1 Samuel 26 Cross References - LITV

¹ And the men of Ziph came to Saul, to Gibeah, saying, Is not David hiding himself in the hill of Hachilah, on the edge of the desert? ² And Saul rose up and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, and three thousand men were with him, chosen ones of Israel, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph. ³ And Saul camped in the hill of Hachilah which is on the face of the desert, by the highway. And David was staying in the wilderness. And he saw that Saul had come after him into the wilderness. ⁴ And David sent spies, and he knew that Saul had certainly come to Nachon. ⁵ And David rose up and came to the place where Saul camped. And David saw the place where Saul lay down. And Abner the son of Ner, his army commander, and Saul were lying within the barricade. And the people were camping all around him. ⁶ And David answered and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, saying, Who shall go down with me to Saul, to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with you. ⁷ And David and Abishai came to the people by night. And, behold, Saul was lying down, sleeping within the barricade. And his spear was stuck into the earth at his head-place. And Abner and all the people were lying all around him. ⁸ And Abishai said to David, God has shut up your enemy into your hand today. And now, I beg you, let me strike him with a spear, even to the earth one time, and I will not repeat it to him. ⁹ And David said to Abishai, Do not destroy him. For who shall put forth his hand against the anointed of Jehovah and be guiltless? ¹⁰ And David said, As Jehovah lives, except Jehovah strike him, or his day shall come and he dies, or he goes down and is devoured in battle, ¹¹ far be it from me, by Jehovah, from putting forth my hand against the anointed of Jehovah. And now, please take the spear at his head-place, and the jar of water, and we will go. ¹² And David took the spear and the jar of water at the head-place of Saul, and they went away. And no one was seeing; and no one knew; and no one was awake; for all of them were sleeping because a deep sleep from Jehovah had fallen on them. ¹³ And David crossed over to the other side and stood on the top of the hill far away, the distance between them being great. ¹⁴ And David called to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Do you not answer, Abner? And Abner replied and said, Who are you, the one calling to the king? ¹⁵ And David said to Abner, Are you not a man? And who is like you in Israel? But why have you not watched over your lord the king? For one of the people came in to destroy your lord the king. ¹⁶ This thing which you have done is not good. As Jehovah lives, you also are sons of death, in that you have not watched over your lord, over the anointed of Jehovah. And now, see where the king's spear is, and the jar of water which was at his head-place? ¹⁷ And Saul recognized the voice of David, and said, Is this your voice, my son David? And David said, My voice, my lord, O king! ¹⁸ And he said, Why is this, that my lord is pursuing his servant? For what have I done, and what in my hand is evil? ¹⁹ And now, please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If Jehovah has moved you against me, let Him accept an offering. And if the sons of men, they are cursed before Jehovah; for they have driven me out today from joining myself with the inheritance of Jehovah, saying, Go, serve other gods. ²⁰ And now, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of Jehovah, for the king of Israel has come out to seek a flea, as one hunts the partridge in the mountains. ²¹ And Saul said, I have sinned. Return, my son David, for I shall not do evil to you any more, because my life has been precious in your eyes today. Behold, I have acted foolishly, and I have erred exceedingly much. ²² And David answered and said, Behold, the king's spear! And let one of the young men cross over and receive it. ²³ And Jehovah will return to each his righteousness and his faithfulness, in that Jehovah has delivered you into my hand, and I have not been willing to put forth my hand against the anointed of Jehovah. ²⁴ And behold, as your life has been highly esteemed in my eyes today, so let my soul he highly esteemed in the eyes of Jehovah. And may He deliver me out of all distress. ²⁵ And Saul said to David, Blessed be you, my son David. Both you shall surely do, also you shall surely be able. And David went on his way. And Saul returned to his place.

²⁴ Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,

⁵⁵ Maon, Carmel and Ziph, and Juttah,

¹⁹ And the men of Ziph went to Saul, to Gibeah, saying, Is not David hiding himself with us in strongholds, in the forest, in the hill of Hachilah, which is south of the wilderness?

³ And Saul camped in the hill of Hachilah which is on the face of the desert, by the highway. And David was staying in the wilderness. And he saw that Saul had come after him into the wilderness.

