2 Samuel 7 Cross References - Leeser

¹ And it came to pass, when the king dwelt in his house, and the Lord had given him rest round about from all his enemies; ² That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, while the ark of God dwelleth within curtains. ³ And Nathan said to the king, all that is in thy heart go and do; for the Lord is with thee. ⁴ And it came to pass during that night, That the word of the Lord came unto Nathan, saying, ⁵ Go and say unto my servant, unto David, Thus hath said the Lord, Wilt thou indeed build me a house for my dwelling? ⁶ For I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even until this day; but have been moving about in a tent and in a tabernacle. ⁷ In all the places where I moved about among all the children of Israel, did I speak a word to any one of the tribes of Israel, whom I ordained to feed my people Israel, saying, Why have ye not built for me a house of cedar? ⁸ Now therefore, thus shalt thou say unto my servant, to David, Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheep-cote, from behind the flocks, to be a ruler over my people, over Israel; ⁹ And I have been with thee whithersoever thou didst go, and I have cut off all thy enemies from thy presence, and I have made thee a great name, like the name of the great who are on the earth; ¹⁰ And I have procured a place for my people, for Israel, and I have planted them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and be no more troubled; and that the children of wickedness shall not afflict them any more as aforetimes, ¹¹ And as it was since the day that I ordained judges to be over my people Israel; and I have caused thee to rest from all thy enemies; and the Lord telleth thee that he, the Lord, will make thee a house. ¹² When thy days will be completed, and thou wilt sleep with thy fathers: then will I set up thy seed after thee, who shall proceed out of thy body, and I will establish his kingdom. ¹³ He it is that shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever. ¹⁴ I too will be to him as a father, and he shall indeed be to me as a son: so that when he committeth iniquity, I will chastise him with the rod of men, and with the plagues of the children of man; ¹⁵ But my kindness shall not depart from him, as I caused it to depart from Saul, whom I removed from before thee. ¹⁶ And thy house and thy kingdom shall be steadfast for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever. ¹⁷ In accordance with all these words, and in accordance with all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David. ¹⁸ Then went king David in, and sat down before the Lord, and he said, Who am I, O Lord Eternal? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me as far as hitherward? ¹⁹ And this was yet too small a thing in thine eyes, O Lord Eternal; and thou hast spoken also of thy servant’s house for a distant time. And is this the desert of man, O Lord Eternal? ²⁰ And what can David add yet more to speak unto thee? since thou, O Lord Eternal, knowest well thy servant? ²¹ For the sake of thy word, and in accordance with thy own heart, hast thou done all this great thing, so as to let thy servant know it. ²² Therefore art thou great, O Eternal God; for there is none like thee, and there is no God beside thee, in accordance with all that we have heard with our ears. ²³ And who is like thy people, like Israel, the only nation on the earth, which God went to redeem for himself as a people, and to acquire for himself a name, and to do for you this great deed, and fearful things for thy land to drive out, from before thy people which thou hast redeemed for thyself from Egypt, nations and their gods. ²⁴ For thou hast established for thyself thy people Israel as a people unto thee for ever; and thou, O Lord, art indeed become their God. ²⁵ And now, O Eternal God, let the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, stand firm for ever, and do as thou hast spoken. ²⁶ And let thy name be magnified unto everlasting, that men may say, The Lord of hosts is the God over Israel: and may the house of thy servant David be established before thee. ²⁷ For thou, O Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, hast revealed to the ear of thy servant, saying, A house will be built up for thee; therefore hath thy servant found the heart to pray unto thee this prayer. ²⁸ And now, O Lord Eternal, thou art the true God, and thy words must become the truth, and thou hast spoken unto thy servant this goodness: ²⁹ And now let it please thee and bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee; for thou, O Lord Eternal, hast spoken it; and from thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.

² And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

⁴ And behold, the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, This one shall not be thy heir; but he that shall come forth out of thy own bowels shall be thy heir.

⁷ And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and between thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant: to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.

¹⁸ And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!

¹⁹ For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, that they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do righteousness and justice; in order that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken concerning him.

¹⁰ I am not worthy of all the kindness, and of all the truth, which thou hast shown unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.

¹² And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

¹⁰ The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet; until Shiloh come, and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.

¹³ And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to labor with rigor: ¹⁴ And they made their lives bitter with hard labor, in mortar, and in bricks, and in all manner of labor in the field; in all their service, wherein they made them labor with rigor.

²¹ And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses. ²² And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.

⁷ And the Lord said, I have truly seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt, and have heard its cry by reason of its taskmasters; yea, I know its sorrows; ⁸ And I am come down to deliver it out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring it up out of that land unto a land, good and large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Emorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

¹¹ And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?

⁷ And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you for a God; and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God, who bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

¹⁶ But for this cause have I allowed thee to remain, in order to show thee my power; and in order that they may proclaim my name throughout all the earth.

² And in order that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son’s son, the wonders which I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have shown among them; and ye shall know now that I am the Lord.

¹² And I will pass through the land of Egypt in this night, and I will smite every first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt will I execute judgments: I am the Lord.

² My strength and song is the Lord, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will declare his praise, the God of my father, and I will exalt him.

¹¹ Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the mighty? who is like unto thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?

¹⁷ Thou wilt bring them, and plant them on the mountain of thy inheritance, the place, O Lord, which thou hast wrought for thy residence, the sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.

⁵ Now therefore, if you will truly obey my voice, and keep my covenant, then shall ye be unto me a peculiar treasure above all nations; for all the earth is mine: ⁶ And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation; these are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

¹ The tabernacle also shalt thou make of ten curtains, of twisted linen thread, and blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, with cherubim, of weaver’s work shalt thou make them. ² The length of each curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: there shall be one measure for all the curtains. ³ Five of the curtains shall be coupled together, one to another; and the other five curtains shall be coupled, one to another. ⁴ And thou shalt make loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain which is on the outside in the one coupling; and the like shalt thou make on the edge of the curtain which is the outmost in the second coupling. ⁵ Fifty loops shalt thou make on the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make on the edge of the curtain that is in the second coupling; the loops shall be fixed opposite each other. ⁶ And thou shalt make fifty hooks of gold; and thou shalt couple the curtains together one unto the other with the hooks, and the tabernacle shall thus be one piece. ⁷ And thou shalt make curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle; eleven curtains shalt thou make the same. ⁸ The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: there shall be one measure for the eleven curtains. ⁹ And thou shalt couple five of the curtains by themselves, and six of the curtains by themselves; and thou shalt double the sixth curtain toward the front side of the tabernacle. ¹⁰ And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is the outmost in the one coupling, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain of the second coupling. ¹¹ And thou shalt make fifty hooks of copper; and thou shalt put the hooks into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one piece. ¹² And the part hanging over in the excess of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain which is over, shall hang down over the back part of the tabernacle. ¹³ And the cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side in the excess in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall be hanging down over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it. ¹⁴ And thou shalt make a cover for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a cover of badgers’ skins above.

