Psalms 37 Cross References - Thomson

¹ By David. Fret not because of evil doers: nor envy them who commit iniquity. ² For like grass, they shall quickly wither: and like the tender herb, they shall quickly fall. ³ Trust in the Lord and exercise kindness; dwell in the land and thou shalt be fed with the riches thereof. ⁴ Indulge thyself with delight in the Lord, and he will give thee the desires of thy heart. ⁵ Lay open thy way before the Lord, and trust in him; and he will accomplish; ⁶ he will indeed bring forth thy righteousness like light, and thy judgment, as the noon day. ⁷ Submit thyself to the Lord, and supplicate him; fret not at the man who prospereth in his way; at the man who committeth iniquity. ⁸ Cease from anger and forsake wrath; be not fretted so as to do evil; ⁹ for they who do evil shall be cut off: but they who wait for the Lord shall inherit the land. ¹⁰ Yet a little while, and the sinner shall be no more; though thou mayst seek his place, thou shalt not find it. ¹¹ But the meek shall inherit the land, and delight themselves in the abundance of peace. ¹² The sinner may watch the righteous, and gnash his teeth at him; ¹³ but the Lord will laugh him to scorn, for he foreseeth that his day will come. ¹⁴ The sinners drew the sword; they bent their bow, to overthrow the afflicted and needy; to slay the upright in heart. ¹⁵ Let their sword pierce their own heart; and their bows be broken to shivers. ¹⁶ Better is the little which a righteous man hath, than the abundant wealth of sinners. ¹⁷ For the arms of sinners shall be broken; but the Lord supporteth the righteous. ¹⁸ The Lord knoweth the ways of the spotless; and their inheritance shall last forever. ¹⁹ In time of troubles they shall not be shamed, and in days of famine they shall be plentifully fed. ²⁰ Because the sinners shall perish. Therefore when the enemies of the Lord were exalted and glorified; they were flitting away like smoke, and vanishing. ²¹ The sinner borroweth and will not repay; but the righteous sheweth mercy and giveth. ²² Hence they who bless him shall inherit the land; but they who curse him shall be rooted out. ²³ The steps of a man will be directed by the Lord, when he taketh delight in his way. ²⁴ When he happeneth to fall, he shall not fall with violence; for the Lord is a stay to his hand. ²⁵ I have been young and am now old, yet I have never seen the righteous utterly forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. ²⁶ All the day long he is merciful and lendeth, and his seed shall be entitled to a blessing. ²⁷ Depart from evil and do good and dwell for evermore. ²⁸ Because the Lord loveth judgment and will not forsake his saints; they shall be preserved forever. The spotless shall be avenged, when the seed of the wicked shall be utterly cut off; ²⁹ the righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein forever. ³⁰ The mouth of the righteous will speak wisdom, and his tongue will talk of justice. ³¹ The law of his God is in his heart, and his footsteps shall not slide. ³² The sinner watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to kill him; ³³ but the Lord will not leave him in his hand, nor suffer him to condemn him when he is judged. ³⁴ Wait on the Lord and keep his way: and he will exalt thee to inherit the land. When sinners are cut off, thou shalt see it. ³⁵ I have seen the wicked highly exalted, towering aloft like the cedars of Lebanon. ³⁶ Again I passed by, and lo! he was gone. Though I sought him, his place could not be found. ³⁷ Preserve innocence and eye rectitude; for there is a remnant for the man of peace. ³⁸ But transgressors shall be cut off together; the remnants of the wicked shall be rooted out. ³⁹ The safety of the righteous is from the Lord; and he is their protector in time of trouble. ⁴⁰ The Lord will help them and deliver them; he will rescue them from sinners, and save them: because in him they have put their trust.

⁷ And I will establish this my covenant with thee and thy seed after thee, throughout their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be thy God and the God of thy seed after thee.

²⁸ and he looked towards Sodom and Gomorra and towards the circumjacent plain, and he beheld and lo! a flame ascended out of the earth like the smoke of a furnace.

² For the Lord had appeared to him and said, Go not down into Egypt, but dwell in the land which I will tell thee.

⁹ The enemy said, I will pursue and overtake, I will divide the spoil; I will glut my vengeance: My sword shall slay; my hand shall prevail. ¹⁰ Thou didst send forth thy blast, the sea covered them; They sank like lead in the mighty water.

¹⁹ Because Pharao's cavalry with chariots and charioteers went into the sea, and the Lord brought upon them the water of the sea; and the Israelites marched in the midst of the sea on dry ground;

⁵ thou shalt not worship them; nor serve them; for I, the Lord thy God, am a zealous God, retributing to them who hate me the sins of fathers upon children to the third and fourth generation;

³ And from the sacrifice of thanksgiving they shall offer up as an homage offering to the Lord the caul which covereth the belly and all the suet on the belly ⁴ and the two kidneys with the suet on them, and that on the flanks, and with the kidneys he shall take off the lobe of the liver. ⁵ And the sons of Aaron, the priests shall offer up these on the altar; on the whole burnt offerings which are on the wood on the fire. It is an offering of homage, a smell of fragrance for the Lord. ⁶ And if his gift be a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the Lord from the flock, whether it be a male or a female, he shall offer it without blemish. ⁷ If he bring a lamb as his gift he shall bring it before the Lord ⁸ and lay his hands on the head of his gift and kill it at the doors of the tabernacle of the testimony, and the sons of Aaron the priest shall pour the blood on the altar round about. ⁹ And from the sacrifice of thanksgiving he shall offer as an offering of homage to the Lord the fat tail and the whole loin which he shall take off with the rump; and having taken off the caul which covereth the inwards and all the fat on the belly ¹⁰ and the two kidneys with the suet on them and on the loin and the lobe of the liver with the kidneys ¹¹ the priest shall offer up these on the altar. It is a sweet savour, an offering of homage to the Lord.

¹⁶ and the priest shall offer them on the altar. It is an offering of homage, a smell of fragrance for the Lord.

⁶ And these injunctions, which I this day give thee in charge, shall be in thy heart, and in thy soul; ⁷ and thou shalt impress them on thy children, and speak of them, when thou sittest at home, and when thou art walking abroad, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up; ⁸ and thou shalt bind them for a sign on thy right hand, and it shall be immoveably before thine eyes. ⁹ You shall also write them on the posts of your houses and gates.

¹⁸ Therefore lay up these things in your heart, and in your soul, and bind them for a sign on your hand, that they may be immoveably before your eyes. ¹⁹ And you shall teach them to your children, by speaking of them, when thou sittest at home, and when thou walkest abroad, and when thou liest down to sleep, and when thou risest up. ²⁰ And you shall write them on the door posts of your houses, and of your gates;

⁸ Thou shalt open thy hands liberally to him, and lend him what he is in want of, according to his necessity. ⁹ Take heed to thyself that there be not a lurking thought in thy heart; a wicked suggestion, saying, The seventh year, the year of remission is near at hand. When thou shalt look with an evil eye at thy brother who is in want, and not give him, he will cry to the Lord against thee, and it will be a great sin in thee.

⁹ Take heed to thyself that there be not a lurking thought in thy heart; a wicked suggestion, saying, The seventh year, the year of remission is near at hand. When thou shalt look with an evil eye at thy brother who is in want, and not give him, he will cry to the Lord against thee, and it will be a great sin in thee. ¹⁰ Thou shalt surely give him, and lend him freely, what he is in want of, according to his necessity. And thou shalt not be grieved at heart when thou givest to him; for on this account the Lord thy God will bless thee in all thy works, and in all the labours of thy hands.

¹⁰ Thou shalt surely give him, and lend him freely, what he is in want of, according to his necessity. And thou shalt not be grieved at heart when thou givest to him; for on this account the Lord thy God will bless thee in all thy works, and in all the labours of thy hands. ¹¹ Because thy land may never be without some indigent person in it, therefore I give thee a charge to do this thing, saying, Thou shalt open thy hands liberally to thy brother who is in want, and to the needy in thy land.

¹² The Lord open for thee his good treasury, the heaven, to give thy land the rain in due season. May he bless all the works of thy hands, so that thou mayst lend to many nations, and not borrow of them;

⁴³ The stranger who is with thee shall rise higher and higher; but thou shalt fall lower and lower. ⁴⁴ He shall lend to thee; and thou shalt not lend to him: He shall be head; and thou shalt be tail.

²⁰ God will not be propitious to him, but most assuredly the anger of the Lord, and his indignation, will then be kindled against that man; and all the curses of this covenant, which are written in this book, shall cleave to him; and the Lord will blot out his name from under heaven.

²⁰ by loving the Lord thy God, and hearkening to his voice, and cleaving to him. For this is thy life, and the lengthening of thy days, to dwell in the land which the Lord solemnly promised thy fathers, Abraham, and Isaak, and Jacob, that he would give them.

¹⁴ And on account of the productions, in due season Of the sun's revolutions and the changes of the moon, ¹⁵ As his land of plenty is beautified With summits of ancient mountains And with summits of everlasting hills; ¹⁶ So may the things acceptable To him who appeared in the bush, Come upon the head of Joseph; He indeed is glorified In being the head over brothers.

²⁵ His shoe shall be iron and brass. As thy days so shall be thy strength.

⁵ Not a man shall withstand you all the clays of thy life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with thee. I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

¹² Then Joshua spoke to the Lord, on the day God delivered up the Amorite into the hand of Israel. When he had discomfited them at Gabaon, and they were routed before the children of Israel, Joshua said, Let the sun stand over against Gabaon, and the moon over against the valley of Ailon.

³¹ So perish all thine enemies, Lord, But let them who love thee be like The going forth of the Sun in his might. So the land had rest forty years.

⁶ But because the Lord had not given her a child, such was her affliction and anxiety on the account of this, that she became disconsolate, because the Lord had shut up her womb, so as not to give her a child. ⁷ Thus he acted, year after year, when he went up to the house of the Lord. And when she was become disconsolate, and was weeping, and did not eat, ⁸ Elkana her husband said to her, Anna! and she said to him, Here, my lord. And he said to her, What is the matter with thee, that thou weepest? And why dost thou not eat? And why is thy heart grieved? Am not I better to thee than ten sons?

⁴ The bow of the mighty he hath made weak. And the weak have girded themselves with strength:

⁹ He granteth the petitioner his prayer, And hath blessed the years of the righteous; Because a man is not mighty in strength,

²² for the Lord will not cast off his people for his great name's sake: for the Lord hath in mercy taken you for his people.

²¹ and Saul said, I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him. Now the hand of the Philistines was against Saul,

⁷ And when Saul was told that David was come to Keila, Saul said, God hath sold him into my hands; for he is shut up by coming into a city with gates and bars. ⁸ So Saul gave orders to all the people to go down for battle, to Keila, to take David and his men. ⁹ And David knew it; for Saul did not conceal his mischievous intention respecting him. Therefore David said to Abiathar the priest, Bring here the ephod of the Lord.

²⁶ And Saul and his men marched on one side of the mountain, while David and his men were on the other side of the mountain. But David was protected in escaping from the presence of Saul. For while Saul and his men were encamping against David and his men, to take them, ²⁷ a messenger came to Saul, and said, Haste and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land. ²⁸ Whereupon Saul returned from pursuing David, and went to meet the Philistines. For this cause that place was called, The dividing rock.

¹¹ Now behold here is the skirt of thy cloak in my hand. I cut off the skirt, but did not kill thee. Know, therefore, and see now that there is no wickedness in my hand; no impiety or disloyalty; nor have I sinned against thee, though thou huntest my life to take it.

