Psalms 118 Cross References - YLT

¹ Give ye thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age is His kindness. ² I pray you, let Israel say, That, to the age is His kindness. ³ I pray you, let the house of Aaron say, That, to the age is His kindness. ⁴ I pray you, let those fearing Jehovah say, That, to the age is His kindness. ⁵ From the straitness I called Jah, Jah answered me in a broad place. ⁶ Jehovah is for me, I do not fear what man doth to me. ⁷ Jehovah is for me among my helpers, And I—I look on those hating me. ⁸ Better to take refuge in Jehovah than to trust in man, ⁹ Better to take refuge in Jehovah, Than to trust in princes. ¹⁰ All nations have compassed me about, In the name of Jehovah I surely cut them off. ¹¹ They have compassed me about, Yea, they have compassed me about, In the name of Jehovah I surely cut them off. ¹² They compassed me about as bees, They have been extinguished as a fire of thorns, In the name of Jehovah I surely cut them off. ¹³ Thou hast sorely thrust me to fall, And Jehovah hath helped me. ¹⁴ My strength and song is Jah, And He is to me for salvation. ¹⁵ A voice of singing and salvation, Is in the tents of the righteous, The right hand of Jehovah is doing valiantly. ¹⁶ The right hand of Jehovah is exalted, The right hand of Jehovah is doing valiantly. ¹⁷ I do not die, but live, And recount the works of Jah, ¹⁸ Jah hath sorely chastened me, And to death hath not given me up.
¹⁹ Open ye to me gates of righteousness, I enter into them—I thank Jah. ²⁰ This is the gate to Jehovah, The righteous enter into it. ²¹ I thank Thee, for Thou hast answered me, And art to me for salvation. ²² A stone the builders refused Hath become head of a corner. ²³ From Jehovah hath this been, It is wonderful in our eyes, ²⁴ This is the day Jehovah hath made, We rejoice and are glad in it. ²⁵ I beseech Thee, O Jehovah, save, I pray Thee, I beseech Thee, O Jehovah, prosper, I pray Thee. ²⁶ Blessed is he who is coming In the name of Jehovah, We blessed you from the house of Jehovah, ²⁷ God is Jehovah, and He giveth to us light, Direct ye the festal-sacrifice with cords, Unto the horns of the altar. ²⁸ My God Thou art, and I confess Thee, My God, I exalt Thee. ²⁹ Give ye thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age, is His kindness!

⁸ Give thanks to Jehovah, call in His name, Make known among the peoples His doings.

³⁴ Give thanks to Jehovah, for good, For to the age, is His kindness,

⁵ For good is Jehovah, to the age His kindness, And to generation and generation His faithfulness!

¹⁷ And the kindness of Jehovah Is from age even unto age on those fearing Him, And His righteousness to sons' sons,

¹ Praise ye Jah, give thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age, is His kindness.

¹ `Give ye thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age is His kindness:'

²⁹ Give ye thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age, is His kindness!

¹ Give ye thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age is His kindness.

¹¹ Is a voice of joy and a voice of gladness, Voice of bridegroom, and voice of bride, The voice of those saying, Thank Jehovah of Hosts, for Jehovah is good, For His kindness is to the age, Who are bringing in thanksgiving to the house of Jehovah, For I turn back the captivity of the land, As at the first, said Jehovah.

⁹ O Israel, trust in Jehovah, `Their help and their shield is He.' <sup>10</sup> O house of Aaron, trust in Jehovah, `Their help and their shield is He.' ¹¹ Ye fearing Jehovah, trust in Jehovah, `Their help and their shield is He.'

¹⁹ O house of Israel, bless ye Jehovah, O house of Aaron, bless ye Jehovah, ²⁰ O house of Levi, bless ye Jehovah, Those fearing Jehovah, bless ye Jehovah.

¹⁰ Confess Thee O Jehovah, do all Thy works, And Thy saints do bless Thee.

¹⁹ Declaring His words to Jacob, His statutes and His judgments to Israel. ²⁰ He hath not done so to any nation, As to judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye Jah!

¹⁶ and as many as by this rule do walk—peace upon them, and kindness, and on the Israel of God!

¹⁵ through him, then, we may offer up a sacrifice of praise always to God, that is, the fruit of lips, giving thanks to His name;

⁹ and ye are a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light; ¹⁰ who were once not a people, and are now the people of God; who had not found kindness, and now have found kindness.

¹ A Song of the Ascents. Lo, bless Jehovah, all servants of Jehovah, Who are standing in the house of Jehovah by night. ² Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, And bless ye Jehovah. ³ Jehovah doth bless thee out of Zion, The maker of the heavens and earth!

⁵ and ye yourselves, as living stones, are built up, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

⁶ and did make us kings and priests to his God and Father, to him is the glory and the power to the ages of the ages! Amen.

⁷ and the first living creature is like a lion, and the second living creature is like a calf, and the third living creature hath the face as a man, and the fourth living creature is like an eagle flying.
⁸ And the four living creatures, each by itself severally, had six wings, around and within are full of eyes, and rest they have not day and night, saying, `Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was, and who is, and who is coming;' <sup>9</sup> and when the living creatures do give glory, and honour, and thanks, to Him who is sitting upon the throne, who is living to the ages of the ages, <sup>10</sup> fall down do the twenty and four elders before Him who is sitting upon the throne, and bow before Him who is living to the ages of the ages, and they cast their crowns before the throne, saying, <sup>11</sup> `Worthy art Thou, O Lord, to receive the glory, and the honour, and the power, because Thou—Thou didst create the all things, and because of Thy will are they, and they were created.'

⁸ And when he took the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell before the Lamb, having each one harps and golden vials full of perfumes, which are the prayers of the saints, ⁹ and they sing a new song, saying, `Worthy art thou to take the scroll, and to open the seals of it, because thou wast slain, and didst redeem us to God in thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation, ¹⁰ and didst make us to our God kings and priests, and we shall reign upon the earth.'

²³ Ye who fear Jehovah, praise ye Him, All the seed of Jacob, honour ye Him, And be afraid of Him, all ye seed of Israel.

⁵ And a voice out of the throne did come forth, saying, `Praise our God, all ye His servants, and those fearing Him, both the small and the great;'

⁷ and Jacob feareth exceedingly, and is distressed, and he divideth the people who are with him, and the flock, and the herd, and the camels, into two camps,

⁹ And Jacob saith, `God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Jehovah who saith unto me, Turn back to thy land, and to thy kindred, and I do good with thee: <sup>10</sup> I have been unworthy of all the kind acts, and of all the truth which Thou hast done with thy servant—for, with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I have become two camps. <sup>11</sup> `Deliver me, I pray Thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I am fearing him, less he come and have smitten me—mother beside sons;

⁶ and David hath great distress, for the people have said to stone him, for the soul of all the people hath been bitter, each for his sons and for his daughters; and David doth strengthen himself in Jehovah his God.
⁷ And David saith unto Abiathar the priest, son of Ahimelech, `Bring nigh, I pray thee, to me the ephod;' and Abiathar bringeth nigh the ephod unto David, <sup>8</sup> and David asketh at Jehovah, saying, `I pursue after this troop—do I overtake it?' And He saith to him, `Pursue, for thou dost certainly overtake, and dost certainly deliver.'

⁶ In mine adversity I call Jehovah, And unto my God I cry. He heareth from His temple my voice, And My cry before Him cometh into His ears.

¹⁹ And He bringeth me forth to a large place, He draweth me out, because He delighted in me.

⁸ And Thou hast not shut me up, Into the hand of an enemy, Thou hast caused my feet to stand in a broad place.

¹ To the Overseer. —A Psalm of David. I have diligently expected Jehovah, And He inclineth to me, and heareth my cry, ² And He doth cause me to come up From a pit of desolation—from mire of mud, And He raiseth up on a rock my feet, He is establishing my steps. ³ And He putteth in my mouth a new song, `Praise to our God.' Many do see and fear, and trust in Jehovah.

² In a day of my distress the Lord I sought, My hand by night hath been spread out, And it doth not cease, My soul hath refused to be comforted.

¹³ And they cry unto Jehovah in their adversity, From their distresses He saveth them.

¹⁹ And cry unto Jehovah in their adversity, From their distresses He saveth them,

³ Compassed me have cords of death, And straits of Sheol have found me, Distress and sorrow I find. ⁴ And in the name of Jehovah I call: I pray Thee, O Jehovah, deliver my soul,

¹ A Song of the Ascents. Unto Jehovah in my distress I have called, And He answereth me.

