1 Samuel 23 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ Then told they David, saying,––Lo! the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and they are plundering the threshing–floors. ² So David enquired of Yahweh, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And Yahweh said unto David––Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah. ³ But the men of David said unto him, Lo! we, here, in Judah, are afraid,––how much more, then, if we go to Keilah, against the ranks of the Philistines? ⁴ So David yet again enquired if Yahweh, and Yahweh answered him,––and said––Arise, go down to Keilah, for I am about to deliver the Philistines into thy hand. ⁵ David therefore went, with his men, to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and drave forth their cattle, and smote them, with a great smiting, so David saved the inhabitants of Keilah. ⁶ Now it came to pass, when Abiathar, son of Ahimelech, fled unto David to Keilah, that he came down with, an ephod, in his hand.
⁷ And, when it was told Saul that David had entered Keilah, Saul said––God hath given him over into my hand, for he hath shut himself in by entering into a city with folding doors and bar. ⁸ So Saul summoned all the people to war,––to go down to Keilah, to besiege David, and his men. ⁹ And David ascertained that, against him, Saul was contriving mischief,––so he said unto Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod. ¹⁰ Then said David: O Yahweh, God of Israel, thy servant, hath heard, that Saul is seeking to come unto Keilah,––to destroy the city, for my sake: ¹¹ Will the owners of Keilah surrender me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O Yahweh, God of Israel, I pray thee, tell thy servant. And Yahweh said––He will come down. ¹² Then said David, Will the owners of Keilah surrender me and my men, into the hand of Saul? And Yahweh said––They will surrender. ¹³ Then arose David and his men, about six hundred, and went forth out of Keilah, and went to and fro, whithersoever they could,––and, unto Saul, it was told that David had escaped out of Keilah, so he forbare to go forth.
¹⁴ Then David abode in the wilderness, in the fortresses, and he abode in the hill country, in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him continually, but God delivered him not into his hand. ¹⁵ Then David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life, David, being in the wilderness of Ziph, in the thicket. ¹⁶ So Jonathan, Saul’s son, arose and went unto David in the thicket,––and strengthened his hand in God; ¹⁷ and said unto him,––Do not fear, for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee, but, thou, shalt become king over Israel, and, I, shall be, next, unto thee, yea and, Saul my father, knoweth this. ¹⁸ And they two solemnised a covenant before Yahweh,––and David remained in the thicket, but, Jonathan, departed to his own house.
¹⁹ Then came up the Ziphites unto Saul in Gibeah, saying,––Is not David hiding himself with us, in the strongholds in the thicket, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the right of Jeshimon? ²⁰ Now, therefore, according to all the desire of thy soul O king, to come down, come! and, ours, [will it be] to surrender him into the hand of the king. ²¹ Then said Saul, Blessed, be ye, of Yahweh,––because ye have taken pity upon me. ²² Go, I pray you, make ready yet further, and get to know and see his place, where may be his track, who hath seen him there,––for it hath been said unto me, Cunning indeed, is, he! ²³ See, then, and get to know––of all the hiding places, where he hideth himself, and return unto me, for certainty, then will I go with you,––and it shall be, if he is in the land, that I will search him out, through all the thousands of Judah. ²⁴ So they arose and departed to Ziph, before Saul,––but, David and his men, were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah, to the right of Jeshimon. ²⁵ Then Saul and his men departed, to seek [him]; but it had been told David, and he had gone down the cliff, and taken up his abode in the wilderness of Maon,––and when Saul had, heard it, he pursued David in the wilderness of Maon. ²⁶ And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and, David and his men, on that side of the mountain,––wherefore David became hurried, to get away from the presence of Saul, but, Saul and his men, were surrounding David and his men, to capture then: ²⁷ when, a messenger, came unto Saul, saying,––Haste thee and come! for the Philistines have spread over the land. ²⁸ Then returned Saul from pursuing David, and departed to meet the Philistines,––for which cause, they called that place Sela–hammahlekoth ["the Cliff of Separation"]. ²⁹ And David went up from thence,––and abode in the strongholds of En–gedi.

⁷ So they returned and came in unto En–mishpat, the same, is Kadish, and smote all the field of the Amalekites,––and the Amorites also, that dwelt in Hazazon–tamar.

²⁴ Peradventure there are fifty righteous, in the midst of the city, Wilt thou really sweep away, and not spare the place, for the sake of the fifty righteous, which are therein?

¹⁴ So Abraham called the name of that place, Yahweh–yireh,––as to which it is still said today, In the mountain of Yahweh, will provision be made.

³ Then will Pharaoh say, of the sons of Israel, Entangled, they are, in the land,––the desert hath closed in upon them.

⁹ Said the foe––I will pursue–overtake, divide spoil,––Take her fill of them––shall my soul, I will bare my sword, root them out––shall my hand.