¹⁷ Then Saul said to David, Thou art more righteous than I; for thou hast returned me good; but I have returned thee evil.

²¹ Now David had said, Surely for an unrighteous fellow have I guarded all that he had in the wilderness, and we have not ordered the taking of any thing belonging to him: but he hath rewarded me evil for good. ²² God do so to David, and more also, if by to-morrow morning I leave of all that belong to Nabal one man; ²³ And when Abigaia saw David, she hasted, and alighted from her ass, and fell on her face before David, and made obeisance to him on the ground,

³⁸ And in about ten days the Lord smote Nabal, and he died. ³⁹ And when David heard it, he said, Blessed be the Lord who hath judged the cause of my reproach, out of the hand of Nabal, and hath preserved his servant from the hand of wicked men. The Lord hath turned the wickedness of Nabal on his own head. Then David sent and spoke of Abigaia to take her for a wife;

¹⁰ Then David said, As the Lord liveth, either the Lord will smite him, or his time shall come, and he will go down to battle and fall.

¹⁹ Now therefore let my lord the king hear the word of his servant. If God stirreth thee up against me, let thy sacrifice be fragrant: bat if the sons of men; cursed be they before the Lord; for they have now driven me out from abiding securely in the inheritance of the Lord, saying, Go, serve other gods.

⁴ whereupon Saul said to his armour bearer, Draw thy sword, and run me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and stab me, and insult me. But his armour bearer would not, for he was struck with horror. Therefore Saul took the sword, and fell on it.

¹⁰ Now Abessalom had sent spies through all the tribes of Israel, saying, When you hear the sound of the trumpet, then say, Abessalom is king in Chebron. ¹¹ And there went with Abessalom two hundred chosen men out of Jerusalem. They indeed went in their simplicity, for they knew nothing. ¹² And Abessalom sent for Achitophel, the Thekonite, the counsellor of David, from his own city, namely, from Gola, while he was sacrificing. So the conspiracy became strong, and the people who came, and they were many, were with Abessalom.

²³ was not one left, who had not crossed the Jordan. Now when Achitophel saw that his advice was not taken, he saddled his ass, and arose, and went to his house to his own city, and having given orders to his household he strangled himself, and died, and was buried in his father's tomb.

¹ When a woman, a widow, of one of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha, saying, Thy servant, my husband, is dead, and thou knowest that thy servant was one who feared the Lord, and the creditor is come to take my two sons to be his slaves, ² Elisha said to her, What can I do for thee? Tell me; What hast thou in thy house? To which she replied, Thy servant hath nothing in the house, but only the oil with which I anoint myself. ³ Thereupon he said to her, Go and borrow of all thy neighbours empty vessels. Spare not in borrowing. ⁴ Then go in and shut the door on thee and thy sons, and pour out into these vessels, setting aside that which is full. ⁵ So she went away from him; and having shut the door on herself and her sons, they brought to her and she poured out until the vessels were filled.

²⁵ Then Jehu said to Badekar his principal officer, Throw him into that part of the field of Nabuthi the Jezraelite. For I remember that when I and thou were riding together after Achab his father, the Lord pronounced this prophecy against him,

³⁴ And when he had gone in and had eaten and drunk he said, Look, I pray you, for that cursed woman and bury her, for she is a king's daughter. ³⁵ But when they went out to bury her and found nothing of her but only the scull and the feet and the palms of the hands, ³⁶ they returned and told him, whereupon he said, This is the word of the Lord which he spoke by the ministry of Elias the Thesbite, In the field of Jezrael the dogs shall devour the flesh of Jezabel; ³⁷ and the carcase of Jezabel shall be like dung on the ground in the field of Jezrael, that they may not say, Here lieth Jezabel.

²⁰ they prevailed over them. And the Agarenians with all their tents, were delivered into their hands. For in the battle they cried to God and he hearkened to them, because they trusted in him.

¹ Now there was a great cry of the people and their wives, against their brethren the Jews. ² There were some who said, We with our sons and our daughters are many, therefore we will take corn that we may eat and live. ³ There were others who said, As for our fields and our vineyards and our houses, let us mortgage them that we may get corn and eat. ⁴ There were others who said, We have borrowed money to pay the king's tribute, and pledged our fields and our vineyards and our houses, ⁵ and now our flesh is the same as that of our brethren, our sons the same as theirs, yet behold we are subjecting our sons and our daughters to be slaves, nay, some of our daughters are already subjected to bondage, and we have no means to redeem them, for our nobles have got our fields and our vineyards.

⁶ he was greatly inflamed with wrath, and determined to destroy all the Jews throughout the whole kingdom of Artaxerxes.

¹¹ and having displayed to them his riches and the honour which the king had conferred on him; how he had promoted him to the highest rank and made him ruler of the kingdom,

⁹ Then Bugathan one of the chamberlains said to the king, Behold Hainan hath prepared a gallows for Mordecai who spoke for the king. There is at Haman's house a gallows actually erected fifty cubits high. Thereupon the king said, Let him be hanged thereon. ¹⁰ So Haman was hanged on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai, and the king's anger was appeased.

¹⁰ So Haman was hanged on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai, and the king's anger was appeased.

¹ There was a man in the country of Ausitis whose name was Job. He was a man of truth and integrity, just, pious, and who abstained from every thing that was evil.

² Passion indeed transporteth the foolish, and envy killeth the wanderer. ³ Now I have seen the foolish taking root, but their sustenance was quickly consumed.

²⁰ In famine he will deliver thee from death, and in battle save thee from the edge of the sword. ²¹ He will hide thee from the scourge of the tongue: and thou need'st not be afraid of impending ills. ²² At the wicked and unrighteous thou shalt laugh;

¹⁰ he can never reascend again; he can never return again to his own house; nor shall his place know him any more.

²¹ Why hast thou not made an oblivion of my transgression; or a purification for my sin? Now therefore let me depart into the earth: and when thou risest in the morning, I am no more.

¹³ Such therefore shall be the end of all who forget the Lord: for the hope of the ungodly shall perish. ¹⁴ For his house shall be uninhabited: and his tent shall fly away like a spider's web. ¹⁵ Though he prop up his house, it cannot stand: Though he take hold of it, it will not abide, ¹⁶ for is he somewhat green underneath the sun? Though a tender branch may start up from his rottenness; his bed is on a heap of stones: ¹⁷ and can he live among flint stones? ¹⁸ Should he wish to drink, the place will disappoint him. Hast thou not seen such things; that such is the catastrophe of the wicked? ¹⁹ But out of the ground he will cause another to spring up:

¹⁷ and life will arise for thee from noon day:

² or like a flower which fell when in bloom. He glideth away indeed like a shadow and can make no stay.

¹⁰ But when a man dieth he is gone: when a mortal falleth, he is no more.

²³ and destined to be food for vultures. He knoweth within himself that he waiteth for a fall; and a dark day will torture him.

⁹ Now the righteous should prevail over the wicked: and he who is faithful should hold on his way: and he who hath clean hands should take courage.

⁴ Passion hath taken possession of thee. What! If thou die, shall the earth be uninhabited? Or the mountains overturned from their foundations?

¹⁹ He will not be acknowledged among his people, nor will his household be safe under the cope of heaven. But in his possessions others shall live secure. ²⁰ They who came after groaned for him, but horror seized them who were before.

⁵ But the mirth of the wicked is sudden ruin, and the joy of transgressors, destruction,

⁵ But the mirth of the wicked is sudden ruin, and the joy of transgressors, destruction, ⁶ though his gifts mount up to heaven, and his sacrifice reach the clouds.

⁶ though his gifts mount up to heaven, and his sacrifice reach the clouds. ⁷ For when he thinketh that he is now firmly established, then shall he be utterly destroyed; and they who have seen him will say, Where is he?

⁷ For when he thinketh that he is now firmly established, then shall he be utterly destroyed; and they who have seen him will say, Where is he? ⁸ Like a dream which is gone, he cannot be found. He is vanished, like a spectre in the night.

⁸ Like a dream which is gone, he cannot be found. He is vanished, like a spectre in the night. ⁹ The eye which saw him, shall see him no more; and his place shall no more him observe.

⁹ The eye which saw him, shall see him no more; and his place shall no more him observe. ¹⁰ Let minors destroy his children, and his own hands light up the signals of distress. ¹¹ His bones were full of his youth, but with him it shall go to rest beneath the mound. ¹² If wickedness be sweet in his mouth, he will hide it under his tongue. ¹³ He will not be sparing of it, nor forsake it, but will gather it together in his mouth; therefore let him not be able to help himself. ¹⁴ The poison of an asp is in his belly. ¹⁵ Riches collected unrighteously shall be vomited up. Out of his house let an angel drag him. ¹⁶ May he suck the venom of dragons! and may the tongue of the viper slay him! ¹⁷ may he never see the milking of his kine, nor the distribution of his honey and butter! ¹⁸ He hath wearied himself for emptiness and vanity; for riches, of which he shall not have a taste, which are like a bur, neither to be chewed nor drunk. ¹⁹ Because he broke up the families of princes; and plundered dwellings and suffered them not to stand ²⁰ There is no security for his possessions; nor shall he be saved by what he valueth highly. ²¹ Not a scrap of his provisions is left. His good things shall not, on this account, be renewed. ²² In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be afflicted, and all manner of distress shall come upon him. ²³ If by any means he be permitted to fill his belly; may he send against him fiery indignation, and pour upon him sorrows! ²⁴ Let him not escape from the edge of the sword! ²⁵ May the brasen bow wound him, and the dart pass through his body, and stars light on his dwellings! ²⁶ May terrors stalk around him and total darkness await him! An unkindled fire devoureth him. May his guest also afflict his family! ²⁷ may the heaven disclose his iniquities, and the earth rise up against him! ²⁸ May destruction bring his house to an end! Upon him may there come a day of wrath! ²⁹ This is the portion of a wicked man from the Lord, and this his possession, from the superintending Being.

⁷ Why do the wicked live and grow old, abounding in wealth?

⁷ Why do the wicked live and grow old, abounding in wealth? ⁸ Their crops are to their wish, and their children before their eyes.

⁸ Their crops are to their wish, and their children before their eyes. ⁹ Their houses flourish and they have no dread; and a scourge from the Lord is not upon them.

⁹ Their houses flourish and they have no dread; and a scourge from the Lord is not upon them. ¹⁰ Their kine bring not forth untimely births, but go their time safely, and cast not their calves.

¹⁰ Their kine bring not forth untimely births, but go their time safely, and cast not their calves. ¹¹ They abide continually like a flock, and their little ones frolick about them.

¹¹ They abide continually like a flock, and their little ones frolick about them. ¹² They take up the psaltery and kithara, and are charmed with the sound of the song;

¹² They take up the psaltery and kithara, and are charmed with the sound of the song; ¹³ and having spent their life in festivity, they are composed to rest in the peaceful grave.

¹³ and having spent their life in festivity, they are composed to rest in the peaceful grave. ¹⁴ Yet he saith to the Lord, Depart from me, I desire not to know thy ways.

¹⁴ Yet he saith to the Lord, Depart from me, I desire not to know thy ways. ¹⁵ What is the Almighty, that we should serve him: and what the advantage, that we should wait on him?

¹⁵ What is the Almighty, that we should serve him: and what the advantage, that we should wait on him? ¹⁶ For their prosperity was by their own hands.