¹ To the Chief Musician on Neginoth. A Contemplation; A Psalm of David, when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, Does not David hide himself among us? Save me, O God, by Your name; and judge me by Your strength. ² Hear my prayer, O God; listen to the words of my mouth. ³ For strangers have risen up against me; and terrifying men seek after my soul; they have not set God before them. Selah. ⁴ Behold, God is my helper. The Lord is with those who uphold my soul. ⁵ He shall reward evil to my enemies; cut them off in Your truth. ⁶ I will freely sacrifice to You; I will praise Your name, O Jehovah, for it is good. ⁷ For He has delivered me out of all trouble; and my eye has seen its desire on my enemies.

² And Saul chose for himself three thousand out of Israel. And two thousand were with Saul in Michmash, and in the hills of Bethel. And a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And he sent the rest of the people each to his tent.

²³ And see and know of all the hiding places where he hides himself. And you shall return to me ready, and I shall go with you, and it shall be, if he is in the land, that I shall search him out through all the thousands of Judah. ²⁴ And they rose up and went to Ziph before Saul. But David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah on the south of the desert. ²⁵ And Saul and his men went to search. And they told David. And he went down to the rock, and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. And Saul heard, and pursued David in the wilderness of Maon.

² And Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men on the front of the rocks of the wild goats.

¹⁷ And he said to David, You are more righteous than I. For you have done good to me, and I have rewarded you with evil.

¹² And those seeking my life lay a snare; yea, those seeking my evil speak ruin, and they utter deceits all the day long.

⁴ O Jehovah, keep me from the wicked's hands; keep me from the violent man who plans to trip up my steps. ⁵ The proud have hidden cords and a trap for me; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set snares for me. Selah. ⁶ I said to Jehovah, You are my God; O Jehovah, hear the voice of my prayers. ⁷ O Jehovah the Lord, the strength of my salvation, You have covered my head in the day of armor. ⁸ O Jehovah, do not grant the desires of the wicked; do not promote his plan, lest they be exalted. Selah. ⁹ As for the leaders of those around me, let the evil of their own lips cover them.

¹ And the men of Ziph came to Saul, to Gibeah, saying, Is not David hiding himself in the hill of Hachilah, on the edge of the desert?

¹ And Joshua the son of Nun sent two men out of Shittim to spy secretly, saying, Go look over the land, and Jericho. And they went and came into the house of a woman, a harlot; and her name was Rahab. And they lay down there.

¹⁶ Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore, be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.

¹ And there was a man of Benjamin, and his name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite man, a mighty warrior.

⁵⁰ And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz. And the name of his army commander was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle. ⁵¹ And Kish was Saul's father, and Ner Abner's father was the son of Abiel.

²⁰ And David rose up early in the morning and left the sheep with a keeper, and got up and went, as Jesse commanded him. And he came to the barricade, and to the army which was going out to the battle array. And they were shouting for battle.

⁵⁵ And when Saul saw David going out to meet the Philistine, he said to Abner, the army commander, Whose son is this youth, Abner? And Abner said, As your soul lives, O king, I do not know.

⁸ And Abner the son of Ner, the commander of the Saul's army, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and caused him to cross over to Mahanaim. ⁹ And he caused him to reign over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. ¹⁰ Ishbosheth the son of Saul was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed after David. ¹¹ And it happened, the number of the days that David was king in Hebron, over the house of Judah, was seven years and six months. ¹² And Abner the son of Ner and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

⁷ And Saul had a concubine, and her name was Rizpah the daughter of Aiah. And Ishbosheth said to Abner, Why have you gone in to my father's concubine? ⁸ And Abner was exceedingly angry over the words of Ishbosheth. And he said, Am I a dog's head, that I deal with kindness with the house of your father Saul in regards to Judah today, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not caused you to be found in the hand of David, and you charge a stroke against me with this woman today?

²⁷ And Abner returned to Hebron. And Joab turned him aside into the middle of the gate, to speak with him privately. And he struck him in the belly there, and he died, because of the blood of his brother Asahel.

³³ And the king lamented for Abner, and said, Should Abner die as it were like a fool? ³⁴ Your hands were not bound, nor your feet put into fetters. As one falls before sons of evil, you have fallen! And all the people wept again over him. ³⁵ And all the people came to cause David to eat food while it was yet day. But David swore, saying, So may God do to me, and still more, if I taste bread or anything before the sun goes in. ³⁶ And all the people took notice, and it was good in their eyes. As to all the king did, it was good in the eyes of all the people. ³⁷ And all the people, even all Israel, knew in that day that it was not from the king to kill Abner the son of Her. ³⁸ And the king said to his servants, Do you not know that a leader and a great one has fallen this day in Israel?

