bright lights of the sky dark over you, and set darkness on your land,” says the Lord Yahweh. - + “I will also trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I bring your destruction among the nations, into the countries which you have not known. - + Yes, I will make many peoples amazed at you, and their kings will be horribly afraid for you, -when I brandish my sword before them. +when I brandish my sword before them. They will tremble at every moment, -every man for his own life, +every man for his own life, in the day of your fall.” - + For the Lord Yahweh says: “The sword of the king of Babylon will come on you. - + I will cause your multitude to fall by the swords of the mighty. They are all the ruthless of the nations. -They will bring the pride of Egypt to nothing, +They will bring the pride of Egypt to nothing, and all its multitude will be destroyed. - + I will destroy also all its animals from beside many waters. The foot of man won’t trouble them any more, nor will the hoofs of animals trouble them. - + Then I will make their waters clear, and cause their rivers to run like oil,” says the Lord Yahweh. - + “When I make the land of Egypt desolate and waste, a land destitute of that of which it was full, -when I strike all those who dwell therein, +when I strike all those who dwell therein, then they will know that I am Yahweh.

“‘“This is the lamentation with which they will lament. The daughters of the nations will lament with this. They will lament with it over Egypt, and over all her multitude,” says the Lord Yahweh.’” @@ -57588,19 +57588,19 @@ Daniel answered,

“Blessed be the name of God forever and ever; for wisdom and might are his. - + He changes the times and the seasons. He removes kings and sets up kings. -He gives wisdom to the wise, +He gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those who have understanding. - + He reveals the deep and secret things. He knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him. - + I thank you and praise you, O God of my fathers, -who have given me wisdom and might, +who have given me wisdom and might, and have now made known to me what we desired of you; for you have made known to us the king’s matter.”

@@ -57725,18 +57725,18 @@ Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon.

- +

Nebuchadnezzar the king, -to all the peoples, nations, and languages, who dwell in all the earth: -Peace be multiplied to you. - +

to all the peoples, nations, and languages, who dwell in all the earth: +

Peace be multiplied to you. +

It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God has worked toward me. - +

How great are his signs! How mighty are his wonders! -His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. +His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. His dominion is from generation to generation. - +

I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at rest in my house, and flourishing in my palace. I saw a dream which made me afraid; and the thoughts on my bed and the visions of my head troubled me. @@ -57746,7 +57746,7 @@ Then the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers came in; and I told them the dream, but they didn’t make known to me its interpretation. But at last, Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar according to the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods. I told the dream before him, saying, - +

“Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you and no secret troubles you, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and its interpretation. These were the visions of my head on my bed: I saw, and behold, a tree in the middle of the earth; and its height was great. @@ -57754,7 +57754,7 @@ The tree grew and was strong. Its height reached to the sky and its sight to the end of all the earth. Its leaves were beautiful, and it had much fruit, and in it was food for all. The animals of the field had shade under it, and the birds of the sky lived in its branches, and all flesh was fed from it. - +

“I saw in the visions of my head on my bed, and behold, a holy watcher came down from the sky. He cried aloud and said this: ‘Cut down the tree, and cut off its branches! Shake off its leaves and scatter its fruit! Let the animals get away from under it and the birds from its branches. @@ -57762,22 +57762,22 @@ Nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and bronze, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of the sky. Let his portion be with the animals in the grass of the earth. Let his heart be changed from man’s, and let an animal’s heart be given to him. Then let seven times pass over him. - +

“‘The sentence is by the decree of the watchers and the demand by the word of the holy ones, to the intent that the living may know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will, and sets up over it the lowest of men.’ - +

“This dream I, king Nebuchadnezzar, have seen; and you, Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation, because all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known to me the interpretation; but you are able, for the spirit of the holy gods is in you.” - +

Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was stricken mute for a while, and his thoughts troubled him. The king answered, “Belteshazzar, don’t let the dream or the interpretation, trouble you.” -Belteshazzar answered, “My lord, may the dream be for those who hate you, and its interpretation to your adversaries. +

Belteshazzar answered, “My lord, may the dream be for those who hate you, and its interpretation to your adversaries. The tree that you saw, which grew and was strong, whose height reached to the sky and its sight to all the earth; whose leaves were beautiful and its fruit plentiful, and in it was food for all; under which the animals of the field lived, and on whose branches the birds of the sky had their habitation— it is you, O king, that have grown and become strong; for your greatness has grown, and reaches to the sky, and your dominion to the end of the earth. - +

“Whereas the king saw a holy watcher coming down from the sky and saying, ‘Cut down the tree, and destroy it; nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and bronze, in the tender grass of the field, and let it be wet with the dew of the sky. Let his portion be with the animals of the field, until seven times pass over him.’ - +

“This is the interpretation, O king, and it is the decree of the Most High, which has come on my lord the king: You will be driven from men and your dwelling shall be with the animals of the field. You will be made to eat grass as oxen, and will be wet with the dew of the sky, and seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will. @@ -57785,33 +57785,33 @@ Whereas it was commanded to leave the stump of the roots of the tree, your kingdom shall be sure to you after you know that Heavens rules. Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps there may be a lengthening of your tranquility.” - +

All this came on the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he was walking in the royal palace of Babylon. The king spoke and said, “Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling place by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?” - +

While the word was in the king’s mouth, a voice came from the sky, saying, “O king Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: ‘The kingdom has departed from you. You shall be driven from men, and your dwelling shall be with the animals of the field. You shall be made to eat grass like oxen. Seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will.’” - +

This was fulfilled the same hour on Nebuchadnezzar. He was driven from men and ate grass like oxen; and his body was wet with the dew of the sky until his hair had grown like eagles’ feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws. - +

At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me; and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored him who lives forever, -for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, +

for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom from generation to generation. - + All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; -and no one can stop his hand, +and no one can stop his hand, or ask him, “What are you doing?” - +

At the same time my understanding returned to me; and for the glory of my kingdom, my majesty and brightness returned to me. My counselors and my lords sought me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent greatness was added to me. Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those who walk in pride he is able to abase. - +

Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. @@ -57929,14 +57929,14 @@ The king commanded, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions—them, their children, and their wives; and the lions mauled them, and broke all their bones in pieces before they came to the bottom of the den.

Then king Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and languages who dwell in all the earth: -

“Peace be multiplied to you. - +

“Peace be multiplied to you. +

“I make a decree that in all the dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel. -“For he is the living God, +

“For he is the living God, and steadfast forever. -His kingdom is that which will not be destroyed. +His kingdom is that which will not be destroyed. His dominion will be even to the end. - + He delivers and rescues. He works signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who has delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.” @@ -57963,15 +57963,15 @@

“I watched until thrones were placed, and one who was ancient of days sat. -His clothing was white as snow, +His clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool. -His throne was fiery flames, +His throne was fiery flames, and its wheels burning fire. - + A fiery stream issued and came out from before him. Thousands of thousands ministered to him. Ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him. -The judgment was set. +The judgment was set. The books were opened.

“I watched at that time because of the voice of the arrogant words which the horn spoke. I watched even until the animal was slain, and its body destroyed, and it was given to be burned with fire. @@ -58079,12 +58079,12 @@ I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.

I prayed to Yahweh my God, and made confession, and said, -

“Oh, Lord, the great and dreadful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments, +

“Oh, Lord, the great and dreadful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments, we have sinned, and have dealt perversely, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even turning aside from your precepts and from your ordinances. We haven’t listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. - +

“Lord, righteousness belongs to you, but to us confusion of face, as it is today; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, who are near and who are far off, through all the countries where you have driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against you. Lord, to us belongs confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against you. @@ -58094,24 +58094,24 @@ We haven’t obeyed Yahweh our God’s voice, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets. Yes, all Israel have transgressed your law, turning aside, that they should not obey your voice. -“Therefore the curse and the oath written in the law of Moses the servant of God has been poured out on us, for we have sinned against him. +

“Therefore the curse and the oath written in the law of Moses the servant of God has been poured out on us, for we have sinned against him. He has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us and against our judges who judged us, by bringing on us a great evil; for under the whole sky, such has not been done as has been done to Jerusalem. As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil has come on us. Yet we have not entreated the favor of Yahweh our God, that we should turn from our iniquities and have discernment in your truth. Therefore Yahweh has watched over the evil, and brought it on us; for Yahweh our God is righteous in all his works which he does, and we have not obeyed his voice. - +

“Now, Lord our God, who has brought your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and have gotten yourself renown, as it is today, we have sinned. We have done wickedly. Lord, according to all your righteousness, please let your anger and your wrath be turned away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain; because for our sins and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people have become a reproach to all who are around us. - +

“Now therefore, our God, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his petitions, and cause your face to shine on your sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake. My God, turn your ear and hear. Open your eyes and see our desolations, and the city which is called by your name; for we do not present our petitions before you for our righteousness, but for your great mercies’ sake. Lord, hear. Lord, forgive. Lord, listen and do. Don’t defer, for your own sake, my God, because your city and your people are called by your name.” -

+

While I was speaking, praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before Yahweh my God for the holy mountain of my God— yes, while I was speaking in prayer—the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening offering. @@ -58341,102 +58341,102 @@

and to your sisters, ‘My loved one!’ 2:1 ‘Ruhamah’ in Hebrew - + Contend with your mother! Contend, for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband; -and let her put away her prostitution from her face, +and let her put away her prostitution from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts; - + lest I strip her naked, and make her bare as in the day that she was born, -and make her like a wilderness, +and make her like a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and kill her with thirst. - + Indeed, on her children I will have no mercy, for they are children of unfaithfulness. - + For their mother has played the prostitute. She who conceived them has done shamefully; -for she said, ‘I will go after my lovers, +for she said, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.’ - + Therefore behold, 2:6 “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection. I will hedge up your way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, that she can’t find her way. - + She will follow after her lovers, but she won’t overtake them; -and she will seek them, +and she will seek them, but won’t find them. -Then she will say, ‘I will go and return to my first husband, +Then she will say, ‘I will go and return to my first husband, for then it was better with me than now.’ - + For she didn’t know that I gave her the grain, the new wine, and the oil, and multiplied to her silver and gold, which they used for Baal. - + Therefore I will take back my grain in its time, and my new wine in its season, and will pluck away my wool and my flax which should have covered her nakedness. - + Now I will uncover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and no one will deliver her out of my hand. - + I will also cause all her celebrations to cease: her feasts, her new moons, her Sabbaths, and all her solemn assemblies. - + I will lay waste her vines and her fig trees, about which she has said, ‘These are my wages that my lovers have given me,’ and I will make them a forest, and the animals of the field shall eat them. - + I will visit on her the days of the Baals, to which she burned incense -when she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, +when she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and went after her lovers and forgot me,” says Yahweh. - + “Therefore behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her. - + I will give her vineyards from there, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope; -and she will respond there +and she will respond there as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt. - + It will be in that day,” says Yahweh, “that you will call me ‘my husband,’ and no longer call me ‘my master.’ - + For I will take away the names of the Baals out of her mouth, and they will no longer be mentioned by name. - + In that day I will make a covenant for them with the animals of the field, and with the birds of the sky, and with the creeping things of the ground. -I will break the bow, the sword, and the battle out of the land, +I will break the bow, the sword, and the battle out of the land, and will make them lie down safely. - + I will betroth you to me forever. Yes, I will betroth you to me in righteousness, in justice, in loving kindness, and in compassion. - + I will even betroth you to me in faithfulness; and you shall know Yahweh. - + It will happen in that day, that I will respond,” says Yahweh. “I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth; and the earth will respond to the grain, and the new wine, and the oil; and they will respond to Jezreel. - + I will sow her to me in the earth; and I will have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy; and I will tell those who were not my people, ‘You are my people;’ @@ -58460,61 +58460,61 @@

Hear Yahweh’s word, you children of Israel,

for Yahweh has a charge against the inhabitants of the land: -“Indeed there is no truth, nor goodness, +“Indeed there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land. - + There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break boundaries, and bloodshed causes bloodshed. - + Therefore the land will mourn, and everyone who dwells in it will waste away, -with all living things in her, +with all living things in her, even the animals of the field and the birds of the sky; yes, the fish of the sea also die. “Yet let no man bring a charge, neither let any man accuse; for your people are like those who bring charges against a priest. - + You will stumble in the day, and the prophet will also stumble with you in the night; and I will destroy your mother. - + My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. -Because you have forgotten your God’s law, +Because you have forgotten your God’s law, I will also forget your children. - + As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me. I will change their glory into shame. - + They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity. - + It will be like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will repay them for their deeds. - + They will eat, and not have enough. They will play the prostitute, and will not increase; because they have abandoned listening to Yahweh. - + Prostitution, wine, and new wine take away understanding. My people consult with their wooden idol, and answer to a stick of wood. -Indeed the spirit of prostitution has led them astray, +Indeed the spirit of prostitution has led them astray, and they have been unfaithful to their God. - + They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains, and burn incense on the hills, under oaks, poplars, and terebinths, because its shade is good. -Therefore your daughters play the prostitute, +Therefore your daughters play the prostitute, and your brides commit adultery. - + I will not punish your daughters when they play the prostitute, nor your brides when they commit adultery; -because the men consort with prostitutes, +because the men consort with prostitutes, and they sacrifice with the shrine prostitutes; so the people without understanding will come to ruin. @@ -58523,17 +58523,17 @@ and don’t come to Gilgal, neither go up to Beth Aven, nor swear, ‘As Yahweh lives.’ - + For Israel has behaved extremely stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer. Then how will Yahweh feed them like a lamb in a meadow? - + Ephraim is joined to idols. Leave him alone! - + Their drink has become sour. They play the prostitute continually. Her rulers dearly love their shameful way. - + The wind has wrapped her up in its wings; and they shall be disappointed because of their sacrifices. @@ -58542,30 +58542,30 @@ “Listen to this, you priests!

Listen, house of Israel, and give ear, house of the king! -For the judgment is against you; +For the judgment is against you; for you have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread on Tabor. - + The rebels are deep in slaughter, but I discipline all of them. - + I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me; -for now, Ephraim, you have played the prostitute. +for now, Ephraim, you have played the prostitute. Israel is defiled. - + Their deeds won’t allow them to turn to their God, for the spirit of prostitution is within them, and they don’t know Yahweh. - + The pride of Israel testifies to his face. Therefore Israel and Ephraim will stumble in their iniquity. Judah also will stumble with them. - + They will go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Yahweh, but they won’t find him. He has withdrawn himself from them. - + They are unfaithful to Yahweh; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the new moon will devour them with their fields. @@ -58573,17 +58573,17 @@ “Blow the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah! Sound a battle cry at Beth Aven, behind you, Benjamin! - + Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel, I have made known that which will surely be. - + The princes of Judah are like those who remove a landmark. I will pour out my wrath on them like water. - + Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment, because he is intent in his pursuit of idols. - + Therefore I am to Ephraim like a moth, and to the house of Judah like rottenness. @@ -58591,14 +58591,14 @@ and Judah his wound, then Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to king Jareb: -but he is not able to heal you, +but he is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound. - + For I will be to Ephraim like a lion, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. -I myself will tear in pieces and go away. +I myself will tear in pieces and go away. I will carry off, and there will be no one to deliver. - + I will go and return to my place, until they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face. @@ -58609,42 +58609,42 @@ “Come! Let’s return to Yahweh;

for he has torn us to pieces, and he will heal us; -he has injured us, +he has injured us, and he will bind up our wounds. - + After two days he will revive us. On the third day he will raise us up, and we will live before him. - + Let’s acknowledge Yahweh. Let’s press on to know Yahweh. -As surely as the sun rises, +As surely as the sun rises, Yahweh will appear. -He will come to us like the rain, +He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth.” “Ephraim, what shall I do to you? Judah, what shall I do to you? For your love is like a morning cloud, and like the dew that disappears early. - + Therefore I have cut them to pieces with the prophets; I killed them with the words of my mouth. Your judgments are like a flash of lightning. - + For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. - + But they, like Adam, have broken the covenant. They were unfaithful to me there. - + Gilead is a city of those who work iniquity; it is stained with blood. - + As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man, so the company of priests murder on the path toward Shechem, committing shameful crimes. - + In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing. There is prostitution in Ephraim. Israel is defiled. @@ -58660,39 +58660,39 @@ for they commit falsehood, and the thief enters in, and the gang of robbers ravages outside. - + They don’t consider in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness. Now their own deeds have engulfed them. They are before my face. - + They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies. - + They are all adulterers. They are burning like an oven that the baker stops stirring, from the kneading of the dough, until it is leavened. - + On the day of our king, the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine. He joined his hand with mockers. - + For they have prepared their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait. Their anger smolders all night. In the morning it burns as a flaming fire. - + They are all hot as an oven, and devour their judges. -All their kings have fallen. +All their kings have fallen. There is no one among them who calls to me. - + Ephraim mixes himself among the nations. Ephraim is a pancake not turned over. - + Strangers have devoured his strength, and he doesn’t realize it. -Indeed, gray hairs are here and there on him, +Indeed, gray hairs are here and there on him, and he doesn’t realize it. - + The pride of Israel testifies to his face; yet they haven’t returned to Yahweh their God, nor sought him, for all this. @@ -58700,26 +58700,26 @@ “Ephraim is like an easily deceived dove, without understanding. They call to Egypt. They go to Assyria. - + When they go, I will spread my net on them. I will bring them down like the birds of the sky. I will chastise them, as their congregation has heard. - + Woe to them! For they have wandered from me. -Destruction to them! +Destruction to them! For they have trespassed against me. -Though I would redeem them, +Though I would redeem them, yet they have spoken lies against me. - + They haven’t cried to me with their heart, but they howl on their beds. -They assemble themselves for grain and new wine. +They assemble themselves for grain and new wine. They turn away from me. - + Though I have taught and strengthened their arms, yet they plot evil against me. - + They return, but not to the Most High. They are like a faulty bow. Their princes will fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue. @@ -58731,55 +58731,55 @@

Something like an eagle is over Yahweh’s house, because they have broken my covenant and rebelled against my law. - + They cry to me, ‘My God, we, Israel, acknowledge you!’ Israel has cast off that which is good. The enemy will pursue him. - + They have set up kings, but not by me. They have made princes, and I didn’t approve. Of their silver and their gold they have made themselves idols, that they may be cut off. - + Let Samaria throw out his calf idol! My anger burns against them! How long will it be until they are capable of purity? - + For this is even from Israel! The workman made it, and it is no God; indeed, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces. - + For they sow the wind, and they will reap the whirlwind. -He has no standing grain. +He has no standing grain. The stalk will yield no head. If it does yield, strangers will swallow it up. - + Israel is swallowed up. Now they are among the nations like a worthless thing. - + For they have gone up to Assyria, like a wild donkey wandering alone. Ephraim has hired lovers for himself. - + But although they sold themselves among the nations, I will now gather them; and they begin to waste away because of the oppression of the king of mighty ones. - + Because Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning, they became for him altars for sinning. - + I wrote for him the many things of my law, but they were regarded as a strange thing. - + As for the sacrifices of my offerings, they sacrifice meat and eat it, but Yahweh doesn’t accept them. -Now he will remember their iniquity, +Now he will remember their iniquity, and punish their sins. They will return to Egypt. - + For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; and Judah has multiplied fortified cities; but I will send a fire on his cities, @@ -58790,61 +58790,61 @@ Don’t rejoice, Israel, to jubilation like the nations;

for you were unfaithful to your God. You love the wages of a prostitute at every grain threshing floor. - + The threshing floor and the wine press won’t feed them, and the new wine will fail her. - + They won’t dwell in Yahweh’s land; but Ephraim will return to Egypt, and they will eat unclean food in Assyria. - + They won’t pour out wine offerings to Yahweh, neither will they be pleasing to him. Their sacrifices will be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat of it will be polluted; for their bread will be for their appetite. It will not come into Yahweh’s house. - + What will you do in the day of solemn assembly, and in the day of the feast of Yahweh? - + For, behold, when they flee destruction, Egypt will gather them up. Memphis will bury them. Nettles will possess their pleasant things of silver. Thorns will be in their tents. - + The days of visitation have come. The days of reckoning have come. -Israel will consider the prophet to be a fool, +Israel will consider the prophet to be a fool, and the man who is inspired to be insane, because of the abundance of your sins, and because your hostility is great. - + A prophet watches over Ephraim with my God. A fowler’s snare is on all of his paths, and hostility in the house of his God. - + They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah. He will remember their iniquity. He will punish them for their sins. - + I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the first ripe in the fig tree at its first season; but they came to Baal Peor, and consecrated themselves to the shameful thing, and became abominable like that which they loved. - + As for Ephraim, their glory will fly away like a bird. There will be no birth, no one with child, and no conception. - + Though they bring up their children, yet I will bereave them, so that not a man shall be left. Indeed, woe also to them when I depart from them! - + I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre, planted in a pleasant place; but Ephraim will bring out his children to the murderer. - + Give them—Yahweh what will you give? Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts. @@ -58853,7 +58853,7 @@ Because of the wickedness of their deeds, I will drive them out of my house! I will love them no more. All their princes are rebels. - + Ephraim is struck. Their root has dried up. They will bear no fruit. @@ -58867,30 +58867,30 @@ Israel is a luxuriant vine that produces his fruit.

According to the abundance of his fruit he has multiplied his altars. As their land has prospered, they have adorned their sacred stones. - + Their heart is divided. Now they will be found guilty. He will demolish their altars. He will destroy their sacred stones. - + Surely now they will say, “We have no king; for we don’t fear Yahweh; and the king, what can he do for us?” - + They make promises, swearing falsely in making covenants. Therefore judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field. - + The inhabitants of Samaria will be in terror for the calves of Beth Aven, for its people will mourn over it, along with its priests who rejoiced over it, for its glory, because it has departed from it. - + It also will be carried to Assyria for a present to a great king. Ephraim will receive shame, and Israel will be ashamed of his own counsel. - + Samaria and her king float away like a twig on the water. - + The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, will be destroyed. The thorn and the thistle will come up on their altars. They will tell the mountains, “Cover us!” and the hills, “Fall on us!” @@ -58898,33 +58898,33 @@ “Israel, you have sinned from the days of Gibeah. There they remained. The battle against the children of iniquity doesn’t overtake them in Gibeah. - + When it is my desire, I will chastise them; and the nations will be gathered against them when they are bound to their two transgressions. - + Ephraim is a trained heifer that loves to thresh, so I will put a yoke on her beautiful neck. I will set a rider on Ephraim. Judah will plow. Jacob will break his clods. - + Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness. -Break up your fallow ground, +Break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek Yahweh, until he comes and rains righteousness on you. - + You have plowed wickedness. You have reaped iniquity. You have eaten the fruit of lies, for you trusted in your way, in the multitude of your mighty men. - + Therefore a battle roar will arise among your people, and all your fortresses will be destroyed, as Shalman destroyed Beth Arbel in the day of battle. The mother was dashed in pieces with her children. - + So Bethel will do to you because of your great wickedness. At daybreak the king of Israel will be destroyed. @@ -58932,15 +58932,15 @@

“When Israel was a child, then I loved him,

and called my son out of Egypt. - + They called to them, so they went from them. They sacrificed to the Baals, and burned incense to engraved images. - + Yet I taught Ephraim to walk. I took them by their arms, but they didn’t know that I healed them. - + I drew them with cords of a man, with ties of love; and I was to them like those who lift up the yoke on their necks; and I bent down to him and I fed him. @@ -58948,11 +58948,11 @@ “They won’t return into the land of Egypt; but the Assyrian will be their king, because they refused to repent. - + The sword will fall on their cities, and will destroy the bars of their gates, and will put an end to their plans. - + My people are determined to turn from me. Though they call to the Most High, he certainly won’t exalt them. @@ -58961,21 +58961,21 @@ How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I make you like Zeboiim? -My heart is turned within me, +My heart is turned within me, my compassion is aroused. - + I will not execute the fierceness of my anger. I will not return to destroy Ephraim, for I am God, and not man—the Holy One among you. I will not come in wrath. - + They will walk after Yahweh, who will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the children will come trembling from the west. - + They will come trembling like a bird out of Egypt, and like a dove out of the land of Assyria; -and I will settle them in their houses,” says Yahweh. +and I will settle them in their houses,” says Yahweh. Ephraim surrounds me with falsehood, and the house of Israel with deceit. @@ -58989,28 +58989,28 @@ He continually multiplies lies and desolation. They make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt. - + Yahweh also has a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his deeds he will repay him. - + In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he contended with God. - + Indeed, he struggled with the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication to him. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us— even Yahweh, the God of Armies. Yahweh is his name of renown! - + Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for your God. A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud. - + Ephraim said, “Surely I have become rich. I have found myself wealth. In all my wealth they won’t find in me any iniquity that is sin.” @@ -59018,23 +59018,23 @@ “But I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt. I will yet again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast. - + I have also spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets I have used parables. - + If Gilead is wicked, surely they are worthless. -In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls. +In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls. Indeed, their altars are like heaps in the furrows of the field. - + Jacob fled into the country of Aram. Israel served to get a wife. For a wife he tended flocks and herds. - + By a prophet Yahweh brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved. - + Ephraim has bitterly provoked anger. Therefore his blood will be left on him, and his Lord @@ -59046,13 +59046,13 @@ When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling.

He exalted himself in Israel, but when he became guilty through Baal, he died. - + Now they sin more and more, and have made themselves molten images of their silver, even idols according to their own understanding, all of them the work of the craftsmen. They say of them, ‘They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves.’ - + Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the dew that passes away early, like the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing floor, @@ -59061,38 +59061,38 @@ “Yet I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt; and you shall acknowledge no god but me, and besides me there is no savior. - + I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought. - + According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted. Therefore they have forgotten me. - + Therefore I am like a lion to them. Like a leopard, I will lurk by the path. - + I will meet them like a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, and will tear the covering of their heart. There I will devour them like a lioness. The wild animal will tear them. - + You are destroyed, Israel, because you are against me, against your helper. - + Where is your king now, that he may save you in all your cities? And your judges, of whom you said, ‘Give me a king and princes’? - + I have given you a king in my anger, and have taken him away in my wrath. - + The guilt of Ephraim is stored up. His sin is stored up. - + The sorrows of a travailing woman will come on him. He is an unwise son, for when it is time, he doesn’t come to the opening of the womb. - + I will ransom them from the power of Sheol. 13:14 Sheol is the place of the dead. @@ -59106,7 +59106,7 @@ and his spring will become dry, and his fountain will be dried up. He will plunder the storehouse of treasure. - + Samaria will bear her guilt, for she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword. @@ -59117,12 +59117,12 @@ Israel, return to Yahweh your God; for you have fallen because of your sin. - + Take words with you, and return to Yahweh. Tell him, “Forgive all our sins, and accept that which is good; so we offer bulls as we vowed of our lips. - + Assyria can’t save us. We won’t ride on horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, ‘Our gods!’ @@ -59131,20 +59131,20 @@ “I will heal their waywardness. I will love them freely; for my anger is turned away from them. - + I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon. - + His branches will spread, and his beauty will be like the olive tree, and his fragrance like Lebanon. - + Men will dwell in his shade. They will revive like the grain, and blossom like the vine. Their fragrance will be like the wine of Lebanon. - + Ephraim, what have I to do any more with idols? I answer, and will take care of him. I am like a green cypress tree; @@ -59166,82 +59166,82 @@

Hear this, you elders, And listen, all you inhabitants of the land! -Has this ever happened in your days, +Has this ever happened in your days, or in the days of your fathers? - + Tell your children about it, and have your children tell their children, and their children, another generation. - + What the swarming locust has left, the great locust has eaten. What the great locust has left, the grasshopper has eaten. What the grasshopper has left, the caterpillar has eaten. - + Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it is cut off from your mouth. - + For a nation has come up on my land, strong, and without number. His teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the fangs of a lioness. - + He has laid my vine waste, and stripped my fig tree. He has stripped its bark, and thrown it away. Its branches are made white. - + Mourn like a virgin dressed in sackcloth for the husband of her youth! - + The meal offering and the drink offering are cut off from Yahweh’s house. The priests, Yahweh’s ministers, mourn. - + The field is laid waste. The land mourns, for the grain is destroyed, The new wine has dried up, and the oil languishes. - + Be confounded, you farmers! Wail, you vineyard keepers, for the wheat and for the barley; for the harvest of the field has perished. - + The vine has dried up, and the fig tree withered— the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all of the trees of the field are withered; for joy has withered away from the sons of men. - + Put on sackcloth and mourn, you priests! Wail, you ministers of the altar. -Come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God, +Come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God, 1:13 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim). for the meal offering and the drink offering are withheld from your God’s house. - + Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of Yahweh, your God, and cry to Yahweh. - + Alas for the day! For the day of Yahweh is at hand, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty. - + Isn’t the food cut off before our eyes, joy and gladness from the house of our God? - + The seeds rot under their clods. The granaries are laid desolate. The barns are broken down, for the grain has withered. - + How the animals groan! The herds of livestock are perplexed, because they have no pasture. Yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate. - + Yahweh, I cry to you, for the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field. - + Yes, the animals of the field pant to you, for the water brooks have dried up, and the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness. @@ -59250,111 +59250,111 @@ Blow the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain! -Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, +Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of Yahweh comes, for it is close at hand: - + A day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness. -As the dawn spreading on the mountains, +As the dawn spreading on the mountains, a great and strong people; there has never been the like, neither will there be any more after them, even to the years of many generations. - + A fire devours before them, and behind them, a flame burns. -The land is as the garden of Eden before them, +The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them, a desolate wilderness. -Yes, and no one has escaped them. - +Yes, and no one has escaped them. + Their appearance is as the appearance of horses, and they run as horsemen. - + Like the noise of chariots on the tops of the mountains, they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devours the stubble, like a strong people set in battle array. - + At their presence the peoples are in anguish. All faces have grown pale. - + They run like mighty men. They climb the wall like warriors. They each march in his line, and they don’t swerve off course. - + One doesn’t jostle another. They each march in their own path. They burst through the defenses and don’t break ranks. - + They rush on the city. They run on the wall. They climb up into the houses. They enter in at the windows like thieves. - + The earth quakes before them. The heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining. - + Yahweh thunders his voice before his army, for his forces are very great; for he is strong who obeys his command; for the day of Yahweh is great and very awesome, and who can endure it? - + “Yet even now,” says Yahweh, “turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.” - + Tear your heart and not your garments, and turn to Yahweh, your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents from sending calamity. - + Who knows? He may turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meal offering and a drink offering to Yahweh, your God. - + Blow the trumpet in Zion! Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly. - + Gather the people. Sanctify the assembly. Assemble the elders. Gather the children, and those who nurse from breasts. -Let the bridegroom go out of his room, +Let the bridegroom go out of his room, and the bride out of her chamber. - + Let the priests, the ministers of Yahweh, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, “Spare your people, Yahweh, and don’t give your heritage to reproach, that the nations should rule over them. -Why should they say among the peoples, +Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’” - + Then Yahweh was jealous for his land, And had pity on his people. - + Yahweh answered his people, “Behold, 2:19 “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection. I will send you grain, new wine, and oil, and you will be satisfied with them; and I will no more make you a reproach among the nations. - + But I will remove the northern army far away from you, and will drive it into a barren and desolate land, its front into the eastern sea, and its back into the western sea; and its stench will come up, and its bad smell will rise.” -Surely he has done great things. - +Surely he has done great things. + Land, don’t be afraid. Be glad and rejoice, for Yahweh has done great things. - + Don’t be afraid, you animals of the field; for the pastures of the wilderness spring up, for the tree bears its fruit. @@ -59365,19 +59365,19 @@ for he gives you the early rain in just measure, and he causes the rain to come down for you, the early rain and the latter rain, as before. - + The threshing floors will be full of wheat, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil. - + I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the great locust, the grasshopper, and the caterpillar, my great army, which I sent among you. - + You will have plenty to eat and be satisfied, and will praise the name of Yahweh, your God, who has dealt wondrously with you; and my people will never again be disappointed. - + You will know that I am among Israel, and that I am Yahweh, your God, and there is no one else; and my people will never again be disappointed. @@ -59386,17 +59386,17 @@ and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions. - + And also on the servants and on the handmaids in those days, I will pour out my Spirit. - + I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: blood, fire, and pillars of smoke. - + The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes. - + It will happen that whoever will call on Yahweh’s name shall be saved; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape, as Yahweh has said, @@ -59407,7 +59407,7 @@ “For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, - + I will gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat; and I will execute judgment on them there for my people, @@ -59420,19 +59420,19 @@ “Yes, and what are you to me, Tyre and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? -Will you repay me? +Will you repay me? And if you repay me, I will swiftly and speedily return your repayment on your own head. - + Because you have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried my finest treasures into your temples, and have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem to the sons of the Greeks, that you may remove them far from their border. - + Behold, I will stir them up out of the place where you have sold them, and will return your repayment on your own head; - + and I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hands of the children of Judah, and they will sell them to the men of Sheba, to a faraway nation, @@ -59441,58 +59441,58 @@ Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war! Stir up the mighty men. -Let all the warriors draw near. +Let all the warriors draw near. Let them come up. Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’ - + Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves together.” -Cause your mighty ones to come down there, Yahweh. - +Cause your mighty ones to come down there, Yahweh. + “Let the nations arouse themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations. - + Put in the sickle; for the harvest is ripe. Come, tread, for the wine press is full, the vats overflow, for their wickedness is great.” - + Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of Yahweh is near in the valley of decision. - + The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining. - + Yahweh will roar from Zion, and thunder from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth will shake; but Yahweh will be a refuge to his people, and a stronghold to the children of Israel. - + “So you will know that I am Yahweh, your God, dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain. -Then Jerusalem will be holy, +Then Jerusalem will be holy, and no strangers will pass through her any more. - + It will happen in that day, that the mountains will drop down sweet wine, the hills will flow with milk, all the brooks of Judah will flow with waters; and a fountain will flow out from Yahweh’s house, and will water the valley of Shittim. - + Egypt will be a desolation and Edom will be a desolate wilderness, for the violence done to the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land. - + But Judah will be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation. - + I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed, for Yahweh dwells in Zion.” @@ -59508,17 +59508,17 @@ 1:2 “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; -and the pastures of the shepherds will mourn, +and the pastures of the shepherds will mourn, and the top of Carmel will wither.”

