Psalms 55 Cross References - MSTC

¹ {To the Chanter, in Neginoth, an instruction of David} Hear my prayer, O God, and hide not thyself from my petition. ² Take heed unto me, and hear me, how piteously I mourn and complain. ³ The enemy crieth so, and the ungodly cometh on so fast: for they are minded to do me some mischief, so maliciously are they set against me. ⁴ My heart is heavy within me, and the fear of death is fallen upon me. ⁵ Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and a horrible dread hath overwhelmed me. ⁶ And I said, "O that I had wings like a dove! For then would I flee away, and be at rest. ⁷ Lo, then would I get me away far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah. ⁸ I would make haste to escape from the stormy wind and tempest." ⁹ Destroy their tongues, O LORD, and divide them; for I see unrighteousness and strife in the city. ¹⁰ This goeth day and night about the walls; mischief and vice are in the midst of it. ¹¹ Wickedness is therein; deceit and guile go not out of her streets. ¹² If it were mine enemy that reviled me, I could bear it: or if one that ought me evil will did threaten me, I would hide myself from him. ¹³ But it was even thou, my companion, my guide, and mine own familiar friend. ¹⁴ We took sweet counsel together, and walked in the house of God as friends. ¹⁵ Let death come hastily upon them, and let them go down quick into hell; for wickedness is among them in their dwellings. ¹⁶ As for me, I will call unto God, and the LORD shall save me. ¹⁷ In the evening, and morning, and at noon day will I mourn and complain: and he shall hear my voice. ¹⁸ It is he that delivereth my soul in peace from them that lay wait for me; for they are many against me. ¹⁹ Yea, even God, that endureth forever, shall hear me, and bring them down; Selah. For they will not turn, nor fear God. ²⁰ Yea, they lay hands upon such as be at peace with him, and so they break his covenant. ²¹ Their mouths are softer than butter, and yet have they battle in their mind: their words are smoother than oil, and yet be they very swords. ²² O cast thy burden or care upon the LORD; he shall nourish thee, and not leave the righteous in unquietness. ²³ But as for them, thou, O God, shalt bring them into the pit of destruction. The bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days. Nevertheless, my trust shall be in thee, O LORD.

⁷ Come on, let us descend and mingle their tongue even there, that one understand not what another sayeth." ⁸ Thus the LORD scattered them from thence upon all the earth. And they left off to build the city. ⁹ Wherefore the name of it is called Babel, because that the LORD there confounded the tongue of all the world; and because that the LORD, from thence, scattered them abroad upon all the earth.

³⁰ But and if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth and swallow them and all that pertain unto them, so that they go down quick in to hell: then ye shall understand, that these men have railed upon the LORD." ³¹ And as soon as he had made an end of speaking all these words, the ground clove asunder that was under them, ³² and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them and their houses and all the men that were with Korah and all their goods. ³³ And they and all that pertained unto them, went down alive unto hell, and the earth closed upon them, and they perished from among the congregation. ³⁴ And all Israel that were about them, fled at the cry of them. For they said, "The earth might haply swallow us also."

²⁷ that is the dwelling place of God from the beginning, and from under the arms of the world. He hath cast out thine enemies before thee and said, 'Destroy.'

⁹ He will keep the feet of his saints but the wicked shall keep silence in darkness. For in his own might shall no man be strong.

¹¹ Then Saul sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him and to slay him in the morning. But Michal his wife told it him saying, "If thou save not thyself this night, tomorrow thou art a dead man."

¹⁷ Then said the king unto his footmen that stood about him, "Turn and slay the priests of the LORD, both because their hand is with David and because they knew when David fled and showed it not to me." But the servants of the king would not move their hands, to run upon the priests of the LORD.

¹⁰ Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee this day into mine hand, in the cave. When they bade kill thee, mine eye had compassion on thee: and I said, 'I will not lay my hands on my master, for he is the LORD's anointed.'

¹ Then thought David in his heart, "I may perish, one day or other, by the hands of Saul. There is no better for me, than to flee into the land of the Philistines; that Saul, of very despair to find me, may cease to seek me anymore in all the coasts of Israel: for so I may escape his hand."

⁴ And the men of Judah came, and there anointed David king over the house of Judah. When it was told David, how the men of Jabesh in Gilead had buried Saul,

²⁷ And when Abner was come again to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate, to speak with him guilefully, and there smote him under the short ribs that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

³ And so all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron. And king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD. And they anointed David king over Israel.

³² And Absalom said to Joab, "Behold, I sent for thee desiring thee to come; because I would have sent thee to the king, for to say wherefore I am come from Geshur. It had been as good for me to have bidden there still. Now therefore let me come to the king's presence, or else if there be any trespass in me, kill me." ³³ And Joab went to the king and told him. And he sent for Absalom; which, when he was come, fell to the ground on his face before the king. And the king kissed him.

³ then said Absalom unto him, "See, thy matter is good and righteous, and yet no man is deputed of the king to hear thee."

¹⁰ Then Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, "As soon as ye hear the voice of the trumpet blow, say, 'Absalom reigneth king in Hebron.'" ¹¹ And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem that were called. And they went with pure hearts and knew nothing of the matter. ¹² And Absalom sent also for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, and fetched him out of his city Giloh, when he sacrificed sacrifices. And there was wrought strong treason. And the people drew to Absalom in great multitude.

¹² And Absalom sent also for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, and fetched him out of his city Giloh, when he sacrificed sacrifices. And there was wrought strong treason. And the people drew to Absalom in great multitude.

¹⁴ Then said David unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, "Up, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom. Make speed to depart; lest he come suddenly and catch us and bring some mischief upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword."

³¹ And one told David, saying, "Ahithophel is one of them that have conspired with Absalom." Then said David, "O LORD, turn the counsel of Ahithophel unto foolishness."