³⁹ And Ner fathered Kish, and Kish fathered Saul, and Saul fathered Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.

¹⁵ And Canaan fathered his firstborn Sidon, and Heth,

²⁰ and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the giants,

¹⁰ And if you are afraid to go down, you and your young man Phurah go down to the camp. ¹¹ And you shall hear what they say. And afterward your hand shall be made stronger, and you shall go down against the army. And he went down, he and his young man Phurah, to the edge of the battle alignment in the camp.

⁶ And Jonathan said to the young man bearing his weapons, Come, we shall cross over to the fort of these uncircumcised ones. It may be Jehovah will work for us, for there is no hindrance to Jehovah, to save by many or by few. ⁷ And his armorbearer said to him, Do all that is in your heart; turn yourself. Behold, I am with you according to your heart.

¹⁸ And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel. And Asahel was swift with his feet, like one of the gazelles in the field.

⁶ And David sent to Joab, Send Uriah the Hittite to me. And Joab sent Uriah to David.

²¹ Who killed Abimelech the son of Jerub-besheth? Did not a woman throw a piece of a riding millstone on him from the wall, and he died in Thebez? Why did you draw near to the wall? Then you shall say, Also your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.

²⁴ And those shooting shot at your servants from off the wall, and some of the servants of the king are dead. And also your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.

⁹ Why have you despised the word of Jehovah, to do the evil in His eyes? You have stricken Uriah the Hittite by the sword, and you have taken his wife to yourself for a wife. And you have killed him by the sword of the sons of Ammon.

⁹ And Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, Why does this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me pass over, I beg you, and I will take off his head. ¹⁰ And the king said, What have I to do with you, sons of Zeruiah? For let him curse, even because Jehovah has said to him, Curse David. And who shall say, Why have you done so?

⁵ And the king commanded Joab, and Abishai, and Ittai, saying, For my sake deal gently with the young man, with Absalom. And all the people heard as the king commanded the commanders concerning Absalom.

¹⁸ And Abishai the son of Zeruiah, the brother of Joab, was the commander of three. And he raised up his spear against three hundred, and killed them . And he had the name among the three.

³⁹ Uriah the Hittite; thirty seven in all.

¹⁵ Ozem the sixth, David the seventh. ¹⁶ Their sisters: Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, and Joab and Asahel, three.

² For you yourselves know accurately the day of the Lord comes as a thief in the night. ³ For when they say, Peace and safety! Then suddenly destruction comes upon them, like travail to the pregnant woman, and they shall not at all escape.

³⁰ How could one chase a thousand, and two put a myriad to flight, if it were not their Rock that sold them, and Jehovah had shut them up?

⁴⁴ And Jehovah gave them rest round about, according to all that He swore to their fathers. And not a man of all their enemies stood before them. Jehovah delivered all their enemies into their hand.

⁴ And Judah went up, and Jehovah delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand. And they struck them in Bezek, ten thousand men.

¹⁴ And David stayed in the wilderness, in the strongholds. And he stayed in the hill, in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him all his days. And God did not give him into his hand.

⁴ And David's men said to him, Behold, the day of which Jehovah said to you, Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, and you shall do to him as it is good in your eyes. But David rose up and quietly cut off the skirt of Saul's robe.

¹⁸ And you have today shown that you have dealt well with me, in that Jehovah shut me up into your hand, and you did not kill me. ¹⁹ For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go on his way well? And Jehovah will repay you good for that which you have done to me today.

²³ And Jehovah will return to each his righteousness and his faithfulness, in that Jehovah has delivered you into my hand, and I have not been willing to put forth my hand against the anointed of Jehovah.

⁸ and have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; You have set my feet in a broad place.

⁹ What are you plotting against Jehovah? He will make an utter end; distress shall not rise up a second time.

³² For God shut up all in disobedience, that He may show mercy to all.

²² But the Scripture locked up all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to the ones believing. ²³ But before the coming of faith, we were guarded under law, having been locked up to the faith being about to be revealed.

⁶ And he said to his men, Far be it from me, by Jehovah. I shall not do this thing to my lord, to the anointed of Jehovah, to put out my hand against him. For he is the anointed of Jehovah. ⁷ And David held back his men by words, and did not allow them to rise up against Saul. And Saul rose up from the cave, and went in the way.