Yahweh says:

“For three transgressions of Damascus, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron; - + but I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, and it will devour the palaces of Ben Hadad. - + I will break the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven, and him who holds the scepter from the house of Eden; @@ -59530,13 +59530,13 @@ I will not turn away its punishment, because they carried away captive the whole community, to deliver them up to Edom; - + but I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it will devour its palaces. - + I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him who holds the scepter from Ashkelon; -and I will turn my hand against Ekron; +and I will turn my hand against Ekron; and the remnant of the Philistines will perish,”

says the Lord 1:8 @@ -59547,7 +59547,7 @@ I will not turn away its punishment; because they delivered up the whole community to Edom, and didn’t remember the brotherly covenant; - + but I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre, and it will devour its palaces.”

@@ -59558,7 +59558,7 @@ and cast off all pity, and his anger raged continually, and he kept his wrath forever; - + but I will send a fire on Teman, and it will devour the palaces of Bozrah.”

@@ -59567,12 +59567,12 @@ I will not turn away its punishment, because they have ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead, that they may enlarge their border. - + But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it will devour its palaces, with shouting in the day of battle, with a storm in the day of the whirlwind; - + and their king will go into captivity, he and his princes together,”

says Yahweh. @@ -59583,11 +59583,11 @@

“For three transgressions of Moab, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime; - + but I will send a fire on Moab, and it will devour the palaces of Kerioth; and Moab will die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet; - + and I will cut off the judge from among them, and will kill all its princes with him,”

says Yahweh. @@ -59599,7 +59599,7 @@ and have not kept his statutes, and their lies have led them astray, after which their fathers walked; - + but I will send a fire on Judah, and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem.”

@@ -59611,44 +59611,44 @@ They trample the heads of the poor into the dust of the earth and deny justice to the oppressed. -A man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name. +A man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name. They lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge. In the house of their God 2:8 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim). they drink the wine of those who have been fined. - + Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath. - + Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite. - + I raised up some of your sons for prophets, and some of your young men for Nazirites. -Isn’t this true, +Isn’t this true, you children of Israel?” says Yahweh. - + “But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, ‘Don’t prophesy!’ - + Behold, 2:13 “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection. I will crush you in your place, as a cart crushes that is full of grain. - + Flight will perish from the swift. The strong won’t strengthen his force. The mighty won’t deliver himself. - + He who handles the bow won’t stand. He who is swift of foot won’t escape. He who rides the horse won’t deliver himself. - + He who is courageous among the mighty will flee away naked on that day,”

says Yahweh. @@ -59659,39 +59659,39 @@

“I have only chosen you of all the families of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all of your sins.” - + Do two walk together, unless they have agreed? - + Will a lion roar in the thicket, when he has no prey? -Does a young lion cry out of his den, +Does a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing? - + Can a bird fall in a trap on the earth, where no snare is set for him? -Does a snare spring up from the ground, +Does a snare spring up from the ground, when there is nothing to catch? - + Does the trumpet alarm sound in a city, without the people being afraid? -Does evil happen to a city, +Does evil happen to a city, and Yahweh hasn’t done it? - + Surely the Lord Yahweh will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets. - + The lion has roared. Who will not fear? -The Lord Yahweh has spoken. +The Lord Yahweh has spoken. Who can but prophesy? - + Proclaim in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, -and say, “Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria, +and say, “Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria, and see what unrest is in her, and what oppression is among them.” - + “Indeed they don’t know to do right,” says Yahweh, “Who hoard plunder and loot in their palaces.”

@@ -59712,7 +59712,7 @@ I will also visit the altars of Bethel; and the horns of the altar will be cut off, and fall to the ground. - + I will strike the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory will perish, and the great houses will have an end,” @@ -59725,54 +59725,54 @@ The Lord Yahweh has sworn by his holiness, “Behold, the days shall come on you that they will take you away with hooks, and the last of you with fish hooks. - + You will go out at the breaks in the wall, everyone straight before her; and you will cast yourselves into Harmon,” says Yahweh. - + “Go to Bethel, and sin; to Gilgal, and sin more. -Bring your sacrifices every morning, +Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days, offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, and proclaim free will offerings and brag about them; for this pleases you, you children of Israel,” says the Lord Yahweh. - + “I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of bread in every town; yet you haven’t returned to me,” says Yahweh. - + “I also have withheld the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest; and I caused it to rain on one city, and caused it not to rain on another city. -One field was rained on, +One field was rained on, and the field where it didn’t rain withered. - + So two or three cities staggered to one city to drink water, and were not satisfied; yet you haven’t returned to me,” says Yahweh. - + “I struck you with blight and mildew many times in your gardens and your vineyards, and the swarming locusts have devoured your fig trees and your olive trees; yet you haven’t returned to me,” says Yahweh. - + “I sent plagues among you like I did Egypt. I have slain your young men with the sword, and have carried away your horses. -I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camp, +I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camp, yet you haven’t returned to me,” says Yahweh. - + “I have overthrown some of you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a burning stick plucked out of the fire; yet you haven’t returned to me,” says Yahweh. - + “Therefore I will do this to you, Israel; because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, Israel. - + For, behold, he who forms the mountains, creates the wind, declares to man what is his thought, who makes the morning darkness, and treads on the high places of the earth: Yahweh, the God of Armies, is his name.” @@ -59783,7 +59783,7 @@

“The virgin of Israel has fallen; She shall rise no more. -She is cast down on her land; +She is cast down on her land; there is no one to raise her up.”

For the Lord Yahweh says: @@ -59792,51 +59792,51 @@

For Yahweh says to the house of Israel:

“Seek me, and you will live; - + but don’t seek Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and don’t pass to Beersheba; -for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, +for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nothing. - + Seek Yahweh, and you will live, lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be no one to quench it in Bethel. - + You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth! - + Seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night; who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth, Yahweh is his name, - + who brings sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on the fortress. - + They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks blamelessly. - + Therefore, because you trample on the poor and take taxes from him of wheat, you have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. -You have planted pleasant vineyards, +You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine. - + For I know how many are your offenses, and how great are your sins— you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn away the needy in the courts. - + Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time. - + Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be with you, as you say. - + Hate evil, love good, and establish justice in the courts. It may be that Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.” @@ -59846,33 +59846,33 @@ They will say in all the streets, ‘Alas! Alas!’ They will call the farmer to mourning, and those who are skillful in lamentation to wailing. - + In all vineyards there will be wailing, for I will pass through the middle of you,” says Yahweh. - + “Woe to you who desire the day of Yahweh! Why do you long for the day of Yahweh? -It is darkness, +It is darkness, and not light. - + As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; -or he went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, +or he went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a snake bit him. - + Won’t the day of Yahweh be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it? - + I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can’t stand your solemn assemblies. - + Yes, though you offer me your burnt offerings and meal offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat animals. - + Take away from me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps. - + But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream.

@@ -59888,13 +59888,13 @@

and to those who are secure on the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come! - + Go to Calneh, and see. From there go to Hamath the great. Then go down to Gath of the Philistines. -Are they better than these kingdoms? +Are they better than these kingdoms? Is their border greater than your border? - + Alas for you who put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near, @@ -59909,15 +59909,15 @@ who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the best oils, but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph. - + Therefore they will now go captive with the first who go captive. The feasting and lounging will end. - + “The Lord Yahweh has sworn by himself,” says Yahweh, the God of Armies: “I abhor the pride of Jacob, and detest his fortresses. Therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is in it. - + It will happen that if ten men remain in one house, they will die.

@@ -59925,15 +59925,15 @@

“For, behold, Yahweh commands, and the great house will be smashed to pieces, and the little house into bits. - + Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow there with oxen? -But you have turned justice into poison, +But you have turned justice into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness, - + you who rejoice in a thing of nothing, who say, ‘Haven’t we taken for ourselves horns by our own strength?’ - + For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, house of Israel,” says Yahweh, the God of Armies; “and they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of the Arabah.” @@ -59985,10 +59985,10 @@

Then Yahweh said to me,

“The end has come on my people Israel. I will not again pass by them any more. - + The songs of the temple will be wailing in that day,” says the Lord Yahweh. “The dead bodies will be many. In every place they will throw them out with silence. - + Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail, @@ -60001,44 +60001,44 @@ 8:5 a normal shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces. large, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit; - + that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals, and sell the sweepings with the wheat?’” - + Yahweh has sworn by the pride of Jacob, “Surely I will never forget any of their works. - + Won’t the land tremble for this, and everyone mourn who dwells in it? -Yes, it will rise up wholly like the River; +Yes, it will rise up wholly like the River; and it will be stirred up and sink again, like the River of Egypt. - + It will happen in that day,” says the Lord Yahweh, “that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day. - + I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; -and I will make you wear sackcloth on all your bodies, +and I will make you wear sackcloth on all your bodies, and baldness on every head. -I will make it like the mourning for an only son, +I will make it like the mourning for an only son, and its end like a bitter day. - + Behold, the days come,” says the Lord Yahweh, “that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing Yahweh’s words. - + They will wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east; they will run back and forth to seek Yahweh’s word, and will not find it. - + In that day the beautiful virgins and the young men will faint for thirst. - + Those who swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, ‘As your god, Dan, lives,’ and, ‘As the way of Beersheba lives,’ @@ -60077,13 +60077,13 @@ and the one treading grapes him who sows seed; and sweet wine will drip from the mountains, and flow from the hills. - + I will bring my people Israel back from captivity, and they will rebuild the ruined cities, and inhabit them; and they will plant vineyards, and drink wine from them. -They shall also make gardens, +They shall also make gardens, and eat their fruit. - + I will plant them on their land, and they will no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them,” says Yahweh your God. @@ -60194,36 +60194,36 @@ He said,

“I called because of my affliction to Yahweh. He answered me. -Out of the belly of Sheol +Out of the belly of Sheol 2:2 Sheol is the place of the dead. I cried. You heard my voice. - + For you threw me into the depths, in the heart of the seas. -The flood was all around me. +The flood was all around me. All your waves and your billows passed over me. - + I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’ - + The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. -The deep was around me. +The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head. - + I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth barred me in forever; yet you have brought my life up from the pit, Yahweh my God. “When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Yahweh. My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple. - + Those who regard vain idols forsake their own mercy. But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. -Salvation belongs to Yahweh.” +Salvation belongs to Yahweh.”

Then Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah on the dry land.

@@ -60284,132 +60284,132 @@

Hear, you peoples, all of you! Listen, O earth, and all that is therein. -Let the Lord +Let the Lord 1:2 The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” Yahweh be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple. - + For behold, 1:3 “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection. Yahweh comes out of his place, and will come down and tread on the high places of the earth. - + The mountains melt under him, and the valleys split apart like wax before the fire, like waters that are poured down a steep place. “All this is for the disobedience of Jacob, and for the sins of the house of Israel. -What is the disobedience of Jacob? +What is the disobedience of Jacob? Isn’t it Samaria? -And what are the high places of Judah? +And what are the high places of Judah? Aren’t they Jerusalem? - + Therefore I will make Samaria like a rubble heap of the field, like places for planting vineyards; -and I will pour down its stones into the valley, +and I will pour down its stones into the valley, and I will uncover its foundations. - + All her idols will be beaten to pieces, all her temple gifts will be burned with fire, and I will destroy all her images; -for of the hire of a prostitute has she gathered them, +for of the hire of a prostitute has she gathered them, and to the hire of a prostitute shall they return.” For this I will lament and wail. I will go stripped and naked. I will howl like the jackals and mourn like the ostriches. - + For her wounds are incurable; for it has come even to Judah. -It reaches to the gate of my people, +It reaches to the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem. - + Don’t tell it in Gath. Don’t weep at all. At Beth Ophrah 1:10 Beth Ophrah means literally “House of Dust.” I have rolled myself in the dust. - + Pass on, inhabitant of Shaphir, in nakedness and shame. The inhabitant of Zaanan won’t come out. The wailing of Beth Ezel will take from you his protection. - + For the inhabitant of Maroth waits anxiously for good, because evil has come down from Yahweh to the gate of Jerusalem. - + Harness the chariot to the swift steed, inhabitant of Lachish. She was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion; For the transgressions of Israel were found in you. - + Therefore you will give a parting gift to Moresheth Gath. The houses of Achzib will be a deceitful thing to the kings of Israel. - + I will yet bring a conqueror to you, inhabitants of Mareshah. The glory of Israel will come to Adullam. - + Shave your heads, and cut off your hair for the children of your delight. -Enlarge your baldness like the vulture, +Enlarge your baldness like the vulture, for they have gone into captivity from you! Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds! -When the morning is light, they practice it, +When the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand. - + They covet fields and seize them, and houses, then take them away. -They oppress a man and his house, +They oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage. - + Therefore Yahweh says: -“Behold, I am planning against these people a disaster, +“Behold, I am planning against these people a disaster, from which you will not remove your necks, neither will you walk haughtily, for it is an evil time. - + In that day they will take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, saying, ‘We are utterly ruined! My people’s possession is divided up. Indeed he takes it from me and assigns our fields to traitors!’” - + Therefore you will have no one who divides the land by lot in Yahweh’s assembly. - + “Don’t prophesy!”—they prophesy— “Don’t prophesy about these things. Disgrace won’t overtake us.” - + Shall it be said, O house of Jacob, “Is Yahweh’s Spirit angry? Are these his doings? Don’t my words do good to him who walks blamelessly?” - + But lately my people have risen up as an enemy. You strip the robe and clothing from those who pass by without a care, returning from battle. - + You drive the women of my people out from their pleasant houses; from their young children you take away my blessing forever. - + Arise, and depart! For this is not your resting place, because of uncleanness that destroys, even with a grievous destruction. - + If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood lies, saying, “I will prophesy to you of wine and of strong drink,” he would be the prophet of this people. - + I will surely assemble all of you, Jacob. I will surely gather the remnant of Israel. -I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, +I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as a flock in the middle of their pasture. They will swarm with people. - + He who breaks open the way goes up before them. They break through the gate, and go out. Their king passes on before them, @@ -60421,7 +60421,7 @@

“Please listen, you heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: Isn’t it for you to know justice? - + You who hate the good, and love the evil; who tear off their skin, @@ -60432,10 +60432,10 @@ and break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as meat within the cauldron. - + Then they will cry to Yahweh, but he will not answer them. -Yes, he will hide his face from them at that time, +Yes, he will hide his face from them at that time, because they made their deeds evil.”

Yahweh says concerning the prophets who lead my people astray—for those who feed their teeth, they proclaim, “Peace!” and whoever doesn’t provide for their mouths, they prepare war against him: @@ -60444,19 +60444,19 @@ and it is dark to you, that you may not divine; and the sun will go down on the prophets, and the day will be black over them. - + The seers shall be disappointed, and the diviners confounded. -Yes, they shall all cover their lips, +Yes, they shall all cover their lips, for there is no answer from God.” 3:7 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim). - + But as for me, I am full of power by Yahweh’s Spirit, and of judgment, and of might, to declare to Jacob his disobedience, and to Israel his sin. - + Please listen to this, you heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice, @@ -60464,14 +60464,14 @@ who build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. - + Her leaders judge for bribes, and her priests teach for a price, and her prophets of it tell fortunes for money; -yet they lean on Yahweh, and say, +yet they lean on Yahweh, and say, “Isn’t Yahweh among us? No disaster will come on us.” - + Therefore Zion for your sake will be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem will become heaps of rubble, and the mountain of the temple like the high places of a forest. @@ -60482,29 +60482,29 @@ it will happen that the mountain of Yahweh’s temple will be established on the top of the mountains, and it will be exalted above the hills; and peoples will stream to it. - + Many nations will go and say, “Come! Let’s go up to the mountain of Yahweh, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths.” -For the law will go out of Zion, +For the law will go out of Zion, and Yahweh’s word from Jerusalem; - + and he will judge between many peoples, and will decide concerning strong nations afar off. They will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. -Nation will not lift up sword against nation, +Nation will not lift up sword against nation, neither will they learn war any more. - + But every man will sit under his vine and under his fig tree. No one will make them afraid, for the mouth of Yahweh of Armies has spoken. Indeed all the nations may walk in the name of their gods, but we will walk in the name of Yahweh our God forever and ever. - + “In that day,” says Yahweh, “I will assemble that which is lame, and I will gather that which is driven away, @@ -60513,102 +60513,102 @@ and I will make that which was lame a remnant, and that which was cast far off a strong nation: and Yahweh will reign over them on Mount Zion from then on, even forever.” - + You, tower of the flock, the hill of the daughter of Zion, to you it will come. -Yes, the former dominion will come, +Yes, the former dominion will come, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem. Now why do you cry out aloud? Is there no king in you? Has your counselor perished, that pains have taken hold of you as of a woman in travail? - + Be in pain, and labor to give birth, daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail; for now you will go out of the city, and will dwell in the field, and will come even to Babylon. -There you will be rescued. +There you will be rescued. There Yahweh will redeem you from the hand of your enemies. Now many nations have assembled against you, that say, “Let her be defiled, and let our eye gloat over Zion.” - + But they don’t know the thoughts of Yahweh, neither do they understand his counsel; for he has gathered them like the sheaves to the threshing floor. - + Arise and thresh, daughter of Zion, for I will make your horn iron, and I will make your hoofs bronze. -You will beat in pieces many peoples. -I will devote their gain to Yahweh, +You will beat in pieces many peoples. +I will devote their gain to Yahweh, and their substance to the Lord of the whole earth. Now you shall gather yourself in troops, daughter of troops. -He has laid siege against us. +He has laid siege against us. They will strike the judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek. - + But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, being small among the clans of Judah, out of you one will come out to me who is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings out are from of old, from ancient times. - + Therefore he will abandon them until the time that she who is in labor gives birth. Then the rest of his brothers will return to the children of Israel. - + He shall stand, and shall shepherd in the strength of Yahweh, in the majesty of the name of Yahweh his God. They will live, for then he will be great to the ends of the earth. - + He will be our peace when Assyria invades our land and when he marches through our fortresses, then we will raise against him seven shepherds, and eight leaders of men. - + They will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in its gates. -He will deliver us from the Assyrian, +He will deliver us from the Assyrian, when he invades our land, and when he marches within our border. - + The remnant of Jacob will be among many peoples like dew from Yahweh, like showers on the grass, that don’t wait for man nor wait for the sons of men. - + The remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, among many peoples, like a lion among the animals of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep; who, if he goes through, treads down and tears in pieces, and there is no one to deliver. - + Let your hand be lifted up above your adversaries, and let all of your enemies be cut off. - + “It will happen in that day”, says Yahweh, “that I will cut off your horses from among you and will destroy your chariots. - + I will cut off the cities of your land and will tear down all your strongholds. - + I will destroy witchcraft from your hand. You shall have no soothsayers. - + I will cut off your engraved images and your pillars from among you; and you shall no more worship the work of your hands. - + I will uproot your Asherah poles from among you; and I will destroy your cities. - + I will execute vengeance in anger and wrath on the nations that didn’t listen.” @@ -60617,67 +60617,67 @@ Listen now to what Yahweh says:

“Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear what you have to say. - + Hear, you mountains, Yahweh’s indictment, and you enduring foundations of the earth; for Yahweh has a case against his people, and he will contend with Israel. - + My people, what have I done to you? How have I burdened you? Answer me! - + For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage. I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. - + My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the righteous acts of Yahweh.” How shall I come before Yahweh, and bow myself before the exalted God? -Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, +Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? - + Will Yahweh be pleased with thousands of rams? With tens of thousands of rivers of oil? -Shall I give my firstborn for my disobedience? +Shall I give my firstborn for my disobedience? The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? - + He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? Yahweh’s voice calls to the city— and wisdom fears your name— -“Listen to the rod, +“Listen to the rod, and he who appointed it. - + Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a short ephah 6:10 An ephah is a measure of volume (about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel), and a short ephah is made smaller than a full ephah for the purpose of cheating customers. that is accursed? - + Shall I tolerate dishonest scales, and a bag of deceitful weights? - + Her rich men are full of violence, her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their speech. - + Therefore I also have struck you with a grievous wound. I have made you desolate because of your sins. - + You shall eat, but not be satisfied. Your hunger will be within you. You will store up, but not save, and that which you save I will give up to the sword. - + You will sow, but won’t reap. You will tread the olives, but won’t anoint yourself with oil; and crush grapes, but won’t drink the wine. - + For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of Ahab’s house. You walk in their counsels, @@ -60691,91 +60691,91 @@ Indeed, I am like one who gathers the summer fruits, as gleanings of the vineyard. There is no cluster of grapes to eat. My soul desires to eat the early fig. - + The godly man has perished out of the earth, and there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; every man hunts his brother with a net. - + Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe. -The powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. +The powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together. - + The best of them is like a brier. The most upright is worse than a thorn hedge. -The day of your watchmen, +The day of your watchmen, even your visitation, has come; now is the time of their confusion. - + Don’t trust in a neighbor. Don’t put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth! - + For the son dishonors the father, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house. - + But as for me, I will look to Yahweh. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me. - + Don’t rejoice against me, my enemy. When I fall, I will arise. When I sit in darkness, Yahweh will be a light to me. - + I will bear the indignation of Yahweh, because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my case and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light. I will see his righteousness. - + Then my enemy will see it, and shame will cover her who said to me, “Where is Yahweh your God?” -My eyes will see her. +My eyes will see her. Now she will be trodden down like the mire of the streets. - + A day to build your walls! In that day, he will extend your boundary. - + In that day they will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, and from Egypt even to the River, and from sea to sea, and mountain to mountain. - + Yet the land will be desolate because of those who dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings. - + Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your heritage, who dwell by themselves in a forest. -Let them feed in the middle of fertile pasture land, +Let them feed in the middle of fertile pasture land, in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old. - + “As in the days of your coming out of the land of Egypt, I will show them marvelous things.” - + The nations will see and be ashamed of all their might. They will lay their hand on their mouth. Their ears will be deaf. - + They will lick the dust like a serpent. Like crawling things of the earth, they will come trembling out of their dens. They will come with fear to Yahweh our God, and will be afraid because of you. - + Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? -He doesn’t retain his anger forever, +He doesn’t retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness. - + He will again have compassion on us. He will tread our iniquities under foot. You will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. - + You will give truth to Jacob, and mercy to Abraham, as you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old. @@ -60987,82 +60987,82 @@

Yahweh, I have heard of your fame. I stand in awe of your deeds, Yahweh. -Renew your work in the middle of the years. +Renew your work in the middle of the years. In the middle of the years make it known. In wrath, you remember mercy. - + God came from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and his praise filled the earth. - + His splendor is like the sunrise. Rays shine from his hand, where his power is hidden. - + Plague went before him, and pestilence followed his feet. - + He stood, and shook the earth. He looked, and made the nations tremble. The ancient mountains were crumbled. The age-old hills collapsed. His ways are eternal. - + I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction. The dwellings of the land of Midian trembled. - + Was Yahweh displeased with the rivers? Was your anger against the rivers, or your wrath against the sea, that you rode on your horses, on your chariots of salvation? - + You uncovered your bow. You called for your sworn arrows. Selah. -You split the earth with rivers. - +You split the earth with rivers. + The mountains saw you, and were afraid. The storm of waters passed by. The deep roared and lifted up its hands on high. - + The sun and moon stood still in the sky at the light of your arrows as they went, at the shining of your glittering spear. - + You marched through the land in wrath. You threshed the nations in anger. - + You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of your anointed. -You crushed the head of the land of wickedness. +You crushed the head of the land of wickedness. You stripped them head to foot. Selah. You pierced the heads of his warriors with their own spears. They came as a whirlwind to scatter me, gloating as if to devour the wretched in secret. - + You trampled the sea with your horses, churning mighty waters. - + I heard, and my body trembled. My lips quivered at the voice. -Rottenness enters into my bones, and I tremble in my place +Rottenness enters into my bones, and I tremble in my place because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, for the coming up of the people who invade us. - + For even though the fig tree doesn’t flourish, nor fruit be in the vines, the labor of the olive fails, the fields yield no food, the flocks are cut off from the fold, and there is no herd in the stalls, - + yet I will rejoice in Yahweh. I will be joyful in the God of my salvation! - + Yahweh, the Lord, 3:19 The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” is my strength. @@ -61575,16 +61575,16 @@ A revelation.

Yahweh’s word is against the land of Hadrach, and will rest upon Damascus— -for the eye of man +for the eye of man and of all the tribes of Israel is toward Yahweh— - + and Hamath, also, which borders on it, Tyre and Sidon, because they are very wise. - + Tyre built herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver like the dust, and fine gold like the mire of the streets. - + Behold, the Lord will dispossess her, and he will strike her power in the sea; and she will be devoured with fire. @@ -61594,16 +61594,16 @@ as will Ekron, for her expectation will be disappointed; and the king will perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon will not be inhabited. - + Foreigners will dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. - + I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth; -and he also will be a remnant for our God; +and he also will be a remnant for our God; and he will be as a chieftain in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite. - + I will encamp around my house against the army, that no one pass through or return; and no oppressor will pass through them any more: @@ -61611,49 +61611,49 @@ Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! -Behold, your King comes to you! +Behold, your King comes to you! He is righteous, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. - + I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem. -The battle bow will be cut off; +The battle bow will be cut off; and he will speak peace to the nations. -His dominion will be from sea to sea, +His dominion will be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth. As for you also, because of the blood of your covenant, I have set free your prisoners from the pit in which is no water. - + Turn to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope! Even today I declare that I will restore double to you. - + For indeed I bend Judah as a bow for me. I have loaded the bow with Ephraim. -I will stir up your sons, Zion, +I will stir up your sons, Zion, against your sons, Greece, and will make you like the sword of a mighty man. Yahweh will be seen over them. His arrow will flash like lightning. -The Lord Yahweh will blow the trumpet, +The Lord Yahweh will blow the trumpet, and will go with whirlwinds of the south. - + Yahweh of Armies will defend them. They will destroy and overcome with sling stones. -They will drink, and roar as through wine. +They will drink, and roar as through wine. They will be filled like bowls, like the corners of the altar. Yahweh their God will save them in that day as the flock of his people; for they are like the jewels of a crown, lifted on high over his land. - + For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! -Grain will make the young men flourish, +Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins. @@ -61661,13 +61661,13 @@ Ask of Yahweh rain in the spring time, Yahweh who makes storm clouds, and he gives rain showers to everyone for the plants in the field. - + For the teraphim 10:2 teraphim were household idols that may have been associated with inheritance rights to the household property. have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie; and they have told false dreams. -They comfort in vain. +They comfort in vain. Therefore they go their way like sheep. They are oppressed, because there is no shepherd. @@ -61675,7 +61675,7 @@ and I will punish the male goats, for Yahweh of Armies has visited his flock, the house of Judah, and will make them as his majestic horse in the battle. - + From him will come the cornerstone, from him the tent peg, from him the battle bow, @@ -61683,40 +61683,40 @@ They will be as mighty men, treading down muddy streets in the battle. -They will fight, because Yahweh is with them. +They will fight, because Yahweh is with them. The riders on horses will be confounded. “I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph. -I will bring them back, +I will bring them back, for I have mercy on them. -They will be as though I had not cast them off, +They will be as though I had not cast them off, for I am Yahweh their God, and I will hear them. - + Ephraim will be like a mighty man, and their heart will rejoice as through wine. -Yes, their children will see it and rejoice. +Yes, their children will see it and rejoice. Their heart will be glad in Yahweh. - + I will signal for them and gather them, for I have redeemed them. They will increase as they were before. - + I will sow them among the peoples. They will remember me in far countries. They will live with their children and will return. - + I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria. -I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; +I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and there won’t be room enough for them. - + He will pass through the sea of affliction, and will strike the waves in the sea, and all the depths of the Nile will dry up; and the pride of Assyria will be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt will depart. - + I will strengthen them in Yahweh. They will walk up and down in his name,” says Yahweh. @@ -61724,12 +61724,12 @@ Open your doors, Lebanon, that the fire may devour your cedars. - + Wail, cypress tree, for the cedar has fallen, because the stately ones are destroyed. -Wail, you oaks of Bashan, +Wail, you oaks of Bashan, for the strong forest has come down. - + A voice of the wailing of the shepherds! For their glory is destroyed—a voice of the roaring of young lions! For the pride of the Jordan is ruined. @@ -61810,17 +61810,17 @@

“Awake, sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is close to me,” says Yahweh of Armies. -“Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; +“Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; and I will turn my hand against the little ones. - + It shall happen that in all the land,” says Yahweh, “two parts in it will be cut off and die; but the third will be left in it. - + I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. -They will call on my name, and I will hear them. +They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, ‘It is my people;’ and they will say, ‘Yahweh is my God.’” @@ -62545,7 +62545,7 @@ And Tobit wrote a prayer for rejoicing, and said,

“Blessed is God who lives forever! Blessed is his kingdom! - + For he scourges, and shows mercy. He leads down to the grave, 13:2 @@ -62553,70 +62553,70 @@ Hades. and brings up again. There is no one who will escape his hand. - + Give thanks to him before the Gentiles, all you children of Israel! For he has scattered us among them. - + Declare his greatness, there. Extol him before all the living, -because he is our Lord, +because he is our Lord, and God is our Father forever. - + He will scourge us for our iniquities, and will again show mercy, and will gather us out of all the nations among whom you are all scattered. - + If you turn to him with your whole heart and with your whole soul, to do truth before him, -then he will turn to you, +then he will turn to you, and won’t hide his face from you. -See what he will do with you. +See what he will do with you. Give him thanks with your whole mouth. -Bless the Lord of righteousness. +Bless the Lord of righteousness. Exalt the everlasting King. -I give him thanks in the land of my captivity, +I give him thanks in the land of my captivity, and show his strength and majesty to a nation of sinners. -Turn, you sinners, and do righteousness before him. +Turn, you sinners, and do righteousness before him. Who can tell if he will accept you and have mercy on you? - + I exalt my God. My soul exalts the King of heaven, and rejoices in his greatness. - + Let all men speak, and let them give him thanks in Jerusalem. - + O Jerusalem, the holy city, he will scourge you for the works of your sons, and will again have mercy on the sons of the righteous. - + Give thanks to the Lord with goodness, and bless the everlasting King, -that his tabernacle may be built in you again with joy, +that his tabernacle may be built in you again with joy, and that he may make glad in you those who are captives, and love in you forever those who are miserable. - + Many nations will come from afar to the name of the Lord God with gifts in their hands, even gifts to the King of heaven. -Generations of generations will praise you, +Generations of generations will praise you, and sing songs of rejoicing. - + All those who hate you are cursed. All those who love you forever will be blessed. - + Rejoice and be exceedingly glad for the sons of the righteous; for they will be gathered together and will bless the Lord of the righteous. - + Oh blessed are those who love you. They will rejoice for your peace. -Blessed are all those who mourned for all your scourges; +Blessed are all those who mourned for all your scourges; because they will rejoice for you when they have seen all your glory. -They will be made glad forever. +They will be made glad forever. Let my soul bless God the great King. - + For Jerusalem will be built with sapphires, emeralds, and precious stones; your walls and towers and battlements with pure gold. - + The streets of Jerusalem will be paved with beryl, carbuncle, and stones of Ophir. All her streets will say, “Hallelujah!” @@ -63370,18 +63370,18 @@ Judith said,