¹ A Song of the Ascents. From depths I have called Thee, Jehovah. ² Lord, hearken to my voice, Thine ears are attentive to the voice of my supplications.

³¹ And he spake the more vehemently, `If it may be necessary for me to die with thee—I will in no wise deny thee;' and in like manner also said they all.
<sup>32</sup> And they come to a spot, the name of which is Gethsemane, and he saith to his disciples, `Sit ye here till I may pray;' ³³ and he taketh Peter, and James, and John with him, and began to be amazed, and to be very heavy, ³⁴ and he saith to them, `Exceeding sorrowful is my soul—to death; remain here, and watch.' <sup>35</sup> And having gone forward a little, he fell upon the earth, and was praying, that, if it be possible the hour may pass from him, <sup>36</sup> and he said, `Abba, Father; all things are possible to Thee; make this cup pass from me; but, not what I will, but what Thou.'

⁴ Also—when I walk in a valley of death-shade, I fear no evil, for Thou art with me, Thy rod and Thy staff—they comfort me.

¹ By David. Jehovah is my light and my salvation, Whom do I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life, Of whom am I afraid? ² When evil doers come near to me to eat my flesh, My adversaries and mine enemies to me, They have stumbled and fallen. ³ Though a host doth encamp against me, My heart doth not fear, Though war riseth up against me, In this I am confident.

¹ To the Overseer. —By sons of Korah. `For the Virgins.' —A song. God is to us a refuge and strength, A help in adversities found most surely.

¹¹ Jehovah of hosts is with us, A tower for us is the God of Jacob! Selah.

⁴ In God I praise His word, in God I have trusted, I fear not what flesh doth to me.

⁹ Then turn back do mine enemies in the day I call. This I have known, that God is for me.

¹¹ In God I trusted, I fear not what man doth to me,

⁵ O the happiness of him Who hath the God of Jacob for his help, His hope is on Jehovah his God,

¹² I—I am He—your comforter, Who art thou—and thou art afraid of man? he dieth! And of the son of man—grass he is made!

¹¹ And Jehovah is with me, as a terrible mighty one, Therefore my persecutors stumble and prevail not, They have been exceedingly ashamed, For they have not acted wisely, Confusion age-during is not forgotten.

⁸ Thou dost not rejoice over me, O mine enemy, When I have fallen, I have risen, When I sit in darkness Jehovah is a light to me. ⁹ The indignation of Jehovah I do bear, For I have sinned against Him, Till that He doth plead my cause, And hath executed my judgment, He doth bring me forth to the light, I look on His righteousness. ¹⁰ And see doth mine enemy, And cover her doth shame, Who saith unto me, `Where is Jehovah thy God?' Mine eyes do look on her, Now she is for a treading-place, As mire of the out-places.

³¹ What, then, shall we say unto these things? if God is for us, who is against us?

⁶ so that we do boldly say, `The Lord is to me a helper, and I will not fear what man shall do to me.'

¹⁸ And the Spirit hath clothed Amasai, head of the captains: `To thee, O David, and with thee, O son of Jesse—peace! peace to thee, and peace to thy helper, for thy God hath helped thee;' and David receiveth them, and putteth them among the heads of the troop.

⁴ Lo, God is a helper to me, The Lord is with those supporting my soul,

⁷ For, from all adversity He delivered me, And on mine enemies hath mine eye looked!

¹⁸ He hath ransomed in peace my soul From him who is near to me, For with the multitude they were with me.

¹⁰ God doth go before me, He causeth me to look on mine enemies.

¹¹ And mine eye looketh on mine enemies, Of those rising up against me, The evil doers, do mine ears hear.

⁸ Sustained is his heart—he feareth not, Till that he look on his adversaries.

⁴ O the happiness of the man Who hath made Jehovah his trust, And hath not turned unto the proud, And those turning aside to lies.

⁸ Trust in Him at all times, O people, Pour forth before Him your heart, God is a refuge for us. Selah. ⁹ Only—vanity are the low, a lie the high. In balances to go up they than vanity are lighter.

⁵ Thus said Jehovah: Cursed is the man who doth trust in man, And hath made flesh his arm, And from Jehovah whose heart turneth. ⁶ And he hath been as a naked thing in a desert, And doth not see when good cometh, And hath inhabited parched places in a wilderness, A salt land, and not inhabited. ⁷ Blessed is the man who trusteth in Jehovah, And whose confidence hath been Jehovah.

⁵ Believe not in a friend, trust not in a leader, From her who is lying in thy bosom keep the openings of thy mouth. ⁶ For a son is dishonouring a father, A daughter hath stood against her mother, A daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, The enemies of each are the men of his house.
⁷ And I—in Jehovah I do watch, I do wait for the God of my salvation, Hear me doth my God.

³ Trust not in princes—in a son of man, For he hath no deliverance. ⁴ His spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his earth, In that day have his thoughts perished.
⁵ O the happiness of him Who hath the God of Jacob for his help, His hope is on Jehovah his God,

² Who are walking to go down to Egypt, And My mouth have not asked, To be strong in the strength of Pharaoh, And to trust in the shadow of Egypt. ³ And the strength of Pharaoh Hath been to you for shame, And the trust in the shadow of Egypt confusion,

¹⁵ For thus said the Lord Jehovah, The Holy One of Israel: `In returning and rest ye are saved, In keeping quiet and in confidence is your might, And ye have not been willing. ¹⁶ And ye say, No, for on a horse we flee? Therefore ye flee, And on the swift we ride! Therefore swift are your pursuers. ¹⁷ One thousand because of the rebuke of one, Because of the rebuke of five ye flee, Till ye have been surely left as a pole On the top of the mountain, And as an ensign on the height.

¹ Woe to those going down to Egypt for help, And on horses lean, And trust on chariots, because many, And on horsemen, because very strong, And have not looked on the Holy One of Israel, And Jehovah have not sought.

⁸ And fallen hath Asshur by sword, not of the high, Yea, a sword—not of the low, doth consume him, And he hath fled for himself from the face of a sword, And his young men become tributary.

⁶ `Lo, thou hast trusted on the staff of this broken reed—on Egypt—which a man leaneth on, and it hath gone into his hand, and pierced it—so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all those trusting on him. <sup>7</sup> `And dost thou say unto me, Unto Jehovah our God we have trusted? is it not He, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath turned aside, and saith to Judah and to Jerusalem, Before this altar ye do bow yourselves?

⁷ In their taking hold of thee by thy hand, —thou art crushed, And hast rent to them all the shoulder, And in their leaning on thee thou art broken, And hast caused all their thighs to stand.

¹ And all the tribes of Israel come unto David, to Hebron, and speak, saying, `Lo, we are thy bone and thy flesh; <sup>2</sup> also heretofore, in Saul's being king over us, thou hast been he who is bringing out and bringing in Israel, and Jehovah saith to thee, Thou dost feed My people Israel, and thou art for leader over Israel.' <sup>3</sup> And all the elders of Israel come unto the king, to Hebron, and king David maketh with them a covenant in Hebron before Jehovah, and they anoint David for king over Israel. <sup>4</sup> A son of thirty years is David in his being king; forty years he hath reigned; <sup>5</sup> in Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years, over all Israel and Judah.
<sup>6</sup> And the king goeth, and his men, to Jerusalem, unto the Jebusite, the inhabitant of the land, and they speak to David, saying, `Thou dost not come in hither, except thou turn aside the blind and the lame;' saying, `David doth not come in hither.' <sup>7</sup> And David captureth the fortress of Zion, it is the city of David. <sup>8</sup> And David saith on that day, `Any one smiting the Jebusite, (let him go up by the watercourse), and the lame and the blind—the hated of David's soul,' —because the blind and lame say, `He doth not come into the house.' <sup>9</sup> And David dwelleth in the fortress, and calleth it—City of David, and David buildeth round about, from Millo and inward, <sup>10</sup> and David goeth, going on and becoming great, and Jehovah, God of Hosts, is with him.
<sup>11</sup> And Hiram king of Tyre sendeth messengers unto David, and cedar-trees, and artificers of wood, and artificers of stone, for walls, and they build a house for David, <sup>12</sup> and David knoweth that Jehovah hath established him for king over Israel, and that He hath lifted up his kingdom, because of His people Israel. <sup>13</sup> And David taketh again concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after his coming from Hebron, and there are born again to David sons and daughters. <sup>14</sup> And these are the names of those born to him in Jerusalem: Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, <sup>15</sup> and Ibhar, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia, <sup>16</sup> and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet.
<sup>17</sup> And the Philistines hear that they have anointed David for king over Israel, and all the Philistines come up to seek David, and David heareth, and goeth down unto the fortress, <sup>18</sup> and the Philistines have come, and are spread out in the valley of Rephaim. <sup>19</sup> And David asketh of Jehovah, saying, `Do I go up unto the Philistines? dost Thou give them into my hand?' And Jehovah saith unto David, `Go up, for I certainly give the Philistines into thy hand.' <sup>20</sup> And David cometh in to Baal-Perazim, and David smiteth them there, and saith, `Jehovah hath broken forth on mine enemies before me, as the breaking forth of waters;' therefore he hath called the name of that place Baal-Perazim. ²¹ And they forsake there their idols, and David and his men lift them up. ²² And the Philistines add again to come up, and are spread out in the valley of Rephaim, ²³ and David asketh of Jehovah, and He saith, `Thou dost not go up, turn round unto their rear, and thou hast come to them over-against the mulberries, ²⁴ and it cometh to pass, in thy hearing the sound of a stepping in the tops of the mulberries, then thou dost move sharply, for then hath Jehovah gone out before thee to smite in the camp of the Philistines.' ²⁵ And David doth so, as Jehovah commanded him, and smiteth the Philistines from Geba unto thy coming to Gazer.