¹⁶ For their prosperity was by their own hands. ¹⁷ Now doth not he observe the works of the wicked? and should not the lamp, at least of wicked men, be extinguished, and destruction come upon them? And pangs seize them, on account of anger:

¹⁷ Now doth not he observe the works of the wicked? and should not the lamp, at least of wicked men, be extinguished, and destruction come upon them? And pangs seize them, on account of anger: ¹⁸ and they be like chaff driven by the wind, or like dust swept away by a whirlwind? ¹⁹ His substance should fail from among his children. He should retribute to him. And he should know it. ²⁰ His eyes should see his own destruction: and he should not escape from the Lord. ²¹ Because his desire is in his family with him; therefore the number of their months should be cut short. ²² Is it not the Lord who teacheth wisdom and understanding, and doth he discriminate murderers? ²³ One is to die in his full strength, all his life being successful and prosperous; ²⁴ his entrails are cloathed with fat, and his bones abound with marrow. ²⁵ Another dieth with bitterness of soul, having never tasted any thing good. ²⁶ But they are both composed alike under ground, and putrefaction hath covered them. ²⁷ I know you charge me with presumption, ²⁸ that you will say, Where is the house of the chief, and where is the covering of the tents of the wicked? ²⁹ Ask them who travel the high ways, or their monuments, you cannot miss them. ³⁰ Because the wicked is reserved for a day of destruction: let them be carried to prison for the day of his indignation. ³¹ Who shall tell him his way to his face, and who shall retribute to him what he hath done? ³² Even when he should be carried to the burying place, he had caused a watch to be kept over his tomb. ³³ The flints of the torrent have been sweetened for him, and every man shall go after him, as innumerable have gone before him. ³⁴ How then do ye comfort me with vanity? There is nothing from you to give me consolation.

²⁶ Then indeed thou shalt have confidence before the Lord; and mayst look up to heaven with cheerfulness.

²⁸ and he will assign thee an habitation of righteousness, and light shall shine upon thy ways.

¹⁰ For he already knoweth my way and hath tried me like gold. ¹¹ And I will come out at his commands; for I have kept his ways, and will not turn aside from his commands,

¹¹ And I will come out at his commands; for I have kept his ways, and will not turn aside from his commands, ¹² nor transgress in my bosom: indeed I have hid his words.

²⁴ As his exaltation afflicted many: he should wither like mallows by heat: or like an ear of corn which fell of itself from the stalk.

¹⁰ hath he any assurance before him? Or upon his calling, will he hearken to him?

¹³ "This is the portion of a wicked man from the Lord: and the possession of oppressors, which shall come to them from the Almighty. ¹⁴ If their children be many they shall be for slaughter; and if they grow up to men, they shall be beggars.

¹⁴ If their children be many they shall be for slaughter; and if they grow up to men, they shall be beggars. ¹⁵ Those who are about him shall die by pestilence: and their widows none shall compassionate. ¹⁶ Though he heap up silver as dust; and store up gold as clay: ¹⁷ the righteous shall take charge of all these; and men of truth shall enjoy his wealth. ¹⁸ His house is gone like moths or like a cobweb. ¹⁹ He shall lie down rich but shall not continue so. He hath opened his eyes, and all is gone. ²⁰ Sorrows flowed in upon him like water. In a night a tempest swept him away. ²¹ A burning wind shall take him up and go he must. It shall blow him away out of his place. ²² He will dash upon him and will not spare. Should he by flight flee from his hand, ²³ he will cause them to clap their hands at him and will hiss him out of his place."

²⁸ he said to man, "Behold the worshipping of God is wisdom: and to abstain from evil is understanding."

¹⁶ Far from depriving the poor of what they had, or causing the heart of a widow to fail; ¹⁷ if I have eaten my morsel alone, and have not shared it with the orphan; ¹⁸ [for from my youth I as a father nourished them, and was their guide from my mother's womb] ¹⁹ If I have seen the naked perishing and have not clothed them; ²⁰ and if the poor have not blessed me, and their shoulders been warmed with the fleece of my lambs;

⁶ therefore Elius the son of Barachiel the Buzite taking up the argument, said, I indeed am young and you are old; therefore I kept silence and was afraid to give my opinion. ⁷ For I said, Is it not age which speaketh? And by many years they have gained wisdom.

⁹ For thou shouldst not say, There shall be no visitation of man. He shall indeed have a visitation from the Lord.

¹⁵ Hast thou withdrawn the light from the wicked, and broken in pieces the arms of the haughty?

¹² And the Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than the former; so that his stock was fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen, a thousand breeding asses. ¹³ And he had seven sons born to him, and three daughters, the eldest of whom he called Hemera, and the second Kasia, ¹⁴ and the third Amalthaiakeres. ¹⁵ And in all the land there were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job. And their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers. ¹⁶ And Job lived after this affliction a hundred and seventy years. So that all the years which he lived were two hundred and forty. And Job saw his children and his children's children, to the fourth generation, ¹⁷ and died an old man and full of days. And it is written that he will rise again with them whom the Lord raiseth up. This is translated out of a book in the Syrian language: For he dwelt in the land of Ausitis, on the confines of Idumea and Arabia. His first name was Jobab, and having married an Arabian woman, he had by her a son whose name was Ennon. Now he himself was a son of father Zare, one of the sons of Esau, and his mother"s name was Bosorra: so that he was the fifth in descent from Abraham. Now these were the kings who reigned in Edom, over which country he also bore rule. The first was Balak, the son of Beor, and the name of his city was Dannaba. And after Balak, Jobab, who is called Job; and after him, Asom who was general from the region of Thaimanitis; and after him, Adad, son of Barad, who smote Madiam in the plain of Moab; and the name of his city was Gethaim. And the friends who came to Job were Eliphaz, of the sons of Esau, the king of the Thaimanites; Baldad, the sovereign of the Saucheans, and Sophar, the king of the Minaians.

² His delight will be in the law of the Lord only. And on his law he will meditate day and night.

⁴ Not so the wicked; not so. They are like the chaff, which the wind driveth from the face of the earth. ⁵ Therefore the wicked shall not stand in judgment, nor sinners in the counsel of the righteous. ⁶ For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: and the way of the ungodly shall perish.

⁶ For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: and the way of the ungodly shall perish.

⁴ He who dwelleth in heaven will laugh them to scorn; the Lord will treat them with derision.

⁸ this deliverance is the Lord's: let thy blessing be upon thy people also.

⁵ Offer a sacrifice of righteousness and trust in the Lord.

¹⁴ Behold this man hath travailed with injustice. He conceived mischief and brought forth iniquity: ¹⁵ he hath digged a pit and covered it: into the pit which he made he will fall:

⁹ The Lord was a refuge for the distressed, a seasonable helper in adversity.

¹⁷ [17-20 A responsive Ode.] Let the sinners be turned back to the mansion of the dead; all the nations who forget God.

⁸ Under his tongue there is mischief and sorrow. He sat in secret places with the rich to slay the innocent; His eyes are on the watch for the distressed. ⁹ He lurketh in secret like a lion in his den; He lurketh to make a prey of the poor. To make a prey of the poor when he hath drawn him in; in his net he will humble him. ¹⁰ He will stoop and crouch at his tyrannising over the poor;

¹⁵ Break the arm of the sinful and malicious man. Let his sin be sought out till no more can be found.

² For behold the sinners have bent a bow: they have provided arrows for a quiver; to shoot privily the upright in heart.

⁷ Because the Lord is righteous, therefore he loved righteousness; his countenance beheld uprightness.

¹¹ Thou hast made known to me the ways of life: thou with thy presence wilt fill me with joy. At thy right hand are pleasures for evermore.

⁵ Establish my footsteps in thy paths; that my footsteps may not be moved.

¹³ Arise, Lord, prevent them and cause them to stumble. Deliver my soul from the wicked: wrest thy sword

¹ For the conclusion. A Psalm by David. Lord, in thy strength, the king will rejoice; and exult greatly in thy salvation. ² Thou hast granted him the desire of his soul, and hast not denied him the request of his lips.

⁴ He asked of thee life; and thou hast given him length of days forever.

¹⁰ Thou wilt destroy their fruit from the earth, and their seed from among the sons of men.

⁴ In thee our fathers placed their trust; they trusted and thou didst deliver them. To thee they cried and they were saved; ⁵ in thee they trusted and were not put to shame.

⁸ "He trusted in the Lord, let him deliver him; let him save him, since he delighteth in him."

¹³ his life shall be spent in the enjoyment of good things and his offspring shall inherit the land.

¹ By David. Judge me, Lord, for I have walked in mine integrity; and trusting in the Lord I should not be shaken.

² When evil doers approached me, to devour my flesh; they, who afflicted me, even mine enemies fainted and fell.

¹⁴ Wait for the Lord and be of good courage; let thy heart be strengthened and wait for the Lord.

⁷ I will exult with joy and rejoice in thy mercy: because thou hast looked on my humiliation; hast delivered my soul from these distresses;

⁷ I will exult with joy and rejoice in thy mercy: because thou hast looked on my humiliation; hast delivered my soul from these distresses; ⁸ hast not shut me up into an enemy's hand; hast set my feet in a roomy place.

¹³ Because I heard the whispers of many who dwell around me; when they assembled together against me they consulted how to take my life;

¹⁵ in thy hands are my lots; deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them who are persecuting me.

²⁰ In the secret of thy presence thou wilt hide them from the trouble of men; thou wilt shelter them in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

²² As for me, on my surprisal I said, I am cast far from thy presence; therefore thou, Lord, didst hear the voice of my supplication when I cried to thee.

¹ On understanding. By David. Happy they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.

¹⁹ to deliver their souls from death; and to nourish them in a famine.

⁹ fear the Lord all ye his saints! for they who fear him have no want. ¹⁰ Rich men have become poor and hungry: But they who seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.

¹⁴ depart from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

¹⁹ Many are the afflictions of the righteous; but out of them all the Lord will deliver them. ²⁰ He keepeth all their bones, not one of them shall be broken.

⁸ let a snare, which they know not, come upon them, and the gin catch them, which they have hidden; and by that very snare let them fall.

¹⁰ Let all my bones say, Lord, who is like thee, who deliverest the afflicted from the hand of them who are stronger than he; the afflicted and needy from them who spoil him?

¹⁶ They tortured me; with scoffs they derided me; they gnashed their teeth at me.

⁸ With the fatness of thy house they shall be plentifully fed; and thou wilt give them for drink, the full flowing stream of thy pleasures:

³ Trust in the Lord and exercise kindness; dwell in the land and thou shalt be fed with the riches thereof.

⁷ Submit thyself to the Lord, and supplicate him; fret not at the man who prospereth in his way; at the man who committeth iniquity.

⁹ for they who do evil shall be cut off: but they who wait for the Lord shall inherit the land. ¹⁰ Yet a little while, and the sinner shall be no more; though thou mayst seek his place, thou shalt not find it. ¹¹ But the meek shall inherit the land, and delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

¹¹ But the meek shall inherit the land, and delight themselves in the abundance of peace. ¹² The sinner may watch the righteous, and gnash his teeth at him;

¹² The sinner may watch the righteous, and gnash his teeth at him; ¹³ but the Lord will laugh him to scorn, for he foreseeth that his day will come.

¹⁷ For the arms of sinners shall be broken; but the Lord supporteth the righteous. ¹⁸ The Lord knoweth the ways of the spotless; and their inheritance shall last forever.