“Begin a song to my God with timbrels. Sing to my Lord with cymbals. -Make melody to him with psalm and praise. +Make melody to him with psalm and praise. Exalt him, and call upon his name. - + For the Lord is the God that crushes battles. For in his armies in the midst of the people, he delivered me out of the hand of those who persecuted me. - + Asshur came out of the mountains from the north. He came with ten thousands of his army. -Its multitude stopped the torrents. +Its multitude stopped the torrents. Their horsemen covered the hills. - + He said that he would burn up my borders, kill my young men with the sword, throw my nursing children to the ground, @@ -63392,26 +63392,26 @@ For their mighty one didn’t fall by young men, neither did sons of the Titans strike him. -Tall giants didn’t attack him, +Tall giants didn’t attack him, but Judith the daughter of Merari made him weak with the beauty of her countenance. “For she put off the apparel of her widowhood for the exaltation of those who were distressed in Israel. -She anointed her face with ointment, +She anointed her face with ointment, bound her hair in a tiara, and took a linen garment to deceive him. - + Her sandal ravished his eye. Her beauty took his soul prisoner. The sword passed through his neck. - + “The Persians quaked at her daring. The Medes were daunted at her boldness. “Then my lowly ones shouted aloud. My oppressed people were terrified and trembled for fear. They lifted up their voices and the enemy fled. - + The children of slave-girls pierced them through, and wounded them as fugitives’ children. They perished by the army of my Lord. @@ -63419,16 +63419,16 @@ “I will sing to my God a new song: O Lord, you are great and glorious, marvelous in strength, invincible. - + Let all your creation serve you; for you spoke, and they were made. -You sent out your spirit, and it built them. +You sent out your spirit, and it built them. There is no one who can resist your voice. - + For the mountains will be moved from their foundations with the waters, and the rocks will melt as wax at your presence: But you are yet merciful to those who fear you. - + For all sacrifice is little for a sweet savor, and all the fat is very little for a whole burnt offering to you; but he who fears the Lord is great continually. @@ -64052,18 +64052,18 @@ Gr. in goodness. with a good mind. -Seek him in singleness of heart, +Seek him in singleness of heart, because he is found by those who don’t put him to the test, and is manifested to those who trust him. - + for crooked thoughts separate from God. His Power convicts when it is tested, and exposes the foolish; - + because wisdom will not enter into a soul that devises evil, nor dwell in a body that is enslaved by sin. - + For a holy spirit of discipline will flee deceit, and will depart from thoughts that are without understanding, and will be ashamed when unrighteousness has come in. @@ -64081,34 +64081,34 @@ because God is witness of his inmost self, and is a true overseer of his heart, and a hearer of his tongue. - + Because the spirit of the Lord has filled 1:7 Gr. the inhabited earth. the world, and that which holds all things together knows what is said. - + Therefore no one who utters unrighteous things will be unseen; neither will Justice, when it convicts, pass him by. - + For in his counsels the ungodly will be searched out, and the sound of his words will come to the Lord to bring his lawless deeds to conviction; - + because a jealous ear listens to all things, and the noise of murmurings is not hidden. - + Beware then of unprofitable murmuring, and keep your tongue from slander; because no secret utterance will go on its way void, and a lying mouth destroys a soul. - + Don’t court death in the error of your life. Don’t draw destruction upon yourselves by the works of your hands; because God didn’t make death, neither does he delight when the living perish. - + For he created all things that they might have being. The generative powers of the world are wholesome, and there is no poison of destruction in them, @@ -64117,7 +64117,7 @@ Or, a royal house royal dominion upon earth; - + for righteousness is immortal, but ungodly men by their hands and their words summon death; @@ -64127,7 +64127,7 @@ were consumed with love of him pined away. -They made a covenant with him, +They made a covenant with him, because they are worthy to belong with him. @@ -64144,15 +64144,15 @@ Or, returned out of Hades was released from Hades. - + Because we were born by mere chance, and hereafter we will be as though we had never been, because the breath in our nostrils is smoke, and reason is a spark kindled by the beating of our heart, - + which being extinguished, the body will be turned into ashes, and the spirit will be dispersed as thin air. - + Our name will be forgotten in time. No one will remember our works. Our life will pass away as the traces of a cloud, @@ -64163,7 +64163,7 @@ Gr. weighed down. overcome by its heat. - + For our allotted time is the passing of a shadow, and our end doesn’t retreat, because it is securely sealed, and no one @@ -64174,66 +64174,66 @@ “Come therefore and let’s enjoy the good things that exist. Let’s use the creation earnestly as in our youth. - + Let’s fill ourselves with costly wine and perfumes, and let no spring flower pass us by. - + Let’s crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither. - + Let none of us go without his share in our proud revelry. Let’s leave tokens of mirth everywhere, because this is our portion, and this is our lot. - + Let’s oppress the righteous poor. Let’s not spare the widow, nor regard the gray hair of the old man. - + But let our strength be a law of righteousness; for that which is weak is proven useless. - + But let’s lie in wait for the righteous man, because he annoys us, is contrary to our works, reproaches us with sins against the law, and charges us with sins against our training. - + He professes to have knowledge of God, and calls himself a child of the Lord. - + He became to us a reproof of our thoughts. - + He is grievous to us even to look at, because his life is unlike other men’s, and his paths are strange. - + We were regarded by him as something worthless, and he abstains from our ways as from uncleanness. He calls the latter end of the righteous happy. He boasts that God is his father. - + Let’s see if his words are true. Let’s test what will happen at the end of his life. - + For if the righteous man is God’s son, he will uphold him, and he will deliver him out of the hand of his adversaries. - + Let’s test him with insult and torture, that we may find out how gentle he is, and test his patience. - + Let’s condemn him to a shameful death, for he will be protected, according to his words.” Thus they reasoned, and they were led astray; for their wickedness blinded them, - + and they didn’t know the mysteries of God, neither did they hope for wages of holiness, nor did they discern that there is a prize for blameless souls. - + Because God created man for incorruption, and made him an image of his own everlastingness; - + but death entered into the world by the envy of the devil, and those who belong to him experience it. @@ -64241,25 +64241,25 @@ But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and no torment will touch them. - + In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died. Their departure was considered a disaster, and their travel away from us ruin, but they are in peace. - + For even if in the sight of men they are punished, their hope is full of immortality. - + Having borne a little chastening, they will receive great good; because God tested them, and found them worthy of himself. - + He tested them like gold in the furnace, and he accepted them as a whole burnt offering. - + In the time of their visitation they will shine. They will run back and forth like sparks among stubble. - + They will judge nations and have dominion over peoples. The Lord will reign over them forever. @@ -64271,33 +64271,33 @@ those who neglected righteousness and revolted from the Lord; for he who despises wisdom and discipline is miserable. -Their hope is void and their toils unprofitable. +Their hope is void and their toils unprofitable. Their works are useless. - + Their wives are foolish and their children are wicked. Their descendants are cursed. -For the barren woman who is undefiled is happy, +For the barren woman who is undefiled is happy, she who has not conceived in transgression. She will have fruit when God examines souls. - + So is the eunuch which has done no lawless deed with his hands, nor imagined wicked things against the Lord; -for a precious gift will be given to him for his faithfulness, +for a precious gift will be given to him for his faithfulness, and a delightful inheritance in the Lord’s sanctuary. - + For good labors have fruit of great renown. The root of understanding can’t fail. - + But children of adulterers will not come to maturity. The seed of an unlawful union will vanish away. - + For if they live long, they will not be esteemed, and in the end, their old age will be without honor. - + If they die young, they will have no hope, nor consolation in the day of judgment. - + For the end of an unrighteous generation is always grievous. @@ -64305,29 +64305,29 @@ It is better to be childless with virtue, for immortality is in the memory of virtue, because it is recognized both before God and before men. - + When it is present, people imitate it. They long after it when it has departed. -Throughout all time it marches, crowned in triumph, +Throughout all time it marches, crowned in triumph, victorious in the competition for the prizes that are undefiled. - + But the multiplying brood of the ungodly will be of no profit, and their illegitimate offshoots won’t take deep root, nor will they establish a sure hold. - + For even if they grow branches and flourish for a season, standing unsure, they will be shaken by the wind. They will be uprooted by the violence of winds. - + Their branches will be broken off before they come to maturity. Their fruit will be useless, never ripe to eat, and fit for nothing. - + For unlawfully conceived children are witnesses of wickedness against parents when they are investigated. But a righteous man, even if he dies before his time, will be at rest. - + For honorable old age is not that which stands in length of time, nor is its measure given by number of years, @@ -64336,38 +64336,38 @@ Being found well-pleasing to God, someone was loved. While living among sinners he was transported. - + He was caught away, lest evil should change his understanding, or guile deceive his soul. - + For the fascination of wickedness obscures the things which are good, and the whirl of desire perverts an innocent mind. - + Being made perfect quickly, he filled a long time; for his soul was pleasing to the Lord. Therefore he hurried out of the midst of wickedness. - + But the peoples saw and didn’t understand, not considering this, that grace and mercy are with his chosen, and that he visits his holy ones; - + but a righteous man who is dead will condemn the ungodly who are living, and youth who is quickly perfected will condemn the many years of an unrighteous man’s old age. - + For the ungodly will see a wise man’s end, and won’t understand what the Lord planned for him, and why he safely kept him. - + They will see, and they will despise; but the Lord will laugh them to scorn. -After this, they will become a dishonored carcass +After this, they will become a dishonored carcass and a reproach among the dead forever; - + because he will dash them speechless to the ground, and will shake them from the foundations. -They will lie utterly waste. +They will lie utterly waste. They will be in anguish and their memory will perish. @@ -64379,32 +64379,32 @@ Then the righteous man will stand in great boldness before the face of those who afflicted him, and those who make his labors of no account. - + When they see him, they will be troubled with terrible fear, and will be amazed at the marvel of salvation. - + They will speak among themselves repenting, and for distress of spirit they will groan, “This was he whom we used to hold in derision, as a parable of reproach. - + We fools considered his life madness, and his end without honor. - + How was he counted among sons of God? How is his lot among saints? - + Truly we went astray from the way of truth. The light of righteousness didn’t shine for us. The sun didn’t rise for us. - + We 5:7 See Proverbs 14:14. took our fill of the paths of lawlessness and destruction. We traveled through trackless deserts, but we didn’t know the Lord’s way. - + What did our arrogance profit us? What good have riches and boasting brought us? @@ -64414,21 +64414,21 @@ like a ship passing through the billowy water, which, when it has gone by, there is no trace to be found, no pathway of its keel in the waves. - + Or it is like when a bird flies through the air, no evidence of its passage is found, but the light wind, lashed with the stroke of its pinions, and torn apart with the violent rush of the moving wings, is passed through. Afterwards no sign of its coming remains. - + Or it is like when an arrow is shot at a mark, the air it divided closes up again immediately, so that men don’t know where it passed through. - + So we also, as soon as we were born, ceased to be; and we had no sign of virtue to show, but we were utterly consumed in our wickedness.” - + Because the hope of the ungodly man is like chaff carried by the wind, and 5:14 @@ -64448,33 +64448,33 @@ But the righteous live forever. Their reward is in the Lord, and the care for them with the Most High. - + Therefore they will receive the crown of royal dignity and the diadem of beauty from the Lord’s hand, -because he will cover them with his right hand, +because he will cover them with his right hand, and he will shield them with his arm. - + He will take his zeal as complete armor, and will make the whole creation his weapons to punish his enemies: - + He will put on righteousness as a breastplate, and will wear impartial judgment as a helmet. - + He will take holiness as an invincible shield. He will sharpen stern wrath for a sword. The universe will go with him to fight against his frenzied foes. - + Shafts of lightning will fly with true aim. They will leap to the mark from the clouds, as from a well-drawn bow. - + Hailstones full of wrath will be hurled as from a catapult. The water of the sea will be angered against them. Rivers will sternly overwhelm them. - + A mighty wind will encounter them. It will winnow them away like a tempest. -So lawlessness will make all the land desolate. +So lawlessness will make all the land desolate. Their evil-doing will overturn the thrones of princes. @@ -64488,79 +64488,79 @@ Or, in the multitudes of your nations in multitudes of nations, - + because your dominion was given to you from the Lord, and your sovereignty from the Most High. -He will search out your works, +He will search out your works, and will inquire about your plans, - + because being officers of his kingdom, you didn’t judge rightly, nor did you keep the law, nor did you walk according to God’s counsel. - + He will come upon you awfully and swiftly, because a stern judgment comes on those who are in high places. - + For the man of low estate may be pardoned in mercy, but mighty men will be mightily tested. - + For the Sovereign Lord of all will not be impressed with anyone, neither will he show deference to greatness; -because it is he who made both small and great, +because it is he who made both small and great, and cares about them all; - + but the scrutiny that comes upon the powerful is strict. - + Therefore, my words are to you, O princes, that you may learn wisdom and not fall away. - + For those who have kept the things that are holy in holiness will be made holy. Those who have been taught them will find what to say in defense. - + Therefore set your desire on my words. Long for them, and you princes will be instructed. Wisdom is radiant and doesn’t fade away; and is easily seen by those who love her, and found by those who seek her. - + She anticipates those who desire her, making herself known. - + He who rises up early to seek her won’t have difficulty, for he will find her sitting at his gates. For to think upon her is perfection of understanding, and he who watches for her will quickly be free from care; - + because she herself goes around, seeking those who are worthy of her, and in their paths she appears to them graciously, and in every purpose she meets them. - + For her true beginning is desire for instruction; and desire for instruction is love. - + And love is observance of her laws. To give heed to her laws confirms immortality. - + Immortality brings closeness to God. So then desire for wisdom promotes to a kingdom. If therefore you delight in thrones and sceptres, you princes of peoples, honor wisdom, that you may reign forever. - + But what wisdom is, and how she came into being, I will declare. I won’t hide mysteries from you; but I will explore from her first beginning, bring the knowledge of her into clear light, and I will not pass by the truth. - + Indeed, I won’t travel with consuming envy, because envy will have no fellowship with wisdom. - + But a multitude of wise men is salvation to the world, and an understanding king is stability for his people. - + Therefore be instructed by my words, and you will profit. @@ -64570,43 +64570,43 @@ Many authorities read a mortal man. mortal, like everyone else, and am a descendant of one formed first and born of the earth. - + I molded into flesh in the time of ten months in my mother’s womb, being compacted in blood from the seed of man and pleasure of marriage. - + I also, when I was born, drew in the common air, and fell upon the kindred earth, -uttering, like all, for my first voice, the same cry. - +uttering, like all, for my first voice, the same cry. + I was nursed with care in swaddling clothes. - + For no king had a different beginning, but all men have one entrance into life, and a common departure. For this cause I prayed, and understanding was given to me. I asked, and a spirit of wisdom came to me. - + I preferred her before sceptres and thrones. I considered riches nothing in comparison to her. - + Neither did I liken to her any priceless gem, because all gold in her presence is a little sand, and silver will be considered as clay before her. - + I loved her more than health and beauty, and I chose to have her rather than light, because her bright shining is never laid to sleep. - + All good things came to me with her, and innumerable riches are in her hands. - + And I rejoiced over them all because wisdom leads them; although I didn’t know that she was their mother. - + As I learned without guile, I impart without grudging. I don’t hide her riches. - + For she is a treasure for men that doesn’t fail, and those who use it obtain friendship with God, commended by the gifts which they present through discipline. @@ -64614,10 +64614,10 @@ But may God grant that I may speak his judgment, and to conceive thoughts worthy of what has been given me; because he is one who guides even wisdom and who corrects the wise. - + For both we and our words are in his hand, with all understanding and skill in various crafts. - + For he himself gave me an unerring knowledge of the things that are, to know the structure of the universe and the operation of the elements; @@ -64633,7 +64633,7 @@ spirits winds and the thoughts of men; the diversities of plants and the virtues of roots. - + All things that are either secret or manifest I learned, for wisdom, that is the architect of all things, taught me. @@ -64643,29 +64643,29 @@ beneficent, loving toward man, steadfast, sure, free from care, all-powerful, all-surveying, and penetrating through all spirits that are quick to understand, pure, most subtle. - + For wisdom is more mobile than any motion. Yes, she pervades and penetrates all things by reason of her purity. - + For she is a breath of the power of God, and a pure emanation of the glory of the Almighty. -Therefore nothing defiled can find entrance into her. - +Therefore nothing defiled can find entrance into her. + For she is a reflection of everlasting light, an unspotted mirror of the working of God, and an image of his goodness. - + Although she is one, she has power to do all things. Remaining in herself, she renews all things. -From generation to generation passing into holy souls, +From generation to generation passing into holy souls, she makes friends of God and prophets. For God loves nothing as much as one who dwells with wisdom. - + For she is fairer than the sun, and above all the constellations of the stars. She is better than light. - + For daylight yields to night, but evil does not prevail against wisdom. @@ -64677,23 +64677,23 @@ I loved her and sought her from my youth. I sought to take her for my bride. I became enamoured by her beauty. - + She glorifies her noble birth by living with God. The Sovereign Lord of all loves her. - + For she is initiated into the knowledge of God, and she chooses his works. - + But if riches are a desired possession in life, what is richer than wisdom, which makes all things? - + And if understanding is effective, who more than 8:6 Gr. she. wisdom is an architect of the things that exist? - + If a man loves righteousness, the fruits of wisdom’s labor 8:7 @@ -64701,7 +64701,7 @@ her labors are virtues, for she teaches soberness, understanding, righteousness, and courage. There is nothing in life more profitable for people than these. - + And if anyone longs for wide experience, she knows the things of old, and infers the things to come. She understands subtleties of speeches and interpretations of dark sayings. @@ -64710,43 +64710,43 @@ Therefore I determined to take her to live with me, knowing that she is one who would give me good counsel, and encourage me in cares and grief. - + Because of her, I will have glory among multitudes, and honor in the sight of elders, though I am young. - + I will be found keen when I give judgment. I will be admired in the presence of rulers. - + When I am silent, they will wait for me. When I open my lips, they will heed what I say. If I continue speaking, they will put their hands on their mouths. - + Because of her, I will have immortality, and leave behind an eternal memory to those who come after me. - + I will govern peoples. Nations will be subjected to me. - + Dreaded monarchs will fear me when they hear of me. Among the people, I will show myself to be good, and courageous in war. - + When I come into my house, I will find rest with her. For conversation with her has no bitterness, and living with her has no pain, but gladness and joy. - + When I considered these things in myself, and thought in my heart how immortality is in kinship to wisdom, - + and in her friendship is good delight, and in the labors of her hands is wealth that doesn’t fail, and understanding is in her companionship, and great renown in having fellowship with her words, I went about seeking how to take her to myself. - + Now I was a clever child, and received a good soul. Or rather, being good, I came into an undefiled body. - + But perceiving that I could not otherwise possess wisdom unless God gave her to me— yes, and to know and understand by whom the grace is given— I pleaded with the Lord and implored him, and with my whole heart I said: @@ -64755,15 +64755,15 @@ “O God of my ancestors and Lord of mercy, who made all things by your word; - + and by your wisdom you formed man, that he should have dominion over the creatures that were made by you, - + and rule the world in holiness and righteousness, and execute judgment in uprightness of soul, give me wisdom, her who sits by you on your thrones. -Don’t reject me from among your +Don’t reject me from among your 9:4 Or, children @@ -64772,13 +64772,13 @@ because I am your servant and the son of your handmaid, a weak and short-lived man, with little power to understand judgment and laws. - + For even if a man is perfect among the sons of men, if the wisdom that comes from you is not with him, he will count for nothing. - + You chose me to be king of your people, and a judge for your sons and daughters. - + You gave a command to build a sanctuary on your holy mountain, and 9:8 @@ -64786,21 +64786,21 @@ a place of sacrifice an altar in the city where you live, a copy of the holy tent which you prepared from the beginning. - + Wisdom is with you and knows your works, and was present when you were making the world, and understands what is pleasing in your eyes, and what is right according to your commandments. - + Send her from the holy heavens, and ask her to come from the throne of your glory, that being present with me she may work, and I may learn what pleases you well. - + For she knows all things and understands, and she will guide me prudently in my actions. She will guard me in her glory. - + So my works will be acceptible. I will judge your people righteously, and I will be worthy of my father’s @@ -64808,23 +64808,23 @@ Gr. thrones. throne. - + For what man will know the counsel of God? Or who will conceive what the Lord wills? - + For the thoughts of mortals are unstable, and our plans are prone to fail. - + For a corruptible body weighs down the soul. The earthy tent burdens a mind that is full of cares. - + We can hardly guess the things that are on earth, and we find the things that are close at hand with labor; but who has traced out the things that are in the heavens? - + Who gained knowledge of your counsel, unless you gave wisdom, and sent your holy spirit from on high? - + It was thus that the ways of those who are on earth were corrected, and men were taught the things that are pleasing to you. They were saved through wisdom.” @@ -64837,15 +64837,15 @@ She. guarded to the end the first formed father of the world, who was created alone, and delivered him out of his own transgression, - + and gave him strength to rule over all things. - + But when an unrighteous man fell away from her in his anger, he perished himself in the rage with which he killed his brother. - + When for his cause the earth was drowning with a flood, -wisdom again saved it, -guiding the righteous man’s course by a paltry piece of wood. +wisdom again saved it, +guiding the righteous man’s course by a paltry piece of wood. Moreover, when nations consenting together in wickedness had been confounded, wisdom @@ -64861,16 +64861,16 @@ she delivered a righteous man, when he fled from the fire that descended out of heaven on the five cities. - + To whose wickedness a smoking waste still witnesses, and plants bearing fair fruit that doesn’t ripen, a disbelieving soul has a memorial: a standing pillar of salt. - + For having passed wisdom by, not only were they disabled from recognising the things which are good, but they also left behind them for their life a monument of their folly, to the end that where they stumbled, they might fail even to be unseen; - + but wisdom delivered those who waited on her out of troubles. When a righteous man was a fugitive from a brother’s wrath, @@ -64880,10 +64880,10 @@ wisdom guided him in straight paths. She showed him God’s kingdom, and gave him knowledge of holy things. She prospered him in his toils, and multiplied the fruits of his labor. - + When in their covetousness men dealt harshly with him, she stood by him and made him rich. - + She guarded him from enemies, and she kept him safe from those who lay in wait. Over his severe conflict, she watched as judge, @@ -64896,7 +64896,7 @@ wisdom didn’t forsake him, but she delivered him from sin. She went down with him into a dungeon, - + and in bonds she didn’t depart from him, until she brought him the sceptre of a kingdom, and authority over those that dealt like a tyrant with him. @@ -64908,27 +64908,27 @@ Gr. she. delivered a holy people and a blameless seed from a nation of oppressors. - + She entered into the soul of a servant of the Lord, and withstood terrible kings in wonders and signs. - + She rendered to holy men a reward of their toils. She guided them along a marvelous way, and became to them a covering in the day-time, and a starry flame through the night. - + She brought them over the Red sea, and led them through much water; - + but she drowned their enemies, and she cast them up from the bottom of the deep. - + Therefore the righteous plundered the ungodly, and they sang praise to your holy name, O Lord, and extolled with one accord your hand that fought for them, - + because wisdom opened the mouth of the mute, -and made the tongues of babes to speak clearly. +and made the tongues of babes to speak clearly. @@ -64936,43 +64936,43 @@ They traveled through a desert without inhabitant, and they pitched their tents in trackless regions. - + They withstood enemies and repelled foes. - + They thirsted, and they called upon you, and water was given to them out of the 11:4 See Deuteronomy 8:15; Psalm 114:8. flinty rock, and healing of their thirst out of the hard stone. - + For by what things their foes were punished, by these they in their need were benefited. - + When enemies were troubled with clotted blood instead of a river’s ever-flowing fountain, - + to rebuke the decree for the slaying of babies, you gave them abundant water beyond all hope, - + having shown by the thirst which they had suffered how you punished the adversaries. - + For when they were tried, although chastened in mercy, they learned how the ungodly were tormented, being judged with wrath. - + For you tested these as a father admonishing them; but you searched out those as a stern king condemning them. - + Yes and whether they were far off or near, they were equally distressed; - + for a double grief seized them, and a groaning at the memory of things past. - + For when they heard that through their own punishments the others benefited, they recognized the Lord. - + For him who long before was thrown out and exposed they stopped mocking. In the end of what happened, they marveled, having thirsted in another manner than the righteous. @@ -64982,7 +64982,7 @@ you sent upon them a multitude of irrational creatures to punish them, that they might learn that by what things a man sins, by these he is punished. - + For your all-powerful hand that created the world out of formless matter didn’t lack means to send upon them a multitude of bears, fierce lions, @@ -64991,37 +64991,37 @@ either breathing out a blast of fiery breath, or belching out smoke, or flashing dreadful sparks from their eyes; - + which had power not only to consume them by their violence, but to destroy them even by the terror of their sight. - + Yes and without these they might have fallen by a single breath, being pursued by Justice, and scattered abroad by the breath of your power; but you arranged all things by measure, number, and weight. For to be greatly strong is yours at all times. Who could withstand the might of your arm? - + Because the whole world before you is as a grain in a balance, and as a drop of dew that comes down upon the earth in the morning. - + But you have mercy on all men, because you have power to do all things, and you overlook the sins of men to the end that they may repent. - + For you love all things that are, and abhor none of the things which you made; For you never would have formed anything if you hated it. - + How would anything have endured unless you had willed it? Or that which was not called by you, how would it have been preserved? - + But you spare all things, because they are yours, O Sovereign Lord, you who love the living. For your incorruptible spirit is in all things. - + Therefore you convict little by little those who fall from the right way, and, putting them in remembrance by the things wherein they sin, you admonish them, that escaping from their wickedness they may believe in you, O Lord. @@ -65043,7 +65043,7 @@ Or, children - + Nevertheless you even spared these as men, and you sent hornets 12:8 @@ -65051,48 +65051,48 @@ wasps as forerunners of your army, to cause them to perish little by little. - + Not that you were unable to subdue the ungodly under the hand of the righteous in battle, or by terrible beasts or by a stern word to make away with them at once, - + but judging them little by little you gave them a chance to repent, not being ignorant that their nature by birth was evil, their wickedness inborn, and that their manner of thought would never be changed. - + For they were a cursed seed from the beginning. It wasn’t through fear of any that you left them unpunished for their sins. For who will say, “What have you done?” Or “Who will withstand your judgment?” -Who will accuse you for the perishing of nations which you caused? +Who will accuse you for the perishing of nations which you caused? Or who will come and stand before you as an avenger for unrighteous men? - + For there isn’t any God beside you that cares for all, that you might show that you didn’t judge unrighteously. - + No king or prince will be able to confront you about those whom you have punished. - + But being righteous, you rule all things righteously, deeming it a thing alien from your power to condemn one who doesn’t deserve to be punished. - + For your strength is the source of righteousness, and your sovereignty over all makes you to forbear all. - + For when men don’t believe that you are perfect in power, you show your strength, and in dealing with those who think this, you confuse their boldness. - + But you, being sovereign in strength, judge in gentleness, and with great forbearance you govern us; for the power is yours whenever you desire it. But you taught your people by such works as these, how the righteous must be kind. -You made your sons to have good hope, +You made your sons to have good hope, because you give repentance when men have sinned. - + For if on those who were enemies of your servants 12:20 Or, @@ -65100,17 +65100,17 @@ and deserving of death, you took vengeance with so great deliberation and indulgence, giving them times and opportunities when they might escape from their wickedness, - + with how great care you judged your sons, to whose fathers you gave oaths and covenants of good promises! - + Therefore while you chasten us, you scourge our enemies ten thousand times more, to the intent that we may ponder your goodness when we judge, and when we are judged may look for mercy. Therefore also the unrighteous that lived in a life of folly, you tormented through their own abominations. - + For truly they went astray very far in the ways of error, Taking as gods those animals 12:24 @@ -65119,12 +65119,12 @@ and so elsewhere in this book. which even among their enemies were held in dishonor, deceived like foolish babes. - + Therefore, as to unreasoning children, you sent your judgment to mock them. - + But those who would not be admonished by mild correction will experience the deserved judgment of God. - + For through the sufferings they were indignant of, being punished in these creatures which they supposed to be gods, they saw and recognized as the true God him whom they previously refused to know. @@ -65135,33 +65135,33 @@ For truly all men who had no perception of God were foolish by nature, and didn’t gain power to know him who exists from the good things that are seen. They didn’t recognize the architect from his works. - + But they thought that either fire, or wind, or swift air, or circling stars, or raging water, or luminaries of heaven were gods that rule the world. - + If it was through delight in their beauty that they took them to be gods, let them know how much better their Sovereign Lord is than these, for the first author of beauty created them. - + But if it was through astonishment at their power and influence, then let them understand from them how much more powerful he who formed them is. - + For from the greatness of the beauty of created things, mankind forms the corresponding perception of their Maker. 13:5 Gr. is the first maker of them seen. - + But yet for these men there is but small blame, for they too perhaps go astray while they are seeking God and desiring to find him. - + For they diligently search while living among his works, and they trust their sight that the things that they look at are beautiful. - + But again even they are not to be excused. - + For if they had power to know so much, that they should be able to explore the world, how is it that they didn’t find the Sovereign Lord sooner? @@ -65170,7 +65170,7 @@ who called them gods which are works of men’s hands, gold and silver, skillfully made, and likenesses of animals, or a useless stone, the work of an ancient hand. - + Yes and some 13:11 Gr. @@ -65178,35 +65178,35 @@ woodcutter might saw down a tree that is easily moved, skillfully strip away all its bark, and fashion it in attractive form, make a useful vessel to serve his life’s needs. - + Burning the scraps from his handiwork to cook his food, he eats his fill. - + Taking a discarded scrap which served no purpose, a crooked piece of wood and full of knots, he carves it with the diligence of his idleness, and shapes it by the skill of his idleness. -He shapes it in the image of a man, +He shapes it in the image of a man, or makes it like some worthless animal, smearing it with something red, painting it red, and smearing over every stain in it. - + Having made a worthy chamber for it, he sets it in a wall, securing it with iron. - + He plans for it that it may not fall down, knowing that it is unable to help itself (for truly it is an image, and needs help). - + When he makes his prayer concerning goods and his marriage and children, he is not ashamed to speak to that which has no life. - + Yes, for health, he calls upon that which is weak. For life, he implores that which is dead. For aid, he supplicates that which has no experience. For a good journey, he asks that which can’t so much as move a step. - + And for profit in business and good success of his hands, he asks ability from that which has hands with no ability. @@ -65214,33 +65214,33 @@ Again, one preparing to sail, and about to journey over raging waves, calls upon a piece of wood more fragile than the vessel that carries him. - + For the hunger for profit planned it, and wisdom was the craftsman who built it. - + Your providence, O Father, guides it along, because even in the sea you gave a way, and in the waves a sure path, - + showing that you can save out of every danger, that even a man without skill may put to sea. - + It is your will that the works of your wisdom should not be ineffective. Therefore men also entrust their lives to a little piece of wood, and passing through the surge on a raft come safely to land. - + For 14:6 The Greek text here may be corrupt. in the old time also, when proud giants were perishing, the hope of the world, taking refuge on a raft, your hand guided the seed of generations of the race of men. - + For blessed is wood through which comes righteousness; but the idol made with hands is accursed, itself and he that made it; because his was the working, and the corruptible thing was called a god. - + For both the ungodly and his ungodliness are alike hateful to God; for truly the deed will be punished together with him who committed it. @@ -65252,9 +65252,9 @@ For the devising of idols was the beginning of fornication, and the invention of them the corruption of life. - + For they didn’t exist from the beginning, and they won’t exist forever. - + For by the boastfulness of men they entered into the world, and therefore a speedy end was planned for them. @@ -65262,10 +65262,10 @@ making an image of the child quickly taken away, now honored him as a god which was then a dead human being, and delivered to those that were under him mysteries and solemn rites. - + Afterward the ungodly custom, in process of time grown strong, was kept as a law, and the engraved images received worship by the commandments of princes. - + And when men could not honor them in presence because they lived far off, imagining the likeness from afar, they made a visible image of the king whom they honored, @@ -65273,29 +65273,29 @@ But worship was raised to a yet higher pitch, even by those who didn’t know him, urged forward by the ambition of the architect; - + for he, wishing perhaps to please his ruler, used his art to force the likeness toward a greater beauty. - + So the multitude, allured by reason of the grace of his handiwork, now consider an object of devotion him that a little before was honored as a man. - + And this became an ambush, because men, in bondage either to calamity or to tyranny, invested stones and stocks with the Name that shouldn’t be shared. Afterward it was not enough for them to go astray concerning the knowledge of God, but also, while they live in a great war of ignorance, they call a multitude of evils peace. - + For either slaughtering children in solemn rites, or celebrating secret mysteries, or holding frenzied revels of strange customs, - + no longer do they guard either life or purity of marriage, but one brings upon another either death by treachery, or anguish by adultery. - + And all things confusedly are filled with blood and murder, theft and deceit, corruption, faithlessness, tumult, perjury, - + confusion about what is good, forgetfulness of favors, ingratitude for benefits, defiling of souls, confusion of sex, @@ -65306,17 +65306,17 @@ 14:27 Exodus 23:13; Psalm 16:4; Hosea 2:17; Wisdom 14:21 is a beginning and cause and end of every evil. - + For their worshipers either make merry to madness, or prophesy lies, or live unrighteously, or lightly commit perjury. - + For putting their trust in lifeless idols, when they have sworn a wicked oath, they expect not to suffer harm. - + But on both counts, the just doom will pursue them, because they had evil thoughts of God by giving heed to idols, and swore unrighteously in deceit through contempt for holiness. - + For it is not the power of things by which men swear, but it is the just penalty for those who sin that always visits the transgression of the unrighteous. @@ -65325,39 +65325,39 @@ But you, our God, are gracious and true, patient, and in mercy ordering all things. - + For even if we sin, we are yours, knowing your dominion; but we will not sin, knowing that we have been accounted yours. - + For to be acquainted with you is 15:3 Gr. entire. perfect righteousness, and to know your dominion is the root of immortality. - + For we weren’t led astray by any evil plan of men’s, nor yet by painters’ fruitless labor, a form stained with varied colors, - + the sight of which leads fools into 15:5 Some authorities read reproach. lust. Their desire is for the breathless form of a dead image. - + Lovers of evil things, and worthy of such hopes, are those who make, desire, and worship them. For a potter, kneading soft earth, laboriously molds each article for our service. -He fashions out of the same clay +He fashions out of the same clay both the vessels that minister to clean uses, and those of a contrary sort, all in like manner. -What shall be the use of each article of either sort, +What shall be the use of each article of either sort, the potter is the judge. - + Also, laboring to an evil end, he molds a vain god out of the same clay, he who, having but a little before been made of earth, after a short space goes his way to the earth out of which he was taken, @@ -65366,22 +65366,22 @@ Or, life soul which was lent him. - + However he has anxious care, not because his powers must fail, nor because his span of life is short; -But he compares himself with goldsmiths and silversmiths, +But he compares himself with goldsmiths and silversmiths, and he imitates molders in 15:9 Or, copper brass, and considers it great that he molds counterfeit gods. - + His heart is ashes. His hope is of less value than earth. His life is of less honor than clay, - + because he was ignorant of him who molded him, and of him that inspired into him 15:11 @@ -65393,7 +65393,7 @@ life soul, and breathed into him a vital spirit. - + But 15:12 Some authorities read @@ -65404,32 +65404,32 @@ Or, way of life lifetime a festival for profit; -for, he says, one must get gain however one can, even if it is by evil. - +for, he says, one must get gain however one can, even if it is by evil. + For this man, beyond all others, knows that he sins, out of earthy matter making brittle vessels and engraved images. - + But most foolish and more miserable than a baby, are the enemies of your people, who oppressed them; - + because they even considered all the idols of the nations to be gods, which have neither the use of eyes for seeing, nor nostrils for drawing breath, nor ears to hear, nor fingers for handling, and their feet are helpless for walking. - + For a man made them, and one whose own spirit is borrowed molded them; for no one has power as a man to mold a god like himself. - + But, being mortal, he makes a dead thing by the work of lawless hands; for he is better than the objects of his worship, since he indeed had life, but they never did. Yes, and they worship the creatures that are most hateful, for, being compared as to lack of sense, these are worse than all others; - + Neither, as seen beside other creatures, are they beautiful, so that one should desire them, but they have escaped both the praise of God and his blessing. @@ -65437,106 +65437,106 @@ For this cause, they were deservedly punished through creatures like those which they worship, and tormented through a multitude of vermin. - + Instead of this punishment, you, giving benefits to your people, prepared quails for food, -a delicacy to satisfy the desire of their appetite, - +a delicacy to satisfy the desire of their appetite, + to the end that your enemies, desiring food, might for the hideousness of the creatures sent among them, loathe even the necessary appetite; -but these, your people, having for a short time suffered lack, +but these, your people, having for a short time suffered lack, might even partake of delicacies. - + For it was necessary that inescapable lack should come upon those oppressors, but that to these it should only be showed how their enemies were tormented. - + For even when terrible raging of wild beasts came upon your people, and they were perishing by the bites of crooked serpents, your wrath didn’t continue to the uttermost; - + but for admonition were they troubled for a short time, having a token of salvation to put them in remembrance of the commandment of your law; for he who turned toward it was not saved because of that which was seen, but because of you, the Savior of all. - + Yes, and in this you persuaded our enemies that you are he who delivers out of every evil. - + For the bites of locusts and flies truly killed them. No healing for their life was found, because they were worthy to be punished by such things. - + But your children weren’t overcome by the very fangs of venomous dragons, for your mercy passed by where they were and healed them. - + For they were bitten to put them in remembrance of your oracles, and were quickly saved, lest, falling into deep forgetfulness, they should become unable to respond to your kindness. - + For truly it was neither herb nor poultice that cured them, but your word, O Lord, which heals all people. - + For you have authority over life and death, and you lead down to the gates of Hades, and lead up again. - + But though a man kills by his wickedness, he can’t retrieve the spirit that has departed or release the imprisoned soul. But it is not possible to escape your hand; - + for ungodly men, refusing to know you, were scourged in the strength of your arm, pursued with strange rains and hails and relentless storms, and utterly consumed with fire. - + For, what was most marvelous, in the water which quenches all things, the fire burned hotter; for the world fights for the righteous. - + For at one time the flame was restrained, that it might not burn up the creatures sent against the ungodly, but that these themselves as they looked might see that they were chased by the judgment of God. - + At another time even in the midst of water it burns more intensely than fire, that it may destroy the produce of an unrighteous land. - + Instead of these things, you gave your people angels’ food to eat, and you provided ready-to-eat bread for them from heaven without toil, having the virtue of every pleasant flavor, and agreeable to every taste. - + For your nature showed your sweetness toward your children, while that bread, serving the desire of the eater, changed itself according to every man’s choice. - + But snow and ice endured fire, and didn’t melt, that people might know that fire was destroying the fruits of the enemies, burning in the hail and flashing in the rains; - + and that this fire, again, in order that righteous people may be nourished, has even forgotten its own power. - + For the creation, ministering to you, its maker, strains its force against the unrighteous for punishment and in kindness, slackens it on behalf of those who trust in you. - + Therefore at that time also, converting itself into all forms, it ministered to your all-nourishing bounty, according to the desire of those who had need, - + that your children, whom you loved, O Lord, might learn that it is not the growth of crops that nourishes a man, but that your word preserves those who trust you. - + For that which was not destroyed by fire, melted away when it was simply warmed by a faint sunbeam, - + that it might be known that we must rise before the sun to give you thanks, and must pray to you at the dawning of the light; - + for the hope of the unthankful will melt as the winter’s hoar frost, and will flow away as water that has no use. @@ -65544,39 +65544,39 @@ For your judgments are great, and hard to interpret; therefore undisciplined souls went astray. - + For when lawless men had supposed that they held a holy nation in their power, they, prisoners of darkness, and bound in the fetters of a long night, kept close beneath their roofs, lay exiled from the eternal providence. - + For while they thought that they were unseen in their secret sins, they were divided from one another by a dark curtain of forgetfulness, stricken with terrible awe, and very troubled by apparitions. - + For neither did the dark recesses that held them guard them from fears, but terrifying sounds rang around them, and dismal phantoms appeared with unsmiling faces. - + And no power of fire prevailed to give light, neither were the brightest flames of the stars strong enough to illuminate that gloomy night; - + but only the