¹ And it cometh to pass afterwards that David smiteth the Philistines, and humbleth them, and David taketh the bridle of the metropolis out of the hand of the Philistines. ² And he smiteth Moab, and measureth them with a line, causing them to lie down on the earth, and he measureth two lines to put to death, and the fulness of the line to keep alive, and the Moabites are to David for servants, bearers of a present. ³ And David smiteth Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, in his going to bring back his power by the River Euphrates; ⁴ and David captureth from him a thousand and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen, and David destroyeth utterly the whole of the charioteers, only he leaveth of them a hundred charioteers. ⁵ And Aram of Damascus cometh to give help to Hadadezer king of Zobah, and David smiteth of Aram twenty and two thousand men; ⁶ and David putteth garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and Aram is to David for a servant, bearing a present; and Jehovah saveth David whithersoever he hath gone; ⁷ and David taketh the shields of gold which were on the servants of Hadadezer, and bringeth them to Jerusalem; ⁸ and from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, hath king David taken very much brass.
⁹ And Toi king of Hamath heareth that David hath smitten all the force of Hadadezer, ¹⁰ and Toi sendeth Joram his son unto king David to ask of him of welfare, and to bless him, (because that he hath fought against Hadadezer, and smiteth him, for a man of wars with Toi had Hadadezer been), and in his hand have been vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass, ¹¹ also them did king David sanctify to Jehovah, with the silver and the gold which he sanctified of all the nations which he subdued: ¹² of Aram, and of Moab, and of the Bene-Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob king of Zobah. ¹³ And David maketh a name in his turning back from his smiting Aram in the valley of Salt—eighteen thousand; ¹⁴ and he putteth in Edom garrisons—in all Edom he hath put garrisons, and all Edom are servants to David; and Jehovah saveth David whithersoever he hath gone.
¹⁵ And David reigneth over all Israel, and David is doing judgment and righteousness to all his people, ¹⁶ and Joab son of Zeruiah is over the host, and Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud is remembrancer, ¹⁷ and Zadok son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech son of Abiathar, are priests, and Seraiah is scribe, ¹⁸ and Benaiah son of Jehoiada is over both the Cherethite and the Pelethite, and the sons of David have been ministers.

¹ And it cometh to pass afterwards, that the king of the Bene-Ammon dieth, and Hanun his son reigneth in his stead, ² and David saith, `I do kindness with Hanun son of Nahash, as his father did with me kindness;' and David sendeth to comfort him by the hand of his servants concerning his father, and the servants of David come in to the land of the Bene-Ammon. <sup>3</sup> And the heads of the Bene-Ammon say unto Hanun their lord, `Is David honouring thy father in thine eyes because he hath sent to thee comforters? for to search the city, and to spy it, and to overthrow it, hath not David sent his servants unto thee?' ⁴ And Hanun taketh the servants of David, and shaveth off the half of their beard, and cutteth off their long robes in the midst—unto their buttocks, and sendeth them away; ⁵ and they declare it to David, and he sendeth to meet them, for the men have been greatly ashamed, and the king saith, `Abide in Jericho till your beard doth spring up—then ye have returned.'
<sup>6</sup> And the Bene-Ammon see that they have been abhorred by David, and the Bene-Ammon send and hire Aram of Beth-Rehob, and Aram of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of Maacah with a thousand men, and Ish-Tob with twelve thousand men; <sup>7</sup> and David heareth, and sendeth Joab, and all the host—the mighty men. <sup>8</sup> And the Bene-Ammon come out, and set battle in array, at the opening of the gate, and Aram of Zoba, and Rehob, and Ish-Tob, and Maacah, are by themselves in the field; <sup>9</sup> and Joab seeth that the front of the battle hath been unto him before and behind, and he chooseth of all the chosen in Israel, and setteth in array to meet Aram, <sup>10</sup> and the rest of the people he hath given into the hand of Abishai his brother, and setteth in array to meet the Bene-Ammon. <sup>11</sup> And he saith, `If Aram be stronger than I, then thou hast been to me for salvation, and if the Bene-Ammon be stronger than thou, then I have come to give salvation to thee; ¹² be strong and strengthen thyself for our people, and for the cities of our God, and Jehovah doth that which is good in His eyes.' ¹³ And Joab draweth nigh, and the people who are with him, to battle against Aram, and they flee from his presence; ¹⁴ and the Bene-Ammon have seen that Aram hath fled, and they flee from the presence of Abishai, and go in to the city; and Joab turneth back from the Bene-Ammon, and cometh in to Jerusalem.
¹⁵ And Aram seeth that it is smitten before Israel, and they are gathered together; ¹⁶ and Hadadezer sendeth, and bringeth out Aram which is beyond the River, and they come in to Helam, and Shobach head of the host of Hadadezer is before them. ¹⁷ And it is declared to David, and he gathereth all Israel, and passeth over the Jordan, and cometh in to Helam, and Aram setteth itself in array to meet David, and they fight with him; ¹⁸ and Aram fleeth from the presence of Israel, and David slayeth of Aram seven hundred charioteers, and forty thousand horsemen, and Shobach head of its host he hath smitten, and he dieth there. ¹⁹ And all the kings—servants of Hadadezer—see that they have been smitten before Israel, and make peace with Israel, and serve them; and Aram is afraid to help any more the Bene-Ammon.

⁴⁰ As to mine enemies—Thou hast given to me the neck, As to those hating me—I cut them off.

¹⁷ They have surrounded me as waters all the day, They have gone round against me together,

³ And it hath come to pass, in that day, I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone to all the peoples, All loading it are completely pressed down, And gathered against it have been all nations of the earth.

¹ Lo, a day hath come to Jehovah, And divided hath been thy spoil in thy midst. ² And I have gathered all the nations unto Jerusalem to battle, And captured hath been the city, And spoiled have been the houses, And the women are lain with, Gone forth hath half the city in a removal, And the remnant of the people are not cut off from the city. ³ And gone forth hath Jehovah, And He hath fought against those nations, As in the day of His fighting in a day of conflict.

¹⁹ And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, having been gathered together to make war with him who is sitting upon the horse, and with his army; ²⁰ and the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who did the signs before him, in which he led astray those who did receive the mark of the beast, and those who did bow before his image; living they were cast—the two—to the lake of the fire, that is burning with brimstone; ²¹ and the rest were killed with the sword of him who is sitting on the horse, which sword is proceeding out of his mouth, and all the birds were filled out of their flesh.

⁸ and he shall go forth to lead the nations astray, that are in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to gather them together to war, of whom the number is as the sand of the sea; ⁹ and they did go up over the breadth of the land, and did surround the camp of the saints, and the beloved city, and there came down fire from God out of the heaven, and devoured them;

²⁶ And Saul goeth on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain, and David is hastened to go from the face of Saul, and Saul and his men are compassing David and his men, to catch them.

¹⁰ And Joab seeth that the front of the battle hath been unto him, before and behind, and he chooseth out of all the choice in Israel, and setteth in array to meet Aram,

¹² Many bulls have surrounded me, Mighty ones of Bashan have compassed me, ¹³ They have opened against me their mouth, A lion tearing and roaring. ¹⁴ As waters I have been poured out, And separated themselves have all my bones, My heart hath been like wax, It is melted in the midst of my bowels. ¹⁵ Dried up as an earthen vessel is my power, And my tongue is cleaving to my jaws. ¹⁶ And to the dust of death thou appointest me, For surrounded me have dogs, A company of evil doers have compassed me, Piercing my hands and my feet.