²¹ The sinner borroweth and will not repay; but the righteous sheweth mercy and giveth.

²³ The steps of a man will be directed by the Lord, when he taketh delight in his way. ²⁴ When he happeneth to fall, he shall not fall with violence; for the Lord is a stay to his hand. ²⁵ I have been young and am now old, yet I have never seen the righteous utterly forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

²⁷ Depart from evil and do good and dwell for evermore. ²⁸ Because the Lord loveth judgment and will not forsake his saints; they shall be preserved forever. The spotless shall be avenged, when the seed of the wicked shall be utterly cut off; ²⁹ the righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein forever.

³² The sinner watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to kill him;

³⁵ I have seen the wicked highly exalted, towering aloft like the cedars of Lebanon. ³⁶ Again I passed by, and lo! he was gone. Though I sought him, his place could not be found.

⁴⁰ The Lord will help them and deliver them; he will rescue them from sinners, and save them: because in him they have put their trust.

¹ For the conclusion. A Psalm by David. I Waited patiently for the Lord and he attended to me and heard my prayer: ² and brought me up from a horrible pit and from miry clay; and set my feet on a rock and directed my steps,

² and brought me up from a horrible pit and from miry clay; and set my feet on a rock and directed my steps, ³ and put in my mouth a new song; a hymn to our God. Many will see and be struck with awe, and trust in the Lord.

⁸ to perform, my God, thy will, I was determined, even that law of thine, within my heart.

¹² And for mine innocence thou hast upheld me; and established me before thee for ever.

⁴ Let me go to the altar of God; to God, the joy of my youth. With a kithara, I will praise thee, God, my God.

¹⁸ Though our heart hath not turned back, yet thou hast turned our steps from thy way.

⁶ Thy throne, God, is forever and ever; the sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of rectitude. ⁷ Thou didst love righteousness and hate iniquity, therefore God, thy God anointed thee with the oil of joy above thy associates.

¹ At the conclusion. For the sons of Kora. A Psalm concerning hidden things. GOD is our refuge and strength; our helper in the troubles which often befal us.

⁹ he is making wars to cease to the ends of the earth. He will break the bow and shiver the lance, and shields he will utterly consume with fire.

⁵ Why am I terrified in an evil clay? The iniquity at my heel will surround me.

¹⁰ When he seeth the wise dying; together the foolish and senseless shall perish. And they shall leave their wealth to others,

⁸ I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices. And as for thy whole burnt offerings which are continually before me,

¹² Restore to me the joy of thy salvation; and support me with a becoming spirit,

⁵ For this cause God will utterly destroy thee; tear thee up and hurl thee from thy dwelling; even thy rooted stock out of the land of the living.

⁵ For this cause God will utterly destroy thee; tear thee up and hurl thee from thy dwelling; even thy rooted stock out of the land of the living. ⁶ The righteous will see indeed and be afraid. And they will laugh at him and say,

²² Cast thy care on the Lord, and he will sustain thee. He will never suffer the righteous to be shaken. ²³ But thou, O God, wilt drag them down to the pit of destruction. Bloody and deceitful men shall not live half their days. But as for me I will trust in thee, Lord.

¹⁰ The righteous will rejoice when he seeth the punishment of the wicked; he will wash his hands in the blood of the sinner. ¹¹ And man will say, Since there is indeed a reward for the righteous, there is a God who judgeth those on the earth.

¹⁵ suffer hunger like a dog and go round the city. Let them disperse, that they may eat; and if they are not satisfied, let them murmur.

¹ For the conclusion. For Idithun. A Psalm. By David. Shall not my soul be subjected to God? For from him is my salvation.

⁵ But be thou, O my soul, subjected to God: for from him is mine expectation.

⁸ Trust in him all ye congregated people: pour out your hearts before him; for God is our helper.

⁸ My soul hath kept close to thee: thy right hand hath supported me.

² Thou hast sheltered me from the conspiracy of wicked men; from the multitude of them who are working iniquity. ³ They sharpened their tongues like a sword: they bent a bow, a bitter thing, ⁴ to shoot secretly a blameless man: They are to shoot him suddenly and not be afraid. ⁵ They strengthened for themselves an evil matter: they talked of hiding snares, saying, Who can see us? ⁶ They searched for iniquity: they failed in the search. A man is to come with a deep heart; and God is to be exalted.

² As smoke vanisheth, let them disappear: as wax melteth before fire, so let sinners perish at the presence of God.

⁹ Cast me not off in the time of old age: forsake me not when my strength faileth.

¹⁵ My mouth shall proclaim thy saving mercy; thy salvation all the day long. Because I am unpractised in studies

¹⁸ even to old age and grey hairs. God, forsake me not, till I declare thine arm to the rising generation;

²⁴ My tongue shall still talk of thy saving mercy all the day long, when they, who seek my hurt are shamed and confounded.

⁷ In his days let righteousness spring up, with abundance of peace, till the moon is no more.

² But as for me, my feet were almost gone: my steps had well nigh slipped; ³ for I envied the unrighteous; when I saw the prosperity of sinners.

³ for I envied the unrighteous; when I saw the prosperity of sinners.

³ for I envied the unrighteous; when I saw the prosperity of sinners. ⁴ For there is no lifting up of eyes in their death: and in their affliction they have support.

⁴ For there is no lifting up of eyes in their death: and in their affliction they have support. ⁵ They are not in trouble like other men; nor with other men to be scourged.

⁵ They are not in trouble like other men; nor with other men to be scourged. ⁶ Therefore haughtiness hath got a mastery over them; they have clothed themselves with their iniquity and impiety.

⁶ Therefore haughtiness hath got a mastery over them; they have clothed themselves with their iniquity and impiety. ⁷ Their iniquity springeth up as it were out of fatness; they passed on to the purpose of their heart.

⁷ Their iniquity springeth up as it were out of fatness; they passed on to the purpose of their heart. ⁸ They thought and spoke wickedly; they spoke injustice with a lofty air.

⁸ They thought and spoke wickedly; they spoke injustice with a lofty air. ⁹ They set their mouth against heaven; and their tongue passed on over the earth.

⁹ They set their mouth against heaven; and their tongue passed on over the earth. ¹⁰ Shall my people therefore turn to this; and will full days be found by them?

¹⁰ Shall my people therefore turn to this; and will full days be found by them? ¹¹ They indeed said, How doth God know? and, Is there any knowledge in the Most High?

¹¹ They indeed said, How doth God know? and, Is there any knowledge in the Most High? ¹² Behold these who are sinful men; are always prosperous and have gotten wealth. ¹³ Nay, I myself said, Have I then in vain kept my heart just; and washed my hands in innocence. ¹⁴ All the day long I have been scourged; and the accusation against me is renewed every morning. ¹⁵ Had I said, I will make such a declaration openly: I should have been treacherous to the generation of thy children.

¹⁷ When I go to the sanctuary of God; I may understand the final issue.

¹⁷ When I go to the sanctuary of God; I may understand the final issue. ¹⁸ It is but for their frauds thou hast dealt thus with them. Thou hast overthrown them by their exaltation.! ¹⁹ how they were for destruction! They are gone in a moment! They perished for their iniquity! ²⁰ As a dream of one awaked out of sleep. Thou, Lord, in thy city wilt spurn their ghost;

²⁴ with thy counsel thou hast guided me, and taken me to thyself with glory.

³ There he broke the strong bows, armour, and sword and battle. ⁴ From everlasting mountains, thou shinest marvellously; ⁵ all the foolish hearted, were struck with consternation. All those mighty men have slept their sleep, and found nothing of their wealth for their hands. ⁶ At thy rebuke, God of Jacob, they who had mounted their horses fell fast asleep.

¹³ Righteousness shall go before him, and he will imprint his footsteps for a path.

⁵ shall these trifling years of theirs be as if in the morning, a green herb passed away? ⁶ Should it in the morning bloom and pass away? In the evening it would have fallen, withered and become dry.

⁸ But thou with thine eyes shalt observe, and see the reward of the wicked.

¹² with their hands they shall bear thee up; shouldst thou chance to strike thy foot against a stone.

¹⁵ He will call on me, and I will answer him: I am with him in affliction: I will deliver him and honour him.

⁷ When the wicked sprang up like grass; all the workers of iniquity had a glimpse that they should be destroyed forever.

⁹ For lo! thine enemies shall perish: and all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered. ¹⁰ But my horn shall be exalted like that of the Oryx; and mine old age invigorated with fresh oil. ¹¹ Mine eye hath looked on among mine enemies: and among the wicked who rise against me, mine ear will hear.

¹³ Being planted by the house of the Lord they shall flourish in the courts of our God. ¹⁴ In a vigorous old age they shall still multiply; and continue prosperous; ¹⁵ that they may declare that the Lord my God is righteous; and that in him there is no injustice.

¹⁴ For the Lord will not cast off his people; nor will he forsake his inheritance;

¹⁸ Did I say, My foot hath slipped? Thy mercy, O Lord, assisted me.

⁴ As the honour of a king loveth judgment; thou hast provided rules of rectitude; and executed judgment and justice in Israel.

³ For my days have vanished like smoke: and my bones are parched like dry wood.

²⁸ Let the children of thy servants pitch their tents and their seed be established forever.

¹⁶ Because a blast of wind passed over it, it is gone. It shall no more know its place. ¹⁷ But the mercy of the Lord is from age to age over them who fear him: and his saving goodness over children's children,

³⁴ Let my meditation be acceptable to him, and I will rejoice in the Lord.

⁴² Let the righteous see and rejoice, and let all iniquity stop its mouth. ⁴³ Whosoever is wise and will observe these things, he will understand the mercies of the Lord.

¹⁰ Let his sons be vagabonds and beg: let them be cast out from their dwellings.

³¹ because he stood at the right of the needy: to save from them who seek my life.

² His seed shall be mighty in the land: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.

⁵ a beneficent man who commiserateth and lendeth. He will manage his affairs with judgment;

⁹ He hath dispersed, he hath given to the needy; his righteousness shall endure forever. His horn shall be gloriously exalted:

¹⁵ May you be blessed by the Lord: who made the heaven and the earth.

¹¹ and in my perturbation I said, Every man is a liar.

⁵ O that my ways may be directed, that I may keep thy rules of rectitude.

¹¹ I have hid thine oracles in my heart, that I may not sin against thee.

²¹ Thou hast rebuked the haughty; cursed are they who turn aside from thy commands.

⁹⁸ Thou hast given me a knowledge of thy law above mine enemies; because it is mine forever.

¹¹⁶ Uphold me according to thy word and keep me alive; and let me not be shamed for mine expectation. ¹¹⁷ Help me and I shall be saved; and I will meditate continually on thy statutes.

¹³³ Order my steps according to thy word, and let no iniquity have dominion over me.

¹⁶⁵ Great peace have they who love thy law: and for them there is no stumbling block.

³ let him not suffer my feet to stumble: nor let him, who keepeth me, slumber.

⁸ The Lord will guard thy coming in and going out henceforth and forever.

⁶ Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth! ⁷ Our soul hath escaped as a bird from the fowler's snare. The snare was broken and we have escaped.

¹ A Song of the steps. Happy are all they who fear the Lord, who walk continually in his ways.

⁵ Let all who hate Sion be confounded and turned back. ⁶ Let them be like a blade on the house tops, which withereth before it is pulled up, ⁷ with which the reaper hath not filled his hand, nor he who gathereth the sheaves, his bosom;

¹⁴ The Lord is faithful in his words, and bountiful in all his works.