glimmering of a self-kindled fire appeared to them, full of fear. In terror, they considered the things which they saw to be worse than that sight, on which they could not gaze. - + The mockeries of their magic arts were powerless, now, and a shameful rebuke of their boasted understanding: - + For those who promised to drive away terrors and disorders from a sick soul, these were sick with a ludicrous fearfulness. - + For even if no troubling thing frighted them, yet, scared with the creeping of vermin and hissing of serpents, - + they perished trembling in fear, refusing even to look at the air, which could not be escaped on any side. - + For wickedness, condemned by a witness within, is a coward thing, and, being pressed hard by conscience, always has added forecasts of the worst. @@ -65584,7 +65584,7 @@ and from within, the expectation of being less prefers ignorance of the cause that brings the torment. - + But they, all through the night which was powerless indeed, and which came upon them out of the recesses of powerless Hades, sleeping the same sleep, @@ -65592,15 +65592,15 @@ now were haunted by monstrous apparitions, and now were paralyzed by their soul’s surrendering; for sudden and unexpected fear came upon them. - + So then whoever it might be, sinking down in his place, was kept captive, shut up in that prison which was not barred with iron; - + for whether he was a farmer, or a shepherd, or a laborer whose toils were in the wilderness, he was overtaken, and endured that inescapable sentence; for they were all bound with one chain of darkness. - + Whether there was a whistling wind, or a melodious sound of birds among the spreading branches, or a measured fall of water running violently, @@ -65610,7 +65610,7 @@ or the voice of wild beasts harshly roaring, or an echo rebounding from the hollows of the mountains, all these things paralyzed them with terror. - + For the whole world was illuminated with clear light, and was occupied with unhindered works, @@ -65623,14 +65623,14 @@ But for your holy ones there was great light. Their enemies, hearing their voice but not seeing their form, counted it a happy thing that they too had suffered, - + yet for that they do not hurt them, though wronged by them before, they are thankful; and because they had been at variance with them, they begged for pardon. - + Therefore you provided a burning pillar of fire, to be a guide for your people’s unknown journey, and a harmless sun for their glorious exile. - + For the Egyptians well deserved to be deprived of light and imprisoned by darkness, they who had imprisoned your children, through whom the incorruptible light of the law was to be given to the race of men. @@ -65639,76 +65639,76 @@ and when a single child had been abandoned and saved to convict them of their sin, you took away from them their multitude of children, and destroyed all their army together in a mighty flood. - + Our fathers were made aware of that night beforehand, that, having sure knowledge, they might be cheered by the oaths which they had trusted. - + Salvation of the righteous and destruction of the enemies was expected by your people. - + For as you took vengeance on the adversaries, by the same means, calling us to yourself, you glorified us. - + For holy children of good men offered sacrifice in secret, and with one consent they agreed to the covenant of the divine law, that they would partake alike in the same good things and the same perils, the fathers already leading the sacred songs of praise. - + But the discordant cry of the enemies echoed back, and a pitiful voice of lamentation for children was spread abroad. - + Both servant and master were punished with the same just doom, and the commoner suffering the same as king; - + Yes, they all together, under one form of death, had corpses without number. -For the living were not sufficient even to bury them, +For the living were not sufficient even to bury them, Since at a single stroke, their most cherished offspring was consumed. - + For while they were disbelieving all things by reason of the enchantments, upon the destruction of the firstborn they confessed the people to be God’s children. - + For while peaceful silence wrapped all things, and night in her own swiftness was half spent, - + your all-powerful word leaped from heaven, from the royal throne, a stern warrior, into the midst of the doomed land, - + bearing as a sharp sword your authentic commandment, and standing, it filled all things with death, and while it touched the heaven it stood upon the earth. - + Then immediately apparitions in dreams terribly troubled them, and unexpected fears came upon them. - + And each, one thrown here half dead, another there, made known why he was dying; - + for the dreams, disturbing them, forewarned them of this, that they might not perish without knowing why they were afflicted. The experience of death also touched the righteous, and a multitude were destroyed in the wilderness, but the wrath didn’t last long. - + For a blameless man hurried to be their champion, bringing the weapon of his own ministry, prayer, and the atoning sacrifice of incense. -He withstood the indignation and set an end to the calamity, +He withstood the indignation and set an end to the calamity, showing that he was your servant. - + And he overcame the anger, not by strength of body, not by force of weapons, but by his word, he subdued the avenger by bringing to remembrance oaths and covenants made with the fathers. - + For when the dead had already fallen in heaps one upon another, he intervened and stopped the wrath, and cut off its way to the living. - + For the whole world was pictured on his long robe, and the glories of the fathers were upon the engraving of the four rows of precious stones, and your majesty was upon the diadem on his head. - + The destroyer yielded to these, and they feared; for it was enough only to test the wrath. @@ -65716,16 +65716,16 @@ But indignation without mercy came upon the ungodly to the end; for God also foreknew their future, - + how, having changed their minds to let your people go, and having sped them eagerly on their way, they would change their minds and pursue them. - + For while they were yet in the midst of their mourning, and lamenting at the graves of the dead, they made another foolish decision, and pursued as fugitives those whom they had begged to leave and driven out. - + For the doom which they deserved was drawing them to this end, and it made them forget the things that had happened to them, that they might fill up the punishment which was yet lacking from their torments, @@ -65736,7 +65736,7 @@ For the whole creation, each part in its diverse kind, was made new again, complying with your commandments, that your servants might be kept unharmed. - + Then the cloud that overshadowed the camp was seen, and dry land rising up out of what had been water, out of the Red sea an unhindered highway, @@ -65745,35 +65745,35 @@ by which they passed over with all their army, these who were covered with your hand, having seen strange marvels. - + For like horses they roamed at large, and they skipped about like lambs, praising you, O Lord, who was their deliverer. - + For they still remembered the things that happened in the time of their sojourning, how instead of bearing cattle, the land brought forth lice, and instead of fish, the river spewed out a multitude of frogs. - + But afterwards, they also saw a new kind of birds, when, led on by desire, they asked for luxurious dainties; - + for, to comfort them, quails came up for them from the sea. Punishments came upon the sinners, not without the signs that were given beforehand by the violence of the thunder, for they justly suffered through their own wickednesses, for the hatred which they practiced toward guests was grievous indeed. - + For while the others didn’t receive the strangers when they came to them, the Egyptians made slaves of guests who were their benefactors. - + And not only so, but while punishment of some sort will come upon the former, since they received as enemies those who were aliens; because these first welcomed with feastings, and then afflicted with dreadful toils, those who had already shared with them in the same rights. - + And moreover they were stricken with loss of sight (even as were those others at the righteous man’s doors), when, being surrounded with yawning darkness, @@ -65783,13 +65783,13 @@ even so the elements, changing their order one with another, continuing always in its sound, as may clearly be conjectured from the sight of the things that have happened. - + For creatures of the dry land were turned into creatures of the waters, and creatures that swim moved upon the land. - + Fire kept the mastery of its own power in water, and water forgot its quenching nature. - + On the contrary, flames didn’t consume flesh of perishable creatures that walked among them, neither did they melt the crystalline grains of ambrosial food that were melted easily. @@ -65813,15 +65813,15 @@
All wisdom comes from the Lord, and is with him forever. - + Who can count the sand of the seas, the drops of rain, and the days of eternity? - + Who will search out the height of the sky, the breadth of the earth, the deep, and wisdom? - + Wisdom has been created before all things, and the understanding of prudence from everlasting. @@ -65830,7 +65830,7 @@ 1:5 Verse 5 is omitted by the best authorities: The source of wisdom is God’s word in the highest heaven, and her ways are the eternal commandments. - + To whom has the root of wisdom been revealed? Who has known her shrewd counsels? @@ -65839,42 +65839,42 @@ 1:7 Verse 7 is omitted by the best authorities: To whom was the knowledge of wisdom manifested? Who has understood her abundant experience? - + There is one wise, greatly to be feared, sitting upon his throne: the Lord. - + He created her. He saw and measured her. He poured her out upon all his works. - + She is with all flesh according to his gift. He gave her freely to those who love him. The fear of the Lord is glory, exultation, gladness, and a crown of rejoicing. - + The fear of the Lord will delight the heart, and will give gladness, joy, and length of days. - + Whoever fears the Lord, it will go well with him at the last. He will be blessed in the day of his death. To fear the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. It was created together with the faithful in the womb. - + She 1:15 Gr. nested. laid an eternal foundation with men. She will be trusted among their offspring. - + To fear the Lord is the fullness of wisdom. She inebriates men with her fruits. - + She will fill all her house with desirable things, and her storehouses with her produce. - + The fear of the Lord is the crown of wisdom, making peace and 1:18 @@ -65884,11 +65884,11 @@ 1:18 The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities: Both are gifts of God for peace; glory opens out for those who love him. He saw her and took her measure. - + He both saw and measured her. He rained down skill and knowledge of understanding, and exalted the honor of those who hold her fast. - + To fear the Lord is the root of wisdom. Her branches are length of days. @@ -65901,31 +65901,31 @@ Unjust wrath can never be justified, for his wrath tips the scale to his downfall. - + A man that is patient will resist for a season, and afterward gladness will spring up to him. - + He will hide his words until the right moment, and the lips of many will tell of his understanding. A wise saying is in the treasures of wisdom; but godliness is an abomination to a sinner. - + If you desire wisdom, keep the commandments and the Lord will give her to you freely; - + for the fear of the Lord is wisdom and instruction. Faith and humility are his good pleasure. - + Don’t disobey the fear of the Lord. Don’t come to him with a double heart. - + Don’t be a hypocrite in men’s sight. Keep watch over your lips. - + Don’t exalt yourself, lest you fall and bring dishonor upon your soul. -The Lord will reveal your secrets +The Lord will reveal your secrets and will cast you down in the midst of the congregation, because you didn’t come to the fear of the Lord and your heart was full of deceit. @@ -65934,117 +65934,117 @@ My son, if you come to serve the Lord, prepare your soul for temptation. - + Set your heart aright, constantly endure, and don’t make haste in time of calamity. - + Cling to him, and don’t depart, that you may be increased at your latter end. - + Accept whatever is brought upon you, and be patient when you suffer humiliation. - + For gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of humiliation. - + Put your trust in him, and he will help you. Make your ways straight, and set your hope on him. All you who fear the Lord, wait for his mercy. Don’t turn aside, lest you fall. - + All you who fear the Lord, put your trust in him, and your reward will not fail. - + All you who fear the Lord, hope for good things, and for eternal gladness and mercy. - + Look at the generations of old, and see: Who ever put his trust in the Lord, and was ashamed? Or who remained in his fear, and was forsaken? Or who called upon him, and he neglected him? - + For the Lord is full of compassion and mercy. He forgives sins and saves in time of affliction. Woe to fearful hearts, to faint hands, and to the sinner who goes two ways! - + Woe to the faint heart! For it doesn’t believe. Therefore it won’t be defended. - + Woe to you who have lost your patience! And what will you all do when the Lord visits you? Those who fear the Lord will not disobey his words. Those who love him will keep his ways. - + Those who fear the Lord will seek his good pleasure. Those who love him will be filled with the law. - + Those who fear the Lord will prepare their hearts, and will humble their souls in his sight. - + We will fall into the hands of the Lord, and not into the hands of men; -for as his majesty is, +for as his majesty is, so also is his mercy. Hear me, your father, O my children, and do what you hear, that you all may be safe. - + For the Lord honors the father over the children, and has confirmed the judgment of the mother over her sons. - + He who honors his father will make atonement for sins. He who gives glory to his mother is as one who lays up treasure. - + Whoever honors his father will have joy in his own children. He will be heard in the day of his prayer. - + He who gives glory to his father will have length of days. He who listens to the Lord will bring rest to his mother, - + 3:7 Some manuscripts add those who fear the Lord honor their father, and will serve under his parents, as to masters. - + Honor your father in deed and word, that a blessing may come upon you from him. - + For the blessing of the father establishes the houses of children, but the curse of the mother roots out the foundations. Don’t glorify yourself in the dishonor of your father, for your father’s dishonor is no glory to you. - + For the glory of a man is from the honor of his father, and a mother in dishonor is a reproach to her children. - + My son, help your father in his old age, and don’t grieve him as long as he lives. - + If he fails in understanding, have patience with him. Don’t dishonor him in your full strength. - + For the kindness to your father will not be forgotten. Instead of sins it will be added to build you up. - + In the day of your affliction it will be remembered for you, as fair weather upon ice, so your sins will also melt away. - + He who forsakes his father is as a blasphemer. He who provokes his mother is cursed by the Lord. My son, go on with your business in humility; so you will be loved by an acceptable man. - + The greater you are, humble yourself the more, and you will find favor before the Lord. @@ -66053,22 +66053,22 @@ 3:19 Some manuscripts add Many are lofty and renowned, but he reveals his secrets to the humble. - + For the power of the Lord is great, and he is glorified by those who are lowly. - + Don’t seek things that are too hard for you, and don’t search out things that are above your strength. - + Think about the things that have been commanded you, for you have no need of the things that are secret. - + Don’t be overly busy in tasks that are beyond you, for more things are shown to you than men can understand. - + For the conceit of many has led them astray. Evil opinion has caused their judgment to slip. - + 3:25 @@ -66077,19 +66077,19 @@ A stubborn heart will do badly at the end. He who loves danger will perish in it. - + A stubborn heart will be burdened with troubles. The sinner will heap sin upon sins. - + The calamity of the proud has no healing, for a weed of wickedness has taken root in him. - + The heart of the prudent will understand a proverb. A wise man desires the ear of a listener. Water will quench a flaming fire; almsgiving will make atonement for sins. - + He who repays good turns is mindful of that which comes afterward. In the time of his falling he will find a support. @@ -66097,105 +66097,105 @@ My son, don’t deprive the poor of his living. Don’t make the needy eyes wait long. - + Don’t make a hungry soul sorrowful, or provoke a man in his distress. - + Don’t add more trouble to a heart that is provoked. Don’t put off giving to him who is in need. - + Don’t reject a suppliant in his affliction. Don’t turn your face away from a poor man. - + Don’t turn your eye away from one who asks. Give no occasion to a man to curse you. - + For if he curses you in the bitterness of his soul, he who made him will hear his supplication. Endear yourself to the assembly. Bow your head to a great man. - + Incline your ear to a poor man. Answer him with peaceful words in humility. - + Deliver him who is wronged from the hand of him who wrongs him; Don’t be hesitant in giving judgment. - + Be as a father to the fatherless, and like a husband to their mother. -So you will be as a son of the Most High, +So you will be as a son of the Most High, and he will love you more than your mother does. Wisdom exalts her sons, and takes hold of those who seek her. - + He who loves her loves life. Those who seek her early will be filled with gladness. - + He who holds her fast will inherit glory. Where 4:13 Or, she he enters, the Lord will bless. - + Those who serve her minister to the Holy One. The Lord loves those who love her. - + He who listens to her will judge the nations. He who heeds her will dwell securely. - + If he trusts her, he will inherit her, and his generations will possess her. - + For at the first she will walk with him in crooked ways, and will bring fear and dread upon him, and torment him with her discipline, until she may trust his soul, and try him by her judgments. - + Then she will return him again to the straight way, and will gladden him, and reveal to him her secrets. - + If he goes astray, she will forsake him, and hand him over to his fall. Watch for the opportunity, and beware of evil. Don’t be ashamed of your soul. - + For there is a shame that brings sin, and there is a shame that is glory and grace. - + Don’t show partiality, discrediting your soul. Don’t revere any man to your falling. - + Don’t refrain from speaking when it is for safety. 4:23 Some manuscripts omit this line. Don’t hide your wisdom for the sake of seeming fair. - + For wisdom will be known by speech, and instruction by the word of the tongue. - + Don’t speak against the truth and be shamed for your ignorance. - + Don’t be ashamed to confess your sins. Don’t fight the river’s current. - + Don’t lay yourself down for a fool to tread upon. Don’t be partial to one who is mighty. - + Strive for the truth to death, and the Lord God will fight for you. Don’t be hasty with your tongue, or slack and negligent in your deeds. - + Don’t be like a lion in your house, or suspicious of your servants. - + Don’t let your hand be stretched out to receive, and closed when you should repay. @@ -66203,24 +66203,24 @@ Don’t set your heart upon your goods. Don’t say, “They are sufficient for me.” - + Don’t follow your own mind and your strength to walk in the desires of your heart. - + Don’t say, “Who will have dominion over me?” for the Lord will surely take vengeance on you. Don’t say, “I sinned, and what happened to me?” for the Lord is patient. - + Don’t be so confident of atonement that you add sin upon sins. - + Don’t say, “His compassion is great. He will be pacified for the multitude of my sins,” for mercy and wrath are with him, and his indignation will rest on sinners. - + Don’t wait to turn to the Lord. Don’t put off from day to day; for suddenly the wrath of the Lord will come on you, @@ -66228,28 +66228,28 @@ Don’t set your heart upon unrighteous gains, for you will profit nothing in the day of calamity. - + Don’t winnow with every wind. Don’t walk in every path. This is what the sinner who has a double tongue does. - + Be steadfast in your understanding. Let your speech be consistent. Be swift to hear and answer with patience. - + If you have understanding, answer your neighbor; but if not, put your hand over your mouth. - + Glory and dishonor is in talk. A man’s tongue may be his downfall. - + Don’t be called a whisperer. Don’t lie in wait with your tongue; for shame is on the thief, and an evil condemnation is on him who has a double tongue. - + Don’t be ignorant in a great or small matter. @@ -66260,136 +66260,136 @@ Don’t exalt yourself in the counsel of your soul, that your soul not be torn in pieces like a bull. - + You will eat up your leaves, destroy your fruit, and leave yourself like a dry tree. - + A wicked soul will destroy him who has it, and will make him a laughing stock to his enemies. Sweet words will multiply a man’s friends. A gracious tongue will multiply courtesies. - + Let those that are at peace with you be many, but your advisers one of a thousand. - + If you want to gain a friend, get him in a time of testing, and don’t be in a hurry to trust him. - + For there is a friend just for an occasion. He won’t continue in the day of your affliction. - + And there is a friend who turns into an enemy. He will discover strife to your reproach. - + And there is a friend who is a companion at the table, but he won’t continue in the day of your affliction. - + In your prosperity he will be as yourself, and will be bold over your servants. - + If you are brought low, he will be against you, and will hide himself from your face. - + Separate yourself from your enemies, and beware of your friends. A faithful friend is a strong defense. He who has found him has found a treasure. - + There is nothing that can be taken in exchange for a faithful friend. His excellency is beyond price. - + A faithful friend is a life-saving medicine. Those who fear the Lord will find him. - + He who fears the Lord directs his friendship properly; for as he is, so is his neighbor also. My son, gather instruction from your youth up. Even when you have gray hair you will find wisdom. - + Come to her as one who plows and sows and wait for her good fruit; -for your toil will be little in her cultivation, +for your toil will be little in her cultivation, and you will soon eat of her fruit. - + How exceedingly harsh she is to the unlearned! He who is without understanding will not remain in her. - + She will rest upon him as a mighty stone of trial. He won’t hesitate to cast her from him. - + For wisdom is according to her name. -She isn’t manifest to many. +She isn’t manifest to many. Give ear, my son, and accept my judgment. Don’t refuse my counsel. - + Bring your feet into her fetters, and your neck into her chain. - + Put your shoulder under her and bear her. Don’t be grieved with her bonds. - + Come to her with all your soul. Keep her ways with your whole power. - + Search and seek, and she will be made known to you. When you get hold of her, don’t let her go. - + For at the last you will find her rest; and she will be turned for you into gladness. - + Her fetters will be to you for a covering of strength, and her chains for a robe of glory. - + For there is a golden ornament upon her, and her bands are 6:30 Numbers 15:38 a purple cord. - + You shall put her on as a robe of glory, and shall put her on as a crown of rejoicing. My son, if you are willing, you will be instructed. If you will yield your soul, you will be prudent. - + If you love to hear, you will receive. If you incline your ear, you will be wise. - + Stand in the multitude of the elders. Attach yourself to whomever is wise. - + Be willing to listen to every godly discourse. Don’t let the proverbs of understanding escape you. - + If you see a man of understanding, get to him early. Let your foot wear out the steps of his doors. - + Let your mind dwell on the ordinances of the Lord and meditate continually on his commandments. -He will establish your heart +He will establish your heart and your desire for wisdom will be given to you. Do no evil, so no evil will overtake you. - + Depart from wrong, and it will turn away from you. - + My son, don’t sow upon the furrows of unrighteousness, and you won’t reap them sevenfold. Don’t seek preeminence from the Lord, nor the seat of honor from the king. - + Don’t justify yourself in the presence of the Lord, and don’t display your wisdom before the king. - + Don’t seek to be a judge, lest you not be able to take away iniquities, lest perhaps you fear the person of a mighty man, @@ -66400,58 +66400,58 @@ Don’t commit a sin twice, for even in one you will not be unpunished. - + Don’t say, “He will look upon the multitude of my gifts. When I make an offering to the Most High God, he will accept it.” - + Don’t be faint-hearted in your prayer. Don’t neglect to give alms. Don’t laugh a man to scorn when he is in the bitterness of his soul, for there is one who humbles and exalts. - + Don’t devise 7:12 Gr. Don’t plow a lie against your brother, or do the same to a friend. - + Refuse to utter a lie, for that habit results in no good. - + Don’t babble in the assembly of elders. Don’t repeat your words in your prayer. Don’t hate hard labor or farm work, which the Most High has created. - + Don’t number yourself among the multitude of sinners. Remember that wrath will not wait. - + Humble your soul greatly, for the punishment of the ungodly man is fire and the worm. Don’t exchange a friend for something, neither a true brother for the gold of Ophir. - + Don’t deprive yourself of a wise and good wife, for her grace is worth more than gold. - + Don’t abuse a servant who works faithfully, or a hireling who gives you his life. - + Let your soul love a wise servant. Don’t defraud him of liberty. Do you have cattle? Look after them. If they are profitable to you, let them stay by you. - + Do you have children? Correct them, and make them obedient from their youth. - + Do you have daughters? Take care of their bodies, and don’t be overly indulgent toward them. - + Give your daughter in marriage, and you will have accomplished a great matter. Give her to a man of understanding. @@ -66463,16 +66463,16 @@ Honor your father with your whole heart, and don’t forget the birth pangs of your mother. - + Remember that you were born of them. What will you repay them for the things that they have done for you? Fear the Lord with all your soul; and revere his priests. - + With all your strength love him who made you. Don’t forsake his ministers. - + Fear the Lord and honor the priest. Give him his portion, even as it is commanded you: the first fruits, the trespass offering, the gift of the shoulders, @@ -66480,16 +66480,16 @@ Also stretch out your hand to the poor man, that your blessing may be complete. - + A gift has grace in the sight of every living man. Don’t withhold grace for a dead man. - + Don’t avoid those who weep, and mourn with those who mourn. - + Don’t be slow to visit a sick man, for by such things you will gain love. - + In all your words, remember eternity, and you will never sin. @@ -66497,23 +66497,23 @@ Don’t contend with a mighty man, lest perhaps you fall into his hands. - + Don’t strive with a rich man, lest perhaps he overpower you; for gold has destroyed many, and turned away the hearts of kings. - + Don’t argue with a loudmouthed man. Don’t heap wood upon his fire. Don’t make fun of a rude man, lest your ancestors be dishonored. - + Don’t reproach a man when he turns from sin. Remember that we are all worthy of punishment. - + Don’t dishonor a man in his old age, for some of us are also growing old. - + Don’t rejoice over anyone’s death. Remember that we all die. @@ -66521,7 +66521,7 @@ Be conversant with their proverbs; for from them you will learn discipline and how to serve great men. - + Don’t miss the discourse of the aged, for they also learned from their parents, because from them you will learn understanding, @@ -66529,35 +66529,35 @@ Don’t kindle the coals of a sinner, lest you be burned with the flame of his fire. - + Don’t rise up from the presence of an insolent man, lest he lie in wait as an ambush for your mouth. - + Don’t lend to a man who is stronger than you; and if you lend, count it as a loss. - + Don’t be surety beyond your means. If you give surety, think as one who will have to pay. Don’t go to law with a judge; for according to his honor they will give judgment for him. - + Don’t travel with a reckless man, lest he be burdensome to you; for he will do as he pleases, and you will perish with his folly. - + Don’t fight with a wrathful man. Don’t travel with him through the desert, for blood is as nothing in his sight. Where there is no help, he will overthrow you. - + Don’t consult with a fool, for he will not be able to keep a secret. - + Do no secret thing before a stranger, for you don’t know what it will cause. - + Don’t open your heart to every man. Don’t let him return you a favor. @@ -66565,30 +66565,30 @@ Don’t be jealous over the wife of your bosom, and don’t teach her an evil lesson against yourself. - + Don’t give your soul to a woman and let her trample down your strength. - + Don’t go to meet a woman who plays the prostitute, lest perhaps you fall into her snares. - + Don’t associate with a woman who is a singer, lest perhaps you be caught by her tricks. - + Don’t gaze at a virgin, lest perhaps you stumble and incur penalties for her. - + Don’t give your soul to prostitutes, that you not lose your inheritance. - + Don’t look around in the streets of the city. Don’t wander in its deserted places. - + Turn your eye away from a beautiful woman, and don’t gaze at another’s beauty. -Many have been led astray by the beauty of a woman; +Many have been led astray by the beauty of a woman; and with this, passion is kindled like a fire. - + Don’t dine at all with a woman who has a husband, or revel with her at wine, 9:9 @@ -66599,12 +66599,12 @@ Don’t forsake an old friend; for a new one is not comparable to him. -A new friend is like new wine: +A new friend is like new wine: if it becomes old, you will drink it with gladness. Don’t envy the success of a sinner; for you don’t know what his end will be. - + Don’t delight in the delights of the ungodly. Remember they will not go unpunished to 9:12 @@ -66618,23 +66618,23 @@ authority power to kill, and you will not be troubled by the fear of death. -If you come to him, commit no fault, +If you come to him, commit no fault, lest he take away your life. -Know surely that you go about in the midst of snares, +Know surely that you go about in the midst of snares, and walk upon the battlements of a city. As well as you can, aim to know your neighbors, and take counsel with the wise. - + Let your conversation be with men of understanding. Let all your discourse be in the law of the Most High. - + Let righteous people be companions at your table. Let your glorying be in the fear of the Lord. A work is commended because of the skill of the artisan; so he who rules the people will be considered wise for his speech. - + A loudmouthed man is dangerous in his city. He who is reckless in his speech will be hated. @@ -66642,67 +66642,67 @@ A wise judge will instruct his people. The government of a man of understanding will be well ordered. - + As is the judge of his people, so are his officials. As the city’s ruler is, so are all those who dwell in it. - + An undisciplined king will destroy his people. A city will be established through the understanding of the powerful. - + The government of the earth is in the Lord’s hand. In due time, he will raise up over it the right person at the right time. - + A man’s prosperity is in the Lord’s hand. He will lay his honor upon the person of the scribe. Don’t be angry with your neighbor for every wrong. Do nothing by works of violence. - + Pride is hateful before the Lord and men. Arrogance is abhorrent in the judgment of both. - + Sovereignty is transferred from nation to nation because of injustice, violence, and greed for money. - + Why are dirt and ashes proud? 10:9 Two lines of this verse are here omitted by the best authorities. Because in life, my body decays. - + A long disease mocks the physician. The king of today will die tomorrow. - + For when a man is dead, he will inherit maggots, vermin, and worms. - + It is the beginning of pride when a man departs from the Lord. His heart has departed from him who made him. - + For the beginning of pride is sin. He who keeps it will pour out abomination. -For this cause the Lord brought upon them strange calamities +For this cause the Lord brought upon them strange calamities and utterly overthrew them. - + The Lord cast down the thrones of rulers and set the lowly in their place. - + The Lord plucked up the roots of nations and planted the lowly in their place. - + The Lord overthrew the lands of nations and destroyed them to the foundations of the earth. - + He took some of them away and destroyed them, and made their memory to cease from the earth. - + Pride has not been created for men, nor wrathful anger for the offspring of women. Whose offspring has honor? Human offspring who fear the Lord. -Whose offspring has no honor? +Whose offspring has no honor? Human offspring who break the commandments. - + In the midst of kindred he who rules them has honor. Those who fear the Lord have honor in his eyes. @@ -66710,34 +66710,34 @@ 10:21 Verse 21 is omitted by the best authorities: Fear of the Lord is the beginning of acceptance, but obstinance and pride are the beginning of rejection. - + The rich man, the honorable, and the poor all glory in the fear of the Lord. - + It is not right to dishonor a poor man who has understanding. It is not fitting to glorify a man who is a sinner. - + The prince, the judge, and the mighty man will be honored. There is not one of them greater than he who fears the Lord. - + Free men will minister to a wise servant. A man who has knowledge will not complain. Don’t flaunt your wisdom in doing your work. Don’t boast in the time of your distress. - + Better is he who labors and abounds in all things, than he who boasts and lacks bread. - + My son, glorify your soul in humility, and ascribe to yourself honor according to your worthiness. - + Who will justify him who sins against his own soul? Who will honor him who dishonors his own life? A poor man is honored for his knowledge. A rich man is honored for his riches. - + But he who is honored in poverty, how much more in riches? He who is dishonored in riches, how much more in poverty? @@ -66748,47 +66748,47 @@ Don’t commend a man for his good looks. Don’t abhor a man for his outward appearance. - + The bee is little among flying creatures, but what it produces is the best of confections. - + Don’t boast about the clothes you wear, and don’t exalt yourself in the day of honor; -for the Lord’s works are wonderful, +for the Lord’s works are wonderful, and his works are hidden among men. - + Many 11:5 Gr. tyrants kings have sat down upon the ground, but one who was never thought of has worn a crown. - + Many mighty men have been greatly disgraced. Men of renown have been delivered into other men’s hands. Don’t blame before you investigate. Understand first, and then rebuke. - + Don’t answer before you have heard. Don’t interrupt while someone else is speaking. - + Don’t argue about a matter that doesn’t concern you. Don’t sit with sinners when they judge. My son, don’t be busy about many matters; for if you meddle much, you will not be unpunished. -If you pursue, you will not overtake, +If you pursue, you will not overtake, and you will not escape by fleeing. - + There is one who toils, labors, and hurries, and is even more behind. - + There is one who is sluggish, and needs help, lacking in strength, and who abounds in poverty, -but the Lord’s eyes looked upon him for good, +but the Lord’s eyes looked upon him for good, and he raised him up from his low condition, - + and lifted up his head so that many marveled at him. @@ -66800,62 +66800,62 @@ 11:15-16 Verses 15 and 16 are omitted by the best authorities. - + The Lord’s gift remains with the godly. His good pleasure will prosper forever. - + One grows rich by his diligence and self-denial, and this is the portion of his reward: - + when he says, “I have found rest, and now I will eat of my goods!” -he doesn’t know how much time will pass +he doesn’t know how much time will pass until he leaves them to others and dies. - + Be steadfast in your covenant and be doing it, and grow old in your work. Don’t marvel at the works of a sinner, but trust the Lord and stay in your labor; -for it is an easy thing in the sight of the Lord +for it is an easy thing in the sight of the Lord to swiftly and suddenly make a poor man rich. - + The Lord’s blessing is in the reward of the godly. He makes his blessing flourish in an hour that comes swiftly. - + Don’t say, “What use is there of me? What further good things can be mine?” - + Don’t say, “I have enough. What harm could happen to me now?” - + In the day of good things, bad things are forgotten. In the day of bad things, a man will not remember things that are good. - + For it is an easy thing in the sight of the Lord to reward a man in the day of death according to his ways. - + The affliction of an hour causes delights to be forgotten. In the end, a man’s deeds are revealed. - + Call no man happy before his death. A man will be known in his children. Don’t bring every man into your house, for many are the tricks of a deceitful man. - + Like a decoy partridge in a cage, so is the heart of a proud man. Like a spy, he looks for your weakness. - + For he lies in wait to turn things that are good into evil, and assigns blame in things that are praiseworthy. - + From a spark of fire, a heap of many coals is kindled, and a sinful man lies in wait to shed blood. - + Take heed of an evil-doer, for he plans wicked things, lest perhaps he ruin your reputation forever. - + Receive a stranger into your house, and he will distract you with arguments and estrange you from your own family. @@ -66863,29 +66863,29 @@ If you do good, know to whom you do it, and your good deeds will have thanks. - + Do good to a godly man, and you will find a reward— if not from him, then from the Most High. - + No good will come to him who continues to do evil, nor to him who gives no alms. - + Give to the godly man, and don’t help the sinner. - + Do good to one who is lowly. Don’t give to an ungodly man. -Keep back his bread, and don’t give it to him, +Keep back his bread, and don’t give it to him, lest he subdue you with it; -for you would receive twice as much evil +for you would receive twice as much evil for all the good you would have done to him. - + For the Most High also hates sinners, and will repay vengeance to the ungodly. 12:6 The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities. - + Give to the good man, and don’t help the sinner. @@ -66895,42 +66895,42 @@ punished fully tried in prosperity. His enemy won’t be hidden in adversity. - + In a man’s prosperity, his enemies are grieved. In his adversity, even his friend leaves. - + Never trust your enemy, for his wickedness is like corrosion in copper. - + Though he humbles himself and walks bowed down, still be careful and beware of him. -You will be to him as one who has wiped a mirror, +You will be to him as one who has wiped a mirror, to be sure it doesn’t completely tarnish. - + Don’t set him next to you, lest he overthrow you and stand in your place. -Don’t let him sit on your right hand, +Don’t let him sit on your right hand, lest he seek to take your seat, -and at the last you acknowledge my words, +and at the last you acknowledge my words, and be pricked with my sayings. Who will pity a charmer that is bitten by a snake, or any who come near wild beasts? - + Even so, who will pity him who goes to a sinner, and is associated with him in his sins? - + For a while he will stay with you, and if you falter, he will not stay. - + The enemy will speak sweetly with his lips, and in his heart plan to throw you into a pit. -The enemy may weep with his eyes, +The enemy may weep with his eyes, but if he finds opportunity, he will want more blood. - + If adversity meets you, you will find him there before you. Pretending to help you, he will trip you. - + He will shake his head, clap his hands, whisper much, and change his countenance. @@ -66938,48 +66938,48 @@ He who touches pitch will be defiled. He who has fellowship with a proud man will become like him. - + Don’t take up a burden above your strength. Have no fellowship with one who is mightier and richer than yourself. -What fellowship would the earthen pot have with the kettle? +What fellowship would the earthen pot have with the kettle? The kettle will strike, and the pot will be dashed in pieces. - + The rich man does a wrong and threatens. The poor is wronged and apologizes. - + If you are profitable, he will exploit you. If you are in need, he will forsake you. - + If you own something, he will live with you. He will drain your resources and will not be sorry. - + Does he need you? Then he will deceive you, smile at you, and give you hope. He will speak kindly to you and say, “What do you need?” - + He will shame you by his delicacies until he has made you bare twice or thrice, and in the end he will laugh you to scorn. -Afterward he will see you, will forsake you, +Afterward he will see you, will forsake you, and shake his head at you. Beware that you are not deceived and brought low in your enjoyment. - + If a mighty man invites you, be reserved, and he will invite you more. - + Don’t press him, lest you be thrust back. Don’t stand far off, lest you be forgotten. - + Don’t try to speak with him as an equal, and don’t believe his many words; -for he will test you with much talk, +for he will test you with much talk, and will examine you in a smiling manner. - + He who doesn’t keep secrets to himself is unmerciful. He won’t hesitate to harm and to bind. - + Keep them to yourself and be careful, for you walk 13:13 @@ -66995,33 +66995,33 @@ Every living creature loves its own kind, and every man loves his neighbor. - + All flesh associates with their own kind. A man will stick to people like himself. - + What fellowship would the wolf have with the lamb? So is the sinner to the godly. - + What peace is there between a hyena and a dog? What peace is there between a rich man and the poor? - + Wild donkeys are the prey of lions in the wilderness; likewise poor men are feeding grounds for the rich. - + Lowliness is an abomination to a proud man; likewise a poor man is an abomination to the rich. When a rich man is shaken, he is supported by his friends, but when the humble is down, he is pushed away even by his friends. - + When a rich man falls, there are many helpers. He speaks things not to be spoken, and men justify him. -A humble man falls, and men rebuke him. +A humble man falls, and men rebuke him. He utters wisdom, and is not listened to. - + A rich man speaks, and all keep silence. They extol what he says to the clouds. -A poor man speaks, and they say, “Who is this?” +A poor man speaks, and they say, “Who is this?” If he stumbles, they will help to overthrow him. Riches are good if they have no sin. @@ -67032,7 +67032,7 @@ 13:25 The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities. - + A cheerful countenance is a sign of a prosperous heart. Devising proverbs takes strenuous thinking. @@ -67040,84 +67040,84 @@ Blessed is the man who has not slipped with his mouth, and doesn’t suffer from sorrow for sins. - + Blessed is he whose soul does not condemn him, and who has not given up hope. Riches are not appropriate for a stingy person. What would a miser do with money? - + He who gathers by denying himself gathers for others. Others will revel in his goods. - + If one is mean to himself, to whom will he be good? He won’t enjoy his possessions. - + There is none more evil than he who is grudging to himself. This is a punishment for his wickedness. - + Even if he does good, he does it in forgetfulness. In the end, he reveals his wickedness. - + A miser is evil. He turns away and disregards souls. - + A covetous man’s eye is not satisfied with his portion. Wicked injustice dries up his soul. - + A miser begrudges bread, and it is lacking at his table. My son, according to what you have, treat yourself well, and bring worthy offerings to the Lord. - + Remember that death will not wait, and that the covenant of Hades hasn’t been shown to you. - + Do good to your friends before you die. According to your ability, reach out and give to them. - + Don’t deprive yourself of a good day. Don’t let your share of a desired good pass you by. - + Won’t you leave your labors to another, and your toils be divided by lot? - + Give, take, and treat yourself well, because there is no seeking of luxury in Hades. - + All flesh grows old like a garment, for the covenant from the beginning is, “You must die!” - + Like the leaves flourishing on a thick tree, some it sheds, and some grow, -so also are the generations of flesh and blood: +so also are the generations of flesh and blood: one comes to an end and another is born. - + Every work rots and falls away, and its builder will depart with it. Blessed is the man who meditates on wisdom, and who reasons by his understanding. - + He who considers her ways in his heart will also have knowledge of her secrets. - + Go after her like a hunter, and lie in wait in her paths. - + He who peers in at her windows will also listen at her doors. - + He who lodges close to her house will also fasten a nail in her walls. - + He will pitch his tent near at hand to her, and will lodge in a lodging where good things are. - + He will set his children under her shelter, and will rest under her branches. - + By her he will be covered from heat, and will lodge in her glory. @@ -67125,61 +67125,61 @@ He who fears the Lord will do this. He who has possession of the law will obtain her. - + She will meet him like a mother, and receive him like a wife married in her virginity. - + She will feed him with bread of understanding and give him water of wisdom to drink. - + He will be stayed upon her, and will not be moved. He will rely upon her, and will not be confounded. - + She will exalt him above his neighbors. She will open his mouth in the midst of the congregation. - + He will inherit joy, a crown of gladness, and an everlasting name. - + Foolish men will not obtain her. Sinners will not see her. - + She is far from pride. Liars will not remember her. - + Praise is not attractive in the mouth of a sinner; for it was not sent to him from the Lord. - + For praise will be spoken in wisdom; The Lord will prosper it. Don’t say, “It is through the Lord that I fell away;” for you shall not do the things that he hates. - + Don’t say, “It is he that caused me to err;” for he has no need of a sinful man. - + The Lord hates every abomination; and those who fear him don’t love them. - + He himself made man from the beginning and left him in the hand of his own counsel. - + If you choose, you can keep the commandments. To be faithful is a matter of your choice. - + He has set fire and water before you. You will stretch forth your hand to whichever you desire. - + Before man is life and death. Whichever he likes, it will be given to him. - + For the wisdom of the Lord is great. He is mighty in power, and sees all things. - + His eyes are upon those who fear him. He knows every act of man. - + He has not commanded any man to be ungodly. He has not given any man license to sin. @@ -67187,47 +67187,47 @@ Don’t desire a multitude of unprofitable children, neither delight in ungodly sons. - + If they multiply, don’t delight in them unless the fear of the Lord is in them. - + Don’t trust in their life. Don’t rely on their numbers; for one can be better than a thousand, and to die childless than to have ungodly children. - + For from one who has understanding, a city will be populated, but a race of wicked men will be made desolate. - + I have seen many such things with my eyes. My ear has heard mightier things than these. In a congregation of sinners, a fire will be kindled. In a disobedient nation, wrath is kindled. - + He was not pacified toward the giants of old time, who revolted in their strength. - + He didn’t spare Lot’s neighbors, whom he abhorred for their pride. - + He didn’t pity the people of perdition who were taken away in their sins, or in like manner, the six hundred thousand footmen who were gathered together in the hardness of their hearts. - + Even if there is one stiff-necked person, it is a marvel if he will be unpunished; for mercy and wrath are both with him who is mighty to forgive, and he pours out wrath. - + As his mercy is great, so is his correction also. He judges a man according to his works. - + The sinner will not escape with plunder. The perseverance of the godly will not be frustrated. - + He will make room for every work of mercy. Each man will receive according to his works. @@ -67239,32 +67239,32 @@ Don’t say, “I will be hidden from the Lord,” and “Who will remember me from on high?” -I will not be known among so many people, +I will not be known among so many people, for what is my soul in a boundless creation? - + Behold, the heaven, the heaven of heavens, the deep, and the earth, will be moved when he visits. - + The mountains and the foundations of the earth together are shaken with trembling when he looks at them. - + No heart will think about these things. Who could comprehend his ways? - + Like a tempest which no man can see, so, the majority of his works are 16:21 Gr. among hidden things. hidden. - + Who will declare his works of righteousness? Who will wait for them? For his covenant is afar off. 16:22 The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities. - + He who is lacking in 16:23 Gr. @@ -67274,24 +67274,24 @@ My son, listen to me, learn knowledge, and heed my words with your heart. - + I will impart instruction with precision, and declare knowledge exactly. In the judgment of the Lord are his works from the beginning. From the making of them he determined their boundaries. - + He arranged his works for all time, and their beginnings to their generations. -They aren’t hungry or weary, +They aren’t hungry or weary, and they don’t cease from their works. - + No one pushes aside his neighbor. They will never disobey his word. - + After this also the Lord looked at the earth and filled it with his blessings. - + All manner of living things covered its surface, and they return into it. @@ -67299,13 +67299,13 @@ The Lord created mankind out of earth, and turned them back to it again. - + He gave them days by number, and a set time, and gave them authority over the things that are on it. - + He endowed them with strength proper to them, and made them according to his own image. - + He put the fear of man upon all flesh, and gave him dominion over beasts and birds. @@ -67314,13 +67314,13 @@ 17:5 Verse 5 is omitted by the best authorities. - + He gave them counsel, tongue, eyes, ears, and heart to have understanding. - + He filled them with the knowledge of wisdom, and showed them good and evil. - + He set his eye upon their hearts, to show them the majesty of his works. @@ -67329,22 +67329,22 @@ 17:9 Verse 9 is omitted by the best authorities. - + And they will praise his holy name, 17:10 This line is added by the best authorities. that they may declare the majesty of his works. - + He added to them knowledge, and gave them a law of life for a heritage. - + He made an everlasting covenant with them, and showed them his decrees. - + Their eyes saw the majesty of his glory. Their ears heard the glory of his voice. - + He said to them, “Beware of all unrighteousness.” So he gave them commandment, each man concerning his neighbor. @@ -67356,7 +67356,7 @@ 17:16 Verses 16, 18, and 21 are omitted by the best authorities. - + 17:17 @@ -67368,10 +67368,10 @@ 17:18 Verses 16, 18, and 21 are omitted by the best authorities. - + All their works are as clear as the sun before him. His eyes are continually upon their ways. - + Their iniquities are not hidden from him. All their sins are before the Lord. @@ -67379,50 +67379,50 @@ 17:21 Verses 16, 18, and 21 are omitted by the best authorities. - + With him the alms of a man is as a signet. He will keep a man’s kindness as the pupil of the eye. 17:22 The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities. - + Afterwards he will rise up and repay them, and render their repayment upon their head. - + However to those who repent he grants a return. He comforts those who are losing hope. Return to the Lord, and forsake sins. Make your prayer before his face offend less. - + Turn again to the Most High, and turn away from iniquity. 