⁴⁴ and the Amorite who is dwelling in that hill-country cometh out to meet you, and they pursue you as the bees do, and smite you in Seir—unto Hormah.

⁴⁵ And David saith unto the Philistine, `Thou art coming unto me with sword, and with spear, and with buckler, and I am coming unto thee in the name of Jehovah of Hosts, God of the ranks of Israel, which thou hast reproached.

⁶ As to the worthless—As a thorn driven away are all of them, For—not by hand are they taken;

¹⁰ and David asketh of God, saying, `Do I go up against the Philistines—and hast Thou given them into my hand?' And Jehovah saith to him, `Go up, and I have given them into thy hand.' ¹¹ And they go up into Baal-Perazim, and David smiteth them there, and David saith, `God hath broken up mine enemies by my hand, like the breaking up of waters;' therefore they have called the name of that place Baal-Perazim.

¹⁴ and David asketh again of God, and God saith to him, `Do not go up after them, turn round from them, and thou hast come to them from over-against the mulberries; ¹⁵ and it cometh to pass, when thou hearest the sound of the stepping at the heads of the mulberries, then thou goest out into battle, for God hath gone out before thee to smite the camp of the Philistines.' ¹⁶ And David doth as God commanded him, and they smite the camp of the Philistines from Gibeon even unto Gazer;

¹¹ And Asa calleth unto Jehovah his God, and saith, `Jehovah! it is nothing with Thee to help, between the mighty and those who have no power; help us, O Jehovah, our God, for on Thee we have leant, and in Thy name we have come against this multitude; O Jehovah, our God thou art; let him not prevail with Thee—mortal man! ¹² And Jehovah smiteth the Cushim before Asa, and before Judah, and the Cushim flee,

⁷ And at that time hath Hanani the seer come in unto Asa king of Judah, and saith unto him, `Because of thy leaning on the king of Aram, and thou hast not leaned on Jehovah thy God, therefore hath the force of the king of Aram escaped from thy hand. ⁸ Did not the Cushim and the Lubim become a very great force for multitude, for chariot, and for horsemen? and in thy leaning on Jehovah He gave them into thy hand, ⁹ for Jehovah—His eyes go to and fro in all the earth, to show Himself strong for a people whose heart is perfect towards Him; thou hast been foolish concerning this, because—henceforth there are with thee wars.'

¹⁷ Not for you to fight in this; station yourselves, stand, and see the salvation of Jehovah with you, O Judah and Jerusalem—be not afraid nor fear ye—to-morrow go out before them, and Jehovah is with you.' ¹⁸ And Jehoshaphat boweth—face to the earth—and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem have fallen before Jehovah, to bow themselves to Jehovah. ¹⁹ And the Levites, of the sons of the Kohathites, and of the sons of the Korhites, rise to give praise to Jehovah, God of Israel, with a loud voice on high.
²⁰ And they rise early in the morning, and go out to the wilderness of Tekoa, and in their going out Jehoshaphat hath stood and saith, `Hear me, O Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem, remain stedfast in Jehovah your God, and be stedfast; remain stedfast in His prophets, and prosper.' <sup>21</sup> And he taketh counsel with the people, and appointeth singers to Jehovah, and those giving praise to the honour of holiness, in the going out before the armed men, and saying, `Give ye thanks to Jehovah, for to the age is His kindness.' ²² And at the time they have begun with singing and praise, Jehovah hath put ambushments against the sons of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, who are coming in to Judah, and they are smitten,

⁷ and from God hath been the destruction of Ahaziah, to come unto Joram: and in his coming he hath gone out with Jehoram unto Jehu son of Nimshi, whom Jehovah anointed to cut off the house of Ahab. ⁸ And it cometh to pass, in Jehu's executing judgment with the house of Ahab, that he findeth the heads of Judah and sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, ministers of Ahaziah, and slayeth them.

⁹ Jehovah, our Lord, How honourable Thy name in all the earth!

¹ To the Overseer. —A Psalm of David. Jehovah doth answer thee, In a day of adversity, The name of the God of Jacob doth set thee on high,

⁵ We sing of thy salvation, And in the name of our God set up a banner. Jehovah doth fulfil all thy requests.

⁹ Before your pots discern the bramble, As well the raw as the heated He whirleth away.

¹⁴ As a fire doth burn a forest, And as a flame setteth hills on fire, ¹⁵ So dost Thou pursue them with Thy whirlwind, And with Thy hurricane troublest them.

⁶ For as the noise of thorns under the pot, So is the laughter of a fool, even this is vanity.

⁴ Fury is not in Me; Who giveth Me a brier—a thorn in battle? I step into it, I burn it at once.

¹⁰ For while princes are perplexed, And with their drink are drunken, They have been consumed as stubble fully dried.

³ And David sweareth again, and saith, `Thy father hath certainly known that I have found grace in thine eyes, and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved; and yet, Jehovah liveth, and thy soul liveth, but—as a step between me and death.'

²⁹ And man riseth to pursue thee and to seek thy soul, and the soul of my lord hath been bound in the bundle of life with Jehovah thy God; as to the soul of thine enemies, He doth sling them out in the midst of the hollow of the sling.

¹ And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, `Let me choose, I pray thee, twelve thousand men, and I arise and pursue after David to-night, ² and come upon him, and he weary and feeble-handed, and I have caused him to tremble, and all the people have fled who are with him, and I have smitten the king by himself, ³ and I bring back all the people unto thee—as the turning back of the whole is the man whom thou art seeking—all the people are peace.

¹⁷ He delivereth me from my strong enemy, And from those hating me, For they have been stronger than I. ¹⁸ They go before me in a day of my calamity And Jehovah is for a support to me.

¹ To the Overseer. —`On the Dumb Dove far off.' —A secret treasure of David, in the Philistines' taking hold of him in Gath. Favour me, O God, for man swallowed me up, All the day fighting he oppresseth me, ² Mine enemies have swallowed up all the day, For many are fighting against me, O most High, ³ The day I am afraid I am confident toward Thee.

¹⁷ Do with me a sign for good, And those hating me see and are ashamed, For Thou, O Jehovah, hast helped me, Yea, Thou hast comforted me!

⁴ Preserve me, Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked, From one of violence Thou keepest me, Who have devised to overthrow my steps.

⁸ Thou dost not rejoice over me, O mine enemy, When I have fallen, I have risen, When I sit in darkness Jehovah is a light to me.

¹ Then Jesus was led up to the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the Devil, ² and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he did hunger. ³ And the Tempter having come to him said, `If Son thou art of God—speak that these stones may become loaves.' <sup>4</sup> But he answering said, `It hath been written, Not upon bread alone doth man live, but upon every word coming forth from the mouth of God.' ⁵ Then doth the Devil take him to the holy city, and doth set him on the pinnacle of the temple, ⁶ and saith to him, `If Son thou art of God—cast thyself down, for it hath been written, that, His messengers He shall charge concerning thee, and on hands they shall bear thee up, that thou mayest not dash on a stone thy foot.' <sup>7</sup> Jesus said to him again, `It hath been written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.' ⁸ Again doth the Devil take him to a very high mount, and doth shew to him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them, ⁹ and saith to him, `All these to thee I will give, if falling down thou mayest bow to me.' <sup>10</sup> Then saith Jesus to him, `Go—Adversary, for it hath been written, The Lord thy God thou shalt bow to, and Him only thou shalt serve.' ¹¹ Then doth the Devil leave him, and lo, messengers came and were ministering to him.

¹⁴ Seeing, then, the children have partaken of flesh and blood, he himself also in like manner did take part of the same, that through death he might destroy him having the power of death—that is, the devil—

² My strength and song is JAH, And He is become my salvation: This is my God, and I glorify Him; God of my father, and I exalt Him. ³ Jehovah is a man of battle; Jehovah is His name. ⁴ Chariots of Pharaoh and his force He hath cast into the sea; And the choice of his captains Have sunk in the Red Sea! ⁵ The depths do cover them; They went down into the depths as a stone. ⁶ Thy right hand, O Jehovah, Is become honourable in power; Thy right hand, O Jehovah, Doth crush an enemy.

² Jehovah is my rock, and my bulwark, And my deliverer, My God is my rock, I trust in Him: My shield, and a horn of my salvation, My high tower.

¹ By David. Jehovah is my light and my salvation, Whom do I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life, Of whom am I afraid?