¹⁹ He will fulfil the desire of them who fear him: he will hear their prayer and save them.

⁶ The Lord raiseth up the meek; and humbleth sinners to the ground.

¹⁰ In the courage of the horse he will not delight, nor is he pleased with the agility of the warrior. ¹¹ The Lord delighteth in them who fear him, and in all them who trust in his mercy.

¹³ for he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.

²⁶ therefore I will laugh at your calamity; and mock when your destruction cometh.

²¹ Because the upright shall inhabit the land; and the holy shall be left in it; ²² the ways of the wicked shall be destroyed from the land; and the transgressors shall be driven out of it.

³¹ Acquire not the reproaches of bad men, nor be fond of their ways.

³³ The curse of God is in the houses of the wicked: but the folds of the righteous are blessed.

⁴ and they said when they taught me, "Let our words sink deep in thy heart. Keep our commandments; do not forget;

²⁵ Let thine eyes look straight forward and thine eyelids wink justly. ²⁶ Make straight paths with thy feet and order all thy ways right.

²⁶ Make straight paths with thy feet and order all thy ways right. ²⁷ Turn not to the right, nor the left; but turn away thy foot from an evil way; for God knoweth the ways on the right, but those on the left are crooked. But he will make thy paths straight and conduct thy steps in peace.

³ The Lord will not kill with hunger a righteous soul; but he will overthrow the life of the wicked.

²¹ The lips of the righteous are skilled in things lofty; but those devoid of understanding die of want.

³¹ The mouth of the righteous distilleth wisdom; but the tongue of the wicked shall be destroyed.

¹ A deceitful balance is an abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.

²⁰ Crooked ways are an abomination to the Lord: but all who are blameless in their ways are his delight.

²² A good man shall leave an inheritance to his children; but the wealth of the wicked is treasured up for the righteous.

²⁵ A righteous man eateth and satisfieth his soul; but the souls of the wicked are insatiate.

¹⁵ A man without guile, believeth every thing: but a prudent man cometh for a change of mind.

²⁹ A man slow to wrath, is of great understanding; but a passionate man is egregiously foolish.

³² A wicked man shall be driven away by his wickedness; but in his sanctity the righteous is secure.

⁷ The lips of the wise are devoted to knowledge; but the hearts of fools are not safe.

¹⁶ Better is a small portion with the fear of the Lord, than great treasures without that fear. ¹⁷ Better is a dinner on herbs, with friendship and favour, than a feast on young bulls, with enmity.

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⁸ He who seeketh the Lord shall find knowledge with righteousness. And they who seek him early shall find peace. ⁹ All the works of the Lord are with righteousness: but the wicked is kept for an evil day.

¹⁷ The paths of life turn aside from evils: and the ways of righteousness are length of life. He who receiveth instruction shall enjoy good: and he who regardeth reproofs shall be wise. He who watcheth his own ways preserveth his soul: and he who loveth his life will be sparing of his mouth.

³² A man who is slow to wrath is better than the mighty; and he who subdueth anger is better than he who taketh a city,

³ The folly of a man maketh his ways destructive; but in his heart he blameth God.

⁷ He who conducteth himself spotless in justice shall leave behind him his children happy.

²² Do not say, I will take vengeance on an enemy; but wait for the Lord that he may help thee.

⁷ The rich rule over the poor; though servants lend to their own masters.

¹⁷ Let not thy heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long.

¹ My son, envy not bad men, nor desire to be with them:

¹⁶ For a righteous man may fall seven times and rise again; but in calamities the wicked shall be without strength.

¹⁹ Rejoice not over evil doers nor envy sinners.

¹¹ It is an apple of gold in a sardine bracelet, thus to speak a word. ¹² A precious sardius is bound to an ear-ring of gold; and a word of wisdom to an obedient ear. ¹³ As the coming out of snow in harvest is grateful according to the degree of heat: so is a faithful messenger to them who send him: for he refresheth the souls of them who employ him.

⁹ With myrrh and wine and perfumes the heart is cheered: but with misfortunes the spirit is broken.

¹⁰ Men stained with blood hate one who is holy: but the upright will make strict inquest for his life.

²⁷ A righteous man is an abomination to an unjust man: and a straight course is an abomination to a transgressor.

⁹ that when I am filled I may not become false and say, Who seeth me? Or being in want, steal and swear by the name of God.

²⁶ For to the man who is good in his sight he hath given wisdom and knowledge and joy; and to the sinner he hath given the trouble of gathering and heaping up to give to him who is good in the sight of God. So that this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

⁶ "Better is one handful of rest than two handfuls of labour and vexation of spirit."

⁸ If thou seest a frivolous accusation of a poor man, and a rigorous exaction of judgment and justice in a country, marvel not at the matter. Because there is a high one over a high one to watch, and high ones are for these things,

¹ As the righteous and the wise and their works are in the hand of God, man indeed knoweth not what to love or what to hate: with regard to all things before him there is vanity in them all.

¹² That man indeed no more knoweth his time than the fishes which are enclosed in an evil dredge, or than birds which are caught in a net. Like them the sons of men are drawn into an evil time when it cometh upon them suddenly.

³ As the citron tree among the trees of the forests; so is my dear brother among the youths. In its shade I took great delight and sat, and its fruit was sweet to my taste.

¹⁶ Wash and become clean: remove iniquities from your souls; in my presence, cease from your evil deeds;

¹⁶ Wash and become clean: remove iniquities from your souls; in my presence, cease from your evil deeds; ¹⁷ learn to do good; seek judgment; deliver him who is injured; administer justice to the orphan, and plead the cause of the widow:

¹⁷ learn to do good; seek judgment; deliver him who is injured; administer justice to the orphan, and plead the cause of the widow: ¹⁸ then come: [let our controversy be brought to issue, saith the Lord] and though your sins be as a purple stain; I will make you white as snow; though they be as a stain of scarlet; I will make you white as wool. ¹⁹ If you indeed be willing and will hearken to me, you shall eat the good things of the land:

¹³ For he said, "With this power I will perform exploits; and by the wisdom of mine understanding I will remove the boundaries of nations, and make a prey of their strength, ¹⁴ and shake inhabited cities, and seize with my hand the whole World as a nest; and carry off the inhabitants like deserted eggs. There is none who can escape me or chirp against me."

¹⁶ indeed the Lord of hosts will send disgrace on thy honour, and on thy glory a burning fire shall be kindled: ¹⁷ and the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and shall hallow him with a burning fire, and consume his substance like dry grass. ¹⁸ On that day there shall be an extinction of the mountains, and the hills, and the forests; and it shall consume from the soul even to the flesh: and he who fleeth shall be like one fleeing from blazing fire. ¹⁹ And those of them who are left shall be few in number, so that a child may write them down.

³³ behold the sovereign Lord of hosts, with majesty confoundeth the glorious. They who are elated with arrogance shall be crushed; and the lofty shall be brought low; ³⁴ yes, the lofty shall fall by the sword; and Libanus shall fall with the lofty.

² Behold! my God is my Saviour, I will trust in him and not be afraid. Because the Lord is my glory and my praise; and hath become unto me salvation;

¹⁶ And their infants shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; and their houses shall be plundered and their wives ravished.

¹⁴ I will ascend above the clouds; I will be like the Most High. ¹⁵ But thou must now go down to the mansion of the dead; even down to the foundations of the earth. ¹⁶ They who see thee will express their amazement at thee and say, Is this the man who troubled the earth? who shook kings? ¹⁷ who made the World a desert? who, when he destroyed cities, never dismissed his captives? ¹⁸ All the kings of the nations have been composed to rest with honour, every man in his own house. ¹⁹ But thou shalt be cast out on the mountains, like an abominable corse, with dying crouds, pierced with the sword, descending down to the mansion of the dead. ²⁰ As a mantle stained with blood cannot be clean; for the same cause neither canst thou be clean. Because thou hast destroyed this land of mine, and hast slain this my people; thou shalt not be of long continuance. Wicked seed, ²¹ prepare thy sons for slaughter, for the sins of their fathers; that they may not rise and possess the land, and fill the World with wars.

³ who support truth and keep peace; because their confidence is placed in thee, Lord!

¹⁵ Thus saith the Lord, Lord. The Holy One of Israel, when thou shalt return sighing, then thou shalt be saved, and thou shalt know in what a situation thou wast, when thou didst trust in these vanities. Your strength was vain, yet you would not hearken,

¹⁸ [p] But again the Lord will wait to be gracious to you, and will therefore be exalted for compassionating you. Because the Lord your God is judge, happy are they who wait for him.

⁵ as birds hover over their young, so will the Lord of Hosts protect Jerusalem; he will hover over it and spring forward, and will protect and save it."

⁸ But the pious have counselled with understanding; and their counsel shall be established."

¹⁷ And the works of righteousness shall be peace; and righteousness shall enjoy rest. As for them who have kept up their confidence till that age;

² [c] O Lord, have mercy upon us! for in thee we have placed our trust. The seed of the rebellious were for destruction: but thou wast our safety in the time of trouble.

¹⁶ he shall dwell in a lofty cavern of a strong rock: bread shall be given him and his water shall not fail.

¹¹ Like a shepherd he will tend his flock; and with his arm he will gather the lambs, and comfort the ewes that are with young.

¹⁰ Fear not, for I am with thee; be not led astray, for I am thy God. I have strengthened thee and helped thee, and secured thee with my just right hand.

¹ [J] JACOB is my servant, I will uphold him, Israel is my chosen one, my soul hath embraced him; I have put my spirit upon him; he will publish judgment to the nations. [[J] Jehovah, [p] the prophet]

⁴ I am the self existent, even till you grow old, I am, I sustain you: I made you and I will bear with you; I will lift you up and I will save you.

¹⁸ And hadst thou hearkened to my commandments thy peace would have been like a river and thy righteousness like a wave of the sea;

¹⁰ Who is there among you who feareth the Lord, let him hearken to the voice of his servant. Ye who walk in darkness and have no light, trust in the name of the Lord and stay your selves on God.

⁷ Hearken to me, ye who know judgment; ye people, in whose heart is my law. Fear not the reproach of men, nor be overcome by their contempt.

¹⁷ Perish every weapon formed against thee! I will not prosper it. Though every voice should rise up against thee for judgment, thou shalt overcome them all and in the trial they shall be condemned. There is an inheritance for them who serve the Lord, therefore you are to be just for me, saith the Lord.

¹ You see how a righteous one was destroyed, and no one layeth it to heart. And righteous men are taken away, and no one observeth, that on account of iniquity the righteous one was taken away. ² His sepulture shall be in peace. He is taken from among you.

¹³ lo When thou criest; let them deliver thee in thine affliction. A wind indeed shall overtake them all; and a whirlwind shall sweep them away. But they who adhere to me shall possess the land, and inherit my holy mountain.

¹⁸ I have seen his ways and healed him, and comforted him, and given him true consolation; ¹⁹ peace upon peace to them near and to them far off. So the Lord said, I will heal them. ²⁰ But the wicked shall be tossed like waves and shall not be able to rest. "There is no peace, "said God, "to the wicked."

⁷ deal out thy bread to the hungry, and take into thy house the poor who have no shelter; if thou seest one naked, clothe him, and look not scornfully on dependants of thy race; ⁸ then shall thy light break forth like the morning, and thy remedies shall spring up speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee, and the glory of the Lord will surround thee.