¹⁴ And he said, My presence shall go in advance, and I will give thee rest. ¹⁵ And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with us, carry us not up from here.

⁶ And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord is the immutable, eternal Being, the omnipotent God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering and abundant in beneficence and truth;

¹⁸ And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and placed its sockets, and set up its boards, and put in its bars, and reared up its pillars. ¹⁹ And he spread the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent over it above; as the Lord had commanded Moses.

²¹ And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the separation, and made therewith a separation for the ark of the testimony; as the Lord had commanded Moses.

³⁴ And the cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. ³⁵ And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation; because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. ³⁶ And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel were wont to go onward in all their journeyings. ³⁷ But if the cloud was not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that is was taken up. ³⁸ For the cloud of the Lord was upon the tabernacle by day, and a fire was by night on it, before the eyes of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeyings.

¹¹ And I will set my dwelling among you; and my soul shall not loath you. ¹² And I will walk among you, and I will be to you a God, and ye shall be to me a people.

²³ And if notwithstanding these things ye will not be reformed by me, and walk contrary unto me: ²⁴ Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and I also will punish you, sevenfold for your sins.

²⁷ And if notwithstanding this ye will not hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me: ²⁸ Then will I also walk contrary unto you in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you, sevenfold for your sins.

²⁴ The Lord bless thee, and preserve thee; ²⁵ The Lord make his face shine unto thee, and be gracious to thee; ²⁶ The Lord lift up his countenance unto thee, and give thee peace.

³³ And they set forward from the mount of the Lord a three days’ journey; and the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them in the three days’ journey, to search out for them a resting-place. ³⁴ And the cloud of the Lord was over them by day, when they set forward from the camp. ³⁵ And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, Lord, and let thy enemies be scattered; and let those that hate thee flee before thy face. ³⁶ And when it rested, he said, Return, O Lord, among thy myriads of the thousands of Israel.

⁶ And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet of your kind, I, the Lord, do make myself known unto him in a vision, in a dream do I speak with him.

¹³ And Moses said unto the Lord, But when the Egyptian hear, from the midst of whom thou hast brought up in thy might this people;— ¹⁴ And when they tell to the inhabitants of this land, who have heard that thou, Lord, art in the midst of this people, that face to face thou, Lord, art seen, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that in a pillar of cloud thou goest before them by day, and in a pillar of fire by night;—

⁹ It is too little for you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near unto himself, to do the service of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the congregation to minister for them?

¹³ Is it too little that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, that thou wilt assume to make thyself also a prince over us?

¹⁹ God is not a man, that he should lie; nor a son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? and hath he spoken, and shall he not fulfill it?

²⁴ O Lord Eternal, thou hast begun to show thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand; for what God is there in heaven or on earth, that can do aught like thy works, and like thy mighty deeds?

⁷ For what great nation is there that hath gods so nigh unto it, as is the Lord our God at all times that we call upon him. ⁸ And what great nation is there that hath statutes and ordinances so righteous as is all this law, which I lay before you this day?

³² For do but ask of former days, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and from the one end of the heavens unto the other end of the heavens, whether there hath been the like of this great thing, or whether the like of it hath been heard. ³³ Hath ever a people heard the voice of a god, speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and remained alive? ³⁴ Or hath a god essayed to go to take himself a nation from the midst of a nation, by proofs, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, like all that which the Lord your God hath done for you in Egypt before thy eyes. ³⁵ Unto thee it was shown, that thou mightest know, that the Eternal is the God: there is none else besides him.

³⁵ Unto thee it was shown, that thou mightest know, that the Eternal is the God: there is none else besides him. ³⁶ Out of the heavens he caused thee to hear his voice, to correct thee: and upon the earth he caused thee to see his great fire; and his words didst thou hear out of the midst of the fire. ³⁷ And therefore, because he loved thy fathers, he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his presence with his mighty power out of Egypt; ³⁸ To drive out nations greater and mightier than thou art, from before thee, to bring thee in, to give unto thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.

⁵ And thou shalt consider in thy heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so doth the Lord thy God chasten thee.

⁵ Not for thy righteousness, nor for the uprightness of thy heart, dost thou go in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations doth the Lord thy God drive them out from before thee, and in order that he may fulfill the word which the Lord hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

²⁶ And I prayed unto the Lord, and said, O Lord Eternal, destroy not thy people and thy heritage, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

²¹ He is thy praise, and he is thy God, who hath done for thee these great and fearful things, which thy own eyes have seen.

¹⁵ And thou shalt remember that thou hast been a bond-man in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God hath redeemed thee; therefore do I command thee this thing today.

^{14 (23:15)} For the Lord thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee and to give up thy enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy; that he see no unseemly thing in thee, and turn away from thee.

¹⁸ And the Lord hath acknowledged thee this day, that thou art unto him a peculiar people, as he hath spoken unto thee, and that thou shouldst keep all his commandments;

⁹ And Moses with the priests, the Levites, spoke unto all Israel, saying, Be attentive, and hearken, O Israel! this day art thou become a people unto the Lord thy God.

¹⁶ And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers: and then will this people rise up, and go astray after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be in the midst of them, and they will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.

³⁹ See now that I, even I, am he, ard there is no god with me: I alone kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; and no one can deliver out of my hand.

²⁹ Happy art thou, O Israel! who is like unto thee, O people, saved by the Lord, the Shield of thy help, and who is the Sword of thy excellency! and thy enemies shall fawn upon thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high-places.

⁹ And when the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, they will environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth; and what wilt thou do for thy great name?

¹ And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up there the tabernacle of the congregation. And the land was subdued before them.

^{44 (21:42)} And the Lord gave them rest round about, all just as he had sworn unto their fathers: and there stood not up before them a man of all their enemies; all their enemies the Lord delivered into their hand.

¹ And it came to pass after many days, after the Lord had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, and Joshua had grown old and was well stricken in age,

¹⁴ And, behold, I am going this day the way of all the earth; and ye know with all your heart and with all your soul, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spoke concerning you: all are come to pass unto you, not one thing thereof hath failed. ¹⁵ But it shall come to pass, that as every good thing is come upon you, which the Lord your God spoke unto you: so will the Lord bring upon you every evil thing, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given unto you.

¹⁴ And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of spoilers who spoiled them, and he sold them into the hand of their enemies round about, and they were not able any longer to stand before their enemies. ¹⁵ Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the Lord was against them for evil, as the Lord had spoken, and as the Lord had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed. ¹⁶ And the Lord raised up judges, and they delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.