² Lo, God is my salvation, I trust, and fear not, For my strength and song is Jah Jehovah, And He is to me for salvation.

¹⁷ Israel hath been saved in Jehovah, A salvation age-during! Ye are not ashamed nor confounded Unto the ages of eternity!

²² Turn to Me, and be saved, all ends of the earth, For I am God, and there is none else. ²³ By Myself I have sworn, Gone out from my mouth in righteousness hath a word, And it turneth not back, That to Me, bow doth every knee, every tongue swear. ²⁴ Only in Jehovah, said hath one, Have I righteousness and strength, Unto Him he cometh in, And ashamed are all those displeased with Him. ²⁵ In Jehovah are all the seed of Israel justified, And they boast themselves.'

²¹ and she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.' ²² And all this hath come to pass, that it may be fulfilled that was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, ²³ `Lo, the virgin shall conceive, and she shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel,' which is, being interpreted `With us he is God.'

⁶ Thy right hand, O Jehovah, Is become honourable in power; Thy right hand, O Jehovah, Doth crush an enemy.

¹² and ye have rejoiced before Jehovah your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your men-servants, and your handmaids, and the Levite who is within your gates, for he hath no part and inheritance with you.

¹¹ Thou hast turned my mourning to dancing for me, Thou hast loosed my sackcloth, And girdest me with joy. ¹² So that honour doth praise Thee, and is not silent, O Jehovah, my God, to the age I thank Thee!

¹¹ Be glad in Jehovah, and rejoice, ye righteous, And sing, all ye upright of heart!

³ For, not by their sword Possessed they the land, And their arm gave not salvation to them, But Thy right hand, and Thine arm, And the light of Thy countenance, Because Thou hadst accepted them.

⁴ As to Thy majesty—prosper! —ride! Because of truth, and meekness—righteousness, And Thy right hand showeth Thee fearful things.

¹² In God we do mightily, And He treadeth down our adversaries!

³ And the righteous rejoice, they exult before God, And they joy with gladness.

¹³ Thou hast an arm with might, Strong is Thy hand—high Thy right hand.

¹ A Psalm. Sing ye to Jehovah a new song, For wonders He hath done, Given salvation to Him hath His right hand and His holy arm.

⁵⁴ Songs have been to me Thy statutes, In the house of my sojournings.

¹¹¹ I have inherited Thy testimonies to the age, For the joy of my heart are they.

⁹ Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Jehovah, Awake, as in days of old, generations of the ages, Art not Thou it that is hewing down Rahab, Piercing a dragon! ¹⁰ Art not Thou it that is drying up a sea, Waters of a great deep? That hath made deep places of a sea A way for the passing of the redeemed? ¹¹ And the ransomed of Jehovah turn back, And they have come to Zion with singing, And joy age-during is on their head, Gladness and joy they attain, Fled away have sorrow and sighing,

¹³ Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, My servants do eat, and ye do hunger, Lo, My servants do drink, and ye do thirst, Lo, My servants rejoice, and ye are ashamed,

⁵¹ He did powerfully with His arm, He scattered abroad the proud in the thought of their heart,

⁴⁶ Daily also continuing with one accord in the temple, breaking also at every house bread, they were partaking of food in gladness and simplicity of heart, ⁴⁷ praising God, and having favour with all the people, and the Lord was adding those being saved every day to the assembly.

³⁴ having brought them also into his house, he set food before them, and was glad with all the household, he having believed in God.

²⁰ `Be glad over her, O heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets, because God did judge your judgment of her!'

¹ And after these things I heard a great voice of a great multitude in the heaven, saying, `Alleluia! the salvation, and the glory, and the honour, and the power, is to the Lord our God; <sup>2</sup> because true and righteous are His judgments, because He did judge the great whore who did corrupt the earth in her whoredom, and He did avenge the blood of His servants at her hand;' <sup>3</sup> and a second time they said, `Alleluia;' and her smoke doth come up—to the ages of the ages! ⁴ And fall down did the elders—the twenty and four—and the four living creatures, and they did bow before God who is sitting upon the throne, saying, `Amen, Alleluia.'
<sup>5</sup> And a voice out of the throne did come forth, saying, `Praise our God, all ye His servants, and those fearing Him, both the small and the great;'

³² `This Jesus did God raise up, of which we are all witnesses; ³³ at the right hand then of God having been exalted—also the promise of the Holy Spirit having received from the Father—he was shedding forth this, which now ye see and hear; ³⁴ for David did not go up to the heavens, and he saith himself: The Lord saith to my lord, Sit thou at my right hand, ³⁵ till I make thy foes thy footstool; ³⁶ assuredly, therefore, let all the house of Israel know, that both Lord and Christ did God make him—this Jesus whom ye did crucify.'

⁵ For there is not in death Thy memorial, In Sheol, who doth give thanks to Thee?

⁵ Much hast Thou done, Jehovah my God; Thy wonders and Thy thoughts toward us, There is none to arrange unto Thee, I declare and speak: They have been more than to be numbered.

¹⁰ Thy righteousness I have not concealed In the midst of my heart, Thy faithfulness and Thy salvation I have told, I have not hidden Thy kindness and Thy truth, To the great assembly.

¹⁷ God, Thou hast taught me from my youth, And hitherto I declare Thy wonders. ¹⁸ And also unto old age and grey hairs, O God, forsake me not, Till I declare Thy strength to a generation, To every one that cometh Thy might.

²⁸ And I—nearness of God to me is good, I have placed in the Lord Jehovah my refuge, To recount all Thy works!

²² And they sacrifice sacrifices of thanksgiving, And recount His works with singing.

¹³ With my lips I have recounted All the judgments of Thy mouth.

⁴ Generation to generation praiseth Thy works, And Thy mighty acts they declare.

¹⁶ Lord, by these do men live, And by all in them is the life of my spirit, And Thou savest me, make me also to live, ¹⁷ Lo, to peace He changed for me bitterness, And Thou hast delighted in my soul without corruption, For Thou hast cast behind Thy back all my sins. ¹⁸ For Sheol doth not confess Thee, Death doth not praise Thee, Those going down to the pit hope not for Thy truth. ¹⁹ The living, the living, he doth confess Thee. ²⁰ Like myself to-day—a father to sons Doth make known of Thy faithfulness, O Jehovah—to save me: And my songs we sing all days of our lives In the house of Jehovah.'

¹⁰ Jehovah hath brought forth our righteousnesses, Come, and we recount in Zion the work of Jehovah our God.

¹² Art not Thou of old, O Jehovah, my God, my Holy One? We do not die, O Jehovah, For judgment Thou hast appointed it, And, O Rock, for reproof Thou hast founded it.

⁴ and Jesus having heard, said, `This ailment is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.'

⁷ For none of us to himself doth live, and none to himself doth die; ⁸ for both, if we may live, to the Lord we live; if also we may die, to the Lord we die; both then if we may live, also if we may die, we are the Lord's; ⁹ for because of this Christ both died and rose again, and lived again, that both of dead and of living he may be Lord.

¹⁰ `And now, the sword doth not turn aside from thy house unto the age, because thou hast despised Me, and dost take the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be to thee for a wife;

