Psalms 135 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ Praise ye Yah, Praise ye the Name of Yahweh, Praise, O ye servants of Yahweh; ² Who stand In the house of Yahweh, In the courts of the house of our God. ³ Praise ye Yah, For good is Yahweh, Sing praises to his Name, For it is full of delight; ⁴ For, Jacob, hath Yah chosen for himself, Israel, for his own treasure.
⁵ For, I, know that great is Yahweh, yea, our Lord, is beyond all gods. ⁶ Whatsoever Yahweh hath pleased, he hath done,––in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas, and all resounding deeps: ⁷ Causing vapours to ascend from the end of the earth,––Lightnings for the rain, hath he made, bringing forth wind out of his treasuries. ⁸ Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man, and of beast; ⁹ Sent signs and wonders into thy midst, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants. ¹⁰ Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings: ¹¹ Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan; ¹² And gave their land as an inheritance, an inheritance to Israel his people. ¹³ O Yahweh! thy Name, is age–abiding,––O Yahweh! thy memorial, is to generation after generation. ¹⁴ For Yahweh will vindicate his people,––and, on his servants, have compassion.
¹⁵ The idols of the nations, are silver and gold, the work of the hands of men: ¹⁶ A mouth, have they, but they speak not, Eyes, have they, but they see not; ¹⁷ Ears, have they, but they hear not, Nose,––there is no breath in their mouth. ¹⁸ Like unto them, shall be they who make them, every one who trusteth in them. ¹⁹ O house of Israel! bless Yahweh, O house of Aaron! bless Yahweh; ²⁰ O house of Levi! bless Yahweh, Ye that revere Yahweh! bless Yahweh. ²¹ Blessed be Yahweh out of Zion, Who inhabiteth Jerusalem, Praise ye Yah!

⁵ Now, no bush of the field, as yet––was in the earth, and, no herb of the field, as yet had sprung up,––because Yahweh God had not sent rain on the earth, and, man, was there none to till the ground; ⁶ but, a vapour, went up from the earth,––and watered all the face of the ground.

¹⁵ And God said yet further unto Moses––Thus, shalt thou say unto the sons of Israel, Yahweh, God of your fathers, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you. This, is my name to times age–abiding, And, this, my memorial to generation after generation.

¹ Then said Yahweh unto Moses––See! I have appointed thee to be God unto Pharaoh,––and, Aaron thy brother, shall be thy prophet! ² Thou, shalt speak all that which I may command thee, and, Aaron thy brother, shall speak unto Pharaoh, and he shall let the sons of Israel go out of his land. ³ But, I, will suffer Pharaoh to harden his heart,––so will I multiply my signs and my wonders, in the land of Egypt. ⁴ And Pharaoh will not hearken unto you, so will I lay my hand on Egypt,––and bring forth my hosts––my people, the sons of Israel, out of the land of Egypt, with great judgments. ⁵ And the Egyptians shall know that, I, am Yahweh, when I have stretched forth my hand over Egypt,––and brought forth the sons of Israel out of their midst. ⁶ And Moses and Aaron did [so], ––as Yahweh commanded them, so, did they. ⁷ Now, Moses, was eighty years old, and, Aaron, eighty–three years old,––when they spake unto Pharaoh.
⁸ And Yahweh spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying: ⁹ When Pharaoh shall speak unto you saying, Shew for yourselves a wonder, then shalt thou say unto Aaron, Take thy staff, and cast it down before Pharaoh, let it become a sea–serpent. ¹⁰ So Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and did so, as Yahweh had commanded,––and Aaron cast down his staff before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a sea–serpent. ¹¹ Then called Pharaoh also for the wise men and for the magicians,––and, they too, the sacred scribes of Egypt with their secret arts, did in like manner; ¹² yea they cast down each man his staff, and they became sea–serpents,––but Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staves. ¹³ Then waxed bold the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them,––as spake Yahweh.
¹⁴ Then said Yahweh unto Moses, Dull, is the heart of Pharaoh,––he hath refused to let the people go. ¹⁵ Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning––lo! he is coming out to the waters, therefore shalt thou station thyself to meet him, on the bank of the river,––and, the staff which was turned into a serpent, shalt thou take in thy hand.

¹² I will pass along, therefore, throughout the land of Egypt, this night, and will smite every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from man even to beast,––and, against all the gods of Egypt, will I execute judgments––I, Yahweh.

²⁹ And it came to pass, at midnight, that Yahweh, smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat upon his throne, unto the firstborn of the captive who was in the pit of his prison,––and every firstborn of beasts. ³⁰ Then rose up Pharaoh by night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians, and there arose a great outcry throughout Egypt,––for there was not a house, where there was not one dead.

¹⁵ And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had shown himself too hardened to let us go, then did Yahweh slay every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of men, even unto the firstborn of beasts. For this cause, am, I, sacrificing to Yahweh whatsoever is born first, of the males, and, every firstborn of my sons, must I redeem.

⁵ Now, therefore, if ye will, indeed hearken, to my voice, And keep my covenant, Then shall ye be mine, as a treasure beyond all the peoples, For, mine, is all the earth; ⁶ But, ye, shall be mine, As a kingdom of priests, And a holy nation. These, are the words, which thou shalt speak unto the sons of Israel.