³ And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord; for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and he oppressed the children of Israel with might twenty years.

² And the hand of Midian prevailed over Israel; and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made for themselves the passes which are in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds. ³ And it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the ‘Amalekites, and the children of the east, and they went up against them; ⁴ And they encamped against them, and destroyed the products of the earth, as far as Gazzah, and they left no sustenance for Israel, neither lamb, nor ox, nor ass. ⁵ For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and came as locusts in multitude; and both they and their camels were without number; and they came into the land to destroy it. ⁶ And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the Lord.

¹⁵ And he said unto him, Pardon my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is the weakest in Menasseh, and I am the youngest of my father’s house.

⁴ And I thought to inform thee of it, saying, Buy it before those sitting here, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it; but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know; for there is none beside thee to redeem it, and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.

² There is none holy like the Lord; for there is none beside thee; and there is not any rock like our God.

⁸ He raiseth up out of the dust the poor, from the dunghill he lifteth up the needy, to set them among nobles, and he assigneth them the throne of glory; for the Lord’s are the pillars of the earth, on which he hath set the world.

¹⁵ And the Lord had revealed to Samuel’s ear one day before Saul’s coming, saying, ¹⁶ About this time tomorrow will I send unto thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him as chief over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines; for I have beheld my people, because their cry is come unto me.

²¹ And Saul answered and said, Am not I a son of Benjamin, of one of the smallest tribes of Israel? and is not my family the least of all the families of the tribes of Benjamin? wherefore then hast thou spoken to me such thing?

¹ And Samuel took a flask of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Behold, it is because the Lord hath anointed thee over his inheritance as chief.

⁷ And it shall be, that, when these signs are come unto thee, then do thou what thy hand may be able to effect; for God is with thee.

⁹ And when they forgot the Lord their God, he sold them into the hand of Sissera, the chief of the host of Chazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they made war against them. ¹⁰ And they cried then unto the Lord, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the Lord, and have served the Be’alim and the ‘Ashtaroth; and now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee. ¹¹ And the Lord sent Yerubba’al, and Bedan, and Yiphthach, and Samuel, and he delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, so that ye dwelt safely.

¹⁷ And the troop of freebooters went out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned into the way to ‘Ophrah, unto the land of Shu’al;

¹⁷ And Samuel said, Is it not that, however little thou wast in thy own eyes, thou art the head of the tribes of Israel? and the Lord anointed thee as king over Israel?

²³ For the sin of witchcraft is rebellion, and idolatry and image-worship, stubbornness; inasmuch as thou hast despised the word of the Lord, he hath also despised thee that thou shalt not be king.

²⁸ And Samuel said unto him, The Lord hath rent the kingdom of Israel from off thee this day, and hath given it to thy associate, who is better than thou.

⁷ But the Lord said unto Samuel, Regard not his appearance, nor the height of his stature; because I have rejected him; for not what man looketh on;—for man looketh on the eyes, but the Lord looketh on the heart.

¹¹ And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are there not more young men? And he said, There is yet left behind the youngest, and, behold, he is feeding the flocks. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him; for we will not sit down till he have come hither. ¹² And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, having withal handsome eyes, and being of a goodly appearance. And the Lord said, Arise, anoint him; for this is he.

¹⁴ And the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and there troubled him an evil spirit from the Lord.

¹⁴ And David was successful on all his ways; and the Lord was with him.

¹⁸ And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father’s family in Israel, that I should be a son-in-law to the king?

²⁴ And he also stripped off his clothes, and he also prophesied himself before Samuel, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Therefore people are in the habit of saying, Is Saul too among the prophets?

²⁸ Pardon, I pray thee, the trespass of thy hand-maid; for the Lord will certainly make for my lord an enduring house; because the battles of the Lord doth my lord fight, and evil will not be found in thee all thy days.

⁶ Thus died Saul, and his three sons, and his armor-bearer, also all his men, on that same day together.

² Already yesterday, and even before, when Saul was king over us, thou wast the one that led out and brought in Israel: And the Lord said to thee, Thou shalt indeed feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a chief over Israel.

¹⁰ And David went on, and became greater and greater, and the Lord the God of hosts was with him. ¹¹ And Hiram the king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and carpenters, and stone-masons: and they built a house for David.

¹⁷ And they brought in the ark of the Lord, and set it in its place, in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt-offerings before the Lord and peace-offerings.

²¹ And David said unto Michal, Before the Lord, who chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to ordain me ruler over the people of the Lord, over Israel:—yea, before the Lord will I yet farther play.

¹ And it came to pass, when the king dwelt in his house, and the Lord had given him rest round about from all his enemies;

¹¹ And as it was since the day that I ordained judges to be over my people Israel; and I have caused thee to rest from all thy enemies; and the Lord telleth thee that he, the Lord, will make thee a house. ¹² When thy days will be completed, and thou wilt sleep with thy fathers: then will I set up thy seed after thee, who shall proceed out of thy body, and I will establish his kingdom. ¹³ He it is that shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.

¹³ He it is that shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever. ¹⁴ I too will be to him as a father, and he shall indeed be to me as a son: so that when he committeth iniquity, I will chastise him with the rod of men, and with the plagues of the children of man;

¹⁴ I too will be to him as a father, and he shall indeed be to me as a son: so that when he committeth iniquity, I will chastise him with the rod of men, and with the plagues of the children of man; ¹⁵ But my kindness shall not depart from him, as I caused it to depart from Saul, whom I removed from before thee. ¹⁶ And thy house and thy kingdom shall be steadfast for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.

¹⁶ And thy house and thy kingdom shall be steadfast for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever. ¹⁷ In accordance with all these words, and in accordance with all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.

²³ And who is like thy people, like Israel, the only nation on the earth, which God went to redeem for himself as a people, and to acquire for himself a name, and to do for you this great deed, and fearful things for thy land to drive out, from before thy people which thou hast redeemed for thyself from Egypt, nations and their gods.

²⁷ For thou, O Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, hast revealed to the ear of thy servant, saying, A house will be built up for thee; therefore hath thy servant found the heart to pray unto thee this prayer.

⁶ And David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, bearing presents. And the Lord helped David whithersoever he went.

¹⁴ And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all the Edomites became servants to David. And the Lord helped David whithersoever he went.

¹ And the Lord sent Nathan unto David, and he came unto him and said to him, Two men were once in one city, the one rich and the other poor.