¹ And it cometh to pass afterwards that Absalom son of David hath a fair sister, and her name is Tamar, and Amnon son of David loveth her. ² And Amnon hath distress—even to become sick, because of Tamar his sister, for she is a virgin, and it is hard in the eyes of Amnon to do anything to her. ³ And Amnon hath a friend, and his name is Jonadab, son of Shimeah, David's brother, and Jonadab is a very wise man, ⁴ and saith to him, `Wherefore art thou thus lean, O king's son, morning by morning? dost thou not declare to me?' And Amnon saith to him, `Tamar—sister of Absalom my brother—I am loving.' ⁵ And Jonadab saith to him, `Lie down on thy couch, and feign thyself sick, and thy father hath come in to see thee, and thou hast said unto him, `Let, I pray thee, Tamar my sister come in and give me bread to eat; and she hath made the food before mine eyes so that I see it, and have eaten from her hand.' ⁶ And Amnon lieth down, and feigneth himself sick, and the king cometh in to see him, and Amnon saith unto the king, `Let, I pray thee, Tamar my sister come, and she maketh before mine eyes two cakes, and I eat from her hand.' <sup>7</sup> And David sendeth unto Tamar, to the house, saying, `Go, I pray thee, to the house of Amnon thy brother, and make for him food.' ⁸ And Tamar goeth to the house of Amnon her brother, and he is lying down, and she taketh the dough, and kneadeth, and maketh cakes before his eyes, and cooketh the cakes, ⁹ and taketh the frying-pan, and poureth out before him, and he refuseth to eat, and Amnon saith, `Take ye out every one from me;' and they go out every one from him. <sup>10</sup> And Amnon saith unto Tamar, `Bring the food into the inner chamber, and I eat from thy hand;' and Tamar taketh the cakes that she hath made, and bringeth in to Amnon her brother, into the inner chamber, ¹¹ and she bringeth nigh unto him to eat, and he layeth hold on her, and saith to her, `Come, lie with me, my sister.' <sup>12</sup> And she saith to him, `Nay, my brother, do not humble me, for it is not done so in Israel; do not this folly. ¹³ And I—whither do I cause my reproach to go? and thou—thou art as one of the fools in Israel; and now, speak, I pray thee, unto the king; for he doth not withhold me from thee.' ¹⁴ And he hath not been willing to hearken to her voice, and is stronger than she, and humbleth her, and lieth with her. ¹⁵ And Amnon hateth her—a very great hatred—that greater is the hatred with which he hath hated her than the love with which he loved her, and Amnon saith to her, `Rise, go.' <sup>16</sup> And she saith to him, `Because of the circumstances this evil is greater than the other that thou hast done with me—to send me away;' and he hath not been willing to hearken to her, ¹⁷ and calleth his young man, his servant, and saith, `Send away, I pray thee, this one from me without, and bolt the door after her;' <sup>18</sup> —and upon her is a long coat, for such upper robes do daughters of the king who are virgins put on, —and his servant taketh her out without, and hath bolted the door after her. <sup>19</sup> And Tamar taketh ashes for her head, and the long coat that is on her she hath rent, and putteth her hand on her head, and goeth, going on and crying; <sup>20</sup> and Absalom her brother saith unto her, `Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? and now, my sister, keep silent, he is thy brother; set not thy heart to this thing;' and Tamar dwelleth—but desolate—in the house of Absalom her brother.
²¹ And king David hath heard all these things, and it is very displeasing to him; ²² and Absalom hath not spoken with Amnon either evil or good, for Absalom is hating Amnon, because that he humbled Tamar his sister. ²³ And it cometh to pass, after two years of days, that Absalom hath shearers in Baal-Hazor, which is with Ephraim, and Absalom calleth for all the sons of the king. ²⁴ And Absalom cometh unto the king, and saith, `Lo, I pray thee, thy servant hath shearers, let the king go, I pray thee, and his servants, with thy servant.' <sup>25</sup> And the king saith unto Absalom, `Nay, my son, let us not all go, I pray thee, and we are not too heavy on thee;' and he presseth on him, and he hath not been willing to go, and he blesseth him. ²⁶ And Absalom saith, `If not—let, I pray thee, Amnon my brother go with us;' and the king saith to him, `Why doth he go with thee?' ²⁷ and Absalom urgeth on him, and he sendeth with him Amnon, and all the sons of the king. ²⁸ And Absalom commandeth his young men, saying, `See, I pray thee, when the heart of Amnon is glad with wine, and I have said unto you, Smite Amnon, that ye have put him to death; fear not; is it not because I have commanded you? be strong, yea, become sons of valour.' <sup>29</sup> And the young men of Absalom do to Amnon as Absalom commanded, and rise do all the sons of the king, and they ride, each on his mule, and flee.
<sup>30</sup> And it cometh to pass—they are in the way—and the report hath come unto David, saying, `Absalom hath smitten all the sons of the king, and there is not left of them one;' ³¹ and the king riseth, and rendeth his garments, and lieth on the earth, and all his servants are standing by with rent garments. ³² And Jonadab son of Shimeah, David's brother, answereth and saith, `Let not my lord say, The whole of the young men, the sons of the king, they have put to death; for Amnon alone is dead, for by the command of Absalom it hath been appointed from the day of his humbling Tamar his sister; <sup>33</sup> and now, let not my lord the king lay unto his heart the word, saying, All the sons of the king have died, for Amnon alone is dead.' <sup>34</sup> And Absalom fleeth, and the young man who is watching lifteth up his eyes and looketh, and lo, much people are coming by the way behind him, on the side of the hill. <sup>35</sup> And Jonadab saith unto the king, `Lo, the sons of the king have come; as the word of thy servant, so it hath been.' ³⁶ And it cometh to pass at his finishing to speak, that lo, the sons of the king have come, and they lift up their voice, and weep, and also the king and all his servants have wept—a very great weeping. ³⁷ And Absalom hath fled, and goeth unto Talmai, son of Ammihud, king of Geshur, and David mourneth for his son all the days. ³⁸ And Absalom hath fled, and goeth to Geshur, and is there three years; ³⁹ and the soul of king David determineth to go out unto Absalom, for he hath been comforted for Amnon, for he is dead.

¹ And David hath passed on a little from the top, and lo, Ziba, servant of Mephibosheth—to meet him, and a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves, and a hundred bunches of raisins, and a hundred of summer-fruit, and a bottle of wine. ² And the king saith unto Ziba, `What—these to thee?' and Ziba saith, `The asses for the household of the king to ride on, and the bread and the summer-fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine for the wearied to drink in the wilderness.' ³ And the king saith, `And where is the son of thy lord?' and Ziba saith unto the king, `Lo, he is abiding in Jerusalem, for he said, To-day do the house of Israel give back to me the kingdom of my father.' ⁴ And the king saith to Ziba, `Lo, thine are all that Mephibosheth hath;' and Ziba saith, `I have bowed myself—I find grace in thine eyes, my lord, O king.'
⁵ And king David hath come in unto Bahurim, and lo, thence a man is coming out, of the family of the house of Saul, and his name is Shimei, son of Gera, he cometh out, coming out and reviling; ⁶ and he stoneth David with stones, and all the servants of king David, and all the people, and all the mighty men on his right and on his left. ⁷ And thus said Shimei in his reviling, `Go out, go out, O man of blood, and man of worthlessness! <sup>8</sup> Jehovah hath turned back on thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned, and Jehovah doth give the kingdom in to the hand of Absalom thy son; and lo, thou art in thine evil, for a man of blood thou art .' <sup>9</sup> And Abishai son of Zeruiah saith unto the king, `Why doth this dead dog revile my lord the king? let me pass over, I pray thee, and I turn aside his head.' ¹⁰ And the king saith, `What—to me and to you, O sons of Zeruiah? for—let him revile; even because Jehovah hath said to him, Revile David; and who saith, Wherefore hast Thou done so?' <sup>11</sup> And David saith unto Abishai, and unto all his servants, `Lo, my son who came out of my bowels is seeking my life, and also surely now the Benjamite; leave him alone, and let him revile, for Jehovah hath said so to him; ¹² it may be Jehovah doth look on mine affliction, and Jehovah hath turned back to me good for his reviling this day.' ¹³ And David goeth with his men in the way, and Shimei is going at the side of the hill over-against him, going on, and he revileth, and stoneth with stones over-against him, and hath dusted with dust. ¹⁴ And the king cometh in, and all the people who are with him, wearied, and they are refreshed there.
¹⁵ And Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, have come in to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him, ¹⁶ and it cometh to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, hath come unto Absalom, that Hushai saith unto Absalom, `Let the king live! let the king live!' <sup>17</sup> And Absalom saith unto Hushai, `This thy kindness with thy friend! why hast thou not gone with thy friend?' ¹⁸ And Hushai saith unto Absalom, `Nay, for he whom Jehovah hath chosen, and this people, even all the men of Israel, his I am, and with him I abide; <sup>19</sup> and secondly, for whom do I labour? is it not before his son? as I served before thy father so am I before thee.' <sup>20</sup> And Absalom saith unto Ahithophel, `Give for you counsel what we do.' ²¹ And Ahithophel saith unto Absalom, `Go in unto the concubines of thy father, whom he left to keep the house, and all Israel hath heard that thou hast been abhorred by thy father, and the hands of all who are with thee have been strong.' ²² And they spread out for Absalom the tent on the roof, and Absalom goeth in unto the concubines of his father before the eyes of all Israel. ²³ And the counsel of Ahithophel which he counselled in those days is as when one inquireth at the word of God; so is all the counsel of Ahithophel both to David and to Absalom.

¹⁷ Lo, the happiness of mortal man, God doth reprove him: And the chastisement of the Mighty despise not, ¹⁸ For He doth pain, and He bindeth up, He smiteth, and His hands heal.