⁵ And Yahweh descended in the cloud, and took his station with him, there,––and proclaimed himself by the name Yahweh. ⁶ So Yahweh passed before him, and proclaimed,––Yahweh, Yahweh, A GOD of compassion, and favour,––Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and faithfulness: ⁷ Keeping lovingkindness to a thousand generations, Forgiving iniquity, and transgression, and sin, Though he leave not, utterly unpunished, Visiting the iniquity of fathers Upon sons, And upon sons’ sons, Unto a third and unto a fourth generation.

²¹ Then sent Israel, messengers, unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying: ²² Let me pass through thy land––we will not turn aside into field or into vineyard, nor will we drink the water of a well,––by the king’s road, will we go, until we get through thy boundary. ²³ And Sihon suffered not Israel to pass through his boundary, but Sihon gathered together all his people, and came forth to meet Israel, towards the desert, and entered Jahaz,––and fought with Israel. ²⁴ And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword,––and took possession of his land, from Arnon unto Jabbok, unto the sons of Ammon, for, strong, was the boundary of the sons of Ammon.

²⁴ And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword,––and took possession of his land, from Arnon unto Jabbok, unto the sons of Ammon, for, strong, was the boundary of the sons of Ammon. ²⁵ So Israel took all these cities,––and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all her villages; ²⁶ for, as for Heshbon, the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, it was, he, having fought with the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, unto Arnon. ²⁷ For this cause, say the poets––Enter ye Heshbon,––Built and prepared be the city of Sihon; ²⁸ For, a fire, hath come forth out of Heshbon, A flame, out of the stronghold of Sihon; It hath consumed Ar of Moab, The lords of the high places of Arnon. ²⁹ Woe to thee, Moab, Thou art lost, O people of Chemosh,––He hath given up his sons as fugitives, And his daughters into captivity, Unto the king of the Amorites, Sihon. ³⁰ Then we shot them––Heshbon is destroyed, as far as Dibon,––Then laid we waste as far as Nophah, A fire reacheth unto Medeba. ³¹ So then Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites. ³² And Moses sent to spy out Jazer, and they captured the villages thereof,––and dispossessed the Amorites that were there. ³³ Then turned they, and went up by the way of Bashan,––and Og, king of Bashan, came forth to meet them––he and all his people, to give battle at Edrei. ³⁴ Then said Yahweh unto Moses––Do not fear him, for, into thy hand, have I delivered him, and all his people, and his land,––Therefore shalt thou do unto him, as thou didst unto Sihon, king of the Amorites, who was dwelling in Heshbon. ³⁵ So then they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was not left him, a remnant,––and took possession of his land.

⁵⁴ And ye shall take your inheritance in the land by lot, by your families––for the large one, ye shall make large his inheritance, and, for the small one, make small his inheritance, whithersoever the lot cometh out to him, his, shall it be,––by the tribes of your fathers, shall ye take your inheritance.

³⁰ But Sihon king of Heshbon, was not willing, to let us pass along through it,––for Yahweh thy God had suffered him to make his spirit harsh, and his heart bold, that he might give him into thy hand––(as [appeareth] this day).

²⁸ and ye will serve, there, gods made by the hands of man,––wood or stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

³⁴ Or did a god ever make trial of entering in, to take unto him a nation, out of the midst of a nation, by provings, by signs and by wonders, and by fighting, and by a firm hand and by a stretched–out arm, and by great terrors,––according to all that Yahweh your God, did for you, in Egypt, before your eyes?

²² and Yahweh put forth signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh and upon all his household, before our eyes;

⁶ For, a holy people, art thou, unto Yahweh thy God: of thee, hath Yahweh thy God, made choice, that thou shouldest become his people as a treasure, above all the peoples that are on the face of the ground: ⁷ not because ye were more in number than any of the peoples, did Yahweh become attached to you, and make choice of you,––for, ye, were fewer than any of the peoples;

¹⁵ Only, unto thy fathers, Yahweh became attached, so as to love them,––therefore made he choice of their seed after them––of you––out of all the peoples (as at this day).

¹⁷ For, as touching Yahweh your God, he, is God of gods, and Lord of lords; the great, the mighty, and the fearful GOD, who respecteth not persons, nor accepteth a bribe;

⁷ And, when ye entered into this place, then came forth Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan, to meet us in battle, and we smote them; ⁸ and we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and unto the Gadites,––and unto the half tribe of Manasseh.

⁹ For, Yahweh’s portion, is his people,––Jacob, his inherited possession.