⁷ And thus said this Shimei as he cursed, "Come forth, come forth thou blood shedder and thou unthrifty man! ⁸ The LORD hath brought upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned, and he hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son. And thou art wrapped about with thine own mischief, because thou art a blood shedder."

²¹ And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, "Get thee in unto thy father's concubines which he hath left to keep the house. For when all Israel shall hear that thou hast made thy father to stink, then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong." ²² And so they pitched Absalom a tent upon the top of the house. And he went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel. ²³ And the counsel of Ahithophel which he counseled in those days, was as a man had asked counsel of God: even so was all the counsel of Ahithophel, both unto David and also unto Absalom.

¹ Then Ahithophel said unto Absalom, "Let me choose out, I pray thee, twelve thousand men. And I will up and follow after David by night.

¹ Then Ahithophel said unto Absalom, "Let me choose out, I pray thee, twelve thousand men. And I will up and follow after David by night. ² And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will fear him, that all the people that are with him shall flee. And so will I smite the king only,

² And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will fear him, that all the people that are with him shall flee. And so will I smite the king only, ³ and will bring again all the people unto thee. And when all these men which thou seekest are turned to thee, all the people shall have rest." ⁴ And the saying pleased Absalom well and all the elders of Israel. ⁵ Then said Absalom, "Call also Hushai the Archite and let us hear his sentence." ⁶ When Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him saying, "Ahithophel hath given such counsel: whether it be best we do after his saying, or not, tell thou." ⁷ Then said Hushai to Absalom, "The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time. ⁸ For," said Hushai, "thou knowest thy father and the men that are with him, how that they be strong men. And they be chafed in their minds, even as a bear robbed of her whelps. And thy father is a man practiced in war, and will not lie a nights among the common people. ⁹ Behold, he lurketh now in some cave or in some other place. And thereto, though some of his men be overthrown at the first brunt, yet they that hear it will think the people that followeth Absalom be put to the worse. ¹⁰ By the reason whereof, the best men thou hast whose hearts are as the hearts of lions, shall shrink thereat. For all Israel knoweth that thy father is a man, and that they which be with him be children of activity. ¹¹ But my counsel is, that all Israel be gathered unto thee, from Dan to Beersheba, as the sand of the sea in number, and that thou go to battle in thine own person. ¹² And we will come upon him in one place or other, where we shalt find him, and we will pitch a field against him, even as thick as the dew falleth on the ground. And there shall not one of them be left, neither he nor any of all that are with him. ¹³ Moreover, if he take a town then shall all the men of Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one stone found upon another." ¹⁴ And Absalom and all the men of Israel said that the counsel of Hushai the Archite was better than the counsel of Ahithophel — For it was even the LORD's determination to destroy the counsel of Ahithophel, which was good, that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.

²¹ And as soon as they were departed, the other came out of the well, and went and told King David and said unto him, "Up, and get you quickly over the water for such counsel hath Ahithophel given." ²² Then David arose and all the people that were with him, and they were come over Jordan by that it was day, that there lacked not one of them that was not come over Jordan. ²³ And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass and arose and gat him home to his own house and to his own city, and put his household in order and hanged himself and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.

⁹ And it chanced Absalom to come before the servants of David riding upon a mule which carried him under the thick boughs of a great oak. And his head caught in the oak, and he was left between heaven and earth, and the mule that was under him went his way.

¹² And the man answered Joab, "Though I had a thousand sicles of silver told in my hand yet would I not stretch out mine hand against the king's son. For we heard with our ears when the king charged thee, Abishai and Ittai, saying, 'Spare me the lad Absalom.'

¹⁴ Then said Joab, "I may not stand tarrying with thee. And therewith he took three spears in his hand and thrust them into the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive on the body of the tree.

²⁸ And Ahimaaz called and said to the king, "Good tidings," and bowed himself to the earth upon his face before the king and said, "Blessed be the LORD thy God which hath shut up all the men that lifted up their hands against my Lord the king."

¹⁹ and said unto him, "Let not my lord impute wickedness unto me, nor let him not remember the wickedness that thy servant did, when my lord the king departed out of Jerusalem that the king should take it to heart.

⁹ And Joab said to Amasa, "Are all things in rest and peace my brother?" And Joab took Amasa by the chin with the right hand, as though he would have kissed him. ¹⁰ And Amasa took no heed to the knife that was in Joab's hand, with which Joab smote him in the short ribs, and shed out his bowels to the ground and smote him but one stroke, and he died. And then Joab and Abishai his brother followed after Sheba the son of Bichri.

¹ And David spake the words of this song unto the LORD, what time the LORD had delivered him out of the hands of all his enemies, and out of the hands of Saul.

⁵ Moreover thou knowest how Joab the son of Zeruiah hath served me, and what he hath done to the two captains of the hosts of Israel — unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether — how he slew them and shed the blood of war in time of peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins and in his shoes that were on his feet. ⁶ Deal with him therefore according to thy wisdom and see that thou bring not his hoar head down to the grave in peace.

¹⁶ And he said, "Fear not, there are more with us than with them."

⁷ "Pluck up your hearts and be strong: Be not afraid or in any wise discouraged for dread of the king of Assyria, and of the great multitude that is with him: for there is one greater with us than with him. ⁸ With him is an arm of flesh: But with us is the LORD our God for to help us and to fight our battles!" And the people were well couraged with the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

⁴ For the arrows of the almighty are in me, whose indignation hath drunk up my spirit, and the terrible fears of God fight against me.

³² He shall perish, before his time be worn out, and his hand shall not be green.

⁷ Behold: though I cry, yet violence is done unto me. I cannot be heard! Though I complain, there is none to give sentence with me.

⁶ For when I ponder and consider this, I am afraid, and my flesh is smitten with fear.

¹⁵ This is the cause, that I shrink at his presence, so that when I consider him I am afraid of him. ¹⁶ For insomuch as he is God, he maketh my heart soft: and seeing that he is Almighty, he putteth me in fear.