¹⁶ Then He uncovereth the ear of men, And for their instruction sealeth: ¹⁷ To turn aside man from doing, And pride from man He concealeth. ¹⁸ He keepeth back his soul from corruption, And his life from passing away by a dart.
¹⁹ And he hath been reproved With pain on his bed, And the strife of his bones is enduring. ²⁰ And his life hath nauseated bread, And his soul desirable food. ²¹ His flesh is consumed from being seen, And high are his bones, they were not seen! ²² And draw near to the pit doth his soul, And his life to those causing death. ²³ If there is by him a messenger, An interpreter—one of a thousand, To declare for man his uprightness: ²⁴ Then He doth favour him and saith, `Ransom him from going down to the pit, I have found an atonement.' <sup>25</sup> Fresher is his flesh than a child's, He returneth to the days of his youth. <sup>26</sup> He maketh supplication unto God, And He accepteth him. And he seeth His face with shouting, And He returneth to man His righteousness. <sup>27</sup> He looketh on men, and saith, `I sinned, And uprightness I have perverted, And it hath not been profitable to me. ²⁸ He hath ransomed my soul From going over into the pit, And my life on the light looketh.'
²⁹ Lo, all these doth God work, Twice—thrice with man, ³⁰ To bring back his soul from the pit, To be enlightened with the light of the living.

¹⁰ For Thou hast tried us, O God, Thou hast refined us as the refining of silver. ¹¹ Thou hast brought us into a net, Thou hast placed pressure on our loins. ¹² Thou hast caused man to ride at our head. We have entered into fire and into water, And Thou bringest us out to a watered place.

¹² O the happiness of the man Whom Thou instructest, O Jah, And out of Thy law teachest him, ¹³ To give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is digged for the wicked.

¹¹ Chastisement of Jehovah, my son, despise not, And be not vexed with His reproof, ¹² For whom Jehovah loveth He reproveth, Even as a father the son He is pleased with.

⁶ To the cuttings of mountains I have come down, The earth, her bars are behind me to the age. And Thou bringest up from the pit my life, O Jehovah my God.

³² and being judged by the Lord, we are chastened, that with the world we may not be condemned;

⁹ but we ourselves in ourselves the sentence of the death have had, that we may not be trusting on ourselves, but on God, who is raising the dead, ¹⁰ who out of so great a death did deliver us, and doth deliver, in whom we have hoped that even yet He will deliver; ¹¹ ye working together also for us by your supplication, that the gift through many persons to us, through many may be thankfully acknowledged for us.

⁹ as unknown, and recognized; as dying, and lo, we live; as chastened, and not put to death;

¹⁰ for they, indeed, for a few days, according to what seemed good to them, were chastening, but He for profit, to be partakers of His separation; ¹¹ and all chastening for the present, indeed, doth not seem to be of joy, but of sorrow, yet afterward the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those exercised through it—it doth yield.

¹³ Favour me, O Jehovah, See mine affliction by those hating me, Thou who liftest me up from the gates of death, ¹⁴ So that I recount all Thy praise, In the gates of the daughter of Zion. I rejoice on Thy salvation.

¹³ I enter Thy house with burnt-offerings, I complete to Thee my vows, ¹⁴ For opened were my lips, And my mouth spake in my distress: ¹⁵ `Burnt-offerings of fatlings I offer to Thee, With perfume of rams, I prepare a bullock with he-goats.' Selah.

² We come before His face with thanksgiving, With psalms we shout to Him.

⁴ Enter ye His gates with thanksgiving, His courts with praise, Give ye thanks to Him, bless ye His Name.

¹⁸ My vows to Jehovah let me complete, I pray you, before all His people, ¹⁹ In the courts of the house of Jehovah, In thy midst, O Jerusalem, praise ye Jah!

² Open ye the gates, that enter may a righteous nation, Preserving stedfastness.

²⁰ Like myself to-day—a father to sons Doth make known of Thy faithfulness, O Jehovah—to save me: And my songs we sing all days of our lives In the house of Jehovah.'

²² And Hezekiah saith, `What is the sign that I go up to the house of Jehovah!'

¹⁴ `Happy are those doing His commands that the authority shall be theirs unto the tree of the life, and by the gates they may enter into the city;

³ Who goeth up into the hill of Jehovah? And who riseth up in His holy place? ⁴ The clean of hands, and pure of heart, Who hath not lifted up to vanity his soul, Nor hath sworn to deceit.

⁷ Lift up, O gates, your heads, And be lifted up, O doors age-during, And come in doth the king of glory!

⁹ Lift up, O gates, your heads, And be lifted up, O doors age-during, And come in doth the king of glory!

⁸ And a highway hath been there, and a way, And the `way of holiness' is called to it, Not pass over it doth the unclean, And He Himself is by them, Whoso is going in the way—even fools err not. ⁹ No lion is there, yea, a destructive beast Ascendeth it not, it is not found there, And walked have the redeemed, ¹⁰ And the ransomed of Jehovah return, And have entered Zion with singing. And joy age-during on their head, Joy and gladness they attain, And fled away have sorrow and sighing!

²⁴ and the nations of the saved in its light shall walk, and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it, ²⁵ and its gates shall not at all be shut by day, for night shall not be there; ²⁶ and they shall bring the glory and the honour of the nations into it; ²⁷ and there may not at all enter into it any thing defiling and doing abomination, and a lie, but—those written in the scroll of the life of the Lamb.

¹⁴ `Happy are those doing His commands that the authority shall be theirs unto the tree of the life, and by the gates they may enter into the city; ¹⁵ and without are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the whoremongers, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one who is loving and is doing a lie.

² My strength and song is JAH, And He is become my salvation: This is my God, and I glorify Him; God of my father, and I exalt Him.

²³ Ye who fear Jehovah, praise ye Him, All the seed of Jacob, honour ye Him, And be afraid of Him, all ye seed of Israel. ²⁴ For He hath not despised, nor abominated, The affliction of the afflicted, Nor hath He hidden His face from him, And in his crying unto Him He heareth.

³³ For Jehovah hearkeneth unto the needy, And His bound ones He hath not despised. ³⁴ The heavens and earth do praise Him, Seas, and every moving thing in them.

¹ I have loved, because Jehovah heareth My voice, my supplication,

¹⁴ My strength and song is Jah, And He is to me for salvation.

⁸ Thus said Jehovah: `In a time of good pleasure I answered thee, And in a day of salvation I helped thee, And I keep thee, and give thee, For a covenant of the people, To establish the earth, To cause to inherit desolate inheritances.

⁷ Who art thou, O great mountain Before Zerubbabel—for a plain! And he hath brought forth the top-stone, Cries of Grace, grace—are to it.'

⁴² Jesus saith to them, `Did ye never read in the Writings, A stone that the builders disallowed, it became head of a corner; from the Lord hath this come to pass, and it is wonderful in our eyes.

¹⁰ And this Writing did ye not read: A stone that the builders rejected, it did become the head of a corner: ¹¹ from the Lord was this, and it is wonderful in our eyes.'

¹⁷ and he, having looked upon them, said, `What, then, is this that hath been written: A stone that the builders rejected—this became head of a corner?

¹¹ `This is the stone that was set at nought by you—the builders, that became head of a corner;

²⁰ being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being chief corner-stone, ²¹ in whom all the building fitly framed together doth increase to an holy sanctuary in the Lord, ²² in whom also ye are builded together, for a habitation of God in the Spirit.

⁴ to whom coming—a living stone—by men, indeed, having been disapproved of, but with God choice, precious, ⁵ and ye yourselves, as living stones, are built up, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. ⁶ Wherefore, also, it is contained in the Writing: `Lo, I lay in Zion a chief corner-stone, choice, precious, and he who is believing on him may not be put to shame;' ⁷ to you, then, who are believing is the preciousness; and to the unbelieving, a stone that the builders disapproved of, this one did become for the head of a corner, ⁸ and a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence—who are stumbling at the word, being unbelieving, —to which also they were set;

⁹ Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, till there is no numbering.

¹⁴ and ye the Holy and Righteous One did deny, and desired a man—a murderer—to be granted to you, ¹⁵ and the Prince of the life ye did kill, whom God did raise out of the dead, of which we are witnesses;

¹³ And beholding the openness of Peter and John, and having perceived that they are men unlettered and plebeian, they were wondering—they were taking knowledge also of them that with Jesus they had been—

³¹ this one God, a Prince and a Saviour, hath exalted with His right hand, to give reformation to Israel, and forgiveness of sins; ³² and we are His witnesses of these sayings, and the Holy Spirit also, whom God gave to those obeying him.'

⁴¹ See, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish, because a work I—I do work in your days, a work in which ye may not believe, though any one may declare it to you.'