¹⁴ And David said to him, Why were you not afraid to put forth your hand to destroy the anointed of Jehovah?

¹⁶ And David said to him, Your blood be on your own head, for your mouth has testified against you, saying, I put to death the anointed of Jehovah.

¹⁵ saying, Touch not My anointed; and, Do My prophets no harm.

²⁹ And the days of Israel to die drew near. And he called to his son Joseph and said to him, Now if I have found favor in your eyes, please put your hand under my thigh, and do kindness and truth with me. Please do not bury me in Egypt;

¹⁴ And Jehovah said to Moses, Behold, your days are coming near to die. Call Joshua, and present yourselves at the tabernacle of the congregation, and I shall charge him. And Moses and Joshua went, and they presented themselves at the tabernacle of the congregation.

³⁵ Vengeance and retribution belong to Me; in due time their foot will slip; for the day of their calamity is near, and the things prepared are hurrying for them.

¹⁵ Yea, Jehovah shall be judge, and shall judge between you and me. Yea, He shall see and contend for my cause, and shall deliver me out of your hand.

²⁶ And now, my lord, as Jehovah lives, and as your soul lives, in that Jehovah has withheld you from coming in with blood, and delivering your hand for you; even now let your enemies be as Nabal, even those seeking evil to my lord.

³⁸ And it happened about ten days later, Jehovah struck Nabal and he died.

⁶ And Saul and three of his sons, and his armor-bearer, and all his men died together on that day.

¹ Is there not a warfare to man on earth? And his days like the days of a hireling?

⁵ Since his days are fixed, the number of his months is with You, and You have appointed his hounds, and he cannot pass over;

¹⁴ If a man dies, will he revive? All the days of my warfare I will wait, until my change comes.

¹⁰ It is but a little, and the wicked shall not be; yes, you shall search his place, and he is not.

¹³ the Lord laughs at him, for He sees that his day is coming.

¹ O Jehovah, God of vengeance; O God of vengeance, shine forth! ² Lift up Yourself, O judge of the earth; give a just repayment on the proud.

²³ And He shall turn their own iniquity upon them; and He shall cut them off in their evil, Jehovah our God shall cut them off!

² a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pull up what is planted;

⁷ and will God not at all execute the avenging of His elect, those crying to Him day and night, also having been long-suffering over them?

¹⁹ not avenging yourselves, beloved, but giving place to wrath, for it has been written, "Vengeance is Mine," "I will repay," says the Lord. Deut. 32:35

²⁷ And as it is reserved to men once to die, and after this Judgment;

⁸ Because of this, in one day her plagues shall come: death, and mourning, and famine; and she will be consumed with fire, for the Lord God judging her is strong.

⁶ And he said to his men, Far be it from me, by Jehovah. I shall not do this thing to my lord, to the anointed of Jehovah, to put out my hand against him. For he is the anointed of Jehovah.

¹² Jehovah shall judge between you and me, and Jehovah shall avenge me of you. But my hand shall not be on you.

²¹ And Jehovah God caused a deep sleep to fall on the man, and he slept. And He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh underneath.

¹² And it happened, the sun was setting, and a deep sleep fell on Abram; ant behold, a terror of great darkness falling on him!

⁷ And David and Abishai came to the people by night. And, behold, Saul was lying down, sleeping within the barricade. And his spear was stuck into the earth at his head-place. And Abner and all the people were lying all around him.

¹ On that night the king's sleep fled, and he said to bring in the Book of the Records of the Matter of the Days. And they were being read before the king.

¹⁰ for Jehovah has poured out on you the spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes. He has covered the prophets and your heads, the seers.

⁷ And they told Jotham, and he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim. And he lifted up his voice and cried, and said to them Listen to me, leaders of Shechem, and God shall listen to you.

⁸ And David rose up afterward and went out from the cave, and called after Saul, saying, My lord the king! And Saul looked behind him. And David was bowing, face to the earth, and prostrated himself.

³¹ For as long as the son of Jesse lives on earth you shall not be established, you and your kingdom. And now send and bring him to me, for he is a son of death.

⁹ And David said to Abishai, Do not destroy him. For who shall put forth his hand against the anointed of Jehovah and be guiltless?

¹¹ far be it from me, by Jehovah, from putting forth my hand against the anointed of Jehovah. And now, please take the spear at his head-place, and the jar of water, and we will go.