17:26 A line is here omitted by the best authorities. Greatly hate the abominable thing. - + Who will give praise to the Most High in Hades, in place of the living who return thanks? - + Thanksgiving perishes from the dead, as from one who doesn’t exist. He who is in life and health will praise the Lord. - + How great is the mercy of the Lord, and his forgiveness to those who turn to him! - + For humans are not capable of everything, because the son of man is not immortal. - + What is brighter than the sun? Yet even this can be eclipsed. So flesh and blood devise evil. - + He looks upon the power of the height of heaven, while all men are earth and ashes. He who lives forever created the whole universe. - + The Lord alone is just. @@ -67430,102 +67430,102 @@ 18:3 The remainder of verse 2, and verse 3, are omitted by the best authorities. - + He has given power to declare his works to no one. Who could trace out his mighty deeds? - + Who could measure the strength of his majesty? Who could also proclaim his mercies? - + As for the wondrous works of the Lord, it is not possible to take from them nor add to them, neither is it possible to explore them. - + When a man has finished, then he is just at the beginning. When he stops, then he will be perplexed. - + What is mankind, and what purpose do they serve? What is their good, and what is their evil? - + The number of man’s days at the most are a hundred years. - + As a drop of water from the sea, and a pebble from the sand, so are a few years in the day of eternity. - + For this cause the Lord was patient over them, and poured out his mercy upon them. - + He saw and perceived their end, that it is evil. Therefore he multiplied his forgiveness. - + The mercy of a man is on his neighbor; but the mercy of the Lord is on all flesh: reproving, chastening, teaching, and bringing back, as a shepherd does his flock. - + He has mercy on those who accept chastening, and that diligently seek after his judgments. My son, don’t add reproach to your good deeds, and no harsh words in any of your giving. - + Doesn’t the dew relieve the scorching heat? So a word is better than a gift. - + Behold, isn’t a word better than a gift? Both are with a gracious person. - + A fool is ungracious and abusive. The gift of an grudging person consumes the eyes. Learn before you speak. Take care of your health before you get sick. - + Before judgment, examine yourself, and in the hour of scrutiny you will find forgiveness. - + Humble yourself before you get sick. In the time of sins, repent. - + Let nothing hinder you to pay your vow in due time. Don’t wait until death to be released. - + Before you make a vow, prepare yourself. Don’t be like a man who tests the Lord. - + Think about the wrath coming in the days of the end, and the time of vengeance, when he turns away his face. - + In the days of fullness remember the time of hunger. Remember poverty and lack in the days of wealth. - + From morning until evening, the time changes. All things are speedy before the Lord. - + A wise man is cautious in everything. In days of sinning, he will beware of offense. 18:27 The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities. - + Every man of understanding knows wisdom. He will give thanks to him who found her. - + They who were of understanding in sayings also became wise themselves, and poured out apt proverbs. Don’t go after your lusts. Restrain your appetites. - + If you give fully to your soul the delight of her desire, -she will make you +she will make you 18:31 Or, a rejoicing to the laughing stock of your enemies. - + Don’t make merry in much luxury, and don’t be tied to its expense. - + Don’t be made a beggar by banqueting with borrowed money when you have nothing in your purse. 18:33 @@ -67536,57 +67536,57 @@ A worker who is a drunkard will not become rich. He who despises small things will fall little by little. - + Wine and women will make men of understanding go astray. He who joins with prostitutes is reckless. - + Decay and worms will have him as their heritage. A reckless soul will be taken away. He who is hasty to trust is shallow-hearted. He who sins offends against his own soul. - + He who rejoices in wickedness will be condemned. 19:5 The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities. - + 19:6 The preceding part of this verse is omitted by the best authorities. He who hates gossip has less wickedness. - + Never repeat what is told you, and you won’t lose anything. - + Whether it is of friend or foe, don’t tell it. Unless it is a sin to you, don’t reveal it. - + For if he has heard you and observed you, when the time comes, he will hate you. - + Have you heard something? Let it die with you. Be brave: it will not make you burst! - + A fool will travail in pain with a word, as a woman in labor with a child. - + As an arrow that sticks in the flesh of the thigh, so is gossip in a fool. Question a friend; it may be he didn’t do it. If he did something, it may be that he may do it no more. - + Question your neighbor; it may be he didn’t say it. If he has said it, it may be that he may not say it again. - + Question a friend; for many times there is slander. Don’t trust every word. - + There is one who slips, and not from the heart. Who is he who hasn’t sinned with his tongue? - + Reprove your neighbor before you threaten him; and give place to the law of the Most High. @@ -67603,34 +67603,34 @@ 19:21 The remainder of verse 20 and verse 21 are omitted by the best authorities. - + The knowledge of wickedness is not wisdom. The prudence of sinners is not counsel. - + There is a wickedness, and it is an abomination. -There is a fool lacking in wisdom. - +There is a fool lacking in wisdom. + Better is one who has little understanding, and fears God, than one who has much intelligence and transgresses the law. - + There is an exquisite subtlety, and it is unjust. And there is one who perverts favor to gain a judgment. 19:25 The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities. - + There is one who does wickedly, who hangs down his head with mourning; but inwardly he is full of deceit, bowing down his face, and pretending to be deaf in one ear. Where he isn’t known, he will take advantage of you. - + And if for lack of power he is hindered from sinning, if he finds opportunity, he will do mischief. - + A man will be known by his appearance. One who has understanding will be known by his face when you meet him. - + A man’s attire, grinning laughter, and the way he walks show what he is. @@ -67638,7 +67638,7 @@ There is a reproof that is not timely; and there is a person who is wise enough to keep silent. - + How good is it to reprove, rather than to be angry. He who confesses will be kept back from harm. @@ -67647,52 +67647,52 @@ 20:3 Verse 3 is omitted by the best authorities. - + As is the lust of a eunuch to deflower a virgin, so is he who executes judgments with violence. - + There is one who keeps silent and is found wise; and there is one who is hated for his much talk. - + There is one who keeps silent, for he has no answer to make; And there is one who keeps silent, knowing when to speak. - + A wise man will be silent until his time has come, but the braggart and fool will miss his time. - + He who uses many words will be abhorred. He who takes authority for himself will be hated in it. There is a prosperity that a man finds in misfortunes; and there is a gain that turns to loss. - + There is a gift that will not profit you; and there is a gift that pays back double. - + There are losses because of glory; and there is one who has lifted up his head from a low estate. - + There is one who buys much for a little, and pays for it again sevenfold. - + He who is wise in words will make himself beloved; but the pleasantries of fools will be wasted. - + The gift of a fool will not profit you, 20:14 A line of this verse is here omitted by the best authorities. for he looks for repayment many times instead of one. - + He will give little and insult much. He will open his mouth like a crier. -Today he will lend, and tomorrow he will ask for it back. +Today he will lend, and tomorrow he will ask for it back. Such a one is a hateful man. - + The fool will say, “I have no friend, and I have no thanks for my good deeds. Those who eat my bread have an evil tongue.” - + How often, and of how many, will he be laughed to scorn! 20:17 The latter part of verse 17 is omitted by the best authorities. @@ -67700,43 +67700,43 @@ A slip on a pavement is better than a slip with the tongue. So the fall of the wicked will come speedily. - + A man without grace is a tale out of season. It will be continually in the mouth of the ignorant. - + A parable from a fool’s mouth will be rejected; for he won’t tell it at the proper time. There is one who is hindered from sinning through lack. When he rests, he will not be troubled. - + There is one who destroys his soul through bashfulness. By a foolish countenance, he will destroy it. - + There is one who for bashfulness makes promises to his friend; and he makes him his enemy for nothing. A lie is an ugly blot on a person. It will be continually in the mouth of the ignorant. - + A thief is better than a man who is continually lying, but they both will inherit destruction. - + The destination of a liar is dishonor. His shame is with him continually. He who is wise in words will advance himself. And one who is prudent will please great men. - + He who tills his land will raise his harvest high. He who pleases great men will get pardon for iniquity. - + Favors and gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and as a muzzle on the mouth, turn away reproofs. - + Wisdom that is hidden, and treasure that is out of sight— what profit is in either of them? - + Better is a man who hides his folly than a man who hides his wisdom. @@ -67750,60 +67750,60 @@ My son, have you sinned? Do it no more; and ask forgiveness for your past sins. - + Flee from sin as from the face of a snake; for if you go near, it will bite you. -Its teeth are like lion’s teeth, +Its teeth are like lion’s teeth, slaying people’s souls. - + All iniquity is as a two-edged sword. Its stroke has no healing. Terror and violence will waste away riches. So the house of an arrogant man will be laid waste. - + Supplication from a poor man’s mouth reaches to the ears of 21:5 Gr. him. God, and his judgment comes speedily. - + One who hates reproof is in the path of the sinner. He who fears the Lord will repent in his heart. - + He who is mighty in tongue is known far away; but the man of understanding knows when he slips. He who builds his house with other men’s money is like one who gathers stones for his own tomb. - + The congregation of wicked men is as a bundle of tow with a flame of fire at the end of them. - + The way of sinners is paved with stones; and at the end of it is the pit of Hades. He who keeps the law becomes master of its intent. The fulfilment of the fear of the Lord is wisdom. - + He who is not clever will not be instructed. There is a cleverness which makes bitterness abound. - + The knowledge of a wise man will be made to abound as a flood, and his counsel as a fountain of life. - + The inward parts of a fool are like a broken vessel. He will hold no knowledge. If a man of knowledge hears a wise word, he will commend it and add to it. -The wanton man hears it, and it displeases him, +The wanton man hears it, and it displeases him, so he throws it away behind his back. - + The chatter of a fool is like a burden in the way, but grace will be found on the lips of the wise. - + The utterance of the prudent man will be sought for in the congregation. They will ponder his words in their heart. @@ -67813,34 +67813,34 @@ Gr. unexamined words. - + Instruction is as fetters on the feet of an unwise man, and as manacles on the right hand. - + A fool lifts up his voice with laughter, but a clever man smiles quietly. - + Instruction is to a prudent man as an ornament of gold, and as a bracelet upon his right arm. The foot of a fool rushes into a house, but a man of experience will be ashamed of entering. - + A foolish man peers into the door of a house, but a man who is instructed will stand outside. - + It is rude for someone to listen at a door, but a prudent person will be grieved with the disgrace. - + The lips of strangers will be grieved at these things, but the words of prudent men will be weighed in the balance. The heart of fools is in their mouth, but the mouth of wise men is their heart. - + When the ungodly curses an adversary, he curses his own soul. - + A whisperer defiles his own soul, and will be hated wherever he travels. @@ -67848,25 +67848,25 @@ A slothful man is compared to a stone that is defiled. Everyone will at hiss at him in his disgrace. - + A slothful man is compared to the filth of a dunghill. Anyone who picks it up will shake it out of his hand. An undisciplined child is a disgrace to his father, and a foolish daughter is born to his loss. - + A prudent daughter will inherit a husband of her own. She who brings shame is the grief of her father. - + She who is arrogant brings shame on father and husband. She will be despised by both of them. - + Ill-timed conversation is like music in mourning, but stripes and correction are wisdom in every season. He who teaches a fool is like one who glues potsherds together, even like one who wakes a sleeper out of a deep sleep. - + He who teaches a fool is as one who teaches a man who slumbers. In the end he will say, “What is it?” @@ -67875,45 +67875,45 @@ 22:9-10 Verses 9 and 10 are omitted by the best authorities. - + Weep for the dead, for he lacks light. Weep for a fool, for he lacks understanding. -Weep more sweetly for the dead, because he has found rest, +Weep more sweetly for the dead, because he has found rest, but the life of the fool is worse than death. - + Mourning for the dead lasts seven days, but for a fool and an ungodly man, it lasts all the days of his life. Don’t talk much with a foolish man, and don’t go to one who has no understanding. -Beware of him, lest you have trouble and be defiled in his onslaught. +Beware of him, lest you have trouble and be defiled in his onslaught. Turn away from him, and you will find rest, and you won’t be wearied in his madness. - + What would be heavier than lead? What is its name, but “Fool”? - + Sand, salt, and a mass of iron is easier to bear than a man without understanding. Timber girded and bound into a building will not be released with shaking. So a heart established in due season on well advised counsel will not be afraid. - + A heart settled upon a thoughtful understanding is as an ornament of plaster on a polished wall. - + Fences set on a high place will not stand against the wind; so a fearful heart in the imagination of a fool will not stand against any fear. He who pricks the eye will make tears fall. He who pricks the heart makes it show feeling. - + Whoever casts a stone at birds scares them away. He who insults a friend will dissolve friendship. - + If you have drawn a sword against a friend, don’t despair, for there may be a way back. - + If you have opened your mouth against a friend, don’t be afraid, for there may be reconciliation, unless it is for insulting, arrogance, disclosing of a secret, or a treacherous blow— @@ -67921,18 +67921,18 @@ Gain trust with your neighbor in his poverty, that in his prosperity you may have gladness. -Stay steadfast to him in the time of his affliction, +Stay steadfast to him in the time of his affliction, that you may be heir with him in his inheritance. 22:23 The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities. - + Before fire is the vapor and smoke of a furnace, so insults precede bloodshed. - + I won’t be ashamed to shelter a friend. I won’t hide myself from his face. - + If any evil happens to me because of him, everyone who hears it will beware of him. @@ -67945,19 +67945,19 @@ O Lord, Father and Master of my life, don’t abandon me to their counsel. Don’t let me fall because of them. - + Who will set scourges over my thought, and a discipline of wisdom over my heart, that they spare me not for my errors, and not overlook their sins? - + Otherwise my errors might be multiplied, and my sins abound, I fall before my adversaries, and my enemy rejoice over me. 23:3 The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities. - + O Lord, Father and God of my life, don’t give me a haughty eyes, 23:4 @@ -67966,44 +67966,44 @@ and turn away evil desire from me. 23:5 The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities. - + Let neither gluttony nor lust overtake me. Don’t give me over to a shameless mind. Listen, my children, to the discipline of the mouth. He who keeps it will not be caught. - + The sinner will be overpowered through his lips. By them, the insulter and the arrogant will stumble. - + Don’t accustom your mouth to an oath, and don’t be accustomed to naming the Holy One, - + for as a servant who is continually scourged will not lack bruises, so he also who swears and continually utters the Name will not be cleansed from sin. - + A man of many oaths will be filled with iniquity. The scourge will not depart from his house. -If he offends, his sin will be upon him. +If he offends, his sin will be upon him. If he disregards it, he has sinned doubly. -If he has sworn falsely, he will not be justified, +If he has sworn falsely, he will not be justified, for his house will be filled with calamities. There is a manner of speech that is clothed with death. Let it not be found in the heritage of Jacob, for all these things will be far from the godly, and they will not wallow in sins. - + Don’t accustom your mouth to gross rudeness, for it involves sinful speech. - + Remember your father and your mother, for you sit in the midst of great men, that you be not forgetful before them, and become a fool by your bad habit; -so you may wish that you had not been born, +so you may wish that you had not been born, and curse the day of your birth. - + A man who is accustomed to abusive language won’t be corrected all the days of his life. @@ -68011,44 +68011,44 @@ and the third will bring wrath: a hot passion, like a burning fire, will not be quenched until it is consumed; a fornicator in the body of his flesh will never cease until he has burned out the fire. - + All bread is sweet to a fornicator. He will not cease until he dies. - + A man who goes astray from his own marriage bed says in his heart, “Who sees me? -Darkness is around me, and the walls hide me. +Darkness is around me, and the walls hide me. No one sees me. Of whom am I afraid? The Most High will not remember my sins.” - + The eyes of men are his terror. He doesn’t know that the eyes of the Lord are ten thousand times brighter than the sun, seeing all the ways of men, and looking into secret places. - + All things were known to him before they were created, and also after they were completed. - + This man will be punished in the streets of the city. He will be seized where he least expects it. So also is a wife who leaves her husband, and produces an heir by another man. - + For first, she was disobedient in the law of the Most High. Second, she trespassed against her own husband. Third, she played the adulteress in whoredom, and had children by another man. - + She shall be brought out into the congregation. Her punishment will extend to her children. - + Her children will not take root. Her branches will bear no fruit. - + She will leave her memory for a curse. Her reproach won’t be blotted out. - + And those who are left behind will know that there is nothing better than the fear of the Lord, and nothing sweeter than to heed the commandments of the Lord. @@ -68061,50 +68061,50 @@ Wisdom will praise her own soul, and will proclaim her glory in the midst of her people. - + She will open her mouth in the congregation of the Most High, and proclaim her glory in the presence of his power. - + “I came out of the mouth of the Most High, and covered the earth as a mist. - + I lived in high places, and my throne is in the pillar of the cloud. - + Alone I surrounded the circuit of heaven, and walked in the depth of the abyss. - + In the waves of the sea, and in all the earth, and in every people and nation, I obtained a possession. - + With all these I sought rest. In whose inheritance shall I lodge? - + Then the Creator of all things gave me a command. He who created me made my tent to rest, and said, ‘Let your dwelling be in Jacob, and your inheritance in Israel.’ - + He created me from the beginning, before the ages. For all ages, I will not cease to exist. - + In the holy tabernacle, I ministered before him. So I was established in Zion. - + In the beloved city, likewise he gave me rest. In Jerusalem was my domain. - + I took root in a people that was honored, even in the portion of the Lord’s own inheritance. I was exalted like a cedar in Lebanon, And like a cypress tree on the mountains of Hermon. - + I was exalted like a palm tree on the sea shore, like rose bushes in Jericho, and like a fair olive tree in the plain. I was exalted like a plane tree. - + Like cinnamon and aspalathus, I have given a scent to perfumes. Like choice myrrh, I spread abroad a pleasant fragrance, like @@ -68112,10 +68112,10 @@ See Exodus 30:34. galbanum, onycha, stacte, and as the smell of frankincense in the tabernacle. - + Like the terebinth, I stretched out my branches. My branches are glorious and graceful. - + Like the vine, I put forth grace. My flowers are the fruit of glory and riches. @@ -68126,13 +68126,13 @@ “Come to me, all you who desire me, and be filled with my fruits. - + For my memory is sweeter than honey, and my inheritance than the honeycomb. - + Those who eat me will be hungry for more. Those who drink me will be thirsty for more. - + He who obeys me will not be ashamed. Those who work with me will not sin.” @@ -68143,36 +68143,36 @@ 24:24 Verse 24 is omitted by the best authorities. - + It is he who makes wisdom abundant, as Pishon, and as Tigris in the days of first fruits. - + He makes understanding full as the Euphrates, and as the Jordan in the days of harvest, - + who makes instruction shine forth as the light, as Gihon in the days of vintage. - + The first man didn’t know her perfectly. In like manner, the last has not explored her. - + For her thoughts are filled from the sea, and her counsels from the great deep. I came out as a canal stream from a river, and as an irrigation ditch into a garden. - + I said, “I will water my garden, and will drench my garden bed.” -Behold, my stream became a river, +Behold, my stream became a river, and my river became a sea. - + I will yet bring instruction to light as the morning, and will make these things clear from far away. - + I will continue to pour out teaching like prophecy, and leave it to all generations. - + See that I have not labored for myself only, but for all those who diligently seek wisdom. @@ -68183,7 +68183,7 @@ the agreement of kindred, the friendship of neighbors, and a woman and her husband who walk together in agreement. - + But my soul hates three sorts of people, and I am greatly offended at their life: a poor man who is arrogant, @@ -68192,13 +68192,13 @@ If you gathered nothing in your youth, how could you find anything in your old age? - + How beautiful a thing is judgment in the gray-haired, and for elders to know good counsel! - + How beautiful is the wisdom of old men, and understanding and counsel to men who are in honor! - + Much experience is the crown of the aged. Their glory is the fear of the Lord. @@ -68206,17 +68206,17 @@ and the tenth I will utter with my tongue: a man who has joy with his children, and a man who lives and sees the fall of his enemies. - + Happy is he who dwells with a wife of understanding, he who has not slipped with his tongue, and he who has not served a man who is unworthy of him. - + Happy is he who has found prudence, and he who speaks in the ears of those who listen. - + How great is he who has found wisdom! Yet is there none above him who fears the Lord. - + The fear of the Lord surpasses all things. To whom shall he who holds it be likened? @@ -68227,45 +68227,45 @@ Any wound but a wound of the heart! Any wickedness but the wickedness of a woman! - + Any calamity but a calamity from those who hate me! Any vengeance but the vengeance of enemies! - + There is no venom worse than a snake’s venom. There is no wrath worse than an enemy’s wrath. I would rather dwell with a lion and a dragon than keep house with a wicked woman. - + The wickedness of a woman changes her appearance, and darkens her countenance like that of a bear. - + Her husband will sit among his neighbors, and when he hears it, he sighs bitterly. - + All malice is small compared to the malice of a woman. Let the portion of a sinner fall on her. - + As walking up a sandy hill is to the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of words to a quiet man. - + Don’t be ensnared by a woman’s beauty. Don’t desire a woman for her beauty. - + There is anger, impudence, and great reproach if a woman supports her husband. - + A wicked woman is abasement of heart, sadness of countenance, and a wounded heart. -A woman who won’t make her husband happy +A woman who won’t make her husband happy is like hands that hang down, and weak knees. - + The beginning of sin came from a woman. Because of her, we all die. - + Don’t give water an outlet, and don’t give a wicked woman freedom of speech. - + If she doesn’t go as you direct, cut her away from your flesh. 25:26 @@ -68275,13 +68275,13 @@ Happy is the husband of a good wife. The number of his days will be doubled. - + A faithful wife gives joy to her husband. He will fulfill his years in peace. - + A good wife is a great gift. She will be given to those who fear the Lord. - + Whether a man is rich or poor, a good heart makes a cheerful face at all times. @@ -68293,47 +68293,47 @@ kind I made supplication: The slander of a city, the assembly of a mob, and a false accusation. All these are more grievous than death. - + A grief of heart and sorrow is a woman who is jealous of another woman. Her tongue-lashing makes it known to all. - + A wicked woman is like a chafing yoke. He who takes hold of her is like one who grasps a scorpion. - + A drunken woman causes great wrath. She will not cover her own shame. - + The whoredom of a woman is in the lifting up of her eyes; it will be known by her eyelids. - + Keep strict watch on a headstrong daughter, lest she find liberty for herself, and use it. - + Watch out for an impudent eye, and don’t be surprised if it sins against you. - + She will open her mouth like a thirsty traveller, and drink from every water that is near. -She will sit down at every post, +She will sit down at every post, and open her quiver to any arrow. The grace of a wife will delight her husband. Her knowledge will strengthen 26:13 or, fatten his bones. - + A silent woman is a gift of the Lord. There is nothing worth so much as a well-instructed soul. - + A modest woman is grace upon grace. There are no scales that can weigh the value of a self-controlled soul. - + As the sun when it arises in the highest places of the Lord, so is the beauty of a good wife in her well-organized home. - + As the lamp that shines upon the holy lampstand, so is the beauty of the face on a well-proportioned body. - + As the golden pillars are upon a base of silver, so are beautiful feet with the breasts of one who is steadfast. @@ -68357,91 +68357,91 @@ Many have sinned for profit. He who seeks to multiply wealth will turn his eye away. - + As a nail will stick fast between the joinings of stones, so sin will thrust itself in between buying and selling. - + Unless a person holds on diligently to the fear of the Lord, his house will be overthrown quickly. In the shaking of a sieve, the refuse remains, so does the filth of man in his thoughts. - + The furnace tests the potter’s vessels; so the test of a person is in his thoughts. - + The fruit of a tree discloses its cultivation, so is the utterance of the thought of a person’s heart. - + Praise no man before you hear his thoughts, for this is how people are tested. If you follow righteousness, you will obtain it, -and put it on like a long robe of glory. - +and put it on like a long robe of glory. + Birds will return to their own kind, so truth will return to those who practice it. - + The lion lies in wait for prey. So does sin for those who do evil. The discourse of a godly man is always wise, but the fool changes like the moon. - + Limit your time among people void of understanding, but persevere among the thoughtful. - + The talk of fools is offensive. Their laughter is wantonly sinful. - + Their talk with much swearing makes hair stand upright. Their strife makes others plug their ears. - + The strife of the proud leads to bloodshed. Their abuse of each other is a grievous thing to hear. He who reveals secrets destroys trust, and will not find a close friend. - + Love a friend, and keep faith with him; but if you reveal his secrets, you shall not follow him; - + for as a man has destroyed his enemy, so you have destroyed the friendship of your neighbor. - + As a bird which you have released out of your hand, so you have let your neighbor go, and you will not catch him again. - + Don’t pursue him, for he has gone far away, and has escaped like a gazelle out of the snare. - + For a wound may be bound up, and after abuse there may be reconciliation; but he who reveals secrets is without hope. One who winks the eye contrives evil things; and those who know him will keep their distance. - + When you are present, he will speak sweetly, and will admire your words; but afterward he will twist his speech and set a trap in your words. - + I have hated many things, but nothing like him. The Lord will hate him. One who casts a stone straight up casts it on his own head. A deceitful blow opens wounds. - + He who digs a pit will fall into it. He who sets a snare will be caught in it. - + He who does evil things, they will roll back upon him, and he will not know where they came from. - + Mockery and reproach are from the arrogant. Vengeance lies in wait for them like a lion. - + Those who rejoice at the fall of the godly will be caught in a snare. Anguish will consume them before they die. @@ -68452,36 +68452,36 @@ He who takes vengeance will find vengeance from the Lord, and he will surely make his sins firm. - + Forgive your neighbor the hurt that he has done, and then your sins will be pardoned when you pray. - + Does anyone harbor anger against another and expect healing from the Lord? - + Upon a man like himself he has no mercy, and does he make supplication for his own sins? - + He himself, being flesh, nourishes wrath. Who will make atonement for his sins? - + Remember your last end, and stop enmity. Remember corruption and death, and be true to the commandments. - + Remember the commandments, and don’t be angry with your neighbor. Remember the covenant of the Highest, and overlook ignorance. Abstain from strife, and you will diminish your sins, for a passionate man will kindle strife. - + A man who is a sinner will trouble friends and sow discord among those who are at peace. - + As is the fuel of the fire, so it will burn; and as the stoutness of the strife is, so it will burn. -As is the strength of the man, so will be his wrath; +As is the strength of the man, so will be his wrath; and as is his wealth, so he will exalt his anger. - + A contention begun in haste kindles a fire; and hasty fighting sheds blood. @@ -68491,49 +68491,49 @@ Curse the whisperer and double-tongued, for he has destroyed many who were at peace. - + A slanderer has shaken many, and dispersed them from nation to nation. -It has pulled down strong cities +It has pulled down strong cities and overthrown the houses of great men. - + A slanderer has cast out brave women and deprived them of their labors. - + He who listens to it will not find rest, nor will he live quietly. - + The stroke of a whip makes a mark in the flesh, but the stroke of a tongue will break bones. - + Many have fallen by the edge of the sword, yet not so many as those who have fallen because of the tongue. - + Happy is he who is sheltered from it, who has not passed through its wrath, who has not drawn its yoke, and has not been bound with its bands. - + For its yoke is a yoke of iron, and its bands are bands of brass. - + Its death is an evil death, and Hades is better than it. - + It will not have rule over godly men. They will not be burned in its flame. - + Those who forsake the Lord will fall into it. It will burn among them, and won’t be quenched. -It will be sent against them like a lion. +It will be sent against them like a lion. It will destroy them like a leopard. - + As you hedge your possession about with thorns, and secure your silver and your gold, - + so make a balance and a weight for your words, and make a door and a bar for your mouth. - + Take heed lest you slip with it, lest you fall before one who lies in wait. @@ -68541,93 +68541,93 @@ He who shows mercy will lend to his neighbor. He who strengthens him with his hand keeps the commandments. - + Lend to your neighbor in time of his need. Repay your neighbor on time. - + Confirm your word, and keep faith with him; and at all seasons you will find what you need. - + Many have considered a loan to be a windfall, and have given trouble to those who helped them. - + Until he has received, he will kiss a man’s hands. For his neighbor’s money he will speak submissly. -Then when payment is due, he will prolong the time, +Then when payment is due, he will prolong the time, return excuses, and complain about the season. - + If he prevails, the creditor will hardly receive half; And he will count it as a windfall. -If not, he has deprived him of his money, +If not, he has deprived him of his money, and he has gotten him for an enemy without cause. -He will pay him with cursing and railing. +He will pay him with cursing and railing. Instead of honor, he will pay him disgrace. - + Many on account of fraud have turned away. They are afraid of being defrauded for nothing. - + However be patient with a man in poor estate. Don’t keep him waiting for your alms. - + Help a poor man for the commandment’s sake. According to his need don’t send him empty away. - + Lose your money for a brother and a friend. Don’t let it rust under a stone and be lost. - + Allocate your treasure according to the commandments of the Most High and it will profit you more than gold. - + Store up almsgiving in your store-chambers and it will deliver you out of all affliction. - + It will fight for you against your enemy better than a mighty shield and a ponderous spear. A good man will be surety for his neighbor. He who has lost shame will fail him. - + Don’t forget the kindness of your guarantor, for he has given his life for you. - + A sinner will waste the property of his guarantor. He who is thankless will fail him who delivered him. - + Being surety has undone many who were prospering and shaken them as a wave of the sea. -It has driven mighty men from their homes. +It has driven mighty men from their homes. They wandered among foreign nations. - + A sinner who falls into suretiship and undertakes contracts for work will fall into lawsuits. - + Help your neighbor according to your power, and be careful not to fall yourself. The essentials of life are water, bread, a garment, and a house for privacy. - + Better is the life of a poor man under a shelter of logs than sumptuous fare in another man’s house. - + With little or with much, be well satisfied. 29:23 The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities. - + It is a miserable life to go from house to house. Where you are a guest, you dare not open your mouth. - + You will entertain, serve drinks, and have no thanks. In addition to this, you will hear bitter words. - + “Come here, you sojourner, set a table, and if you have anything in your hand, feed me with it.” - + “Leave, you sojourner, for an honored guest is here. My brother has come to be my guest. I need my house.” - + These things are grievous to a man of understanding: The scolding about lodging and the insults of creditors. @@ -68635,39 +68635,39 @@ He who loves his son will continue to lay stripes upon him, that he may have joy from him in the end. - + He who chastises his son will have profit from him, and will brag about him among his acquaintances. - + He who teaches his son will provoke his enemy to jealousy. Before friends, he will rejoice in him. - + His father dies, and is as though he had not died; for he has left one behind him like himself. - + In his life, he saw his son and rejoiced. When he died, it was without regret. - + He left behind him an avenger against his enemies, and one to repay kindness to his friends. He who makes too much of his son will bind up his wounds. His heart will be troubled at every cry. - + An unbroken horse becomes stubborn. An unrestrained son becomes headstrong. - + Pamper your child, and he will make you afraid. Play with him, and he will grieve you. - + Don’t laugh with him, lest you have sorrow with him, and you gnash your teeth in the end. - + Give him no liberty in his youth, and don’t ignore his follies. 30:11 This line and the previous two lines are absent from some older MSS. - + 30:12 @@ -68677,46 +68677,46 @@ and there be sorrow to your soul. 30:12 These three lines are absent from the oldest MSS. - + Chastise your son, and give him work, lest his shameless behavior be an offense to you. Better is a poor man who is healthy and fit, than a rich man who is afflicted in his body. - + Health and fitness are better than all gold, and a strong body better than wealth without measure. - + There is no wealth better than health of body. There is no gladness above the joy of the heart. - + Death is better than a bitter life, and eternal rest than a continual sickness. Good things poured out upon a mouth that is closed are like food offerings laid upon a grave. - + What does an offering profit an idol? For it can’t eat or smell. -So is he who is punished by the Lord, +So is he who is punished by the Lord, seeing with his eyes and groaning, like a eunuch embracing a virgin and groaning. Don’t give your soul to sorrow. Don’t afflict yourself deliberately. - + Gladness of heart is the life of a man. Cheerfulness of a man lengthens his days. - + Love your own soul, and comfort your heart. Remove sorrow far from you, for sorrow has destroyed many, and there is no profit in it. - + Envy and wrath shorten life. Anxiety brings old age before its time. - + Those who are cheerful and merry will benefit from their food. @@ -68724,106 +68724,106 @@ Wakefulness that comes from riches consumes the flesh, and anxiety about it takes away sleep. - + Wakeful anxiety will crave slumber. In a severe disease, sleep will be broken. A rich man toils in gathering money together. When he rests, he is filled with his good things. - + A poor man toils in lack of substance. When he rests, he becomes needy. - + He who loves gold won’t be justified. He who follows destruction will himself have his fill of it. - + Many have been given over to ruin for the sake of gold. Their destruction meets them face to face. - + It is a stumbling block to those who sacrifice to it. Every fool will be taken by it. - + Blessed is the rich person who is found blameless, and who doesn’t go after gold. - + Who is he, that we may call him blessed? For he has done wonderful things among his people. - + Who has been tried by it, and found perfect? Then let him boast. -Who has had the power to transgress, and has not transgressed? +Who has had the power to transgress, and has not transgressed? And to do evil, and has not done it? - + His prosperity will be made sure. The congregation will proclaim his alms. Do you sit at a great table? Don’t be greedy there. Don’t say, “There is a lot of food on it!” - + Remember that a greedy eye is a wicked thing. What has been created more greedy than an eye? Therefore it sheds tears from every face. - + Don’t stretch your hand wherever it looks. Don’t thrust yourself with it into the dish. - + Consider your neighbor’s feelings by your own. Be discreet in every point. - + Eat like a human being those things which are set before you. Don’t eat greedily, lest you be hated. - + Be first to stop for manners’ sake. Don’t be insatiable, lest you offend. - + And if you sit among many, Don’t reach out your hand before them. How sufficient to a well-mannered man is a very little. He doesn’t breathe heavily in his bed. - + Healthy sleep comes from moderate eating. He rises early, and his wits are with him. -The pain of wakefulness, colic, +The pain of wakefulness, colic, and griping are with an insatiable man. - + And if you have been forced to eat, rise up in the middle of it, and you shall have rest. - + Hear me, my son, and don’t despise me, and in the end you will appreciate my words. -In all your works be skillful, +In all your works be skillful, and no disease will come to you. People bless him who is liberal with his food. The testimony of his excellence will be believed. - + The city will murmer at him who is a stingy with his food. The testimony of his stinginess will be accurate. Don’t show yourself valiant in wine, for wine has destroyed many. - + The furnace tests the temper of steel by dipping; so does wine test hearts in the quarreling of the proud. - + Wine is as good as life to men, if you drink it in moderation. -What life is there to a man who is without wine? +What life is there to a man who is without wine? It has been created to make men glad. - + Wine drunk in season and in moderation is joy of heart and gladness of soul: - + Wine drunk excessively is bitterness of soul, with provocation and conflict. - + Drunkenness increases the rage of a fool to his hurt. It diminishes strength and adds wounds. Don’t rebuke your neighbor at a banquet of wine. Don’t despise him in his mirth. -Don’t speak a word of reproach to him. +Don’t speak a word of reproach to him. Don’t distress him by making demands of him. @@ -68832,70 +68832,70 @@ Don’t be lifted up. Be among them as one of them. Take care of them first, and then sit down. - + And when you have done all your duties, take your place, that you may be gladdened on their account, and receive a wreath for your good service. Speak, you who are older, for it’s your right, but with sound knowledge; and don’t interrupt the music. - + Don’t pour out talk where there is a performance of music. Don’t display your wisdom at the wrong time. - + As a ruby signet in a setting of gold, so is a music concert at a wine banquet. - + As an emerald signet in a work of gold, -so is musical melody with pleasant wine. +so is musical melody with pleasant wine. Speak, young man, if you are obliged to, but no more than twice, and only if asked. - + Sum up your speech, many things in few words. Be as one who knows and yet holds his tongue. - + When among great men, don’t behave as their equal. When another is speaking, don’t babble. Lightning speeds before thunder. Approval goes before a modesty. - + Rise up in good time, and don’t be last. Go home quickly and don’t loiter - + Amuse yourself there and do what is in your heart. Don’t sin by proud speech. - + For these things bless your Maker, who gives you to drink freely of his good things. He who fears the Lord will receive discipline. Those who seek him early will find favor. - + He who seeks the law shall be filled with it, but the hypocrite will stumble at it. - + Those who fear the Lord will find true judgment, and will kindle righteous acts like a light. - + A sinful man shuns reproof, and will find a judgment according to his will. A sensible person won’t neglect a thought. An insolent and proud man won’t crouch in fear, even after he has done a thing by himself without counsel. - + Do nothing without counsel, but when you have acted, don’t regret it. - + Don’t go in a way of conflict. Don’t stumble in stony places. - + Don’t be overconfident on a smooth road. Beware of your own children. - + In every work guard your own soul, for this is the keeping of the commandments. @@ -68906,45 +68906,45 @@ No evil will happen to him who fears the Lord, but in trials once and again he will deliver him. - + A wise man will not hate the law, but he who is a hypocrite about it is like a boat in a storm. - + A man of understanding will put his trust in the law. And the law is faithful to him, as when one asks a divine oracle. Prepare your speech, and so you will be heard. Bind up instruction, and make your answer. - + The heart of a fool is like a cartwheel. His thoughts are like a rolling axle. - + A stallion horse is like a mocking friend. He neighs under every one who sits upon him. Why does one day excel another, when all the light of every day in the year is from the sun? - + They were distinguished by the Lord’s knowledge, and he varied seasons and feasts. - + Some of them he exalted and hallowed, and some of them he has made ordinary days. - + And all men are from the ground. Adam was created from dust. - + In the abundance of his knowledge the Lord distinguished them, and made their ways different. - + Some of them he blessed and exalted, and some of them he made holy and brought near to himself. -Some of them he cursed and brought low, +Some of them he cursed and brought low, and overthrew them from their place. - + As the clay of the potter in his hand, all his ways are according to his good pleasure, -so men are in the hand of him who made them, +so men are in the hand of him who made them, to render to them according to his judgment. Good is the opposite of evil, @@ -68953,19 +68953,19 @@ 33:14 A line of this verse is here omitted by the best authorities. the sinner is the opposite of the godly. - + Look upon all the works of the Most High like this, they come in pairs, one against another. I was the last on watch, like one who gleans after the grape gatherers. - + By the Lord’s blessing I arrived before them, and filled my winepress like one who gathers grapes. - + Consider that I labored not for myself alone, but for all those who seek instruction. - + Hear me, you great men of the people, and listen with your ears, you rulers of the congregation. @@ -68973,43 +68973,43 @@ don’t give power over yourself while you live, and don’t give your goods to another, lest you regret it and must ask for them. - + While you still live and breath is in you, don’t give yourself over to anybody. - + For it is better that your children should ask from you than that you should look to the hand of your children. - + Excel in all your works. Don’t bring a stain on your honor. - + In the day that you end the days of your life, in the time of death, distribute your inheritance. Fodder, a stick, and burdens are for a donkey. Bread, discipline, and work are for a servant. - + Set your slave to work, and you will find rest. Leave his hands idle, and he will seek liberty. - + Yoke and thong will bow the neck. For an evil slave there are racks and tortures. - + Send him to labor, that he not be idle, for idleness teaches much mischief. - + Set him to work, as is fit for him. If he doesn’t obey, make his fetters heavy. - + Don’t be excessive toward any. Do nothing unjust. If you have a slave, treat him like yourself, because you have bought him with blood. - + If you have a slave, treat him like yourself. For like your own soul, you will need him. -If you treat him ill, and he departs and runs away, +If you treat him ill, and he departs and runs away, which way will you go to seek him? @@ -69017,81 +69017,81 @@ Vain and false hopes are for a man void of understanding. Dreams give wings to fools. - + As one who grasps at a shadow and follows after the wind, so is he who sets his mind on dreams. - + The vision of dreams is a