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,

¹ And it came to pass, when Adonizedec, king of Jerusalem, heard that Joshua had captured Ai, and devoted it to destruction, as he had done unto Jericho and her king, so, had he done unto Ai and her king,––and that the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and had come into their midst, ² then feared they greatly, because Gibeon was, a great city, as one of the royal cities,––and because, it, was greater than Ai, and, all the men thereof, were mighty: ³ therefore sent Adonizedec, king of Jerusalem, unto Hoham, king of Hebron, and unto Piram, king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia, king of Lachish, and unto Debir, king of Eglon, saying: ⁴ Come up unto me and help me, that we may smite Gibeon,––for it hath made peace with Joshua, and with the sons of Israel. ⁵ So they gathered themselves together and came up, even the five kings of the Amorites––the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon,––they, and all their hosts,––and encamped near Gibeon, and made war against it. ⁶ So the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua, unto the camp at Gilgal, saying, Do not withhold thy hand from thy servants,––Come up unto us quickly, and save us, and help us, for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the hill–country, are gathered together against us.
⁷ So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he and all the people of war with him, even all the mighty men of valour. ⁸ And Yahweh said unto Joshua: Do not fear because of them, for, into thy hand, have I delivered them,––not a man of them shall stand before thee. ⁹ So then Joshua came in unto them, suddenly,––all the night, came he up, from Gilgal. ¹⁰ And Yahweh confused them before Israel, and smote them with a great slaughter at Gibeon,––and chased them along the way that goeth up Beth–horon, and smote them as far as Azekah and as far as Makkedah. ¹¹ And it came to pass, when they fled from before Israel, they, being on the slope of Beth–horon, that, Yahweh, cast down upon them great stones out of the heavens, as far as Azekah, and they died,––more, were they who died by the hailstones, than they whom the sons of Israel slew with the sword. ¹² Then, spake Joshua unto Yahweh, on the day when Yahweh delivered up the Amorites before the sons of Israel,––yea he said, in the presence of Israel––Thou Sun! in Gibeon, be still, and thou Moon! in the vale of Aijalon.

²³ So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that Yahweh had spoken unto Moses, and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel, according to their portions by their tribes,––and, the land, had rest from war.

⁷ And, these, are the kings of the land, whom Joshua and the sons of Israel smote over the Jordan, towards the west, from Baal–gad in the valley of the Lebanon, even as far as the Mount Halak that goeth up towards Seir,––and Joshua gave it unto the tribes of Israel, as a possession, according to their portions;

⁷ And, these, are the kings of the land, whom Joshua and the sons of Israel smote over the Jordan, towards the west, from Baal–gad in the valley of the Lebanon, even as far as the Mount Halak that goeth up towards Seir,––and Joshua gave it unto the tribes of Israel, as a possession, according to their portions; ⁸ in the hill country and in the lowland, and in the waste plain, and in the slopes, and in the desert, and in the south,––the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:–– ⁹ The king of Jericho, one, the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one, ¹⁰ The king of Jerusalem, one, the king of Hebron, one, ¹¹ The king of Jarmuth, one, the king of Lachish, one, ¹² The king of Eglon, one, the king of Gezer, one, ¹³ The king of Debir, one, the king of Geder, one, ¹⁴ The king of Hormah, one, the king of Arad, one, ¹⁵ The king of Libnah, one, the king of Adullam, one, ¹⁶ The king of Makkedah, one, the king of Bethel, one, ¹⁷ The king of Tappuah, one, the king of Hepher, one, ¹⁸ The king of Aphek, one, the king of Lassharon, one, ¹⁹ The king of Madon, one, the king of Hazor, one, ²⁰ The king of Shimron–meron, one, the king of Achshaph, one, ²¹ The king of Taanach, one, the king of Megiddo, one, ²² The king of Kadesh, one, the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one, ²³ The king of Dor, in the height of Dor, one, the king of Goim in Gilgal, one, ²⁴ The king of Tirzah, one,––All the kings, thirty and one.

¹⁶ And they put away the gods of the stranger out of their midst, and served Yahweh,––and his soul was impatient of the misery of Israel.

²² For Yahweh will not give up his people, because of his great name, for Yahweh was minded to make you his people.

¹ And it came to pass, after many days, that, the word of Yahweh, came unto Elijah, in the third year, saying,––Go, shew thyself unto Ahab, that I may send rain upon the face of the ground.

⁴¹ Then said Elijah unto Ahab, Go up, eat and drink,––for there is a sound of a downpour of rain. ⁴² So Ahab went up, to eat and to drink,––but, Elijah, went up to the top of Carmel, and bowed himself to the earth, and put his face between his knees. ⁴³ Then said he unto his young man––Go up, I pray thee, and look about in the direction of the sea. So he went up, and looked about, and said––There is, nothing whatever. Then said he––Go again, seven times. ⁴⁴ And it came to pass, at the seventh time, that he said, Lo! a little cloud, like a man’s hand coming up from the sea. Then he said––Go up, say unto Ahab––Harness, and get thee down, lest the rain shut thee in. ⁴⁵ And it came to pass, meanwhile, that, the heavens, had enshrouded themselves with clouds and wind, and there came a great rain, and Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel;

³⁷ So he left there, before the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, Asaph and his brethren,––to be in attendance before the ark continually, for the duty of a day on its day; ³⁸ and Obed–edom with his brethren, sixty–eight,––and Obed–edom son of Jedithun and Hosah to be doorkeepers; ³⁹ and Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the habitation of Yahweh,––in the high place that was in Gibeon: ⁴⁰ to offer ascending–sacrifices unto Yahweh, upon the altar of ascending–sacrifice,––continually, morning and evening,––even according to all that is written in the law of Yahweh, which he commanded concerning Israel; ⁴¹ and, with them, Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest of the chosen ones, who were distinguished by name,––to give thanks unto Yahweh, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness! ⁴² And, with them, Heman and Jeduthun, [with] the trumpets, and the cymbals, for sounding aloud, and the instruments for the songs of God,––and the sons of Jeduthun, for the gate.