⁵ And David's anger glowed greatly against the man. And he said to Nathan, As Jehovah lives, surely the man who did this is a son of death.

²⁸ For all the house of my father would be nothing except men of death before my lord the king, and you have set your servant among those eating at your table. And what right is there to any more, even to cry any more to the king?

¹¹ Let the groaning of the prisoner come before You; according to the greatness of Your arm, preserve the sons of death.

²⁰ To hear the groaning of the prisoner, to set free the sons of death;

³ among whom we also all conducted ourselves in times past in the lusts of our flesh, doing the things willed of the flesh and of the understandings, and were by nature the children of wrath, even as the rest.

¹⁶ And it happened, when David finished speaking these words to Saul, Saul said, Is this your voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice and wept.

²⁹ And David said, What have I done now? Was it not but a word?

⁹ And David said to Saul, Why do you listen to the words of man, saying, Behold, David seeks to do you evil?

¹¹ And my father, behold! Yes, see the skirt of your robe in my hand. For in that I cut off the skirt of your robe, and did not kill you, know and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in my hand, and I have not sinned against you. Yet you are hunting my soul, to take it. ¹² Jehovah shall judge between you and me, and Jehovah shall avenge me of you. But my hand shall not be on you. ¹³ As the proverb of the ancients says, Wickedness proceeds from the wicked. But my hand shall not be on you. ¹⁴ After whom has the king of Israel come out? After whom are you pursuing? After a dead dog? After a flea?

³ O Jehovah, my God, if I have done this, if there is iniquity in my hands: ⁴ if I have repaid evil to my friend or I have plundered my vexer without cause, ⁵ let the enemy pursue and overtake my soul; yea, trample down my life to earth, and lay my honor in the dust. Selah.

⁷ For they have hidden their pit-net for me without cause; without cause they have dug for my soul.

⁴ They who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; they who would destroy me are mighty, my lying enemies; then I restored what I did not take by violence.

⁴⁶ Who of you reproves Me concerning sin? But if I speak truth, why do you not believe Me?

³² Jesus answered them, I showed you many good works from My Father. For which work of them do you stone Me?

²³ Jesus answered him, If I spoke evilly, bear witness concerning the evil; but if well, why do you strike Me?

²¹ And Jehovah smelled the soothing fragrance, and Jehovah said in His heart, I will never again curse the ground for the sake of man, because the imagination of the heart of man is evil from his youth. Yea, I will not again smite every living thing as I have done;

¹⁸ And Judah came near to him and said, O my lord, please let your servant speak a word in the ears of my lord, and let not your anger glow on your servant, for you are like Pharaoh.

³¹ And I shall make your cities a waste, and shall make your sanctuaries desolate; and I shall not smell your sweet fragrances.

²⁷ And Jehovah shall scatter you among the peoples, and you shall be left few in number among the nations to which Jehovah shall lead you away. ²⁸ And there you shall serve other gods, the work of man's hands, wood and stone, which cannot see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

²⁵ For Jehovah has put a border between you and us, O sons of Reuben, and sons of Gad; it is the Jordan. You have no portion in Jehovah! And your sons will cause our sons to fail, not fearing Jehovah. ²⁶ And we said, Let us now prepare for ourselves, to build an altar, not for burnt offering or for sacrifice, ²⁷ but it shall be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, to do the service of Jehovah before Him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices and with our peace offerings; that your sons may not say to our sons in the future, You have no portion in Jehovah.

¹⁴ And the Spirit of Jehovah departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from Jehovah terrified him. ¹⁵ And Saul's servants said to him, Behold, now an evil spirit from God is terrifying you. ¹⁶ Please let our lord say to your servants before you, let them seek out a man who knows how to play on the harp. And it shall be, when the evil spirit from God is upon you, then he shall play with his hand, and it shall be well with you. ¹⁷ And Saul said to his servants, Now look for a man who is good at playing for me, and bring him to me. ¹⁸ One of the servants answered and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is skillful in playing, and a mighty warrior, and a man of battle, and skillful in speech, and a man of form. And Jehovah is with him. ¹⁹ And Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, Send your son David to me, who is with the flock. ²⁰ And Jesse took an ass, with bread, and a skin of wine, and one kid of the goats; and he sent by the hand of his son David to Saul. ²¹ And David came to Saul and stood before him. And he loved him greatly; and he became his armorbearer. ²² And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Please let David stand before me, for he has found grace in my eyes. ²³ And it happened, when the evil spirit from God was on Saul, then David would take the harp and play with his hand. And there was relief for Saul, and it was well with him. And the evil spirit would depart from him.