reflection, the likeness of a face near a face. - + From an unclean thing what can be cleansed? From that which is false what can be true? - + Divinations, and soothsayings, and dreams, are vain. The heart has fantasies like a woman in labor. - + If they are not sent in a visitation from the Most High, don’t give your heart to them. - + For dreams have led many astray. They have failed by putting their hope in them. - + Without lying the law will be fulfilled. Wisdom is complete in a faithful mouth. A well-instructed man knows many things. He who has much experience will declare understanding. - + He who has no experience knows few things. But he who has traveled increases cleverness. - + I have seen many things in my travels. My understanding is more than my words. - + I was often in danger even to death. I was preserved because of these experiences. - + The spirit of those who fear the Lord will live, for their hope is in him who saves them. - + Whoever fears the Lord won’t be afraid, and won’t be a coward, for he is his hope. - + Blessed is the soul of him who fears the Lord. To whom does he give heed? Who is his support? - + The eyes of the Lord are on those who love him, a mighty protection and strong support, a cover from the hot blast, a shade from the noonday sun, a guard from stumbling, and a help from falling. - + He raises up the soul, and enlightens the eyes. He gives health, life, and blessing. He who sacrifices a thing wrongfully gotten, his offering is made in mockery. The mockeries of wicked men are not acceptable. - + The Most High has no pleasure in the offerings of the ungodly, Neither is he pacified for sins by the multitude of sacrifices. - + Like one who kills a son before his father’s eyes is he who brings a sacrifice from the goods of the poor. - + The bread of the needy is the life of the poor. He who deprives him of it is a man of blood. - + Like one who murders his neighbor is he who takes away his living. Like a shedder of blood is he who deprives a hireling of his hire. When one builds, and another pulls down, what profit do they have but toil? - + When one prays, and another curses, whose voice will the Lord listen to? - + He who washes himself after touching a dead body, and touches it again, what does he gain by his washing? - + Even so a man fasting for his sins, and going again, and doing the same, who will listen to his prayer? @@ -69101,32 +69101,32 @@ He who keeps the law multiplies offerings. He who heeds the commandments sacrifices a peace offering. - + He who returns a kindness offers fine flour. He who gives alms sacrifices a thank offering. - + To depart from wickedness pleases the Lord. To depart from unrighteousness is an atoning sacrifice. - + See that you don’t appear in the presence of the Lord empty. For all these things are done because of the commandment. - + The offering of the righteous enriches the altar. The sweet fragrance of it is before the Most High. - + The sacrifice of a righteous man is acceptable. It won’t be forgotten. - + Glorify the Lord with generosity. Don’t reduce the first fruits of your hands. - + In every gift show a cheerful countenance, -And dedicate your tithe with gladness. - +And dedicate your tithe with gladness. + Give to the Most High according as he has given. As your hand has found, give generously. - + For the Lord repays, and he will repay you sevenfold. @@ -69134,27 +69134,27 @@ Don’t set your mind on an unrighteous sacrifice, For the Lord is the judge, and with him is no respect of persons. - + He won’t accept any person against a poor man. He will listen to the prayer of him who is wronged. - + He will in no way despise the supplication of the fatherless or the widow, when she pours out her tale. - + Don’t the tears of the widow run down her cheek? Isn’t her cry against him who has caused them to fall? - + He who serves God according to his good pleasure will be accepted. His supplication will reach to the clouds. - + The prayer of the humble pierces the clouds. until it comes near, he will not be comforted. -He won’t depart until the Most High visits +He won’t depart until the Most High visits and he judges righteously and executes judgment. - + And the Lord will not be slack, neither will he be patient toward them, until he has crushed the loins of the unmerciful. -He will repay vengeance to the heathen +He will repay vengeance to the heathen until he has taken away the multitude of the arrogant and broken in pieces the sceptres of the unrighteous, @@ -69162,7 +69162,7 @@ and repaid the works of men according to their plans, until he has judged the cause of his people, and he will make them rejoice in his mercy. - + Mercy is as welcome in the time of his affliction, as clouds of rain in the time of drought. @@ -69174,34 +69174,34 @@ 36:2 The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities. - + Lift up your hand against the foreign nations and let them see your mighty power. - + As you showed your holiness in us before them, so be magnified in them before us. - + Let them know you, as we also have known you, that there is no God but only you, O God. - + Show new signs, and work various wonders. Glorify your hand and your right arm. 36:6 The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities. - + Raise up indignation and pour out wrath. Take away the adversary and destroy the enemy. - + Hasten the time and remember your oath. Let them declare your mighty works. - + Let him who escapes be devoured by raging fire. May those who harm your people find destruction. - + Crush the heads of the rulers of the enemies who say, “There is no one but ourselves.” - + Gather all the tribes of Jacob together, and 36:11 @@ -69209,22 +69209,22 @@ I took them for my inheritance: but the Greek text is here very confused. take them for your inheritance, as from the beginning. - + O Lord, have mercy upon the people that is called by your name, and upon Israel, whom you likened to a firstborn. - + Have compassion upon the city of your sanctuary, Jerusalem, the place of your rest. - + Fill Zion. Exalt your oracles and fill your people with your glory. - + Give testimony to those who were your creatures in the beginning, and fulfill the prophecies that have been spoken in your name. - + Reward those who wait for you, and men will put their trust in your prophets. - + Listen, O Lord, to the prayer of your servants, according to the blessing of Aaron concerning your people; and all those who are on the earth will know @@ -69235,28 +69235,28 @@ The belly will eat any food, but one food is better than another. - + The mouth tastes meats taken in hunting, so does an understanding heart detect false speech. - + A contrary heart will cause heaviness. A man of experience will pay him back. - + A woman will receive any man, but one daughter is better than another. - + The beauty of a woman cheers the countenance. A man desires nothing more. - + If kindness and humility are on her tongue, her husband is not like other sons of men. - + He who gets a wife gets his richest treasure, a help meet for him and a pillar of support. - + Where no hedge is, the property will be plundered. He who has no wife will mourn as he wanders. - + For who would trust a nimble robber who skips from city to city? Even so, who would trust a man who has no nest, and lodges wherever he finds himself at nightfall? @@ -69264,25 +69264,25 @@ Every friend will say, “I also am his friend”; but there is a friend which is only a friend in name. - + Isn’t there a grief in it even to death when a companion and friend is turned into an enemy? - + O wicked imagination, why were you formed to cover the dry land with deceit? - + There is a companion who rejoices in the gladness of a friend, but in time of affliction will be against him. - + There is a companion who for the belly’s sake labors with his friend, yet in the face of battle will carry his buckler. - + Don’t forget a friend in your soul. Don’t be unmindful of him in your riches. Every counselor extols counsel, but some give counsel in their own interest. - + Let your soul beware of a counselor, and know in advance what is his interest (for he will take counsel for himself), @@ -69290,10 +69290,10 @@ and say to you, “Your way is good.” Then he will stand near you, to see what will happen to you. - + Don’t take counsel with one who looks askance at you. Hide your counsel from those who are jealous of you. - + Don’t consult with a woman about her rival, with a coward about war, with a merchant about business, @@ -69304,66 +69304,66 @@ with a hireling in your house about finishing his work, or with an idle servant about much business. Pay no attention to these in any matter of counsel. - + But rather be continually with a godly man, whom you know to be a keeper of the commandments, who in his soul is as your own soul, and who will grieve with you, if you fail. - + Make the counsel of your heart stand, for there is no one more faithful to you than it. - + For a man’s soul is sometimes inclined to inform him better than seven watchmen who sit on high on a watch-tower. - + Above all this ask the Most High that he may direct your way in truth. Let reason be the beginning of every work. Let counsel go before every action. - + As a token of the changing of the heart, four kinds of things rise up: good and evil, life and death. That which rules over them continually is the tongue. - + There is one who is clever and the instructor of many, and yet is unprofitable to his own soul. - + There is one who is subtle in words, and is hated. He will be destitute of all food. - + For grace was not given to him from the Lord, because he is deprived of all wisdom. - + There is one who is wise to his own soul; and the fruits of his understanding are trustworthy in the mouth. - + A wise man will instruct his own people. The fruits of his understanding are trustworthy. - + A wise man will be filled with blessing. All those who see him will call him happy. - + The life of a man is counted by days. The days of Israel are innumerable. - + The wise man will inherit confidence among his people. His name will live forever. My son, test your soul in your life. See what is evil for it, and don’t give in to it. - + For not all things are profitable for all men. Not every soul has pleasure in everything. - + Don’t be insatiable in any luxury. Don’t be greedy in the things that you eat. - + For overeating brings disease, and gluttony causes nausea. - + Because of gluttony, many have perished, but he who takes heed shall prolong his life. @@ -69371,46 +69371,46 @@ Honor a physician according to your need with the honors due to him, for truly the Lord has created him. - + For healing comes from the Most High, and he shall receive a gift from the king. - + The skill of the physician will lift up his head. He will be admired in the sight of great men. - + The Lord created medicines out of the earth. A prudent man will not despise them. - + Wasn’t water made sweet with wood, that its power might be known? - + He gave men skill that he might be glorified in his marvelous works. - + With them he heals and takes away pain. - + With these, the pharmacist makes a mixture. God’s works won’t be brought to an end. From him, peace is upon the face of the earth. My son, in your sickness don’t be negligent, but pray to the Lord, and he will heal you. - + Put away wrong doing, and direct your hands in righteousness. Cleanse your heart from all sin. - + Give a sweet savor and a memorial of fine flour, and pour oil on your offering, according to your means. - + Then give place to the physician, for truly the Lord has created him. Don’t let him leave you, for you need him. - + There is a time when in recovery is in their hands. For they also shall ask the Lord to prosper them in diagnosis and in healing for the maintenance of life. - + He who sins before his Maker, let him fall into the hands of the physician. @@ -69418,80 +69418,80 @@ and as one who suffers grievously, begin lamentation. Wind up his body with due honor. Don’t neglect his burial. - + Make bitter weeping and make passionate wailing. Let your mourning be according to his merit, for one day or two, lest you be spoken evil of; and so be comforted for your sorrow. - + For from sorrow comes death. Sorrow of heart saps one’s strength. - + In calamity, sorrow also remains. A poor man’s life is grievous to the heart. - + Don’t give your heart to sorrow. Put it away, remembering the end. - + Don’t forget it, for there is no returning again. You do him no good, and you would harm yourself. - + Remember his end, for so also will yours be: yesterday for me, and today for you. - + When the dead is at rest, let his remembrance rest. Be comforted for him when his spirit departs from him. The wisdom of the scribe comes by the opportunity of leisure. He who has little business can become wise. - + How could he become wise who holds the plow, who glories in the shaft of the goad, who drives oxen and is occupied in their labors, and who mostly talks about bulls? - + He will set his heart upon turning his furrows. His lack of sleep is to give his heifers their fodder. - + So is every craftsman and master artisan who passes his time by night as by day, those who cut engravings of signets. -His diligence is to make great variety. +His diligence is to make great variety. He sets his heart to preserve likeness in his portraiture, and is careful to finish his work. - + So too is the smith sitting by the anvil and considering the unwrought iron. -The smoke of the fire will waste his flesh. +The smoke of the fire will waste his flesh. He toils in the heat of the furnace. -The noise of the hammer deafens his ear. +The noise of the hammer deafens his ear. His eyes are upon the pattern of the object. -He will set his heart upon perfecting his works. +He will set his heart upon perfecting his works. He will be careful to adorn them perfectly. - + So is the potter sitting at his work and turning the wheel around with his feet, who is always anxiously set at his work. He produces his handiwork in quantity. - + He will fashion the clay with his arm and will bend its strength in front of his feet. -He will apply his heart to finish the glazing. +He will apply his heart to finish the glazing. He will be careful to clean the kiln. All these put their trust in their hands. Each becomes skillful in his own work. - + Without these no city would be inhabited. Men wouldn’t reside as foreigners or walk up and down there. - + They won’t be sought for in the council of the people. They won’t mount on high in the assembly. They won’t sit on the seat of the judge. They won’t understand the covenant of judgment. Neither will they declare instruction and judgment. They won’t be found where parables are. - + But they will maintain the fabric of the age. Their prayer is in the handiwork of their craft. @@ -69499,20 +69499,20 @@ Not so he who has applied his soul and meditates in the law of the Most High. -He will seek out the wisdom of all the ancients +He will seek out the wisdom of all the ancients and will be occupied with prophecies. - + He will keep the sayings of the men of renown and will enter in amidst the subtleties of parables. - + He will seek out the hidden meaning of proverbs and be conversant in the dark sayings of parables. - + He will serve among great men and appear before him who rules. -He will travel through the land of foreign nations, +He will travel through the land of foreign nations, for he has learned what is good and evil among men. - + He will apply his heart to return early to the Lord who made him, and will make supplication before the Most High, and will open his mouth in prayer, @@ -69522,104 +69522,104 @@ he will be filled with the spirit of understanding; he will pour forth the words of his wisdom and in prayer give thanks to the Lord. - + He will direct his counsel and knowledge, and he will meditate in his secrets. - + He will show the instruction which he has been taught and will glory in the law of the covenant of the Lord. - + Many will commend his understanding. So long as the world endures, it won’t be blotted out. -His memory won’t depart. +His memory won’t depart. His name will live from generation to generation. - + Nations will declare his wisdom. The congregation will proclaim his praise. - + If he continues, he will leave a greater name than a thousand. If he finally rests, it is enough for him. Yet more I will utter, which I have thought about. I am filled like the full moon. - + Listen to me, you holy children, and bud forth like a rose growing by a brook of water. - + Give a sweet fragrance like frankincense. Put forth flowers like a lily. Scatter a sweet smell and sing a song of praise. Bless the Lord for all his works! - + Magnify his name and give utterance to his praise with the songs on your lips and with harps! -Say this when you utter his praise: +Say this when you utter his praise: All the works of the Lord are exceedingly good, and every command will be done in its time. - + No one can say, “What is this?” “Why is that?” for at the proper time they will all be sought out. -At his word, the waters stood as a heap, +At his word, the waters stood as a heap, as did the reservoirs of water at the word of his mouth. - + At his command all his good pleasure is fulfilled. There is no one who can hinder his salvation. - + The works of all flesh are before him. It’s impossible to be hidden from his eyes. - + He sees from everlasting to everlasting. There is nothing too wonderful for him. - + No one can say, “What is this?” “Why is that?” for all things are created for their own uses. His blessing covered the dry land as a river and saturated it as a flood. - + As he has made the waters salty, so the heathen will inherit his wrath. - + His ways are plain to the holy. They are stumbling blocks to the wicked. - + Good things are created from the beginning for the good. So are evil things for sinners. - + The main things necessary for the life of man are water, fire, iron, salt, wheat flour, and honey, milk, the blood of the grape, oil, and clothing. - + All these things are for good to the godly, but for sinners, they will be turned into evils. There are winds that are created for vengeance, and in their fury they lay on their scourges heavily. -In the time of reckoning, they pour out their strength, +In the time of reckoning, they pour out their strength, and will appease the wrath of him who made them. - + Fire, hail, famine, and death— all these are created for vengeance— wild beasts’ teeth, scorpions, adders, and a sword punishing the ungodly to destruction. - + They will rejoice in his commandment, and will be made ready upon earth when needed. In their seasons, they won’t disobey his command. Therefore from the beginning I was convinced, and I thought it through and left it in writing: - + All the works of the Lord are good. He will supply every need in its time. - + No one can say, “This is worse than that,” for they will all be well approved in their time. - + Now with all your hearts and voices, sing praises and bless the Lord’s name! @@ -69629,26 +69629,26 @@ A heavy yoke is upon the sons of Adam, from the day of their coming forth from their mother’s womb, until the day for their burial in the mother of all things. - + The expectation of things to come, and the day of death, trouble their thoughts, and cause fear in their hearts. - + From him who sits on a throne of glory, even to him who is humbled in earth and ashes, - + from him who wears purple and a crown, even to him who is clothed in burlap, - + there is wrath, jealousy, trouble, unrest, fear of death, anger, and strife. -In the time of rest upon his bed, +In the time of rest upon his bed, his night sleep changes his knowledge. - + He gets little or no rest, and afterward in his sleep, as in a day of keeping watch, he is troubled in the vision of his heart, as one who has escaped from the front of battle. - + In the very time of his deliverance, he awakens, and marvels that the fear is nothing. @@ -69657,71 +69657,71 @@ come death, bloodshed, strife, sword, calamities, famine, suffering, and plague. - + All these things were created for the wicked, and because of them the flood came. - + All things that are of the earth turn to the earth again. All things that are of the waters return into the sea. All bribery and injustice will be blotted out. Good faith will stand forever. - + The goods of the unjust will be dried up like a river, and like a great thunder in rain will go off in noise. - + In opening his hands, a man will be made glad; so lawbreakers will utterly fail. - + The children of the ungodly won’t grow many branches, and are as unhealthy roots on a sheer rock. - + The reeds by every water or river bank will be plucked up before all grass. - + Kindness is like a garden of blessings. Almsgiving endures forever. The life of one who labors and is content will be made sweet. He who finds a treasure is better than both. - + Children and the building of a city establish a name. A blameless wife is better than both. - + Wine and music rejoice the heart. The love of wisdom is better than both. - + The pipe and the lute make pleasant melody. A pleasant tongue is better than both. - + Your eye desires grace and beauty, but the green shoots of grain more than both. - + A friend and a companion is always welcome, and a wife with her husband is better than both. - + Relatives and helpers are for a time of affliction, but almsgiving rescues better than both. - + Gold and silver will make the foot stand sure, and counsel is esteemed better than both. - + Riches and strength will lift up the heart. The fear of the Lord is better than both. -There is nothing lacking in the fear of the Lord. +There is nothing lacking in the fear of the Lord. In it, there is no need to seek help. - + The fear of the Lord is like a garden of blessing and covers a man more than any glory. My son, don’t lead a beggar’s life. It is better to die than to beg. - + A man who looks to the table of another, his life is not to be considered a life. -He will pollute his soul with another person’s food, +He will pollute his soul with another person’s food, but a wise and well-instructed person will beware of that. - + Begging will be sweet in the mouth of the shameless, but it kindles a fire in his belly. @@ -69730,17 +69730,17 @@ O death, how bitter is the memory of you to a man who is at peace in his possessions, to the man who has nothing to distract him and has prosperity in all things, and who still has strength to enjoy food! - + O death, your sentence is acceptable to a man who is needy and who fails in strength, who is in extreme old age, is distracted about all things, is perverse, and has lost patience! - + Don’t be afraid of the sentence of death. Remember those who have been before you and who come after. -This is the sentence from the Lord over all flesh. +This is the sentence from the Lord over all flesh. And why do you refuse when it is the good pleasure of the Most High? -Whether life lasts ten, or a hundred, or a thousand years, +Whether life lasts ten, or a hundred, or a thousand years, there is no inquiry about life in Hades. 41:4 or, @@ -69750,40 +69750,40 @@ The children of sinners are abominable children and they frequent the dwellings of the ungodly. - + The inheritance of sinners’ children will perish and with their posterity will be a perpetual disgrace. - + Children will complain of an ungodly father, because they suffer disgrace because of him. - + Woe to you, ungodly men, who have forsaken the law of the Most High God! 41:8 The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities. - + If you are born, you will be born to a curse. If you die, a curse will be your portion. - + All things that are of the earth will go back to the earth; so the ungodly will go from a curse to perdition. The mourning of men is about their bodies; but the evil name of sinners will be blotted out. - + Have regard for your name, for it continues with you longer than a thousand great treasures of gold. - + A good life has its number of days, but a good name continues forever. My children, follow instruction in peace. But wisdom that is hidden and a treasure that is not seen, what benefit is in them both? - + Better is a man who hides his foolishness than a man who hides his wisdom. - + Therefore show respect for my words; for it is not good to retain every kind of shame. Not everything is approved by all in good faith. @@ -69796,7 +69796,7 @@ of unjust dealing before a partner and friend, and of theft in the place where you sojourn. -Be ashamed in regard of the truth of God and his covenant, +Be ashamed in regard of the truth of God and his covenant, of leaning on your elbow at dinner, of contemptuous behavior in the matter of giving and taking, @@ -69812,7 +69812,7 @@ of repeating and speaking what you have heard, and of revealing of secrets. - + So you will be ashamed of the right things and find favor in the sight of every man. @@ -69833,16 +69833,16 @@ of bargaining dealing with merchants, of frequent correction of children, and of making the back of an evil slave to bleed. - + A seal is good where an evil wife is. Where there are many hands, lock things up. - + Whatever you hand over, let it be by number and weight. In giving and receiving, let all be in writing. - + Don’t be ashamed to instruct the unwise and foolish, and one of extreme old age who contends with those who are young. -So you will be well instructed indeed +So you will be well instructed indeed and approved in the sight of every living man. A daughter is a secret cause of wakefulness to a father. @@ -69853,7 +69853,7 @@ in her virginity, lest she should be defiled and be with child in her father’s house; when she has a husband, lest she should transgress; and when she is married, lest she should be barren. - + Keep a strict watch over a headstrong daughter, lest she make you a laughingstock to your enemies, a byword in the city and notorious among the people, @@ -69861,49 +69861,49 @@ Don’t gaze at every beautiful body. Don’t sit in the midst of women. - + For from garments comes a moth, and from a woman comes a woman’s wickedness. - + Better is the wickedness of a man than a pleasant woman, a woman who puts you to shame and disgrace. I will make mention now of the works of the Lord, and will declare the things that I have seen. The Lord’s works are in his words. - + The sun that gives light looks at all things. The Lord’s work is full of his glory. - + The Lord has not given power to the saints to declare all his marvelous works, which the Almighty Lord firmly settled, that the universe might be established in his glory. - + He searches out the deep and the heart. He has understanding of their secrets. -For the Most High knows all knowledge. +For the Most High knows all knowledge. He sees the signs of the world. - + He declares the things that are past and the things that shall be, and reveals the traces of hidden things. - + No thought escapes him. There is not a word hidden from him. - + He has ordered the mighty works of his wisdom. He is from everlasting to everlasting. -Nothing has been added to them, nor diminished from them. +Nothing has been added to them, nor diminished from them. He had no need of any counselor. - + How desirable are all his works! One may see this even in a spark. - + All these things live and remain forever in all manner of uses. They are all obedient. - + All things are in pairs, one opposite the other. He has made nothing imperfect. - + One thing establishes the good things of another. Who could ever see enough of his glory? @@ -69911,27 +69911,27 @@ The pride of the heavenly heights is the clear sky, the appearance of heaven, in the spectacle of its glory. - + The sun, when it appears, bringing tidings as it rises, is a marvelous instrument, the work of the Most High. - + At noon, it dries up the land. Who can stand against its burning heat? - + A man tending a furnace is in burning heat, but the sun three times more, burning up the mountains, breathing out fiery vapors, and sending out bright beams, it blinds the eyes. - + Great is the Lord who made it. At his word, he hastens on its course. The moon marks the changing seasons, declares times, and is a sign for the world. - + From the moon is the sign of feast days, a light that wanes when it completes its course. - + The month is called after its name, increasing wonderfully in its changing— an instrument of the army on high, @@ -69939,82 +69939,82 @@ the beauty of heaven, the glory of the stars, an ornament giving light in the highest places of the Lord. - + At the word of the Holy One, they will stand in due order. They won’t faint in their watches. - + Look at the rainbow, and praise him who made it. It is exceedingly beautiful in its brightness. - + It encircles the sky with its glorious circle. The hands of the Most High have stretched it out. By his commandment, he makes the snow fall and swiftly sends the lightnings of his judgment. - + Therefore the storehouses are opened, and clouds fly out like birds. - + By his mighty power, he makes the clouds strong and the hailstones are broken in pieces. - + At his appearing, the mountains will be shaken. At his will, the south wind will blow. - + The voice of his thunder rebukes the earth. So does the northern storm and the whirlwind. -Like birds flying down, he sprinkles the snow. +Like birds flying down, he sprinkles the snow. It falls down like the lighting of locusts. - + The eye is dazzled at the beauty of its whiteness. The heart is amazed as it falls. - + He also pours out frost on the earth like salt. When it is freezes, it has points like thorns. The cold north wind blows and ice freezes on the water. -It settles on every pool of water. +It settles on every pool of water. The water puts it on like it was a breastplate. - + It will devour the mountains, burn up the wilderness, and consume the green grass like fire. - + A mist coming speedily heals all things. A dew coming after heat brings cheerfulness. By his counsel, he has calmed the deep and planted islands in it. - + Those who sail on the sea tell of its dangers. We marvel when we hear it with our ears. - + There are also those strange and wondrous works in it— variety of all that has life and the huge creatures of the sea. - + Because of him, his messengers succeed. By his word, all things hold together. We may say many things, but couldn’t say enough. The summary of our words is, “He is everything!” - + How could we have strength to glorify him? For he is himself the greater than all his works. - + The Lord is awesome and exceedingly great! His power is marvelous! - + Glorify the Lord and exalt him as much as you can! For even yet, he will surpass that. -When you exalt him, summon your full strength. +When you exalt him, summon your full strength. Don’t be weary, because you can’t praise him enough. - + Who has seen him, that he may describe him? Who can magnify him as he is? - + Many things greater than these are hidden, for we have seen just a few of his works. - + For the Lord made all things. He gave wisdom to the godly. @@ -70022,51 +70022,51 @@ Let us now praise famous men, our ancestors in their generations. - + The Lord created great glory in them— his mighty power from the beginning. - + Some ruled in their kingdoms and were men renowned for their power, giving counsel by their understanding. -Some have spoken in prophecies, +Some have spoken in prophecies, leaders of the people by their counsels, and by their understanding, giving instruction for the people. Their words in their instruction were wise. - + Some composed musical tunes, and set forth verses in writing, rich men endowed with ability, living peaceably in their homes. - + All these were honored in their generations, and were outstanding in their days. - + Some of them have left a name behind them, so that others declare their praises. - + But of others, there is no memory. They perished as though they had not been. They become as though they had not been born, they and their children after them. - + But these were men of mercy, whose righteous deeds have not been forgotten. - + A good inheritance remains with their offspring. Their children are within the covenant. - + Their offspring stand fast, with their children, for their sakes. - + Their offspring will remain forever. Their glory won’t be blotted out. - + Their bodies were buried in peace. Their name lives to all generations. - + People will declare their wisdom. The congregation proclaims their praise. @@ -70075,9 +70075,9 @@ Noah was found perfect and righteous. In the season of wrath, he kept the race alive. -Therefore a remnant was left on the earth +Therefore a remnant was left on the earth when the flood came. - + Everlasting covenants were made with him, that all flesh should no more be blotted out by a flood. @@ -70086,9 +70086,9 @@ who kept the law of the Most High, and was taken into covenant with him. -In his flesh he established the covenant. +In his flesh he established the covenant. When he was tested, he was found faithful. - + Therefore he assured him by an oath that the nations would be blessed through his offspring, that he would multiply him like the dust of the earth, @@ -70098,7 +70098,7 @@ In Isaac also, he established the same assurance for Abraham his father’s sake, the blessing of all men, and the covenant. - + He made it rest upon the head of Jacob. He acknowledged him in his blessings, gave to him by inheritance, @@ -70111,18 +70111,18 @@ who found favor in the sight of all people, a man loved by God and men, even Moses, whose memory is blessed. - + He made him equal to the glory of the saints, and magnified him in the fears of his enemies. - + By his words he caused the wonders to cease. God glorified him in the sight of kings. -He gave him commandments for his people +He gave him commandments for his people and showed him part of his glory. - + He sanctified him in his faithfulness and meekness. He chose him out of all people. - + He made him to hear his voice, led him into the thick darkness, and gave him commandments face to face, @@ -70132,16 +70132,16 @@ He exalted Aaron, a holy man like Moses, even his brother, of the tribe of Levi. - + He established an everlasting covenant with him, and gave him the priesthood of the people. -He blessed him with stateliness, +He blessed him with stateliness, and dressed him in a glorious robe. - + He clothed him in perfect splendor, and strengthened him with symbols of authority: the linen trousers, the long robe, and the ephod. - + He encircled him with pomegranates; with many golden bells around him, to make a sound as he went, @@ -70158,48 +70158,48 @@ with a crown of gold upon the mitre, having engraved on it, as on a signet, “HOLINESS”, an ornament of honor, the work of an expert, the desires of the eyes, goodly and beautiful. - + Before him there never have been anything like it. No stranger put them on, but only his sons and his offspring perpertually. - + His sacrifices shall be wholly burned, twice every day continually. - + Moses consecrated him, and anointed him with holy oil. -It was an everlasting covenant with him +It was an everlasting covenant with him and to his offspring, all the days of heaven, to minister to the Lord, to serve as a priest, and to bless his people in his name. - + He chose him out of all living to offer sacrifice to the Lord— incense, and a sweet fragrance, for a memorial, to make atonement for your people. - + He gave to him in his commandments, authority in the covenants of judgments, to teach Jacob the testimonies, and to enlighten Israel in his law. - + Strangers conspired against him and envied him in the wilderness: Dathan and Abiram with their company, and the congregation of Korah, with wrath and anger. - + The Lord saw it, and it displeased him. In the wrath of his anger, they were destroyed. -He did wonders upon them, +He did wonders upon them, to consume them with flaming fire. - + He added glory to Aaron, and gave him a heritage. -He divided to him the first fruits of the increase, +He divided to him the first fruits of the increase, and prepared bread of first fruits in abundance. - + For they eat the sacrifices of the Lord, which he gave to him and to his offspring. - + However, in the land of the people, he has no inheritance, and he has no portion among the people, for the Lord himself is your portion and inheritance. @@ -70208,11 +70208,11 @@ in that he was zealous in the fear of the Lord, and stood fast when the people turned away, and he made atonement for Israel. - + Therefore, a covenant of peace was established for him, that he should be leader of the sanctuary and of his people, that he and his offspring should have the dignity of the priesthood forever. - + Also he made a covenant with David the son of Jesse, of the tribe of Judah. The inheritance of the king is his alone from son to son. So the inheritance of Aaron is also to his seed. @@ -70226,7 +70226,7 @@ Joshua the son of Nun was valiant in war, and was the successor of Moses in prophecies. -He was made great according to his name +He was made great according to his name for the saving of 46:1 Gr. @@ -70234,20 +70234,20 @@ God’s elect, to take vengeance on the enemies that rose up against them, that he might give Israel their inheritance. - + How was he glorified in the lifting up his hands, and in stretching out his sword against the cities! - + Who before him stood so firm? For the Lord himself brought his enemies to him. - + Didn’t the sun go back by his hand? Didn’t one day become as two? - + He called upon the Most High, the Mighty One, when his foes pressed in all around him, and the great Lord heard him. - + With hailstones of mighty power, he caused war to break violently upon the nation, and @@ -70257,17 +70257,17 @@ so that the nations might know his armor, how he fought in the sight of the Lord; for he followed the Mighty One. - + Also in the time of Moses, he did a work of mercy— he and Caleb the son of Jephunneh— in that they withstood the adversary, hindered the people from sin, and stilled their wicked complaining. - + And of six hundred thousand people on foot, they two alone were preserved to bring them into their inheritance, into a land flowing with milk and honey. - + The Lord gave strength to Caleb, and it remained with him to his old age, so that he entered the hill country, @@ -70279,34 +70279,34 @@ all whose hearts didn’t engage in immorality, and who didn’t turn away from the Lord— may their memory be blessed! - + May their bones flourish again out of their place. May the name of those who have been honored be renewed in their children. Samuel, the prophet of the Lord, loved by his Lord, established a kingdom and anointed princes over his people. - + By the law of the Lord he judged the congregation, and the Lord watched over Jacob. - + By his faithfulness he was proved to be a prophet. By his words he was known to be faithful in vision. - + When his enemies pressed on him on every side, he called upon the Lord, the Mighty One, with the offering of the suckling lamb. - + Then the Lord thundered from heaven. He made his voice heard with a mighty sound. - + He utterly destroyed the rulers of the Tyrians and all the princes of the Philistines. - + Before the time of his age-long sleep, he testified in the sight of the lord and his anointed, “I have not taken any man’s goods, so much as a sandal;” and no one accused him. - + Even after he fell asleep, he prophesied, and showed the king his end, and lifted up his voice from the earth in prophecy, @@ -70316,79 +70316,79 @@ After him, Nathan rose up to prophesy in the days of David. - + As is the fat when it is separated from the peace offering, so was David separated from the children of Israel. - + He played with lions as with kids, and with bears as with lambs of the flock. - + In his youth didn’t he kill a giant, and take away reproach from the people when he lifted up his hand with a sling stone, and beat down the boasting Goliath? - + For he called upon the Most High Lord, and he gave him strength in his right hand to kill a man mighty in war, to exalt the horn of his people. - + So they glorified him for his tens of thousands, and praised him for the blessings of the Lord, in that a glorious diadem was given to him. - + For he destroyed the enemies on every side, and defeated the Philistines his adversaries. He broke their horn in pieces to this day. - + In every work of his he gave thanks to the Holy One Most High with words of glory. He sang praise with his whole heart, and loved him who made him. - + He set singers before the altar, to make sweet melody by their music. 47:9 The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities. - + He gave beauty to the feasts, and set in order the seasons to completion while they praised his holy name, and the sanctuary resounded from early morning. - + The Lord took away his sins, and exalted his horn forever. -He gave him a covenant of kings, +He gave him a covenant of kings, and a glorious throne in Israel. After him a wise son rose up, who because of him lived in security. - + Solomon reigned in days of peace. God gave him rest all around, that he might set up a house for his name, and prepare a sanctuary forever. - + How wise you were made in your youth, and filled as a river with understanding! - + Your influence covered the earth, and you filled it with parables and riddles. - + Your name reached to the far away islands, and you were loved for your peace. - + For your songs, proverbs, parables, and interpretations, the countries marveled at you. - + By the name of the Lord God, who is called the God of Israel, you gathered gold like tin, and multiplied silver like lead. - + You bowed your loins to women, and in your body you were brought into subjection. - + You blemished your honor, and defiled your offspring, to bring wrath upon your children. @@ -70396,11 +70396,11 @@ because the sovereignty was divided, and a disobedient kingdom ruled out of Ephraim. - + But the Lord will never forsake his mercy. He won’t destroy any of his works, nor blot out the posterity of his elect. -He won’t take away the offspring him who loved him. +He won’t take away the offspring him who loved him. He gave a remnant to Jacob, and to David a root from his own family. @@ -70408,13 +70408,13 @@ Of his offspring, he left behind him Rehoboam, the foolishness of the people, and one who lacked understanding, who made the people revolt by his counsel. -Also Jeroboam the son of Nebat, +Also Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, and gave a way of sin to Ephraim. - + Their sins were multiplied exceedingly, until they were removed from their land. - + For they sought out all manner of wickedness, until vengeance came upon them. @@ -70422,36 +70422,36 @@ Then Elijah arose, the prophet like fire. His word burned like a torch. - + He brought a famine upon them, and by his zeal made them few in number. - + By the word of the Lord he shut up the heavens. He brought down fire three times. - + How you were glorified, O Elijah, in your wondrous deeds! Whose glory is like yours? - + You raised up a dead man from death, from Hades, by the word of the Most High. - + You brought down kings to destruction, and honorable men from their sickbeds. - + You heard rebuke in Sinai, and judgments of vengeance in Horeb. - + You anointed kings for retribution, and prophets to succeed after you. - + You were taken up in a tempest of fire, in a chariot of fiery horses. - + You were recorded for reproofs in their seasons, to pacify anger, before it broke out into wrath, to turn the heart of the father to the son, and to restore the tribes of Jacob. - + Blessed are those who saw you, and those who have been beautified with love; for we also shall surely live. @@ -70460,44 +70460,44 @@ Elisha was filled with his spirit. In his days he was not moved by the fear of any ruler, and no one brought him into subjection. - + Nothing was too hard for him. When he was buried, his body prophesied. - + As in his life he did wonders, so his works were also marvelous in death. - + For all this the people didn’t repent. They didn’t depart from their sins, until they were carried away as a plunder from their land, and were scattered through all the earth. -The people were left very few in number, +The people were left very few in number, but with a ruler from the house of David. - + Some of them did that which was right, but some multiplied sins. Hezekiah fortified his city, and brought water into its midst. -He tunneled through rock with iron, +He tunneled through rock with iron, and built cisterns for water. - + In his days Sennacherib invaded, and sent Rabshakeh, and departed. -He lifted up his hand against Zion, +He lifted up his hand against Zion, and boasted great things in his arrogance. - + Then their hearts and their hands were shaken, and they were in pain, as women in labor. - + But they called upon the Lord who is merciful, spreading out their hands to him. -The Holy One quickly heard them out of Heaven, +The Holy One quickly heard them out of Heaven, and delivered them by the hand of Isaiah. - + He struck the camp of the Assyrians, and his angel utterly destroyed them. - + For Hezekiah did that which was pleasing to the Lord, and was strong in the ways of his ancestor David, which Isaiah the prophet commanded, @@ -70505,10 +70505,10 @@ In his days the sun went backward. He prolonged the life of the king. - + He saw by an excellent spirit what would come to pass in the future; and he comforted those who mourned in Zion. - + He showed the things that would happen through the end of time, and the hidden things before they came. @@ -70516,12 +70516,12 @@ The memory of Josiah is like the composition of incense prepared by the work of the perfumer. -It will be sweet as honey in every mouth, +It will be sweet as honey in every mouth, and like music at a banquet of wine. - + He did what was right in the reforming of the people, and took away the abominations of iniquity. - + He set his heart right toward the Lord. In lawless days, he made godliness prevail. @@ -70529,13 +70529,13 @@ all were wicked, because they abandoned the law of the Most High. The kings of Judah came to an end. - + They gave their power to others, and their glory to a foreign nation. - + They set the chosen city of the sanctuary on fire and made her streets desolate, as it was written by the hand of Jeremiah. - + For they mistreated him; yet he was sanctified in the womb to be a prophet, to root out, to afflict, to destroy @@ -70543,21 +70543,21 @@ Ezekiel saw the vision of glory, which God showed him on the chariot of the cherubim. - + For truly he remembered the enemies in rainstorm, and to do good to those who directed their ways aright. - + Also of the twelve prophets, 49:10 The remainder of this line is omitted by the best authorities. may their bones flourish again out of their place. -He comforted the people of Jacob, +He comforted the people of Jacob, and delivered them by confident hope. How shall we magnify Zerubbabel? He was like a signet ring on the right hand. - + So was Jesus the son of Josedek, who in their days built the house, and exalted a @@ -70566,7 +70566,7 @@ temple. people holy to the Lord, prepared for everlasting glory. - + Also of Nehemiah the memory is great. He raised up for us fallen walls, set up the gates and bars, @@ -70574,11 +70574,11 @@ No man was created upon the earth like Enoch, for he was taken up from the earth. - + Nor was there a man born like Joseph, a leader of his kindred, a supporter of the people. Even his bones were cared for. - + Shem and Seth were honored among men, but above every living thing in the creation was Adam. @@ -70587,19 +70587,19 @@ It was Simon, the son of Onias, the high priest, who in his life repaired the house, and in his days strengthened the temple. - + The foundation was built by him to the height of the double walls, the lofty retaining walls of the temple enclosure. - + In his days, a water cistern was dug, the brazen vessel like the sea in circumference. - + He planned to save his people from ruin, and fortified the city against siege. - + How glorious he was when the people gathered around him as he came out of the house of the veil! - + He was like the morning star among clouds, like the full moon, @@ -70615,7 +70615,7 @@ like an olive tree loaded with fruit, and like a cypress growing high among the clouds. - + When he put on his glorious robe, and clothed himself in perfect splendor, ascending to the holy altar, @@ -70626,40 +70626,40 @@ with his kindred like a garland around him, he was like a young cedar in Lebanon surrounded by the trunks of palm trees. - + All the sons of Aaron in their glory, held the Lord’s offering in their hands before all the congregation of Israel. - + Finishing the service at the altars, that he might arrange the offering of the Most High, the Almighty, he stretched out his hand to the cup of libation, and poured out the cup of the grape. -He poured it out at the foot of the altar, +He poured it out at the foot of the altar, a sweet smelling fragrance to the Most High, the King of all. - + Then the sons of Aaron shouted. They sounded the trumpets of beaten work. -They made a great fanfare to be heard, +They made a great fanfare to be heard, for a reminder before the Most High. - + Then all the people together hurried, and fell down to the ground on their faces to worship their Lord, the Almighty, God Most High. The singers also praised him with their voices. There was a sweet melody in the whole house. - + And the people implored the Lord Most High, in prayer before him who is merciful, until the worship of the Lord was finished, and so they accomplished his service. - + Then he went down, and lifted up his hands over the whole congregation of the children of Israel, to give blessing to the Lord with his lips, and to glory in his name. - + He bowed himself down in worship the second time, to declare the blessing from the Most High. @@ -70667,7 +70667,7 @@ who everywhere does great things, who exalts our days from the womb, and deals with us according to his mercy. - + May he grant us joyfulness of heart, and that peace may be in our days in Israel for the days of eternity, @@ -70687,10 +70687,10 @@ I have written in this book the instruction of understanding and knowledge, I Jesus, the son of Sirach Eleazar, of Jerusalem, who out of his heart poured forth wisdom. - + Blessed is he who will exercise these things. He who lays them up in his heart will become wise. - + For if he does them, he will be strong in all things, for the light of the Lord is his guide. 50:29 @@ -70702,13 +70702,13 @@