⁶ I will not be afraid for ten thousands of the people that have set themselves against me. ⁷ Arise, LORD, and help me, O my God: for thou smitest all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.

¹ {To the Chanter in Neginoth, a Psalm of David} Ponder my words, O LORD; consider my meditation. ² O hearken thou unto the voice of my petition, my King and my God; for unto thee will I make my prayer. ³ My voice shalt thou hear betimes, O LORD. Early in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

⁶ Thou shalt destroy the liars; the LORD will abhor both the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

⁹ For there is no faithfulness in their mouths; they dissemble in their hearts. Their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

¹ {To the Chanter in Neginoth upon Sheminith, a Psalm of David} O LORD, rebuke me not in thine indignation, neither chasten me in thy displeasure.

³ My soul also is sore troubled; but LORD, how long wilt thou punish me?

⁴ if I have rewarded evil unto him that dealt friendly with me, or hurt them that without any cause are mine enemies;

¹⁵ He hath graven and dug up a pit, and is fallen himself into the destruction that he made for others. ¹⁶ For his travail shall come upon his own head, and his wickedness shall fall upon his own head, and his wickedness shall fall on his own pate.

¹⁷ The wicked must be turned unto hell, and all the people that forget God.

⁷ His mouth is full of cursing, deceit and fraud; under his tongue is travail and sorrow.

¹ {To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye then to my soul, that she should flee as a bird unto the hill?

² They talk of vanity every one with his neighbour; they do but flatter with their lips, and dissemble in their double heart.

⁵ "Now, for the comfortless troubles' sake of the needy, and because of the deep sighing of the poor, I will arise," saith the LORD, "and will help them, and set them at rest."

¹ {To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? Forever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me? ² How long shall I seek counsel in my soul, and be so vexed in my heart? How long shall mine enemies triumph over me?

⁸ I have set the LORD always before me; for he is on my righthand. Therefore I shall not fall.

¹ {A Prayer of David} Hear the right, O LORD; consider my complaint, and hearken unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.

⁹ from the ungodly that trouble me. Mine enemies compass me round about, to take away my soul.

⁴ The sorrows of death compassed me, and the overflowings of ungodliness made me afraid. {TYNDALE: For the waves of death have closed me about, and the floods of Belial have feared me.}

⁴ The sorrows of death compassed me, and the overflowings of ungodliness made me afraid. {TYNDALE: For the waves of death have closed me about, and the floods of Belial have feared me.} ⁵ The pains of hell came about me; the snares of death overtook me. {TYNDALE: The cords of hell have compassed me about, and the snares of death have overtaken me.}

² My God, I have put my trust in thee. O let me not be confounded, neither let mine enemies triumph over me.

¹ {A Psalm of David} The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom then should I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom then shall I be afraid? ² When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. ³ Though a host of men were laid against me, yet shall not my heart be afraid; and though there rose up war against me, yet will I put my trust in him.

⁹ O hide not thou thy face from me, nor cast thy servant away in displeasure. Thou hast been my succor; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God my Saviour.

¹² Deliver me not over into the will of mine adversaries; for there are false witnesses risen up against me, and such as imagine mischief.

¹⁴ O tarry thou the LORD's leisure. Be strong, and he shall comfort thine heart; and put thou thy trust in the LORD.

¹ {A Psalm of David} Unto thee will I cry, O LORD, my strength; think no scorn of me, lest, if thou make as though thou hearest not, I become like them that go down into the pit.

³ O pluck me not away, neither destroy me with the ungodly and wicked doers, which speak friendly to their neighbours, but imagine mischief in their hearts.

³ For while I held my tongue, my bones consumed away through my daily complaining.

¹¹ False witnesses are risen up, and lay to my charge things that I know not.

²⁶ Let them be put to confusion and shame together, that rejoice at my trouble: let them be clothed with rebuke and dishonour, that boast themselves against me.

⁵ Commit thy way unto the LORD, set thy hope in him, and he shall bring it to pass.

²⁴ Though he fall, he shall not be hurt, for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.

⁶ I am brought into so great trouble and misery, that I go mourning all the day long.

¹⁶ My desire is that mine enemies triumph not over me; for if my foot slip, they rejoice greatly against me.

⁹ Yea, even mine own familiar friend, whom I trusted, who did also eat my bread, hath lift up his heel against me.

⁴ Now when I think thereupon, I pour out my heart by myself; for I went with the multitude, and brought them forth into the house of God, in the voice of praise and thanksgiving, among such as keep holy-day.

⁶ My God, my soul is vexed within me; therefore I remember the land of Jordan, and the little hill of Hermon.

¹⁰ My bones are smitten asunder as with a sword, while mine enemies that trouble me cast me in the teeth, daily saying unto me, "Where is now thy God?" ¹¹ Why art thou so vexed, O my soul, and why art thou so disquieted within me? O put thy trust in God; for I will yet thank him, which is the help of my countenance, and my God.

² For thou art the God of my strength; why hast thou put me from thee? And why go I so heavily, while the enemy oppresseth me?

¹⁵ And call upon me in the time of trouble; so will I hear thee, and thou shalt praise me."

¹ {To the Chanter, in Neginoth, an instruction of David when the Ziphites came, and said unto Saul: David is hid among us} Save me, O God, for thy name's sake, and avenge me in thy strength. ² Hear my prayer, O God, and hearken unto the words of my mouth ³ For strangers are risen up against me; and tyrants, which have not God before their eyes, seek after my soul. Selah.

² Mine enemies are daily at hand to swallow me up; for they be many that fight against me, O thou Most Highest.

³ He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproof of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and truth. ⁴ I lie with my soul among the cruel lions; even among the children of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

⁹ As a green thorn kindled with fire goeth out before your pots be made hot; even so, let a furious rage bring him to nought.