¹⁵ And God sent a messenger to Jerusalem, to lay it waste, but, as he was laying it waste, Yahweh looked, and relented concerning the calamity, and said unto the messenger who was laying waste, Enough! now, stay thy hand. And, the messenger of Yahweh, was standing by the threshing–floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

³⁰ and to stand, morning by morning, to give thanks and offer praise unto Yahweh,––and, likewise, at even;

⁶ nevertheless I have made choice of Jerusalem, that my Name might be there,––and I have made choice of David, that he might be over my people Israel.

⁵ Then said the Levites––Jeshua and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, Pethahiah, Stand up, bless Yahweh your God, from age to age,––Yea let them bless thy glorious Name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

¹⁰ and didst grant signs and wonders against Pharaoh, and against all his servants, and against all the people of his land, for thou hadst taken note, that they ruled proudly over them,––and so thou didst make thee a name, as at this day.

²² And thou gavest them kingdoms, and peoples, and allotted to each of them a corner,––and they took possession of the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.

¹⁰ Who giveth rain, upon the face of the earth, and sendeth forth waters, over the face of the open fields;

²⁵ Making, for the wind, a weight, and, the waters, he proved by measure, ²⁶ When he made, for the rain, a decree, and a way for the lightning of thunders,

²² Hast thou entered into the treasuries of the snow? And, the treasuries of the hail, couldst thou see? ²³ Which I have reserved for a time of distress, for the day of conflict and of war? ²⁴ Where then is the way the lightning is parted? The east wind spreadeth itself abroad over the earth.
²⁵ Who hath cloven––for the torrent––a channel? Or a way for the lightning of thunders; ²⁶ To give rain over the no–man’s land, the desert, where no son of earth is; ²⁷ To satisfy the wild and the wilderness, to cause to spring forth the meadow of young grass? ²⁸ Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

⁸ Yahweh, will judge the peoples,––Do me justice, O Yahweh, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity upon me,

¹⁷ I will praise Yahweh according to his righteousness,––and will praise in song the Name of Yahweh Most High.

¹ [To the Chief Musician. On "the Gittith." A Melody of David.]
O Yahweh, our Lord! How majestic is thy Name, in all the earth, Who hast set thy splendour upon the heavens.

⁹ O Yahweh, our Lord! How majestic is thy Name, in all the earth.

¹ Shout for joy, ye righteous, in Yahweh, To the upright, seemly is praise.

¹ Shout for joy, ye righteous, in Yahweh, To the upright, seemly is praise. ² Give ye thanks unto Yahweh with the lyre, With a harp of ten strings, make ye music unto him.

⁹ For, he, spake, and it was, He, commanded, and it stood forth.

¹¹ The counsel of Yahweh, to times age–abiding, shall stand, The devices of his heart, from generation to generation.
¹² How happy the nation whose God is, Yahweh, The people he hath chosen as his own inheritance!

¹ [To the Chief Musician. For the Sons of Korah. An Instructive Psalm.]
O God! with our own ears, have we heard, Our fathers, have recounted to us,––The work thou didst work, In their day, In the days of aforetime: ² Thou thyself, with thine own hand––Didst dispossess, nations, and didst plant them, Didst break peoples in pieces, and didst spread them out: ³ For, not by their own sword, gat they possession of the land, Nor did, their own arm, win victory for them,––But thine own right hand, and thine own arm, and the light of thy face, Because thou hadst accepted them.

¹ [A Melodious Song. For the Sons of Korah.]
Great is Yahweh, and worthy to be mightily praised, In the city of our God, His holy mountain.

⁹ We have thought, O God, upon thy lovingkindness, In the midst of thy temple:

⁴ He calleth, Unto the heavens above, And unto the earth, That he may judge his people.

⁵ As with fatness and richness, shall my soul be satisfied, And, with joyfully shouting lips, shall my mouth utter praise.

¹⁷ May his Name be age–abiding, In the presence of the sun, let his Name flourish,––And may all the families of the ground bless themselves in him, All nations, pronounce him happy!

² Now hath come into Salem, his pavilion, And his dwelling–place into Zion.

⁴³ When he set, in Egypt, his signs, And his wonders, in the plain of Zoan; ⁴⁴ When he turned, into blood, their Nile–streams, And, their own rivers, could they not drink; ⁴⁵ He sent among them, The gad–fly, and it devoured them, And the frog, and it despoiled them; ⁴⁶ When he gave to the corn–locust their produce, And their toil, to the swarming locust; ⁴⁷ He killed, with hail, their vine, And their sycomores, with frost: ⁴⁸ When he gave up, to hail–storms, their beasts, And their cattle, to pestilent fevers; ⁴⁹ He sent among them the heat of his anger, Wrath and indignation and distress,––A mission of messengers of misfortune: ⁵⁰ He leveled a path for his anger, Withheld not, from death, their soul, But, their life––to the pestilence, he delivered: ⁵¹ So he smote, Every first–born in Egypt, The beginning of their strength, in the tents of Ham;

⁵⁵ So he drave out, before them, [whole] nations, And allotted them, by line, an inheritance, And caused to dwell, in their own homes, the tribes of Israel.