⁷ Then said Nathan to David, Thou art the man! Thus hath said the Lord, the God of Israel, It is I who anointed thee as king over Israel, and it is I who delivered thee out of the hand of Saul; ⁸ And I gave unto thee the house of thy master, and put the wives of thy master into thy bosom, and gave unto thee the house of Israel and Judah: and if this be too little, I could bestow on thee yet many more like these things.

¹ And David spoke unto the Lord the words of this song, and on the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul.

³⁰ For aided by thee I run through a troop: helped by my God I leap over a wall.

³⁴ He maketh my feet like those of the hinds, and upon my high places he causeth me to stand. ³⁵ He teaches my hands for the war, so that a brazen bow is bent by my arms. ³⁶ And thou gavest me the shield of thy salvation; and thy assistance hath made me great. ³⁷ Thou enlargest my steps under me, so that my joints do not slip. ³⁸ I pursue my enemies and destroy them; and I return not again until I have made an end of them.

⁵¹ To the tower of salvation of his king, and who showeth kindness to his anointed, to David and to his seed forever.

²¹ Otherwise it would come to pass, when my lord the king sleepeth with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon may be counted offenders.

¹ And when the days of David drew near that he should die, he charged Solomon his son, saying,

²⁴ And now, as the Lord liveth, who hath established me, and seated me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me a house, as he hath spoken, this very day shall Adoniyah be put to death.

^{3 (5:17)} Thou well knowest of David my father, that he was not able to build a house unto the name of the Lord his God, on account of the war wherewith his enemies encompassed him, until the Lord had put them under the soles of his feet. ^{4 (5:18)} But now hath the Lord my God given me rest on every side, there is neither adversary nor evil hinderance.

^{4 (5:18)} But now hath the Lord my God given me rest on every side, there is neither adversary nor evil hinderance. ^{5 (5:19)} And, behold, I purpose to build a house unto the name of the Lord my God, as the Lord hath spoken unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will place in thy room upon thy throne, he it is that shall build the house unto my name.

¹² This house which thou art building—if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my ordinances, and keep all my commandments to walk in them: then will I perform my word with thee, which I have spoken unto David thy father.

¹⁶ Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I did not make choice of any city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name might be therein; but I made choice of David to be over my people Israel.

¹⁶ Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I did not make choice of any city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name might be therein; but I made choice of David to be over my people Israel. ¹⁷ And it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

¹⁷ And it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. ¹⁸ But the Lord said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thy heart:

¹⁸ But the Lord said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thy heart: ¹⁹ Nevertheless, thou shalt not thyself build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.

¹⁹ Nevertheless, thou shalt not thyself build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name. ²⁰ And the Lord hath fulfilled his word that he hath spoken: and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord hath spoken, and I have built the house for the name of the Lord the God of Israel.

¹³ Still all the kingdom will I not rend away: one tribe will I give to thy son on account of David my servant, and on account of Jerusalem which I have chosen.

³⁴ Nevertheless will I not take the whole kingdom out of his hand; but I will let him remain prince all the days of his life for the sake of David my servant, whom I chose, who kept my commandments and my statutes; ³⁵ But I will take the kingdom out of the hand of his son, and I will give it unto thee, even the ten tribes. ³⁶ And unto his son will I give one tribe; so that there may remain a government for David my servant at all times before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for me, to put my name there.

³⁸ And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I shall command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do what is right in my eyes, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did: that I will be with thee, and build thee a permanent house, as I have built for David, and I will give Israel unto thee.

²⁷ And she came to the man of God to the mount, and caught hold of his feet; and Gechazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is grieved within her; and the Lord hath hidden it from me, and hath not told it me.

³⁴ And I will shield this city, to save it, for my own sake, and for the sake of David my servant.

¹ And Churam the king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and trees of cedars, and masons and carpenters, to build him a house.

¹ And they brought in the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it; and they offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before God.

²⁵ For great is the Lord, and greatly praised; and he is to be feared above all gods.

¹ And it came to pass, when David dwelt in his house, that David said unto Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under curtains. ² And Nathan said unto David, All that is in thy heart do; for God is with thee. ³ And it came to pass during that night, that the word of God came unto Nathan, saying,

³ And it came to pass during that night, that the word of God came unto Nathan, saying, ⁴ Go and say unto David my servant, Thus hath said the Lord, Not thou shalt build for me the house to dwell in;

⁴ Go and say unto David my servant, Thus hath said the Lord, Not thou shalt build for me the house to dwell in; ⁵ For I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel even until this day; but have been moving from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.

⁵ For I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel even until this day; but have been moving from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another. ⁶ In all the places where I moved about among all Israel, did I speak a word to any one of the judges of Israel, whom I had ordained to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built for me a house of cedar?

⁶ In all the places where I moved about among all Israel, did I speak a word to any one of the judges of Israel, whom I had ordained to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built for me a house of cedar?

⁶ In all the places where I moved about among all Israel, did I speak a word to any one of the judges of Israel, whom I had ordained to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built for me a house of cedar? ⁷ Now therefore, thus shalt thou say unto my servant, to David, Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, I took thee away from the sheepcote, from behind the flocks, to be a ruler over my people Israel;

⁷ Now therefore, thus shalt thou say unto my servant, to David, Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, I took thee away from the sheepcote, from behind the flocks, to be a ruler over my people Israel; ⁸ And I have been with thee withersoever thou didst go, and I have cut off all thy enemies from thy presence, and I have made thee a name; like the name of the great men who are on the earth;

⁸ And I have been with thee withersoever thou didst go, and I have cut off all thy enemies from thy presence, and I have made thee a name; like the name of the great men who are on the earth; ⁹ And I have procured a place for my people Israel, and I have planted them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and be no more troubled; and that the children of wickedness shall not waste them any more, as aforetimes,

⁹ And I have procured a place for my people Israel, and I have planted them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and be no more troubled; and that the children of wickedness shall not waste them any more, as aforetimes, ¹⁰ And as it was since the time that I ordained judges to be over my people Israel; and I have humbled all thy enemies; and now I tell thee that the Lord will build for thee a house.

¹⁰ And as it was since the time that I ordained judges to be over my people Israel; and I have humbled all thy enemies; and now I tell thee that the Lord will build for thee a house. ¹¹ And it shall come to pass, that, when thy days will be completed that thou must go to sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, who shall be of thy sons, and I will establish his kingdom.

¹¹ And it shall come to pass, that, when thy days will be completed that thou must go to sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, who shall be of thy sons, and I will establish his kingdom.

¹¹ And it shall come to pass, that, when thy days will be completed that thou must go to sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, who shall be of thy sons, and I will establish his kingdom. ¹² He it is that shall build for me a house, and I will establish his throne for ever.