⁸ then shall thy light break forth like the morning, and thy remedies shall spring up speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee, and the glory of the Lord will surround thee. ⁹ Then thou shalt cry and God will answer thee; and whilst thou art speaking he will say, Lo I am here. If thou remove from thee the bond, and the vote and decree which occasion murmuring, ¹⁰ and from thy soul give bread to the hungry and satisfy an afflicted soul; then shall thy light spring up in darkness; and thy darkness shall be as the noon day:

¹⁰ and from thy soul give bread to the hungry and satisfy an afflicted soul; then shall thy light spring up in darkness; and thy darkness shall be as the noon day:

¹⁴ and trust continually in the Lord; he will then mount thee on the good places of the land and feed thee on the inheritance of thy father Jacob: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken these words.

²¹ And this shall be my covenant with them, said the Lord, this spirit of mine which is upon thee, and these words which I have put in thy mouth shall not fail from thy mouth, nor from the mouth of thy seed, [for the Lord hath spoken] from this time forth forever.

²¹ And thy people shall be all righteous, they shall inherit the land forever, preserving the plant, the works of their hands, for glory.

⁸ For I am the Lord who love righteousness and hate the spoils of injustice; and I will give the righteous the fruit of their toil and make an everlasting covenant with them

²⁴ but let him who boasteth, boast of this only, that he understandeth and knoweth, that I am the Lord, who exercise mercy and judgment and justice on the earth: that in these things is my delight, saith the Lord.

²³ [p] I know, Lord, that the way of man is not in himself, nor can a man who travelleth ensure to himself a prosperous journey.

¹ [p] Righteous as thou art, O Lord, can I defend a cause against thee? but let me speak to thee in respect to judgments. Why is the way of wicked men prosperous? Why are they happy who have been all guilty of perfidy?

⁷ But blessed is the man who hath trusted in the Lord; and whose hope is the Lord. ⁸ He will be like a thriving tree near waters which shall shoot out its roots in a moist soil. It will not be afraid when heat cometh, though its stock be loaded with branches. In a year of drought it will not be afraid, nor will it fail to bear fruit.

¹⁰ Because I heard the whisper of many collected from all around saying, "Join in conspiracy and let us all conspire against him; ye men who are his friends watch his thoughts; if he can be deceived, we shall then prevail over him and take our revenge on him."

¹⁴ Let the day be cursed in which I was born; the day in which my mother bore me; Let it not be mentioned with expressions of joy. ¹⁵ Let the man be cursed who brought tidings to my father saying, A male child is borne to thee making him glad.

³³ For this, saith the Lord, is my covenant which I will make with the house of Israel; after those days, saith the Lord, I will adapt my laws to their understanding and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God and they shall be my people.

³⁹ And I will give them another way and another heart that I may be always feared and may be for good to them and their children after them. ⁴⁰ And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, which I will not turn away from them; and I will put my fear in their heart, that they may not apostatise from me; ⁴¹ and I will watch over them to do them good, and plant them in this land with faithfulness even with my whole heart and soul.

²⁷ Lay waste all her fruits and let them go down to destruction. [p] Alas for them; for their day is come and the time of their visitation!

²⁵ The Lord is gracious to them who wait for him for the soul, that will seek him, ²⁶ there is good; let it therefore wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.

³⁷ [a] Who ever enjoined thus; when it hath happened, hath not the Lord ordered it?

²⁵ And as for thee, thou profane wicked ruler of Israel, whose day is coming at the appointed season, there is an end to thy usurpation.

²⁹ By the vain vision and false prophesying concerning thee, the day came at the appointed season, for turning thee on the necks of wounded transgressors.

⁶ from the groves of Bashan they made thy oars. Thy temples they built of ivory and thy roomy houses from the isles of the Chetians:

²¹ Son of man, I bruised the arms of Pharao king of Egypt; and behold he hath made no supplication for a cure to be given, for a poultice to be applied; for strength to be given to handle a sword, ²² Therefore thus saith the Lord, Lord, Behold I am against Pharao king of Egypt; and I will break his strong and extended arms, and cause the sword to drop from his hand. ²³ And I will scatter Egypt among the nations, and disperse them through the countries. ²⁴ And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword into his hand, and he shall wield it against Egypt, and make a prey of his prey, and a spoil of his spoil. ²⁵ I will indeed strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon; and the arms of Pharao shall be enfeebled; and they shall know that I am the Lord. When I put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, he shall wield it against the land of Egypt.

⁶ Among his boughs all the birds of the air built their nests; and under his branches all the beasts of the field brought forth their young; and all the multitude of nations dwelt in its shade. ⁷ He was beautiful in his height by the multitude of his branches, because his roots shot out into abundance of water. ⁸ Even the cypresses such as were in the paradise of God and the pines were not to be compared with his shoots, nor were the fir trees comparable to his branches. Not a tree in the garden of God was equal to him in beauty, ⁹ on the account of the multitude of his branches; therefore, the trees of God's delicious paradise envied him on that account. ¹⁰ But thus saith the Lord, Because thou wast of great magnitude, therefore thou hast shot up thy top among the clouds. Now when I saw that he was lifted up,

¹⁸ To whomsoever thou hast been likened, down with thee, and be pressed low with the trees of pleasure into the depth of the earth. In the midst of the uncircumcised thou shalt lie, with them who are the victims of the swords. Thus shall it be with Pharao and the multitude of his strength, saith the Lord, Lord.

¹⁷ For our God in heaven, whom we worship, is able to deliver us out of the furnace of fire which is heated, and he will deliver us, king, out of thy hands.

²⁸ Then Nabuchodonosar the king addressing them, said, "Blessed be the God of Sedrach, Misach, Abdenago, who hath sent his angel and delivered his servants. Because they have trusted in him and have altered the king's decree and delivered up their bodies to fire that they might not serve nor worship any god, but only their own God,

²⁰ The tree which thou sawest, which was increased in magnitude and strength, the top of which reached up to heaven and its bulk to the extent of the whole earth, ²¹ the leaves of which were beautiful and its fruit abundant, and on which there was food for all; beneath which the beasts of the field dwelt, and on the branches of which the birds of the air roosted: ²² Thou, king art it. For thou art become great and strong and thy greatness hath increased and reached up to heaven and thy dominion to the limits of the earth. ²³ And inasmuch as the king saw an Eir, even a holy one descending from heaven who said, Cut down that tree and destroy it, but leave the stump of its roots in the earth; and in a band of iron and brass and in the green grass abroad and in the dew of heaven let it abide; and let its portion be with the wild beasts of the field until seven seasons revolve over it; ²⁴ This, king, is the interpretation thereof and the decree of the Most High which is about to come upon my lord the king. ²⁵ Thou wilt be driven from among men; and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field; and they will feed thee with grass like an ox; and thou shalt lodge in the dew of heaven; and seven seasons shall revolve over thee, till thou be made sensible that the Most High ruleth over the kingdom of men and can give it to whom he will. ²⁶ But inasmuch as they said, Let the stump of the roots of the tree remain, thy kingdom shall remain for thee when thou art made sensible of the heavenly authority. ²⁷ For this cause, king, let my counsel be acceptable to thee; and make atonement for thy sins by acts of kindness, and for thy transgressions by tender mercies for the distressed. Perhaps God may forgive thine offences. ²⁸ All these things came upon Nabuchodonosar the king. ²⁹ At the end of twelve months, as the king was walking in the temple of his kingdom at Babylon, ³⁰ he spake, saying, Is not this the great Babylon which I have built for the house of a kingdom, by the might of my power, for the display of my glory? ³¹ While the word was yet in the king's mouth, there came a voice from heaven, To thee Nabuchodonosar it is said, the regal power is gone from thee ³² and thou shalt be driven from among men and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field; and they shall feed thee with grass like an ox; and seven seasons shall revolve over thee, that thou mayst know that the Most High ruleth over the kingdom of men and can give it to whom he will. ³³ In that very hour the word was fulfilled on Nabuchodonosar; and he was driven from among men and ate grass like an ox and his body was bathed with the dew of heaven, until his hair grew strong like the shag of lions and his nails like the claws of birds.

²⁶ The interpretation of the decree is this. Mane; God hath measured thy kingdom and brought it to a conclusion.

²³ At this the king was exceedingly rejoiced and gave order to take Daniel up out of the den. So he was taken up out of the den and there was no manner of hurt found on him, because he had trusted in his God.

¹² and sin was permitted against the sacrifice; and this righteousness was cast on the ground; so he acted and was prospered.

²⁴ and his power will be great, and he will destroy things which are objects of admiration and will prosper and act and destroy mighty men, and a holy people.

³⁶ Because it is still for a time, therefore he will act according to his pleasure. And this king will be exalted and magnified above every god, and will speak swelling words, and prosper until the indignation is completed: for it is coming to a completion.

⁵ And it shall come to pass in that day that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezrael."

¹⁸ And in that day I will make a covenant for them, with the wild beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the reptiles of the earth; and bow and sword and battle I will crush out of the land; and I will settle thee securely

¹³ therefore the prudent will at that time be silent because it is the time of wicked men.

¹¹ Then they said to him, What shall we do to thee that the sea may be calmed for us? For the sea rolled and grew more and more tempestuous.

⁹ But I will sacrifice to thee with the voice of praise and thanksgiving. I will pay thee what I have vowed to the Lord for my deliverance.

¹ Thereupon Jonas was exceedingly grieved and confounded,

⁹ And God said to Jonas, Art thou very sorry] for the colocynthis. And he said I am sorry even to death.

¹ They planned mischief; they contrived evils on their beds, and soon as it was day they executed them; for they did not lift up their hands to God.

³ therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold against this tribe I am planning evils, from which you shall not withdraw your necks, nor walk erect suddenly. Because it is an evil time,

⁶ and they will feed Assur with a sword and the land of Nebrod in its enclosure. So he will deliver from the Assyrian, when he hath come against your land and when he hath passed over your borders.

⁷ [c] But as for me I will look to the Lord; I will wait for the God who is my saviour; he who is my God will hearken to me. [[c] The chorus, or Sion.] ⁸ Rejoice not over me, mine enemy, because I have fallen. I shall rise again, for though I sit in darkness the Lord will give me light.

⁸ Rejoice not over me, mine enemy, because I have fallen. I shall rise again, for though I sit in darkness the Lord will give me light. ⁹ I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him; until he vindicate my cause. He will do me justice and bring me out into light;

¹³ Thine eye is too pure to behold wicked deeds, or to look on the labours of sorrow. Why lookest thou upon despisers? Wilt thou be silent when the wicked swallow up the righteous?

³ for the vision is for a time yet to come. But it will spring up at last and will not be vain. Though he may tarry, wait for him; for he will assuredly come and will not fail.

³ Whereupon he said to me, This is the curse which is going forth over the face of the whole earth. Since every thief on the one hand is to be punished with death, and every false swearer on the other hand is to be punished; ⁴ therefore I will bring it out saith the Lord Almighty; and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who sweareth by my name to a falsehood; and it shall lodge in his house, and destroy it with the timber and the stones thereof.

¹⁸ And when you shall be converted, you shall see the difference between a righteous man and one who is unrighteous; and between him who serveth God and him who serveth not.

⁵ Happy the meek; for they shall inherit the land.

⁷ Happy the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy.

¹¹ give us to day our daily bread;

²⁵ Therefore I say to you, Be not anxious about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink; nor about your body, what you shall wear. Is not life a greater gift than food; and the body, than raiment?