¹⁰ And on the next day it happened that the evil spirit from God came on Saul. And he prophesied in the midst of the house; and David was playing with his hand, as he did day by day. And Saul's spear was in his hand.

²⁴ And she fell at his feet and said, On me, even me, my lord, be the iniquity. And I beg you, let your handmaid speak in your ears; and hear the words of your handmaid.

¹⁶ For the king has listened, to deliver his servant out of the hand of the man seeking to destroy me and my son together, out of the inheritance of God.

¹¹ And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son who came out of my loins is seeking my life, and surely now also the Benjamite. Leave him alone, and let him curse, for Jehovah has spoken to him.

¹⁹ I am of the peaceful, faithful ones of Israel. You are seeking to destroy a city, and a mother in Israel. Why will you swallow up the inheritance of Jehovah?

¹ And again the anger of Jehovah glowed against Israel, and moved David against them, to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.

²² And Jehovah said to him, By what means? And he said, I will go out and shall be a spirit of falsehood in the mouth of all his prophets. And He said, You shall entice him, and also you are able. Go out and do so.

¹ And Satan stood up against Israel and moved David to number Israel.

¹ To the chief musician. A Contemplation for the sons of Korah. As the deer pants after the channels of water, so my soul pants after You, O God. ² My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; when shall I come and appear before God?

¹ Aleph Blessed are the upright in the way, who walk in the law of Jehovah. ² Blessed are those keeping His testimonies, who seek Him with the whole heart. ³ They also do not work evil; they walk in His way. ⁴ You have commanded to carefully keep Your precepts. ⁵ O that my ways were fixed to keep Your statutes! ⁶ Then I shall not be ashamed, when I look to all Your commands. ⁷ I will thank You with integrity of heart, in my learning the judgments of Your righteousness. ⁸ I will keep Your statutes; do not forsake me utterly.

⁵ Woe is me that I sojourned in Meshech; I dwell with the tents of Kedar!

¹⁶ These six things Jehovah hates; yea, seven are hateful to his soul; ¹⁷ a proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, ¹⁸ a heart that plots evil plans, feet hurrying to run to mischief, ¹⁹ a false witness who breathes lies, and he who causes strife among brothers.

¹⁰ Do not slander a servant to his master, that he not curse you, and you be found guilty.

⁵ Then you shall fear and be bright; and your heart shall dread and swell. For the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you; the wealth of nations shall come to you.

¹⁵ But if your brother is grieved because of your food, you no longer walk according to love. Do not by your food destroy that one for whom Christ died.

⁸ But even if we, or an angel out of Heaven, should announce a gospel to you beside what we preached to you, let him be accursed. ⁹ As we have said before, and now I say again, If anyone announces a gospel to you beside what you received, let him be accursed.

¹² I would that the ones causing you to doubt will cut themselves off.

¹⁴ Alexander the coppersmith demonstrated many evil things to me. The Lord "will give back to him according to his works." LXX-Psa. 61:13; Prov. 24:12; MT-Psa. 62:12

⁹ He keeps the feet of His saints, and the wicked are silenced in darkness; for man does not become mighty by power.

¹⁴ After whom has the king of Israel come out? After whom are you pursuing? After a dead dog? After a flea?

²⁹ And if a man rises up to pursue you, and to seek your soul (and the soul of my lord has been bound up in the bundle of life with Jehovah your God). And the souls of your enemies, He shall sling them from the hollow of the sling.

⁴⁷ And as He was yet speaking, behold, Judas came, one of the Twelve. And with him was a numerous crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and elders of the people.

⁵⁵ In that hour, Jesus said to the crowds, Have you come out to take Me with swords and clubs, as against a robber? I sat with you daily teaching in the temple, and you did not lay hands on Me.

²⁷ And Pharaoh sent and called Moses and Aaron, and said to them, I have sinned this time. Jehovah is the righteous One, and I and my people the wicked ones.

³⁴ And Balaam said to the Angel of Jehovah, I have sinned, for I did not know that You stood against me in the way. Now if evil is in Your eyes, I will turn back by myself.