¹² He it is that shall build for me a house, and I will establish his throne for ever. ¹³ I too will be to him as a father, and he shall indeed be unto me as a son: and my kindness will I not cause to depart from him, as I caused it to depart from him that was before thee;

¹³ I too will be to him as a father, and he shall indeed be unto me as a son: and my kindness will I not cause to depart from him, as I caused it to depart from him that was before thee;

¹³ I too will be to him as a father, and he shall indeed be unto me as a son: and my kindness will I not cause to depart from him, as I caused it to depart from him that was before thee; ¹⁴ But I will place him firmly in my house and in my kingdom for evermore; and his throne shall be established for ever.

¹⁴ But I will place him firmly in my house and in my kingdom for evermore; and his throne shall be established for ever. ¹⁵ In accordance with all these words, and in accordance with all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.

¹⁵ In accordance with all these words, and in accordance with all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David. ¹⁶ Then went king David in and sat down before the Lord, and he said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me as far as hitherward?

¹⁶ Then went king David in and sat down before the Lord, and he said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me as far as hitherward? ¹⁷ And this was yet too small a thing in thy eyes, O God, and thou hast spoken concerning thy servant’s house for a distant time, and hast regarded me as though I belonged to the rank of a man of high degree, O Lord God.

¹⁷ And this was yet too small a thing in thy eyes, O God, and thou hast spoken concerning thy servant’s house for a distant time, and hast regarded me as though I belonged to the rank of a man of high degree, O Lord God. ¹⁸ What can David add yet more to speak unto thee of the honor of thy servant? since thou knowest well thy servant. ¹⁹ O Lord, for the sake of thy servant, and in accordance with thy own heart, hast thou done all this great thing, to make known all these great things. ²⁰ O Lord, there is none like thee, and there is no god beside thee, in accordance with all that we have heard with our ears. ²¹ And who is like thy people Israel, the only nation on the earth which God went to redeem for himself as a people, to acquire for thyself a name for great and terrible deeds, by driving out nations from before thy people, which thou hadst redeemed out of Egypt?

²¹ And who is like thy people Israel, the only nation on the earth which God went to redeem for himself as a people, to acquire for thyself a name for great and terrible deeds, by driving out nations from before thy people, which thou hadst redeemed out of Egypt? ²² And thou hast instituted thy people Israel unto thyself as a people for ever; and thou, Lord, art indeed become their God.

²² And thou hast instituted thy people Israel unto thyself as a people for ever; and thou, Lord, art indeed become their God. ²³ And now, O Lord, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be verified for ever, and do as thou hast spoken.

²³ And now, O Lord, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be verified for ever, and do as thou hast spoken. ²⁴ Yea, let it be verified, and let thy name be magnified unto everlasting, that men may say, The Lord of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God for Israel; and may the house of David thy servant be established before thee.

²⁴ Yea, let it be verified, and let thy name be magnified unto everlasting, that men may say, The Lord of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God for Israel; and may the house of David thy servant be established before thee. ²⁵ For thou, O my God, hast revealed to the ear of thy servant, that thou wilt build for him a house; therefore hath thy servant found himself able to pray before thee.

²⁵ For thou, O my God, hast revealed to the ear of thy servant, that thou wilt build for him a house; therefore hath thy servant found himself able to pray before thee. ²⁶ And now, O Lord, thou art the true God, and thou hast spoken concerning thy servant this goodness:

²⁶ And now, O Lord, thou art the true God, and thou hast spoken concerning thy servant this goodness: ²⁷ And now hast thou been pleased to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee; for thou, O Lord, hast blessed, and it will remain blessed for ever.

²⁷ And now hast thou been pleased to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee; for thou, O Lord, hast blessed, and it will remain blessed for ever.

⁷ And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build a house unto the name of the Lord my God;

⁷ And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build a house unto the name of the Lord my God; ⁸ But there came concerning me the word of the Lord, saying, Blood in abundance hast thou shed, and great wars hast thou made: thou shalt not build a house unto my name, because much blood hast thou shed upon the earth before me. ⁹ Behold, a son will be born to thee, he it is who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for Solomon [The Peaceful] shall be his name, and peace and quietness will I bestow on Israel in his days. ¹⁰ He it is who shall build a house unto my name; and he shall be unto me as a son, and I will be unto him as a father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.

¹⁰ He it is who shall build a house unto my name; and he shall be unto me as a son, and I will be unto him as a father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.

³ And then were numbered the Levites from thirty years old and upward: and their number by their polls, of men, was thirty and eight thousand. ⁴ Of these were twenty and four thousand to superintend the work of the house of the Lord; and six thousand were officers and judges; ⁵ And four thousand were gatekeepers: and four thousand those who praised the Lord with the instruments which I have made, to praise therewith. ⁶ And David divided them into divisions after the sons of Levi, after Gershon, Kehath, and Merari. ⁷ Of the Gershunites: La’dan, and Shim’i. ⁸ The sons of La’dan: The chief was Jechiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three. ⁹ The sons of Shim’i: Shelomith, and Chaziel, and Haran, three. These were the chiefs of the families of La’dan. ¹⁰ And the sons of Shim’i were, Jachath, Zina, and Je’ush, and Beri’ah. These four were the sons of Shim’i. ¹¹ And Jachath was the chief, and Zizah the second; but Je’ush and Beri’ah had not many sons: therefore were they accounted as one family division in the numbering. ¹² The sons of Kehath: ‘Amram, Yizhar, Hebron, and ‘Uzziel, four. ¹³ The sons of ‘Amram, Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was set apart, to sanctify him as most holy, he with his sons for ever, to burn incense before the Lord, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever. ¹⁴ But as regardeth Moses the man of God, his sons were named after the tribe of Levi. ¹⁵ The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eli’ezer. ¹⁶ Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief. ¹⁷ And the sons of Eli’ezer were, Rechahyah the chief. And Eli’ezer had no other sons; but the sons of Rechahyah became exceedingly numerous. ¹⁸ Of the sons of Yizhar, was Shelomith the chief. ¹⁹ The sons of Hebron: Jeriyahu the chief, Amaryah the second, Jachaziel the third, and Jekam’am the fourth. ²⁰ The sons of ‘Uzziel: Michah the chief, and Yishiyah the second. ²¹ The sons of Merari: Machli, and Mushi. The sons of Machli: El’azar, and Kish. ²² And El’azar died, and had no sons, but daughters; and the sons of Kish, their brethren, took them for wives. ²³ The sons of Mushi: Machli, and ‘Eder, and Jeremoth, three. ²⁴ These were the sons of Levi after their family divisions, even the chiefs of the families, as they were counted by numbering the names after their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the Lord, from twenty years old and upward. ²⁵ For David said, The Lord the God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, and he dwelleth in Jerusalem for evermore. ²⁶ And also the Levites are no more bound to carry the tabernacle, and all its vessels for the service thereof. ²⁷ Therefore by the last words of David were there numbered of the Levites those who were from twenty years old and above; ²⁸ Because their station was to be at the side of the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, in the courts, and in the chambers, and by the purification of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God; ²⁹ And for the shew-bread, which was put in rows, and for the fine flour for meat-offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is sodden, and for all manner of dry and wet measure; ³⁰ And to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord, and so also at evening, ³¹ And at all the offering of burnt-offerings unto the Lord on the sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the appointed feasts, according to the number, and after the manner prescribed for them, continually before the Lord; ³² And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the Lord.