⁶ Let them go to and fro, and run about the city, howling like dogs. ⁷ Behold, they speak against me with their mouth, and swords are under their lips, for who reproveth them?

¹² For the sin of their mouth, for the words of their lips, and because of their pride, let them be taken. And why? Their preaching is of cursing and lies. ¹³ Consume them in thy wrath; consume them that they may perish, and know that it is God which ruleth in Jacob and in all the world. Selah.

¹³ Consume them in thy wrath; consume them that they may perish, and know that it is God which ruleth in Jacob and in all the world. Selah. ¹⁴ Let them go to and fro, and run about the city, howling like dogs. ¹⁵ Let them run here and there for meat, and grudge when they have not enough.

¹ {To the Chanter, upon Neginoth, of David} Hear my crying, O God, give heed unto my prayer. ² From the ends of the earth will I call unto thee, when my heart is in heaviness. O set me up upon the rock that is higher than I;

² He only is my strength, my salvation, my defense, so that I shall not greatly fall.

⁴ Their device is only how to put him out, whom God will exalt; their delight is in lies. They give good words with their mouth, but curse with their heart. Selah.

⁶ He only is my strength, my salvation, my defense: so that I shall not fall.

⁸ O put your trust in him always, ye people; pour out your hearts before him, for God is our hope. Selah.

⁸ My soul hangeth upon thee; thy righthand upholdeth me.

¹ {To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

³ who have whet their tongue like a sword, and shoot out their arrows, even bitter words,

⁷ But God shall suddenly shoot with a swift arrow, that they shall be wounded.

⁵ Thou shalt show us wonderful things in thy righteousness, O God of our salvation, thou that art the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of them that remain in the broad sea -

¹⁹ But God hath heard me; and considered the voice of my prayer.

²⁰ Thy rebuke breaketh my heart, and maketh me heavy. I look for some to have pity upon me, but there is no man; and for some to comfort me, but I find none.

²² Let their table be made a snare to take themselves withal; and let the things that should have been for their wealth be unto them an occasion of falling. ²³ Let their eyes be blinded, that they see not; and ever bow down their backs. ²⁴ Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful displeasure take hold of them. ²⁵ Let their habitation be void, and no man to dwell in their tents. ²⁶ For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk how they may vex them whom thou hast wounded. ²⁷ Let them fall from one wickedness to another, and not come into thy righteousness. ²⁸ Let them be wiped out of the book of the living, and not be written among the righteous.

¹¹ saying, "God hath forsaken him. Persecute him, and take him, for there is none to help him."

⁵ They come in no misfortune like other folk; neither are they plagued like other men. ⁶ And this is the cause that they be so puffed up in pride, and overwhelmed with cruelty and unrighteousness.

⁸ They corrupt others, and speak blasphemies maliciously; proud and presumptuous are their words.

¹⁸ Namely, how thou hast set them in a slippery places, that thou mayest cast them down headlong and destroy them.

²⁸ But it is good for me to hold me fast by God, to put my trust in the LORD God, and to speak of all thy works in the gates of the daughter of Zion.

³ When I was in heaviness, I thought upon God: when my heart was vexed, then did I speak. Selah.

⁵⁹ When God heard this, he was wroth, and took sore displeasure at Israel,

¹ {To the Chanter, upon Shoshannim, a Psalm of Asaph} Hear, O thou shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Jacob like a flock of sheep; show thyself, thou that sittest upon the Cherubim.

⁴ O LORD God of Hosts, how long wilt thou be angry over the prayer of thy people?

⁸ O LORD God of Hosts, hear my prayer; hearken, O God of Jacob.

⁶ Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer, and ponder the voice of my humble desires.

³ For my soul is full of trouble, and my life draweth nigh unto hell.

¹³ Unto thee have I cried, O LORD, and early shall my prayer come before thee.

¹⁵ I am in misery, and like unto him that is at the point to die; even from my youth up, thy terrors have I suffered with a troubled mind. ¹⁶ Thy wrathful displeasure goeth over me; and the fear of thee hath undone me.

²⁸ My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.

³⁴ My covenant will I not break, nor disannull the thing that is gone out of my lips.

³⁸ But thou hast abhorred and forsaken thine annointed, and art displeased at him.

¹ {A Prayer of Moses the man of God} LORD, thou hast been our refuge, from one generation to another. ² Before the mountains were brought forth, before the earth and the world were made, thou art God from everlasting and world without end.

¹⁵ When he calleth upon me, I shall hear him: Yea I am with him in his trouble; whereout I will deliver him, and bring him to honour.

² To tell of thy loving-kindness early in the morning, and of thy truth in the night season;

³ For my days are consumed away like smoke, and my bones are burnt up as it were a firebrand. ⁴ My heart is smitten down, and withered like grass, so that I forget to eat my bread. ⁵ For the voice of my groaning, my bones will scarce cleave to my flesh.

⁹ I eat ashes with my bread, and mingle my drink with weeping, ¹⁰ and that because of thine indignation and wrath; for thou hast taken me up, and cast me down.