I will give thanks to you, O Lord, O King, and will praise you, O God my Savior. -I give thanks to your name, +I give thanks to your name, for you have been my protector and helper, and delivered my body out of destruction, and out of the snare of a slanderous tongue, from lips that fabricate lies. -You were my helper before those who stood by, +You were my helper before those who stood by, and delivered me, according to the abundance of your mercy and of your name, from the gnashings of teeth ready to devour, @@ -70723,81 +70723,81 @@ and from lying words— the slander of an unrighteous tongue to the king. -My soul drew near to death. +My soul drew near to death. My life was near to Hades. - + They surrounded me on every side. There was no one to help me. -I was looking for human help, +I was looking for human help, and there was none. - + Then I remembered your mercy, O Lord, and your working which has been from everlasting, how you deliver those who wait for you, and save them out of the hand of their enemies. - + I lifted up my prayer from the earth, and prayed for deliverance from death. - + I called upon the Lord, the Father of my Lord, that he would not forsake me in the days of affliction, in the time when there was no help against the proud. - + I will praise your name continually. I will sing praise with thanksgiving. My prayer was heard. - + You saved me from destruction and delivered me from the evil time. -Therefore I will give thanks and praise to you, +Therefore I will give thanks and praise to you, and bless the name of the Lord. When I was yet young, before I went abroad, I sought wisdom openly in my prayer. - + Before the temple I asked for her. I will seek her out even to the end. - + From the first flower to the ripening grape my heart delighted in her. My foot walked in uprightness. From my youth I followed her steps. - + I inclined my ear a little, and received her, and found for myself much instruction. - + I profited in her. I will give glory to him who gives me wisdom. - + For I determined to practice her. I was zealous for that which is good. I will never be put to shame. - + My soul has wrestled with her. In my conduct I was exact. -I spread out my hands to the heaven above, +I spread out my hands to the heaven above, and bewailed my ignorances of her. - + I directed my soul to her. In purity I found her. -I got myself a heart joined with her from the beginning. +I got myself a heart joined with her from the beginning. Therefore I won’t be forsaken. - + My belly also was troubled to seek her. Therefore I have gained a good possession. - + The Lord gave me a tongue for my reward. I will praise him with it. Draw near to me, all you who are uneducated, and live in the house of instruction. - + Why therefore are you all lacking in these things, and your souls are very thirsty? - + I opened my mouth and spoke, “Get her for yourselves without money.” - + Put your neck under the yoke, and let your soul receive instruction. She is near to find. @@ -70805,13 +70805,13 @@ See with your eyes how that I labored just a little and found for myself much rest. - + Get instruction with a great sum of silver, and gain much gold by her. - + May your soul rejoice in his mercy, and may you all not be put to shame in praising him. - + Work your work before the time comes, and in his time he will give you your reward.
@@ -76892,22 +76892,22 @@ I was small among my brothers, and youngest in my father’s house. I tended my father’s sheep. - + My hands formed a musical instrument, and my fingers tuned a lyre. - + Who shall tell my Lord? The Lord himself, he himself hears. - + He sent forth his angel and took me from my father’s sheep, and he anointed me with his anointing oil. - + My brothers were handsome and tall; but the Lord didn’t take pleasure in them. - + I went out to meet the Philistine, and he cursed me by his idols. - + But I drew his own sword and beheaded him, and removed reproach from the children of Israel. @@ -80837,19 +80837,19 @@ Daniel answered,