² Then arose king David upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people! I had in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and for the footstool of our God, and I had made preparations to build;

⁶ And he hath said unto me, Solomon thy son it is that shall build my house and my courts; for I have made choice of him to be as a son unto me, and I will be indeed to him as a father.

⁶ And he hath said unto me, Solomon thy son it is that shall build my house and my courts; for I have made choice of him to be as a son unto me, and I will be indeed to him as a father. ⁷ Moreover, I will firmly establish his kingdom for everlasting, if he be strong to execute my commandments and my ordinances as it is this day.

¹⁰ See now that the Lord hath made choice of thee to build a house for the sanctuary: be strong and do it.

¹⁰ And David blessed the Lord before the eyes of all the congregation; and David said, Blessed be thou, O Lord the God of Israel our father, from everlasting even unto everlasting. ¹¹ Thine, O Lord, are the greatness, and the might, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty, yea, all that is in the heavens and on the earth: thine, O Lord, is the kingdom, and thou art exalted as the head above all. ¹² And riches and honor come from thee, and thou rulest over all; and in thy hand are power and might; and it is in thy hand to make great, and to give strength unto all. ¹³ And now, O our God, we give thanks unto thee, and praise thy glorious name.

²⁹ And the acts of king David, the first and the last, behold, they are written in the history of Samuel the seer, and in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the history of Gad the seer,

⁴ Nevertheless the ark of God had David brought up from Kiryath-ye’arim to the place which David had prepared for it; for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.

^{5 (2:4)} And the house which I am building is great; for greater is our God than all the gods.

^{6 (14:5)} And he built fortified cities in Judah; for the land had repose, and no one had war with him in those years; because the Lord had given him rest.

¹⁰ And they are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.

¹⁷ Behold, happy is the man whom God admonisheth: despise then not the correction of the Almighty. ¹⁸ For he it is that woundeth, and bindeth up: he smiteth, and his hands do heal. ¹⁹ In six distresses will he deliver thee; and in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

²⁹ When he now granteth rest, who will condemn him! and when he hideth his face, who can behold him? whether it be against a nation, or against one man, it is the same:

^{4 (8:5)} What is the mortal, that thou rememberest him? and the son of man, that thou thinkest of him:

¹⁷ The longing of the afflicted dost thou hear, O Lord! thou wilt strengthen their heart, thou wilt cause thy ear to listen:

¹ To the chief musician, by the servant of the Lord, by David, who spoke unto the Lord the words of this song on the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the power of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul; ^(18:2) And he said, I ever love thee, O Lord, my strength.

^{37 (18:38)} I pursue my enemies, and overtake them; and I return not again till I have made an end of them. ^{38 (18:39)} I crush them that they are not able to rise: they fall under my feet. ^{39 (18:40)} For thou hast girded me with strength for the war: thou subduest my opponents under me. ^{40 (18:41)} And my enemies thou causest to turn their back to me; and those that hate me,—that I may destroy them. ^{41 (18:42)} They cry, but there is none to help; unto the Lord,—but he answereth them not. ^{42 (18:43)} And I beat them small as the dust before the wind: like the dirt in the streets do I cast them out.

^{4 (20:5)} May he grant thee according to thy own heart, and fulfill all thy resolves.

^{7 (36:8)} How precious is thy kindness, O God! And the children of men that seek shelter under the shadow of thy wings,—

⁴ And delight thyself in the Lord, and he will give thee the wishes of thy heart.

^{5 (40:6)} Many things hast thou done, O Lord my God; thy wonderful deeds and thy thoughts toward us—there is none to be compared unto thee—will I tell and speak of, though they are too numerous to be counted. ^{6 (40:7)} Sacrifice and meat-offering thou desirest not—ears hast thou hollowed out unto me—burnt-offering and sin-offering thou demandest not.

¹ To the chief musician, for the sons of Korach, a Maskil. ^(44:2) O God, with our ears have we heard, our fathers have told us, deeds which thou hadst done in their days, in times of old.

^{4 (44:5)} Thou art my King, O God: ordain salvation for Jacob.

^{6 (45:7)} Thy throne, given of God, endureth for ever and ever: the sceptre of equity is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

^{9 (46:10)} He causeth wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in pieces; he burneth wagons in the fire.

¹ A song and psalm by the sons of Korach. ^(48:2) Great is the Lord, and highly praised in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.

^{14 (48:15)} For this One is God, our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.

^{5 (65:6)} With terrific deeds in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation, who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of the sea, that are far away;

³ Say unto God, How fear-inspiring is every one of thy works! through the greatness of thy strength will thy enemies yield feigned obedience unto thee.

⁵ They shall fear thee as long as the sun shineth, and in the presence of the moon, throughout all generations.

¹⁷ His name will endure for ever; in the presence of the sun his name shall flourish: and men shall bless themselves with him: all nations shall call him happy. ¹⁸ Blessed be the Lord the God, the God of Israel, who alone doth wondrous things. ¹⁹ And blessed he his glorious name for ever; and with his glory may the whole earth be filled: Amen, and Amen.

⁷⁰ And he made choice of David his servant, and took him from the sheep-folds: ⁷¹ From following the ewes with young he brought him, to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

⁷¹ From following the ewes with young he brought him, to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. ⁷² And he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and by the skilfulness of his hands did he lead them.

^{8 (80:9)} A vine didst thou remove out of Egypt: thou drovest out nations, and plantedst it.

⁸ There is none like unto thee among the Gods, O Lord; and there is nothing like thy works.

¹⁰ For great art thou, and doing wondrous things: thou art God by thyself alone.

³ Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah. ⁴ I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon as those that know me; behold, here is Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia: “This man was born there.” ⁵ But of Zion will it be said, “This and that man were born in her:” and the Most High himself doth establish her. ⁶ The Lord will number when he writeth down nations. “This man was born there.” Selah.

^{3 (89:4)} “I have made a covenant with my elect, I have sworn unto David my servant, ^{4 (89:5)} Unto eternity will I establish thy seed, and I will build up thy throne, from generation to generation.” Selah.