² for the mouth of the ungodly, yea and the mouth of the deceitful is opened upon me, and speak against me with false tongues. ³ They compass me about with words of hatred, and fight against me without a cause. ⁴ For the love that I had unto them, they take now my contrary part; but I give myself unto prayer. ⁵ Thus they reward me evil for good, and hatred for my good will. ⁶ Set an ungodly man to be ruler over him, and let Satan stand at his righthand. ⁷ When sentence is given upon him, let him be condemned; and let his prayer be turned into sin. ⁸ Let his days be few, and his bishoprick let another take. ⁹ Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. ¹⁰ Let his children be vagabonds, and beg their bread; let them seek it also out of desolate places. ¹¹ Let the extortioner consume all that he hath; and let stranger spoil his labour. ¹² Let there be no man to pity him, nor to have compassion on his fatherless children. ¹³ Let his posterity be destroyed; and in the next generation let his name be clean put out. ¹⁴ Let the wickedness of his fathers be had in remembrance in the sight of LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be done away. ¹⁵ Let them be always before the LORD, that he may root out the memorial of them from off the earth; ¹⁶ and that, because his mind was not to do good, but persecuted the poor helpless, and him that was vexed at the heart, to slay him. ¹⁷ His delight was in cursing, and therefore shall it happen unto him; he loved not blessing, therefore shall it be far from him. ¹⁸ He clothed himself with cursing like as with a raiment: yea it went into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones. ¹⁹ Let it be unto him as the cloak that he hath on him, and as the girdle that he is girded withal. ²⁰ Let it thus happen from the LORD unto mine enemies, and to those that speak evil against my soul.

³ The snares of death compassed me round about, the pains of hell got hold upon me.

¹⁰ All nations compassed me round about; but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them. ¹¹ They kept me in, I say, on every side; but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. ¹² They came about me like bees, and are extinguished even as the fire among the thorns; for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

⁶² At midnight stand I up, to give thanks unto thee, because of thy righteous judgments.

¹²⁰ My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.

¹⁴⁷ Early in the morning do I cry unto thee; for in thy word is my trust. ¹⁴⁸ Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might be occupied in thy words.

⁶ My soul hath long dwelt among them that be enemies unto peace. ⁷ I labour for peace; but when I speak unto them thereof, they make them ready to battle.

³ He will not suffer thy foot to be moved, and he that keepeth thee will not sleep.

¹ {A song of the stairs} I was glad when they said unto me, "We will go in to the house of the LORD."

⁹ If I take the wings of the morning, and remain in the uttermost part of the sea,

² Let my prayer be set forth in thy sight as the incense, and let the lifting up of my hands be an evening sacrifice.

⁷ Hear me, O LORD, and that soon, for my spirit waxeth faint; hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the grave.

¹² And of thy goodness scatter mine enemies abroad, and destroy all them that vex my soul; for I am thy servant.

³² for the turning away of the unwise shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall be their own destruction.

³ For the lips of a harlot are a dropping honeycomb, and her throat is softer than oil. ⁴ But at the last she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two edged sword.

⁴ let not thine eyes sleep, nor thine eyelids slumber. ⁵ Save thyself as a doe from the hand, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

²⁷ The fear of the LORD maketh a long life; but the years of the ungodly shall be shortened.

¹⁸ A slanderous person pricketh like a sword; but a wise man's tongue is wholesome.

¹¹ The hell with her pain is known to the LORD; how much more then the hearts of men?

²⁴ An enemy dissembleth with his lips, and in the mean season he imagineth mischief; ²⁵ but when he speaketh fair, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart. ²⁶ Whoso keepeth evil will secretly, to do hurt, his malice shall be showed before the whole congregation.

²⁸ A dissembling tongue hateth one that rebuketh him; and a flattering mouth worketh mischief.

²⁰ Like as hell and destruction are never full, even so the eyes of men can never be satisfied.

¹⁷ be neither too unrighteous also nor too foolish, lest thou die before thy time.

² Keep the king's commandment, I warn thee, and the oath that thou hast made unto God.

¹¹ Because now that evil works are not hastily punished, the heart of man giveth himself over unto wickedness.

³ And much people shall go and say: come, and let us go up to the hill of the LORD and unto the house of the God of Jacob: that he may teach us his ways, and that we may walk in his paths. For out of Zion shall come the law, and the word of God out of Jerusalem.

⁶ And Jerusalem shall be a tabernacle for a shadow because of heat in the daytime, and place and refuge where a man may keep him from weather and rain.

¹⁵ But doth the axe boost itself, against him that heweth therewith? Or doth the saw make any bragging, against him that ruleth it? That were even like as if the rod did exalt itself against him that beareth it: or as though the staff should magnify itself, as who say it were not wood.

¹² Woe be to the multitude of much people, which shall make a sound like the noise of the sea; and the violence of the nations which shall rage like the rushing in of many waters. ¹³ Even like many waters shall the people rage: God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and vanish away like the dust with the wind upon a hill, and as the whirlwind through a storm.

⁴ My heart panted, I trembled for fear. The night of my voluptuousness hath he turned against me into fear.

²⁰ Or which, of all the Gods of the lands, hath delivered their country out of my power, so that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem from my hand?"

¹⁰ "I thought I should have gone to the gates of hell in my best age, and have wanted the residue of my years. ¹¹ I spake within myself, 'I shall never visit the LORD God in this life: I shall never see man among the dwellers of the world. ¹² Mine age is folden up together, and taken away from me, like a shepherd's cottage: my life is hewn off, like as a weaver cutteth off his web. While I was yet taking my rest, he hewed me off, and made an end of me in one day.' ¹³ I thought I would have lived unto the morrow, but he bruised my bones like a lion, and made an end of me in one day. ¹⁴ Then chattered I like a swallow, and like a crane, and mourned as a dove. I lift up mine eyes to the height: 'O LORD,' say I, 'violence is done unto me, be thou surety for me.'

¹⁷ Behold, bitter as gall was my pensiveness: so sore longed I for health. And it was thy pleasure to deliver me from the filthy pit: for thou it is, O Lord, that hath cast all my sins behind thy back.

¹⁰ Therefore, whoso feareth the LORD among you, let him hear the voice of his servant. Who so walketh in darkness, and no light shineth upon him, let him trust in the LORD and hold him by his God.

⁶ Their web maketh no cloth and they may not cover themselves with their labours. Their deeds are the deeds of wickedness, and the work of robbery is in their hands. ⁷ Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood. Their counsels are wicked counsels; harm and destruction are in their ways.