“Blessed be the name of God forever and ever; for wisdom and might are his. - + He changes the times and the seasons. He removes kings and sets up kings. -He gives wisdom to the wise, +He gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those who have understanding. - + He reveals the deep and secret things. He knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him. - + I thank you and praise you, O God of my fathers, -who have given me wisdom and might, +who have given me wisdom and might, and have now made known to me what we desired of you; for you have made known to us the king’s matter.”

@@ -81121,18 +81121,18 @@ Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon.

- +

Nebuchadnezzar the king, -to all the peoples, nations, and languages, who dwell in all the earth: -Peace be multiplied to you. - +

to all the peoples, nations, and languages, who dwell in all the earth: +

Peace be multiplied to you. +

It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God has worked toward me. - +

How great are his signs! How mighty are his wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. His dominion is from generation to generation. - +

I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at rest in my house, and flourishing in my palace. I saw a dream which made me afraid; and the thoughts on my bed and the visions of my head troubled me. @@ -81142,7 +81142,7 @@ Then the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers came in; and I told the dream before them; but they didn’t make known to me its interpretation. But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods. I told the dream before him, saying, - +

“Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you, and no secret troubles you, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and its interpretation. These were the visions of my head on my bed: I saw, and behold, a tree in the middle of the earth; and its height was great. @@ -81150,7 +81150,7 @@ The tree grew, and was strong, and its height reached to the sky, and its sight to the end of all the earth. Its leaves were beautiful, and it had much fruit, and in it was food for all. The animals of the field had shade under it, and the birds of the sky lived in its branches, and all flesh was fed from it. - +

“I saw in the visions of my head on my bed, and behold, a watcher and a holy one came down from the sky. He cried aloud, and said this, ‘Cut down the tree and cut off its branches! Shake off its leaves and scatter its fruit! Let the animals get away from under it, and the fowls from its branches. @@ -81158,22 +81158,22 @@ Nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and bronze, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of the sky. Let his portion be with the animals in the grass of the earth. Let his heart be changed from man’s, and let an animal’s heart be given to him. Then let seven times pass over him. - +

“‘The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones, to the intent that the living may know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will, and sets up over it the lowest of men.’ - +

“This dream I, king Nebuchadnezzar, have seen; and you, Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation, because all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known to me the interpretation; but you are able, for the spirit of the holy gods is in you.” - +

Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was stricken mute for a while, and his thoughts troubled him. The king answered, “Belteshazzar, don’t let the dream, or the interpretation, trouble you.” -Belteshazzar answered, “My lord, may the dream be for those who hate you, and its interpretation to your adversaries. +

Belteshazzar answered, “My lord, may the dream be for those who hate you, and its interpretation to your adversaries. The tree that you saw, which grew and was strong, whose height reached to the sky, and its sight to all the earth; whose leaves were beautiful, and its fruit plentiful, and in it was food for all; under which the animals of the field lived, and on whose branches the birds of the sky had their habitation— it is you, O king, who have grown and become strong; for your greatness has grown, and reaches to the sky, and your dominion to the end of the earth. - +

“Whereas the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from the sky, and saying, ‘Cut down the tree, and destroy it; nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and bronze, in the tender grass of the field, and let it be wet with the dew of the sky. Let his portion be with the animals of the field, until seven times pass over him.’ - +

“This is the interpretation, O king, and it is the decree of the Most High, which has come on my lord the king: that you shall be driven from men, and your dwelling shall be with the animals of the field. You shall be made to eat grass as oxen, and shall be wet with the dew of the sky, and seven times shall pass over you; until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will. @@ -81181,21 +81181,21 @@ Their command to leave the stump of the roots of the tree means your kingdom will be sure to you, after you will have known that the heavens do rule. Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps there may be a lengthening of your tranquility.” - +

All this came on the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he was walking in the royal palace of Babylon. The king spoke and said, “Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?” - +

While the word was in the king’s mouth, a voice came from the sky, saying, “O king Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: ‘The kingdom has departed from you. You shall be driven from men, and your dwelling shall be with the animals of the field. You shall be made to eat grass as oxen. Seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will.’” - +

This was fulfilled the same hour on Nebuchadnezzar. He was driven from men, and ate grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the sky, until his hair had grown like eagles’ feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws. - +

At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored him who lives forever. -For his dominion is an everlasting dominion, +

For his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom from generation to generation. All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; @@ -81203,11 +81203,11 @@ and among the inhabitants of the earth; and no one can stop his hand, or ask him, “What are you doing?” - +

At the same time my understanding returned to me; and for the glory of my kingdom, my majesty and brightness returned to me. My counselors and my lords sought me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent greatness was added to me. Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are right and his ways just; and those who walk in pride he is able to humble. - +

Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. @@ -81325,14 +81325,14 @@ The king commanded, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions—them, their children, and their wives; and the lions mauled them and broke all their bones in pieces before they came to the bottom of the den.

Then king Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and languages, who dwell in all the earth: -

“Peace be multiplied to you. - +

“Peace be multiplied to you. +

“I make a decree that in all the dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel; -“for he is the living God, +

“for he is the living God, and steadfast forever. -His kingdom is that which will not be destroyed. +His kingdom is that which will not be destroyed. His dominion will be even to the end. - + He delivers and rescues. He works signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who has delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.” @@ -81359,15 +81359,15 @@

“I watched until thrones were placed, and one who was ancient of days sat. -His clothing was white as snow, +His clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool. -His throne was fiery flames, +His throne was fiery flames, and its wheels burning fire. - + A fiery stream issued and came out from before him. Thousands of thousands ministered to him. Ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him. -The judgment was set. +The judgment was set. The books were opened.

“I watched at that time because of the voice of the great words which the horn spoke. I watched even until the animal was slain, its body destroyed, and it was given to be burned with fire. @@ -81475,12 +81475,12 @@ I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting in sackcloth and ashes.

I prayed to Yahweh my God, and made confession, and said, -

“Oh, Lord, the great and dreadful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments, +

“Oh, Lord, the great and dreadful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments, we have sinned, and have dealt perversely, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even turning aside from your precepts and from your ordinances. We haven’t listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. - +

“Lord, righteousness belongs to you, but to us confusion of face, as it is today—to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, who are near, and who are far off, through all the countries where you have driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against you. Lord, to us belongs confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against you. @@ -81490,24 +81490,24 @@ We haven’t obeyed Yahweh our God’s voice, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets. Yes, all Israel have transgressed your law, turning aside, that they wouldn’t obey your voice. -“Therefore the curse and the oath written in the law of Moses the servant of God has been poured out on us; for we have sinned against him. +

“Therefore the curse and the oath written in the law of Moses the servant of God has been poured out on us; for we have sinned against him. He has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us, and against our judges who judged us, by bringing on us a great evil; for under the whole sky, such has not been done as has been done to Jerusalem. As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil has come on us. Yet we have not entreated the favor of Yahweh our God, that we should turn from our iniquities and have discernment in your truth. Therefore Yahweh has watched over the evil, and brought it on us; for Yahweh our God is righteous in all his works which he does, and we have not obeyed his voice. - +

“Now, Lord our God, who has brought your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and have gotten yourself renown, as it is today, we have sinned. We have done wickedly. Lord, according to all your righteousness, please let your anger and your wrath be turned away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain, because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people have become a reproach to all who are around us. - +

“Now therefore, our God, listen to the prayer of your servant, and to his petitions, and cause your face to shine on your sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake. My God, turn your ear and hear. Open your eyes and see our desolations and the city which is called by your name; for we don’t present our petitions before you for our righteousness, but for your great mercies’ sake. Lord, hear. Lord, forgive. Lord, listen and do. Don’t defer, for your own sake, my God, because your city and your people are called by your name.” -

+

While I was speaking, praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before Yahweh my God for the holy mountain of my God— yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening offering. @@ -81999,7 +81999,7 @@

“Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall give birth to a son. -They shall call his name Immanuel,” +They shall call his name Immanuel,” which is, being interpreted, “God with us.” 1:23 Isaiah 7:14 @@ -82024,7 +82024,7 @@

‘You Bethlehem, land of Judah, are in no way least among the princes of Judah; -for out of you shall come a governor +for out of you shall come a governor who shall shepherd my people, Israel.’” 2:6 Micah 5:2 @@ -82055,7 +82055,7 @@

“A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, weeping and great mourning, -Rachel weeping for her children; +Rachel weeping for her children; she wouldn’t be comforted, because they are no more.” 2:18 @@ -82135,7 +82135,7 @@ and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written,

‘He will command his angels concerning you,’ and, -‘On their hands they will bear you up, +‘On their hands they will bear you up, so that you don’t dash your foot against a stone.’” 4:6 Psalm 91:11-12 @@ -82170,7 +82170,7 @@ “The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, toward the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles, - + the people who sat in darkness saw a great light; to those who sat in the region and shadow of death, to them light has dawned.” @@ -82211,13 +82211,13 @@ for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. 5:3 Isaiah 57:15; 66:2 - + Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. 5:4 Isaiah 61:2; 66:10,13 - + Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth. @@ -82225,24 +82225,24 @@ or, land. 5:5 Psalm 37:11 - + Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled. - + Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. - + Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. - + Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God. - + Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake, @@ -82472,26 +82472,26 @@

“‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. - + Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. - + Give us today our daily bread. - + Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors. - + Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. -For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.’ +For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.’ 6:13 NU omits “For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.”

@@ -83244,15 +83244,15 @@

“Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased. -I will put my Spirit on him. +I will put my Spirit on him. He will proclaim justice to the nations. - + He will not strive, nor shout, neither will anyone hear his voice in the streets. - + He won’t break a bruised reed. He won’t quench a smoking flax, -until he leads justice to victory. +until he leads justice to victory. In his name, the nations will hope.” 12:21 @@ -83411,17 +83411,17 @@

‘By hearing you will hear, and will in no way understand; -Seeing you will see, +Seeing you will see, and will in no way perceive; - + for this people’s heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of hearing, and they have closed their eyes; -or else perhaps they might perceive with their eyes, +or else perhaps they might perceive with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, -and would turn again, +and would turn again, and I would heal them.’ 13:15 Isaiah 6:9-10 @@ -83712,7 +83712,7 @@ ‘These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. - + And they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.’” @@ -84521,7 +84521,7 @@

‘The stone which the builders rejected was made the head of the corner. -This was from the Lord. +This was from the Lord. It is marvelous in our eyes’? 21:42 Psalm 118:22-23 @@ -85501,7 +85501,7 @@

“They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him upon whom a price had been set, whom some of the children of Israel priced, - + and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord commanded me.” 27:10 @@ -85714,7 +85714,7 @@ who will prepare your way before you: 1:2 Malachi 3:1 - + the voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make ready the way of the Lord! Make his paths straight!’” @@ -86400,7 +86400,7 @@ “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written,

‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. - + They worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ @@ -87093,7 +87093,7 @@ Haven’t you even read this Scripture:

‘The stone which the builders rejected was made the head of the corner. - + This was from the Lord. It is marvelous in our eyes’?” @@ -87844,22 +87844,22 @@ My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior, for he has looked at the humble state of his servant. -For behold, from now on, all generations will call me blessed. +For behold, from now on, all generations will call me blessed. For he who is mighty has done great things for me. Holy is his name. His mercy is for generations and generations on those who fear him. - + He has shown strength with his arm. He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. - + He has put down princes from their thrones, and has exalted the lowly. - + He has filled the hungry with good things. He has sent the rich away empty. - + He has given help to Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy, as he spoke to our fathers, @@ -87894,28 +87894,28 @@

“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people; - + and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David (as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets who have been from of old), salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us; - + to show mercy toward our fathers, to remember his holy covenant, - + the oath which he swore to Abraham our father, to grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, should serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life. - + And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways, to give knowledge of salvation to his people by the remission of their sins, - + because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the dawn from on high will visit us, @@ -87993,11 +87993,11 @@

“Now you are releasing your servant, Master, according to your word, in peace; - + for my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared before the face of all peoples; - + a light for revelation to the nations, and the glory of your people Israel.”

@@ -88053,13 +88053,13 @@ As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet,

“The voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make ready the way of the Lord. -Make his paths straight. +Make his paths straight. Every valley will be filled. -Every mountain and hill will be brought low. +Every mountain and hill will be brought low. The crooked will become straight, and the rough ways smooth. - + All flesh will see God’s salvation.’” 3:6 Isaiah 40:3-5 @@ -88189,7 +88189,7 @@ “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. -He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, +He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, 4:18 NU omits “to heal the broken hearted” to proclaim release to the captives, @@ -88421,13 +88421,13 @@ He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said:

“Blessed are you who are poor, for God’s Kingdom is yours. - + Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. -Blessed are you who weep now, +Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. - + Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man’s sake. @@ -88438,13 +88438,13 @@ “But woe to you who are rich! For you have received your consolation. - + Woe to you, you who are full now, for you will be hungry. -Woe to you who laugh now, +Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep. - + Woe, 6:26 @@ -88493,13 +88493,13 @@ “Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful. - + Don’t judge, and you won’t be judged. -Don’t condemn, +Don’t condemn, and you won’t be condemned. -Set free, +Set free, and you will be set free.

@@ -89201,17 +89201,17 @@ “When you pray, say,

‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. -May your Kingdom come. +May your Kingdom come. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. - + Give us day by day our daily bread. - + Forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. -Bring us not into temptation, +Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’”

He said to them, @@ -90611,7 +90611,7 @@ 20:17 Psalm 118:22 - + Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, @@ -94188,21 +94188,21 @@

‘It will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. -Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. +Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams. - + Yes, and on my servants and on my handmaidens in those days, I will pour out my Spirit, and they will prophesy. - + I will show wonders in the sky above, and signs on the earth beneath: blood, and fire, and billows of smoke. - + The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes. - + It will be that whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.’ 2:21 Joel 2:28-32 @@ -94216,15 +94216,15 @@ For David says concerning him,

‘I saw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved. - + Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced. Moreover my flesh also will dwell in hope, - + because you will not leave my soul in Hades, 2:27 or, Hell neither will you allow your Holy One to see decay. - + You made known to me the ways of life. You will make me full of gladness with your presence.’ 2:28 @@ -94397,7 +94397,7 @@ who by the mouth of your servant David, said,

‘Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing? - + The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take council together, against the Lord, and against his Christ.’ @@ -94658,10 +94658,10 @@ This idiom could also be translated “host of heaven”, or “angelic beings”, or “heavenly bodies.” as it is written in the book of the prophets,

‘Did you offer to me slain animals and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? - + You took up the tabernacle of Moloch, the star of your god Rephan, -the figures which you made to worship, +the figures which you made to worship, so I will carry you away 7:43 Amos 5:25-27 beyond Babylon.’ @@ -94678,9 +94678,9 @@

‘heaven is my throne, and the earth a footstool for my feet. -What kind of house will you build me?’ says the Lord. +What kind of house will you build me?’ says the Lord. ‘Or what is the place of my rest? - + Didn’t my hand make all these things?’ 7:50 Isaiah 66:1-2 @@ -94773,7 +94773,7 @@

“He was led as a sheep to the slaughter. As a lamb before his shearer is silent, so he doesn’t open his mouth. - + In his humiliation, his judgment was taken away. Who will declare His generation? For his life is taken from the earth.” @@ -95392,13 +95392,13 @@ This agrees with the words of the prophets. As it is written,

‘After these things I will return. -I will again build the tabernacle of David, which has fallen. -I will again build its ruins. -I will set it up +I will again build the tabernacle of David, which has fallen. +I will again build its ruins. +I will set it up that the rest of men may seek after the Lord; -all the Gentiles who are called by my name, -says the Lord, who does all these things.’ +all the Gentiles who are called by my name, +says the Lord, who does all these things.’ 15:17 Amos 9:11-12

@@ -96440,15 +96440,15 @@ saying,

‘Go to this people and say, -in hearing, you will hear, +in hearing, you will hear, but will in no way understand. -In seeing, you will see, +In seeing, you will see, but will in no way perceive. - + For this people’s heart has grown callous. Their ears are dull of hearing. Their eyes they have closed. -Lest they should see with their eyes, +Lest they should see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and would turn again, @@ -96632,29 +96632,29 @@ As it is written,

“There is no one righteous; no, not one. - + There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks after God. - + They have all turned away. They have together become unprofitable. -There is no one who does good, +There is no one who does good, no, not so much as one.” 3:12 Psalm 14:1-3; 53:1-3; Ecclesiastes 7:20 - + “Their throat is an open tomb. With their tongues they have used deceit.” 3:13 Psalm 5:9 -“The poison of vipers is under their lips.” +“The poison of vipers is under their lips.” 3:13 Psalm 140:3 “Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.” 3:14 Psalm 10:7 - + “Their feet are swift to shed blood. Destruction and misery are in their ways. @@ -96662,7 +96662,7 @@ The way of peace, they haven’t known.” 3:17 Isaiah 59:7-8 - + “There is no fear of God before their eyes.” 3:18 Psalm 36:1 @@ -96713,7 +96713,7 @@

“Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, whose sins are covered. - + Blessed is the man whom the Lord will by no means charge with sin.” 4:8 @@ -97068,7 +97068,7 @@ and her ‘beloved,’ who was not beloved.” 9:25 Hosea 2:23 - + “It will be that in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called ‘children of the living God.’” 9:26 @@ -97078,7 +97078,7 @@ Isaiah cries concerning Israel,

“If the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant who will be saved; - + for he will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, because the Lord will make a short work upon the earth.” 9:28 @@ -97214,7 +97214,7 @@ David says,

“Let their table be made a snare, a trap, a stumbling block, and a retribution to them. - + Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. Always keep their backs bent.” 11:10 @@ -97255,7 +97255,7 @@ and so all Israel will be saved. Even as it is written,

“There will come out of Zion the Deliverer, and he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob. - + This is my covenant with them, when I will take away their sins.” 11:27 @@ -97277,7 +97277,7 @@ Or who has been his counselor?” 11:34 Isaiah 40:13 - + “Or who has first given to him, and it will be repaid to him again?” 11:35 @@ -98802,7 +98802,7 @@ For he says,

“At an acceptable time I listened to you. -In a day of salvation I helped you.” +In a day of salvation I helped you.” 6:2 Isaiah 49:8

Behold, now is the acceptable time. Behold, now is the day of salvation. @@ -98840,11 +98840,11 @@ Therefore

“‘Come out from among them, and be separate,’ says the Lord. -‘Touch no unclean thing. +‘Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you. 6:17 Isaiah 52:11; Ezekiel 20:34,41 - + I will be to you a Father. You will be to me sons and daughters,’

says the Lord Almighty.” @@ -99443,7 +99443,7 @@ I wish that those who disturb you would cut themselves off.

-For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom an an opportunity for the flesh, but through love be servants to one another. +For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love be servants to one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 5:14 @@ -100744,11 +100744,11 @@

God 3:16 NU replaces “God” with “who” was revealed in the flesh, -justified in the spirit, -seen by angels, -preached among the nations, -believed on in the world, -and received up in glory. +justified in the spirit, +seen by angels, +preached among the nations, +believed on in the world, +and received up in glory.

@@ -100960,12 +100960,12 @@ This saying is trustworthy:

“For if we died with him, we will also live with him. - + If we endure, we will also reign with him. -If we deny him, +If we deny him, he also will deny us. - + If we are faithless, he remains faithful; for he can’t deny himself.” @@ -101281,7 +101281,7 @@ But of the Son he says,

“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your Kingdom. - + You have loved righteousness and hated iniquity; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.” 1:9 @@ -101290,10 +101290,10 @@ And,

“You, Lord, in the beginning, laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the works of your hands. - + They will perish, but you continue. They all will grow old like a garment does. - + You will roll them up like a mantle, and they will be changed; but you are the same. @@ -101324,7 +101324,7 @@ But one has somewhere testified, saying,

“What is man, that you think of him? Or the son of man, that you care for him? - + You made him a little lower than the angels. You crowned him with glory and honor. 2:7 @@ -101390,11 +101390,11 @@ where your fathers tested me and tried me, and saw my deeds for forty years. - + Therefore I was displeased with that generation, and said, ‘They always err in their heart, but they didn’t know my ways.’ - + As I swore in my wrath, ‘They will not enter into my rest.’” 3:11 @@ -101637,26 +101637,26 @@ 8:8 “Behold”, from “ἰδοὺ”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection. the days are coming”, says the Lord, “that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah; - + not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; -for they didn’t continue in my covenant, +for they didn’t continue in my covenant, and I disregarded them,” says the Lord. - + “For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says the Lord: -“I will put my laws into their mind; +“I will put my laws into their mind; I will also write them on their heart. -I will be their God, +I will be their God, and they will be my people. - + They will not teach every man his fellow citizen 8:11 TR reads “neighbor” instead of “fellow citizen” and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for all will know me, from their least to their greatest. - + For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness. I will remember their sins and lawless deeds no more.” 8:12 @@ -101739,7 +101739,7 @@ Therefore when he comes into the world, he says,

“You didn’t desire sacrifice and offering, but you prepared a body for me. - + You had no pleasure in whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin. Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come (in the scroll of the book it is written of me) @@ -101765,7 +101765,7 @@

“This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days,” says the Lord, -“I will put my laws on their heart, +“I will put my laws on their heart, I will also write them on their mind;” 10:16 Jeremiah 31:33 @@ -101819,7 +101819,7 @@

“In a very little while, he who comes will come and will not wait. - + But the righteous one will live by faith. If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.” 10:38 @@ -102389,7 +102389,7 @@ For,

“All flesh is like grass, and all of man’s glory like the flower in the grass. -The grass withers, and its flower falls; +The grass withers, and its flower falls; but the Lord’s word endures forever.” 1:25 @@ -102494,12 +102494,12 @@ For,

“He who would love life and see good days, -let him keep his tongue from evil +let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit. - + Let him turn away from evil and do good. Let him seek peace and pursue it. - + For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears open to their prayer; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.” @@ -103470,10 +103470,10 @@ They sang a new song, saying,

“You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals, -for you were killed, +for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood out of every tribe, language, people, and nation, - + and made us kings and priests to our God; and we will reign on the earth.”

@@ -103544,20 +103544,20 @@ I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the children of Israel:

of the tribe of Judah twelve thousand were sealed, -of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand, -of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand, - +of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand, +of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand, + of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand, -of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand, -of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand, - +of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand, +of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand, + of the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand, -of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand, -of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand, - +of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand, +of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand, + of the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand, -of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand, and -of the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand were sealed. +of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand, and +of the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand were sealed.

After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no man could count, out of every nation and of all tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands. @@ -103877,10 +103877,10 @@ They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying,

“Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty! Righteous and true are your ways, you King of the nations. - + Who wouldn’t fear you, Lord, and glorify your name? -For you only are holy. +For you only are holy. For all the nations will come and worship before you. For your righteous acts have been revealed.”

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