^{4 (89:5)} Unto eternity will I establish thy seed, and I will build up thy throne, from generation to generation.” Selah.

^{6 (89:7)} For who in the sky can be compared unto the Lord? who can be likened unto the Lord among the sons of the mighty?

^{8 (89:9)} O Lord God of hosts, who is powerful, like thee, Eternal! and thy faithfulness is round about thee.

^{20 (89:21)} I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him; ^{21 (89:22)} With whom my hand shall be firmly established; also my arm shall strengthen him;

^{21 (89:22)} With whom my hand shall be firmly established; also my arm shall strengthen him; ^{22 (89:23)} The enemy shall not exact from him like a lender: and the son of injustice shall not afflict him:

^{22 (89:23)} The enemy shall not exact from him like a lender: and the son of injustice shall not afflict him: ^{23 (89:24)} And I will beat down before his face his assailants, and those that hate him will I plague.

^{23 (89:24)} And I will beat down before his face his assailants, and those that hate him will I plague.

^{23 (89:24)} And I will beat down before his face his assailants, and those that hate him will I plague. ^{24 (89:25)} But my faithfulness and my kindness shall be with him: and through my name shall his horn be exalted. ^{25 (89:26)} And I will place on the sea his hand, and on the rivers his right hand. ^{26 (89:27)} He will call unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. ^{27 (89:28)} Also I will appoint my first-born, the highest among the kings of the earth. ^{28 (89:29)} For evermore will I keep for him my kindness, and my covenant shall stand faithfully with him.

^{28 (89:29)} For evermore will I keep for him my kindness, and my covenant shall stand faithfully with him. ^{29 (89:30)} And I appoint for ever his seed, and his throne as the days of heaven.

^{29 (89:30)} And I appoint for ever his seed, and his throne as the days of heaven. ^{30 (89:31)} If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my ordinances; ^{31 (89:32)} If they profane my statutes, and keep not my commandments: ^{32 (89:33)} Then will I visit with the rod their transgressions, and with plagues their iniquity. ^{33 (89:34)} Nevertheless my kindness will I not make utterly void from him, and I will not act falsely against my faithfulness. ^{34 (89:35)} I will not profane my covenant, and what is gone out of my lips will I not alter.

^{34 (89:35)} I will not profane my covenant, and what is gone out of my lips will I not alter. ^{35 (89:36)} One thing have I sworn by my holiness, that I will not lie unto David. ^{36 (89:37)} His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne shall be like the sun before me.

^{36 (89:37)} His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne shall be like the sun before me. ^{37 (89:38)} Like the moon shall it be firmly established for ever, and as this faithful witness in the sky.” Selah.

¹² Happy is the man whom thou admonisheth, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law: ¹³ That thou mayest grant him repose from the days of evil, until the pot be dug for the wicked.

⁴ For the Lord is great, and greatly praised: he is to be feared above all gods.

²² Wonders in the land of Ham, terrible things by the Red Sea.

⁴² And their enemies also oppressed them: and they were subdued under their hand.

⁹ Redemption hath he sent unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and to be feared is his name.

⁷ He raiseth up out of the dust the poor, from the dunghill he lifteth up the needy: ⁸ That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.

¹ Not for our sake, O Lord, not for our sake, but unto thy name give glory, for the sake of thy kindness, for the sake of thy truth.

¹² The Lord hath even been mindful of us, he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron; ¹³ He will bless those that fear the Lord, the small together with the great. ¹⁴ May the Lord increase you more and more, you and your children. ¹⁵ Blessed are ye of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

⁴⁹ ZAYIN. Remember thy word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to wait.

¹ A song of the degrees for Solomon. Unless the Lord do build the house, in vain labor they that build on it: unless the Lord guard the city, in vain is the watchman wakeful.

⁵ Until I shall have found out a place for the Lord, a dwelling-place for the mighty One of Jacob.

¹¹ The Lord hath sworn unto David in truth; he will not turn from it: “From the fruit of thy body will I set some one on the throne to succeed thee. ¹² If thy children will observe my covenant and this my testimony which I teach them: then also shall their children sit for evermore upon the throne to succeed thee.”

⁵ For I well know that the Lord is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.

² I will bow myself down before thy holy temple, and I will thank thy name for thy kindness and for thy truth; for thou hast magnified above all thy name thy promise.

¹ To the chief musician, by David, a psalm. O Lord! thou hast searched me through, and thou knowest me.

³ Great is the Lord, and greatly praised, and his greatness is unsearchable.

⁶ And of the might of thy terrible acts shall men converse: and thy greatness will I relate.

²⁰ He hath not done so unto any nation: and his ordinances—these they know not. Hallelujah.

¹¹ The correction of the Lord, my son, do not despise; and feel no loathing for his admonition; ¹² Because whomever the Lord loveth he admonisheth; and as a father who delighteth in his son.

¹ The wise among women buildeth her house; but the foolish pulleth it down with her own hands.

⁷ When the Lord receiveth in favor a man’s ways, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

² And he fenced it in, and cleared it of stones, and planted it with the choicest vines, and built a tower in its midst, and also a winepress he hewed out therein: and he hoped that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth worthless fruit.

⁷ For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of his delight: and he hoped for justice, but behold injustice; for equity, but behold iniquity.

^{7 (9:6)} For promoting the increase of the government, and for peace without end, upon the throne of David and upon his kingdom, to establish it and to support it through justice and righteousness, from henceforth and unto eternity: the zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

¹ And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stem of Jesse, and a sprout shall spring out of his roots. ² And there shall rest upon him the spirit of the Lord, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord; ³ And he shall be animated by the fear of the Lord; and not after the sight of his eyes shall he judge, and not after the hearing of his ears shall he decide;

¹⁰ And it shall happen on that day, that he of the root of Jesse, who shall stand as an ensign of the people, to him shall nations come to inquire: and his resting-place shall be glorious.

² Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust him; for my strength and song is Yah the Eternal: and he is become my salvation.”

¹⁴ And Hezekiah took the letter out of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the Lord, and spread it out before the Lord.

³⁵ And I will shield this city to save it for my own sake, and for the sake of David my servant.

¹¹ Like a shepherd will he feed his flock: with his arm will he gather the lambs, and in his bosom will he carry them, will he lead gently those that suckle their young.

¹⁸ To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?

²⁵ To whom then will ye liken me, that I should be equal to? saith the Holy One.

⁵ I am the Lord, and there is none else, beside me there is no god; I assisted thee, though thou hast not known me.

¹⁸ For thus hath said the Lord the creator of the heavens; he, the God that formed the earth and made it; he that hath established it,—not for naught did he create it, to be inhabited did he form it: I am the Lord; and there is no one else.

²² Turn unto me, so that ye may be helped, all ye ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no one else.