⁸ There is none like unto thee, among the gods, O My Lord, And nothing like thy works. ⁹ All nations whom thou hast made, Shall come in and bow down before thee, O My Lord, That they may glorify thy Name. ¹⁰ For great thou art, and doest wondrous things, Thou, O God, of thyself alone.

¹ [An Instructive Psalm, by Ethan the Ezrahite.]
The lovingkindnesses of Yahweh, age–abidingly will I sing, To generation after generation, will I make known thy faithfulness with my mouth.

⁶ For whom, in the skies, can one compare unto Yahweh? [Or] can one liken unto Yahweh, among the sons of the mighty?

¹³ Return, Yahweh, oh how long? And have compassion upon thy servants;

¹ [A Melody, a Song, For the Sabbath–day.]
It is good to give thanks to Yahweh, And to sing praises unto thy Name, O Most High; ² To declare, in the morning, thy lovingkindness, And thy faithfulness at night;

¹³ They who are planted in the house of Yahweh, In the courts of our God, shall flourish;

³ For, a great GOD, is Yahweh, And a great king, above all gods.

¹ Sing to Yahweh, a song that is new, Sing to Yahweh, all the earth; ² Sing to Yahweh, bless ye his Name,––Tell the tidings, from day to day, of his salvation: ³ Recount, Among the nations, his glory, Among all the peoples, his wonders. ⁴ For great is Yahweh, and worthy to be mightily praised, To be revered is he above all gods;

⁴ For great is Yahweh, and worthy to be mightily praised, To be revered is he above all gods; ⁵ For, all the gods of the peoples, are things of nought––But, Yahweh, made, the heavens.

⁸ Give to Yahweh, the glory of his Name, Bring a present, and enter his courts;

¹³ Before Yahweh, for he is coming, For he is coming to judge the earth,––He will judge the world, in righteousness, And the peoples, in his faithfulness.

⁷ Let all who serve an image, be ashamed, They who boast themselves in things of nought, Bow down unto him, all ye gods.

⁹ For, thou, Yahweh, art Most High over all the earth, Greatly hast thou exalted thyself above all gods.

⁵ For good is Yahweh, Age–abiding is his lovingkindness, And, unto generation after generation, his faithfulness.

¹² But, thou, O Yahweh, age–abidingly wilt remain, And the memorial of thee, to generation after generation.

²¹ To the end the Name of Yahweh, might be celebrated in Zion, And his praise in Jerusalem:

⁶ O ye Seed of Abraham––his servants, Sons of Jacob––his chosen ones:

²⁷ He set among them his threatening signs, And his wonders, in the land of Ham; ²⁸ He sent darkness, and made it dark, But they rebelled against his words; ²⁹ He turned their waters into blood, And so caused their fish to die;

³⁶ Then smote he every firstborn in their land, The beginning of all their strength;

¹ Praise ye Yah, Give ye thanks to Yahweh––For he is good, For age–abiding, is his lovingkindness.

¹ [BOOK THE FIFTH]
¶ O give thanks to Yahweh––For he is good, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness.

⁸ Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his lovingkindness, and for his wonderful dealings with the sons of men;

¹⁵ Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his lovingkindness, and for his wonderful dealings with the sons of men!

²⁵ And he speaketh, and there ariseth a tempestuous wind, which lifteth on high its rolling waves;

¹ Praise ye Yah! I will give thanks unto Yahweh, with a whole heart, in the circle of the upright and the assembly.

¹ Praise ye Yah! How happy is the man who revereth Yahweh, In his commandments, delighteth he greatly;

¹ Praise ye Yah! Praise, O ye servants of Yahweh, Praise the Name of Yahweh; ² Be the Name of Yahweh blessed, henceforth, even to times age–abiding. ³ From the rising of the sun unto the going in thereof, Worthy to be praised, is the Name of Yahweh:

³ When, our God, is in the heavens, Whatsoever he pleased, hath he done. ⁴ Their idols, are silver and gold, the works of the hands of men,–– ⁵ A mouth, have they, but they speak not, Eyes, have they, but they see not; ⁶ Ears, have they, but they hear not, A nose, have they, but they smell not: ⁷ Their hands! but they feel not, Their feet! but they walk not, No sound make they in their throat. ⁸ Like unto them, shall be they who make them, Every one who trusteth in them.

⁸ Like unto them, shall be they who make them, Every one who trusteth in them.
⁹ O Israel! trust thou in Yahweh, Their help and their shield, is he! ¹⁰ O house of Aaron! trust ye in Yahweh, Their help and their shield, is he! ¹¹ Ye that revere Yahweh! trust in Yahweh, Their help and their shield, is he!

¹⁹ In the courts of the house of Yahweh, In the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye Yah!

¹ Praise Yahweh, all ye nations, Laud him, all ye tribes of men; ² For his lovingkindness, hath prevailed over us, and, the faithfulness of Yahweh, is to times age–abiding. Praise ye Yah!

¹ Give ye thanks to Yahweh––For he is good, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness.