⁷ Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood. Their counsels are wicked counsels; harm and destruction are in their ways. ⁸ But the way of peace they know not. In their goings is no equity, their ways are so crooked that whosoever goeth therein, knoweth nothing of peace. ⁹ And this is the cause that equity is so far from us, and that righteousness cometh not nigh us. We look for light, lo, it is darkness; for the morning shine, see, we walk in the dark. ¹⁰ We grope like the blind upon the wall, we grope even as one that hath none eyes. We stumble at the noonday, as though it were toward night; in the falling places, like men that are half dead. ¹¹ We roar all like Bears, and mourn still like doves. We look for equity, but there is none; for health, but it is far from us.

¹¹ We roar all like Bears, and mourn still like doves. We look for equity, but there is none; for health, but it is far from us. ¹² For our offenses are many before thee, and our sins testify against us. Yea, we must confess that we offend, and acknowledge that we do amiss: ¹³ Namely transgress and dissemble against the LORD, and fall away from our God: using presumptuous and traitorous imaginations, and casting false matters in our hearts. ¹⁴ And therefore is equity gone aside, and righteousness standeth far off; truth is fallen down in the street, and the thing that is plain and open, may not be showed. ¹⁵ Yea, the truth is laid in prison, and he that refraineth himself from evil must be spoiled. When the LORD saw this, it displeased him sore that there was nowhere any equity.

²⁶ For among my people are found wicked persons, that privily lay snares and wait for me, to take them and destroy them. ²⁷ And like as a net is full of birds, so are their houses full of that which they have gotten with falsity and deceit. Hereof cometh their great substance and riches,

⁷ Like as a conduit aboundeth in water, even so this city aboundeth in wickedness. Robbery and unrighteousness is heard in her, sorrow and wounds are ever there in my sight.

² Would God that I had a cottage somewhere far from folk, that I might leave my people, and go from them: for they be all adulterers and a shrinking sort. ³ They bend their tongues like bows, to shoot out lies: As for the truth, they may nothing away with all in the world. For they go from one wickedness to another, and hold nothing of me, sayeth the LORD. ⁴ Yea, one must keep himself from another; no man may safely trust his own brother. For one brother undermineth another, and one neighbour begileth another.

⁴ Yea, one must keep himself from another; no man may safely trust his own brother. For one brother undermineth another, and one neighbour begileth another. ⁵ Yea, one dissesembleth with another, and they deal with no truth. They have practiced their tongues to lie, and taken great pains to do mischief.

¹⁴ I have seen also among the Prophets of Jerusalem foul adultery, and presumptuous lies. They take the most shameful men by the hand, flattering them, so that they cannot return from their wickedness. All these with their citizens are, unto me, as Sodom and as the inhabiters of Gomorrah."

¹² Jeremiah went out of Jerusalem toward the land of Benjamin, to do certain business there among the people.

¹¹ Moab hath ever been rich and careless from her youth up, she hath sitten and taken her ease with her treasure. She was never yet put out of one vessel into another, that is, she never went away into captivity, therefore her taste remaineth, and her savour is not yet changed.

⁸ Though I cry and call piteously, yet heareth he not my prayer.

³⁴ {Lamed} To tread all the prisoners of the earth under his feet. ³⁵ To move the judgment of man before the most highest. ³⁶ To condemn a man in his cause; The LORD hath no pleasure in such things.

¹⁸ they shall gird themselves with sack cloth, fear shall fall upon them. Their faces shall be confounded, and their heads bald;

⁴ and the LORD said unto him, "Go thy way through the city of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of them that mourn and are sorry for all the abominations that be done therein."

¹⁶ As truly as I live, sayeth the LORD God, he shall die at Babylon: in the place where the king dwelleth, that made him king, whose oath he hath despised, and whose covenant he hath broken. ¹⁷ Neither shall Pharaoh, with his great host and multitude of people, maintain him in the war: when they cast up ditches, and set up bulwarks to destroy much people. ¹⁸ For seeing he hath despised the oath, and broken the covenant - whereas he yet gave his hand thereupon - and done all these things, he shall not escape. ¹⁹ Therefore thus sayeth the LORD God: As truly as I live, I will bring mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, upon his own head.

¹ Moreover, the word of the LORD came unto me, and said, ² "Thou son of man, wilt thou not reprove this bloodthirsty city? Show them their abominations, ³ and tell them, 'Thus sayeth the LORD God: O thou city, that sheddest blood in the midst of thee, that thy time may come also: and makest thee Idols to defile thee withal. ⁴ Thou hast made thyself guilty in the blood that thou hast shed, and defiled thee in the Idols, which thou hast made. Thou hast caused thy days to draw nigh, and made the time of thy years to come. Therefore will I make thee to be confounded among the heathen, and to be despised in all the lands. ⁵ Whether they be nigh or far from thee, they shall laugh thee to scorn; thou that hast gotten thee so foul a name, and art full of mischief. ⁶ Behold, the rulers of Israel have brought every man his power, to shed blood in thee. ⁷ In thee have they despised father and mother, in thee have they oppressed the stranger, in thee have they vexed the widow and the fatherless. ⁸ Thou hast despised my Sanctuary, and unhallowed my Sabbath. ⁹ Murderers are there in thee, that shed blood, and eat upon the hills, and in thee they use unhappiness. ¹⁰ In thee have they discovered their fathers' shame, in thee have they vexed women in their sickness. ¹¹ Every man hath dealt shamefully with his neighbour's wife, and abominably defiled his daughter-in-law. In thee hath every man forced his own sister, even his father's daughter. ¹² Yea, gifts have been received in thee to shed blood. Thou hast taken usury and increase, thou hast oppressed thy neighbours by extortion, and forgotten me, sayeth the LORD God.

³¹ These come unto thee, after the manner of a great people: yea, my people sit down before thee, and hear thy words, but they do not thereafter: for in their mouths they show themselves, as though they were fervent, but their heart goeth after their own covetous lucre.