³⁰ Thus shalt thou place, in the breastpiece for giving sentence, the lights and the perfections, so shall they be upon the heart of Aaron, when he goeth in before Yahweh,––so shall Aaron bear the sentence of the sons of Israel, upon his heart, before Yahweh, continually.
³¹ And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod, wholly of blue;

¹⁶ I also, will do this unto you––I will set over you, for terror, consumption and fever, Causing the eyes to fail, and the soul to pine away,––And ye shall sow, in vain, your seed, for it shall be eaten by your foes.

³⁶ But, when it rested, he said,––Return, O Yahweh! unto the myriads of the thousands of Israel.

²¹ And, before Eleazar the priest, shall he stand, and shall ask by him for the decision of the Lights, before Yahweh,––at the bidding thereof, shall they go out, and, at the bidding thereof, shall they come in––he, and all the sons of Israel with him, even all the assembly.

²⁸ But command thou Joshua, and confirm him and embolden him,––for, he, shall pass over before this people, and, he, shall cause them to inherit the land, which thou shalt see.

⁶ And, when the Levite shall come in out of any of thy gates out of any part of Israel, where he is sojourning,––yea, shall come in with all the desire of his soul, into the place which Yahweh shall choose,

³³ The fruit of thy soil, and all thy toilsome produce, shall a people whom thou knowest not, eat up,––and, thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed, all the days;

⁵¹ then shall he eat the young of thy cattle and the fruit of thy ground, until thou art destroyed, who will not leave for thee corn, new wine or oil, the young of thy kine, or the ewes of thy flock,––until he hath caused thee to perish.

³⁶ For Yahweh will vindicate his people, And, upon his servants, will have compassion,––When he seeth that strength is exhausted, And there is no one shut up or at large,

⁷ Then, ye, shall rise up out of the ambush, and take possession of the city,––and Yahweh your God will deliver it into your hand.

¹⁴ So the men took of their provision,––but, the bidding of Yahweh, had they not asked.

²⁴ Ziph and Talem, and Bealoth,

⁴⁴ and Keilah and Achzib, and Mareshah,––nine cities, with their villages.

⁵⁵ Maon, Carmel, and Ziph and Jutah,

⁶² and Nibshan and the City of Salt, and En–gedi,––six cities, with their villages.

¹ And it came to pass, after the death of Joshua, that the sons of Israel asked of Yahweh, saying,––Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites, first, to make war upon them?

⁴ and encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the land, until thou comest unto Gaza,––neither left they sustenance in Israel, nor sheep nor ox, nor ass;

¹¹ Then came the messenger of Yahweh, and sat down under the oak which was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash, the Abiezrite; and, Gideon his son, was beating out wheat in the winepress, to escape the notice of the Midianites;

³⁹ Then said Gideon unto God, Let not thine anger kindle upon me, but let me speak, only this once,––Let me, I pray thee, put to the proof, only this once, with the fleece, I pray thee, let it be dry on the fleece alone, while, on all the ground, there be dew.

⁷ Then said Yahweh unto Gideon––By the three hundred men that lapped, will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thy hand; and let, all [the rest of] the people, go every man to his own place.

⁸ So he smote them, leg on thigh, with a great smiting,––and went down and dwelt in a cleft of the crag Etam.

² And it was told the Gazites, saying––Samson hath come in hither. So they came round, and lay in wait for him, all the night, in the gate of the city,––but kept themselves quiet all the night, saying, Until the light of the morning, then will we slay him. ³ And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took hold of the doors of the gate of the city, and of the two doorposts, and tare them away, with the bar, and put them on his shoulders,––and carried them up to the top of the hill that faceth Hebron.

² And he said unto his mother––The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken by thee, when, thou, didst utter a curse, and didst also say in my hearing, Lo! the silver, is with me! I took it. Then said his mother, Blessed, be my son by Yahweh.

³ and, Ahijah, son of Ahitub, brother of Ichabod, son of Phinehas, son of Eli, was priest of Yahweh in Shiloh, wearing an ephod,––and, the people, knew not that Jonathan had departed.

¹⁸ Then said Saul unto Ahijah, Bring near the ark of God; for the ark of God was, on that day, in the midst of the sons of Israel.

³⁶ Then said Saul––Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and make of them a prey until the morning light, and let us not leave of them, a man. And they said, All that is good in thine eyes, do! Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God. ³⁷ So Saul asked of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not, that day.

³ And Jonathan and David solemnised a covenant,––because he loved him as his own soul.

¹² So Michal let down David, through the window, and he departed and fled, and escaped.