¹ Give ye thanks to Yahweh––For he is good, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ² I pray you! let Israel, say, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ³ I pray you! let the house of Aaron, say, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ⁴ I pray you! let them who revere Yahweh, say, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness.

⁶⁸ Good, thou art, and doing good, Teach me thy statutes.

⁵ Yahweh will bless thee, out of Zion,––and behold thou the welfare of Jerusalem, all the days of thy life!

¹³ For Yahweh hath chosen Zion,––He hath desired it as a dwelling for himself: ¹⁴ This, is my place of rest unto futurity, Here, will I dwell, for I have desired it;

¹ [A Song of Ascents.]
Lo! bless Yahweh, all ye servants of Yahweh, who stand in the house of Yahweh, by night:

³ May Yahweh, bless thee, out of Zion, even he that made heaven and earth.

¹ Give ye thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness.

¹⁰ To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness.

¹³ To him that divided the Red Sea into division, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ¹⁴ And caused Israel to pass through the midst thereof, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ¹⁵ And shook off Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness.

¹⁵ And shook off Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness.

¹⁷ To him that smote great kings, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ¹⁸ And slew majestic kings, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ¹⁹ Even Sihon, king of the Amorites, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ²⁰ Also Og, king of Bashan, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ²¹ And gave their land for an inheritance, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ²² An inheritance to Israel his servant, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness.

⁷ The memory of thy great goodness, shall men pour forth, and, thy righteousness, shall they shout aloud. ⁸ Gracious and compassionate, is Yahweh,––slow to anger, and of great lovingkindness.

¹⁰ All thy works, O Yahweh, will give thanks unto thee,––and, thy men of lovingkindness, will bless thee:

¹ Praise ye Yah, For it is good, to make melody to our GOD,––For it is delightful, seemly is praise!

¹⁹ Declaring his word unto Jacob, His statutes and his regulations, unto Israel. ²⁰ He hath not dealt so with any nation, and, his regulations, he maketh not known to them. Praise ye Yah!

⁸ Fire and hail, snow and vapour, stormy wind, fulfilling his word;

¹³ Let them praise the Name of Yahweh, for lofty is his Name alone, His splendour is over earth and heavens. ¹⁴ Therefore hath he exalted a horn for his people, a praise for all his men of lovingkindness, for the sons of Israel––a people near him, Praise ye Yah!

¹ Praise ye Yah, Sing to Yahweh a song that is new, his praise in the convocation of the men of lovingkindness. ² Let Israel rejoice in him that made him, Let the sons of Zion exult in their king; ³ Let them praise his Name in the dance, with timbrel and lyre, Let them make music to him.

⁶ Let, every breathing thing, praise Yah, Praise ye Yah!

¹⁰ Stupefy thou the heart of this people, And, their ears, make thou heavy, And, their eyes, overspread,––Lest they see with their eyes, And, with their ears, should hear, And, their heart, should discern and come back. And they be healed.

⁶ Make shrill thy voice and sing out, thou inhabitress of Zion,––That, great in the midst of thee, is, the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹ and have put their gods in the fire,––for, no–gods, were they, but the work of the hands of men–wood, and stone, and so they destroyed them.

¹⁹ The image, hath been cast by an artificer, And, a goldsmith, with gold, overlayeth it,––And, chains of silver, he worketh. ²⁰ The needy offerer, of a tree that will not rot, maketh choice,––A skilled artificer, seeketh he out for himself, to construct an image that shall not totter!

²² It is he who sitteth upon the circle of the earth, While, the inhabitants thereof, are, as grasshoppers,––Who stretcheth forth, as a curtain, the heavens, And spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;

²⁵ Unto whom, then, can ye liken me, or can I be equal? Saith the Holy One.

⁸ But, thou, Israel, my Servant, Jacob whom I have chosen,––The seed of Abraham, my loving one;

²⁰ The wild beast of the field shall honour, me, Jackals, and ostriches, Because I have given––In the desert, waters, Rivers in, desolate land, To give drink unto my people, my chosen: ²¹ A people which I have fashioned for myself, My praise, shall they record.

⁹ The fashioners of an image––all of them, are emptiness, And, the things they delight in, cannot profit,––And, their witnesses, they, neither see nor know, That they may be ashamed. ¹⁰ Who, hath fashioned a GOD, Or, an image, hath molten? It cannot profit! ¹¹ Lo! all his partners, turn pale, Even, the artificers themselves, are of the sons of earth,––Let them gather themselves together––all of them, Let them take their stand, Let them dread, and turn pale, together! ¹² As for the smith, [with his] cutting–tool,––When he hath wrought in the live coals, And, with hammers, hath fashioned it,––And hath wrought it with his strong, arm, Anon, he is hungry, and hath no, strength, He hath drunk no water, and so hath become faint! ¹³ As for the carpenter,––He hath stretched out a line, hath drawn it with a pencil, Hath made it with carving tools, With compasses, hath rounded it,––And so hath made it after the figure of a great man, After the beauty of a son of earth, that it may remain in a house! ¹⁴ When one was cutting him down cedars, Then took he a holm–tree, and an oak, And secured them for himself, among the trees of the forest,––He planted a fir–tree, and the pouring rain made it grow; ¹⁵ So it serveth for a man to burn, And he hath taken of [the branches] and warmed himself, Also, he kindleth a fire, and baketh bread,––Also, he maketh a GOD, and hath bowed himself down, Hath made of it a carved image, and adored it: ¹⁶ The half thereof, hath he burned in the fire, Over half thereof, he eateth, flesh, He roasteth roast, that he may be satisfied,––Also, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen a blaze; ¹⁷ And, the residue thereof, Into a GOD, he maketh, Into his carved image,––Adoreth it, and boweth down, and prayeth unto it, And saith, Deliver me, for, my GOD, thou art! ¹⁸ They have not taken note, neither can they perceive,––He hath besmeared––past seeing––their eyes, Past understanding, their hearts; ¹⁹ And no one reflecteth––There is neither knowledge nor discernment––to say, Half thereof, have I burned up in the fire, Moreover also, I have baked, on the coals thereof, bread, I roasted flesh, and have been eating,––And, of the remainder thereof, an abomination, shall I make? And, to a log of wood, shall I pay adoration? ²⁰ He is feeding on ashes, A deluded heart, hath turned him aside,––And he cannot deliver his own soul, nor say, Is there not a falsehood in my right hand?