³¹ Therefore be not anxious, saying, What shall we eat; or, what shall we drink; or, with what shall we be clothed? ³² For about all such things the nations are solicitous: for your heavenly father knoweth that you have need of all these things.

³² For about all such things the nations are solicitous: for your heavenly father knoweth that you have need of all these things. ³³ But seek first the kingdom of God, and the righteousness required by him, and all those things will be superadded to you.

³⁵ The good man out of the good treasure of his heart produceth good things; and the bad man, out of his bad treasure produceth bad things.

³⁰ Let them both grow together till the harvest. And at the season for reaping I will say to the reapers, Gather the darnel first and bind it in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.

⁴³ Then shall the righteous shine like the sun in the kingdom of their father. Whoever hath ears to hear, let him hear.

⁴⁹ So shall it be at the conclusion of this age. The angels will go forth and sever the wicked from among the righteous ⁵⁰ and cast them into the fiery furnace. Weeping and gnashing of teeth will be there.

³⁰ and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers we would not have been their accomplices in the blood of the prophets. ³¹ So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of them who killed the prophets. ³² As for you then, fill up the measure of your fathers. ³³ Serpents! brood of vipers! how can you escape the punishment of hell? ³⁴ For this, behold I am about to send you prophets, wise men and Scribes: and some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;

¹³ But he who persevereth to the end shall be saved.

²¹ For there will then be great affliction, such as hath not happened from the beginning of the world till now: no, nor ever shall be. ²² Indeed if those days were not shortened, no flesh could escape. But for the sake of the chosen, those days will be shortened. ²³ At that time if any say to you, Lo! the Christ is here! or there! believe it not. ²⁴ For false Christs and false prophets will rise up and give out great signs and wonders, so as to deceive, if it were possible, even the chosen.

⁴¹ Then he will say to them on his left, Depart from me, ye cursed, into the fire which is everlasting; that prepared for the devil and his angels!

⁴⁶ So these shall go to everlasting punishment and the righteous to an everlasting life.

⁴ and were consulting how they might take Jesus by surprise and kill him.

¹⁶ And from that time he watched an opportunity to deliver him up.

⁴ saying, I have sinned in having betrayed innocent blood To which they replied, What is that to us? Look thou to that. ⁵ Thereupon he threw down the money in the temple, and withdrew, and went and strangled himself.

⁵³ He hath filled the hungry with good things; and sent away the rich empty. ⁵⁴ He hath supported his servant Israel, remembering [as he spoke to our fathers] mercy ⁵⁵ for Abraham and his seed forever.

²⁵ And behold there was at Jerusalem a man whose name was Simeon. This man, being righteous and devout, was waiting for the consolation of Israel; and there was a holy spirit upon him. ²⁶ Now it had been revealed to him by the holy spirit, that he should not see death until he had seen the Christ of the Lord; ²⁷ and he had come by the spirit to the temple. And when the parents brought the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the law, ²⁸ he took him in his arms, and blessed God, and said, ²⁹ Now, O Lord, thou dismissest thy servant in peace according to thy word,

³⁴ Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, Behold this child is destined for the fall and the rising again of many in Israel, and for an object of calumny

⁷ And the Scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would perform a cure on the sabbath day, that they might find matter of accusation against him.

³⁰ Give to every one who asketh thee. And from him who taketh away thy goods, do not demand them back.

³⁵ But love your enemies; and do good; and lend without any mistrust, and your reward will be great. And you will be the children of the Most High Because he is kind, even to the ungrateful and malignant; ³⁶ be ye therefore merciful, even as your Father is merciful. ³⁷ Furthermore, judge not, that so you may not be judged. Condemn not, that so you may not be condemned. Forgive; and you shall be forgiven. ³⁸ Give; and to you will be given; into your lap there shall be given good measure, pressed down and shaken and running over. For with the same measure with which you mete to others, you shall have measure returned to you.

⁵⁴ Upon seeing this, his disciples, James and John, said, Master, Is it thy pleasure that we command fire to come down from heaven and consume them, as Elias did? ⁵⁵ Whereupon, turning about, he rebuked them, and said, You do not know what spirit you are of.

⁵⁴ laying snares for him, and seeking to catch something from his mouth, that they might accuse him;

²⁰ Whereupon God said to him; Fool, this very night this soul of thine will be demanded of thee. Whose then will those things be which thou hast provided? ²¹ Thus let every one [say] to himself who is heaping up treasure and is not rich for God. ²² Then he said to his disciples, For this cause I say to you, be not anxious about your life, what you shall eat; nor for your body, what you shall wear.

²⁹ As for you, therefore, be not inquisitive about what you shall eat, or what you shall drink, nor agitated with restless thoughts. ³⁰ For about all these things the nations of the world are inquisitive: but your Father knoweth that you have need of all these things.

³ I tell you, No. But, unless you reform, you shall all perish in like manner.

⁵ I tell you, No; but unless you reform, you shall all perish in like manner.

¹ It happened also on a sabbath day, when he went to eat at the house of one of the chiefs who were Pharisees, and they were watching him,

¹¹ For whoever exalteth himself, shall be humbled, and he who humbleth. himself, shall be exalted.

²⁷ Then he said, I intreat thee therefore, Father, to send him to my father's house; ²⁸ for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, that they also may not come to this place of torment.

⁴⁷ Now while he was daily in the temple teaching, the chief priests, and the Scribes, and the chiefs of the people were contriving his destruction; ⁴⁸ but could not find the means of effecting it. For all the people were bent upon hearing him.

²⁰ Therefore, having watched him diligently, they sent to him spies who should feign themselves to be righteous men, that they might lay hold of some word of his, in order to deliver him up to the jurisdiction and authority of the governor.

³¹ Then the Lord said to Simon, Simon! behold Satan hath earnestly requested to have you in his power, that he may sift you as wheat: ³² and I have prayed for thee that thy faith may not quite fail. When thou therefore hast recovered thyself, strengthen thou thy brethren.

³⁵ Then he said to them, When I sent you without purse and scrip and sandals, did you want any thing? And when they said No;

⁶⁰ Thereupon Peter said, Man, I do not know what thou sayest. And instantly, while he was yet speaking, the cock crowed. ⁶¹ Upon which the Lord, turning about, looked upon Peter. And Peter recollected the word of the Lord, how he said to him, Before cock crowing thou wilt three times deny me. ⁶² And Peter went out and wept bitterly.

²⁴ Verily, verily I say to you, He who heareth my word, and believeth on him who sent me, hath an everlasting life, and doth not incur condemnation, but hath passed from death to that life.

³⁹ And this is the will of the Father, who sent me that of all which he hath given me, I should lose nothing, but raise it up at the last day. ⁴⁰ And this is the will of him who sent me, that every one who seeth the son, and believeth in him, may have an everlasting life, and that I raise him up at the last day.

²⁷ My sheep, as I told you, hearken to my voice and I know them, and they follow me: ²⁸ and I give them everlasting life; and they shall never perish, nor shall any one wrest them out of my hand. ²⁹ My father who gave them to me, is greater than all, and none is able to wrest them out of my father's hand. ³⁰ I and my father are one.

²⁷ Peace I leave with you. This peace of mine I give you. It is not as the world giveth that I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled nor dismayed.

⁷ If you continue in me, and my words continue in you, ask what you will and it will be done for you:

⁹ As the Father hath loved me, so I have loved you. Continue ye in my love.

¹⁶ It was not you who chose me; but it was I who chose you, and placed you that you may go forth bearing fruit, and that your fruit may continue, that the Father may give you whatever you ask of him in my name.

⁵² Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? Indeed they have slain them who prophesied concerning the coming of that Righteous one, of whom you have now become the betrayers and murderers:

⁵⁹ and stoned Stephen, invoking and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. ⁶⁰ Then he kneeled down and cried out with a loud voice, O! Lord, charge not this sin to their account; and having said this he fell asleep.

²⁴ and Saul was apprized of their plot. As they were watching the gates day and night to murder him,

²⁹ Whereupon the disciples determined, every one according to his ability to send relief to the brethren who dwelt in Judea.

² and slew with the sword James the brother of John. ³ And as he saw that this pleased the Jews, he proceeded to apprehend Peter also.

¹¹ Then Peter coming to himself, said, Now I know certainly that the Lord hath sent his angel and delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the Jews.

²² upon which the people shouted, It is the voice of a god and not of a man! ²³ And instantly an angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory. And being gnawed by worms he died.

²³ And instantly an angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory. And being gnawed by worms he died.

³⁵ On all occasions I have suggested to you that you ought thus to labour, and support the indigent, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he said, "It is a greater happiness to give, than to receive."

¹⁶ And some of the disciples came with us from Csesarea and brought us to one Mnason, a Cyprian, an old disciple, with whom we were to lodge.

²¹ that as sin had reigned by death, so favour might reign by means' of a justification for everlasting life, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

²³ For die wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is everlasting life by Christ Jesus our Lord.

¹ There is then no condemnation now to them who are in Christ Jesus and who walk not after the flesh, but after the spirit.

³³ Who shall lodge an accusation against them whom God hath chosen? God who acquitteth? ³⁴ who is he who shall condemn? Christ who died? Rather indeed who is raised up, who is actually at the right hand of God, and who maketh intercession for us?

⁵ So pass no judgment prematurely, until the Lord come, who will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and expose to view the counsels of the hearts, and then the praise for every one will be from God.

⁵⁷ But thanks be to God who gives us the victory Through our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁵⁸ So then, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, immoveable, abounding always in the work of the Lord, for as much as you know that your labour in the Lord is not in vain.

²² If any one loveth not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be an Anathema. Maranatha.

⁹ persecuted, but not quite forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

⁹ For you know the bounty of our Lord Jesus Christ, that rich as he was, he for your sakes became poor, that through his poverty you might become rich.

⁶ Now considering this, that he who soweth sparingly shall reap sparingly, and that he who soweth bountifully will reap bountifully, ⁷ let every one give as he is predisposed in his heart, not with regret, nor reluctance; for God loveth a cheerful giver: ⁸ and God is able to make every bounty redound to your advantage. That you having always a sufficiency in every thing, may abound to every good work, ⁹ [as it is written, "He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor, his righteousness shall endure for ever;" ¹⁰ and may He who furnisheth abundantly seed for the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed, and increase the products of your righteousness!] ¹¹ you are enriched in every thing for every act of bounty, which operateth through us to produce thanksgiving to God. ¹² Because the distribution of this religious offering not only supplieth the wants of the saints, but also superaboundeth with many thanksgivings to God; ¹³ [by the experience of this distribution they glorify God for your avowed subjection to the glad tidings of the Christ;] therefore, for the liberality of this contribution for them and for all; ¹⁴ and for the supplication which is made for you by them who love you on account of the supereminent favour of God for you, ¹⁵ thanks be to God for this his unspeakable gift.

¹⁰ For as many as are of works of law are under a curse; for it is written, "Cursed is every one who will not persevere in all that. are written in the book of the law to do them."

¹³ From this curse of the law Christ hath redeemed us, being made a curse for us; [for it is written, "Cursed, is every one who is suspended on a cross,"]

²¹ envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and the like, of which I forewarn you, as I have indeed before declared that they who practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God: ²² But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, gentleness, goodness, faithfulness, ²³ meekness, temperance; against such things there is no law.

⁹ therefore let us not be weary in well doing, for in due time we shall reap without being tired.