¹⁰ Now when Daniel understood that the writing was made, he went into his house: and the windows of his hall toward Jerusalem stood open. There kneeled he down upon his knees, three times a day: there he made his petition, and praised his God, like as his manner was to do afore time.

¹³ Then answered they, and said unto the king, "Daniel one of the prisoners of Judah, O king, regardeth neither thee nor thy statute that thou hast made, but maketh his petition three times a day."

⁶ They with the imagination of their heart are like an oven, their sleep is all night like the sleep of a baker, in the morning is he as hot as the flame of fire:

¹ Woe unto them that imagine to do harm, and devise ungraciousness upon their beds, to perform it in the clear day: for their power is against God. ² When they covet to have land, they take it by violence; they rob men of their houses. Thus they oppress a man for his house, and every man for his heritage.

² And thou Bethlehem Ephrata, art little among the thousands of Judah: Out of thee shall come one, unto me, which shall be the governour in Israel: whose outgoing hath been from the beginning, and from everlasting.

⁵ Let no man believe his friend, nor put his confidence in a prince. Keep the door of thy mouth, from her that lieth in thy bosom:

¹² At the same time will I seek through Jerusalem with lanterns, and visit them that continue in their dregs, and say in their hearts, "Tush, the LORD will do neither good nor evil."

¹ Woe to the abominable, filthy and cruel city: ² which will not hear, nor be reformed. Her trust is not in the LORD, neither will she hold her to her God. ³ Her rulers within her are as roaring lions: her judges are as wolves in the evening, which leave nothing behind them till the morrow.

²⁵ Therefore I say unto you, be not careful for your life what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, nor yet for your body, what raiment ye shall put on. Is not the life more worth than meat? and the body more of value than raiment?

³¹ Therefore take no thought, saying, 'What shall we eat?' Or. 'What shall we drink?' Or, 'Wherewith shall we be clothed?' ³² After all these things seek the gentiles: For your heavenly father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. ³³ But rather, seek ye first the kingdom of heaven, and the righteousness thereof; and all these things shall be ministered unto you. ³⁴ Care not then for the morrow: but let the morrow care for itself. For the day present hath ever enough of his own trouble.

²⁵ And abundance of rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that same house, and it fell not: because it was grounded on the rock. ²⁶ And whosoever heareth of me these sayings, and doeth them not the same, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: ²⁷ And abundance of rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

²⁸ Come unto me all ye that labor, and are laden, and I will ease you.

³⁷ Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest prophets, and stonest them which are sent to thee: how often would I have gathered thy children together, as the hen gathereth her chicks under her wings? But ye would not. ³⁸ Behold, Your habitation shall be left unto you desolate.

⁴ and held a counsel, how they might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him.

²¹ And as they did eat, he said, "Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me." ²² And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, "Is it I, master?" ²³ He answered and said, "He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me. ²⁴ The son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe be to that man, by whom the son of man shall be betrayed. It had been good for that man, if he had never been born." ²⁵ Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, "Is it I, master?" He said unto him, "Thou hast said."

³⁷ And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to wax sorrowful and to be in agony. ³⁸ Then said Jesus unto them, "My soul is heavy even unto the death. Tarry ye here: and watch with me."

⁴⁷ While he yet spake, Lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came: and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, which were sent from the chief priests and elders of the people. ⁴⁸ And he that betrayed him, gave them a token, saying, "Whosoever I kiss, the same is he: lay hands on him." ⁴⁹ And forthwith-all he came to Jesus, and said, "Hail master." And kissed him. ⁵⁰ And Jesus said unto him, "Friend, wherefore art thou come?" Then came they and laid hands on Jesus and took him.

⁵³ Either thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my father, and he shall give me more than twelve legions of angels?

⁵⁹ The chief priests, and the elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, for to put him to death,

⁴ saying, "I have sinned, betraying the innocent blood." And they said, "What is that to us? see thou to that." ⁵ And he cast down the silver plates in the temple, and departed, and went and hung himself.

⁵ And he cast down the silver plates in the temple, and departed, and went and hung himself.

³⁵ And in the morning, very early, Jesus arose and went out into a solitary place, and there prayed.

⁴⁶ And as soon as he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray.

⁴⁸ and he saw them troubled in rowing, for the wind was contrary unto them. And about the fourth quarter of the night, he came unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.

³³ And he took with him Peter, James, and John, and he began to wax abashed and to be in an agony. ³⁴ And said unto them, "My soul is very heavy even unto the death, tarry here and watch."

⁴⁴ And he that betrayed him had given them a general token, saying, "Whosoever I do kiss, he it is, take him, and lead him away warily." ⁴⁵ And as soon as he was come, he went straightway to him, and said unto him, "Master, master," and kissed him.

¹¹ And they were filled full of madness, and communed one with another, what they might do to Jesus. ¹² And it fortuned in those days, that he went out into a mountain for to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.

²² And he spake unto his disciples, "Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat: Neither for your body, what ye shall put on.

¹ He put forth a similitude unto them, signifying that men ought always to pray, and not to be weary, ² saying, "There was a Judge in a certain city, which feared not God neither regarded man. ³ And there was a certain widow in the same city, which came unto him saying, 'Avenge me of mine adversary.' ⁴ And he would not for a while. But afterward he said unto himself, 'Though I fear not God, nor care for man, ⁵ yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her: lest at the last she come, and hag on me.'" ⁶ And the Lord said, "Hear what the unrighteous judge sayeth. ⁷ And shall not God avenge his elect, which cry night and day unto him? Yea though he defer them:

²⁰ And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves perfect, to take him in his words, and to deliver him unto the power, and authority of the deputy. ²¹ And they asked him saying, "Master, we know that thou sayest, and teachest right, neither considerest thou any man's degree, but teachest the way of God truly.

²¹ "Yet behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me, is with me on the table.