⁶ They who pour gold out of a purse, And who weigh silver, in a balance,––[Who] hire a goldsmith, that he may make it into a GOD, They adore, yea they bow down; ⁷ They carry him about on the shoulder, They bear the burden of him––and set him in his place, that he may stand,––Out of his place, will he not move,––Though one even make outcry unto him, he will not answer, Out of one’s trouble, he will not save him.

¹⁰ Declaring, from the beginning, the latter end, And, from olden time, that which had never been done,––Saying, My purpose shall stand, and, All my pleasure, will I perform;

⁹ Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Yahweh, Awake, As in days of old, The generations of bygone ages: Art not thou, that which––Hewed down Rahab, Piercing the Crocodile? ¹⁰ Art not thou, that which dried up––The Sea, The waters of the mighty Deep,––That which made of the abysses of the sea, a road for the passing over of the redeemed?

³ For, as for the prescribed customs of the peoples, vanity, they are,––For, a tree out of the forest, one cutteth down, Work for the hands of a skilled workman, with the axe: ⁴ With silver and with gold, he decketh it,––With nails and with hammers, they fasten them, that it may not totter. ⁵ Mere palm–trunks turned, they are, and cannot speak, They must needs be, carried, for they cannot take a step, Be not afraid of them, for they cannot do harm, And, even to do good, is not in their power. ⁶ None, there is, like unto thee, O Yahweh,––Great, art, thou, And, great, is, thy Name, for might. ⁷ Who, would not revere thee, O King of nations? For, thee, doth it beseem; Forasmuch as, among all the wise men of the nations, And throughout all their royal estate, None, there is, like unto thee. ⁸ But, at once, do they become brutish and stupid,––An example of utmost vanity, is, a tree!

⁸ But, at once, do they become brutish and stupid,––An example of utmost vanity, is, a tree! ⁹ Silver spread into plates, from Tarshish, is brought, And gold, from Uphaz, Work for the craftsman, and for the hands of the smith,––Blue and purple, is their clothing, Work for the skilled, are they all. ¹⁰ But, Yahweh, is God, in truth, He, is a God that, liveth, And a King of times age–abiding,––At his anger, quaketh the earth, And nations cannot endure, his wrath. ¹¹ Thus, shall ye say unto them, The gods that made not the heavens, And the earth, Shall perish out of the earth, And from under these heavens!

¹³ At the voice that he uttered, there was a tumult of waters in the heavens, And he caused vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth,––The lightnings for rain, he made, And brought forth wind out of his treasuries.

²² Are, there, among the vanities of the nations, senders of rain? Or can, the heavens themselves, give myriad drops? Art not, thou, he, O Yahweh our God? Therefore will we wait for thee, For, thou, hast made all these.

²⁰ Who didst set signs and wonders, in the land of Egypt, unto this day, and in Israel, and among mankind,––And didst make for thyself a name, as at this day; ²¹ And didst bring forth thy people Israel, out of the land of Egypt, With signs and with wonders, and, With a strong, hand, and, With an outstretched, arm, and, With great, terror;

¹⁶ By the voice that he uttered, there was a tumult of waters in the heavens, And he caused vapours to ascend from the end of the earth,––Lightnings for the rain, made he, And brought forth wind out of his treasures.

²⁹ Therefore do I make a decree, that, whosoever of any people, race, or tongue it be that shall charge any error upon the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, shall be cut in pieces, and, his house, into a dunghill, shall be changed; because there is no other God, who is able to deliver, like this!

³⁵ And, all the inhabitants of the earth, as nothing, are accounted, and, according to his own pleasure, dealeth he––with the army of the heavens, and the inhabitants of the earth,––and none there is who can smite upon his hand, or say to him, What hast thou done?

²⁶ From before me, is appointed a decree that, throughout every dominion of my kingdom, men tremble and withdraw falteringly from before the God of Daniel,––for that, he, is the Living God, and abiding for ages, and, his kingdom, that which shall not be destroyed, and, his dominion, is unto the end: ²⁷ who delivereth and rescueth and worketh signs and wonders, in the heavens, and in the earth,––for that he hath delivered Daniel out of the power of the lions.