¹⁹ and what the exceeding greatness of His power to us who are believing, according to the working of the power of His might, ²⁰ which He wrought in the Christ, having raised him out of the dead, and did set him at His right hand in the heavenly places, ²¹ far above all principality, and authority, and might, and lordship, and every name named, not only in this age, but also in the coming one; ²² and all things He did put under his feet, and did give him—head over all things to the assembly,

⁶⁶ On the eighth day he hath sent the people away, and they bless the king, and go to their tents, rejoicing and glad of heart for all the good that Jehovah hath done to David His servant, and to Israel His people.

²⁶ And on the fourth day they have been assembled at the valley of Blessing, for there they blessed Jehovah: therefore they have called the name of that place, `Valley of Blessing,' unto this day. ²⁷ And they turn back, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat at their head, to go back unto Jerusalem with joy, for Jehovah hath made them rejoice over their enemies. ²⁸ And they come in to Jerusalem with psalteries, and with harps, and with trumpets, unto the house of Jehovah.

¹⁰ And he saith to them, `Go, eat fat things, and drink sweet things, and sent portions to him for whom nothing is prepared, for to-day is holy to our Lord, and be not grieved, for the joy of Jehovah is your strength.'

¹⁰ For good is a day in Thy courts, O Teacher! I have chosen rather to be at the threshold, In the house of my God, Than to dwell in tents of wickedness.

¹³ If thou dost turn from the sabbath thy foot, Doing thine own pleasure on My holy day, And hast cried to the sabbath, `A delight,' To the holy of Jehovah, `Honoured,' And hast honoured it, without doing thine own ways, Without finding thine own pleasure, And speaking a word.

⁹ For lo, the stone that I put before Joshua, On one stone are seven eyes, Lo, I am graving its graving, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, And I have removed the iniquity of that land in one day.

¹ And on the eve of the sabbaths, at the dawn, toward the first of the sabbaths, came Mary the Magdalene, and the other Mary, to see the sepulchre, ² and lo, there came a great earthquake, for a messenger of the Lord, having come down out of heaven, having come, did roll away the stone from the door, and was sitting upon it, ³ and his countenance was as lightning, and his clothing white as snow, ⁴ and from the fear of him did the keepers shake, and they became as dead men. ⁵ And the messenger answering said to the women, `Fear not ye, for I have known that Jesus, who hath been crucified, ye seek; ⁶ he is not here, for he rose, as he said; come, see the place where the Lord was lying; ⁷ and having gone quickly, say ye to his disciples, that he rose from the dead; and lo, he doth go before you to Galilee, there ye shall see him; lo, I have told you.' ⁸ And having gone forth quickly from the tomb, with fear and great joy, they ran to tell to his disciples;

¹⁹ It being, therefore, evening, on that day, the first of the sabbaths, and the doors having been shut where the disciples were assembled, through fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and saith to them, `Peace to you;' ²⁰ and this having said, he shewed them his hands and side; the disciples, therefore, rejoiced, having seen the Lord.

⁷ And on the first of the week, the disciples having been gathered together to break bread, Paul was discoursing to them, about to depart on the morrow, he was also continuing the discourse till midnight,

¹⁰ I was in the Spirit on the Lord's-day, and I heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, saying,

⁹ O Jehovah, save the king, He doth answer us in the day we call!

²¹ Save me from the mouth of a lion: —And—from the horns of the high places Thou hast answered me!

¹ To the Overseer. —`On the Lilies,' by David. Save me, O God, for come have waters unto the soul.

¹³ And I—my prayer is to Thee, O Jehovah, A time of good pleasure, O God, In the abundance of Thy kindness, Answer me in the truth of Thy salvation.

¹⁷ And let the pleasantness of Jehovah our God be upon us, And the work of our hands establish on us, Yea, the work of our hands establish it!

²³ `Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, saying, Thus ye do bless the sons of Israel, saying to them, <sup>24</sup> `Jehovah bless thee and keep thee; ²⁵ `Jehovah cause His face to shine upon thee, and favour thee; <sup>26</sup> `Jehovah lift up His countenance upon thee, and appoint for thee—peace.

⁸ And the passers by have not said, `The blessing of Jehovah is on you, We blessed you in the Name of Jehovah!'

³ Jehovah doth bless thee out of Zion, The maker of the heavens and earth!

⁹ and the multitudes who were going before, and who were following, were crying, saying, `Hosanna to the Son of David, blessed is he who is coming in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.'

³⁹ for I say to you, ye may not see me henceforth, till ye may say, Blessed is he who is coming in the name of the Lord.'

⁹ And those going before and those following were crying out, saying, `Hosanna! blessed is he who is coming in the name of the Lord; ¹⁰ blessed is the coming reign, in the name of the Lord, of our father David; Hosanna in the highest.'

³⁵ `Lo, your house is being left to you desolate, and verily I say to you—ye may not see me, till it may come, when ye may say, Blessed is he who is coming in the name of the Lord.'

³⁸ saying, `blessed is he who is coming, a king in the name of the Lord; peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.'

¹³ took the branches of the palms, and went forth to meet him, and were crying, `Hosanna, blessed is he who is coming in the name of the Lord—the king of Israel;'

² And thou hast made its horns on its four corners, its horns are of the same, and thou hast overlaid it with brass.

² and he maketh its horns on its four corners; its horns have been of the same; and he overlayeth it with brass;

⁶³ and Solomon sacrificeth the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which he hath sacrificed to Jehovah, oxen, twenty and two thousand, and sheep, a hundred and twenty thousand; and the king and all the sons of Israel dedicate the house of Jehovah. ⁶⁴ On that day hath the king sanctified the middle of the court that is before the house of Jehovah, for he hath made there the burnt-offering, and the present, and the fat of the peace-offerings; for the altar of brass that is before Jehovah is too little to contain the burnt-offering, and the present, and the fat of the peace-offerings.

²¹ and Elijah cometh nigh unto all the people, and saith, `Till when are ye leaping on the two branches? —if Jehovah is God, go after Him; and if Baal, go after him;' and the people have not answered him a word.

³⁹ And all the people see, and fall on their faces, and say, `Jehovah, He is the God, Jehovah, He is the God.'

²¹ And they sacrifice to Jehovah sacrifices, and cause to ascend burnt-offerings to Jehovah on the morrow of that day, bullocks a thousand, rams a thousand, lambs a thousand, and their oblations, even sacrifices in abundance, for all Israel.

¹⁶ to the Jews hath been light, and gladness, and joy, and honour,

²⁸ For Thou—Thou lightest my lamp, Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.

⁶ And hath brought out as light thy righteousness, And thy judgment as noon-day.

¹⁸ Do good in Thy good pleasure with Zion, Thou dost build the walls of Jerusalem. ¹⁹ Then Thou desirest sacrifices of righteousness, Burnt-offering, and whole burnt-offering, Then they offer bullocks on thine altar!

² The people who are walking in darkness Have seen a great light, Dwellers in a land of death-shade, Light hath shone upon them.

¹ Arise, be bright, for come hath thy light, And the honour of Jehovah hath risen on thee.

⁹ The indignation of Jehovah I do bear, For I have sinned against Him, Till that He doth plead my cause, And hath executed my judgment, He doth bring me forth to the light, I look on His righteousness.

² And risen to you, ye who fear My name, Hath the sun of righteousness—and healing in its wings, And ye have gone forth, and have increased as calves of a stall.

¹² Again, therefore, Jesus spake to them, saying, `I am the light of the world; he who is following me shall not walk in the darkness, but he shall have the light of the life.'

⁹ and ye are a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light;

¹ Praise by David. I exalt Thee, my God, O king, And bless Thy name to the age and for ever.

² I praise Jehovah during my life, I sing praise to my God while I exist.

¹ O Jehovah, my God art Thou, I exalt Thee, I confess Thy name, For Thou hast done a wonderful thing, Counsels of old, stedfastness, O stedfast One.

⁹ And one hath said in that day, `Lo, this is our God, We waited for Him, and He saveth us, This is Jehovah, we have waited for Him, We joy and rejoice in His salvation.'

¹¹ And they respond in praising and in giving thanks to Jehovah, for good, for to the age His kindness is over Israel, and all the people have shouted—a great shout—in giving praise to Jehovah, because the house of Jehovah hath been founded.

¹ Give ye thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age is His kindness.

⁷ The kind acts of Jehovah I make mention of, The praises of Jehovah, According to all that Jehovah hath done for us, And the abundance of the goodness to the house of Israel, That He hath done for them, According to His mercies, And according to the abundance of His kind acts.