¹² Then said Jonathan unto David––Witness [be] Yahweh God of Israel, that I will sound my father about this time tomorrow or the third day, and lo! if there he good towards David, will I not, then, send unto thee, and unveil thine ear? ¹³ So, let Yahweh do unto Jonathan, and, so, let him add––when harm against thee seemeth good unto my father, then will I unveil thine ear, and let thee go, and thou shall depart in peace,––then Yahweh be with thee, as he hath been with my father. ¹⁴ And, not only while I yet live, shalt thou deal with me in the lovingkindness of Yahweh, that I die not: ¹⁵ but thou shalt not cut off thy lovingkindness from my house, unto times age–abiding,––no! not when Yahweh hath cut off the enemies of David, every one from off the face of the ground. ¹⁶ Thus Jonathan solemnised a covenant with the house of David [saying], ––So let Yahweh require it, at the hand of the enemies of David. ¹⁷ And again Jonathan sware unto David, by his love to him,––for, as he loved his own soul, so loved he him.

³¹ For, as long as, the son of Jesse, liveth on the ground, thou wilt not be established, thou nor thy kingdom, Now, therefore, send and fetch him unto me, for, doomed to death, is he!

³⁸ And Jonathan cried after the lad, Haste thee––be quick, do not stay! so Jonathan’s lad picked up the arrows and brought [them] unto his master.

⁴² Then said Jonathan unto David––Go in peace,––[remembering] that, we, have both sworn in the name of Yahweh, saying, Yahweh shall be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed, unto times age–abiding. And he arose, and departed,––and, Jonathan, entered the city.

² And there gathered themselves unto him––every one that was in distress, and every one that had a creditor, and every one embittered in soul, and he came to be over them as a prince,––and there were with him, about four hundred men.

⁷ then said Saul unto his servants who were stationed by him––Hear, I pray you, ye Benjamites! What! even to all of you, will the son of Jesse give fields and vineyards? All of you, will he appoint to be princes of thousands, and princes of hundreds? ⁸ That ye have conspired, all of you, against me, and there is none to uncover mine ear as to the covenanting of my son with the son of Jesse? And none from among you that taketh pity upon me, and that uncovereth mine ear [to this], ––that, mine own son, hath stirred up, my servants, against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

⁸ That ye have conspired, all of you, against me, and there is none to uncover mine ear as to the covenanting of my son with the son of Jesse? And none from among you that taketh pity upon me, and that uncovereth mine ear [to this], ––that, mine own son, hath stirred up, my servants, against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

¹⁹ Nob also, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings,––and oxen and asses and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
²⁰ But there escaped one son of Ahimelech, son of Ahitub, whose, name, was Abiathar,––and he fled after David.

⁴ So David yet again enquired if Yahweh, and Yahweh answered him,––and said––Arise, go down to Keilah, for I am about to deliver the Philistines into thy hand.

⁶ Now it came to pass, when Abiathar, son of Ahimelech, fled unto David to Keilah, that he came down with, an ephod, in his hand.
⁷ And, when it was told Saul that David had entered Keilah, Saul said––God hath given him over into my hand, for he hath shut himself in by entering into a city with folding doors and bar. ⁸ So Saul summoned all the people to war,––to go down to Keilah, to besiege David, and his men. ⁹ And David ascertained that, against him, Saul was contriving mischief,––so he said unto Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod. ¹⁰ Then said David: O Yahweh, God of Israel, thy servant, hath heard, that Saul is seeking to come unto Keilah,––to destroy the city, for my sake: ¹¹ Will the owners of Keilah surrender me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O Yahweh, God of Israel, I pray thee, tell thy servant. And Yahweh said––He will come down. ¹² Then said David, Will the owners of Keilah surrender me and my men, into the hand of Saul? And Yahweh said––They will surrender.

¹² Then said David, Will the owners of Keilah surrender me and my men, into the hand of Saul? And Yahweh said––They will surrender.

¹⁴ Then David abode in the wilderness, in the fortresses, and he abode in the hill country, in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him continually, but God delivered him not into his hand. ¹⁵ Then David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life, David, being in the wilderness of Ziph, in the thicket.

²⁰ Now, therefore, according to all the desire of thy soul O king, to come down, come! and, ours, [will it be] to surrender him into the hand of the king.

²³ See, then, and get to know––of all the hiding places, where he hideth himself, and return unto me, for certainty, then will I go with you,––and it shall be, if he is in the land, that I will search him out, through all the thousands of Judah.

²⁶ And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and, David and his men, on that side of the mountain,––wherefore David became hurried, to get away from the presence of Saul, but, Saul and his men, were surrounding David and his men, to capture then:

²⁸ Then returned Saul from pursuing David, and departed to meet the Philistines,––for which cause, they called that place Sela–hammahlekoth ["the Cliff of Separation"].

¹ And it came to pass, when Saul had returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying: Lo! David is in the wilderness of En–gedi.