²⁴ And Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned, for I have transgressed the mouth of Jehovah and your word, because I feared the people, and I listened to their voice.

³⁰ And he said, I have sinned. Honor me now, I beg you, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and return with me. And I shall worship Jehovah your God.

³⁰ And the rulers of the Philistines came out. And it happened from the time they came out, David acted more wisely than all the servants of Saul. And His name was greatly esteemed.

²⁴ And behold, as your life has been highly esteemed in my eyes today, so let my soul he highly esteemed in the eyes of Jehovah. And may He deliver me out of all distress.

⁴ And it was told to Saul that David had fled to Gath, and he did not seek for him any more.

⁸ for the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceases forever,

¹⁵ Precious in the eyes of Jehovah is the death of His saints.

⁴ saying, I sinned, betraying innocent blood. But they said, What is it to us? You see to it .

³² then You shall hear in Heaven, and shall act, and shall judge Your servants, to declare the wicked to be wicked, to put his way on his head, and to declare the righteous to be righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

¹⁴ Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and do not wipe out my good deeds which I have done for the house of my God, and in its keeping.

⁸ Jehovah will judge the people. O Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and according to my integrity on me. ⁹ Oh let the evil of the wicked come to an end; and You will establish the just; for the righteous God is a trier of hearts and reins.

²⁰ Jehovah rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands, He has repaid me. ²¹ For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, and have not wickedly departed from my God. ²² For all His judgments were before me, and I did not turn away His statutes from me. ²³ For I was upright with Him, and kept myself from my guilt. ²⁴ And Jehovah has returned to me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands before His eyes. ²⁵ With the merciful, You reveal Yourself as merciful; with an upright man, You reveal yourself as upright; ²⁶ with the pure, You reveal Yourself as pure; and with the crooked, You appear perverse;

¹² Also mercy belongs to You, O Lord, for You reward a man according to his work.

¹⁶ The Angel that redeemed me from every evil, may He bless the youths; and may my name be called on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they like the fishes increase into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

¹ To the chief musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of Jehovah, who spoke the words of this song to Jehovah in the day that Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his foes, and from the hand of Saul. And he said: I love You, O Jehovah, my strength.

²⁵ With the merciful, You reveal Yourself as merciful; with an upright man, You reveal yourself as upright;

⁴⁸ He delivers me from my enemies; yea, You lift me up from among those rising up against me. You have delivered me from the violent man.

¹⁷ The righteous cry, and Jehovah hears, and saves them out of all their distresses. ¹⁸ Jehovah is near those who are broken-hearted, and saves those who have a contrite spirit.

⁷ For He has delivered me out of all trouble; and my eye has seen its desire on my enemies.

² He is my mercy and my fortress, my high tower and my deliverer, my shield, and in Him I take refuge, in Him who humbles my people under me.

⁷ Blessed are the merciful! For they shall obtain mercy.

² for with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured again to you.

²² confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into the kingdom of God.

⁹ But we ourselves have the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust on ourselves, but on God, the One raising the dead, ¹⁰ who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver; in whom we have hope that He will still deliver us,

² and that we may be delivered from perverse and evil men. For faith is not in all.

¹⁴ And I said to him, Sir, you know. And he said to me, These are those coming out of the great tribulation; and they washed their robes and whitened them in the blood of the Lamb.

²⁸ And He said, Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, because you have wrestled with God and with men, and have prevailed.

⁹ He has crouched; he has lain down like a lion, and like a lioness; who shall rouse him up? Blessed is everyone that blesses you, and cursed is everyone that curses you. ¹⁰ And Balak's anger glowed against Balaam, and he struck his palms together. And Balak said to Balaam, I called you to curse my enemies; and, behold, you have altogether blessed them these three times.

¹⁹ For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go on his way well? And Jehovah will repay you good for that which you have done to me today.

²² And David swore to Saul. And Saul went to his house, and David and his men went up into the stronghold.

²⁵ when his voice is gracious, do not believe him, for he has seven hateful things in his heart.

¹⁷ Every weapon formed against you shall not prosper, and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment, you shall condemn. This is the inheritance of the servants of Jehovah, and their righteousness is from Me, says Jehovah.

⁴ Yes, he wept and pleaded to Him, and he contended with the Angel and overcame. He found us at Bethel, and He spoke with us there,

³⁵ Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?

³⁷ But in all these things we more than conquer through Him loving us.