⁸ Thus hath said the Lord, In the time of favor have I answered thee, and on the day of salvation have I helped thee; and I will preserve thee, and I will appoint thee as a people of my covenant to raise up the land, to divide out desolate heritages;

³ Incline your ear, and come unto me, hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, the promised mercies of David, which are sure.

⁸ For not my thoughts are your thoughts, and not your ways are my ways, saith the Lord. ⁹ For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so high are my ways above your ways, and my thoughts above your thoughts.

¹⁸ There shall not be heard any wore violence in thy land, wasting and destruction within thy boundaries; but thou shalt call, Salvation, thy walls, and thy gates, Praise.

⁷ The kindnesses of the Lord will I mention, the praises of the Lord, in accordance with all that the Lord hath bestowed on us, and the abundant goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and the abundance of his kindnesses. ⁸ And he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie; and he became to them a Saviour. ⁹ 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; and he bore them, and he carried them all the days of old. ¹⁰ But they rebelled, and grieved his holy Spirit; and he changed himself to become their enemy, and he fought against them. ¹¹ Then remembered his people the ancient days of Moses, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put within him his holy Spirit? ¹² That displayed by the right hand of Moses his glorious arm; that divided the water before them, to make unto himself an everlasting name? ¹³ That led them through the deeps, as a horse through the wilderness, that they should not stumble? ¹⁴ As a beast goeth down into the valley, so did the spirit of the Lord bring them to rest; thus didst thou guide thy people, to make unto thyself a glorious name.

¹⁵ And I will give you shepherds after my own heart, and they shall feed you with knowledge and intelligence.

⁶ Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O Lord: thou alone art great, and great is thy name in might. ⁷ Who would not fear thee, O King of the nations? for to thee doth it appertain; because among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, they say there is none like unto thee.

⁴ Which I commanded your fathers on the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying, Hearken to my voice, and do the same, in accordance with all which I may command you; and so shall ye be to me for a people, and I will be to you for a God; ⁵ In order that I may fulfill the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give unto them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. And I answered, and said, So be it, O Lord.

⁹ And at one instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;

¹³ Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice; that maketh his neighbor work without wages, and giveth him not the reward for his labor; ¹⁴ That saith, I will build me a roomy house, and ample chambers, and cutteth himself out windows, and ceileth it with cedar, and painteth it with colors. ¹⁵ Shalt thou reign, because thou strivest to excel with cedar buildings? behold, thy father ate and drank, but he executed justice and righteousness: then was it well with him!

⁴ And I will raise up over them shepherds who shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, and none of them shall be missing, saith the Lord.

⁶ And I will set my eye upon them for good, and I will cause them to return again to this land; and I will build them up, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.

¹¹ For with thee am I, saith the Lord, to save thee: though I make a full end of all the nations whither I have scattered thee, yet of thee will I not make a full end; but I will correct thee in moderation, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.

^{1 (30:25)} At the same time, saith the Lord, will I be the God for all the families of Israel, and they shall be unto me for a people.

^{33 (31:32)} But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, saith the Lord, I place my law in their inward parts, and upon their heart will I write it; and I will be unto them for a God, and they shall be unto me for a people.

³⁸ And they shall be unto me for a people, and I will be unto them for a God:

⁹ But I acted for the sake of my name, so as not to profane it before the eyes of the nations, in the midst of whom they were; because I had made myself known unto them before their eyes, to bring them forth out of the land of Egypt.

²⁴ And there shall be no more unto the house of Israel a pricking brier, nor painful thorn from all that are round about them, that despoil them: and they shall know that I am the Lord Eternal.

² Son of man, prophesy concerning the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say unto them, unto the shepherds, Thus hath said the Lord Eternal, Woe to the shepherds of Israel who do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?

¹⁵ I myself will feed my flock, and I myself will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord Eternal.

²³ And I will appoint over them one shepherd, and he shall feed them, namely, my servant David: he it is that shall feed them, and he it is that shall be unto them for a shepherd.

²² Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus hath said the Lord Eternal, Not for your sake do I this, O house of Israel, but for the sake of my holy name, which ye have profaned among the nations, whither ye are gone.

³² Not for your sake do I this, saith the Lord Eternal, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded because of your ways, O house of Israel.

³⁷ Thus hath said the Lord Eternal, Also in this will I yet suffer myself to be entreated of by the house of Israel, to do it for them, I will increase them with men like flocks in multitude.

²⁵ And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto my servant, unto Jacob, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, they, and their children, and their children’s children for ever: and David my servant shall be prince unto them for ever. ²⁶ And I will make with them a covenant of peace, an everlasting covenant shall it be with them: and I will multiply them, and I will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore. ²⁷ My dwelling also shall be with them, and I will be unto them for a God; and they shall be unto me as a people.

⁴⁴ But in the days of these kings will the God of heaven set up a kingdom: which shall to eternity not be destroyed, and its rule shall not be transferred to any other people; but it will grind up and make an end of all these kingdoms, while it will itself endure for ever.

^{29 (4:26)} At the end of twelve months he was walking upon the royal palace at Babylon. ^{30 (4:27)} The king commenced, and said, Is not this Babylon the great, that I myself have built for a royal residence by the might of my power, and for the honor of my majesty?

¹⁴ And there were given him dominion, and dignity, and government, and all people, nations, and languages had to serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom is one which shall never be destroyed.

² And many of those that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to disgrace and everlasting abhorrence.

^{10 (2:1)} Yet shall the number of the children of Israel once be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that instead that people say of them, Ye are not my people [Lo-’ammi], shall they call them, The sons of the living God.

^{18 (2:20)} And I will make for them a covenant on that day with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of the heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and bow, and sword, and war I will break away out of the land, and I will cause them to lie down in safety.

⁷ For the Lord Eternal will do nothing, unless he have revealed his secret unto his servants the prophets.

¹⁵ And I will plant them upon their own soil, and they shall not be pulled up any more out of their land which I have given unto them, saith the Lord thy God.

^{4 (5:3)} And he shall stand forward and feed Israel through the strength of the Lord, through the excellency of the name of the Lord his God: and they shall abide safely; for now shall he be great even unto the ends of the earth.

¹⁸ Who is a god like unto thee, pardoning iniquity, and forgiving transgression to the residue of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in kindness.

⁴ Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your ceiled houses, while this house lieth in ruins?

¹³ Yea, he shall build the temple of the Lord; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and a priest shall be upon his own throne; and the counsel of peace shall be between both of them.

⁹ And I will bring the third part into the fire, and I will refine them as one refineth silver, and will probe them as gold is probed: they will call on my name, and I will answer their prayer; I will say, They arc my people; and they will say, The Lord is my God.