⁴ So David’s men said unto him––Lo! the day of which Yahweh said unto thee––Lo! I am about to deliver up thine enemy, into thy hand: therefore shall thou do unto him, as shall be good in thine eyes. And David arose, and cut off the corner of the robe which belonged to Saul, by stealth. ⁵ And it came to pass afterwards that David’s heart smote him,––because he had cut off the corner [of the robe] which belonged to Saul. ⁶ And he said unto his men––Far be it from me, of Yahweh, that I should do this thing unto my lord, unto the Anointed of Yahweh, to thrust forth my hand against him,––for, the Anointed of Yahweh, is he!

²⁰ Now, therefore, lo! I know that thou, shalt indeed become king,––and that the kingdom of Israel, shall be established in thy hand.

² Now there was, a man, in Maon, whose cattle were in Carmel, and, the man, was exceeding great, and, he, had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats,––and so it was, that he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

¹³ Then said David unto his men––Gird on you every man his sword. And they girded on them, every man his sword, and, David also, girded on his sword,––and there went up after David––about four hundred men, and, two hundred, abode by the stores.

¹ And the Ziphites came unto Saul in Gibeah, saying,––Is not David hiding himself in the hill of Hachilah, overlooking Jeshimon?

³ And Saul encamped in the hill of Hachilah, which overlooketh Jeshimon, by the way,––but, David, was staying in the wilderness, so he saw that Saul was coming after him into the wilderness.

⁸ Then said Abishai unto David, God hath surrendered, today, thine enemy, into thy hand: Now, therefore, let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear to the earth, at one stroke, I, will not do it twice. ⁹ But David said unto Abishai, Do not destroy him,––for who that hath thrust forth his hand against the Anointed of Yahweh, shall be guiltless?

¹ And David said, unto his own heart, Now, shall I be swept off, in a single day, by the hand of Saul,––there is nothing for me better than that I, escape, into the land of the Philistines, so shall Saul give up seeking for me any more, in any of the bounds of Israel, so shall I escape out of his hand.

⁶ Then Saul enquired of Yahweh, but Yahweh answered him not,––neither by Dreams, nor by the Lights, nor by prophets.

⁶ And David was in sore distress, for the people had spoken of stoning him, because the souls of all the people were embittered, every man for his own sons and for his own daughters,––but David emboldened himself in Yahweh his God.
⁷ Then said David to Abiathar the priest, son of Ahimelech, Do bring near me, I pray thee, the ephod. So Abiathar brought near the ephod, unto David. ⁸ And David enquired of Yahweh, saying, Shall I pursue this troop? shall I overtake it? And he said unto him: Pursue, for thou shalt, overtake, and thou shalt, rescue. ⁹ So David went, he, and the six hundred men, who were with him, and they came in as far as the ravine of Besor,––where, they who had to be left behind, stayed. ¹⁰ But David pursued, he. and four hundred men,––but the two hundred men stayed, because they were too wearied to cross over the ravine of Besor.

²¹ Then said Abner unto David––I will verily arise and go, and gather together unto my lord the king, all Israel––that they may solemnise with thee a covenant, so shalt thou reign over all that thy soul desireth. And David let Abner go, and he departed in peace.

¹⁹ So then David enquired of Yahweh, saying,––Shall I go up against the Philistines? Wilt thou deliver them into my hand? And Yahweh said unto David––Go up; for I, will surely deliver, the Philistines into thy hand.

²³ So David enquired of Yahweh, and he said––Thou shalt not go up,––Get round behind them, and come in upon them, over against the mulberry–trees.

¹ And David said, Is there yet one left unto the house of Saul,––that I may show him lovingkindness, for the sake of, Jonathan?

¹⁴ Then said David, to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem––Arise and let us flee, or we shall have no way of escape from the face of Absolom,––make speed to depart, lest he make speed, and so overtake us, and bring down misfortune upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.

²⁰ Only yesterday, camest thou, and, today, shall I let thee wander with us, on our journey, seeing that, I, am going, whithersoever I may? Return and take back thy brethren with thee, and may Yahweh deal with thee in lovingkindness and faithfulness.

¹¹ Therefore I counsel––that there be a general gathering together unto thee of all Israel, from Dan even unto Beer–sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude,––and that, thine own presence, be going on in their midst. ¹² So shall we come upon him in some place where he hath been found, yea, we, shall be upon him, as when the dew falleth upon the ground,––and there shall not be left of him, or of the men that are with him, so much as one. ¹³ But, if, into a city, he withdraw, then will all Israel bring up unto that city, ropes,––and we will drag it down unto the ravine, until there be not found in that place, so much as a small stone.