⁸ How can I give thee up, Ephraim? abandon thee Israel? How can I make thee as Admah? set thee as Zeboim? Mine own heart, turneth against me, at once, are kindled my compassions. ⁹ I cannot execute the glow of mine anger, I cannot turn to destroy Ephraim,––for, GOD, am, I, and not man, When thou drawest near, [I am] a Holy One, though I do not enter a city.

⁵ And, Yahweh, is God of host,––Yahweh, is his memorial.

¹³ For lo! He that fashioned the mountains, and created the wind, and who telleth the son of earth what is his thought, who turneth dawn into darkness, and marcheth upon the high places of the earth, Yahweh, God of hosts, is his name!

³ Grieved was Yahweh, over this,––It shall not be, said Yahweh?

⁶ Grieved was Yahweh, over this,––Even this, shall not be, said My Lord, Yahweh.

⁶ Who buildeth, in the heavens, his upper rooms, and, as for his vault, upon the earth, hath he founded it,––who calleth to the waters of the sea, and poureth them out over the face of the land, Yahweh, is his name.

⁴ But, Yahweh, hurled a great wind against the sea,––and, there arose a mighty tempest in the sea,––and, the ship, thought to be broken in pieces,

² So he prayed unto Yahweh, and said––Ah now! Yahweh! Was not, this, my word, while I was yet upon mine own soil? For this cause, did I hasten to flee unto Tarshish,––because I knew that, thou, art a GOD of favour and compassion, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and art grieved over calamity.

¹⁸ What hath a carved image, profited, though the fashioner thereof, carved it? a molten image, and a teacher of falsehood,––though the fashioner of his fashioned thing trusted therein? that men should make Dumb Nonentities! ¹⁹ Alas! for him who saith to wood, Awake, bestir thee! to a silent stone, he, shall teach! Though he is overlaid with gold and silver, yet, no spirit whatsoever, is in him!

¹⁰ Sing out and rejoice, O daughter of Zion,––For behold me! coming in, and I will make my habitation in thy midst, declareth Yahweh. ¹¹ Then shall many nations, join themselves, unto Yahweh, in that day, and shall become my people,––and I will make my habitation in thy midst, so shalt thou know that, Yahweh of hosts, hath sent me unto thee. ¹² Thus will Yahweh inherit Judah, his portion, on the soil of the sanctuary,––and make choice, yet again, of Jerusalem.

¹ Ask ye from Yahweh rain, in the time of the latter rain, Yahweh, who causeth flashes of lightning,––and, rain in abundant showers, giveth he unto them, to every man, herbage in the field;

¹⁷ Therefore shall they be mine, saith Yahweh of hosts, in the day for which, I, am preparing treasure,––and I will deal tenderly with them, just as a man, dealeth tenderly, with his own son who is serving him.

⁹ Thus, therefore pray, ye: Our Father, who art in the heavens,––Hallowed be thy name,

¹³ And bring us not into temptation, but rescue us from the evil one.

²⁶ And he saith unto them, Why, are ye, fearful, little of faith? Then, aroused, he rebuked the winds and the sea,––and it became a great calm. ²⁷ But, the men, marveled, saying, Whence is this one,––that, both the winds and the sea, unto him, give ear?

¹⁴ And, again is being fulfilled in them, the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith,––They shall, surely hear, and yet will not understand, and, surely see, and yet not perceive; ¹⁵ For the heart of this people hath become dense, and, with their ears, heavily have they heard, and, their eyes, have they closed,––lest, once they should see with their eyes, and, with their ears, should hear, and, with their hearts, should understand, and return; when I would certainly heal them. ¹⁶ But happy are, your, eyes, that they see, and your ears, that they hear;

²⁵ And, in the fourth watch of the night, he came unto them, walking upon the sea.

¹⁷ And, he, said unto him––Why dost thou question me concerning that which is good? There is, One, that is good! But, if thou desirest, into life, to enter, be keeping the commandments.

¹⁸ And Jesus, coming near, spake unto them, saying––All authority, in heaven and on earth, hath been given unto me;

³⁷ and, she, had been a widow for as long as eighty–four years,––who left not the temple, with fastings and supplications, rendering divine service night and day; ––

⁸ The spirit, where it pleaseth, doth breathe, and, the sound thereof, thou hearest; but knowest not, whence it cometh and whither it goeth: Thus, is every one who hath been born of the spirit.

³⁶ The same, led them forth, doing wonders and signs in Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the desert, forty years:

²⁹ Being, then, offspring, of God, we ought not to be supposing that, unto gold or silver or stone, graven by art and device of man, the Divine, is like.

⁴ In whom, the god of this age, hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, to the end they may not discern the radiance of the glad–message of the glory of the Christ––who is the image of God.

¹⁴ Who gave himself up in our behalf, that he might redeem us from all manner of lawlessness, and purify for himself a people as his own treasure––zealous of noble works.

⁹ But, ye, are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a peculiar treasure, that, the excellences, ye may tell forth, of him who, out of darkness, hath called you into his marvelous light:––

⁵ And, a voice, from the throne, came forth, saying––Be giving praise unto our God, all ye his servants, ye that revere him, the small and the great.