⁴⁴ And he was in agony, and prayed somewhat longer: And his sweat was like drops of blood, trickling down to the ground.

⁴⁷ While he yet spake: behold, there came a company: and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and pressed nigh unto Jesus to kiss him. ⁴⁸ And Jesus said unto him, "Judas, betrayest thou the son of man with a kiss?"

⁴⁵ Then came the ministers to the high priests and Pharisees. And they said unto them, "Why have ye not brought him?" ⁴⁶ The servants answered, "Never man spake as this man doeth." ⁴⁷ Then answered them the Pharisees, "Are ye also deceived? ⁴⁸ Doth any of the rulers, or of the Pharisees, believe on him? ⁴⁹ But the common people which know not the law are accursed." ⁵⁰ Nicodemus said unto them — He that came to Jesus by night and was one of them - ⁵¹ "Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him and know what he hath done?" ⁵² They answered, and said unto him, "Art thou also of Galilee? Search and look, for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet." ⁵³ And every man went unto his own house.

²⁷ My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. ²⁸ And I give unto them eternal life: and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. ²⁹ My father which gave them me, is greater than all men; and no man is able to take them out of my father's hand. ³⁰ And I and my father are one."

²⁷ "Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say, 'Father deliver me from this hour?' But therefore came I unto this hour.

² And when supper was ended, after that, the devil had put in the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him.

¹⁸ "I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: But that the scripture be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.

² Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place, for Jesus oftentimes resorted thither with his disciples. ³ Judas then after he had received a bond of men, and ministers of the high priests, and of the Pharisees, came thither with lanterns, and firebrands, and weapons.

³ Judas then after he had received a bond of men, and ministers of the high priests, and of the Pharisees, came thither with lanterns, and firebrands, and weapons.

²⁸ Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas into the hall of judgment. It was in the morning, and they themselves went not into the judgment hall lest they should be defiled, but that they might eat the paschal lamb.

¹³ When Pilate heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down to give sentence, in a place called the pavement: But in the Hebrew tongue, Gabbatha.

¹⁸ And the same hath now possessed a plot of ground with the reward of iniquity. And when he was hanged, burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out. ¹⁹ And it is known unto all the inhabiters of Jerusalem. Insomuch that that field is called in their mother tongue, Akeldama, that is to say the blood field. ²⁰ It is written in the book of psalms, 'His habitation be void, and no man be dwelling therein,' and, 'His bishoprick let another take.'

²⁵ that the one may take the room of this ministration, and apostleship from the which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place."

³³ Since now that he by the righthand of God exalted is, and hath received of the father the promise of the holy ghost, he hath shed forth that which ye now see and hear. ³⁴ For David is not ascended into heaven, but he said, ³⁵ 'The Lord said to my Lord sit on my right hand, until I make thy foes, thy footstool.' ³⁶ So therefore let all the house of Israel know for a surety, that God hath made the same Jesus whom ye have crucified, Lord and Christ."

¹ Peter and John went up together into the temple at the ninth hour of prayer:

⁵¹ "Ye stiffnecked and of uncircumcised hearts and ears: ye have always resisted the holy ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. ⁵² Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? And they have slain them, which showed before of the coming of that Just, whom ye have betrayed and murdered.

²⁴ But their layings wait was known of Saul. And they watched at the gates day and night to kill him.

³ The same man saw in a vision evidently, about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God coming into him, and saying unto him, "Cornelius."

⁹ On the morrow as they went on their journey and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went upon the top of the house to pray, about the sixth hour.

³⁰ And Cornelius said, "This day now four days I fasted, and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,

¹ In that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the congregation.

⁶ When Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, "Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. Of hope, and of resurrection from death I am judged." ⁷ And when he had so said, there arose a debate between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the multitude was divided. ⁸ For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit. But the Pharisees grant both. ⁹ And there arose a great cry, and the scribes which were of the Pharisees' part arose and strove, saying, "We find none evil in this man. Though a spirit, or an angel hath appeared to him, let us not strive against God." ¹⁰ And when there arose great debate, the captain fearing lest Paul should have been plucked asunder of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him from among them, and to bring him into the castle.

⁸ Brethren, I would not have you ignorant of our trouble, which happened unto us in Asia. For we were grieved out of measure passing strength, so greatly that we despaired even of life. ⁹ Also we received an answer of death in ourselves, and that was done because we should not put our trust in ourselves, but in God, which raiseth the dead to life again - ¹⁰ and which delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver — on whom we trust, that yet hereafter he will deliver us,

¹⁸ and pray always with all manner prayer and supplication — and that in the spirit — and watch thereunto with all instance and supplication for all saints,

⁶ Be not careful: but in all things show your petition unto God in prayer and supplication with giving of thanks. ⁷ And the peace of God which passeth all understanding keep your hearts, and minds in Christ Jesus.

¹⁷ All things are created by him, and in him, and he is before all things, and in him all things have their being.

¹⁵ which as they killed the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, even so have they persecuted us, and God they please not, and are contrary to all men: ¹⁶ and forbid us to preach unto the gentiles, that they might be saved, to fulfill their sins always: For the wrath of God is come on them, even to the utmost.

¹⁷ Pray continually.

⁷ Which in the days of his flesh, did offer up prayers and supplications, with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death: and was also heard, because of his godliness.

⁵ which are kept by the power of God through salvation, which salvation is prepared already to be showed in the last time,

¹² For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord beholdeth them that do evil.

⁷ Cast all your care to him: for he careth for you.

⁴ Little children, ye are of God, and have overcome them: for greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

¹⁰ and they cried with a loud voice saying, "How long tarriest thou Lord holy and true, to judge and to avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?" ¹¹ And long white garments were given unto every one of them. And it was said unto them that they should rest for a little season until the number of their fellows, and brethren, and of them that should be killed as they were, were fulfilled.

¹⁴ And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, times, and half a time, from the presence of the serpent.