²¹ And it came to pass, after those had gone, that these came up out of the well, and went, and told King David,––and said unto David,––Arise ye and pass quickly over the water, for, thus and thus, hath Ahithophel counselled against you.
²² So David arose, and all the people who were with him, and passed over the Jordan, by the morning light, so much as one, was not lacking, who had not passed over the Jordan.

⁷ But the king had pity upon Mephibosheth, son of Jonathan, Saul’s son,––because of the oath of Yahweh that was between them, between David and Jonathan, Saul’s son.

¹⁰ By the life of Yahweh thy God, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee, and, when they have said––Nay! he hath taken an oath of the kingdom or the nation, that no one could find thee;

¹¹ So the men of his city, the elders and the nobles who dwelt in his city, did just as Jezebel had sent unto them,––as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them: ¹² they proclaimed a fast,––and caused Naboth to sit at the head of the people. ¹³ Then came in the two reckless men, and sat before him, and the men bare witness against him, even against Naboth, before the people, saying, Naboth hath reviled God and king! So they carried him forth, outside the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died. ¹⁴ Then sent they unto Jezebel, saying,––Naboth is stoned and is dead.

¹⁸ And, this being a small thing in the eyes of Yahweh, he will deliver Moab into your hand;

⁵ So he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, and the elders, and the foster–parents sent unto Jehu, saying––Thy servants, we are! and, all that thou shalt say unto us, will we do,––we will make no man king, whatsoever is good in thine own eyes, do! ⁶ Then wrote he unto them a second letter, saying––If, mine, ye are, and, unto my voice, ye intend to hearken, take ye the heads of the men who are sons of your lord, and come in unto me about this time tomorrow, in Jezreel. Now, the sons of the king, seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, who had been bringing them up. ⁷ And it came to pass, when the letter reached them, that they took the sons of the king, and slew them, seventy persons,––and put their heads in baskets, and sent unto him to Jezreel.

⁹ And when he heard say of Tirhakah, king of Ethiopia, saying, Lo! he hath come forth to fight with thee,––then he again sent messengers unto Hezekiah, saying––

¹⁰ Then David asked of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into my hand? And Yahweh said to him, Go up, and I will deliver them into thy hand.

¹³ And the Philistines yet again spread themselves out in the vale.

² And there came [some] and told Jehoshaphat, saying, There is coming against thee, a great multitude from beyond the sea, from Syria,––and lo! they are in Hazazon–tamar, the same, is Engedi.

¹² O our God, wilt thou not bring judgment upon them, seeing that there is, in us, no strength, before this great multitude, that is coming against us,––we, therefore, know not what we shall do, but, unto thee, are our eyes.

¹⁸ Then told I them, of the hand of my God, that, it, had been good upon me, as also of the words of the king, which he had spoken unto me,––so they said, We will arise and build! and they strengthened their hands right well.

¹⁷ after him, repaired, the Levites, Rehum son of Bani,––at his hand, repaired, Hashabiah, ruler of the half–circuit of Keilah, for his circuit; ¹⁸ after him, repaired, their brethren, Bavvai son of Henadad,––ruler of the [other] half–circuit of Keilah;

⁶ but, it was contemptible in his eyes, to thrust forth a hand on Mordecai alone, for they had told him of the people of Mordecai,––and Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout all the kingdom of Ahasuerus, the people of Mordecai.

³ Lo! thou hast admonished many, and, slack hands, hast thou been wont to uphold: ⁴ Him that was stumbling, have thy words raised up, and, sinking knees, hast thou strengthened.

¹¹ Setting the lowly on high, and, mourners, are uplifted to safety; ¹² Who doth frustrate the schemes of the crafty, that their hands cannot achieve abiding success; ¹³ Who captureth the wise in their own craftiness, yea the headlong counsel of the crooked:

¹³ Who captureth the wise in their own craftiness, yea the headlong counsel of the crooked: ¹⁴ By day, they encounter darkness, and, as though it were night, they grope at high noon. ¹⁵ But he saveth from the sword, out of their mouth, and, out of the hand of the strong, the needy.

⁵ I could make you determined, by my mouth, and then my lip–solace should restrain you.

⁵ That, the joy–shout of the lawless, is short, and, the rejoicing of the impious, for a moment?

³ For the lawless one hath boasted over the longing of his soul, and, the robber, hath blasphemed Yahweh.

¹ [To the Chief Musician. David’s.]
In Yahweh, have I sought refuge. How can ye say to my soul, Flee to a mountain like a little bird;

¹ [To the Chief Musician. David’s.]
In Yahweh, have I sought refuge. How can ye say to my soul, Flee to a mountain like a little bird; ² For lo! the lawless, bend the bow They have fixed their arrow upon the string, To shoot in the darkness at the upright in heart: ³ When the pillars are overthrown, What could, a righteous man, do?

⁹ From the face of lawless ones who have treated me with violence, the foes of my soul, who come round against me:

¹¹ As for our own goings, now, have they surrounded us,––Their eyes, they fix, bending to the earth:

¹² Many bulls have surrounded me, Strong oxen of Bashan, have enclosed me;

¹⁶ For dogs have surrounded me,––An assembly of evil doers, have encircled me, They have pierced my hands and my feet,

¹ [David’s.]
Yahweh, is my light and my salvation, Of whom shall I be afraid? Yahweh, is the refuge of my life, Of whom shall I be in dread? ² When there drew near against me evil–doers to devour my flesh, mine adversaries, and mine enemies––mine!––they, stumbled and fell! ³ Though there pitch against me––a camp, my heart shall not fear,––Though there come up against me––a battle, still, am I confident.

⁸ And hast not shut me up in the hand of the foe, Thou hast given standing, in a roomy place, unto my feet.

²² But, I, had said in mine alarm, I am cut off from before thine eyes,––But, indeed, thou didst hear the voice of my supplication, when I cried for help unto thee.

⁷ Thou, art a hiding–place for me, From distress, wilt thou preserve me,––With shouts of deliverance, wilt thou compass me about. [Selah.] ⁸ I will make thee discreet, I will point out to thee the way which thou must go, I will fix upon thee mine eye.

³² The lawless man, lieth in wait, for the just, and seeketh to put him to death: ³³ Yahweh, will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him, when he is judged.

¹ [To the Chief Musician. For the Sons of Korah, on Alamoth. A Song.]
God––for us, is a refuge and strength, A help in distresses, soon found. ² For this cause, will we not fear, Though the earth showeth change, Or the mountains slip into the heart of the seas:

¹⁵ Call upon me, then, in the day of distress, I will deliver thee, that thou mayest glorify me.

¹ [To the Chief Musician: with Stringed Instruments. A Psalm of Instruction, of David. When the Ziphites came and said unto Saul, Is not, David, hiding himself, with us?]
O God! by thine own Name, save me, And, by thine own strength, wilt thou vindicate me? ² O God! Hear my prayer, Give ear to the sayings of my mouth; ³ For, aliens, have risen up against me, And, men of violence, have sought my life, They have not set God before them. [Selah.]

³ For, aliens, have risen up against me, And, men of violence, have sought my life, They have not set God before them. [Selah.]

³ For, aliens, have risen up against me, And, men of violence, have sought my life, They have not set God before them. [Selah.]
⁴ Lo! God, is bringing me help, My Lord, is with the upholders of my life;

⁴ Lo! God, is bringing me help, My Lord, is with the upholders of my life; ⁵ Let him turn back the mischief upon mine adversaries, In thy faithfulness, destroy them! ⁶ With a freewill–offering, will I sacrifice unto thee, I will praise thy Name, O Yahweh, for it is good; ⁷ For, out of all distress, hath he rescued me,––And, upon my foes, hath, mine own eye, looked.

¹ [To the Chief Musician. On Jeduthun––A Melody of David.]
Surely, towards God, silence [becometh] my soul, From him, is my salvation:

¹⁰ For mine enemies have spoken of me, And, they who watch for my life, have taken counsel together; ¹¹ Saying, God, hath forsaken him, Pursue and take him, For there is none to rescue.

¹ He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High, Under the shadow of the Almighty, will tarry, ² Saying of Yahweh––My refuge and my fortress, My God, in whom I will trust.

¹⁰ The lawless one, shall see, and be indignant, his teeth, will he gnash and melt away, The craving of the lawless, shall vanish.

³ The meshes of death encompassed me, and the distresses of hades, came upon me, Peril and sorrow, I found;

⁸ It is, better to seek refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man:

¹¹ They have compassed me about––yea compassed me about, In the Name of Yahweh, surely I will make them be circumcised; ¹² They have compassed me about like wax bees, they have blazed up like the fire of thorns, In the Name of Yahweh, surely I will make them be circumcised. ¹³ Thou didst, thrust sore, at me that I might fall, But, Yahweh, hath helped me.

¹ [To the Chief Musician. A Melody of David.]
Rescue me, O Yahweh, from the men of mischief, From the men of violence, wilt thou preserve me: ² Who have devised mischiefs in their [heart], Every day, do they stir up wars: ³ They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent,––The poison of the asp, is under their lips. [Selah.] ⁴ Keep me, O Yahweh, from the hands of the lawless one, From the man of violence, wilt thou preserve me,––who have devised, to thrust at my steps: ⁵ The proud have hidden a snare for me, and, cords, have they spread as a net beside the track, Snares, have they set for me. [Selah.] ⁶ I have said unto Yahweh, My GOD, thou art! Give ear, O Yahweh, unto the voice of my supplications. ⁷ O Yahweh, My Lord, my saving strength, thou hast screened my head in the day of battle.
⁸ Do not grant, O Yahweh, the desires of the lawless one, his device, do not promote, They would exalt themselves. [Selah.] ⁹ As for the head of them who surround me, Let the mischief of their lips cover them:

¹⁶ For, their feet, to mischief, do run, and haste to the shedding of blood.

⁵ Trust thou in Yahweh, with all thy heart, and, unto thine own understanding, do not lean: ⁶ In all thy ways, acknowledge him, and, he, will make straight thy paths.

¹⁶ For they sleep not, unless they can do mischief,––They rob themselves of their sleep, if they cannot cause someone to stumble,

²³ The desire of the righteous, is only good, the expectation of the lawless, is wrath.

²⁶ In the reverence of Yahweh, is strong security, and, his children, shall have a place of refuge.

²¹ Many are the devices in a man’s heart, but, the counsel of Yahweh, that, shall stand.

³⁰ There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel, to confront Yahweh.

⁹ Oil and perfume, rejoice the heart, the sweetness of one’s friend, more than fragrant wood.

¹⁷ Let, iron, by iron, become sharp, and let, a man, sharpen the face of his friend.

¹⁵ A growling lion, and a ranging bear, is a lawless ruler, over a poor people.

¹² When a ruler giveth heed to the word of falsehood, all his attendants, become lawless.

²⁶ Many, seek the face of a ruler, but, from Yahweh, is the sentence of each one.

⁹ Better are two, than one,––in that they have a good reward for their toil. ¹⁰ For, if the one should fall, [the other] would raise up his companion,––but alas! for him who is alone when he falleth, with no second to raise him up! ¹¹ Moreover, if two lie together, then have they warmth,––but how can, one, have warmth? ¹² And, though an enemy should prevail against one, two, might make a stand before him,––and, a threefold cord, cannot soon be broken.

¹⁴ A little city, and men therein few,––and there came against it a great king, and surrounded it, and built against it large siege–works; ¹⁵ but there was found therein, a man, poor [but] wise, and, he, delivered the city by his wisdom,––yet, no one, remembered that poor man.

¹⁴ A cluster of henna, is my beloved to me, in the vineyards of En–gedi.

¹⁵ Alas! for them who would fain have been too deep for Yahweh, by giving secret counsel,––and therefore, in the dark, have been their doings, and they have said, Who, can see us? and,––Who, can understand us?

³ Strengthen ye the weak hands,––The trembling knees, make ye firm: ⁴ Say to the hurried in heart, Be strong, Do not fear,––Lo! your God, with avenging, doth come, With the recompence of God, He, doth come to save you.

¹⁰ Do not fear, for, with thee, I am! Look not around, for, I, am thy God,––I have emboldened thee, Yea I have helped thee, Yea I have upheld thee, with my righteous, right–hand.

¹⁴ Do not fear, Thou worm Jacob, Ye men of Israel,––I, have become thy helper, Declareth Yahweh, And thy redeemer, The Holy One of Israel.

¹⁷ No instrument formed against thee, shall prosper, And, every tongue that riseth against thee in judgment, shalt thou prove to be lawless,––This, is the inheritance of the servants of Yahweh, And, their righteousness, is, from me, Declareth Yahweh.

⁵ Hear the word of Yahweh, ye who care anxiously for his word: Said your brethren, Who hated you, Who thrust you out for my Name’s sake, Yahweh be glorified! Therefore shall he appear to your rejoicing, But, they, shall turn pale.

²³ I know, O Yahweh, That, not to a son of earth, pertaineth his own path,––Not, to the man who walketh, also to direct his own steps.

¹⁸ Now, when, Yahweh, let me know, and I did know, then, didst thou shew me their doings. ¹⁹ But, I, was as a gentle lamb that is to be led to the slaughter,––and I knew not that, against me, they had devised devices, [saying]––Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, Yea let us cut him off out of the land of the living, And, his name, shall be remembered no more!

⁵ If, with the footmen, thou hast run, and they have wearied thee, How then wilt thou hotly contend, with horses? Though, in a safe land, thou, art confident, Yet how wilt thou deal with the proud banks of the Jordan?

³ Call unto me, that I may answer thee,––and tell thee things great and inaccessible, which thou hast not known.

²⁶ Then did the king command Jerahmeel son of the king, and Seraiah son of Azriel, and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to fetch Baruch the scribe, and Jeremiah the prophet,––but Yahweh had hid, them.

²² Because of the paining of the heart of the righteous man with falsehood, whom, I, have not pained,––And strengthening the hands of the lawless man, that he should not turn from his wicked way, by letting him live.

¹⁰ And it shall come to pass that there shall stand by it fishers, from En–gedi even unto En–eglaim, places for spreading out nets, shall they be,––after their kind, shall be their fish, like the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.

¹¹ Her heads, for a bribe, pronounce sentence, and, her priests, for a price, give direction, and, her prophets, for silver, divine,––yet, on Yahweh, they lean, saying, Is not, Yahweh, in our midst? there shall not come upon us, calamity.

² Thou, therefore, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though, little, to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee, shall Mine come forth, to be ruler in Israel,––whose comings forth, have been from of old, from the days of age–past time.

¹⁵ Thou, shalt sow, but shalt not reap,––thou, shalt tread the olive, but shalt not anoint thee with oil, also the grape, but shalt not drink the wine.

⁷ Be asking, and it shall be given you, Be seeking, and ye shall find,––Be knocking, and it shall be opened unto you. ⁸ For, whosoever asketh, receiveth, and, he that seeketh, findeth,––and, to him that knocketh, shall it be opened.

¹ Now it was the Passover and the Unleavened [cakes], after two days. And the High–priests and Scribes were seeking, how, with guile, they might secure, and lay him;

¹⁰ And, Judas Iscariot, who was one of he twelve, went away unto the High–priests, that, him, he might deliver up unto them. ¹¹ Now, when they heard, they rejoiced, and promised to give him, silver; and he was seeking how, at a favourable opportunity, he might, deliver him up.

³² Be not afraid, the dear little flock! for your Father delighteth to give you, the kingdom.

⁴³ Because days will have come upon thee, that thine enemies will throw around a rampart against thee, and enclose thee; and hem thee in from every side,–– ⁴⁴ And will level thee with the ground, and thy children within thee, and will not leave, stone on stone, within thee: because thou didst not get to know the season of thy visitation.

³² But, I, have entreated for thee, that thy faith may not fail. And, thou, once thou hast turned, strengthen thy brethren.

⁴³ [And there appeared unto him a messenger from heaven, strengthening him,––

² Now, Judas also, who was delivering him up, knew the place: because, oft, had Jesus been gathered there, with his disciples. ³ Judas, therefore, receiving the band, and officers, from among the High–priests and [from among] the Pharisees, cometh thither, with lights and torches and weapons.

³⁹ But, if it is, of God, ye will not be able to overthrow them: lest once, even fighters against God, ye be found.

²⁴ But their plot was made known unto Saul,––and they were even narrowly watching the gates, both day and night, that they might kill him;

⁶ They became aware of it, and fled unto the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the surrounding country;

¹⁶ But Paul’s sister’s son hearing of the lying–in–wait, happening to be near, and coming into the castle,––reported it unto Paul. ¹⁷ And Paul, calling unto him one of the centurions, said––This young man, lead thou away unto the captain, for he hath somewhat to report unto him. ¹⁸ He, therefore, taking him with him, brought him unto the captain, and saith––The prisoner Paul, calling me unto him, requested me to bring this young man unto thee, as having somewhat to tell thee.

¹⁶ And, when we entered into Rome, Paul was suffered to abide by himself, with the soldier that guarded him.

¹⁵ Swift, are their feet to shed blood; ¹⁶ Destruction and misery, are in their ways,

³¹ What, then, shall we say to a these things? If God [is] for us, who [shall be] against us?

²⁴ As soon as I am journey to Spain,––I am hoping, in fact, when journeying through to get sight of you, and by you to be set forward thither,––if, with your company, I have first in some measure been satisfied.

⁸ For we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, as to our tribulation which happened in Asia,––that, exceedingly, beyond power, were we weighed down, so that we despaired, even of life.

¹⁰ For the rest, be empowering yourselves in the Lord, and in the grasp of his might:

¹ Thou, therefore, my child, be empowering thyself in the favour that is in Christ Jesus,

¹¹ persecutions, sufferings, what manner of things, befell me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra, what manner of persecutions, I endured,––and, out of all, the Lord, rescued me; ––

¹⁷ But, the Lord, stood by me, and empowered me, in order that, through me, the proclamation, might be fully made, and, all the nations, might hear; and I was delivered out of the mouth of a lion:–– ¹⁸ The Lord will rescue me from every wicked work, and will bring me safe into his heavenly kingdom: unto whom be the glory, unto the ages of ages. Amen.

¹³ And there is, no created thing, can be secreted before him, but, all things, are naked and exposed to his eyes:––as to whom is, our discourse.

¹² Wherefore, the slackened hands and paralysed knees, restore ye, ¹³ And, straight tracks, be making for your feet––that the lame member may not be dislocated, but, be healed rather.

⁶ So that, taking courage, we may be saying––The Lord, hasteth to my cry,––I will not be put in fear: what shall, man, do unto me?

¹⁶ And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the river which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

⁹ And they came up over the breadth of the land, and surrounded the camp of the saints, and the beloved city. And there came down fire out of heaven, and devoured them;