⁸ For by grace you are saved by means of this belief. And even this is not of yourselves; it is the gift of God.

²⁶ are you excited to anger? Do not therefore sin. Let not the sun go down on your wrath,

²⁹ Let no corrupt discourse proceed out of your mouth; nothing but what is good for edification, of such utility as to be a benefit to the hearers.

³¹ Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and detraction, be banished from among you, with malice of every sort;

¹⁶ redeeming the time. Because these are evil days,

⁶ Be anxious about nothing; but on all occasions, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; ⁷ and the peace of God, which surpasseth all understanding, will keep your hearts and your minds safe in Christ Jesus.

⁷ and the peace of God, which surpasseth all understanding, will keep your hearts and your minds safe in Christ Jesus.

¹¹ being strengthened with all might according to the power of his glory for all patience and long suffering we with joy

⁸ But now lay ye aside also all these things, anger, wrath, malice, detraction, obscene discourse out of your mouth.

⁶ Let your conversation be always with courteousness, seasoned with salt, with a knowledge how you ought to answer every one.

¹⁵ see that none return evil for evil to any one; but on all occasions do all the good you can, both to one another and to all men.

⁸ executing, with flaming fire, vengeance on them who know not God, and on them who hearken not to the glad tidings of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹ These shall suffer punishment, an everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty,

⁶ Now this religion, with contentment, is a great gain.

¹¹ But thou, man of God, shun these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness.

¹⁹ Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth firm, having this inscription""The Lord knoweth them who are his;" and "Let every one who nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity."

¹ But know this, that in the last days there will be grievous times. ² For the men will be selfish, avaricious, vain, haughty, addicted to slander, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, ³ void of natural affection, perfidious, false accusers, intemperate, fierce, destitute of love for goodness, ⁴ betrayers, headstrong, puffed up with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, ⁵ having a form of religion but denying the power of it. From such turn away;

² proclaim the word; be intent thereon, in season and out of season; convince, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine. ³ For a time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine: But when they have an itch of hearing they will, according to their own desires, heap up for themselves teachers, ⁴ who will turn their attention from the truth, and they will be turned aside to fables.

⁶ For I am now about to be poured out as a libation; and the time of my departure is at hand. ⁷ I have maintained the good combat. I have finished the course; I have kept the faith. ⁸ As to what remaineth, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give me on that day, not only to me, but to all who have loved his glorious appearance.

¹⁷ But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, that the proclamation might be made completely by me, and that all the nations might hear it. And I was delivered out of the mouth of a lion.

¹¹ For the favour of God which is for salvation hath been brightly displayed for all men ¹² teaching us in order that we, renouncing impiety and worldly lusts, may live soberly and righteously and piously in this present world, ¹³ waiting for the blessed hope and the bright display of the glory of the great God, and saviour of us Jesus Christ, ¹⁴ who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify for himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

⁸ This is a faithful word; and in respect to these things I charge thee to exert thy utmost influence in order that they who believe in God, may study to be foremost in good works. These are the things which are comely, and profitable for men.

¹⁴ And let our brethren learn to be foremost in good works on all needful occasions, that they may not be unfruitful.

⁸ Wherefore though I have much boldness in Christ to enjoin thee what is fit; ⁹ yet on account of this love I rather use entreaty. Being such as I am, Paul an old man, and now indeed a prisoner on account of Jesus Christ,

¹⁰ For God is not unjust to forget your work, and the labour of that love which you have shewn for his name, by the assistance which you have given and continue to give to the saints.

¹⁰ For God is not unjust to forget your work, and the labour of that love which you have shewn for his name, by the assistance which you have given and continue to give to the saints. ¹¹ Now we earnestly desire that every one of you would shew the same diligent concern for the full assurance of this hope to the end: ¹² that you may not become languid, but imitators of them who through faith and long suffering inherit the promises.

¹⁰ This is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel, After these days, saith the Lord, adapting my laws to their understanding I will write them on their hearts: and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

³⁶ For you must persevere, that when you have performed the will of God, you may receive the promised reward. ³⁷ "For yet a little while, and he who is coming will come, and will not delay;

¹³ These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, but they viewed them at a distance, and were persuaded of, and embraced them, and acknowledged that they were strangers and sojourners in the land. ¹⁴ For they who speak thus shew plainly that they are seeking their father's country: ¹⁵ Now had these been mindful of that from which they came out, they might have had an opportunity of returning thither: ¹⁶ but now they desire a better; that is a heavenly country; therefore God is not ashamed of them; to be invoked as their God: for he prepared a city for them.

¹⁶ but now they desire a better; that is a heavenly country; therefore God is not ashamed of them; to be invoked as their God: for he prepared a city for them.

⁵ And have you forgotten this exhortation which speaketh to us as to children, "My son slight not the correction of the Lord, Nor faint when reproved by him; ⁶ For whom the Lord loveth he reproveth, And chastiseth every son whom he receiveth.

²⁹ for our God is a consuming fire.

⁵ Let your conduct be free from avarice. Be content with what you have; for he hath said, "I will never leave thee, nor will I ever forsake thee."

¹⁶ and forget not beneficence and contribution: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

²¹ perfect you in every good work, that you may do his will, working in you what is well pleasing in his sight through Jesus Christ: to whom be the glory for the ages of the ages. Amen.

¹⁰ and him who is rich, in his humiliation, because he shall pass away like a flower of the grass. ¹¹ For the sun riseth with its scorching heat, and withereth the blade, and the flower thereof failleth, and its beautiful appearance is gone. Just so will the rich man be blasted in his pursuits.

¹⁹ Therefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: ²⁰ for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. ²¹ Therefore having thrown off all the filth and scum of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word which is able to save your souls;

¹³ Whoever among you is a man of wisdom and knowledge, let him, by a virtuous course of life, shew his works with the meekness of wisdom. ¹⁴ But if you have bitter zeal, and strife in your heart, do not boast and lie against the truth. ¹⁵ This is not the wisdom which cometh down from above; but that which is of an earthly, sensual, and devilish nature. ¹⁶ For where there is a zeal with strife, there will be confusion, and every thing which is bad. ¹⁷ Now the wisdom which cometh from above, is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. ¹⁸ And the fruit of this righteousness is peaceably sown by them who cultivate peace.

⁵ Do you think that the scripture speaketh in vain? Doth the spirit which dwelt in us excite desire to envy? ⁶ It granteth indeed a greater favour, therefore it saith, "God resisteth the proud, and granteth favour to the humble."

¹⁵ Instead of your saying, If it be the Lord's will, and we shall live, we will do this or that,

⁷ Wherefore be ye, brethren, patient till the coming of the Lord. Behold the husbandman expecteth the precious fruits of the earth, waiting for them with patience, until it hath received the former and the latter rain. ⁸ Wait ye also with patience. Strengthen your hearts, because the coming of the Lord is near. ⁹ Repine not, brethren, against one another, that you may not be condemned. Behold the judge is at the door. ¹⁰ For an example of enduring adversity, and of long suffering, take, my brethren, the prophets who have spoken in the name of the Lord. ¹¹ Behold we call those sufferers happy. You have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the Lord's termination" that the Lord is full of compassion and tender mercy.

⁴ for an inheritance incorruptible, incapable of defilement or decay, reserved in heaven for us ⁵ who are, during belief, kept safely by the power of God, for a deliverance prepared to be revealed in the last time;

⁵ who are, during belief, kept safely by the power of God, for a deliverance prepared to be revealed in the last time;

⁷ in order that your faith, which hath stood the test and is much more precious than gold which is of a perishable nature though tried by fire, may be found praise worthy, and honourable, and glorious, at the manifestation of Jesus Christ, ⁸ whom without knowing him personally you love; in whom though you do not now see him, yet you believe, and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorified joy,

²⁴ Because "all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as a flower of grass. the grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth,

⁷ Now the end of all things is at hand, therefore be sober, and watch unto prayer,

⁶ therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that he may in due time exalt you. ⁷ Having cast all your care upon him, for he careth for you,

¹⁴ as I know that I must soon lay aside this tabernacle of mine, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath plainly shewed me;

⁹ the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly from, temptation, and to reserve the wicked to the day of judgment, to be punished;

¹² But these, like irrational brute beasts, made for capture and destruction, railing at what they are ignorant of, shall perish with their own destruction. 13 Receiving wages of iniquity, esteeming riot by day a pleasure; being spots and blemishes; rioting by their deceits; banquetting with you;

¹³ and we, according to his promise, expect new heavens, and a new earth in which dwelleth righteousness!

¹³ I write to you, fathers, because you have known him, who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, children, because you have known the Father. ¹⁴ I have written to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

¹⁶ For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the pomp of this life are not of the Father, but are of the world. ¹⁷ Now the world is passing away, and the desire thereof; but he who doth the will of God shall abide forever.

¹⁹ They went out from us; but they were not of us. For if they had been of us, they would have continued with us.

²⁵ And this is the promise which he hath promised us, even the life which is everlasting.

¹² and not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and slew his brother. And why did he slay him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

¹⁴ this also is the confidence which we have in him, that if we ask any thing according to his will he hearkeneth to us. ¹⁵ Now, if we know that he hearkeneth to us in whatever we may ask; we know that we obtain from him the petitions which we have asked.

¹⁸ and we know that every one who is born of God doth not sin; he indeed who is born of God guardeth himself and the wicked one doth not cling to him.

¹ Jude a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James; to the called, who are sanctified by God the father, and preserved by Jesus Christ:

²⁴ Now to him who is able to keep you from falling, and to present you, without blemish, before his glory with great joy

¹⁰ and hast made us kings and priests for our God, and we shall reign on the earth."

¹⁰ And they cried with a loud voice, saying, "How long, O sovereign, the holy one and the true, dost thou defer judging and avenging our blood on the inhabitants of the earth?" ¹¹ And to every of them were given white robes and they were told that they should rest yet a little while till their fellow servants and their brethren who were about to be slain as well as they were completed.

³ And I will give to my two witnesses and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and sixty days clothed in sackcloth. ⁴ These are the two olive trees and the two lamps which stand before the God of the earth. ⁵ And if any one attempt to injure them a fire issueth out of their mouth, and utterly devoureth their enemies. If any one indeed attempt to wrong them in this manner he ought to be slain.

³ And I saw one of its heads as if wounded to death; and this deadly wound of it was healed; and the whole earth followed this beast with admiration. ⁴ And they worshipped the dragon who had given the beast authority; and they worshipped the beast, saying, "Who is like this beast? Who is able to fight with it?" ⁵ And to it was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies. And power was given it to make war forty-two months. ⁶ And it opened its mouth for blasphemy against God, to slander his name and his tabernacle and them, who dwell in heaven. ⁷ And power was given it to make war against the saints and to conquer them; and authority was given it over every tribe and tongue and nation; ⁸ and it is to be worshipped by all the inhabitants of the earth whose names are not written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb that was slain. ⁹ If any one hath an ear to hear let him hear. ¹⁰ If any one gathereth [prisoners] for captivity; into captivity he goeth; if any one shall kill with the sword; with the sword he ought to be slain. Here is the perseverance and the faith of the saints.

³ And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, Behold the tabernacle of God with men! and he will dwell with them; and they will be his people; and God himself will be with them their God. ⁴ And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes. And there shall no more be death; nor shall grief, nor screaming, nor pain be any more; for the former things are gone.

⁷ He who overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God and he shall be my son: