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Let one [unforgiven] perverseness and iniquity accumulate upon another for them [in Your book], and let them not come into Your righteousness or be justified and acquitted by You.


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Let them be blotted out of the book of the living and the book of life and not be enrolled among the [uncompromisingly] righteous (those upright and in right standing with God).


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The humble shall see it and be glad; you who seek God, inquiring for and requiring Him [as your first need], let your hearts revive and live!


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For the Lord hears the poor and needy and despises not His prisoners (His miserable and wounded ones).


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For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah; and [His servants] shall remain and dwell there and have it in their possession;


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Psalm 70
To the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David, to bring to remembrance or make memorial.
Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O Lord!


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Let them be put to shame and confounded that seek and demand my life; let them be turned backward and brought to confusion and dishonor who desire and delight in my hurt.


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May all those who seek, inquire of and for You, and require You [as their vital need] rejoice and be glad in You; and may those who love Your salvation say continually, Let God be magnified!


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But I am poor and needy; hasten to me, O God! You are my Help and my Deliverer; O Lord, do not tarry!


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Psalm 71
In You, O Lord, do I put my trust and confidently take refuge; let me never be put to shame or confusion!


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Be to me a rock of refuge in which to dwell, and a sheltering stronghold to which I may continually resort, which You have appointed to save me, for You are my Rock and my Fortress.


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Rescue me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the grasp of the unrighteous and ruthless man.


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Upon You have I leaned and relied from birth; You are He Who took me from my mother’s womb and You have been my benefactor from that day. My praise is continually of You.


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Cast me not off nor send me away in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength is spent and my powers fail.


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Let them be put to shame and consumed who are adversaries to my life; let them be covered with reproach, scorn, and dishonor who seek and require my hurt.


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My mouth shall tell of Your righteous acts and of Your deeds of salvation all the day, for their number is more than I know.


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I will come in the strength and with the mighty acts of the Lord God; I will mention and praise Your righteousness, even Yours alone.


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Yes, even when I am old and gray-headed, O God, forsake me not, [but keep me alive] until I have declared Your mighty strength to [this] generation, and Your might and power to all that are to come.


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Your righteousness also, O God, is very high [reaching to the heavens], You Who have done great things; O God, who is like You, or who is Your equal?


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You Who have shown us [all] troubles great and sore will quicken us again and will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.


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I will also praise You with the harp, even Your truth and faithfulness, O my God; unto You will I sing praises with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.


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My lips shall shout for joy when I sing praises to You, and my inner being, which You have redeemed.


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My tongue also shall talk of Your righteousness all the day long; for they are put to shame, for they are confounded, who seek and demand my hurt.


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Psalm 72
[A Psalm] for Solomon.
Give the king [knowledge of] Your [way of] judging, O God, and [the spirit of] Your righteousness to the king’s son [to control all his actions].


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Let him judge and govern Your people with righteousness, and Your poor and afflicted ones with judgment and justice.


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The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the hills, through [the general establishment of] righteousness.


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May he judge and defend the poor of the people, deliver the children of the needy, and crush the oppressor,


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May he [Solomon as a type of King David’s greater Son] be like rain that comes down upon the mown grass, like showers that water the earth.


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In His [Christ’s] days shall the [uncompromisingly] righteous flourish and peace abound till there is a moon no longer.


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He [Christ] shall have dominion also from sea to sea and from the River [Euphrates] to the ends of the earth.


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The kings of Tarshish and of the coasts shall bring offerings; the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.


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He will redeem their lives from oppression and fraud and violence, and precious and costly shall their blood be in His sight.


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And He shall live; and to Him shall be given gold of Sheba; prayer also shall be made for Him and through Him continually, and they shall bless and praise Him all the day long.


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There shall be abundance of grain in the soil upon the top of the mountains [the least fruitful places in the land]; the fruit of it shall wave like [the forests of] Lebanon, and [the inhabitants of] the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.


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His name shall endure forever; His name shall continue as long as the sun [indeed, His name continues before the sun]. And men shall be blessed and bless themselves by Him; all nations shall call Him blessed!


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Book Three
Psalm 73
A Psalm of Asaph.
Truly God is [only] good to Israel, even to those who are upright and pure in heart.


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Therefore pride is about their necks like a chain; violence covers them like a garment [like a long, luxurious robe].


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Their eyes stand out with fatness, they have more than heart could wish; and the imaginations of their minds overflow [with follies].


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They scoff, and wickedly utter oppression; they speak loftily [from on high, maliciously and blasphemously].


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They set their mouths against and speak down from heaven, and their tongues swagger through the earth [invading even heaven with blasphemy and smearing earth with slanders].


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Therefore His people return here, and waters of a full cup [offered by the wicked] are [blindly] drained by them.


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Behold, these are the ungodly, who always prosper and are at ease in the world; they increase in riches.


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Had I spoken thus [and given expression to my feelings], I would have been untrue and have dealt treacherously against the generation of Your children.


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As a dream [which seems real] until one awakens, so, O Lord, when You arouse Yourself [to take note of the wicked], You will despise their outward show.


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For my heart was grieved, embittered, and in a state of ferment, and I was pricked in my heart [as with the sharp fang of an adder].


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My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the Rock and firm Strength of my heart and my Portion forever.


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For behold, those who are far from You shall perish; You will destroy all who are false to You and like [spiritual] harlots depart from You.


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But it is good for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust in the Lord God and made Him my refuge, that I may tell of all Your works.


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Psalm 74
A skillful song, or a didactic or reflective poem, of Asaph.
O God, why do You cast us off forever? Why does Your anger burn and smoke against the sheep of Your pasture?


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[Earnestly] remember Your congregation which You have acquired of old, which You have redeemed to be the tribe of Your heritage; remember Mount Zion, where You have dwelt.


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Direct Your feet [quickly] to the perpetual ruins and desolations; the foe has devastated and desecrated everything in the sanctuary.


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In the midst of Your Holy Place Your enemies have roared [with their battle cry]; they set up their own [idol] emblems for signs [of victory].


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They have set Your sanctuary on fire; they have profaned the dwelling place of Your Name by casting it to the ground.


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They said in their hearts, Let us make havoc [of such places] altogether. They have burned up all God’s meetinghouses in the land.


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We do not see our symbols; there is no longer any prophet, neither does any among us know for how long.


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O God, how long is the adversary to scoff and reproach? Is the enemy to blaspheme and revile Your name forever?


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Why do You hold back Your hand, even Your right hand? Draw it out of Your bosom and consume them [make an end of them]!


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You did divide the [Red] Sea by Your might; You broke the heads of the [Egyptian] dragons in the waters.


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You crushed the heads of Leviathan (Egypt); You did give him as food for the creatures inhabiting the wilderness.


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You did cleave open [the rock bringing forth] fountains and streams; You dried up mighty, ever-flowing rivers (the Jordan).


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You have fixed all the borders of the earth [the divisions of land and sea and of the nations]; You have made summer and winter.


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[Earnestly] remember how the enemy has scoffed, O Lord, and reproached You, and how a foolish and impious people has blasphemed Your name.


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Oh, do not deliver the life of your turtledove to the wild beast (to the greedy multitude); forget not the life [of the multitude] of Your poor forever.


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Have regard for the covenant [You made with Abraham], for the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.


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Arise, O God, plead Your own cause; remember [earnestly] how the foolish and impious man scoffs and reproaches You day after day and all day long.


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Do not forget the [clamoring] voices of Your adversaries, the tumult of those who rise up against You, which ascends continually.


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Psalm 75
To the Chief Musician; [set to the tune of] “Do Not Destroy.” A Psalm of Asaph. A song.
We give praise and thanks to You, O God, we praise and give thanks; Your wondrous works declare that Your Name is near and they who invoke Your Name rehearse Your wonders.


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When the earth totters, and all the inhabitants of it, it is I Who will poise and keep steady its pillars. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


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I said to the arrogant and boastful, Deal not arrogantly [do not boast]; and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn [of personal aggrandizement].


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For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup [of His wrath], and the wine foams and is red, well mixed; and He pours out from it, and all the wicked of the earth must drain it and drink its dregs.


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All the horns of the ungodly also will I cut off [says the Lord], but the horns of the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall be exalted.


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Psalm 76
To the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph. A song.
In Judah God is known and renowned; His name is highly praised and is great in Israel.


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There He broke the bow’s flashing arrows, the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


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Glorious and excellent are You from the mountains of prey [splendid and majestic, more than the everlasting mountains].


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The stouthearted are stripped of their spoil, they have slept the sleep [of death]; and none of the men of might could raise their hands.


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At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both chariot [rider] and horse are cast into a dead sleep [of death].


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You, even You, are to be feared [with awe and reverence]! Who may stand in Your presence when once Your anger is roused?


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When God arose to [establish] judgment, to save all the meek and oppressed of the earth. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


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Surely the wrath of man shall praise You; the remainder of wrath shall You restrain and gird and arm Yourself with it.


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Vow and pay to the Lord your God; let all who are round about Him bring presents to Him Who ought to be [reverently] feared.


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He will cut off the spirit [of pride and fury] of princes; He is terrible to the [ungodly] kings of the earth.


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Psalm 77
To the Chief Musician; after the manner of Jeduthun [one of David’s three chief musicians, founder of an official musical family]. A Psalm of Asaph.
I will cry to God with my voice, even to God with my voice, and He will give ear and hearken to me.


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In the day of my trouble I seek (inquire of and desperately require) the Lord; in the night my hand is stretched out [in prayer] without slacking up; I refuse to be comforted.


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I [earnestly] remember God; I am disquieted and I groan; I muse in prayer, and my spirit faints [overwhelmed]. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


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I call to remembrance my song in the night; with my heart I meditate and my spirit searches diligently:


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Has God [deliberately] abandoned or forgotten His graciousness? Has He in anger shut up His compassion? Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


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And I say, This [apparent desertion of Israel by God] is my appointed lot and trial, but I will recall the years of the right hand of the Most High [in loving-kindness extended toward us], for this is my grief, that the right hand of the Most High changes.


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I will [earnestly] recall the deeds of the Lord; yes, I will [earnestly] remember the wonders [You performed for our fathers] of old.


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Your way, O God, is in the sanctuary [in holiness, away from sin and guilt]. Who is a great God like our God?


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You have with Your [mighty] arm redeemed Your people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


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When the waters [at the Red Sea and the Jordan] saw You, O God, they were afraid; the deep shuddered also, for [all] the waters saw You.


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The clouds poured down water, the skies sent out a sound [of rumbling thunder]; Your arrows went forth [in forked lightning].


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The voice of Your thunder was in the whirlwind, the lightnings illumined the world; the earth trembled and shook.


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Your way [in delivering Your people] was through the sea, and Your paths through the great waters, yet Your footsteps were not traceable, but were obliterated.


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Psalm 78
A skillful song, or a didactic or reflective poem, of Asaph.
Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.


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I will open my mouth in a parable (in instruction by numerous examples); I will utter dark sayings of old [that hide important truth]—


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We will not hide them from their children, but we will tell to the generation to come the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord, and His might, and the wonderful works that He has performed.


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For He established a testimony (an express precept) in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, commanding our fathers that they should make [the great facts of God’s dealings with Israel] known to their children,


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That the generation to come might know them, that the children still to be born might arise and recount them to their children,


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That they might set their hope in God and not forget the works of God, but might keep His commandments


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And might not be as their fathers—a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that set not their hearts aright nor prepared their hearts to know God, and whose spirits were not steadfast and faithful to God.


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Marvelous things did He in the sight of their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan [where Pharaoh resided].


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He divided the [Red] Sea and caused them to pass through it, and He made the waters stand like a heap.


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He brought streams also out of the rock [at Rephidim and Kadesh] and caused waters to run down like rivers.


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Yet they still went on to sin against Him by provoking and rebelling against the Most High in the wilderness (in the land of drought).


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And they tempted God in their hearts by asking for food according to their [selfish] desire and appetite.


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Behold, He did smite the rock so that waters gushed out and the streams overflowed; but can He give bread also? Can He provide flesh for His people?


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Therefore, when the Lord heard, He was [full of] wrath; a fire was kindled against Jacob, His anger mounted up against Israel,


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Because in God they believed not [they relied not on Him, they adhered not to Him], and they trusted not in His salvation (His power to save).


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The wrath of God came upon them and slew the strongest and sturdiest of them and smote down Israel’s chosen youth.


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In spite of all this, they sinned still more, for they believed not in (relied not on and adhered not to Him for) His wondrous works.


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Therefore their days He consumed like a breath [in emptiness, falsity, and futility] and their years in terror and sudden haste.


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When He slew [some of] them, [the remainder] inquired after Him diligently, and they repented and sincerely sought God [for a time].


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For their hearts were not right or sincere with Him, neither were they faithful and steadfast to His covenant.


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But He, full of [merciful] compassion, forgave their iniquity and destroyed them not; yes, many a time He turned His anger away and did not stir up all His wrath and indignation.


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And time and again they turned back and tempted God, provoking and incensing the Holy One of Israel.


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They remembered not [seriously the miracles of the working of] His hand, nor the day when He delivered them from the enemy,


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He [caused them to shut up their cattle or] gave them up also to the hail and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.


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He let loose upon them the fierceness of His anger, His wrath and indignation and distress, by sending [a mission of] angels of calamity and woe among them.


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He leveled and made a straight path for His anger [to give it free course]; He did not spare [the Egyptian families] from death but gave their beasts over to the pestilence and the life [of their eldest] over to the plague.


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He smote all the firstborn in Egypt, the chief of their strength in the tents [of the land of the sons] of Ham.


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But [God] led His own people forth like sheep and guided them [with a shepherd’s care] like a flock in the wilderness.


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And He led them on safely and in confident trust, so that they feared not; but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.


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And He brought them to His holy border, the border of [Canaan] His sanctuary, even to this mountain [Zion] which His right hand had acquired.


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He drove out the nations also before [Israel] and allotted their land as a heritage, measured out and partitioned; and He made the tribes of Israel to dwell in the tents of those dispossessed.


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But they turned back and dealt unfaithfully and treacherously like their fathers; they were twisted like a warped and deceitful bow [that will not respond to the archer’s aim].


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For they provoked Him to [righteous] anger with their high places [for idol worship] and moved Him to jealousy with their graven images.


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When God heard this, He was full of [holy] wrath; and He utterly rejected Israel, greatly abhorring and loathing [her ways],


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So that He forsook the tabernacle at Shiloh, the tent in which He had dwelt among men [and never returned to it again],


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And delivered His strength and power (the ark of the covenant) into captivity, and His glory into the hands of the foe (the Philistines).


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The fire [of war] devoured their young men, and their bereaved virgins were not praised in a wedding song.


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Their priests [Hophni and Phinehas] fell by the sword, and their widows made no lamentation [for the bodies came not back from the scene of battle, and the widow of Phinehas also died that day].


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Then the Lord awakened as from sleep, as a strong man whose consciousness of power is heightened by wine.


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Moreover, He rejected the tent of Joseph and chose not the tribe of Ephraim [in which the tabernacle had been accustomed to stand].


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But He chose the tribe of Judah [as Israel’s leader], Mount Zion, which He loved [to replace Shiloh as His capital].


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And He built His sanctuary [exalted] like the heights [of the heavens] and like the earth which He established forever.


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From tending the ewes that had their young He brought him to be the shepherd of Jacob His people, of Israel His inheritance.


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So [David] was their shepherd with an upright heart; he guided them by the discernment and skillfulness [which controlled] his hands.


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Psalm 79
A Psalm of Asaph.
O God, the nations have come into [the land of Your people] Your inheritance; Your sacred temple have they defiled; they have made Jerusalem heaps of ruins.


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The dead bodies of Your servants they have given as food to the birds of the heavens, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.


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[Because of such humiliation] we have become a taunt and reproach to our neighbors, a mocking and derision to those who are round about us.


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How long, O Lord? Will You be angry forever? Shall Your jealousy [which cannot endure a divided allegiance] burn like fire?


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Pour out Your wrath on the Gentile nations who do not acknowledge You, and upon the kingdoms that do not call on Your name.


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O do not [earnestly] remember against us the iniquities and guilt of our forefathers! Let Your compassion and tender mercy speedily come to meet us, for we are brought very low.


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Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name! Deliver us, forgive us, and purge away our sins for Your name’s sake.


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Why should the Gentile nations say, Where is their God? Let vengeance for the blood of Your servants which is poured out be known among the nations in our sight [not delaying until some future generation].


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Let the groaning and sighing of the prisoner come before You; according to the greatness of Your power and Your arm spare those who are appointed to die!


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And return into the bosom of our neighbors sevenfold the taunts with which they have taunted and scoffed at You, O Lord!


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Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will give You thanks forever; we will show forth and publish Your praise from generation to generation.


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Psalm 80
To the Chief Musician; [set to the tune of] “Lilies, a Testimony.” A Psalm of Asaph.
Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, You Who lead Joseph like a flock; You Who sit enthroned upon the cherubim [of the ark of the covenant], shine forth


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Restore us again, O God; and cause Your face to shine [in pleasure and approval on us], and we shall be saved!


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Restore us again, O God of hosts; and cause Your face to shine [upon us with favor as of old], and we shall be saved!


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You brought a vine [Israel] out of Egypt; You drove out the [heathen] nations and planted it [in Canaan].


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The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs of it were like the great cedars [cedars of God].


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Turn again, we beseech You, O God of hosts! Look down from heaven and see, visit, and have regard for this vine!


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[Protect and maintain] the stock which Your right hand planted, and the branch (the son) that You have reared and made strong for Yourself.


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Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand, upon the son of man whom You have made strong for Yourself.


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Restore us, O Lord God of hosts; cause Your face to shine [in pleasure, approval, and favor on us], and we shall be saved!


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Psalm 81
To the Chief Musician; set to Philistine lute, or [possibly] a particular Gittite tune. [A Psalm] of Asaph.
Sing aloud to God our Strength! Shout for joy to the God of Jacob!


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This He ordained in Joseph [the savior] for a testimony when He went out over the land of Egypt. The speech of One Whom I knew not did I hear [saying],


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You called in distress and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


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I am the Lord your God, Who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.


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So I gave them up to their own hearts’ lust and let them go after their own stubborn will, that they might follow their own counsels.


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[Had Israel listened to Me in Egypt, then] those who hated the Lord would have come cringing before Him, and their defeat would have lasted forever.


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[God] would feed [Israel now] also with the finest of the wheat; and with honey out of the rock would I satisfy you.


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Psalm 82
A Psalm of Asaph.
God stands in the assembly [of the representatives] of God; in the midst of the magistrates or judges He gives judgment [as] among the gods.


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How long will you [magistrates or judges] judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


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[The magistrates and judges] know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in the darkness [of complacent satisfaction]; all the foundations of the earth [the fundamental principles upon which rests the administration of justice] are shaking.


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I said, You are gods [since you judge on My behalf, as My representatives]; indeed, all of you are children of the Most High.


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They lay crafty schemes against Your people and consult together against Your hidden and precious ones.


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They have said, Come, and let us wipe them out as a nation; let the name of Israel be in remembrance no more.


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Assyria also has joined with them; they have helped the children of Lot [the Ammonites and the Moabites] and have been an arm to them. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


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Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek, inquire for, and insistently require Your name, O Lord.


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Psalm 84
To the Chief Musician; set to a Philistine lute, or [possibly] a particular Gittite tune. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
How lovely are Your tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!


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My soul yearns, yes, even pines and is homesick for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out and sing for joy to the living God.


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Yes, the sparrow has found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young—even Your altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God.


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Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are those who dwell in Your house and Your presence; they will be singing Your praises all the day long. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


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Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man whose strength is in You, in whose heart are the highways to Zion.


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Passing through the Valley of Weeping (Baca), they make it a place of springs; the early rain also fills [the pools] with blessings.


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They go from strength to strength [increasing in victorious power]; each of them appears before God in Zion.


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O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


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For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand [anywhere else]; I would rather be a doorkeeper and stand at the threshold in the house of my God than to dwell [at ease] in the tents of wickedness.


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For the Lord God is a Sun and Shield; the Lord bestows [present] grace and favor and [future] glory (honor, splendor, and heavenly bliss)! No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.


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O Lord of hosts, blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man who trusts in You [leaning and believing on You, committing all and confidently looking to You, and that without fear or misgiving]!


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Psalm 85
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
Lord, You have [at last] been favorable and have dealt graciously with Your land [of Canaan]; You have brought back [from Babylon] the captives of Jacob.


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You have forgiven and taken away the iniquity of Your people, You have covered all their sin. Selah [pause, and calmly realize what that means]!


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You have withdrawn all Your wrath and indignation, You have turned away from the blazing anger [which You had let loose].


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Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your anger [and disfavor] and spread it out to all generations?


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I will listen [with expectancy] to what God the Lord will say, for He will speak peace to His people, to His saints (those who are in right standing with Him)—but let them not turn again to [self-confident] folly.


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Surely His salvation is near to those who reverently and worshipfully fear Him, [and is ready to be appropriated] that [the manifest presence of God, His] glory may tabernacle and abide in our land.


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Mercy and loving-kindness and truth have met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.


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Psalm 86
A Prayer of David.
Incline Your ear, O Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and distressed, needy and desiring.


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Preserve my life, for I am godly and dedicated; O my God, save Your servant, for I trust in You [leaning and believing on You, committing all and confidently looking to You, without fear or doubt].


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For You, O Lord, are good, and ready to forgive [our trespasses, sending them away, letting them go completely and forever]; and You are abundant in mercy and loving-kindness to all those who call upon You.


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All nations whom You have made shall come and fall down before You, O Lord; and they shall glorify Your name.


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Teach me Your way, O Lord, that I may walk and live in Your truth; direct and unite my heart [solely, reverently] to fear and honor Your name.


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I will confess and praise You, O Lord my God, with my whole (united) heart; and I will glorify Your name forevermore.


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For great is Your mercy and loving-kindness toward me; and You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol [from the exceeding depths of affliction].


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O God, the proud and insolent are risen against me; a rabble of violent and ruthless men has sought and demanded my life, and they have not set You before them.


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But You, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in mercy and loving-kindness and truth.


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O turn to me and have mercy and be gracious to me; grant strength (might and inflexibility to temptation) to Your servant and save the son of Your handmaiden.


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Show me a sign of [Your evident] goodwill and favor, that those who hate me may see it and be put to shame, because You, Lord, [will show Your approval of me when You] help and comfort me.


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Psalm 87
A Psalm of the sons of Korah. A song.
On the holy hills stands the city [of Jerusalem and the temple] God founded.


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The Lord loves the gates of Zion [through which the crowds of pilgrims enter from all nations] more than all the dwellings of Jacob (Israel).


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Glorious things are spoken of you, O city of God. Selah [pause, and calmly realize what that means]!


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I will make mention of Rahab [the poetic name for Egypt] and Babylon as among those who know [the city of God]—behold, Philistia and Tyre, with Ethiopia (Cush)—[saying], This man was born there.


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Yes, of Zion it shall be said, This man and that man were born in her, for the Most High Himself will establish her.


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The Lord shall count, when He registers the peoples, that this man was born there. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


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The singers as well as the players on instruments shall say, All my springs (my sources of life and joy) are in you [city of our God].


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Psalm 88
A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. To the Chief Musician; set to chant mournfully. A didactic or reflective poem of Heman the Ezrahite.
O Lord, the God of my salvation, I have cried to You for help by day; at night I am in Your presence.


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I am counted among those who go down into the pit (the grave); I am like a man who has no help or strength [a mere shadow],


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Cast away among the dead, like the slain that lie in a [nameless] grave, whom You [seriously] remember no more, and they are cut off from Your hand.


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Your wrath lies hard upon me, and You have afflicted me with all Your waves. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


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You have put my [familiar] friends far from me; You have made me an abomination to them. I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.


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My eye grows dim because of sorrow and affliction. Lord, I have called daily on You; I have spread forth my hands to You.


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Will You show wonders to the dead? Shall the departed arise and praise You? Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


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Shall Your steadfast love be declared in the grave? Or Your faithfulness in Abaddon (Sheol, as a place of ruin and destruction)?


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Shall Your wonders be known in the dark? And Your righteousness in the place of forgetfulness [where the dead forget and are forgotten]?


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I was afflicted and close to death from my youth up; while I suffer Your terrors I am distracted [I faint].


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Psalm 89
A skillful song, or a didactic or reflective poem, of Ethan the Ezrahite.
I will sing of the mercy and loving-kindness of the Lord forever; with my mouth will I make known Your faithfulness from generation to generation.


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For I have said, Mercy and loving-kindness shall be built up forever; Your faithfulness will You establish in the very heavens [unchangeable and perpetual].


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Your Seed I will establish forever, and I will build up your throne for all generations. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


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Let heaven (the angels) praise Your wonders, O Lord, Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones (the holy angels).


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For who in the heavens can be compared to the Lord? Who among the mighty [heavenly beings] can be likened to the Lord,


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A God greatly feared and revered in the council of the holy (angelic) ones, and to be feared and worshipfully revered above all those who are round about Him?


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O Lord God of hosts, who is a mighty one like unto You, O Lord? And Your faithfulness is round about You [an essential part of You at all times].


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The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours; the world and all that is in it, You have founded them.


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The north and the south, You have created them; Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon joyously praise Your name.


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Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; mercy and loving-kindness and truth go before Your face.


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Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are the people who know the joyful sound [who understand and appreciate the spiritual blessings symbolized by the feasts]; they walk, O Lord, in the light and favor of Your countenance!


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For You are the glory of their strength [their proud adornment], and by Your favor our horn is exalted and we walk with uplifted faces!


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Once You spoke in a vision to Your devoted ones and said, I have endowed one who is mighty [a hero, giving him the power to help—to be a champion for Israel]; I have exalted one chosen from among the people.


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The enemy shall not exact from him or do him violence or outwit him, nor shall the wicked afflict and humble him.


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My faithfulness and My mercy and loving-kindness shall be with him, and in My name shall his horn be exalted [great power and prosperity shall be conferred upon him].


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I will set his hand in control also on the [Mediterranean] Sea, and his right hand on the rivers [Euphrates with its tributaries].


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My mercy and loving-kindness will I keep for him forevermore, and My covenant shall stand fast and be faithful with him.


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Then will I punish their transgression with the rod [of chastisement], and their iniquity with stripes.


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Nevertheless, My loving-kindness will I not break off from him, nor allow My faithfulness to fail [to lie and be false to him].


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It shall be established forever as the moon, the faithful witness in the heavens. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


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But [in apparent contradiction to all this] You [even You the faithful Lord] have cast off and rejected; You have been full of wrath against Your anointed.


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You have despised and loathed and renounced the covenant with Your servant; You have profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.


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All who pass along the road spoil and rob him; he has become the scorn and reproach of his neighbors.


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The days of his youth have You shortened; You have covered him with shame. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


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O [earnestly] remember how short my time is and what a mere fleeting life mine is. For what emptiness, falsity, futility, and frailty You have created all men!


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What man can live and shall not see death, or can deliver himself from the [powerful] hand of Sheol (the place of the dead)? Selah [pause, and calmly consider that]!


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Lord, where are Your former loving-kindnesses [shown in the reigns of David and Solomon], which You swore to David in Your faithfulness?


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Remember, Lord, and earnestly imprint [on Your heart] the reproach of Your servants, scorned and insulted, how I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many and mighty peoples,


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With which Your enemies have taunted, O Lord, with which they have mocked the footsteps of Your anointed.


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Book Four
Psalm 90
A Prayer of Moses the man of God.
Lord, You have been our dwelling place and our refuge in all generations [says Moses].


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Before the mountains were brought forth or ever You had formed and given birth to the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting You are God.


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For a thousand years in Your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night.


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You carry away [these disobedient people, doomed to die within forty years] as with a flood; they are as a sleep [vague and forgotten as soon as they are gone]. In the morning they are like grass which grows up—


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For we [the Israelites in the wilderness] are consumed by Your anger, and by Your wrath are we troubled, overwhelmed, and frightened away.


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Our iniquities, our secret heart and its sins [which we would so like to conceal even from ourselves], You have set in the [revealing] light of Your countenance.


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For all our days [out here in this wilderness, says Moses] pass away in Your wrath; we spend our years as a tale that is told [for we adults know we are doomed to die soon, without reaching Canaan].


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The days of our years are threescore years and ten (seventy years)—or even, if by reason of strength, fourscore years (eighty years); yet is their pride [in additional years] only labor and sorrow, for it is soon gone, and we fly away.


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Who knows the power of Your anger? [Who worthily connects this brevity of life with Your recognition of sin?] And Your wrath, who connects it with the reverent and worshipful fear that is due You?


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Turn, O Lord [from Your fierce anger]! How long—? Revoke Your sentence and be compassionate and at ease toward Your servants.


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O satisfy us with Your mercy and loving-kindness in the morning [now, before we are older], that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.


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Make us glad in proportion to the days in which You have afflicted us and to the years in which we have suffered evil.


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Let Your work [the signs of Your power] be revealed to Your servants, and Your [glorious] majesty to their children.


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And let the beauty and delightfulness and favor of the Lord our God be upon us; confirm and establish the work of our hands—yes, the work of our hands, confirm and establish it.


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Psalm 91
He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall remain stable and fixed under the shadow of the Almighty [Whose power no foe can withstand].


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I will say of the Lord, He is my Refuge and my Fortress, my God; on Him I lean and rely, and in Him I [confidently] trust!


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[Then] He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings shall you trust and find refuge; His truth and His faithfulness are a shield and a buckler.


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You shall not be afraid of the terror of the night, nor of the arrow (the evil plots and slanders of the wicked) that flies by day,


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Nor of the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor of the destruction and sudden death that surprise and lay waste at noonday.


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A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, but it shall not come near you.


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Only a spectator shall you be [yourself inaccessible in the secret place of the Most High] as you witness the reward of the wicked.


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For He will give His angels [especial] charge over you to accompany and defend and preserve you in all your ways [of obedience and service].


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You shall tread upon the lion and adder; the young lion and the serpent shall you trample underfoot.


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Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him on high, because he knows and understands My name [has a personal knowledge of My mercy, love, and kindness—trusts and relies on Me, knowing I will never forsake him, no, never].


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He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.


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Psalm 92
A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day.
It is a good and delightful thing to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises [with musical accompaniment] to Your name, O Most High,


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A man in his rude and uncultivated state knows not, neither does a [self-confident] fool understand this:


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That though the wicked spring up like grass and all evildoers flourish, they are doomed to be destroyed forever.


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For behold, Your adversaries, O Lord, for behold, Your enemies shall perish; all the evildoers shall be scattered.


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But my horn (emblem of excessive strength and stately grace) You have exalted like that of a wild ox; I am anointed with fresh oil.


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The [uncompromisingly] righteous shall flourish like the palm tree [be long-lived, stately, upright, useful, and fruitful]; they shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon [majestic, stable, durable, and incorruptible].


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[Growing in grace] they shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be full of sap [of spiritual vitality] and [rich in the] verdure [of trust, love, and contentment].


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[They are living memorials] to show that the Lord is upright and faithful to His promises; He is my Rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.


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Psalm 93
The Lord reigns, He is clothed with majesty; the Lord is robed, He has girded Himself with strength and power; the world also is established, that it cannot be moved.


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The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up the roaring of their waves.


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The Lord on high is mightier and more glorious than the noise of many waters, yes, than the mighty breakers and waves of the sea.


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Your testimonies are very sure; holiness [apparent in separation from sin, with simple trust and hearty obedience] is becoming to Your house, O Lord, forever.


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Psalm 94
O Lord God, You to Whom vengeance belongs, O God, You to Whom vengeance belongs, shine forth!


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Consider and understand, you stupid ones among the people! And you [self-confident] fools, when will you become wise?


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Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man whom You discipline and instruct, O Lord, and teach out of Your law,


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That You may give him power to keep himself calm in the days of adversity, until the [inevitable] pit of corruption is dug for the wicked.


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For justice will return to the [uncompromisingly] righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.


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Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?


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Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with You—they who frame and hide their unrighteous doings under [the sacred name of] law?


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They band themselves together against the life of the [consistently] righteous and condemn the innocent to death.


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And He will turn back upon them their own iniquity and will wipe them out by means of their own wickedness; the Lord our God will wipe them out.


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Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to Him with songs of praise!


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O come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker [in reverent praise and supplication].


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For He is our God and we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand. Today, if you will hear His voice,


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Forty years long was I grieved and disgusted with that generation, and I said, It is a people that do err in their hearts, and they do not approve, acknowledge, or regard My ways.


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For great is the Lord and greatly to be praised; He is to be reverently feared and worshiped above all [so-called] gods.


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O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness; tremble before and reverently fear Him, all the earth.


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Say among the nations that the Lord reigns; the world also is established, so that it cannot be moved; He shall judge and rule the people righteously and with justice.


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Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and all the things which fill it;


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Before the Lord, for He comes, for He comes to judge and govern the earth! He shall judge the world with righteousness and justice and the peoples with His faithfulness and truth.


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Clouds and darkness are round about Him [as at Sinai]; righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.


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The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.


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Let all those be put to shame who serve graven images, who boast in idols. Fall prostrate before Him, all you gods.


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Zion heard and was glad, and the daughters of Judah rejoiced [in relief] because of Your judgments, O Lord.


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O you who love the Lord, hate evil; He preserves the lives of His saints (the children of God), He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.


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Light is sown for the [uncompromisingly] righteous and strewn along their pathway, and joy for the upright in heart [the irrepressible joy which comes from consciousness of His favor and protection].


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Rejoice in the Lord, you [consistently] righteous (upright and in right standing with God), and give thanks at the remembrance of His holiness.


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Psalm 98
A Psalm.
O sing to the Lord a new song, for He has done marvelous things; His right hand and His holy arm have wrought salvation for Him.


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The Lord has made known His salvation; His righteousness has He openly shown in the sight of the nations.


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He has [earnestly] remembered His mercy and loving-kindness, His truth and His faithfulness toward the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have witnessed the salvation of our God.


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Before the Lord, for He is coming to judge [and rule] the earth; with righteousness will He judge [and rule] the world, and the peoples with equity.


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Psalm 99
The Lord reigns, let the peoples tremble [with reverential fear]! He sits [enthroned] above the cherubim, let the earth quake!


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Let them confess and praise Your great name, awesome and reverence inspiring! It is holy, and holy is He!


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The strength of the king who loves righteousness and equity You establish in uprightness; You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob (Israel).


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Moses and Aaron were among His priests, and Samuel was among those who called upon His name; they called upon the Lord, and He answered them.


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He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud; they kept His testimonies and the statutes that He gave them.


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You answered them, O Lord our God; You were a forgiving God to them, although avenging their evildoing and wicked practices.


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Psalm 100
A Psalm of thanksgiving and for the thank offering.
Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all you lands!


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Know (perceive, recognize, and understand with approval) that the Lord is God! It is He Who has made us, not we ourselves [and we are His]! We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.


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Enter into His gates with thanksgiving and a thank offering and into His courts with praise! Be thankful and say so to Him, bless and affectionately praise His name!


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For the Lord is good; His mercy and loving-kindness are everlasting, His faithfulness and truth endure to all generations.


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Psalm 101
A Psalm of David.
I will sing of mercy and loving-kindness and justice; to You, O Lord, will I sing.


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I will behave myself wisely and give heed to the blameless way—O when will You come to me? I will walk within my house in integrity and with a blameless heart.


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I will set no base or wicked thing before my eyes. I hate the work of them who turn aside [from the right path]; it shall not grasp hold of me.


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Whoso privily slanders his neighbor, him will I cut off [from me]; he who has a haughty look and a proud and arrogant heart I cannot and I will not tolerate.


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My eyes shall [look with favor] upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks blamelessly, he shall minister to me.


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He who works deceit shall not dwell in my house; he who tells lies shall not continue in my presence.


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Morning after morning I will root up all the wicked in the land, that I may eliminate all the evildoers from the city of the Lord.


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Psalm 102
A Prayer of the afflicted; when he is overwhelmed and faint and pours out his complaint to God.
Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come to You.


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Hide not Your face from me in the day when I am in distress! Incline Your ear to me; in the day when I call, answer me speedily.


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I am like a melancholy pelican or vulture of the wilderness; I am like a [desolate] owl of the waste places.


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My adversaries taunt and reproach me all the day; and they who are angry with me use my name as a curse.


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For I have eaten the ashes [in which I sat] as if they were bread and have mingled my drink with weeping


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My days are like an evening shadow that stretches out and declines [with the sun]; and I am withered like grass.


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You will arise and have mercy and loving-kindness for Zion, for it is time to have pity and compassion for her; yes, the set time has come [the moment designated].


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For Your servants take [melancholy] pleasure in the stones [of her ruins] and show pity for her dust.


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So the nations shall fear and worshipfully revere the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth Your glory.


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Let this be recorded for the generation yet unborn, that a people yet to be created shall praise the Lord.


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He has afflicted and weakened my strength, humbling and bringing me low [with sorrow] in the way; He has shortened my days [aging me prematurely].


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I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days, You Whose years continue throughout all generations.


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At the beginning You existed and laid the foundations of the earth; the heavens are the work of Your hands.


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They shall perish, but You shall remain and endure; yes, all of them shall wear out and become old like a garment. Like clothing You shall change them, and they shall be changed and pass away.


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The children of Your servants shall dwell safely and continue, and their descendants shall be established before You.


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Psalm 103
[A Psalm] of David.
Bless (affectionately, gratefully praise) the Lord, O my soul; and all that is [deepest] within me, bless His holy name!


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Bless (affectionately, gratefully praise) the Lord, O my soul, and forget not [one of] all His benefits—


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Who redeems your life from the pit and corruption, Who beautifies, dignifies, and crowns you with loving-kindness and tender mercy;


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Who satisfies your mouth [your necessity and desire at your personal age and situation] with good so that your youth, renewed, is like the eagle’s [strong, overcoming, soaring]!


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For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great are His mercy and loving-kindness toward those who reverently and worshipfully fear Him.


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As a father loves and pities his children, so the Lord loves and pities those who fear Him [with reverence, worship, and awe].


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But the mercy and loving-kindness of the Lord are from everlasting to everlasting upon those who reverently and worshipfully fear Him, and His righteousness is to children’s children—


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To such as keep His covenant [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it] and to those who [earnestly] remember His commandments to do them [imprinting them on their hearts].


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Bless (affectionately, gratefully praise) the Lord, you His angels, you mighty ones who do His commandments, hearkening to the voice of His word.


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Bless (affectionately, gratefully praise) the Lord, all you His hosts, you His ministers who do His pleasure.


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Bless the Lord, all His works in all places of His dominion; bless (affectionately, gratefully praise) the Lord, O my soul!


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Psalm 104
Bless (affectionately, gratefully praise) the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, You are very great! You are clothed with honor and majesty—


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[You are the One] Who covers Yourself with light as with a garment, Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain or a tent,


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Who lays the beams of the upper room of His abode in the waters [above the firmament], Who makes the clouds His chariot, Who walks on the wings of the wind,


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You have set a boundary [for the waters] which they may not pass over, that they turn not again to deluge the earth.


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He waters the mountains from His upper rooms; the earth is satisfied and abounds with the fruit of His works.


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He causes vegetation to grow for the cattle, and all that the earth produces for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food out of the earth—


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And wine that gladdens the heart of man, to make his face shine more than oil, and bread to support, refresh, and strengthen man’s heart.


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The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly and are filled with sap, the cedars of Lebanon which He has planted,


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You [O Lord] make darkness and it becomes night, in which creeps forth every wild beast of the forest.


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O Lord, how many and varied are Your works! In wisdom have You made them all; the earth is full of Your riches and Your creatures.


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Yonder is the sea, great and wide, in which are swarms of innumerable creeping things, creatures both small and great.


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There go the ships of the sea, and Leviathan (the sea monster), which You have formed to sport in it.


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When You give it to them, they gather it up; You open Your hand, and they are filled with good things.


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When You hide Your face, they are troubled and dismayed; when You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.


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When You send forth Your Spirit and give them breath, they are created, and You replenish the face of the ground.


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Let sinners be consumed from the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless (affectionately, gratefully praise) the Lord, O my soul! Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)


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Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; meditate on and talk of all His marvelous deeds and devoutly praise them.


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Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those rejoice who seek and require the Lord [as their indispensable necessity].


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Seek, inquire of and for the Lord, and crave Him and His strength (His might and inflexibility to temptation); seek and require His face and His presence [continually] evermore.


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[Earnestly] remember the marvelous deeds that He has done, His miracles and wonders, the judgments and sentences which He pronounced [upon His enemies, as in Egypt].


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He is [earnestly] mindful of His covenant and forever it is imprinted on His heart, the word which He commanded and established to a thousand generations,


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Saying, Unto you will I give the land of Canaan as your measured portion, possession, and inheritance.


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When they were but a few men in number, in fact, very few, and were temporary residents and strangers in it,


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He sent [thick] darkness and made the land dark, and they [God’s two servants] rebelled not against His word.


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He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the beginning and chief substance of all their strength.


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He brought [Israel] forth also with silver and gold, and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.


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And gave them the lands of the nations [of Canaan], and they reaped the fruits of those peoples’ labor,


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That they might observe His statutes and keep His laws [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)


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Psalm 106
Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever!


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Who can put into words and tell the mighty deeds of the Lord? Or who can show forth all the praise [that is due Him]?


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Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are those who observe justice [treating others fairly] and who do right and are in right standing with God at all times.


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[Earnestly] remember me, O Lord, when You favor Your people! O visit me also when You deliver them, and grant me Your salvation!—


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That I may see and share the welfare of Your chosen ones, that I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, that I may glory with Your heritage.


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Our fathers in Egypt understood not nor appreciated Your miracles; they did not [earnestly] remember the multitude of Your mercies nor imprint Your loving-kindness [on their hearts], but they were rebellious and provoked the Lord at the sea, even at the Red Sea.


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Nevertheless He saved them for His name’s sake [to prove the righteousness of the divine character], that He might make His mighty power known.


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He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it dried up; so He led them through the depths as through a pastureland.


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And He saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the [Egyptian] enemy.


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But they hastily forgot His works; they did not [earnestly] wait for His plans [to develop] regarding them,


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But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness and tempted and tried to restrain God [with their insistent desires] in the desert.


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And He gave them their request, but sent leanness into their souls and [thinned their numbers by] disease and death.


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Thus they exchanged Him Who was their Glory for the image of an ox that eats grass [they traded their Honor for the image of a calf]!


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Therefore He said He would destroy them. [And He would have done so] had not Moses, His chosen one, stepped into the breach before Him to turn away His threatening wrath.


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Then they spurned and despised the pleasant and desirable land [Canaan]; they believed not His word [neither trusting in, relying on, nor holding to it];


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Therefore He lifted up His hand [as if taking an oath] against them, that He would cause them to fall in the wilderness,


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They joined themselves also to the [idol] Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices [offered] to the lifeless [gods].


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And that was credited to him for righteousness (right doing and right standing with God) to all generations forever.


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They angered the Lord also at the waters of Meribah, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes;


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And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; and the land was polluted with their blood.


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Thus were they defiled by their own works, and they played the harlot and practiced idolatry with their own deeds [of idolatrous rites].


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Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against His people, insomuch that He abhorred and rejected His own heritage.


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Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under the hand of their foes.


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Many times did [God] deliver them, but they were rebellious in their counsel and sank low through their iniquity.


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And He [earnestly] remembered for their sake His covenant and relented their sentence of evil [comforting and easing Himself] according to the abundance of His mercy and loving-kindness [when they cried out to Him].


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Deliver us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name and glory in praising You.


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Blessed (affectionately and gratefully praised) be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting! And let all the people say, Amen! Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)


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Book Five
Psalm 107
O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever!


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And gathered them out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the [Red] Sea in the south.


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He led them forth by the straight and right way, that they might go to a city where they could establish their homes.


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Oh, that men would praise [and confess to] the Lord for His goodness and loving-kindness and His wonderful works to the children of men!


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Therefore He bowed down their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled and fell down, and there was none to help.


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Some are fools [made ill] because of the way of their transgressions and are afflicted because of their iniquities.


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And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving and rehearse His deeds with shouts of joy and singing!


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[Those aboard] mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the deeps; their courage melts away because of their plight.


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They reel to and fro and stagger like a drunken man and are at their wits’ end [all their wisdom has come to nothing].


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Let them exalt Him also in the congregation of the people and praise Him in the company of the elders.


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Whoso is wise [if there be any truly wise] will observe and heed these things; and they will diligently consider the mercy and loving-kindness of the Lord.


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Psalm 108
A song. A Psalm of David.
O God, my heart is fixed (steadfast, in the confidence of faith); I will sing, yes, I will sing praises, even with my glory [all the faculties and powers of one created in Your image]!


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I will praise and give thanks to You, O Lord, among the peoples; and I will sing praises unto You among the nations.


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For Your mercy and loving-kindness are great and high as the heavens! Your truth and faithfulness reach to the skies!


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God has promised in His holiness [regarding the establishment of David’s dynasty]: I will rejoice, I will distribute [Canaan among My people], dividing Shechem and [the western region and allotting the eastern region which contains] the Valley of Succoth.


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Gilead is Mine, Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim also is My stronghold and the defense of My head; Judah is My scepter and lawgiver.


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Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom [My slave] My shoe I cast [to be cleaned]; over Philistia I shout [in triumph].


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For the mouths of the wicked and the mouth of deceit are opened against me; they have spoken to me and against me with lying tongues.


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When [the wicked] is judged, let him be condemned, and let his prayer [for leniency] be turned into a sin.


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Let his children be continual vagabonds [as was Cain] and beg; let them seek their bread and be driven far from their ruined homes.


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Let the creditor and extortioner seize all that he has; and let strangers (barbarians and foreigners) plunder the fruits of his labor.


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Let there be none to extend or continue mercy and kindness to him, neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children.


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Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by the Lord; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.


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Because the man did not [earnestly] remember to show mercy, but pursued and persecuted the poor and needy man, and the broken in heart [he was ready] to slay.


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Yes, he loved cursing, and it came [back] upon him; he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him.


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He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment, and it seeped into his inward [life] like water, and like oil into his bones.


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Let it be to him as the raiment with which he covers himself and as the girdle with which he is girded continually.


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Let this be the reward of my adversaries from the Lord, and of those who speak evil against my life.


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But You deal with me and act for me, O God the Lord, for Your name’s sake; because Your mercy and loving-kindness are good, O deliver me.


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I am gone like the shadow when it lengthens and declines; I toss up and down and am shaken off as the locust.


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Let them curse, but do You bless. When adversaries arise, let them be put to shame, but let Your servant rejoice.


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Let my adversaries be clothed with shame and dishonor, and let them cover themselves with their own disgrace and confusion as with a robe.


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I will give great praise and thanks to the Lord with my mouth; yes, and I will praise Him among the multitude.


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For He will stand at the right hand of the poor and needy, to save him from those who condemn his life.


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Psalm 110
A Psalm of David.
The Lord (God) says to my Lord (the Messiah), Sit at My right hand, until I make Your adversaries Your footstool.


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The Lord will send forth from Zion the scepter of Your strength; rule, then, in the midst of Your foes.


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Your people will offer themselves willingly in the day of Your power, in the beauty of holiness and in holy array out of the womb of the morning; to You [will spring forth] Your young men, who are as the dew.


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The Lord has sworn and will not revoke or change it: You are a priest forever, after the manner and order of Melchizedek.


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He will execute judgment [in overwhelming punishment] upon the nations; He will fill the valleys with the dead bodies, He will crush the [chief] heads over lands many and far extended.


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Psalm 111
Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) I will praise and give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart in the council of the upright and in the congregation.


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He has made His wonderful works to be remembered; the Lord is gracious, merciful, and full of loving compassion.


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He has given food and provision to those who reverently and worshipfully fear Him; He will remember His covenant forever and imprint it [on His mind].


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He has declared and shown to His people the power of His works in giving them the heritage of the nations [of Canaan].


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The works of His hands are [absolute] truth and justice [faithful and right]; and all His decrees and precepts are sure (fixed, established, and trustworthy).


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They stand fast and are established forever and ever and are done in [absolute] truth and uprightness.


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He has sent redemption to His people; He has commanded His covenant to be forever; holy is His name, inspiring awe, reverence, and godly fear.


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The reverent fear and worship of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom and skill [the preceding and the first essential, the prerequisite and the alphabet]; a good understanding, wisdom, and meaning have all those who do [the will of the Lord]. Their praise of Him endures forever.


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Psalm 112
Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man who fears (reveres and worships) the Lord, who delights greatly in His commandments.


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His [spiritual] offspring shall be mighty upon earth; the generation of the upright shall be blessed.


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Light arises in the darkness for the upright, gracious, compassionate, and just [who are in right standing with God].


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He will not be moved forever; the [uncompromisingly] righteous (the upright, in right standing with God) shall be in everlasting remembrance.


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He shall not be afraid of evil tidings; his heart is firmly fixed, trusting (leaning on and being confident) in the Lord.


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His heart is established and steady, he will not be afraid while he waits to see his desire established upon his adversaries.


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He has distributed freely [he has given to the poor and needy]; his righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God) endures forever; his horn shall be exalted in honor.


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The wicked man will see it and be grieved and angered, he will gnash his teeth and disappear [in despair]; the desire of the wicked shall perish and come to nothing.


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Psalm 113
Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) Praise, O servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord!


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From the rising of the sun to the going down of it and from east to west, the name of the Lord is to be praised!


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He makes the barren woman to be a homemaker and a joyful mother of [spiritual] children. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)


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Psalm 114
When Israel came forth out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language,


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Psalm 115
Not to us, O Lord, not to us but to Your name give glory, for Your mercy and loving-kindness and for the sake of Your truth and faithfulness!


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They have hands, but they handle not; feet have they, but they walk not; neither can they make a sound with their throats.


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O Israel, trust and take refuge in the Lord! [Lean on, rely on, and be confident in Him!] He is their Help and their Shield.


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O house of Aaron [the priesthood], trust in and lean on the Lord! He is their Help and their Shield.


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You who [reverently] fear the Lord, trust in and lean on the Lord! He is their Help and their Shield.


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The Lord has been mindful of us, He will bless us: He will bless the house of Israel, He will bless the house of Aaron [the priesthood],


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But we will bless (affectionately and gratefully praise) the Lord from this time forth and forever. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)


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The cords and sorrows of death were around me, and the terrors of Sheol (the place of the dead) had laid hold of me; I suffered anguish and grief (trouble and sorrow).


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For You have delivered my life from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from stumbling and falling.


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I believed (trusted in, relied on, and clung to my God), and therefore have I spoken [even when I said], I am greatly afflicted.


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What shall I render to the Lord for all His benefits toward me? [How can I repay Him for all His bountiful dealings?]


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Precious (important and no light matter) in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints (His loving ones).


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O Lord, truly I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your handmaid; You have loosed my bonds.


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For His mercy and loving-kindness are great toward us, and the truth and faithfulness of the Lord endure forever. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)


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Psalm 118
O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever!


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Let those now who reverently and worshipfully fear the Lord say that His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever.


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Out of my distress I called upon the Lord; the Lord answered me and set me free and in a large place.


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The Lord is on my side and takes my part, He is among those who help me; therefore shall I see my desire established upon those who hate me.


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All nations (the surrounding tribes) compassed me about, but in the name of the Lord I will cut them off!


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They compassed me about, yes, they surrounded me on every side; but in the name of the Lord I will cut them off!


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They swarmed about me like bees, they blaze up and are extinguished like a fire of thorns; in the name of the Lord I will cut them off!


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The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents and private dwellings of the [uncompromisingly] righteous: the right hand of the Lord does valiantly and achieves strength!


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The right hand of the Lord is exalted; the right hand of the Lord does valiantly and achieves strength!


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Open to me the [temple] gates of righteousness; I will enter through them, and I will confess and praise the Lord.


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I will confess, praise, and give thanks to You, for You have heard and answered me; and You have become my Salvation and Deliverer.


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Save now, we beseech You, O Lord; send now prosperity, O Lord, we beseech You, and give to us success!


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Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord; we bless you from the house of the Lord [you who come into His sanctuary under His guardianship].


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The Lord is God, Who has shown and given us light [He has illuminated us with grace, freedom, and joy]. Decorate the festival with leafy boughs and bind the sacrifices to be offered with thick cords [all over the priest’s court, right up] to the horns of the altar.


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You are my God, and I will confess, praise, and give thanks to You; You are my God, I will extol You.


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Psalm 119
Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are the undefiled (the upright, truly sincere, and blameless) in the way [of the revealed will of God], who walk (order their conduct and conversation) in the law of the Lord (the whole of God’s revealed will).


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Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are they who keep His testimonies, and who seek, inquire for and of Him and crave Him with the whole heart.


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Oh, that my ways were directed and established to observe Your statutes [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]!


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Then shall I not be put to shame [by failing to inherit Your promises] when I have respect to all Your commandments.


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I will praise and give thanks to You with uprightness of heart when I learn [by sanctified experiences] Your righteous judgments [Your decisions against and punishments for particular lines of thought and conduct].


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How shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed and keeping watch [on himself] according to Your word [conforming his life to it].


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With my whole heart have I sought You, inquiring for and of You and yearning for You; Oh, let me not wander or step aside [either in ignorance or willfully] from Your commandments.


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I will meditate on Your precepts and have respect to Your ways [the paths of life marked out by Your law].


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Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live; and I will observe Your word [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it].


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I have declared my ways and opened my griefs to You, and You listened to me; teach me Your statutes.


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Make me understand the way of Your precepts; so shall I meditate on and talk of Your wondrous works.


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My life dissolves and weeps itself away for heaviness; raise me up and strengthen me according to [the promises of] Your word.


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Remove from me the way of falsehood and unfaithfulness [to You], and graciously impart Your law to me.


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I will [not merely walk, but] run the way of Your commandments, when You give me a heart that is willing.


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Incline my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetousness (robbery, sensuality, unworthy riches).


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Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity (idols and idolatry); and restore me to vigorous life and health in Your ways.


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Establish Your word and confirm Your promise to Your servant, which is for those who reverently fear and devotedly worship You.


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Let Your mercy and loving-kindness come also to me, O Lord, even Your salvation according to Your promise;


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Then shall I have an answer for those who taunt and reproach me, for I lean on, rely on, and trust in Your word.


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And I will walk at liberty and at ease, for I have sought and inquired for [and desperately required] Your precepts.


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My hands also will I lift up [in fervent supplication] to Your commandments, which I love, and I will meditate on Your statutes.


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This is my comfort and consolation in my affliction: that Your word has revived me and given me life.


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The proud have had me greatly in derision, yet have I not declined in my interest in or turned aside from Your law.


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This I have had [as the gift of Your grace and as my reward]: that I have kept Your precepts [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them].


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I entreated Your favor with my whole heart; be merciful and gracious to me according to Your promise.


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I am a companion of all those who fear, revere, and worship You, and of those who observe and give heed to Your precepts.


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Teach me good judgment, wise and right discernment, and knowledge, for I have believed (trusted, relied on, and clung to) Your commandments.


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Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now Your word do I keep [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it].


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The arrogant and godless have put together a lie against me, but I will keep Your precepts with my whole heart.


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Your hands have made me, cunningly fashioned and established me; give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments.


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contenido:
Those who reverently and worshipfully fear You will see me and be glad, because I have hoped in Your word and tarried for it.


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contenido:
I know, O Lord, that Your judgments are right and righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.


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contenido:
Let, I pray You, Your merciful kindness and steadfast love be for my comfort, according to Your promise to Your servant.


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contenido:
Let the proud be put to shame, for they dealt perversely with me without a cause; but I will meditate on Your precepts.


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contenido:
Let those who reverently and worshipfully fear You turn to me, and those who have known Your testimonies.


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contenido:
Let my heart be sound (sincere and wholehearted and blameless) in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.


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contenido:
For I have become like a bottle [a wineskin blackened and shriveled] in the smoke [in which it hangs], yet do I not forget Your statutes.


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contenido:
How many are the days of Your servant [which he must endure]? When will You judge those who pursue and persecute me?


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contenido:
All Your commandments are faithful and sure. [The godless] pursue and persecute me with falsehood; help me [Lord]!


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contenido:
According to Your steadfast love give life to me; then I will keep the testimony of Your mouth [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it].


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contenido:
Your faithfulness is from generation to generation; You have established the earth, and it stands fast.


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contenido:
All [the whole universe] are Your servants; therefore they continue this day according to Your ordinances.


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contenido:
I will never forget Your precepts, [how can I?] for it is by them You have quickened me (granted me life).


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contenido:
I am Yours, therefore save me [Your own]; for I have sought (inquired of and for) Your precepts and required them [as my urgent need].


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contenido:
I have seen that everything [human] has its limits and end [no matter how extensive, noble, and excellent]; but Your commandment is exceedingly broad and extends without limits [into eternity].


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contenido:
I have better understanding and deeper insight than all my teachers, because Your testimonies are my meditation.


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contenido:
I understand more than the aged, because I keep Your precepts [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them].


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contenido:
I have restrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep Your word [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it].


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contenido:
I have sworn [an oath] and have confirmed it, that I will keep Your righteous ordinances [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them].


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contenido:
Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them].


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contenido:
You spurn and set at nought all those who stray from Your statutes, for their own lying deceives them and their tricks are in vain.


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contenido:
You put away and count as dross all the wicked of the earth [for there is no true metal in them]; therefore I love Your testimonies.


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contenido:
My flesh trembles and shudders for fear and reverential, worshipful awe of You, and I am afraid and in dread of Your judgments.


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contenido:
Be surety for Your servant for good [as Judah was surety for the safety of Benjamin]; let not the proud oppress me.


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contenido:
I am Your servant; give me understanding (discernment and comprehension), that I may know (discern and be familiar with the character of) Your testimonies.


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contenido:
Therefore I love Your commandments more than [resplendent] gold, yes, more than [perfectly] refined gold.


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contenido:
Your testimonies are wonderful [far exceeding anything conceived by man]; therefore my [penitent] self keeps them [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them].


book: Ps
contenido:
The entrance and unfolding of Your words give light; their unfolding gives understanding (discernment and comprehension) to the simple.


book: Ps
contenido:
Establish my steps and direct them by [means of] Your word; let not any iniquity have dominion over me.


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contenido:
Deliver me from the oppression of man; so will I keep Your precepts [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them].


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contenido:
Streams of water run down my eyes, because men do not keep Your law [they hear it not, nor receive it, love it, or obey it].


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contenido:
[Rigidly] righteous are You, O Lord, and upright are Your judgments and all expressions of Your will.


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contenido:
Your righteous testimonies are everlasting and Your decrees are binding to eternity; give me understanding and I shall live [give me discernment and comprehension and I shall not die].


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contenido:
I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord; I will keep Your statutes [I will hear, receive, love, and obey them].


book: Ps
contenido:
I cried to You; save me, that I may keep Your testimonies [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them].


book: Ps
contenido:
My eyes anticipate the night watches and I am awake before the cry of the watchman, that I may meditate on Your word.


book: Ps
contenido:
Hear my voice according to Your steadfast love; O Lord, quicken me and give me life according to Your [righteous] decrees.


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contenido:
They draw near who follow after wrong thinking and persecute me with wickedness; they are far from Your law.


book: Ps
contenido:
Of old have I known Your testimonies, and for a long time, [therefore it is a thoroughly established conviction] that You have founded them forever.


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contenido:
I behold the treacherous and am grieved and loathe them, because they do not respect Your law [neither hearing, receiving, loving, nor obeying it].


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contenido:
Consider how I love Your precepts; revive me and give life to me, O Lord, according to Your loving-kindness!


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contenido:
The sum of Your word is truth [the total of the full meaning of all Your individual precepts]; and every one of Your righteous decrees endures forever.


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contenido:
Princes pursue and persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of Your words [dreading violation of them far more than the force of prince or potentate].


book: Ps
contenido:
Your testimonies have I kept [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]; I love them exceedingly!


book: Ps
contenido:
Let my mournful cry and supplication come [near] before You, O Lord; give me understanding (discernment and comprehension) according to Your word [of assurance and promise].


book: Ps
contenido:
My lips shall pour forth praise [with thanksgiving and renewed trust] when You teach me Your statutes.


book: Ps
contenido:
My tongue shall sing [praise for the fulfillment] of Your word, for all Your commandments are righteous.


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contenido:
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek, inquire for, and demand Your servant, for I do not forget Your commandments.


book: Ps
contenido:
Woe is me that I sojourn with Meshech, that I dwell beside the tents of Kedar [as if among notoriously barbarous people]!


book: Ps
contenido:
Psalm 121
A Song of Ascents.
I will lift up my eyes to the hills [around Jerusalem, to sacred Mount Zion and Mount Moriah]—From whence shall my help come?


book: Ps
contenido:
The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade on your right hand [the side not carrying a shield].


book: Ps
contenido:
Psalm 122
A Song of Ascents. Of David.
I was glad when they said to me, Let us go to the house of the Lord!


book: Ps
contenido:
To which the tribes go up, even the tribes of the Lord, as was decreed and as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the Lord.


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contenido:
Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, and as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the Lord our God, until He has mercy and loving-kindness for us.


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contenido:
Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on and loving-kindness for us, for we are exceedingly satiated with contempt.


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contenido:
Our life is exceedingly filled with the scorning and scoffing of those who are at ease and with the contempt of the proud (irresponsible tyrants who disregard God’s law).


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contenido:
Psalm 124
A Song of Ascents. Of David.
If it had not been the Lord Who was on our side—now may Israel say—


book: Ps
contenido:
Psalm 125
A Song of Ascents.
Those who trust in, lean on, and confidently hope in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but abides and stands fast forever.


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contenido:
As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about His people from this time forth and forever.


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contenido:
For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest upon the land of the [uncompromisingly] righteous, lest the righteous (God’s people) stretch forth their hands to iniquity and apostasy.


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contenido:
Do good, O Lord, to those who are good, and to those who are right [with You and all people] in their hearts.


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contenido:
As for such as turn aside to their crooked ways [of indifference to God], the Lord will lead them forth with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel!


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contenido:
Psalm 126
A Song of Ascents.
When the Lord brought back the captives [who returned] to Zion, we were like those who dream [it seemed so unreal].


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contenido:
Then were our mouths filled with laughter, and our tongues with singing. Then they said among the nations, The Lord has done great things for them.


book: Ps
contenido:
Turn to freedom our captivity and restore our fortunes, O Lord, as the streams in the South (the Negeb) [are restored by the torrents].


book: Ps
contenido:
He who goes forth bearing seed and weeping [at needing his precious supply of grain for sowing] shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.


book: Ps
contenido:
Psalm 127
A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon.
Except the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it; except the Lord keeps the city, the watchman wakes but in vain.


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contenido:
It is vain for you to rise up early, to take rest late, to eat the bread of [anxious] toil—for He gives [blessings] to His beloved in sleep.


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contenido:
Happy, blessed, and fortunate is the man whose quiver is filled with them! They will not be put to shame when they speak with their adversaries [in gatherings] at the [city’s] gate.


book: Ps
contenido:
Psalm 128
A Song of Ascents.
Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is everyone who fears, reveres, and worships the Lord, who walks in His ways and lives according to His commandments.


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contenido:
For you shall eat [the fruit] of the labor of your hands; happy (blessed, fortunate, enviable) shall you be, and it shall be well with you.


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contenido:
Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine in the innermost parts of your house; your children shall be like olive plants round about your table.


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contenido:
May the Lord bless you out of Zion [His sanctuary], and may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life;


book: Ps
contenido:
Psalm 129
A Song of Ascents.
Many a time and much have they afflicted me from my youth up—let Israel now say—


book: Ps
contenido:
Many a time and much have they afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.


book: Ps
contenido:
The Lord is [uncompromisingly] righteous; He has cut asunder the thick cords by which the wicked [enslaved us].


book: Ps
contenido:
While those who go by do not say, The blessing of the Lord be upon you! We bless you in the name of the Lord!


book: Ps
contenido:
But there is forgiveness with You [just what man needs], that You may be reverently feared and worshiped.


book: Ps
contenido:
I am looking and waiting for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, I say, more than watchmen for the morning.


book: Ps
contenido:
O Israel, hope in the Lord! For with the Lord there is mercy and loving-kindness, and with Him is plenteous redemption.


book: Ps
contenido:
Psalm 131
A Song of Ascents. Of David.
Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor my eyes lofty; neither do I exercise myself in matters too great or in things too wonderful for me.


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contenido:
Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me [ceased from fretting].


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contenido:
Psalm 132
A Song of Ascents.
Lord, [earnestly] remember to David’s credit all his humiliations and hardships and endurance—


book: Ps
contenido:
Behold, at Ephratah we [first] heard of [the discovered ark]; we found it in the fields of the wood [at Kiriath-jearim].


book: Ps
contenido:
Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness (right living and right standing with God); and let Your saints shout for joy!


book: Ps
contenido:
For Your servant David’s sake, turn not away the face of Your anointed and reject not Your own king.


book: Ps
contenido:
The Lord swore to David in truth; He will not turn back from it: One of the fruit of your body I will set upon your throne.


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contenido:
If your children will keep My covenant and My testimony that I shall teach them, their children also shall sit upon your throne forever.


book: Ps
contenido:
There will I make a horn spring forth and bud for David; I have ordained and prepared a lamp for My anointed [fulfilling the promises of old].


book: Ps
contenido:
Psalm 133
A Song of Ascents. Of David.
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!


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contenido:
It is like the precious ointment poured on the head, that ran down on the beard, even the beard of Aaron [the first high priest], that came down upon the collar and skirts of his garments [consecrating the whole body].


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contenido:
It is like the dew of [lofty] Mount Hermon and the dew that comes on the hills of Zion; for there the Lord has commanded the blessing, even life forevermore [upon the high and the lowly].


book: Ps
contenido:
Psalm 134
A Song of Ascents.
Behold, bless (affectionately and gratefully praise) the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, [singers] who by night stand in the house of the Lord.


book: Ps
contenido:
Lift up your hands in holiness and to the sanctuary and bless the Lord [affectionately and gratefully praise Him]!


book: Ps
contenido:
Psalm 135
Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) Praise the name of the Lord; praise Him, O you servants of the Lord!


book: Ps
contenido:
For the Lord has chosen [the descendants of] Jacob for Himself, Israel for His peculiar possession and treasure.


book: Ps
contenido:
Who causes the vapors to arise from the ends of the earth, Who makes lightnings for the rain, Who brings the wind out of His storehouses;


book: Ps
contenido:
For the Lord will judge and vindicate His people, and He will delay His judgments [manifesting His righteousness and mercy] and take into favor His servants [those who meet His terms of separation unto Him].


book: Ps
contenido:
Bless (affectionately and gratefully praise) the Lord, O house of Israel; bless the Lord, O house of Aaron [God’s ministers].


book: Ps
contenido:
Bless the Lord, O house of Levi [the dedicated tribe]; you who reverently and worshipfully fear the Lord, bless the Lord [affectionately and gratefully praise Him]!


book: Ps
contenido:
Psalm 136
O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever.


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contenido:
To Him Who by wisdom and understanding made the heavens, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever;


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contenido:
To Him Who stretched out the earth upon the waters, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever;


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contenido:
But shook off and overthrew Pharaoh and his host into the Red Sea, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever;


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contenido:
To Him Who [earnestly] remembered us in our low estate and imprinted us [on His heart], for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever;


book: Ps
contenido:
Psalm 137
By the rivers of Babylon, there we [captives] sat down, yes, we wept when we [earnestly] remembered Zion [the city of our God imprinted on our hearts].


book: Ps
contenido:
For there they who led us captive required of us a song with words, and our tormentors and they who wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.


book: Ps
contenido:
Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth if I remember you not, if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy!


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contenido:
Remember, O Lord, against the Edomites, that they said in the day of Jerusalem’s fall, Down, down to the ground with her!


book: Ps
contenido:
O Daughter of Babylon [you devastator, you!], who [ought to be and] shall be destroyed, happy and blessed shall he be who requites you as you have served us.


book: Ps
contenido:
Psalm 138
[A Psalm] of David.
I will confess and praise You [O God] with my whole heart; before the gods will I sing praises to You.


book: Ps
contenido:
I will worship toward Your holy temple and praise Your name for Your loving-kindness and for Your truth and faithfulness; for You have exalted above all else Your name and Your word and You have magnified Your word above all Your name!


book: Ps
contenido:
In the day when I called, You answered me; and You strengthened me with strength (might and inflexibility to temptation) in my inner self.


book: Ps
contenido:
All the kings of the land shall give You credit and praise You, O Lord, for they have heard of the promises of Your mouth [which were fulfilled].


book: Ps
contenido:
Yes, they shall sing of the ways of the Lord and joyfully celebrate His mighty acts, for great is the glory of the Lord.


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contenido:
For though the Lord is high, yet has He respect to the lowly [bringing them into fellowship with Him]; but the proud and haughty He knows and recognizes [only] at a distance.


book: Ps
contenido:
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me; You will stretch forth Your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and Your right hand will save me.


book: Ps
contenido:
The Lord will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy and loving-kindness, O Lord, endure forever—forsake not the works of Your own hands.


book: Ps
contenido:
Psalm 139
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
O Lord, you have searched me [thoroughly] and have known me.


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contenido:
For there is not a word in my tongue [still unuttered], but, behold, O Lord, You know it altogether.


book: Ps
contenido:
If I ascend up into heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol (the place of the dead), behold, You are there.


book: Ps
contenido:
Even the darkness hides nothing from You, but the night shines as the day; the darkness and the light are both alike to You.


book: Ps
contenido:
I will confess and praise You for You are fearful and wonderful and for the awful wonder of my birth! Wonderful are Your works, and that my inner self knows right well.


book: Ps
contenido:
My frame was not hidden from You when I was being formed in secret [and] intricately and curiously wrought [as if embroidered with various colors] in the depths of the earth [a region of darkness and mystery].


book: Ps
contenido:
Your eyes saw my unformed substance, and in Your book all the days [of my life] were written before ever they took shape, when as yet there was none of them.


book: Ps
contenido:
If I could count them, they would be more in number than the sand. When I awoke, [could I count to the end] I would still be with You.


book: Ps
contenido:
Do I not hate them, O Lord, who hate You? And am I not grieved and do I not loathe those who rise up against You?


book: Ps
contenido:
Psalm 140
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
Deliver me, O Lord, from evil men; preserve me from violent men;


book: Ps
contenido:
They sharpen their tongues like a serpent’s; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


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contenido:
Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent men who have purposed to thrust aside my steps.


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contenido:
The proud have hidden a snare for me; they have spread cords as a net by the wayside, they have set traps for me. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


book: Ps
contenido:
Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked; further not their wicked plot and device, lest they exalt themselves. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


book: Ps
contenido:
Those who are fencing me in raise their heads; may the mischief of their own lips and the very things they desire for me come upon them.


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contenido:
Let burning coals fall upon them; let them be cast into the fire, into floods of water or deep water pits, from which they shall not rise.


book: Ps
contenido:
Let not a man of slanderous tongue be established in the earth; let evil hunt the violent man to overthrow him [let calamity follow his evildoings].


book: Ps
contenido:
I know and rest in confidence upon it that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and will secure justice for the poor and needy [of His believing children].


book: Ps
contenido:
Surely the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall give thanks to Your name; the upright shall dwell in Your presence (before Your very face).


book: Ps
contenido:
Psalm 141
A Psalm of David.
Lord, I call upon You; hasten to me. Give ear to my voice when I cry to You.


book: Ps
contenido:
Let my prayer be set forth as incense before You, the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.


book: Ps
contenido:
Incline my heart not to submit or consent to any evil thing or to be occupied in deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity; and let me not eat of their dainties.


book: Ps
contenido:
Let the righteous man smite and correct me—it is a kindness. Oil so choice let not my head refuse or discourage; for even in their evils or calamities shall my prayer continue.


book: Ps
contenido:
When their rulers are overthrown in stony places, [their followers] shall hear my words, that they are sweet (pleasant, mild, and just).


book: Ps
contenido:
The unburied bones [of slaughtered rulers] shall lie scattered at the mouth of Sheol, [as unregarded] as the lumps of soil behind the plowman when he breaks open the ground.


book: Ps
contenido:
But my eyes are toward You, O God the Lord; in You do I trust and take refuge; pour not out my life nor leave it destitute and bare.


book: Ps
contenido:
Psalm 142
A skillful song, or a didactic or reflective poem, of David; when he was in the cave. A Prayer.
I cry to the Lord with my voice; with my voice to the Lord do I make supplication.


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contenido:
When my spirit was overwhelmed and fainted [throwing all its weight] upon me, then You knew my path. In the way where I walk they have hidden a snare for me.


book: Ps
contenido:
Look on the right hand [the point of attack] and see; for there is no man who knows me [to appear for me]. Refuge has failed me and I have no way to flee; no man cares for my life or my welfare.


book: Ps
contenido:
Attend to my loud cry, for I am brought very low; deliver me from my persecutors, for they are stronger than I.


book: Ps
contenido:
Bring my life out of prison, that I may confess, praise, and give thanks to Your name; the righteous will surround me and crown themselves because of me, for You will deal bountifully with me.


book: Ps
contenido:
Psalm 143
A Psalm of David.
Hear my prayer, O Lord, give ear to my supplications! In Your faithfulness answer me, and in Your righteousness.


book: Ps
contenido:
And enter not into judgment with Your servant, for in Your sight no man living is [in himself] righteous or justified.


book: Ps
contenido:
For the enemy has pursued and persecuted my soul, he has crushed my life down to the ground; he has made me to dwell in dark places as those who have been long dead.


book: Ps
contenido:
Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed and faints within me [wrapped in gloom]; my heart within my bosom grows numb.


book: Ps
contenido:
I spread forth my hands to You; my soul thirsts after You like a thirsty land [for water]. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


book: Ps
contenido:
Answer me speedily, O Lord, for my spirit fails; hide not Your face from me, lest I become like those who go down into the pit (the grave).


book: Ps
contenido:
Cause me to hear Your loving-kindness in the morning, for on You do I lean and in You do I trust. Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk, for I lift up my inner self to You.


book: Ps
contenido:
Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God; let Your good Spirit lead me into a level country and into the land of uprightness.


book: Ps
contenido:
Save my life, O Lord, for Your name’s sake; in Your righteousness, bring my life out of trouble and free me from distress.


book: Ps
contenido:
And in your mercy and loving-kindness, cut off my enemies and destroy all those who afflict my inner self, for I am Your servant.


book: Ps
contenido:
Psalm 144
[A Psalm] of David.
Blessed be the Lord, my Rock and my keen and firm Strength, Who teaches my hands to war and my fingers to fight—


book: Ps
contenido:
My Steadfast Love and my Fortress, my High Tower and my Deliverer, my Shield and He in Whom I trust and take refuge, Who subdues my people under me.


book: Ps
contenido:
Cast forth lightning and scatter [my enemies]; send out Your arrows and embarrass and frustrate them.


book: Ps
contenido:
Stretch forth Your hand from above; rescue me and deliver me out of great waters, from the hands of hostile aliens (tribes around us)


book: Ps
contenido:
Whose mouths speak deceit and whose right hands are right hands [raised in taking] fraudulent oaths.


book: Ps
contenido:
I will sing a new song to You, O God; upon a harp, an instrument of ten strings, will I offer praises to You.


book: Ps
contenido:
You are He Who gives salvation to kings, Who rescues David His servant from the hurtful sword [of evil].


book: Ps
contenido:
Rescue me and deliver me out of the power of [hostile] alien [tribes] whose mouths speak deceit and whose right hands are right hands [raised in taking] fraudulent oaths.


book: Ps
contenido:
When our sons shall be as plants grown large in their youth and our daughters as sculptured corner pillars hewn like those of a palace;


book: Ps
contenido:
When our garners are full, affording all manner of store, and our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our pastures;


book: Ps
contenido:
When our oxen are well loaded; when there is no invasion [of hostile armies] and no going forth [against besiegers—when there is no murder or manslaughter] and no outcry in our streets;


book: Ps
contenido:
Happy and blessed are the people who are in such a case; yes, happy (blessed, fortunate, prosperous, to be envied) are the people whose God is the Lord!


book: Ps
contenido:
Psalm 145
[A Psalm] of praise. Of David.
I will extol You, my God, O King; and I will bless Your name forever and ever [with grateful, affectionate praise].


book: Ps
contenido:
Every day [with its new reasons] will I bless You [affectionately and gratefully praise You]; yes, I will praise Your name forever and ever.


book: Ps
contenido:
Great is the Lord and highly to be praised; and His greatness is [so vast and deep as to be] unsearchable.


book: Ps
contenido:
Men shall speak of the might of Your tremendous and terrible acts, and I will declare Your greatness.


book: Ps
contenido:
They shall pour forth [like a fountain] the fame of Your great and abundant goodness and shall sing aloud of Your rightness and justice.


book: Ps
contenido:
The Lord is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and abounding in mercy and loving-kindness.


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contenido:
The Lord is good to all, and His tender mercies are over all His works [the entirety of things created].


book: Ps
contenido:
All Your works shall praise You, O Lord, and Your loving ones shall bless You [affectionately and gratefully shall Your saints confess and praise You]!


book: Ps
contenido:
The eyes of all wait for You [looking, watching, and expecting] and You give them their food in due season.


book: Ps
contenido:
He will fulfill the desires of those who reverently and worshipfully fear Him; He also will hear their cry and will save them.


book: Ps
contenido:
My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord; and let all flesh bless (affectionately and gratefully praise) His holy name forever and ever.


book: Ps
contenido:
When his breath leaves him, he returns to his earth; in that very day his [previous] thoughts, plans, and purposes perish.


book: Ps
contenido:
Happy (blessed, fortunate, enviable) is he who has the God of [special revelation to] Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God,


book: Ps
contenido:
Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, Who keeps truth and is faithful forever,


book: Ps
contenido:
Who executes justice for the oppressed, Who gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets free the prisoners,


book: Ps
contenido:
The Lord opens the eyes of the blind, the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down, the Lord loves the [uncompromisingly] righteous (those upright in heart and in right standing with Him).


book: Ps
contenido:
The Lord protects and preserves the strangers and temporary residents, He upholds the fatherless and the widow and sets them upright, but the way of the wicked He makes crooked (turns upside down and brings to ruin).


book: Ps
contenido:
The Lord shall reign forever, even Your God, O Zion, from generation to generation. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)


book: Ps
contenido:
Psalm 147
Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God, for He is gracious and lovely; praise is becoming and appropriate.


book: Ps
contenido:
Who covers the heavens with clouds, Who prepares rain for the earth, Who makes grass to grow on the mountains.


book: Ps
contenido:
The Lord takes pleasure in those who reverently and worshipfully fear Him, in those who hope in His mercy and loving-kindness.


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contenido:
For He has strengthened and made hard the bars of your gates, and He has blessed your children within you.


book: Ps
contenido:
He has not dealt so with any [other] nation; they have not known (understood, appreciated, given heed to, and cherished) His ordinances. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)


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contenido:
He also established them forever and ever; He made a decree which shall not pass away [He fixed their bounds which cannot be passed over].


book: Ps
contenido:
Let them praise and exalt the name of the Lord, for His name alone is exalted and supreme! His glory and majesty are above earth and heaven!


book: Ps
contenido:
He has lifted up a horn for His people [giving them power, prosperity, dignity, and preeminence], a song of praise for all His godly ones, for the people of Israel, who are near to Him. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)


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contenido:
Let them praise His name in chorus and choir and with the [single or group] dance; let them sing praises to Him with the tambourine and lyre!


book: Ps
contenido:
For the Lord takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the humble with salvation and adorn the wretched with victory.


book: Ps
contenido:
Let the saints be joyful in the glory and beauty [which God confers upon them]; let them sing for joy upon their beds.


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contenido:
To execute upon them the judgment written. He [the Lord] is the honor of all His saints. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)


book: Ps
contenido:
Praise Him with tambourine and [single or group] dance; praise Him with stringed and wind instruments or flutes!


book: Ps
contenido:
Let everything that has breath and every breath of life praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)


book: Prov
contenido:
The proverbs (truths obscurely expressed, maxims, and parables) of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:


book: Prov
contenido:
That people may know skillful and godly Wisdom and instruction, discern and comprehend the words of understanding and insight,


book: Prov
contenido:
Receive instruction in wise dealing and the discipline of wise thoughtfulness, righteousness, justice, and integrity,


book: Prov
contenido:
The wise also will hear and increase in learning, and the person of understanding will acquire skill and attain to sound counsel [so that he may be able to steer his course rightly]—


book: Prov
contenido:
That people may understand a proverb and a figure of speech or an enigma with its interpretation, and the words of the wise and their dark sayings or riddles.


book: Prov
contenido:
The reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord is the beginning and the principal and choice part of knowledge [its starting point and its essence]; but fools despise skillful and godly Wisdom, instruction, and discipline.


book: Prov
contenido:
For they are a [victor’s] chaplet (garland) of grace upon your head and chains and pendants [of gold worn by kings] for your neck.


book: Prov
contenido:
If they say, Come with us; let us lie in wait [to shed] blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause [and show that his piety is in vain];


book: Prov
contenido:
Let us swallow them up alive as does Sheol (the place of the dead), and whole, as those who go down into the pit [of the dead];


book: Prov
contenido:
We shall find and take all kinds of precious goods [when our victims are put out of the way], we shall fill our houses with plunder;


book: Prov
contenido:
Throw in your lot with us [they insist] and be a sworn brother and comrade; let us all have one purse in common—


book: Prov
contenido:
But [when these men set a trap for others] they are lying in wait for their own blood; they set an ambush for their own lives.


book: Prov
contenido:
So are the ways of everyone who is greedy of gain; such [greed for plunder] takes away the lives of its possessors.


book: Prov
contenido:
She cries at the head of the noisy intersections [in the chief gathering places]; at the entrance of the city gates she speaks:


book: Prov
contenido:
How long, O simple ones [open to evil], will you love being simple? And the scoffers delight in scoffing and [self-confident] fools hate knowledge?


book: Prov
contenido:
If you will turn (repent) and give heed to my reproof, behold, I [Wisdom] will pour out my spirit upon you, I will make my words known to you.


book: Prov
contenido:
Because I have called and you have refused [to answer], have stretched out my hand and no man has heeded it,


book: Prov
contenido:
I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when the thing comes that shall cause you terror and panic—


book: Prov
contenido:
When your panic comes as a storm and desolation and your calamity comes on as a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.


book: Prov
contenido:
Then will they call upon me [Wisdom] but I will not answer; they will seek me early and diligently but they will not find me.


book: Prov
contenido:
For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, and the careless ease of [self-confident] fools shall destroy them.


book: Prov
contenido:
But whoso hearkens to me [Wisdom] shall dwell securely and in confident trust and shall be quiet, without fear or dread of evil.


book: Prov
contenido:
Making your ear attentive to skillful and godly Wisdom and inclining and directing your heart and mind to understanding [applying all your powers to the quest for it];


book: Prov
contenido:
If you seek [Wisdom] as for silver and search for skillful and godly Wisdom as for hidden treasures,


book: Prov
contenido:
Then you will understand the reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of [our omniscient] God.


book: Prov
contenido:
He hides away sound and godly Wisdom and stores it for the righteous (those who are upright and in right standing with Him); He is a shield to those who walk uprightly and in integrity,


book: Prov
contenido:
Then you will understand righteousness, justice, and fair dealing [in every area and relation]; yes, you will understand every good path.


book: Prov
contenido:
To deliver you from the way of evil and the evil men, from men who speak perverse things and are liars,


book: Prov
contenido:
[Discretion shall watch over you, understanding shall keep you] to deliver you from the alien woman, from the outsider with her flattering words,


book: Prov
contenido:
So may you walk in the way of good men, and keep to the paths of the [consistently] righteous (the upright, in right standing with God).


book: Prov
contenido:
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the men of integrity, blameless and complete [in God’s sight], shall remain in it;


book: Prov
contenido:
For length of days and years of a life [worth living] and tranquility [inward and outward and continuing through old age till death], these shall they add to you.


book: Prov
contenido:
Let not mercy and kindness [shutting out all hatred and selfishness] and truth [shutting out all deliberate hypocrisy or falsehood] forsake you; bind them about your neck, write them upon the tablet of your heart.


book: Prov
contenido:
So shall you find favor, good understanding, and high esteem in the sight [or judgment] of God and man.


book: Prov
contenido:
Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding.


book: Prov
contenido:
In all your ways know, recognize, and acknowledge Him, and He will direct and make straight and plain your paths.


book: Prov
contenido:
Be not wise in your own eyes; reverently fear and worship the Lord and turn [entirely] away from evil.


book: Prov
contenido:
Honor the Lord with your capital and sufficiency [from righteous labors] and with the firstfruits of all your income;


book: Prov
contenido:
So shall your storage places be filled with plenty, and your vats shall be overflowing with new wine.


book: Prov
contenido:
My son, do not despise or shrink from the chastening of the Lord [His correction by punishment or by subjection to suffering or trial]; neither be weary of or impatient about or loathe or abhor His reproof,


book: Prov
contenido:
Happy (blessed, fortunate, enviable) is the man who finds skillful and godly Wisdom, and the man who gets understanding [drawing it forth from God’s Word and life’s experiences],


book: Prov
contenido:
For the gaining of it is better than the gaining of silver, and the profit of it better than fine gold.


book: Prov
contenido:
Skillful and godly Wisdom is more precious than rubies; and nothing you can wish for is to be compared to her.


book: Prov
contenido:
She is a tree of life to those who lay hold on her; and happy (blessed, fortunate, to be envied) is everyone who holds her fast.


book: Prov
contenido:
The Lord by skillful and godly Wisdom has founded the earth; by understanding He has established the heavens.


book: Prov
contenido:
Then you will walk in your way securely and in confident trust, and you shall not dash your foot or stumble.


book: Prov
contenido:
Be not afraid of sudden terror and panic, nor of the stormy blast or the storm and ruin of the wicked when it comes [for you will be guiltless],


book: Prov
contenido:
For the Lord shall be your confidence, firm and strong, and shall keep your foot from being caught [in a trap or some hidden danger].


book: Prov
contenido:
Withhold not good from those to whom it is due [its rightful owners], when it is in the power of your hand to do it.


book: Prov
contenido:
Do not say to your neighbor, Go, and come again; and tomorrow I will give it—when you have it with you.


book: Prov
contenido:
Do not contrive or dig up or cultivate evil against your neighbor, who dwells trustingly and confidently beside you.


book: Prov
contenido:
Do not resentfully envy and be jealous of an unscrupulous, grasping man, and choose none of his ways.


book: Prov
contenido:
For the perverse are an abomination [extremely disgusting and detestable] to the Lord; but His confidential communion and secret counsel are with the [uncompromisingly] righteous (those who are upright and in right standing with Him).


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contenido:
The curse of the Lord is in and on the house of the wicked, but He declares blessed (joyful and favored with blessings) the home of the just and consistently righteous.


book: Prov
contenido:
Though He scoffs at the scoffers and scorns the scorners, yet He gives His undeserved favor to the low [in rank], the humble, and the afflicted.


book: Prov
contenido:
The wise shall inherit glory (all honor and good) but shame is the highest rank conferred on [self-confident] fools.


book: Prov
contenido:
Hear, my sons, the instruction of a father, and pay attention in order to gain and to know intelligent discernment, comprehension, and interpretation [of spiritual matters].


book: Prov
contenido:
When I [Solomon] was a son with my father [David], tender and the only son in the sight of my mother [Bathsheba],


book: Prov
contenido:
Get skillful and godly Wisdom, get understanding (discernment, comprehension, and interpretation); do not forget and do not turn back from the words of my mouth.


book: Prov
contenido:
The beginning of Wisdom is: get Wisdom (skillful and godly Wisdom)! [For skillful and godly Wisdom is the principal thing.] And with all you have gotten, get understanding (discernment, comprehension, and interpretation).


book: Prov
contenido:
Prize Wisdom highly and exalt her, and she will exalt and promote you; she will bring you to honor when you embrace her.


book: Prov
contenido:
She shall give to your head a wreath of gracefulness; a crown of beauty and glory will she deliver to you.


book: Prov
contenido:
I have taught you in the way of skillful and godly Wisdom [which is comprehensive insight into the ways and purposes of God]; I have led you in paths of uprightness.


book: Prov
contenido:
When you walk, your steps shall not be hampered [your path will be clear and open]; and when you run, you shall not stumble.


book: Prov
contenido:
For they cannot sleep unless they have caused trouble or vexation; their sleep is taken away unless they have caused someone to fall.


book: Prov
contenido:
But the path of the [uncompromisingly] just and righteous is like the light of dawn, that shines more and more (brighter and clearer) until [it reaches its full strength and glory in] the perfect day [to be prepared].


book: Prov
contenido:
Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flow the springs of life.


book: Prov
contenido:
My son, be attentive to my Wisdom [godly Wisdom learned by actual and costly experience], and incline your ear to my understanding [of what is becoming and prudent for you],


book: Prov
contenido:
That you may exercise proper discrimination and discretion and your lips may guard and keep knowledge and the wise answer [to temptation].


book: Prov
contenido:
She loses sight of and walks not in the path of life; her ways wind about aimlessly, and you cannot know them.


book: Prov
contenido:
Let your way in life be far from her, and come not near the door of her house [avoid the very scenes of temptation],


book: Prov
contenido:
Lest strangers [and false teachings] take their fill of your strength and wealth and your labors go to the house of an alien [from God]—


book: Prov
contenido:
[The extent and boldness of] my sin involved almost all evil [in the estimation] of the congregation and the community.


book: Prov
contenido:
Drink waters out of your own cistern [of a pure marriage relationship], and fresh running waters out of your own well.


book: Prov
contenido:
[Confine yourself to your own wife] let your children be for you alone, and not the children of strangers with you.


book: Prov
contenido:
Let your fountain [of human life] be blessed [with the rewards of fidelity], and rejoice in the wife of your youth.


book: Prov
contenido:
Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant doe [tender, gentle, attractive]—let her bosom satisfy you at all times, and always be transported with delight in her love.


book: Prov
contenido:
Why should you, my son, be infatuated with a loose woman, embrace the bosom of an outsider, and go astray?


book: Prov
contenido:
For the ways of man are directly before the eyes of the Lord, and He [Who would have us live soberly, chastely, and godly] carefully weighs all man’s goings.


book: Prov
contenido:
He will die for lack of discipline and instruction, and in the greatness of his folly he will go astray and be lost.


book: Prov
contenido:
My son, if you have become security for your neighbor, if you have given your pledge for a stranger or another,


book: Prov
contenido:
Do this now [at once and earnestly], my son, and deliver yourself when you have put yourself into the power of your neighbor; go, bestir and humble yourself, and beg your neighbor [to pay his debt and thereby release you].


book: Prov
contenido:
Deliver yourself, as a roe or gazelle from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.


book: Prov
contenido:
So will your poverty come like a robber or one who travels [with slowly but surely approaching steps] and your want like an armed man [making you helpless].


book: Prov
contenido:
He winks with his eyes, he speaks by shuffling or tapping with his feet, he makes signs [to mislead and deceive] and teaches with his fingers.


book: Prov
contenido:
Willful and contrary in his heart, he devises trouble, vexation, and evil continually; he lets loose discord and sows it.


book: Prov
contenido:
Therefore upon him shall the crushing weight of calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken, and that without remedy.


book: Prov
contenido:
A proud look [the spirit that makes one overestimate himself and underestimate others], a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,


book: Prov
contenido:
A false witness who breathes out lies [even under oath], and he who sows discord among his brethren.


book: Prov
contenido:
My son, keep your father’s [God-given] commandment and forsake not the law of [God] your mother [taught you].


book: Prov
contenido:
When you go, they [the words of your parents’ God] shall lead you; when you sleep, they shall keep you; and when you waken, they shall talk with you.


book: Prov
contenido:
For the commandment is a lamp, and the whole teaching [of the law] is light, and reproofs of discipline are the way of life,


book: Prov
contenido:
For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a piece of bread, and the adulteress stalks and snares [as with a hook] the precious life [of a man].


book: Prov
contenido:
So he who cohabits with his neighbor’s wife [will be tortured with evil consequences and just retribution]; he who touches her shall not be innocent or go unpunished.


book: Prov
contenido:
But if he is found out, he must restore seven times [what he stole]; he must give the whole substance of his house [if necessary—to meet his fine].


book: Prov
contenido:
But whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks heart and understanding (moral principle and prudence); he who does it is destroying his own life.


book: Prov
contenido:
For jealousy makes [the wronged] man furious; therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance [upon the detected one].


book: Prov
contenido:
He will not consider any ransom [offered to buy him off from demanding full punishment]; neither will he be satisfied, though you offer him many gifts and bribes.


book: Prov
contenido:
Say to skillful and godly Wisdom, You are my sister, and regard understanding or insight as your intimate friend—


book: Prov
contenido:
That they may keep you from the loose woman, from the adventuress who flatters with and makes smooth her words.


book: Prov
contenido:
And among the simple (empty-headed and emptyhearted) ones, I perceived among the youths a young man void of good sense,


book: Prov
contenido:
So I came forth to meet you [that you might share with me the feast from my offering]; diligently I sought your face, and I have found you.


book: Prov
contenido:
I have spread my couch with rugs and cushions of tapestry, with striped sheets of fine linen of Egypt.


book: Prov
contenido:
With much justifying and enticing argument she persuades him, with the allurements of her lips she leads him [to overcome his conscience and his fears] and forces him along.


book: Prov
contenido:
Suddenly he [yields and] follows her reluctantly like an ox moving to the slaughter, like one in fetters going to the correction [to be given] to a fool or like a dog enticed by food to the muzzle


book: Prov
contenido:
Till a dart [of passion] pierces and inflames his vitals; then like a bird fluttering straight into the net [he hastens], not knowing that it will cost him his life.


book: Prov
contenido:
Does not skillful and godly Wisdom cry out, and understanding raise her voice [in contrast to the loose woman]?


book: Prov
contenido:
O you simple and thoughtless ones, understand prudence; you [self-confident] fools, be of an understanding heart.


book: Prov
contenido:
Hear, for I will speak excellent and princely things; and the opening of my lips shall be for right things.


book: Prov
contenido:
All the words of my mouth are righteous (upright and in right standing with God); there is nothing contrary to truth or crooked in them.


book: Prov
contenido:
They are all plain to him who understands [and opens his heart], and right to those who find knowledge [and live by it].


book: Prov
contenido:
Receive my instruction in preference to [striving for] silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold,


book: Prov
contenido:
For skillful and godly Wisdom is better than rubies or pearls, and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.


book: Prov
contenido:
The reverent fear and worshipful awe of the Lord [includes] the hatred of evil; pride, arrogance, the evil way, and perverted and twisted speech I hate.


book: Prov
contenido:
Riches and honor are with me, enduring wealth and righteousness (uprightness in every area and relation, and right standing with God).


book: Prov
contenido:
I [Wisdom] walk in the way of righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation), in the midst of the paths of justice,


book: Prov
contenido:
I [Wisdom] was inaugurated and ordained from everlasting, from the beginning, before ever the earth existed.


book: Prov
contenido:
When He prepared the heavens, I [Wisdom] was there; when He drew a circle upon the face of the deep and stretched out the firmament over it,


book: Prov
contenido:
When He gave to the sea its limit and His decree that the waters should not transgress [across the boundaries set by] His command, when He appointed the foundations of the earth—


book: Prov
contenido:
Then I [Wisdom] was beside Him as a master and director of the work; and I was daily His delight, rejoicing before Him always,


book: Prov
contenido:
Now therefore listen to me, O you sons; for blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are those who keep my ways.


book: Prov
contenido:
Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.


book: Prov
contenido:
But he who misses me or sins against me wrongs and injures himself; all who hate me love and court death.


book: Prov
contenido:
Whoever is simple (easily led astray and wavering), let him turn in here! As for him who lacks understanding, [God’s] Wisdom says to him,


book: Prov
contenido:
Leave off, simple ones [forsake the foolish and simpleminded] and live! And walk in the way of insight and understanding.


book: Prov
contenido:
He who rebukes a scorner heaps upon himself abuse, and he who reproves a wicked man gets for himself bruises.


book: Prov
contenido:
Give instruction to a wise man and he will be yet wiser; teach a righteous man (one upright and in right standing with God) and he will increase in learning.


book: Prov
contenido:
The reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord is the beginning (the chief and choice part) of Wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight and understanding.


book: Prov
contenido:
For by me [Wisdom from God] your days shall be multiplied, and the years of your life shall be increased.


book: Prov
contenido:
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scorn, you alone will bear it and pay the penalty.


book: Prov
contenido:
The foolish woman is noisy; she is simple and open to all forms of evil, she [willfully and recklessly] knows nothing whatever [of eternal value].


book: Prov
contenido:
Whoever is simple (wavering and easily led astray), let him turn in here! And as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,


book: Prov
contenido:
Stolen waters (pleasures) are sweet [because they are forbidden]; and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.


book: Prov
contenido:
But he knows not that the shades of the dead are there [specters haunting the scene of past transgressions], and that her invited guests are [already sunk] in the depths of Sheol (the lower world, Hades, the place of the dead).


book: Prov
contenido:
The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish and self-confident son is the grief of his mother.


book: Prov
contenido:
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation) delivers from death.


book: Prov
contenido:
The Lord will not allow the [uncompromisingly] righteous to famish, but He thwarts the desire of the wicked.


book: Prov
contenido:
Blessings are upon the head of the [uncompromisingly] righteous (the upright, in right standing with God) but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.


book: Prov
contenido:
He who walks uprightly walks securely, but he who takes a crooked way shall be found out and punished.


book: Prov
contenido:
He who winks with the eye [craftily and with malice] causes sorrow; the foolish of lips will fall headlong but he who boldly reproves makes peace.


book: Prov
contenido:
The mouth of the [uncompromisingly] righteous man is a well of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.


book: Prov
contenido:
On the lips of him who has discernment skillful and godly Wisdom is found, but discipline and the rod are for the back of him who is without sense and understanding.


book: Prov
contenido:
Wise men store up knowledge [in mind and heart], but the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.


book: Prov
contenido:
The earnings of the righteous (the upright, in right standing with God) lead to life, but the profit of the wicked leads to further sin.


book: Prov
contenido:
He who heeds instruction and correction is [not only himself] in the way of life [but also] is a way of life for others. And he who neglects or refuses reproof [not only himself] goes astray [but also] causes to err and is a path toward ruin for others.


book: Prov
contenido:
The tongues of those who are upright and in right standing with God are as choice silver; the minds of those who are wicked and out of harmony with God are of little value.


book: Prov
contenido:
The lips of the [uncompromisingly] righteous feed and guide many, but fools die for want of understanding and heart.


book: Prov
contenido:
The blessing of the Lord—it makes [truly] rich, and He adds no sorrow with it [neither does toiling increase it].


book: Prov
contenido:
It is as sport to a [self-confident] fool to do wickedness, but to have skillful and godly Wisdom is pleasure and relaxation to a man of understanding.


book: Prov
contenido:
The thing a wicked man fears shall come upon him, but the desire of the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall be granted.


book: Prov
contenido:
When the whirlwind passes, the wicked are no more, but the [uncompromisingly] righteous have an everlasting foundation.


book: Prov
contenido:
As vinegar to the teeth and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who employ and send him.


book: Prov
contenido:
The reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord prolongs one’s days, but the years of the wicked shall be made short.


book: Prov
contenido:
The hope of the [uncompromisingly] righteous (the upright, in right standing with God) is gladness, but the expectation of the wicked (those who are out of harmony with God) comes to nothing.


book: Prov
contenido:
The way of the Lord is strength and a stronghold to the upright, but it is destruction to the workers of iniquity.


book: Prov
contenido:
The [consistently] righteous shall never be removed, but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth [eventually].


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The mouths of the righteous (those harmonious with God) bring forth skillful and godly Wisdom, but the perverse tongue shall be cut down [like a barren and rotten tree].


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The lips of the [uncompromisingly] righteous know [and therefore utter] what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked knows [and therefore speaks only] what is obstinately willful and contrary.


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A false balance and unrighteous dealings are extremely offensive and shamefully sinful to the Lord, but a just weight is His delight.


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When swelling and pride come, then emptiness and shame come also, but with the humble (those who are lowly, who have been pruned or chiseled by trial, and renounce self) are skillful and godly Wisdom and soundness.


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The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the willful contrariness and crookedness of the treacherous shall destroy them.


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Riches provide no security in any day of wrath and judgment, but righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God) delivers from death.


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The righteousness of the blameless shall rectify and make plain their way and keep it straight, but the wicked shall fall by their own wickedness.


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The righteousness of the upright [their rectitude in every area and relation] shall deliver them, but the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity and greedy desire.


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When the wicked man dies, his hope [for the future] perishes; and the expectation of the godless comes to nothing.


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With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge and superior discernment shall the righteous be delivered.


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When it goes well with the [uncompromisingly] righteous, the city rejoices, but when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.


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By the blessing of the influence of the upright and God’s favor [because of them] the city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.


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He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets, but he who is trustworthy and faithful in spirit keeps the matter hidden.


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contenido:
He who becomes security for an outsider shall smart for it, but he who hates suretyship is secure [from its penalties].


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contenido:
A gracious and good woman wins honor [for her husband], and violent men win riches but a woman who hates righteousness is a throne of dishonor for him.


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contenido:
The merciful, kind, and generous man benefits himself [for his deeds return to bless him], but he who is cruel and callous [to the wants of others] brings on himself retribution.


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contenido:
The wicked man earns deceitful wages, but he who sows righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation) shall have a sure reward [permanent and satisfying].


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contenido:
He who is steadfast in righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God) attains to life, but he who pursues evil does it to his own death.


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contenido:
They who are willfully contrary in heart are extremely disgusting and shamefully vile in the eyes of the Lord, but such as are blameless and wholehearted in their ways are His delight!


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contenido:
Assuredly [I pledge it] the wicked shall not go unpunished, but the multitude of the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall be delivered.


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contenido:
The desire of the [consistently] righteous brings only good, but the expectation of the wicked brings wrath.


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contenido:
There are those who [generously] scatter abroad, and yet increase more; there are those who withhold more than is fitting or what is justly due, but it results only in want.


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contenido:
The people curse him who holds back grain [when the public needs it], but a blessing [from God and man] is upon the head of him who sells it.


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contenido:
He who diligently seeks good seeks [God’s] favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come upon him.


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contenido:
He who leans on, trusts in, and is confident in his riches shall fall, but the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall flourish like a green bough.


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contenido:
He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind, and the foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.


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The fruit of the [uncompromisingly] righteous is a tree of life, and he who is wise captures human lives [for God, as a fisher of men—he gathers and receives them for eternity].


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contenido:
Behold, the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall be recompensed on earth; how much more the wicked and the sinner! And if the righteous are barely saved, what will become of the ungodly and wicked?


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contenido:
Whoever loves instruction and correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is like a brute beast, stupid and indiscriminating.


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contenido:
A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall never be moved.


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contenido:
A virtuous and worthy wife [earnest and strong in character] is a crowning joy to her husband, but she who makes him ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.


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contenido:
The thoughts and purposes of the [consistently] righteous are honest and reliable, but the counsels and designs of the wicked are treacherous.


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contenido:
The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them and the innocent ones [thus endangered].


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contenido:
The wicked are overthrown and are not, but the house of the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall stand.


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contenido:
A man shall be commended according to his Wisdom [godly Wisdom, which is comprehensive insight into the ways and purposes of God], but he who is of a perverse heart shall be despised.


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contenido:
Better is he who is lightly esteemed but works for his own support than he who assumes honor for himself and lacks bread.


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contenido:
A [consistently] righteous man regards the life of his beast, but even the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.


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contenido:
He who tills his land shall be satisfied with bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits is lacking in sense and is without understanding.


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contenido:
The wicked desire the booty of evil men, but the root of the [uncompromisingly] righteous yields [richer fruitage].


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contenido:
The wicked is [dangerously] snared by the transgression of his lips, but the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall come out of trouble.


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contenido:
From the fruit of his words a man shall be satisfied with good, and the work of a man’s hands shall come back to him [as a harvest].


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contenido:
He who breathes out truth shows forth righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God), but a false witness utters deceit.


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contenido:
There are those who speak rashly, like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.


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contenido:
No [actual] evil, misfortune, or calamity shall come upon the righteous, but the wicked shall be filled with evil, misfortune, and calamity.


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contenido:
Lying lips are extremely disgusting and hateful to the Lord, but they who deal faithfully are His delight.


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contenido:
A prudent man is reluctant to display his knowledge, but the heart of [self-confident] fools proclaims their folly.


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contenido:
The [consistently] righteous man is a guide to his neighbor, but the way of the wicked causes others to go astray.


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contenido:
The slothful man does not catch his game or roast it once he kills it, but the diligent man gets precious possessions.


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contenido:
Life is in the way of righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation), and in its pathway there is no death but immortality (perpetual, eternal life).


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contenido:
A wise son heeds [and is the fruit of] his father’s instruction and correction, but a scoffer listens not to rebuke.


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contenido:
A good man eats good from the fruit of his mouth, but the desire of the treacherous is for violence.


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contenido:
The appetite of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the appetite of the diligent is abundantly supplied.


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contenido:
A [consistently] righteous man hates lying and deceit, but a wicked man is loathsome [his very breath spreads pollution] and he comes [surely] to shame.


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contenido:
Righteousness (rightness and justice in every area and relation) guards him who is upright in the way, but wickedness plunges into sin and overthrows the sinner.


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contenido:
One man considers himself rich, yet has nothing [to keep permanently]; another man considers himself poor, yet has great [and indestructible] riches.


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A rich man can buy his way out of threatened death by paying a ransom, but the poor man does not even have to listen to threats [from the envious].


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contenido:
The light of the [uncompromisingly] righteous [is within him—it grows brighter and] rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked [furnishes only a derived, temporary light and] shall be put out shortly.


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contenido:
By pride and insolence comes only contention, but with the well-advised is skillful and godly Wisdom.


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contenido:
Wealth [not earned but] won in haste or unjustly or from the production of things for vain or detrimental use [such riches] will dwindle away, but he who gathers little by little will increase [his riches].


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contenido:
Whoever despises the word and counsel [of God] brings destruction upon himself, but he who [reverently] fears and respects the commandment [of God] is rewarded.


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contenido:
Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the transgressor is hard [like the barren, dry soil or the impassable swamp].


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contenido:
Poverty and shame come to him who refuses instruction and correction, but he who heeds reproof is honored.


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contenido:
Satisfied desire is sweet to a person; therefore it is hateful and exceedingly offensive to [self-confident] fools to give up evil [upon which they have set their hearts].


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contenido:
He who walks [as a companion] with wise men is wise, but he who associates with [self-confident] fools is [a fool himself and] shall smart for it.


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contenido:
Evil pursues sinners, but the consistently upright and in right standing with God is recompensed with good.


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contenido:
A good man leaves an inheritance [of moral stability and goodness] to his children’s children, and the wealth of the sinner [finds its way eventually] into the hands of the righteous, for whom it was laid up.


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contenido:
Much food is in the tilled land of the poor, but there are those who are destroyed because of injustice.


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contenido:
He who spares his rod [of discipline] hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines diligently and punishes him early.


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contenido:
The [uncompromisingly] righteous eats to his own satisfaction, but the stomach of the wicked is in want.


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contenido:
He who walks in uprightness reverently and worshipfully fears the Lord, but he who is contrary and devious in his ways despises Him.


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contenido:
Where no oxen are, the grain crib is empty, but much increase [of crops] comes by the strength of the ox.


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contenido:
A scoffer seeks Wisdom in vain [for his very attitude blinds and deafens him to it], but knowledge is easy to him who [being teachable] understands.


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contenido:
Go from the presence of a foolish and self-confident man, for you will not find knowledge on his lips.


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contenido:
The Wisdom [godly Wisdom, which is comprehensive insight into the ways and purposes of God] of the prudent is to understand his way, but the folly of [self-confident] fools is to deceive.


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contenido:
Fools make a mock of sin and sin mocks the fools [who are its victims; a sin offering made by them only mocks them, bringing them disappointment and disfavor], but among the upright there is the favor of God.


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contenido:
There is a way which seems right to a man and appears straight before him, but at the end of it is the way of death.


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contenido:
The backslider in heart [from God and from fearing God] shall be filled with [the fruit of] his own ways, and a good man shall be satisfied with [the fruit of] his ways [with the holy thoughts and actions which his heart prompts and in which he delights].


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The simpleton believes every word he hears, but the prudent man looks and considers well where he is going.


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contenido:
A wise man suspects danger and cautiously avoids evil, but the fool bears himself insolently and is [presumptuously] confident.


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contenido:
He who foams up quickly and flies into a passion deals foolishly, and a man of wicked plots and plans is hated.


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contenido:
The evil men bow before the good, and the wicked [stand suppliantly] at the gates of the [uncompromisingly] righteous.


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contenido:
He who despises his neighbor sins [against God, his fellowman, and himself], but happy (blessed and fortunate) is he who is kind and merciful to the poor.


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contenido:
Do they not err who devise evil and wander from the way of life? But loving-kindness and mercy, loyalty and faithfulness, shall be to those who devise good.


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contenido:
The crown of the wise is their wealth of Wisdom, but the foolishness of [self-confident] fools is [nothing but] folly.


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contenido:
In the reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord there is strong confidence, and His children shall always have a place of refuge.


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contenido:
Reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, that one may avoid the snares of death.


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contenido:
He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who is hasty of spirit exposes and exalts his folly.


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contenido:
A calm and undisturbed mind and heart are the life and health of the body, but envy, jealousy, and wrath are like rottenness of the bones.


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contenido:
He who oppresses the poor reproaches, mocks, and insults his Maker, but he who is kind and merciful to the needy honors Him.


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contenido:
The wicked is overthrown through his wrongdoing and calamity, but the [consistently] righteous has hope and confidence even in death.


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contenido:
Wisdom rests [silently] in the mind and heart of him who has understanding, but that which is in the inward part of [self-confident] fools is made known.


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contenido:
Uprightness and right standing with God (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation) elevate a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.


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contenido:
The king’s favor is toward a wise and discreet servant, but his wrath is against him who does shamefully.


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contenido:
The tongue of the wise utters knowledge rightly, but the mouth of the [self-confident] fool pours out folly.


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contenido:
A gentle tongue [with its healing power] is a tree of life, but willful contrariness in it breaks down the spirit.


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contenido:
A fool despises his father’s instruction and correction, but he who regards reproof acquires prudence.


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contenido:
In the house of the [uncompromisingly] righteous is great [priceless] treasure, but with the income of the wicked is trouble and vexation.


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contenido:
The lips of the wise disperse knowledge [sifting it as chaff from the grain]; not so the minds and hearts of the self-confident and foolish.


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contenido:
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination, hateful and exceedingly offensive to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is His delight!


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contenido:
The way of the wicked is an abomination, extremely disgusting and shamefully vile to the Lord, but He loves him who pursues righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation).


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contenido:
There is severe discipline for him who forsakes God’s way; and he who hates reproof will die [physically, morally, and spiritually].


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contenido:
Sheol (the place of the dead) and Abaddon (the abyss, the final place of the accuser Satan) are both before the Lord—how much more, then, the hearts of the children of men?


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contenido:
The mind of him who has understanding seeks knowledge and inquires after and craves it, but the mouth of the [self-confident] fool feeds on folly.


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contenido:
All the days of the desponding and afflicted are made evil [by anxious thoughts and forebodings], but he who has a glad heart has a continual feast [regardless of circumstances].


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contenido:
Better is little with the reverent, worshipful fear of the Lord than great and rich treasure and trouble with it.


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contenido:
The way of the sluggard is overgrown with thorns [it pricks, lacerates, and entangles him], but the way of the righteous is plain and raised like a highway.


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contenido:
A wise son makes a glad father, but a self-confident and foolish man despises his mother and puts her to shame.


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contenido:
Folly is pleasure to him who is without heart and sense, but a man of understanding walks uprightly [making straight his course].


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contenido:
The path of the wise leads upward to life, that he may avoid [the gloom] in the depths of Sheol (Hades, the place of the dead).


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contenido:
The Lord tears down the house of the proud, but He makes secure the boundaries of the [consecrated] widow.


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contenido:
The thoughts of the wicked are shamefully vile and exceedingly offensive to the Lord, but the words of the pure are pleasing words to Him.


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contenido:
The mind of the [uncompromisingly] righteous studies how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.


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contenido:
The Lord is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the [consistently] righteous (the upright, in right standing with Him).


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contenido:
The light in the eyes [of him whose heart is joyful] rejoices the hearts of others, and good news nourishes the bones.


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contenido:
He who refuses and ignores instruction and correction despises himself, but he who heeds reproof gets understanding.


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contenido:
The reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord brings instruction in Wisdom, and humility comes before honor.


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contenido:
The plans of the mind and orderly thinking belong to man, but from the Lord comes the [wise] answer of the tongue.


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contenido:
All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirits (the thoughts and intents of the heart).


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contenido:
Roll your works upon the Lord [commit and trust them wholly to Him; He will cause your thoughts to become agreeable to His will, and] so shall your plans be established and succeed.


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contenido:
The Lord has made everything [to accommodate itself and contribute] to its own end and His own purpose—even the wicked [are fitted for their role] for the day of calamity and evil.


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contenido:
Everyone proud and arrogant in heart is disgusting, hateful, and exceedingly offensive to the Lord; be assured [I pledge it] they will not go unpunished.


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By mercy and love, truth and fidelity [to God and man—not by sacrificial offerings], iniquity is purged out of the heart, and by the reverent, worshipful fear of the Lord men depart from and avoid evil.


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contenido:
Better is a little with righteousness (uprightness in every area and relation and right standing with God) than great revenues with injustice.


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contenido:
Divinely directed decisions are on the lips of the king; his mouth should not transgress in judgment.


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contenido:
A just balance and scales are the Lord’s; all the weights of the bag are His work [established on His eternal principles].


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contenido:
It is an abomination [to God and men] for kings to commit wickedness, for a throne is established and made secure by righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation).


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contenido:
In the light of the king’s countenance is life, and his favor is as a cloud bringing the spring rain.


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contenido:
How much better it is to get skillful and godly Wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.


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contenido:
Better it is to be of a humble spirit with the meek and poor than to divide the spoil with the proud.


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contenido:
He who deals wisely and heeds [God’s] word and counsel shall find good, and whoever leans on, trusts in, and is confident in the Lord—happy, blessed, and fortunate is he.


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contenido:
The wise in heart are called prudent, understanding, and knowing, and winsome speech increases learning [in both speaker and listener].


book: Prov
contenido:
Understanding is a wellspring of life to those who have it, but to give instruction to fools is folly.


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contenido:
There is a way that seems right to a man and appears straight before him, but at the end of it is the way of death.


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contenido:
The exceedingly grasping, covetous, and violent man entices his neighbor, leading him in a way that is not good.


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contenido:
He who shuts his eyes to devise perverse things and who compresses his lips [as if in concealment] brings evil to pass.


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contenido:
The hoary head is a crown of beauty and glory if it is found in the way of righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation).


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contenido:
He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, he who rules his [own] spirit than he who takes a city.


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contenido:
The lot is cast into the lap, but the decision is wholly of the Lord [even the events that seem accidental are really ordered by Him].


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contenido:
Better is a dry morsel with quietness than a house full of feasting [on offered sacrifices] with strife.


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contenido:
A wise servant shall have rule over a son who causes shame, and shall share in the inheritance among the brothers.


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contenido:
Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker, and he who is glad at calamity shall not be held innocent or go unpunished.


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contenido:
Fine or arrogant speech does not befit [an empty-headed] fool—much less do lying lips befit a prince.


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contenido:
A bribe is like a bright, precious stone that dazzles the eyes and affects the mind of him who gives it; [as if by magic] he prospers, whichever way he turns.


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contenido:
He who covers and forgives an offense seeks love, but he who repeats or harps on a matter separates even close friends.


book: Prov
contenido:
A reproof enters deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred lashes into a [self-confident] fool.


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contenido:
An evil man seeks only rebellion; therefore a stern and pitiless messenger shall be sent against him.


book: Prov
contenido:
Let [the brute ferocity of] a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man rather than a [self-confident] fool in his folly [when he is in a rage].


book: Prov
contenido:
The beginning of strife is as when water first trickles [from a crack in a dam]; therefore stop contention before it becomes worse and quarreling breaks out.


book: Prov
contenido:
He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both an abomination [exceedingly disgusting and hateful] to the Lord.


book: Prov
contenido:
Of what use is money in the hand of a [self-confident] fool to buy skillful and godly Wisdom—when he has no understanding or heart for it?


book: Prov
contenido:
A man void of good sense gives a pledge and becomes security for another in the presence of his neighbor.


book: Prov
contenido:
He who loves strife and is quarrelsome loves transgression and involves himself in guilt; he who raises high his gateway and is boastful and arrogant invites destruction.


book: Prov
contenido:
He who has a wayward and crooked mind finds no good, and he who has a willful and contrary tongue will fall into calamity.


book: Prov
contenido:
He who becomes the parent of a [self-confident] fool does it to his sorrow, and the father of [an empty-headed] fool has no joy [in him].


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contenido:
A happy heart is good medicine and a cheerful mind works healing, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.


book: Prov
contenido:
A man of understanding sets skillful and godly Wisdom before his face, but the eyes of a [self-confident] fool are on the ends of the earth.


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contenido:
Even a fool when he holds his peace is considered wise; when he closes his lips he is esteemed a man of understanding.


book: Prov
contenido:
He who willfully separates and estranges himself [from God and man] seeks his own desire and pretext to break out against all wise and sound judgment.


book: Prov
contenido:
A [self-confident] fool has no delight in understanding but only in revealing his personal opinions and himself.


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contenido:
When the wicked comes in [to the depth of evil], he becomes a contemptuous despiser [of all that is pure and good], and with inner baseness comes outer shame and reproach.


book: Prov
contenido:
The words of a [discreet and wise] man’s mouth are like deep waters [plenteous and difficult to fathom], and the fountain of skillful and godly Wisdom is like a gushing stream [sparkling, fresh, pure, and life-giving].


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To respect the person of the wicked and be partial to him, so as to deprive the [consistently] righteous of justice, is not good.


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contenido:
The words of a whisperer or talebearer are as dainty morsels; they go down into the innermost parts of the body.


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contenido:
He who is loose and slack in his work is brother to him who is a destroyer and he who does not use his endeavors to heal himself is brother to him who commits suicide.


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contenido:
The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the [consistently] righteous man [upright and in right standing with God] runs into it and is safe, high [above evil] and strong.


book: Prov
contenido:
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and as a high protecting wall in his own imagination and conceit.


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contenido:
The strong spirit of a man sustains him in bodily pain or trouble, but a weak and broken spirit who can raise up or bear?


book: Prov
contenido:
The mind of the prudent is ever getting knowledge, and the ear of the wise is ever seeking (inquiring for and craving) knowledge.


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contenido:
A brother offended is harder to be won over than a strong city, and [their] contentions separate them like the bars of a castle.


book: Prov
contenido:
A man’s [moral] self shall be filled with the fruit of his mouth; and with the consequence of his words he must be satisfied [whether good or evil].


book: Prov
contenido:
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they who indulge in it shall eat the fruit of it [for death or life].


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contenido:
The man of many friends [a friend of all the world] will prove himself a bad friend, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.


book: Prov
contenido:
Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than a rich man who is perverse in his speech and is a [self-confident] fool.


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contenido:
The foolishness of man subverts his way [ruins his affairs]; then his heart is resentful and frets against the Lord.


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contenido:
All the brothers of a poor man detest him—how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues them with words, but they are gone.


book: Prov
contenido:
Good sense makes a man restrain his anger, and it is his glory to overlook a transgression or an offense.


book: Prov
contenido:
The king’s wrath is as terrifying as the roaring of a lion, but his favor is as [refreshing as] dew upon the grass.


book: Prov
contenido:
A self-confident and foolish son is the [multiplied] calamity of his father, and the contentions of a wife are like a continual dripping [of water through a chink in the roof].


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contenido:
House and riches are the inheritance from fathers, but a wise, understanding, and prudent wife is from the Lord.


book: Prov
contenido:
He who keeps the commandment [of the Lord] keeps his own life, but he who despises His ways shall die.


book: Prov
contenido:
Discipline your son while there is hope, but do not [indulge your angry resentments by undue chastisements and] set yourself to his ruin.


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contenido:
A man of great wrath shall suffer the penalty; for if you deliver him [from the consequences], he will [feel free to] cause you to do it again.


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That which is desired in a man is loyalty and kindness [and his glory and delight are his giving], but a poor man is better than a liar.


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The reverent, worshipful fear of the Lord leads to life, and he who has it rests satisfied; he cannot be visited with [actual] evil.


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Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; reprove a man of understanding, and he will increase in knowledge.


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He who does violence to his father and chases away his mother is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.


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Wine is a mocker, strong drink a riotous brawler; and whoever errs or reels because of it is not wise.


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The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion; whoever provokes him to anger or angers himself against him sins against his own life.


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The righteous man walks in his integrity; blessed (happy, fortunate, enviable) are his children after him.


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Diverse weights [one for buying and another for selling] and diverse measures—both of them are exceedingly offensive and abhorrent to the Lord.


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It is worthless, it is worthless! says the buyer; but when he goes his way, then he boasts [about his bargain].


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There is gold, and a multitude of pearls, but the lips of knowledge are a vase of preciousness [the most precious of all].


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[The judge tells the creditor] Take the garment of one who is security for a stranger; and hold him in pledge when he is security for foreigners.


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He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets; therefore associate not with him who talks too freely.


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An inheritance hastily gotten [by greedy, unjust means] at the beginning, in the end it will not be blessed.


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Diverse and deceitful weights are shamefully vile and abhorrent to the Lord, and false scales are not good.


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contenido:
It is a snare to a man to utter a vow [of consecration] rashly and [not until] afterward inquire [whether he can fulfill it].


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A wise king winnows out the wicked [from among the good] and brings the threshing wheel over them [to separate the chaff from the grain].


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The spirit of man [that factor in human personality which proceeds immediately from God] is the lamp of the Lord, searching all his innermost parts.


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Loving-kindness and mercy, truth and faithfulness, preserve the king, and his throne is upheld by [the people’s] loyalty.


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The glory of young men is their strength, and the beauty of old men is their gray head [suggesting wisdom and experience].


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contenido:
The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as are the watercourses; He turns it whichever way He wills.


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Haughtiness of eyes and a proud heart, even the tillage of the wicked or the lamp [of joy] to them [whatever it may be], are sin [in the eyes of God].


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The thoughts of the [steadily] diligent tend only to plenteousness, but everyone who is impatient and hasty hastens only to want.


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The way of the guilty is exceedingly crooked, but as for the pure, his work is right and his conduct is straight.


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contenido:
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop [on the flat oriental roof, exposed to all kinds of weather] than in a house shared with a nagging, quarrelsome, and faultfinding woman.


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When the scoffer is punished, the fool gets a lesson in being wise; but men of [godly] Wisdom and good sense learn by being instructed.


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The [uncompromisingly] righteous man considers well the house of the wicked—how the wicked are cast down to ruin.


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When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous (the upright, in right standing with God), but to the evildoers it is dismay, calamity, and ruin.


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A man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall abide in the congregation of the spirits (of the dead).


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contenido:
The wicked become a ransom for the [uncompromisingly] righteous, and the treacherous for the upright [because the wicked themselves fall into the traps and pits they have dug for the good].


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There are precious treasures and oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a self-confident and foolish man swallows it up and wastes it.


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He who earnestly seeks after and craves righteousness, mercy, and loving-kindness will find life in addition to righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God) and honor.


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He covets greedily all the day long, but the [uncompromisingly] righteous gives and does not withhold.


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contenido:
The sacrifice of the wicked is exceedingly disgusting and abhorrent [to the Lord]—how much more when he brings it with evil intention?


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A false witness will perish, but the word of a man who hears attentively will endure and go unchallenged.


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A wicked man puts on the bold, unfeeling face [of guilt], but as for the upright, he considers, directs, and establishes his way [with the confidence of integrity].


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contenido:
A prudent man sees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished [with suffering].


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contenido:
The reward of humility and the reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life.


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contenido:
Thorns and snares are in the way of the obstinate and willful; he who guards himself will be far from them.


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contenido:
Train up a child in the way he should go [and in keeping with his individual gift or bent], and when he is old he will not depart from it.


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contenido:
He who sows iniquity will reap calamity and futility, and the rod of his wrath [with which he smites others] will fail.


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He who loves purity and the pure in heart and who is gracious in speech—because of the grace of his lips will he have the king for his friend.


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The eyes of the Lord keep guard over knowledge and him who has it, but He overthrows the words of the treacherous.


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The mouth of a loose woman is a deep pit [for ensnaring wild animals]; he with whom the Lord is indignant and who is abhorrent to Him will fall into it.


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Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.


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He who oppresses the poor to get gain for himself and he who gives to the rich—both will surely come to want.


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For it will be pleasant if you keep them in your mind [believing them]; your lips will be accustomed to [confessing] them.


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So that your trust (belief, reliance, support, and confidence) may be in the Lord, I have made known these things to you today, even to you.


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To make you know the certainty of the words of truth, that you may give a true answer to those who sent you?


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contenido:
Rob not the poor [being tempted by their helplessness], neither oppress the afflicted at the gate [where the city court is held],


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Be not one of those who strike hands and pledge themselves, or of those who become security for another’s debts.


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Do you see a man diligent and skillful in his business? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men.


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Will you set your eyes upon wealth, when [suddenly] it is gone? For riches certainly make themselves wings, like an eagle that flies toward the heavens.


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Eat not the bread of him who has a hard, grudging, and envious eye, neither desire his dainty foods;


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For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. As one who reckons, he says to you, eat and drink, yet his heart is not with you [but is grudging the cost].


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Speak not in the ears of a [self-confident] fool, for he will despise the [godly] Wisdom of your words.


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Withhold not discipline from the child; for if you strike and punish him with the [reedlike] rod, he will not die.


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Let not your heart envy sinners, but continue in the reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord all the day long.


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For surely there is a latter end [a future and a reward], and your hope and expectation shall not be cut off.


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For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty, and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.


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contenido:
Buy the truth and sell it not; not only that, but also get discernment and judgment, instruction and understanding.


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contenido:
The father of the [uncompromisingly] righteous (the upright, in right standing with God) shall greatly rejoice, and he who becomes the father of a wise child shall have joy in him.


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contenido:
She also lies in wait as a robber or as one waits for prey, and she increases the treacherous among men.


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contenido:
Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness and dimness of eyes?


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[Under the influence of wine] your eyes will behold strange things [and loose women] and your mind will utter things turned the wrong way [untrue, incorrect, and petulant].


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Yes, you will be [as unsteady] as he who lies down in the midst of the sea, and [as open to disaster] as he who lies upon the top of a mast.


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You will say, They struck me, but I was not hurt! They beat me [as with a hammer], but I did not feel it! When shall I awake? I will crave and seek more wine again [and escape reality].


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For their minds plot oppression and devise violence, and their lips talk of causing trouble and vexation.


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Through skillful and godly Wisdom is a house (a life, a home, a family) built, and by understanding it is established [on a sound and good foundation],


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And by knowledge shall its chambers [of every area] be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.


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A wise man is strong and is better than a strong man, and a man of knowledge increases and strengthens his power;


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For by wise counsel you can wage your war, and in an abundance of counselors there is victory and safety.


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Wisdom is too high for a fool; he opens not his mouth in the gate [where the city’s rulers sit in judgment].


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contenido:
The plans of the foolish and the thought of foolishness are sin, and the scoffer is an abomination to men.


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contenido:
Deliver those who are drawn away to death, and those who totter to the slaughter, hold them back [from their doom].


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If you [profess ignorance and] say, Behold, we did not know this, does not He Who weighs and ponders the heart perceive and consider it? And He Who guards your life, does not He know it? And shall not He render to [you and] every man according to his works?


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So shall you know skillful and godly Wisdom to be thus to your life; if you find it, then shall there be a future and a reward, and your hope and expectation shall not be cut off.


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Lie not in wait as a wicked man against the dwelling of the [uncompromisingly] righteous (the upright, in right standing with God); destroy not his resting-place;


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Rejoice not when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles or is overthrown,


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Lest the Lord see it and it be evil in His eyes and displease Him, and He turn away His wrath from him [to expend it upon you, the worse offender].


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My son, [reverently] fear the Lord and the king, and do not associate with those who are given to change [of allegiance, and are revolutionary],


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For their calamity shall rise suddenly, and who knows the punishment and ruin which both [the Lord and the king] will bring upon [the rebellious]?


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contenido:
These also are sayings of the wise: To discriminate and show partiality, having respect of persons in judging, is not good.


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He who says to the wicked, You are righteous and innocent—peoples will curse him, nations will defy and abhor him.


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But to those [upright judges] who rebuke the wicked, it will go well with them and they will find delight, and a good blessing will be upon them.


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[Put first things first.] Prepare your work outside and get it ready for yourself in the field; and afterward build your house and establish a home.


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And, behold, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles were covering its face, and its stone wall was broken down.


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As the heavens for height and the earth for depth, so the hearts and minds of kings are unsearchable.


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contenido:
Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth [the material for] a vessel for the silversmith [to work up].


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Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation).


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Be not forward (self-assertive and boastfully ambitious) in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men;


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For better it is that it should be said to you, Come up here, than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince, whose eyes have seen you.


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Rush not forth soon to quarrel [before magistrates or elsewhere], lest you know not what to do in the end when your neighbor has put you to shame.


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Like an earring or nose ring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise reprover to an ear that listens and obeys.


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Like the cold of snow [brought from the mountains] in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to those who send him; for he refreshes the life of his masters.


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By long forbearance and calmness of spirit a judge or ruler is persuaded, and soft speech breaks down the most bonelike resistance.


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Have you found [pleasure sweet like] honey? Eat only as much as is sufficient for you, lest, being filled with it, you vomit it.


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A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a heavy sledgehammer and a sword and a sharp arrow.


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He who sings songs to a heavy heart is like him who lays off a garment in cold weather and like vinegar upon soda.


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contenido:
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than to share a house with a disagreeing, quarrelsome, and scolding woman.


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Like a muddied fountain and a polluted spring is a righteous man who yields, falls down, and compromises his integrity before the wicked.


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It is not good to eat much honey; so for men to seek glory, their own glory, causes suffering and is not glory.


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contenido:
Like the sparrow in her wandering, like the swallow in her flying, so the causeless curse does not alight.


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contenido:
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a [straight, slender] rod for the backs of [self-confident] fools.


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contenido:
He who sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off the feet [of satisfactory delivery] and drinks the damage.


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contenido:
Like a thorn that goes [without being felt] into the hand of a drunken man, so is a proverb in the mouth of a [self-confident] fool.


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Do you see a man wise in his own eyes and conceit? There is more hope for a [self-confident] fool than for him.


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The slothful and self-indulgent buries his hand in his bosom; it distresses and wearies him to bring it again to his mouth.


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The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes and conceit than seven men who can render a reason and answer discreetly.


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He who, passing by, stops to meddle with strife that is none of his business is like one who takes a dog by the ears.


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The words of a whisperer or slanderer are like dainty morsels or words of sport [to some, but to others are like deadly wounds]; and they go down into the innermost parts of the body [or of the victim’s nature].


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Burning lips [uttering insincere words of love] and a wicked heart are like an earthen vessel covered with the scum thrown off from molten silver [making it appear to be solid silver].


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Though his hatred covers itself with guile, his wickedness shall be shown openly before the assembly.


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contenido:
Whoever digs a pit [for another man’s feet] shall fall into it himself, and he who rolls a stone [up a height to do mischief], it will return upon him.


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Stone is heavy and sand weighty, but a fool’s [unreasoning] wrath is heavier and more intolerable than both of them.


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He who is satiated [with sensual pleasures] loathes and treads underfoot a honeycomb, but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.


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Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; so does the sweetness of a friend’s counsel that comes from the heart.


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Your own friend and your father’s friend, forsake them not; neither go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor who is near [in spirit] than a brother who is far off [in heart].


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My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me [as having failed in my parental duty].


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The flatterer who loudly praises and glorifies his neighbor, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted as cursing him [for he will be suspected of sinister purposes].


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contenido:
Whoever attempts to restrain [a contentious woman] might as well try to stop the wind—his right hand encounters oil [and she slips through his fingers].


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contenido:
Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend [to show rage or worthy purpose].


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Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit; so he who patiently and faithfully guards and heeds his master shall be honored.


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Sheol (the place of the dead) and Abaddon (the place of destruction) are never satisfied; so [the lust of] the eyes of man is never satisfied.


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As the refining pot for silver and the furnace for gold [bring forth all the impurities of the metal], so let a man be in his trial of praise [ridding himself of all that is base or insincere; for a man is judged by what he praises and of what he boasts].


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Even though like grain you should pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.


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And there will be goats’ milk enough for your food, for the food of your household, and for the maintenance of your maids.


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When a land transgresses, it has many rulers, but when the ruler is a man of discernment, understanding, and knowledge, its stability will long continue.


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A poor man who oppresses the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaves no food [plundering them of their last morsels].


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contenido:
Those who forsake the law [of God and man] praise the wicked, but those who keep the law [of God and man] contend with them.


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contenido:
Better is the poor man who walks in his integrity than he who willfully goes in double and wrong ways, though he is rich.


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Whoever keeps the law [of God and man] is a wise son, but he who is a companion of gluttons and the carousing, self-indulgent, and extravagant shames his father.


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He who by charging excessive interest and who by unjust efforts to get gain increases his material possession gathers it for him [to spend] who is kind and generous to the poor.


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He who turns away his ear from hearing the law [of God and man], even his prayer is an abomination, hateful and revolting [to God].


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Whoever leads the upright astray into an evil way, he will himself fall into his own pit, but the blameless will have a goodly inheritance.


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The rich man is wise in his own eyes and conceit, but the poor man who has understanding will find him out.


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When the [uncompromisingly] righteous triumph, there is great glory and celebration; but when the wicked rise [to power], men hide themselves.


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He who covers his transgressions will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes his sins will obtain mercy.


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Blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) is the man who reverently and worshipfully fears [the Lord] at all times [regardless of circumstances], but he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity.


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A ruler who lacks understanding is [like a wicked one] a great oppressor, but he who hates covetousness and unjust gain shall prolong his days.


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If a man willfully sheds the blood of a person [and keeps the guilt of murder upon his conscience], he is fleeing to the pit (the grave) and hastening to his own destruction; let no man stop him!


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He who walks uprightly shall be safe, but he who willfully goes in double and wrong ways shall fall in one of them.


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He who cultivates his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless people and pursuits will have poverty enough.


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A faithful man shall abound with blessings, but he who makes haste to be rich [at any cost] shall not go unpunished.


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To have respect of persons and to show partiality is not good, neither is it good that man should transgress for a piece of bread.


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contenido:
Whoever robs his father or his mother and says, This is no sin—he is in the same class as [an open, lawless robber and] a destroyer.


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He who is of a greedy spirit stirs up strife, but he who puts his trust in the Lord shall be enriched and blessed.


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contenido:
He who leans on, trusts in, and is confident of his own mind and heart is a [self-confident] fool, but he who walks in skillful and godly Wisdom shall be delivered.


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contenido:
He who gives to the poor will not want, but he who hides his eyes [from their want] will have many a curse.


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contenido:
When the wicked rise [to power], men hide themselves; but when they perish, the [consistently] righteous increase and become many.


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When the [uncompromisingly] righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; but when the wicked man rules, the people groan and sigh.


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contenido:
Whoever loves skillful and godly Wisdom rejoices his father, but he who associates with harlots wastes his substance.


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In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare, but the [uncompromisingly] righteous man sings and rejoices.


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The [consistently] righteous man knows and cares for the rights of the poor, but the wicked man has no interest in such knowledge.


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contenido:
If a wise man has an argument with a foolish man, the fool only rages or laughs, and there is no rest.


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contenido:
When the wicked are in authority, transgression increases, but the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall see the fall of the wicked.


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Where there is no vision [no redemptive revelation of God], the people perish; but he who keeps the law [of God, which includes that of man]—blessed (happy, fortunate, and enviable) is he.


book: Prov
contenido:
A servant will not be corrected by words alone; for though he understands, he will not answer [the master who mistreats him].


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contenido:
Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a [self-confident] fool than for him.


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contenido:
Whoever is partner with a thief hates his own life; he falls under the curse [pronounced upon him who knows who the thief is] but discloses nothing.


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The fear of man brings a snare, but whoever leans on, trusts in, and puts his confidence in the Lord is safe and set on high.


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An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous, and he who is upright in the way [of the Lord] is an abomination to the wicked.


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contenido:
Surely I am too brutish and stupid to be called a man, and I have not the understanding of a man [for all my secular learning is as nothing].


book: Prov
contenido:
I have not learned skillful and godly Wisdom, that I should have the knowledge or burden of the Holy One.


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Who has ascended into heaven and descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound the waters in His garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is His Son’s name, if you know?


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Remove far from me falsehood and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me,


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Lest I be full and deny You and say, Who is the Lord? Or lest I be poor and steal, and so profane the name of my God.


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Do not accuse and hurt a servant before his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty [of adding to the burdens of the lowly].


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contenido:
There is a class of people who are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their own filth.


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contenido:
There is a class of people whose teeth are as swords and whose fangs as knives, to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among men.


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contenido:
The leech has two daughters, crying, Give, give! There are three things that are never satisfied, yes, four that do not say, It is enough:


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Sheol (the place of the dead), the barren womb, the earth that is not satisfied with water, and the fire that says not, It is enough.


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The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother, the ravens of the valley will pick it out, and the young vultures will devour it.


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The way of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent upon a rock, the way of a ship in the midst of the sea, and the way of a man with a maid.


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contenido:
This is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth and says, I have done no wickedness.


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An unloved and repugnant woman when she is married, and a maidservant when she supplants her mistress.


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The war horse [well-knit in the loins], the male goat also, and the king [when his army is with him and] against whom there is no uprising.


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If you have done foolishly in exalting yourself, or if you have thought evil, lay your hand upon your mouth.


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Surely the churning of milk brings forth butter, and the wringing of the nose brings forth blood; so the forcing of wrath brings forth strife.


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What, my son? What, son of my womb? What [shall I advise you], son of my vows and dedication to God?


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Give not your strength to [loose] women, nor your ways to those who and that which ruin and destroy kings.


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contenido:
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to desire strong drink,


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Lest they drink and forget the law and what it decrees, and pervert the justice due any of the afflicted.


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Give strong drink [as medicine] to him who is ready to pass away, and wine to him in bitter distress of heart.


book: Prov
contenido:
Open your mouth for the dumb [those unable to speak for themselves], for the rights of all who are left desolate and defenseless;


book: Prov
contenido:
A capable, intelligent, and virtuous woman—who is he who can find her? She is far more precious than jewels and her value is far above rubies or pearls.


book: Prov
contenido:
The heart of her husband trusts in her confidently and relies on and believes in her securely, so that he has no lack of [honest] gain or need of [dishonest] spoil.


book: Prov
contenido:
She is like the merchant ships loaded with foodstuffs; she brings her household’s food from a far [country].


book: Prov
contenido:
She rises while it is yet night and gets [spiritual] food for her household and assigns her maids their tasks.


book: Prov
contenido:
She considers a [new] field before she buys or accepts it [expanding prudently and not courting neglect of her present duties by assuming other duties]; with her savings [of time and strength] she plants fruitful vines in her vineyard.


book: Prov
contenido:
She girds herself with strength [spiritual, mental, and physical fitness for her God-given task] and makes her arms strong and firm.


book: Prov
contenido:
She tastes and sees that her gain from work [with and for God] is good; her lamp goes not out, but it burns on continually through the night [of trouble, privation, or sorrow, warning away fear, doubt, and distrust].


book: Prov
contenido:
She opens her hand to the poor, yes, she reaches out her filled hands to the needy [whether in body, mind, or spirit].


book: Prov
contenido:
She makes for herself coverlets, cushions, and rugs of tapestry. Her clothing is of linen, pure and fine, and of purple [such as that of which the clothing of the priests and the hallowed cloths of the temple were made].


book: Prov
contenido:
She makes fine linen garments and leads others to buy them; she delivers to the merchants girdles [or sashes that free one up for service].


book: Prov
contenido:
Strength and dignity are her clothing and her position is strong and secure; she rejoices over the future [the latter day or time to come, knowing that she and her family are in readiness for it]!


book: Prov
contenido:
She opens her mouth in skillful and godly Wisdom, and on her tongue is the law of kindness [giving counsel and instruction].


book: Prov
contenido:
She looks well to how things go in her household, and the bread of idleness (gossip, discontent, and self-pity) she will not eat.


book: Prov
contenido:
Her children rise up and call her blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied); and her husband boasts of and praises her, [saying],


book: Prov
contenido:
Many daughters have done virtuously, nobly, and well [with the strength of character that is steadfast in goodness], but you excel them all.


book: Prov
contenido:
Charm and grace are deceptive, and beauty is vain [because it is not lasting], but a woman who reverently and worshipfully fears the Lord, she shall be praised!


book: Eccl
contenido:
Vapor of vapors and futility of futilities, says the Preacher. Vapor of vapors and futility of futilities! All is vanity (emptiness, falsity, and vainglory).


book: Eccl
contenido:
What profit does man have left from all his toil at which he toils under the sun? [Is life worth living?]


book: Eccl
contenido:
The wind goes to the south and circles about to the north; it circles and circles about continually, and on its circuit the wind returns again.


book: Eccl
contenido:
All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place from which the rivers come, to there and from there they return again.


book: Eccl
contenido:
All things are weary with toil and all words are feeble; man cannot utter it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.


book: Eccl
contenido:
The thing that has been—it is what will be again, and that which has been done is that which will be done again; and there is nothing new under the sun.


book: Eccl
contenido:
Is there a thing of which it may be said, See, this is new? It has already been, in the vast ages of time [recorded or unrecorded] which were before us.


book: Eccl
contenido:
There is no remembrance of former happenings or men, neither will there be any remembrance of happenings of generations that are to come by those who are to come after them.


book: Eccl
contenido:
And I applied myself by heart and mind to seek and search out by [human] wisdom all human activity under heaven. It is a miserable business which God has given to the sons of man with which to busy themselves.


book: Eccl
contenido:
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity, a striving after the wind and a feeding on wind.


book: Eccl
contenido:
I entered into counsel with my own mind, saying, Behold, I have acquired great [human] wisdom, yes, more than all who have been over Jerusalem before me; and my mind has had great experience of [moral] wisdom and [scientific] knowledge.


book: Eccl
contenido:
And I gave my mind to know [practical] wisdom and to discern [the character of] madness and folly [in which men seem to find satisfaction]; I perceived that this also is a searching after wind and a feeding on it.


book: Eccl
contenido:
I said in my mind, Come now, I will prove you with mirth and test you with pleasure; so have a good time [enjoy pleasure]. But this also was vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility)!


book: Eccl
contenido:
I searched in my mind how to cheer my body with wine—yet at the same time having my mind hold its course and guide me with [human] wisdom—and how to lay hold of folly, till I might see what was good for the sons of men to do under heaven all the days of their lives.


book: Eccl
contenido:
I bought menservants and maidservants and had servants born in my house. Also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, more than any who had been before me in Jerusalem.


book: Eccl
contenido:
I also gathered for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got for myself men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men—concubines very many.


book: Eccl
contenido:
So I became great and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also my wisdom remained with me and stood by me.


book: Eccl
contenido:
And whatever my eyes desired I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any pleasure, for my heart rejoiced in all my labor, and this was my portion and reward for all my toil.


book: Eccl
contenido:
Then I looked on all that my hands had done and the labor I had spent in doing it, and behold, all was vanity and a striving after the wind and a feeding on it, and there was no profit under the sun.


book: Eccl
contenido:
So I turned to consider [human] wisdom and madness and folly; for what can the man do who succeeds the king? Nothing but what has been done already.


book: Eccl
contenido:
Then I saw that even [human] wisdom [that brings sorrow] is better than [the pleasures of] folly as far as light is better than darkness.


book: Eccl
contenido:
The wise man’s eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness; and yet I perceived that [in the end] one event happens to them both.


book: Eccl
contenido:
Then said I in my heart, As it happens to the fool, so it will happen even to me. And of what use is it then for me to be more wise? Then I said in my heart, This also is vanity (emptiness, vainglory, and futility)!


book: Eccl
contenido:
For of the wise man, the same as of the fool, there is no permanent remembrance, since in the days to come all will be long forgotten. And how does the wise man die? Even as the fool!


book: Eccl
contenido:
So I hated life, because what is done under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a striving after the wind and a feeding on it.


book: Eccl
contenido:
And I hated all my labor in which I had toiled under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who will succeed me.


book: Eccl
contenido:
And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have dominion over all my labor in which I have toiled and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility)!


book: Eccl
contenido:
For here is a man whose labor is with wisdom and knowledge and skill; yet to a man who has not toiled for it he must leave it all as his portion. This also is vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility) and a great evil!


book: Eccl
contenido:
For what has a man left from all his labor and from the striving and vexation of his heart in which he has toiled under the sun?


book: Eccl
contenido:
For all his days are but pain and sorrow, and his work is a vexation and grief; his mind takes no rest even at night. This is also vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility)!


book: Eccl
contenido:
There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink and make himself enjoy good in his labor. Even this, I have seen, is from the hand of God.


book: Eccl
contenido:
For to the person who pleases Him God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner He gives the work of gathering and heaping up, that he may give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after the wind and a feeding on it.


book: Eccl
contenido:
A time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,


book: Eccl
contenido:
I have seen the painful labor and exertion and miserable business which God has given to the sons of men with which to exercise and busy themselves.


book: Eccl
contenido:
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He also has planted eternity in men’s hearts and minds [a divinely implanted sense of a purpose working through the ages which nothing under the sun but God alone can satisfy], yet so that men cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.


book: Eccl
contenido:
I know that there is nothing better for them than to be glad and to get and do good as long as they live;


book: Eccl
contenido:
And also that every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labor—it is the gift of God.


book: Eccl
contenido:
I know that whatever God does, it endures forever; nothing can be added to it nor anything taken from it. And God does it so that men will [reverently] fear Him [revere and worship Him, knowing that He is].


book: Eccl
contenido:
That which is now already has been, and that which is to be already has been; and God seeks that which has passed by [so that history repeats itself].


book: Eccl
contenido:
Moreover, I saw under the sun that in the place of justice there was wickedness, and that in the place of righteousness wickedness was there also.


book: Eccl
contenido:
I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for there is a time [appointed] for every matter and purpose and for every work.


book: Eccl
contenido:
I said in my heart regarding the subject of the sons of men, God is trying (separating and sifting) them, that they may see that by themselves [under the sun, without God] they are but like beasts.


book: Eccl
contenido:
For that which befalls the sons of men befalls beasts; even [in the end] one thing befalls them both. As the one dies, so dies the other. Yes, they all have one breath and spirit, so that a man has no preeminence over a beast; for all is vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility)!


book: Eccl
contenido:
Who knows the spirit of man, whether it goes upward, and the spirit of the beast, whether it goes downward to the earth?


book: Eccl
contenido:
So I saw that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his own works, for that is his portion. For who shall bring him back to see what will happen after he is gone?


book: Eccl
contenido:
Then I returned and considered all the oppressions that are practiced under the sun: And I beheld the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors was power, but they [too] had no comforter.


book: Eccl
contenido:
So I praised and thought more fortunate those who have been long dead than the living, who are still alive.


book: Eccl
contenido:
But better than them both [I thought] is he who has not yet been born, who has not seen the evil deeds that are done under the sun.


book: Eccl
contenido:
Then I saw that all painful effort in labor and all skill in work comes from man’s rivalry with his neighbor. This is also vanity, a vain striving after the wind and a feeding on it.


book: Eccl
contenido:
Better is a handful with quietness than both hands full with painful effort, a vain striving after the wind and a feeding on it.


book: Eccl
contenido:
Here is one alone—no one with him; he neither has child nor brother. Yet there is no end to all his labor, neither is his eye satisfied with riches, neither does he ask, For whom do I labor and deprive myself of good? This is also vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility); yes, it is a painful effort and an unhappy business.


book: Eccl
contenido:
For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up!


book: Eccl
contenido:
And though a man might prevail against him who is alone, two will withstand him. A threefold cord is not quickly broken.


book: Eccl
contenido:
Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who no longer knows how to receive counsel (friendly reproof and warning)—


book: Eccl
contenido:
There was no end to all the people; he was over all of them. Yet those who come later will not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity (emptiness, falsity, vainglory) and a striving after the wind and a feeding on it.


book: Eccl
contenido:
Keep your foot [give your mind to what you are doing] when you go [as Jacob to sacred Bethel] to the house of God. For to draw near to hear and obey is better than to give the sacrifice of fools [carelessly, irreverently] too ignorant to know that they are doing evil.


book: Eccl
contenido:
Be not rash with your mouth, and let not your heart be hasty to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven, and you are on earth; therefore let your words be few.


book: Eccl
contenido:
When you vow a vow or make a pledge to God, do not put off paying it; for God has no pleasure in fools (those who witlessly mock Him). Pay what you vow.


book: Eccl
contenido:
Do not allow your mouth to cause your body to sin, and do not say before the messenger [the priest] that it was an error or mistake. Why should God be [made] angry at your voice and destroy the work of your hands?


book: Eccl
contenido:
For in a multitude of dreams there is futility and worthlessness, and ruin in a flood of words. But [reverently] fear God [revere and worship Him, knowing that He is].


book: Eccl
contenido:
If you see the oppression of the poor and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in the state or province, do not marvel at the matter. [Be sure that there are those who will attend to it] for a higher [official] than the high is observing, and higher ones are over them.


book: Eccl
contenido:
Moreover, the profit of the earth is for all; the king himself is served by the field and in all, a king is an advantage to a land with cultivated fields.


book: Eccl
contenido:
He who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance with gain. This also is vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility)!


book: Eccl
contenido:
When goods increase, they who eat them increase also. And what gain is there to their owner except to see them with his eyes?


book: Eccl
contenido:
The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the fullness of the rich will not let him sleep.


book: Eccl
contenido:
There is a serious and severe evil which I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owner to his hurt.


book: Eccl
contenido:
But those riches are lost in a bad venture; and he becomes the father of a son, and there is nothing in his hand [with which to support the child].


book: Eccl
contenido:
As [the man] came forth from his mother’s womb, so he will go again, naked as he came; and he will take away nothing for all his labor which he can carry in his hand.


book: Eccl
contenido:
And this also is a serious and severe evil—that in all points as he came, so shall he go; and what gain has he who labors for the wind?


book: Eccl
contenido:
All his days also he eats in darkness [cheerlessly, with no sweetness and light in them], and much sorrow and sickness and wrath are his.


book: Eccl
contenido:
Behold, what I have seen to be good and fitting is for one to eat and drink, and to find enjoyment in all the labor in which he labors under the sun all the days which God gives him—for this is his [allotted] part.


book: Eccl
contenido:
Also, every man to whom God has given riches and possessions, and the power to enjoy them and to accept his appointed lot and to rejoice in his toil—this is the gift of God [to him].


book: Eccl
contenido:
For he shall not much remember [seriously] the days of his life, because God [Himself] answers and corresponds to the joy of his heart [the tranquillity of God is mirrored in him].


book: Eccl
contenido:
A man to whom God has given riches, possessions, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he might desire, yet God does not give him the power or capacity to enjoy them [things which are gifts from God], but a stranger [in whom he has no interest succeeds him and] consumes and enjoys them. This is vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility); it is a sore affliction!


book: Eccl
contenido:
If a man begets a hundred children and lives many years so that the days of his years are many, but his life is not filled with good, and also he is given no burial [honors nor is laid to rest in the sepulcher of his fathers], I say that [he who had] an untimely birth [resulting in death] is better off than he,


book: Eccl
contenido:
For [the untimely one] comes in futility and goes into darkness, and in darkness his name is covered.


book: Eccl
contenido:
Moreover, he has not seen the sun nor had any knowledge, yet he [the stillborn child] has rest rather than he [who is aware of all that he has missed and all that he would not have had to suffer].


book: Eccl
contenido:
Even though he lives a thousand years twice over and yet has seen no good and experienced no enjoyment—do not all go to one place [the place of the dead]?


book: Eccl
contenido:
All the labor of man is for his mouth [for self-preservation and enjoyment], and yet his desire is not satisfied.


book: Eccl
contenido:
For what advantage has the wise man over the fool [being worldly-wise is not the secret to happiness]? What advantage has the poor man who has learned how to walk before the living [publicly, with men’s eyes upon him; being poor is not the secret to happiness either]?


book: Eccl
contenido:
Better is the sight of the eyes [the enjoyment of what is available to one] than the cravings of wandering desire. This is also vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility) and a striving after the wind and a feeding on it!


book: Eccl
contenido:
Whatever [man] is, he has been named that long ago, and it is known that it is man [Adam]; nor can he contend with Him who is mightier than he [whether God or death].


book: Eccl
contenido:
Seeing that there are [all these and] many other things and words that increase the emptiness, falsity, vainglory, and futility [of living], what profit and what outcome is there for man?


book: Eccl
contenido:
For who [limited to human wisdom] knows what is good for man in his life, all the days of his vain life which he spends as a shadow [going through the motions but accomplishing nothing]? For who can tell a man what will happen [to his work, his treasure, his plans] under the sun after he is gone?


book: Eccl
contenido:
A good name is better than precious perfume, and the day of death better than the day of one’s birth.


book: Eccl
contenido:
It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to heart.


book: Eccl
contenido:
Sorrow is better than laughter, for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better and gains gladness.


book: Eccl
contenido:
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth and sensual joy.


book: Eccl
contenido:
For like the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility)!


book: Eccl
contenido:
Surely oppression and extortion make a wise man foolish, and a bribe destroys the understanding and judgment.


book: Eccl
contenido:
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning of it, and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.


book: Eccl
contenido:
Do not say, Why were the old days better than these? For it is not wise or because of wisdom that you ask this.


book: Eccl
contenido:
Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, yes, more excellent it is for those [the living] who see the sun.


book: Eccl
contenido:
For wisdom is a defense even as money is a defense, but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom shields and preserves the life of him who has it.


book: Eccl
contenido:
In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider that God has made the one side by side with the other, so that man may not find out anything that shall be after him.


book: Eccl
contenido:
I have seen everything in the days of my vanity (my emptiness, falsity, vainglory, and futility): there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in [spite of] his evildoing.


book: Eccl
contenido:
Be not [morbidly exacting and externally] righteous overmuch, neither strive to make yourself [pretentiously appear] overwise—why should you [get puffed up and] destroy yourself [with presumptuous self-sufficiency]?


book: Eccl
contenido:
[Although all have sinned] be not wicked overmuch or willfully, neither be foolish—why should you die before your time?


book: Eccl
contenido:
It is good that you should take hold of this and from that withdraw not your hand; for he who [reverently] fears and worships God will come forth from them all.


book: Eccl
contenido:
[True] wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers or valiant generals who are in the city.


book: Eccl
contenido:
All this have I tried and proved by wisdom. I said, I will be wise [independently of God]—but it was far from me.


book: Eccl
contenido:
That which is is far off, and that which is deep is very deep—who can find it out [true wisdom independent of the fear of God]?


book: Eccl
contenido:
I turned about [penitent] and my heart was set to know and to search out and to seek [true] wisdom and the reason of things, and to know that wickedness is folly and that foolishness is madness [and what had led me into such wickedness and madness].


book: Eccl
contenido:
And I found that [of all sinful follies none has been so ruinous in seducing one away from God as idolatrous women] more bitter than death is the woman whose heart is snares and nets and whose hands are bands. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her, but the sinner shall be taken by her.


book: Eccl
contenido:
Behold, this I have found, says the Preacher, while weighing one thing after another to find out the right estimate [and the reason]—


book: Eccl
contenido:
Which I am still seeking but have not found—one upright man among a thousand have I found, but an upright woman among all those [one thousand in my harem] have I not found.


book: Eccl
contenido:
Behold, this is the only [reason for it that] I have found: God made man upright, but they [men and women] have sought out many devices [for evil].


book: Eccl
contenido:
Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his countenance is changed.


book: Eccl
contenido:
I counsel you to keep the king’s command, and that in regard to the oath of God [by which you swore to him loyalty].


book: Eccl
contenido:
Be not panic-stricken and hasty to get out of his presence. Persist not in an evil thing, for he does whatever he pleases.


book: Eccl
contenido:
Whoever observes the [king’s] command will experience no harm, and a wise man’s mind will know both when and what to do.


book: Eccl
contenido:
For every purpose and matter has its [right] time and judgment, although the misery and wickedness of man lies heavily upon him [who rebels against the king].


book: Eccl
contenido:
There is no man who has power over the spirit to retain the breath of life, neither has he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in battle [against death], neither will wickedness deliver those who are its possessors and given to it.


book: Eccl
contenido:
All this have I seen while applying my mind to every work that is done under the sun. There is a time in which one man has power over another to his own hurt or to the other man’s.


book: Eccl
contenido:
And so I saw the wicked buried—those who had come and gone out of the holy place [but did not thereby escape their doom], and they are [praised and] forgotten in the city where they had done such things. This also is vanity (emptiness, falsity, vainglory, and futility)!


book: Eccl
contenido:
Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, the hearts of the sons of men are fully set to do evil.


book: Eccl
contenido:
Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and his days [seemingly] are prolonged [in his wickedness], yet surely I know that it will be well with those who [reverently] fear God, who revere and worship Him, realizing His continual presence.


book: Eccl
contenido:
But it will not be well with the wicked, neither will he prolong his days like a shadow, because he does not [reverently] fear and worship God.


book: Eccl
contenido:
Here also is a futility that goes on upon the earth: there are righteous men who fare as though they were wicked, and wicked men who fare as though they were righteous. I say that this also is vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility)!


book: Eccl
contenido:
Then I commended enjoyment, because a man has no better thing under the sun [without God] than to eat and to drink and to be joyful, for that will remain with him in his toil through the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.


book: Eccl
contenido:
When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to see the business activity and the painful effort that take place upon the earth—how neither day nor night some men’s eyes sleep—


book: Eccl
contenido:
Then I saw all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun—because however much a man may toil in seeking, yet he will not find it out; yes, more than that, though a wise man thinks and claims he knows, yet will he not be able to find it out.


book: Eccl
contenido:
For all this I took to heart, exploring and examining it all, how the righteous (the upright, in right standing with God) and the wise and their works are in the hands of God. Whether it is to be love or hatred no man knows; all that is before them.


book: Eccl
contenido:
All things come alike to all. There is one event to the righteous and to the wicked, to the good and to the clean and to the unclean; to him who sacrifices and to him who does not sacrifice. As is the good man, so is the sinner; and he who swears is as he who fears and shuns an oath.


book: Eccl
contenido:
This evil is in all that is done under the sun: one fate comes to all. Also the hearts of men are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead.


book: Eccl
contenido:
[There is no exemption] but he who is joined to all the living has hope—for a living dog is better than a dead lion.


book: Eccl
contenido:
For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; and they have no more reward [here], for the memory of them is forgotten.


book: Eccl
contenido:
Their love and their hatred and their envy have already perished; neither have they any more a share in anything that is done under the sun.


book: Eccl
contenido:
Go your way, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart [if you are righteous, wise, and in the hands of God], for God has already accepted your works.


book: Eccl
contenido:
Let your garments be always white [with purity], and let your head not lack [the] oil [of gladness].


book: Eccl
contenido:
Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain life which He has given you under the sun—all the days of futility. For that is your portion in this life and in your work at which you toil under the sun.


book: Eccl
contenido:
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol (the place of the dead), where you are going.


book: Eccl
contenido:
I returned and saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong, neither is bread to the wise nor riches to men of intelligence and understanding nor favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.


book: Eccl
contenido:
For man also knows not his time [of death]: as the fishes are taken in an evil net, and as the birds are caught in the snare, so are the sons of men snared in an evil time when [calamity] falls suddenly upon them.


book: Eccl
contenido:
There was a little city with few men in it. And a great king came against it and besieged it and built great bulwarks against it.


book: Eccl
contenido:
But there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet no man [seriously] remembered that poor man.


book: Eccl
contenido:
But I say that wisdom is better than might, though the poor man’s wisdom is despised and his words are not heeded.


book: Eccl
contenido:
Dead flies cause the ointment of the perfumer to putrefy [and] send forth a vile odor; so does a little folly [in him who is valued for wisdom] outweigh wisdom and honor.


book: Eccl
contenido:
Even when he who is a fool walks along the road, his heart and understanding fail him, and he says of everyone and to everyone that he is a fool.


book: Eccl
contenido:
If the temper of the ruler rises up against you, do not leave your place [or show a resisting spirit]; for gentleness and calmness prevent or put a stop to great offenses.


book: Eccl
contenido:
He who digs a pit [for others] will fall into it, and whoever breaks through a fence or a [stone] wall, a serpent will bite him.


book: Eccl
contenido:
Whoever removes [landmark] stones or hews out [new ones with similar intent] will be hurt with them, and he who fells trees will be endangered by them.


book: Eccl
contenido:
If the ax is dull and the man does not whet the edge, he must put forth more strength; but wisdom helps him to succeed.


book: Eccl
contenido:
If the serpent bites before it is charmed, then it is no use to call a charmer [and the slanderer is no better than the uncharmed snake].


book: Eccl
contenido:
A fool also multiplies words, though no man can tell what will be—and what will happen after he is gone, who can tell him?


book: Eccl
contenido:
The labor of fools wearies every one of them, because [he is so ignorant of the ordinary matters that] he does not even know how to get to town.


book: Eccl
contenido:
Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child or a servant and when your officials feast in the morning!


book: Eccl
contenido:
Happy (fortunate and to be envied) are you, O land, when your king is a free man and of noble birth and character and when your officials feast at the proper time—for strength and not for drunkenness!


book: Eccl
contenido:
Through indolence the rafters [of state affairs] decay and the roof sinks in, and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.


book: Eccl
contenido:
[Instead of repairing the breaches, the officials] make a feast for laughter, serve wine to cheer life, and [depend on tax] money to answer for all of it.


book: Eccl
contenido:
Curse not the king, no, not even in your thoughts, and curse not the rich in your bedchamber, for a bird of the air will carry the voice, and a winged creature will tell the matter.


book: Eccl
contenido:
Give a portion to seven, yes, even [divide it] to eight, for you know not what evil may come upon the earth.


book: Eccl
contenido:
If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if a tree falls toward the south or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it will lie.


book: Eccl
contenido:
He who observes the wind [and waits for all conditions to be favorable] will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap.


book: Eccl
contenido:
As you know not what is the way of the wind, or how the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a pregnant woman, even so you know not the work of God, Who does all.


book: Eccl
contenido:
In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening withhold not your hands, for you know not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether both alike will be good.


book: Eccl
contenido:
Yes, if a man should live many years, let him rejoice in them all; yet let him [seriously] remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. All that comes is vanity (emptiness, falsity, vainglory, and futility)!


book: Eccl
contenido:
Rejoice, O young man, in your adolescence, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your [full-grown] youth. And walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.


book: Eccl
contenido:
Therefore remove [the lusts that end in] sorrow and vexation from your heart and mind and put away evil from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are vanity [transitory, idle, empty, and devoid of truth].


book: Eccl
contenido:
Remember [earnestly] also your Creator [that you are not your own, but His property now] in the days of your youth, before the evil days come or the years draw near when you will say [of physical pleasures], I have no enjoyment in them—


book: Eccl
contenido:
Before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars are darkened [sight is impaired], and the clouds [of depression] return after the rain [of tears];


book: Eccl
contenido:
In the day when the keepers of the house [the hands and the arms] tremble, and the strong men [the feet and the knees] bow themselves, and the grinders [the molar teeth] cease because they are few, and those who look out of the windows [the eyes] are darkened;


book: Eccl
contenido:
When the doors [the lips] are shut in the streets and the sound of the grinding [of the teeth] is low, and one rises up at the voice of a bird and the crowing of a cock, and all the daughters of music [the voice and the ear] are brought low;


book: Eccl
contenido:
Also when [the old] are afraid of danger from that which is high, and fears are in the way, and the almond tree [their white hair] blooms, and the grasshopper [a little thing] is a burden, and desire and appetite fail, because man goes to his everlasting home and the mourners go about the streets or marketplaces.


book: Eccl
contenido:
[Remember your Creator earnestly now] before the silver cord [of life] is snapped apart, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern [and the whole circulatory system of the blood ceases to function];


book: Eccl
contenido:
Then shall the dust [out of which God made man’s body] return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return to God Who gave it.


book: Eccl
contenido:
Vapor of vapors and futility of futilities, says the Preacher. All is futility (emptiness, falsity, vainglory, and transitoriness)!


book: Eccl
contenido:
And furthermore, because the Preacher was wise, he [Solomon] still taught the people knowledge; and he pondered and searched out and set in order many proverbs.


book: Eccl
contenido:
The Preacher sought acceptable words, even to write down rightly words of truth or correct sentiment.


book: Eccl
contenido:
The words of the wise are like prodding goads, and firmly fixed [in the mind] like nails are the collected sayings which are given [as proceeding] from one Shepherd.


book: Eccl
contenido:
But about going further [than the words given by one Shepherd], my son, be warned. Of making many books there is no end [so do not believe everything you read], and much study is a weariness of the flesh.


book: Eccl
contenido:
All has been heard; the end of the matter is: Fear God [revere and worship Him, knowing that He is] and keep His commandments, for this is the whole of man [the full, original purpose of his creation, the object of God’s providence, the root of character, the foundation of all happiness, the adjustment to all inharmonious circumstances and conditions under the sun] and the whole [duty] for every man.


book: Song
contenido:
note: Among the multitudes who read the Bible there are comparatively few who have a clear understanding of the Song of Solomon. Some have thought it to be a collection of songs, but it is more generally understood to be a sort of drama, the positive interpretation of which is impossible because the identity of the speakers and the length of the speeches are not disclosed.
The song of songs [the most excellent of them all] which is Solomon’s.


book: Song
contenido:
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! [she cries. Then, realizing that Solomon has arrived and has heard her speech, she turns to him and adds] For your love is better than wine!


book: Song
contenido:
[And she continues] The odor of your ointments is fragrant; your name is like perfume poured out. Therefore do the maidens love you.


book: Song
contenido:
Draw me! We will run after you! The king brings me into his apartments! We will be glad and rejoice in you! We will recall [when we were favored with] your love, more fragrant than wine. The upright [are not offended at your choice, but sincerely] love you.


book: Song
contenido:
I am so black; but [you are] lovely and pleasant [the ladies assured her]. O you daughters of Jerusalem, [I am as dark] as the tents of [the Bedouin tribe] Kedar, like the [beautiful] curtains of Solomon!


book: Song
contenido:
[Please] do not look at me, [she said, for] I am swarthy. [I have worked out] in the sun and it has left its mark upon me. My stepbrothers were angry with me, and they made me keeper of the vineyards; but my own vineyard [my complexion] I have not kept.


book: Song
contenido:
[Addressing her shepherd, she said] Tell me, O you whom my soul loves, where you pasture your flock, where you make it lie down at noon. For why should I [as I think of you] be as a veiled one straying beside the flocks of your companions?


book: Song
contenido:
If you do not know [where your lover is], O you fairest among women, run along, follow the tracks of the flock, and [amuse yourself by] pasturing your kids beside the shepherds’ tents.


book: Song
contenido:
O my love [he said as he saw her], you remind me of my [favorite] mare in the chariot spans of Pharaoh.


book: Song
contenido:
While the king sits at his table [she said], my spikenard [my absent lover] sends forth [his] fragrance [over me].


book: Song
contenido:
My beloved [shepherd] is to me a cluster of henna flowers in the vineyards of En-gedi [famed for its fragrant shrubs].


book: Song
contenido:
[She cried] Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved [shepherd], yes, delightful! Our arbor and couch are green and leafy.


book: Song
contenido:
[She said] I am only a little rose or autumn crocus of the plain of Sharon, or a [humble] lily of the valleys [that grows in deep and difficult places].


book: Song
contenido:
Like an apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved [shepherd] among the sons [cried the girl]! Under his shadow I delighted to sit, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.


book: Song
contenido:
He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love [for love waved as a protecting and comforting banner over my head when I was near him].


book: Song
contenido:
[He said] I charge you, O you daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or by the hinds of the field [which are free to follow their own instincts] that you not try to stir up or awaken [my] love until it pleases.


book: Song
contenido:
[Vividly she pictured it] The voice of my beloved [shepherd]! Behold, he comes, leaping upon the mountains, bounding over the hills.


book: Song
contenido:
My beloved is like a gazelle or a young hart. Behold, he stands behind the wall of our house, he looks in through the windows, he glances through the lattice.


book: Song
contenido:
The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing [of birds] has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.


book: Song
contenido:
The fig tree puts forth and ripens her green figs, and the vines are in blossom and give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.


book: Song
contenido:
[So I went with him, and when we were climbing the rocky steps up the hillside, my beloved shepherd said to me] O my dove, [while you are here] in the seclusion of the clefts in the solid rock, in the sheltered and secret place of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.


book: Song
contenido:
[My heart was touched and I fervently sang to him my desire] Take for us the foxes, the little foxes that spoil the vineyards [of our love], for our vineyards are in blossom.


book: Song
contenido:
[Then, longingly addressing her absent shepherd, she cried] Until the day breaks and the shadows flee away, return hastily, O my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young hart as you cover the mountains [which separate us].


book: Song
contenido:
In the night I dreamed that I sought the one whom I love. [She said] I looked for him but could not find him.


book: Song
contenido:
So I decided to go out into the city, into the streets and broad ways [which are so confusing to a country girl], and seek him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I could not find him.


book: Song
contenido:
I had gone but a little way past them when I found him whom my soul loves. I held him and would not let him go until I had brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her who conceived me.


book: Song
contenido:
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or by the hinds of the field that you stir not up nor awaken love until it pleases.


book: Song
contenido:
Who or what is this [she asked] that comes gliding out of the wilderness like stately pillars of smoke perfumed with myrrh, frankincense, and all the fragrant powders of the merchant?


book: Song
contenido:
[Someone answered] Behold, it is the traveling litter (the bridal car) of Solomon. Sixty mighty men are around it, of the mighty men of Israel.


book: Song
contenido:
They all handle the sword and are expert in war; every man has his sword upon his thigh, that fear be not excited in the night.


book: Song
contenido:
He made its posts of silver, its back of gold, its seat of purple, the inside of it lovingly and intricately wrought in needlework by the daughters of Jerusalem.


book: Song
contenido:
Go forth, O you daughters of Zion, and gaze upon King Solomon wearing the crown with which his mother [Bathsheba] crowned him on the day of his wedding, on the day of his gladness of heart.


book: Song
contenido:
How fair you are, my love [he said], how very fair! Your eyes behind your veil [remind me] of those of a dove; your hair [makes me think of the black, wavy fleece] of a flock of [the Arabian] goats which one sees trailing down Mount Gilead [beyond the Jordan on the frontiers of the desert].


book: Song
contenido:
Your teeth are like a flock of shorn ewes which have come up from the washing, of which all are in pairs, and none is missing among them.


book: Song
contenido:
Your lips are like a thread of scarlet, and your mouth is lovely. Your cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate behind your veil.


book: Song
contenido:
Your neck is like the tower of David, built for an arsenal, whereon hang a thousand bucklers, all of them shields of warriors.


book: Song
contenido:
Until the day breaks and the shadows flee away, [in my thoughts] I will get to the mountain of myrrh and the hill of frankincense [to him whom my soul adores].


book: Song
contenido:
Come away with me from Lebanon, my [promised] bride, come with me from Lebanon. Depart from the top of Amana, from the peak of Senir and Hermon, from the lions’ dens, from the mountains of the leopards.


book: Song
contenido:
You have ravished my heart and given me courage, my sister, my [promised] bride; you have ravished my heart and given me courage with one look from your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace.


book: Song
contenido:
How beautiful is your love, my sister, my [promised] bride! How much better is your love than wine! And the fragrance of your ointments than all spices!


book: Song
contenido:
Your lips, O my [promised] bride, drop honey as the honeycomb; honey and milk are under your tongue. And the odor of your garments is like the odor of Lebanon.


book: Song
contenido:
Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates or a paradise with precious fruits, henna with spikenard plants,


book: Song
contenido:
Spikenard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense, myrrh, and aloes, with all the chief spices.


book: Song
contenido:
You are a fountain [springing up] in a garden, a well of living waters, and flowing streams from Lebanon.


book: Song
contenido:
[You have called me a garden, she said] Oh, I pray that the [cold] north wind and the [soft] south wind may blow upon my garden, that its spices may flow out [in abundance for you in whom my soul delights]. Let my beloved come into his garden and eat its choicest fruits.


book: Song
contenido:
I have come into my garden, my sister, my [promised] bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my balsam and spice [from your sweet words I have gathered the richest perfumes and spices]. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends [feast on, O revelers of the palace; you can never make my lover disloyal to me]! Drink, yes, drink abundantly of love, O precious one [for now I know you are mine, irrevocably mine! With his confident words still thrilling her heart, through the lattice she saw her shepherd turn away and disappear into the night].


book: Song
contenido:
I went to sleep, but my heart stayed awake. [I dreamed that I heard] the voice of my beloved as he knocked [at the door of my mother’s cottage]. Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my spotless one [he said], for I am wet with the [heavy] night dew; my hair is covered with it.


book: Song
contenido:
[But weary from a day in the vineyards, I had already sought my rest] I had put off my garment—how could I [again] put it on? I had washed my feet—how could I [again] soil them?


book: Song
contenido:
I rose up to open for my beloved, and my hands dripped with myrrh, and my fingers with liquid [sweet-scented] myrrh, [which he had left] upon the handles of the bolt.


book: Song
contenido:
I opened for my beloved, but my beloved had turned away and withdrawn himself, and was gone! My soul went forth [to him] when he spoke, but it failed me [and now he was gone]! I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.


book: Song
contenido:
The watchmen who go about the city found me. They struck me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took my veil and my mantle from me.


book: Song
contenido:
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him that I am sick from love [simply sick to be with him].


book: Song
contenido:
What is your beloved more than another beloved, O you fairest among women [taunted the ladies]? What is your beloved more than another beloved, that you should give us such a charge?


book: Song
contenido:
His cheeks are like a bed of spices or balsam, like banks of sweet herbs yielding fragrance. His lips are like bloodred anemones or lilies distilling liquid [sweet-scented] myrrh.


book: Song
contenido:
His hands are like rods of gold set with [nails of] beryl or topaz. His body is a figure of bright ivory overlaid with [veins of] sapphires.


book: Song
contenido:
His legs are like strong and steady pillars of marble set upon bases of fine gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, excellent, stately, and majestic as the cedars.


book: Song
contenido:
His voice and speech are exceedingly sweet; yes, he is altogether lovely [the whole of him delights and is precious]. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem!


book: Song
contenido:
Where has your beloved gone, O you fairest among women? [Again the ladies showed their interest in the remarkable person whom the Shulammite had championed with such unstinted praise; they too wanted to know him, they insisted.] Where is your beloved hiding himself? For we would seek him with you.


book: Song
contenido:
[She replied] My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens and to gather lilies.


book: Song
contenido:
[He said] You are as beautiful as Tirzah [capital of the northern kingdom’s first king], my love, and as comely as Jerusalem, [but you are] as terrible as a bannered host!


book: Song
contenido:
Turn away your [flashing] eyes from me, for they have overcome me! Your hair is like a flock of goats trailing down from Mount Gilead.


book: Song
contenido:
Your teeth are like a flock of ewes coming from their washing, of which all are in pairs, and not one of them is missing.


book: Song
contenido:
But my dove, my undefiled and perfect one, stands alone [above them all]; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her who bore her. The daughters saw her and called her blessed and happy, yes, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.


book: Song
contenido:
[The ladies asked] Who is this that looks forth like the dawn, fair as the moon, clear and pure as the sun, and terrible as a bannered host?


book: Song
contenido:
[The Shulammite replied] I went down into the nut orchard [one day] to look at the green plants of the valley, to see whether the grapevine had budded and the pomegranates were in flower.


book: Song
contenido:
Before I was aware [of what was happening], my desire [to roam about] had brought me into the area of the princes of my people [the king’s retinue].


book: Song
contenido:
[I began to flee, but they called to me] Return, return, O Shulammite; return, return, that we may look upon you! [I replied] What is there for you to see in the [poor little] Shulammite? [And they answered] As upon a dance before two armies or a dance of Mahanaim.


book: Song
contenido:
[Then her companions began noticing and commenting on the attractiveness of her person] How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O queenly maiden! Your rounded limbs are like jeweled chains, the work of a master hand.


book: Song
contenido:
Your body is like a round goblet in which no mixed wine is wanting. Your abdomen is like a heap of wheat set about with lilies.


book: Song
contenido:
Your neck is like a tower of ivory, your eyes like the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon which looks toward Damascus.


book: Song
contenido:
Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, and the hair of your head like purple. [Then seeing the king watching the girl in absorbed admiration, the speaker added] The king is held captive by its tresses.


book: Song
contenido:
Your stature is like that of a palm tree, and your bosom like its clusters [of dates, declared the king].


book: Song
contenido:
I resolve that I will climb the palm tree; I will grasp its branches. Let your breasts be like clusters of the grapevine, and the scent of your breath like apples,


book: Song
contenido:
And your kisses like the best wine—[then the Shulammite interrupted] that goes down smoothly and sweetly for my beloved [shepherd, kisses] gliding over his lips while he sleeps!


book: Song
contenido:
Let us go out early to the vineyards and see whether the vines have budded, whether the grape blossoms have opened, and whether the pomegranates are in bloom. There I will give you my love.


book: Song
contenido:
The mandrakes give forth fragrance, and over our doors are all manner of choice fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for you, O my beloved!


book: Song
contenido:
[Looking forward to the shepherd’s arrival, the eager girl pictures their meeting and says] Oh, that you were like my brother, who nursed from the breasts of my mother! If I should find you without, I would kiss you, yes, and none would despise me [for it].


book: Song
contenido:
I would lead you and bring you into the house of my mother, who would instruct me. I would cause you to drink spiced wine and of the juice of my pomegranates.


book: Song
contenido:
[Then musingly she added] Oh, that his left hand were under my head and that his right hand embraced me!


book: Song
contenido:
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that you never [again attempt to] stir up or awaken love until it pleases.


book: Song
contenido:
Who is this who comes up from the wilderness leaning upon her beloved? [And as they sighted the home of her childhood, the bride said] Under the apple tree I awakened you; there your mother gave you birth, there she was in travail and bore you.


book: Song
contenido:
Set me like a seal upon your heart, like a seal upon your arm; for love is as strong as death, jealousy is as hard and cruel as Sheol (the place of the dead). Its flashes are flashes of fire, a most vehement flame [the very flame of the Lord]!


book: Song
contenido:
Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man would offer all the goods of his house for love, he would be utterly scorned and despised.


book: Song
contenido:
[Gathered with her family and the wedding guests in her mother’s cottage, the bride said to her stepbrothers, When I was a little girl, you said] We have a little sister and she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister on the day when she is spoken for in marriage?


book: Song
contenido:
If she is a wall [discreet and womanly], we will build upon her a turret [a dowry] of silver; but if she is a door [bold and flirtatious], we will enclose her with boards of cedar.


book: Song
contenido:
[Well] I am a wall [with battlements], and my breasts are like the towers of it. Then was I in [the king’s] eyes as one [to be respected and to be allowed] to find peace.


book: Song
contenido:
Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he let out the vineyard to keepers; everyone was to bring him a thousand pieces of silver for its fruit.


book: Song
contenido:
You, O Solomon, can have your thousand [pieces of silver], and those who tend the fruit of it two hundred; but my vineyard, which is mine [with all its radiant joy], is before me!


book: Song
contenido:
O you who dwell in the gardens, your companions have been listening to your voice—now cause me to hear it.


book: Song
contenido:
[Joyfully the radiant bride turned to him, the one altogether lovely, the chief among ten thousand to her soul, and with unconcealed eagerness to begin her life of sweet companionship with him, she answered] Make haste, my beloved, and come quickly, like a gazelle or a young hart [and take me to our waiting home] upon the mountains of spices!


book: Isa
contenido:
The vision [seen by spiritual perception] of Isaiah son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah [the kingdom] and Jerusalem [its capital] in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.


book: Isa
contenido:
Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth! For the Lord has spoken: I have nourished and brought up sons and have made them great and exalted, but they have rebelled against Me and broken away from Me.


book: Isa
contenido:
The ox [instinctively] knows his owner, and the donkey his master’s crib, but Israel does not know or recognize Me [as Lord], My people do not consider or understand.


book: Isa
contenido:
Ah, sinful nation, a people loaded with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, sons who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the Lord, they have despised and shown contempt and provoked the Holy One of Israel to anger, they have become utterly estranged (alienated).


book: Isa
contenido:
Why should you be stricken and punished any more [since it brings no correction]? You will revolt more and more. The whole head is sick, and the whole heart is faint (feeble, sick, and nauseated).


book: Isa
contenido:
From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness or health in [the nation’s body]—but wounds and bruises and fresh and bleeding stripes; they have not been pressed out and closed up or bound up or softened with oil. [No one has troubled to seek a remedy.]


book: Isa
contenido:
[Because of your detestable disobedience] your country lies desolate, your cities are burned with fire; your land—strangers devour it in your very presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by aliens.


book: Isa
contenido:
And the Daughter of Zion [Jerusalem] is left like a [deserted] booth in a vineyard, like a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, like a besieged city [spared, but in the midst of desolation].


book: Isa
contenido:
Except the Lord of hosts had left us a very small remnant [of survivors], we should have been like Sodom, and we should have been like Gomorrah.


book: Isa
contenido:
Hear [O Jerusalem] the word of the Lord, you rulers or judges of [another] Sodom! Give ear to the law and the teaching of our God, you people of [another] Gomorrah!


book: Isa
contenido:
To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me [unless they are the offering of the heart]? says the Lord. I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed beasts [without obedience]; and I do not delight in the blood of bulls or of lambs or of he-goats [without righteousness].


book: Isa
contenido:
Bring no more offerings of vanity (emptiness, falsity, vainglory, and futility); [your hollow offering of] incense is an abomination to Me; the New Moons and Sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot endure—[it is] iniquity and profanation, even the solemn meeting.


book: Isa
contenido:
Your New Moon festivals and your [hypocritical] appointed feasts My soul hates. They are an oppressive burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them.


book: Isa
contenido:
And when you spread forth your hands [in prayer, imploring help], I will hide My eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood!


book: Isa
contenido:
Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes! Cease to do evil,


book: Isa
contenido:
Learn to do right! Seek justice, relieve the oppressed, and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless, plead for the widow.


book: Isa
contenido:
Come now, and let us reason together, says the Lord. Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be like wool.


book: Isa
contenido:
But if you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword. For the mouth of the Lord has spoken it.


book: Isa
contenido:
How the faithful city has become an [idolatrous] harlot, she who was full of justice! Uprightness and right standing with God [once] lodged in her—but now murderers.


book: Isa
contenido:
Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves; everyone loves bribes and runs after compensation and rewards. They judge not for the fatherless nor defend them, neither does the cause of the widow come to them [for they delay or turn a deaf ear].


book: Isa
contenido:
Therefore says the Lord, the Lord of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will appease Myself on My adversaries and avenge Myself on My enemies.


book: Isa
contenido:
And I will bring My hand again upon you and thoroughly purge away your dross [as with lye] and take away all your tin or alloy.


book: Isa
contenido:
And I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning; afterward you shall be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City.


book: Isa
contenido:
Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and her [returned] converts with righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God).


book: Isa
contenido:
But the crushing and destruction of rebels and sinners shall be together, and they who forsake the Lord shall be consumed.


book: Isa
contenido:
For you will be ashamed [of the folly and degradation] of the oak or terebinth trees in which you found [idolatrous] pleasure, and you will blush with shame for the [idolatrous worship which you practice in the passion-inflaming] gardens which you have chosen.


book: Isa
contenido:
And the strong shall become like tow and become tinder, and his work like a spark, and they shall both burn together, with none to quench them.


book: Isa
contenido:
It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be [firmly] established as the highest of the mountains and shall be exalted above the hills, and all nations shall flow to it.


book: Isa
contenido:
And many people shall come and say, Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, that He may teach us His ways and that we may walk in His paths. For out of Zion shall go forth the law and instruction, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.


book: Isa
contenido:
And He shall judge between the nations and shall decide [disputes] for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.


book: Isa
contenido:
Surely [Lord] You have rejected and forsaken your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled [with customs] from the east and with soothsayers [who foretell] like the Philistines; also they strike hands and make pledges and agreements with the children of aliens.


book: Isa
contenido:
Their land also is full of silver and gold; neither is there any end to their treasures. Their land is also full of horses; neither is there any end to their chariots.


book: Isa
contenido:
Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, what their own fingers have made.


book: Isa
contenido:
And the common man is bowed down [before idols], also the great man is brought low and humbles himself—therefore forgive them not [O Lord].


book: Isa
contenido:
Enter into the rock and hide yourself in the dust from before the terror of the Lord and from the glory of His majesty.


book: Isa
contenido:
The proud looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be humbled; and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.


book: Isa
contenido:
For there shall be a day of the Lord of hosts against all who are proud and haughty and against all who are lifted up—and they shall be brought low—


book: Isa
contenido:
[The wrath of God will begin by coming down] against all the cedars of Lebanon [west of the Jordan] that are high and lifted up, and against all the oaks of Bashan [east of the Jordan],


book: Isa
contenido:
And against all the ships of Tarshish and all the picturesque and desirable imagery [designed for mere ornament and luxury].


book: Isa
contenido:
Then the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.


book: Isa
contenido:
Then shall [the stricken, deprived of all in which they had trusted] go into the caves of the rocks and into the holes of the earth from before the terror and dread of the Lord and from before the glory of His majesty, when He arises to shake mightily and terribly the earth.


book: Isa
contenido:
In that day men shall cast away to the moles and to the bats their idols of silver and their idols of gold, which they made for themselves to worship,


book: Isa
contenido:
To go into the caverns of the rocks and into the clefts of the ragged rocks from before the terror and dread of the Lord and from before the glory of His majesty, when He rises to shake mightily and terribly the earth.


book: Isa
contenido:
Cease to trust in [weak, frail, and dying] man, whose breath is in his nostrils [for so short a time]; in what sense can he be counted as having intrinsic worth?


book: Isa
contenido:
For behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff [every kind of prop], the whole stay of bread and the whole stay of water,


book: Isa
contenido:
The mighty man and the man of war, the judge and the [professional] prophet, the one who foretells by divination and the old man,


book: Isa
contenido:
The captain of fifty and the man of rank, the counselor and the expert craftsman and the skillful enchanter.


book: Isa
contenido:
And I will make boys their princes, and with childishness shall they rule over them [with outrage instead of justice].


book: Isa
contenido:
And the people shall be oppressed, each one by another, and each one by his neighbor; the child shall behave himself proudly and with insolence against the old man, and the lowborn against the honorable [person of rank].


book: Isa
contenido:
When a man shall take hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying, You have a robe, you shall be our judge and ruler, and this heap of ruins shall be under your control—


book: Isa
contenido:
In that day he will answer, saying, I will not be a healer and one who binds up; I am not a physician. For in my house is neither bread nor clothing; you shall not make me judge and ruler of the people.


book: Isa
contenido:
For Jerusalem is ruined and Judah is fallen, because their speech and their deeds are against the Lord, to provoke the eyes of His glory and defy His glorious presence.


book: Isa
contenido:
Their respecting of persons and showing of partiality witnesses against them; they proclaim their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to them! For they have brought evil [as a reward upon themselves].


book: Isa
contenido:
As for My people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O My people, your leaders cause you to err, and they confuse (destroy and swallow up) the course of your paths.


book: Isa
contenido:
The Lord enters into judgment with the elders of His people and their princes: For [by your exactions and oppressions you have robbed the people and ruined the country] you have devoured the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.


book: Isa
contenido:
What do you mean by crushing My people and grinding the faces of the poor? says the Lord God of hosts.


book: Isa
contenido:
Moreover, the Lord said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty and walk with outstretched necks and with undisciplined (flirtatious and alluring) eyes, tripping along with mincing and affected gait, and making a tinkling noise with [the anklets on] their feet,


book: Isa
contenido:
Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the heads of the daughters of Zion [making them bald], and the Lord will cause them to be [taken as captives and to suffer the indignity of being] stripped naked.


book: Isa
contenido:
In that day the Lord will take away the finery of their tinkling anklets, the caps of network, the crescent head ornaments,


book: Isa
contenido:
The headbands, the short ankle chains [attached from one foot to the other to insure a measured gait], the sashes, the perfume boxes, the amulets or charms [suspended from the ears or neck],


book: Isa
contenido:
The hand mirrors, the fine linen [undergarments], the turbans, and the [whole body-enveloping] veils.


book: Isa
contenido:
And it shall come to pass that instead of the sweet odor of spices there shall be the stench of rottenness; and instead of a girdle, a rope; and instead of well-set hair, baldness; and instead of a rich robe, a girding of sackcloth; and searing [of captives by the scorching heat] instead of beauty.


book: Isa
contenido:
And [Jerusalem’s] gates shall lament and mourn [as those who wail for the dead]; and she, being ruined and desolate, shall sit upon the ground.


book: Isa
contenido:
And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread and provide our own apparel; only let us be called by your name to take away our reproach [of being unmarried].


book: Isa
contenido:
In that day the Branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land shall be excellent and lovely to those of Israel who have escaped.


book: Isa
contenido:
And he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy, everyone who is recorded for life in Jerusalem and for eternal life,


book: Isa
contenido:
After the Lord has washed away the [moral] filth of the daughters of Zion [pride, vanity, haughtiness] and has purged the bloodstains of Jerusalem from the midst of it by the spirit and blast of judgment and by the spirit and blast of burning and sifting.


book: Isa
contenido:
And the Lord will create over the whole site, over every dwelling place of Mount Zion and over her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory shall be a canopy (a defense of divine love and protection).


book: Isa
contenido:
And there shall be a pavilion for shade in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge and a shelter from storm and from rain.


book: Isa
contenido:
Let me [as God’s representative] sing of and for my greatly Beloved [God, the Son] a tender song of my Beloved concerning His vineyard [His chosen people]. My greatly Beloved had a vineyard on a very fruitful hill.


book: Isa
contenido:
And He dug and trenched the ground and gathered out the stones from it and planted it with the choicest vine and built a tower in the midst of it and hewed out a winepress in it. And He looked for it to bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.


book: Isa
contenido:
And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, between Me and My vineyard [My people, says the Lord].


book: Isa
contenido:
What more could have been done for My vineyard that I have not done in it? When I looked for it to bring forth grapes, why did it yield wild grapes?


book: Isa
contenido:
And now I will tell you what I will do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be eaten and burned up; and I will break down its wall, and it shall be trodden down [by enemies].


book: Isa
contenido:
And I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned or cultivated, but there shall come up briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.


book: Isa
contenido:
For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah His pleasant planting [the plant of His delight]. And He looked for justice, but behold, [He saw] oppression and bloodshed; [He looked] for righteousness (for uprightness and right standing with God), but behold, [He heard] a cry [of oppression and distress]!


book: Isa
contenido:
Woe to those who join house to house [and by violently expelling the poorer occupants enclose large acreage] and join field to field until there is no place for others and you are made to dwell alone in the midst of the land!


book: Isa
contenido:
In my [Isaiah’s] ears the Lord of hosts said, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and beautiful ones shall be without inhabitant.


book: Isa
contenido:
For ten acres of vineyard shall yield only about eight gallons, and ten bushels of seed will produce but one bushel.


book: Isa
contenido:
Woe unto those who rise early in the morning, that they may pursue strong drink, who tarry late into the night till wine inflames them!


book: Isa
contenido:
They have lyre and harp, tambourine and flute and wine at their feasts, but they do not regard the deeds of the Lord, neither do they consider the operation of His hands [in mercy and in judgment].


book: Isa
contenido:
Therefore My people go into captivity [to their enemies] without knowing it and because they have no knowledge [of God]. And their honorable men [their glory] are famished, and their common people are parched with thirst.


book: Isa
contenido:
Therefore Sheol (the unseen state, the realm of the dead) has enlarged its appetite and opened its mouth without measure; and [Jerusalem’s] nobility and her multitude and her pomp and tumult and [the drunken reveler] who exults in her descend into it.


book: Isa
contenido:
And the common man is bowed down, and the great man is brought low, and the eyes of the haughty are humbled.


book: Isa
contenido:
But the Lord of hosts is exalted in justice, and God, the Holy One, shows Himself holy in righteousness and through righteous judgments.


book: Isa
contenido:
Then shall the lambs feed [among the ruins] as in their own pasture, and [among] the desolate places of the [exiled] rich shall sojourners and aliens eat.


book: Isa
contenido:
Woe to those who draw [calamity] with cords of iniquity and falsehood, who bring punishment to themselves with a cart rope of wickedness,


book: Isa
contenido:
Who say, Let [the Holy One] make haste and speed His [prophesied] vengeance, that we may see it; and let the purpose of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, that we may know it!


book: Isa
contenido:
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!


book: Isa
contenido:
Woe to those who are mighty heroes at drinking wine and men of strength in mixing alcoholic drinks!—


book: Isa
contenido:
Who justify and acquit the guilty for a bribe, but take away the rights of the innocent and righteous from them!


book: Isa
contenido:
Therefore, as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, and as the dry grass sinks down in the flame, so their root shall be like rottenness and their blossom shall go up like fine dust—because they have rejected and cast away the law and the teaching of the Lord of hosts and have not believed but have treated scornfully and have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.


book: Isa
contenido:
Therefore is the anger of the Lord kindled against His people, and He has stretched forth His hand against them and has smitten them. And the mountains trembled, and their dead bodies were like dung and sweepings in the midst of the streets. For all this, His anger is not turned away, but His hand is still stretched out [in judgment].


book: Isa
contenido:
And He will lift up a signal to call together a hostile people from afar [to execute His judgment on Judea], and will hiss for them from the end of the earth [as bees are hissed from their hives], and behold, they shall come with speed, swiftly!


book: Isa
contenido:
None is weary or stumbles among them, none slumbers or sleeps; nor is the girdle of their loins loosed or the latchet (thong) of their shoes broken;


book: Isa
contenido:
Their arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent; their horses’ hoofs seem like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind.


book: Isa
contenido:
Their roaring is like that of a lioness, they roar like young lions; they growl and seize their prey and carry it safely away, and there is none to deliver it.


book: Isa
contenido:
And in that day they [the army from afar] shall roar against [the Jews] like the roaring of the sea. And if one looks to the land, behold, there is darkness and distress; and the light [itself] will be darkened by the clouds of it.


book: Isa
contenido:
In the year that King Uzziah died, [in a vision] I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and the skirts of His train filled the [most holy part of the] temple.


book: Isa
contenido:
Above Him stood the seraphim; each had six wings: with two [each] covered his [own] face, and with two [each] covered his feet, and with two [each] flew.


book: Isa
contenido:
And one cried to another and said, Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory!


book: Isa
contenido:
And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who cried, and the house was filled with smoke.


book: Isa
contenido:
Then said I, Woe is me! For I am undone and ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!


book: Isa
contenido:
Then flew one of the seraphim [heavenly beings] to me, having a live coal in his hand which he had taken with tongs from off the altar;


book: Isa
contenido:
And with it he touched my mouth and said, Behold, this has touched your lips; your iniquity and guilt are taken away, and your sin is completely atoned for and forgiven.


book: Isa
contenido:
Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send? And who will go for Us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.


book: Isa
contenido:
And He said, Go and tell this people, Hear and hear continually, but understand not; and see and see continually, but do not apprehend with your mind.


book: Isa
contenido:
Make the heart of this people fat; and make their ears heavy and shut their eyes, lest they see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their hearts and turn again and be healed.


book: Isa
contenido:
Then said I, Lord, how long? And He answered, Until cities lie waste without inhabitant and houses without man, and the land is utterly desolate,


book: Isa
contenido:
And the Lord removes [His] people far away, and the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.


book: Isa
contenido:
And though a tenth [of the people] remain in the land, it will be for their destruction [eaten up and burned] like a terebinth tree or like an oak whose stump and substance remain when they are felled or have cast their leaves. The holy seed [the elect remnant] is the stump and substance [of Israel].


book: Isa
contenido:
In the days of Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, Rezin the king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel went up to Jerusalem to wage war against it, but they could not conquer it.


book: Isa
contenido:
And the house of David [Judah] was told, Syria is allied with Ephraim [Israel]. And the heart [of Ahaz] and the hearts of his people trembled and shook, as the trees of the forest tremble and shake with the wind.


book: Isa
contenido:
Then said the Lord to Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Judah’s King Ahaz, you and your son Shear-jashub [a remnant shall return], at the end of the aqueduct or canal of the Upper Pool on the highway to the Fuller’s Field;


book: Isa
contenido:
And say to him, Take heed and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted because of these two stumps of smoking firebrands—at the fierce anger of [the Syrian King] Rezin and Syria and of the son of Remaliah [Pekah, usurper of the throne of Israel].


book: Isa
contenido:
Because Syria, Ephraim [Israel], and the son of Remaliah have purposed evil against you [Judah], saying,


book: Isa
contenido:
Let us go up against Judah and harass and terrify it; and let us cleave it asunder [each of us taking a portion], and set a [vassal] king in the midst of it, namely the son of Tabeel,


book: Isa
contenido:
For the head [the capital] of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is [King] Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be broken to pieces so that it will no longer be a people.


book: Isa
contenido:
And the head (the capital) of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son [Pekah]. If you will not believe and trust and rely [on God and on the words of God’s prophet instead of Assyria], surely you will not be established nor will you remain.


book: Isa
contenido:
Ask for yourself a sign (a token or proof) of the Lord your God [one that will convince you that God has spoken and will keep His word]; ask it either in the depth below or in the height above [let it be as deep as Sheol or as high as heaven].


book: Isa
contenido:
And [Isaiah] said, Hear then, O house of David! Is it a small thing for you to weary and try the patience of men, but will you weary and try the patience of my God also?


book: Isa
contenido:
Therefore the Lord Himself shall give you a sign: Behold, the young woman who is unmarried and a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel [God with us].


book: Isa
contenido:
Butter and curds and wild honey shall he eat when he knows [enough] to refuse the evil and choose the good.


book: Isa
contenido:
For before the child shall know [enough] to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land [Canaan] whose two kings you abhor and of whom you are in sickening dread shall be forsaken [both Ephraim and Syria].


book: Isa
contenido:
The Lord shall bring upon you and upon your people and upon your father’s house such days as have not come since the day that Ephraim [the ten northern tribes] departed from Judah—even the king of Assyria.


book: Isa
contenido:
And in that day the Lord shall whistle for the fly [the numerous and troublesome foe] that is in the whole extent of the canal country of Egypt and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.


book: Isa
contenido:
And these [enemies like flies and bees] shall come and shall rest all of them in the desolate and rugged valleys and deep ravines and in the clefts of the rocks, and on all the thornbushes and on all the pastures.


book: Isa
contenido:
In the same day [will the people of Judah be utterly stripped of belongings], the Lord will shave with the razor that is hired from the parts beyond the River [Euphrates]—even with the king of Assyria—[that razor will shave] the head and the hair of the legs, and it shall also consume the beard [leaving Judah with open shame and scorn].


book: Isa
contenido:
And [because of the desolation brought on by the invaders] in that day, a man will [be so poor that he will] keep alive only a young milk cow and two sheep.


book: Isa
contenido:
And because of the abundance of milk that they will give, he will eat butter and curds, for [only] butter and curds and [wild] honey [no vegetables] shall everyone eat who is left in the land [these products provided from the extensive pastures and the plentiful wild flowers upon which the bees depend].


book: Isa
contenido:
And in that day, in every place where there used to be a thousand vines worth a thousand silver shekels, there will be briers and thorns.


book: Isa
contenido:
With arrows and with bows shall a man come [to hunt] there, because all the land will be briers and thorns.


book: Isa
contenido:
And as for all the hills that were formerly cultivated with mattock and hoe, you will not go there for fear of briers and thorns; but they will become a place where oxen are let loose to pasture and where sheep tread.


book: Isa
contenido:
Then the Lord said to me, Take a large tablet [of wood, metal, or stone] and write upon it with a graving tool and in ordinary characters [which the humblest man can read]: Belonging to Maher-shalal-hash-baz [they (the Assyrians) hasten to the spoil (of Syria and Israel), they speed to the prey].


book: Isa
contenido:
And I took faithful witnesses to record and attest [this prophecy] for me, Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberechiah.


book: Isa
contenido:
And I approached [my wife] the prophetess, and when she had conceived and borne a son, the Lord said to me, Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz [as a continual reminder to the people of the prophecy],


book: Isa
contenido:
For before the child knows how to say, My father or my mother, the riches of Damascus [Syria’s capital] and the spoil of Samaria [Israel’s capital] shall be carried away before the king of Assyria.


book: Isa
contenido:
Because this people [Israel and Judah] have refused and despised the waters of Shiloah [Siloam, the only perennial fountain of Jerusalem, and symbolic of God’s protection and sustaining power] that go gently, and rejoice in and with Rezin [the king of Syria] and Remaliah’s son [Pekah the king of Israel],


book: Isa
contenido:
Now therefore, behold, the Lord brings upon them the waters of the River [Euphrates], strong and many—even the king of Assyria and all the glory [of his gorgeous retinue]; and it will rise over all its channels, brooks, valleys, and canals and extend far beyond its banks;


book: Isa
contenido:
And it will sweep on into Judah; it will overflow and go over [the hills], reaching even [but only] to the neck [of which Jerusalem is the head], and the outstretched wings [of the armies of Assyria] shall fill the breadth of Your land, O Immanuel [Messiah, God is with us]!


book: Isa
contenido:
Make an uproar and be broken in pieces, O you peoples [rage, raise the war cry, do your worst, and be utterly dismayed]! Give ear, all you [our enemies] of far countries. Gird yourselves [for war], and be thrown into consternation! Gird yourselves, and be [utterly] dismayed!


book: Isa
contenido:
Take counsel together [against Judah], but it shall come to nought; speak the word, but it will not stand, for God is with us [Immanuel]!


book: Isa
contenido:
For the Lord spoke thus to me with His strong hand [upon me], and warned and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,


book: Isa
contenido:
Do not call conspiracy [or hard, or holy] all that this people will call conspiracy [or hard, or holy]; neither be in fear of what they fear, nor [make others afraid and] in dread.


book: Isa
contenido:
The Lord of hosts—regard Him as holy and honor His holy name [by regarding Him as your only hope of safety], and let Him be your fear and let Him be your dread [lest you offend Him by your fear of man and distrust of Him].


book: Isa
contenido:
And He shall be a sanctuary [a sacred and indestructible asylum to those who reverently fear and trust in Him]; but He shall be a Stone of stumbling and a Rock of offense to both the houses of Israel, a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.


book: Isa
contenido:
And many among them shall stumble thereon; and they shall fall and be broken, and be snared and taken.


book: Isa
contenido:
And I will wait for the Lord, Who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob; and I will look for and hope in Him.


book: Isa
contenido:
Behold, I and the children whom the Lord has given me are signs and wonders [that are to take place] in Israel from the Lord of hosts, Who dwells on Mount Zion.


book: Isa
contenido:
And when the people [instead of putting their trust in God] shall say to you, Consult for direction mediums and wizards who chirp and mutter, should not a people seek and consult their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?


book: Isa
contenido:
[Direct such people] to the teaching and to the testimony! If their teachings are not in accord with this word, it is surely because there is no dawn and no morning for them.


book: Isa
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And they [who consult mediums and wizards] shall pass through [the land] sorely distressed and hungry; and when they are hungry, they will fret, and will curse by their king and their God; and whether they look upward


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Or look to the earth, they will behold only distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish, and into thick darkness and widespread, obscure night they shall be driven away.


book: Isa
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But [in the midst of judgment there is the promise and the certainty of the Lord’s deliverance and] there shall be no gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time [the Lord] brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time He will make it glorious, by the way of the Sea [of Galilee, the land] beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.


book: Isa
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The people who walked in darkness have seen a great Light; those who dwelt in the land of intense darkness and the shadow of death, upon them has the Light shined.


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You [O Lord] have multiplied the nation and increased their joy; they rejoice before You like the joy in harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the spoil [of battle].


book: Isa
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For the yoke of [Israel’s] burden, and the staff or rod for [goading] their shoulders, the rod of their oppressor, You have broken as in the day of [Gideon with] Midian.


book: Isa
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For every [tramping] warrior’s war boots and all his armor in the battle tumult and every garment rolled in blood shall be burned as fuel for the fire.


book: Isa
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For to us a Child is born, to us a Son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder, and His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father [of Eternity], Prince of Peace.


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Of the increase of His government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from the [latter] time forth, even forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.


book: Isa
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The Lord has sent a word against Jacob [the ten tribes], and it has lighted upon Israel [the ten tribes, the kingdom of Ephraim].


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And all the people shall know it—even Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria [its capital]—who said in pride and stoutness of heart,


book: Isa
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The bricks have fallen, but we will build [all the better] with hewn stones; the sycamores have been cut down, but we will put [costlier] cedars in their place.


book: Isa
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Therefore the Lord has stirred up the adversaries [the Assyrians] of Rezin [king of Syria] against [Ephraim], and He will stir up their enemies and arm and join them together,


book: Isa
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The Syrians [compelled to fight with their enemies, going] before [on the east] and the Philistines behind [on the west]; and they will devour Israel with open mouth. For all this, [God’s] anger is not [then] turned away, but His hand is still stretched out [in judgment].


book: Isa
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Yet the people turn not to Him Who smote them, neither do they seek [inquire for or require as their vital need] the Lord of hosts.


book: Isa
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Therefore the Lord will cut off from Israel head and tail [the highest and the lowest]—[high] palm branch and [low] rush in one day;


book: Isa
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For they who lead this people cause them to err, and they who are led [astray] by them are swallowed up (destroyed).


book: Isa
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Therefore the Lord will not rejoice over their young men, neither will He have compassion on their fatherless and widows, for everyone is profane and an evildoer, and every mouth speaks folly. For all this, [God’s] anger is not turned away, but His hand is still stretched out [in judgment].


book: Isa
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For wickedness burns like a fire; it devours the briers and thorns, and it kindles in the thickets of the forest; they roll upward in a column of smoke.


book: Isa
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Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts the land is darkened and burned up, and the people are like fuel for the fire; no man spares his brother.


book: Isa
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They snatch in discord on the right hand, but are still hungry [their cruelty not diminished]; and they devour and destroy on the left hand, but are not satisfied. Each devours and destroys his own flesh [and blood] or his neighbor’s.


book: Isa
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Manasseh [thirsts for the blood of his brother] Ephraim, and Ephraim [for that of] Manasseh; but together they are against Judah. For all this, [God’s] anger is not turned away, but His hand is still stretched out [in judgment].


book: Isa
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Woe to those [judges] who issue unrighteous decrees, and to the magistrates who keep causing unjust and oppressive decisions to be recorded,


book: Isa
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To turn aside the needy from justice and to make plunder of the rightful claims of the poor of My people, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!


book: Isa
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And what will you do in the day of visitation [of God’s wrath], and in the desolation which shall come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? And where will you deposit [for safekeeping] your wealth and with whom leave your glory?


book: Isa
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Without Me they shall bow down among the prisoners, and they shall fall [overwhelmed] under the heaps of the slain [on the battlefield]. For all this, [God’s] anger is not turned away, but His hand is still stretched out [in judgment].


book: Isa
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Woe to the Assyrian, the rod of My anger, the staff in whose hand is My indignation and fury [against Israel’s disobedience]!


book: Isa
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I send [the Assyrian] against a hypocritical and godless nation and against the people of My wrath; I command him to take the spoil and to seize the prey and to tread them down like the mire in the streets.


book: Isa
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However, this is not his intention [nor is the Assyrian aware that he is doing this at My bidding], neither does his mind so think and plan; but it is in his mind to destroy and cut off many nations.


book: Isa
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Is not Calno [of Babylonia conquered] like Carchemish [on the Euphrates]? Is not Hamath [in Upper Syria] like Arpad [her neighbor]? Is not Samaria [in Israel] like Damascus [in Syria]? [Have any of these cities been able to resist Assyria? Not one!]


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As my hand has reached to the kingdoms of the idols [which were unable to defend them,] whose graven images were more to be feared and dreaded and more mighty than those of Jerusalem and of Samaria—


book: Isa
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Shall I not be able to do to Jerusalem and her images as I have done to Samaria and her idols? [says the Assyrian]


book: Isa
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Therefore when the Lord has completed all His work [of chastisement and purification to be executed] on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, it shall be that He will inflict punishment on the fruit [the thoughts, words, and deeds] of the stout and arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the haughtiness of his pride.


book: Isa
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For [the Assyrian king] has said, I have done it solely by the power of my own hand and wisdom, for I have insight and understanding. I have removed the boundaries of the peoples and have robbed their treasures; and like a bull I have brought down those who sat on thrones and the inhabitants.


book: Isa
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And my hand has found like a nest the wealth of the people; and as one gathers eggs that are forsaken, so I have gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved its wing, or that opened its mouth or chirped.


book: Isa
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Shall the ax boast itself against him who chops with it? Or shall the saw magnify itself against him who wields it back and forth? As if a rod should wield those who lift it up, or as if a staff should lift itself up as if it were not wood [but a man of God]!


book: Isa
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Therefore will the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send leanness among [the Assyrian’s] fat ones; and instead of his glory or under it He will kindle a burning like the burning of fire.


book: Isa
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And the Light of Israel shall become a fire and His Holy One a flame, and it will burn and devour [the Assyrian’s] thorns and briers in one day.


book: Isa
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[The Lord] will consume the glory of the [Assyrian’s] forest and of his fruitful field, both soul and body; and it shall be as when a sick man pines away or a standard-bearer faints.


book: Isa
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And it shall be in that day that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more lean upon him who smote them, but will lean upon the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.


book: Isa
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For though your population, O Israel, be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of it will return [and survive]. The [fully completed] destruction is decreed (decided upon and brought to an issue); it overflows with justice and righteousness [the infliction of just punishment].


book: Isa
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For the Lord, the Lord of hosts, will make a full end, whatever is determined or decreed [in Israel], in the midst of all the earth.


book: Isa
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Therefore thus says the Lord, the Lord of hosts, O My people who dwell in Zion, do not be afraid of the Assyrian, who smites you with a rod and lifts up his staff against you, as [the king of] Egypt did.


book: Isa
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For yet a little while and My indignation against you shall be accomplished, and My anger shall be directed to destruction [of the Assyrian].


book: Isa
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And the Lord of hosts shall stir up and brandish a scourge against them as when He smote Midian at the rock of Oreb; and as His rod was over the [Red] Sea, so shall He lift it up as He did in [the flight from] Egypt.


book: Isa
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And it shall be in that day that the burden of [the Assyrian] shall depart from your shoulders, and his yoke from your neck. The yoke shall be destroyed because of fatness [which prevents it from going around your neck].


book: Isa
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[The Assyrian with his army comes to Judah]. He arrives at Aiath; he passes through Migron; at Michmash he gets rid of his baggage [by storing it].


book: Isa
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They go through the pass, they make Geba their camping place for the night; Ramah is afraid and trembles, Gibeah [the city] of [King] Saul flees.


book: Isa
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Cry aloud [in consternation], O Daughter of Gallim! Hearken, O Laishah! [Answer her] O you poor Anathoth!


book: Isa
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Madmenah is in flight; the inhabitants of Gebim seize their belongings and make their households flee for safety.


book: Isa
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This very day [the Assyrian] will halt at Nob [the city of priests], shaking his fist at the mountain of the Daughter of Zion, at the hill of Jerusalem.


book: Isa
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[But just when the Assyrian is in sight of his goal] behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, will lop off the beautiful boughs with terrorizing force; the high in stature will be hewn down and the lofty will be brought low.


book: Isa
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And He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an ax, and Lebanon [the Assyrian] with its majestic trees shall fall by the Mighty One and mightily.


book: Isa
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And there shall come forth a Shoot out of the stock of Jesse [David’s father], and a Branch out of his roots shall grow and bear fruit.


book: Isa
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And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the reverential and obedient fear of the Lord—


book: Isa
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And shall make Him of quick understanding, and His delight shall be in the reverential and obedient fear of the Lord. And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes, neither decide by the hearing of His ears;


book: Isa
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But with righteousness and justice shall He judge the poor and decide with fairness for the meek, the poor, and the downtrodden of the earth; and He shall smite the earth and the oppressor with the rod of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked.


book: Isa
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And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf and the young lion and the fatted domestic animal together; and a little child shall lead them.


book: Isa
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And the cow and the bear shall feed side by side, their young shall lie down together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.


book: Isa
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And the sucking child shall play over the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder’s den.


book: Isa
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They shall not hurt or destroy in all My holy mountain, for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.


book: Isa
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And it shall be in that day that the Root of Jesse shall stand as a signal for the peoples; of Him shall the nations inquire and seek knowledge, and His dwelling shall be glory [His rest glorious]!


book: Isa
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And in that day the Lord shall again lift up His hand a second time to recover (acquire and deliver) the remnant of His people which is left, from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Pathros, from Ethiopia, from Elam [in Persia], from Shinar [Babylonia], from Hamath [in Upper Syria], and from the countries bordering on the [Mediterranean] Sea.


book: Isa
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And He will raise up a signal for the nations and will assemble the outcasts of Israel and will gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.


book: Isa
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The envy and jealousy of Ephraim also shall depart, and they who vex and harass Judah from outside or inside shall be cut off; Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex and harass Ephraim.


book: Isa
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But [with united forces Ephraim and Judah] will swoop down upon the shoulders of the Philistines’ [land sloping] toward the west; together they will strip the people on the east [the Arabs]. They will lay their hands upon Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will obey them.


book: Isa
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And the Lord will utterly destroy (doom and dry up) the tongue of the Egyptian sea [the west fork of the Red Sea]; and with His [mighty] scorching wind He will wave His hand over the river [Nile] and will smite it into seven channels and will cause men to cross over dry-shod.


book: Isa
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And there shall be a highway from Assyria for the remnant left of His people, as there was for Israel when they came up out of the land of Egypt.


book: Isa
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And in that day you will say, I will give thanks to You, O Lord; for though You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You comfort me.


book: Isa
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Behold, God, my salvation! I will trust and not be afraid, for the Lord God is my strength and song; yes, He has become my salvation.


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And in that day you will say, Give thanks to the Lord, call upon His name and by means of His name [in solemn entreaty]; declare and make known His deeds among the peoples of the earth, proclaim that His name is exalted!


book: Isa
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Sing praises to the Lord, for He has done excellent things [gloriously]; let this be made known to all the earth.


book: Isa
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Cry aloud and shout joyfully, you women and inhabitants of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.


book: Isa
contenido:
The mournful, inspired prediction (a burden to be lifted up) concerning Babylon which Isaiah son of Amoz saw [with prophetic insight]:


book: Isa
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Raise up a signal banner upon the high and bare mountain, summon them [the Medes and Persians] with loud voice and beckoning hand that they may enter the gates of the [Babylonian] nobles.


book: Isa
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I Myself [says the Lord] have commanded My designated ones and have summoned My mighty men to execute My anger, even My proudly exulting ones [the Medes and Persians]—those who are made to triumph for My honor.


book: Isa
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Hark, the uproar of a multitude in the mountains, like that of a great people! The noise of the tumult of the kingdoms of the nations gathering together! The Lord of hosts is mustering the host for the battle.


book: Isa
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They come from a distant country, from the uttermost part of the heavens [the far east]—even the Lord and the weapons of His indignation—to seize and destroy the whole land.


book: Isa
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Wail, for the day of the Lord is at hand; as destruction from the Almighty and Sufficient One [Shaddai] will it come!


book: Isa
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And they [of Babylon] shall be dismayed and terrified, pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman in childbirth. They will gaze stupefied and aghast at one another, their faces will be aflame [from the effects of the unprecedented warfare].


book: Isa
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Behold, the day of the Lord is coming!—fierce, with wrath and raging anger—to make the land and the [whole] earth a desolation and to destroy out of it its sinners.


book: Isa
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For the stars of the heavens and their constellations will not give their light; the sun will be darkened at its rising and the moon will not shed its light.


book: Isa
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And I, the Lord, will punish the world for its evil, and the wicked for their guilt and iniquity; I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible and the boasting of the violent and ruthless.


book: Isa
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Therefore I will make the heavens tremble; and the earth shall be shaken out of its place at the wrath of the Lord of hosts in the day of His fierce anger.


book: Isa
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And like the chased roe or gazelle, and like sheep that no man gathers, each [foreign resident] will turn to his own people, and each will flee to his own land.


book: Isa
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Everyone who is found will be thrust through, and everyone who is connected with the slain and is caught will fall by the sword.


book: Isa
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Their infants also will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered and their wives ravished.


book: Isa
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Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who have no regard for silver and do not delight in gold [and thus cannot be bribed].


book: Isa
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Their bows will cut down the young men [of Babylon]; and they will have no pity on the fruit of the womb, their eyes will not spare children.


book: Isa
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And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans’ pride, shall be like Sodom and Gomorrah when God overthrew them.


book: Isa
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[Babylon] shall never be inhabited or dwelt in from generation to generation; neither shall the Arab pitch his tent there, nor shall the shepherds make their sheepfolds there.


book: Isa
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But wild beasts of the desert will lie down there, and the people’s houses will be full of dolefully howling creatures; and ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats [like demons] will dance there.


book: Isa
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And wolves and howling creatures will cry and answer in the deserted castles, and jackals in the pleasant palaces. And [Babylon’s] time has nearly come, and her days will not be prolonged.


book: Isa
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For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob [the captive Jews in Babylon] and will again choose Israel and set them in their own land; and foreigners [who are proselytes] will join them and will cleave to the house of Jacob (Israel).


book: Isa
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And the peoples [of Babylonia] shall take them and bring them to their own country [of Judea] and help restore them. And the house of Israel will possess [the foreigners who prefer to stay with] them in the land of the Lord as male and female servants; and they will take captive [not by physical but by moral might] those whose captives they have been, and they will rule over their [former] oppressors.


book: Isa
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When the Lord has given you rest from your sorrow and pain and from your trouble and unrest and from the hard service with which you were made to serve,


book: Isa
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You shall take up this [taunting] parable against the king of Babylon and say, How the oppressor has stilled [the restless insolence]! The golden and exacting city has ceased!


book: Isa
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Who smote the peoples in anger with incessant blows and trod down the nations in wrath with unrelenting persecution—[until] he who smote is persecuted and no one hinders any more.


book: Isa
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Yes, the fir trees and cypresses rejoice at you [O kings of Babylon], even the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since you have been laid low, no woodcutter comes up against us.


book: Isa
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Sheol (Hades, the place of the dead) below is stirred up to meet you at your coming [O tyrant Babylonian rulers]; it stirs up the shades of the dead to greet you—even all the chief ones of the earth; it raises from their thrones [in astonishment at your humbled condition] all the kings of the nations.


book: Isa
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All of them will [tauntingly] say to you, Have you also become weak as we are? Have you become like us?


book: Isa
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Your pomp and magnificence are brought down to Sheol (the underworld), along with the sound of your harps; the maggots [which prey upon dead bodies] are spread out under you and worms cover you [O Babylonian rulers].


book: Isa
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How have you fallen from heaven, O light-bringer and daystar, son of the morning! How you have been cut down to the ground, you who weakened and laid low the nations [O blasphemous, satanic king of Babylon!]


book: Isa
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And you said in your heart, I will ascend to heaven; I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will sit upon the mount of assembly in the uttermost north.


book: Isa
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Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol (Hades), to the innermost recesses of the pit (the region of the dead).


book: Isa
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Those who see you will gaze at you and consider you, saying, Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook kingdoms?—


book: Isa
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Who made the world like a wilderness and overthrew its cities, who would not permit his prisoners to return home?


book: Isa
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All the kings of the nations, all of them lie sleeping in glorious array, each one in his own sepulcher.


book: Isa
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But you are cast away from your tomb like a loathed growth or premature birth or an abominable branch [of the family] and like the raiment of the slain; and you are clothed with the slain, those thrust through with the sword, who go down to the stones of the pit [into which carcasses are thrown], like a dead body trodden underfoot.


book: Isa
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You shall not be joined with them in burial, because you have destroyed your land and have slain your people. May the descendants of evildoers nevermore be named!


book: Isa
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Prepare a slaughtering place for his sons because of the guilt and iniquity of their fathers, so that they may not rise, possess the earth, and fill the face of the world with cities.


book: Isa
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And I will rise up against them, says the Lord of hosts, and cut off from Babylon name and remnant, and son and son’s son, says the Lord.


book: Isa
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I will also make it a possession of the hedgehog and porcupine, and of marshes and pools of water, and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction, says the Lord of hosts.


book: Isa
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The Lord of hosts has sworn, saying, Surely, as I have thought and planned, so shall it come to pass, and as I have purposed, so shall it stand—


book: Isa
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That I will break the Assyrian in My land, and upon My mountains I will tread him underfoot. Then shall the [Assyrian’s] yoke depart from [the people of Judah], and his burden depart from their shoulders.


book: Isa
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This is the [Lord’s] purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth [regarded as conquered and put under tribute by Assyria]; and this is [His omnipotent] hand that is stretched out over all the nations.


book: Isa
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For the Lord of hosts has purposed, and who can annul it? And His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?


book: Isa
contenido:
In the year that King Ahaz [of Judah] died there came this mournful, inspired prediction (a burden to be lifted up):


book: Isa
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Rejoice not, O Philistia, all of you, because the rod [of Judah] that smote you is broken; for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth an adder [King Hezekiah of Judah], and its [the serpent’s] offspring will be a fiery, flying serpent.


book: Isa
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And the firstborn of the poor and the poorest of the poor [of Judah] shall feed on My meadows, and the needy will lie down in safety; but I will kill your root with famine, and your remnant shall be slain.


book: Isa
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Howl, O gate! Cry, O city! Melt away, O Philistia, all of you! For there is coming a smoke out of the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks and none stands aloof [in Hezekiah’s battalions].


book: Isa
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What then shall one answer the messengers of the [Philistine] nation? That the Lord has founded Zion, and in her shall the poor and afflicted of His people trust and find refuge.


book: Isa
contenido:
The mournful, inspired prediction (a burden to be lifted up) concerning Moab: Because in a night Ar of Moab is laid waste and brought to silence! Because in a night Kir of Moab is laid waste and brought to silence!


book: Isa
contenido:
They are gone up to Bayith and to Dibon, to the high places to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and over Medeba; on all their heads is baldness, and every beard is cut off [as a sign of deep sorrow and humiliation].


book: Isa
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In their streets they gird themselves with sackcloth; on the tops of their houses and in their broad places everyone wails, weeping abundantly.


book: Isa
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And Heshbon and Elealeh [cities in possession of Moab] cry out; their voice is heard even to Jahaz. Therefore the armed soldiers of Moab cry out; [Moab’s] life is grievous and trembles within him.


book: Isa
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My heart cries out for Moab; his nobles and other fugitives flee to Zoar, to Eglath-shelishiyah [like a heifer three years old]. For with weeping they go up the ascent of Luhith; for on the road to Horonaim they raise a cry of destruction.


book: Isa
contenido:
For the waters of Nimrim are desolations, for the grass is withered away and the new growth fails; there is no green thing.


book: Isa
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Therefore the abundance [of possessions] they have acquired and stored away they [now] carry over the willow brook and to the valley of the Arabians.


book: Isa
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For the cry [of distress] has gone round the borders of Moab; the wailing has reached to Eglaim, and the prolonged and mournful cry to Beer-elim.


book: Isa
contenido:
For the waters of Dimon are full of blood; yet I [the Lord] will bring even more on Dimon—a lion upon those of Moab who escape and upon the remnant of the land.


book: Isa
contenido:
You [Moabites, now fugitives in Edom, which is ruled by the king of Judah] send lambs to the ruler of the land, from Sela or Petra through the desert and wilderness to the mountain of the Daughter of Zion [Jerusalem].


book: Isa
contenido:
For like wandering birds, like a brood cast out and a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the [river] Arnon.


book: Isa
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[Say to the ruler] Give counsel, execute justice [for Moab, O king of Judah]; make your shade [over us] like night in the midst of noonday; hide the outcasts, betray not the fugitive to his pursuer.


book: Isa
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Let our outcasts of Moab dwell among you; be a sheltered hiding place to them from the destroyer. When the extortion and the extortioner have been brought to nought, and destruction has ceased, and the oppressors and they who trample men are consumed and have vanished out of the land,


book: Isa
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Then in mercy and loving-kindness shall a throne be established, and  One shall sit upon it in truth and faithfulness in the tent of David, judging and seeking justice and being swift to do righteousness.


book: Isa
contenido:
We have heard of the pride of Moab, that he is very proud—even of his arrogance, his conceit, his wrath, his untruthful boasting.


book: Isa
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Moab therefore shall wail for Moab; everyone shall wail. For the ruins, flagons of wine, and the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth you shall sigh and mourn, utterly stricken and discouraged.


book: Isa
contenido:
For the fields of Heshbon languish and wither, and the vines of Sibmah; the lords of the nations have broken down [Moab’s] choice vine branches, which reached even to Jazer, wandering into the wilderness; its shoots stretched out abroad, they passed over [the shores of] the [Dead] Sea.


book: Isa
contenido:
Therefore I [Isaiah] will weep with the weeping of Jazer for the vines of Sibmah. I will drench you with my tears, O Heshbon and Elealeh; for upon your summer fruits and your harvest the shout [of alarm and the cry of the enemy] has fallen.


book: Isa
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And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there is no singing, nor is there joyful sound; the treaders tread out no wine in the presses, for the shout of joy has been made to cease.


book: Isa
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Wherefore my heart sounds like a harp [in mournful compassion] for Moab, and my inner being [goes out] for Kir-hareseth [for those brick-walled citadels of his].


book: Isa
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It shall be that when Moab presents himself, when he wearies himself [worshiping] on the high place [of idolatry], he will come to his sanctuary [of Chemosh, god of Moab], but he will not prevail. [Then will he be ashamed of his god.]


book: Isa
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This is the word that the Lord has spoken concerning Moab since that time [when Moab’s pride and resistance to God were first known].


book: Isa
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But now the Lord has spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of a hireling [who will not serve longer than the allotted time], the glory of Moab shall be brought into contempt, in spite of all his mighty multitudes of people; and the remnant that survives will be very small, feeble, and of no account.


book: Isa
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The mournful, inspired prediction (a burden to be lifted up) concerning Damascus [capital of Syria, and Israel’s bulwark against Assyria]. Behold, Damascus will cease to be a city and will become a heap of ruins.


book: Isa
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The cities of Aroer [east of the Jordan] are forsaken; they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.


book: Isa
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His bulwark [Syria] and the fortress shall disappear from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus; and the remnant of Syria will be like the [departed] glory of the children of Israel [her ally], says the Lord of hosts.


book: Isa
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And in that day the former glory of Jacob [Israel—his might, his population, his prosperity] shall be enfeebled, and the fat of his flesh shall become lean.


book: Isa
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And it shall be as when the reaper gathers the standing grain and his arm harvests the ears; yes, it shall be as when one gathers the ears of grain in the fertile Valley of Rephaim.


book: Isa
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Yet gleanings [of grapes] shall be left in it [the land of Israel], as after the beating of an olive tree [with a stick], two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outermost branches of the fruitful tree, says the Lord, the God of Israel.


book: Isa
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And they will not look to the [idolatrous] altars, the work of their hands, neither will they have respect for what their fingers have made—either the Asherim [symbols of the goddess Asherah] or the sun-images.


book: Isa
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In that day will their [Syria’s and Israel’s] strong cities be like the forsaken places in the wood and on the mountaintop, as they [the Amorites and the Hivites] forsook their [cities] because of the children of Israel; and there will be desolation.


book: Isa
contenido:
Because you have forgotten the God of your salvation [O Judah] and have not been mindful of the Rock of your strength, your Stronghold—therefore, you have planted pleasant nursery grounds and plantings [to Adonis, pots of quickly withered flowers used to set by their doors or in the courts of temples], and have set [the grounds] with vine slips of a strange [God],


book: Isa
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And in the day of your planting you hedge it in, and in the morning you make your seed to blossom, yet [promising as it is] the harvest shall be a heap of ruins and flee away in the day of expected possession and of desperate sorrow and sickening, incurable pain.


book: Isa
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Hark, the uproar of a multitude of peoples! They roar and thunder like the noise of the seas! Ah, the roar of nations! They roar like the roaring of rushing and mighty waters!


book: Isa
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The nations will rush and roar like the rushing and roaring of many waters—but [God] will rebuke them, and they will flee far off and will be chased like chaff on the mountains before the wind, and like rolling thistledown or whirling dust of the stubble before the storm.


book: Isa
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At evening time, behold, terror! And before the morning, they [the terrorizing Assyrians] are not. This is the portion of those who strip us [the Jews] of what belongs to us, and the lot of those who rob us. [Fulfilled in Isa. 37:36.]


book: Isa
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That sends ambassadors by the Nile, even in vessels of papyrus upon the waters! Go, you swift messengers, to a nation tall and polished, to a people terrible from their beginning [feared and dreaded near and far], a nation strong and victorious, whose land the rivers divide!


book: Isa
contenido:
All you inhabitants of the world, you who dwell on the earth, when a signal is raised on the mountains—look! When a trumpet is blown—hear!


book: Isa
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For thus the Lord has said to me: I will be still and I will look on from My dwelling place, like clear and glowing heat in sunshine, like a fine cloud of mist in the heat of harvest.


book: Isa
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For before the harvest, when the blossom is over and the flower becomes a ripening grape, He will cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and the spreading branches He will remove and cut away.


book: Isa
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They [the dead bodies of the slain warriors] shall be left together to the ravenous birds of the mountains and to the beasts of the earth; and the ravenous birds will summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth will winter upon them.


book: Isa
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At that time shall a present be brought to the Lord of hosts from a people tall and polished, from a people terrible from their beginning and feared and dreaded near and far, a nation strong and victorious, whose land the rivers or great channels divide—to the place [of worship] of the Name of the Lord of hosts, to Mount Zion [in Jerusalem].


book: Isa
contenido:
The mournful, inspired prediction (a burden to be lifted up) concerning Egypt: Behold, the Lord is riding on a swift cloud and comes to Egypt; and the idols of Egypt will tremble at His presence, and the hearts of the Egyptians will melt within them.


book: Isa
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And I will stir up Egyptians against Egyptians, and they will fight, every one against his brother and every one against his neighbor, city against city, kingdom against kingdom.


book: Isa
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And the spirit of the Egyptians within them will become exhausted and emptied out and will fail, and I will destroy their counsel and confound their plans; and they will seek counsel from the idols and the sorcerers, and from those having familiar spirits (the mediums) and the wizards.


book: Isa
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And I will give over the Egyptians into the hand of a hard and cruel master, and a fierce king will rule over them, says the Lord, the Lord of hosts.


book: Isa
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And the rivers shall become foul, the streams and canals of Egypt shall be diminished and dried up, the reeds and the rushes shall wither and rot away.


book: Isa
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The meadows by the Nile, by the brink of the Nile, and all the sown fields of the Nile shall become dry, be blown away, and be no more.


book: Isa
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The fishermen will lament, and all who cast a hook into the Nile will mourn; and they who spread nets upon the waters will languish.


book: Isa
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Moreover, they who work with combed flax and they who weave white [cotton] cloth will be confounded and in despair.


book: Isa
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[Those who are] the pillars and foundations of Egypt will be crushed, and all those who work for hire or who build dams will be grieved.


book: Isa
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The princes of Zoan [ancient capital of the Pharaohs] are utterly foolish; the counsel of the wisest counselors of Pharaoh has become witless (stupid). How can you say to Pharaoh, I am a son of the wise, a son of ancient kings?


book: Isa
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Where then are your wise men? Let them tell you now [if they are so wise], and let them make known what the Lord of hosts has purposed against Egypt [if they can].


book: Isa
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The princes of Zoan have become fools, and the princes of Memphis are confused and deceived; those who are the cornerstones of her tribes have led Egypt astray.


book: Isa
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The Lord has mingled a spirit of perverseness, error, and confusion within her; [her leaders] have caused Egypt to stagger in all her doings, as a drunken man staggers in his vomit.


book: Isa
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Neither can any work [done singly or by concerted action] accomplish anything for Egypt, whether by head or tail, palm branch or rush [high or low].


book: Isa
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In that day will the Egyptians be like women [timid and helpless]; and they will tremble and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the Lord of hosts which He shakes over them.


book: Isa
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And the land of Judah [allied to Assyria] shall become a terror to the Egyptians; everyone to whom mention of it is made will be afraid and everyone who mentions it—to him will they turn in fear, because of the purpose of the Lord of hosts which He purposes against Egypt.


book: Isa
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In that day there will be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of [the Hebrews of] Canaan and swear allegiance to the Lord of hosts. One of them will be called the City of the Sun or Destruction.


book: Isa
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In that day there will be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the Lord at its border.


book: Isa
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And it will be a sign and a witness to the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they will cry to the Lord because of oppressors, and He will send them a savior, even a mighty one, and he will deliver them.


book: Isa
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And the Lord will make Himself known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know (have knowledge of, be acquainted with, give heed to, and cherish) the Lord in that day and will worship with sacrifices of animal and vegetable offerings; they will vow a vow to the Lord and perform it.


book: Isa
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And the Lord shall smite Egypt, smiting and healing it; and they will return to the Lord, and He will listen to their entreaties and heal them.


book: Isa
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In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian will come into Egypt and the Egyptian into Assyria; and the Egyptians will worship [the Lord] with the Assyrians.


book: Isa
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In that day Israel shall be the third, with Egypt and with Assyria [in a Messianic league], a blessing in the midst of the earth,


book: Isa
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Whom the Lord of hosts has blessed, saying, Blessed be Egypt My people and Assyria the work of My hands and Israel My heritage.


book: Isa
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In the year that the Tartan [Assyrian commander in chief] came to Ashdod in Philistia, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, he fought against Ashdod and took it.


book: Isa
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At that time the Lord spoke by Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, Go, loose the sackcloth from off your loins and take your shoes off your feet. And he had done so, walking around stripped [to his loincloth] and barefoot.


book: Isa
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And the Lord said, As My servant Isaiah has walked [comparatively] naked and barefoot for three years, as a sign and forewarning concerning Egypt and concerning Cush (Ethiopia),


book: Isa
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So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptian captives and the Ethiopian exiles, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with buttocks uncovered—to the shame of Egypt.


book: Isa
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And they shall be dismayed and confounded because of Ethiopia their hope and expectation and Egypt their glory and boast.


book: Isa
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And the inhabitants of this coastland [the Israelites and their neighbors] will say in that day, See! This is what comes to those in whom we trusted and hoped, to whom we fled for help to deliver us from the king of Assyria! But we, how shall we escape [captivity and exile]?


book: Isa
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The mournful, inspired prediction (a burden to be lifted up) concerning the Desert of the Sea [which was Babylon after great dams were raised to control the waters of the Euphrates River which overflowed it like a sea—and would do so again]: As whirlwinds in the South (the Negeb) sweep through, so it [the judgment of God by hostile armies] comes from the desert, from a terrible land.


book: Isa
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A hard and grievous vision is declared to me: the treacherous dealer deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, O Elam! Besiege, O Media! All the sighing [caused by Babylon’s ruthless oppressions] I will cause to cease [says the Lord].


book: Isa
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Therefore are my [Isaiah’s] loins filled with anguish, pangs have seized me like the pangs of a woman in childbirth; I am bent and pained so that I cannot hear, I am dismayed so that I cannot see.


book: Isa
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My mind reels and wanders, horror terrifies me. [In my mind’s eye I am at the feast of Belshazzar. I see the defilement of the golden vessels taken from God’s temple, I watch the handwriting appear on the wall—I know that Babylon’s great king is to be slain.] The twilight I looked forward to with pleasure has been turned into fear and trembling for me.


book: Isa
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They prepare the table, they spread the rugs, [and having] set the watchers [the revelers take no other precaution], they eat, they drink. Arise, you princes, and oil your shields [for your deadly foe is at the gates]!


book: Isa
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And when he sees a troop, horsemen in pairs, a troop of donkeys, and a troop of camels, he shall listen diligently, very diligently.


book: Isa
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And [the watchman] cried like a lion, O Lord, I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my station every night.


book: Isa
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And see! Here comes a troop of men and chariots, horsemen in pairs! And he [the watchman] tells [what it foretells]: Babylon has fallen, has fallen! And all the graven images of her gods lie shattered on the ground [in my vision]!


book: Isa
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O you my threshed and winnowed ones [my own people the Jews, who must be trodden down by Babylon], that which I have heard from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, I have [joyfully] announced to you [Babylon is to fall]!


book: Isa
contenido:
The mournful, inspired prediction (a burden to be lifted up) concerning Dumah (Edom): One calls to me from Seir (Edom), Watchman, what of the night? [How far is it spent? How long till morning?] Guardian, what of the night?


book: Isa
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The watchman said, The morning comes, but also the night. [Another time, if Edom earnestly wishes to know] if you will inquire [of me], inquire; return, come again.


book: Isa
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The mournful, inspired prediction (a burden to be lifted up) concerning Arabia: In the forests and thickets of Arabia you shall lodge, O you caravans of Dedanites [from northern Arabia].


book: Isa
contenido:
To the thirsty [Dedanites] bring water, O inhabitants of the land of Tema [in Arabia]; meet the fugitive with bread [suitable] for him.


book: Isa
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For they have fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war [the press of battle].


book: Isa
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For the Lord has said this to me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling [who will work no longer than was agreed], all the glory of Kedar [an Arabian tribe] will fail.


book: Isa
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And the remainder of the number of archers and their bows, the mighty men of the sons of Kedar, will be diminished and few; for the Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken it.


book: Isa
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The mournful, inspired prediction (a burden to be lifted up) concerning the Valley of Vision: What do you mean [I wonder] that you have all gone up to the housetops,


book: Isa
contenido:
You who are full of shouting, a tumultuous city, a joyous and exultant city? [O Jerusalem] your slain warriors have not met [a glorious] death with the sword or in battle.


book: Isa
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All your [military] leaders have fled together; without the bow [which they had thrown away] they have been taken captive and bound by the archers. All of you who were found were bound together [as captives], though they had fled far away.


book: Isa
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Therefore I [Isaiah] said, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly. Do not hasten and try to comfort me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.


book: Isa
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For it is a day of discomfiture and of tumult, of treading down, of confusion and perplexity from the Lord God of hosts in the Valley of Vision, a day of breaking down the walls and of crying to the mountains.


book: Isa
contenido:
And [in my vision I saw] Elam take up the quiver, with troops in chariots, infantry, and horsemen; and Kir [with Elam subject to Assyria] uncovered the shield.


book: Isa
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And it came to pass that your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen took their station [and set themselves in offensive array at the gate of Jerusalem]. [Fulfilled in II Chron. 32; Isa. 36.]


book: Isa
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Then [God] removed the protective covering of Judah; and you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest [the king’s armory] in that day.


book: Isa
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You saw that the breaches [in the walls] of the City of David [the citadel of Zion] were many; [since the water supply was still defective] you collected [within the city’s walls] the waters of the Lower Pool.


book: Isa
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And you numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down the houses [to get materials] to fortify the [city] wall.


book: Isa
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You also made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the Old Pool, but you did not look to the Maker of it, nor did you recognize Him Who planned it long ago.


book: Isa
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And in that day the Lord God of hosts called you to weeping and mourning, to the shaving off of all your hair [in humiliation] and to the girding with sackcloth.


book: Isa
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But instead, see the pleasure and mirth, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine, [with the idea] Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!


book: Isa
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And the Lord of hosts revealed Himself in my ears [as He said], Surely this unatoned sin shall not be purged from you until [you are punished—and the punishment will be] death, says the Lord God of hosts.


book: Isa
contenido:
Come, go to this [contemptible] steward and treasurer, to Shebna, who is over the house [but who is presumptuous enough to be building himself a tomb among those of the mighty, a tomb worthy of a king], and say to him,


book: Isa
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What business have you here? And whom have you entombed here, that you have the right to hew out for yourself a tomb here? He hews out a sepulcher for himself on the height! He carves out a dwelling for himself in the rock!


book: Isa
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Behold, the Lord will hurl you away violently, O you strong man; yes, He will take tight hold of you and He will surely cover you [with shame].


book: Isa
contenido:
He will surely roll you up in a bundle [Shebna] and toss you like a ball into a large country; there you will die and there will be your splendid chariots, you disgrace to your master’s house!


book: Isa
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And I will clothe him with your robe and will bind your girdle on him and will commit your authority to his hand; he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.


book: Isa
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And the key of the house of David I will lay upon his shoulder; he shall open and no one shall shut, he shall shut and no one shall open.


book: Isa
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And I will fasten him like a peg or nail in a firm place; and he will become a throne of honor and glory to his father’s house.


book: Isa
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And they will hang on him the honor and the whole weight of [responsibility for] his father’s house: the offspring and issue [of the family, high and low], every small vessel, from the cups even to all the flasks and big bulging bottles.


book: Isa
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In that day, says the Lord of hosts, the nail or peg that was fastened into the sure place shall give way and be moved and be hewn down and fall, and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off; for the Lord has spoken it.


book: Isa
contenido:
The mournful, inspired prediction (a burden to be lifted up) concerning Tyre: Wail, you ships of [Tyre returning from trading with] Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, so that there is no house, no harbor; from the land of Kittim (Cyprus) they learn of it.


book: Isa
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Be still, you inhabitants of the coast, you merchants of Sidon, your messengers passing over the sea have replenished you [with wealth and industry],


book: Isa
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And were on great waters. The seed or grain of the Shihor, the harvest [due to the overflow] of the Nile River, was [Tyre’s] revenue, and she became the merchandise of the nations.


book: Isa
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Be ashamed, O Sidon [mother-city of Tyre, now a widow bereaved of her children], for the sea has spoken, the stronghold of the sea, saying, I have neither travailed nor brought forth children; I have neither nourished and reared young men nor brought up virgins.


book: Isa
contenido:
Is this your jubilant city, whose origin dates back into antiquity, whose own feet are accustomed to carry her far off to settle [daughter cities]?


book: Isa
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Who has purposed this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of the earth?


book: Isa
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The Lord of hosts has purposed it [in accordance with a fixed principle of His government], to defile the pride of all glory and to bring into dishonor and contempt all the honored of the earth.


book: Isa
contenido:
Overflow your land like [the overflow of] the Nile River, O Daughter of Tarshish; there is no girdle of restraint [on you] any more [to make you pay tribute or customs or duties to Tyre].


book: Isa
contenido:
He stretched out His hand over the sea, He shook the kingdoms; the Lord has given a command concerning Canaan to destroy her strongholds and fortresses [Tyre, Sidon, etc.].


book: Isa
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And He said, You shall no more exult, you oppressed and crushed one, O Virgin Daughter of Sidon. Arise, pass over to Kittim (Cyprus); but even there you will have no rest.


book: Isa
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Look at the land of the Chaldeans! That people and not the Assyrians designed and assigned [Tyre] for the wild beasts and those who [previously] dwelt in the wilderness. They set up their siege works, they overthrew its palaces, they made it a ruin!


book: Isa
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Howl, you ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold [of Tyre] is laid waste [your strength has been destroyed].


book: Isa
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And in that day Tyre will be in obscurity and forgotten for seventy years, according to the days of one dynasty. After the end of seventy years will Tyre sing as a harlot [who has been forgotten but again attracts her lovers].


book: Isa
contenido:
Take a harp, go about the city, forgotten harlot; play skillfully and make sweet melody, sing many songs, that you may be remembered.


book: Isa
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And after the end of seventy years the Lord will remember Tyre; and she will return to her hire and will play the harlot [resume her commerce] with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth.


book: Isa
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But her gain and her hire [the profits of Tyre’s new prosperity] will be dedicated to the Lord [eventually]; it will not be treasured or stored up, for her gain will be used for those who dwell in the presence of the Lord [the ministers], that they may eat sufficiently and have durable and stately clothing [suitable for those who minister at God’s altar].


book: Isa
contenido:
Behold, the Lord will make the land and the earth empty and make it waste and turn it upside down (twist the face of it) and scatter abroad its inhabitants.


book: Isa
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And it shall be—as [what happens] with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the creditor, so with the debtor.


book: Isa
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The land and the earth shall be utterly laid waste and utterly pillaged; for the Lord has said this.


book: Isa
contenido:
The land and the earth mourn and wither, the world languishes and withers, the high ones of the people [and the heavens with the earth] languish.


book: Isa
contenido:
The land and the earth also are defiled by their inhabitants, because they have transgressed the laws, disregarded the statutes, and broken the everlasting covenant.


book: Isa
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Therefore a curse devours the land and the earth, and they who dwell in it suffer the punishment of their guilt. Therefore the inhabitants of the land and the earth are scorched and parched [under the curse of God’s wrath], and few people are left.


book: Isa
contenido:
The mirth of the timbrels is stilled, the noise of those who rejoice ends, the joy of the lyre is stopped.


book: Isa
contenido:
The wasted city of emptiness and confusion is broken down; every house is shut up so that no one may enter.


book: Isa
contenido:
There is crying in the streets for wine; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is banished and gone into captivity.


book: Isa
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For so shall it be in the midst of the earth among the peoples, as the shaking and beating of an olive tree, or as the gleaning when the vintage is done [and only a small amount of the fruit remains].


book: Isa
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[But] these [who have escaped and remain] lift up their voices, they shout; for the majesty of the Lord they cry aloud from the [Mediterranean] Sea.


book: Isa
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Wherefore glorify the Lord in the east [whether in the region of daybreak’s lights and fires, or in the west]; [glorify] the name of the Lord, the God of Israel in the isles and coasts of the [Mediterranean] Sea.


book: Isa
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From the uttermost parts of the earth have we heard songs: Glory to the Righteous One [and to the people of Israel]! But I say, Emaciated I pine away, I pine away. Woe is me! The treacherous dealers deal treacherously! Yes, the treacherous dealers deal very treacherously.


book: Isa
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And he who flees at the noise of the terror will fall into the pit; and he who comes up out of the pit will be caught in the snare. For the windows of the heavens are opened [as in the deluge], and the foundations of the earth tremble and shake.


book: Isa
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The earth shall stagger like a drunken man and shall sway to and fro like a hammock; its transgression shall lie heavily upon it, and it shall fall and not rise again.


book: Isa
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And in that day the Lord will visit and punish the host of the high ones on high [the host of heaven in heaven, celestial beings] and the kings of the earth on the earth.


book: Isa
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And they will be gathered together as prisoners are gathered in a pit or dungeon; they will be shut up in prison, and after many days they will be visited, inspected, and punished or pardoned.


book: Isa
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Then the moon will be confounded and the sun ashamed, when [they compare their ineffectual fire to the light of] the Lord of hosts, Who will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before His elders will show forth His glory.


book: Isa
contenido:
O Lord, You are my God; I will exalt You, I will praise Your name, for You have done wonderful things, even purposes planned of old [and fulfilled] in faithfulness and truth.


book: Isa
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For You have made a city a heap, a fortified city a ruin, a palace of aliens without a city [is no more a city]; it will never be rebuilt.


book: Isa
contenido:
Therefore [many] a strong people will glorify You, [many] a city of terrible and ruthless nations will [reverently] fear You.


book: Isa
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For You have been a stronghold for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in his distress, a shelter from the storm, a shade from the heat; for the blast of the ruthless ones is like a rainstorm against a wall.


book: Isa
contenido:
As the heat in a dry land [is reduced by the shadow of a cloud, so] You will bring down the noise of aliens [exultant over their enemies]; and as the heat is brought low by the shadow of a cloud, so the song of the ruthless ones is brought low.


book: Isa
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And on this Mount [Zion] shall the Lord of hosts make for all peoples a feast of rich things [symbolic of His coronation festival inaugurating the reign of the Lord on earth, in the wake of a background of gloom, judgment, and terror], a feast of wines on the lees—of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.


book: Isa
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And He will destroy on this mountain the covering of the face that is cast over the heads of all peoples [in mourning], and the veil [of profound wretchedness] that is woven and spread over all nations.


book: Isa
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He will swallow up death [in victory; He will abolish death forever]. And the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces; and the reproach of His people He will take away from off all the earth; for the Lord has spoken it.


book: Isa
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It shall be said in that day, Behold our God upon Whom we have waited and hoped, that He might save us! This is the Lord, we have waited for Him; we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation.


book: Isa
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For the hand of the Lord shall rest on this Mount [Zion], and Moab shall be threshed and trodden down in his place as straw is trodden down in the [filthy] water of a [primitive] cesspit.


book: Isa
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And though [Moab] stretches forth his hands in the midst of [the filthy water] as a swimmer stretches out his hands to swim, the Lord will bring down [Moab’s] pride in spite of the skillfulness of his hands and together with the spoils of his hands.


book: Isa
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And the high fortifications of your walls [the Lord] will bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.


book: Isa
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In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; [the Lord] sets up salvation as walls and bulwarks.


book: Isa
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Open the gates, that the [uncompromisingly] righteous nation which keeps her faith and her troth [with God] may enter in.


book: Isa
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You will guard him and keep him in perfect and constant peace whose mind [both its inclination and its character] is stayed on You, because he commits himself to You, leans on You, and hopes confidently in You.


book: Isa
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So trust in the Lord (commit yourself to Him, lean on Him, hope confidently in Him) forever; for the Lord God is an everlasting Rock [the Rock of Ages].


book: Isa
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For He has brought down the inhabitants of the height, the lofty city; He lays it low, lays it low to the ground; He brings it even to the dust.


book: Isa
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The way of the [consistently] righteous (those living in moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relationship of their lives) is level and straight; You, O [Lord], Who are upright, direct aright and make level the path of the [uncompromisingly] just and righteous.


book: Isa
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Yes, in the path of Your judgments, O Lord, we wait [expectantly] for You; our heartfelt desire is for Your name and for the remembrance of You.


book: Isa
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My soul yearns for You [O Lord] in the night, yes, my spirit within me seeks You earnestly; for [only] when Your judgments are in the earth will the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God).


book: Isa
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Though favor is shown to the wicked, yet they do not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness they deal perversely and refuse to see the majesty of the Lord.


book: Isa
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Though Your hand is lifted high to strike, Lord, they do not see it. Let them see Your zeal for Your people and be ashamed; yes, let the fire reserved for Your enemies consume them.


book: Isa
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Lord, You will ordain peace (God’s favor and blessings, both temporal and spiritual) for us, for You have also wrought in us and for us all our works.


book: Isa
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O Lord, our God, other masters besides You have ruled over us, but we will acknowledge and mention Your name only.


book: Isa
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They [the former tyrant masters] are dead, they shall not live and reappear; they are powerless ghosts, they shall not rise and come back. Therefore You have visited and made an end of them and caused every memory of them [every trace of their supremacy] to perish.


book: Isa
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You have increased the nation, O Lord; You have increased the nation. You are glorified; You have enlarged all the borders of the land.


book: Isa
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Lord, when they were in trouble and distress, they sought and visited You; they poured out a prayerful whisper when Your chastening was upon them.


book: Isa
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As a woman with child drawing near the time of her delivery is in pain and writhes and cries out in her pangs, so we have been before You (at Your presence), O Lord.


book: Isa
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We have been with child, we have been writhing and in pain; we have, as it were, brought forth [only] wind. We have not wrought any deliverance in the earth, and the inhabitants of the world [of Israel] have not yet been born.


book: Isa
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Your dead shall live [O Lord]; the bodies of our dead [saints] shall rise. You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy! For Your dew [O Lord] is a dew of [sparkling] light [heavenly, supernatural dew]; and the earth shall cast forth the dead [to life again; for on the land of the shades of the dead You will let Your dew fall].


book: Isa
contenido:
Come, my people, enter your chambers and shut your doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until the [Lord’s] wrath is past.


book: Isa
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For behold, the Lord is coming out of His place [heaven] to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; the earth also will disclose the blood shed upon her and will no longer cover her slain and conceal her guilt.


book: Isa
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In that day [the Lord will deliver Israel from her enemies and also from the rebel powers of evil and darkness] His sharp and unrelenting, great, and strong sword will visit and punish Leviathan the swiftly fleeing serpent, Leviathan the twisting and winding serpent; and He will slay the monster that is in the sea.


book: Isa
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In that day [it will be said of the redeemed nation of Israel], A vineyard beloved and lovely; sing a responsive song to it and about it!


book: Isa
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I, the Lord, am its Keeper; I water it every moment; lest anyone harm it, I guard and keep it night and day.


book: Isa
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Wrath is not in Me. Would that the briers and thorns [the wicked internal foe] were lined up against Me in battle! I would stride in against them; I would burn them up together.


book: Isa
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Or else [if all Israel would escape being burned up together there is but one alternative], let them take hold of My strength and make complete surrender to My protection, that they may make peace with Me! Yes, let them make peace with Me!


book: Isa
contenido:
In the days and generations to come Jacob shall take root; Israel shall blossom and send forth shoots and fill the whole world with fruit [of the knowledge of the true God].


book: Isa
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Has [the Lord] smitten [Israel] as He smote those who smote them? Or have [the Israelites] been slain as their slayers were slain?


book: Isa
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By driving them out of Canaan, by exile, You contended with them in a measure [O Lord]—He removed them with His rough blast as in the day of the east wind.


book: Isa
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Only on this condition shall the iniquity of Jacob (Israel) be forgiven and purged, and this shall be the full fruit [God requires] for taking away his sin: that [Israel] should make all the stones of the [idol] altars like chalk stones crushed to pieces, so that the Asherim and the sun-images shall not remain standing or rise again.


book: Isa
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For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken like the wilderness; there the calf grazes, and there he lies down; he strips its branches and eats its twigs.


book: Isa
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When its boughs are withered and dry, they are broken off; the women come and set them afire. For they are a people of no understanding or discernment—witless folk; therefore He Who made them will not have compassion on them, and He Who formed them will show them no favor.


book: Isa
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And it shall be in that day that the Lord will thresh out His grain from the flood of the River [Euphrates] to the Brook of Egypt, and you will be gathered one by one and one to another, O children of Israel!


book: Isa
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And it shall be in that day that a great trumpet will be blown; and they will come who were lost and ready to perish in the land of Assyria and those who were driven out to the land of Egypt, and they will worship the Lord on the holy mountain at Jerusalem.


book: Isa
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Woe to [Samaria] the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim [the ten tribes], and to the fading flower of its glorious beauty, which is on the head of the rich valley of those overcome and smitten down with wine!


book: Isa
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Behold, the Lord has a strong and mighty one [the Assyrian]; like a tempest of hail, a destroying storm, like a flood of mighty overflowing waters, he will cast it down to the earth with violent hand.


book: Isa
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And the fading flower of its glorious beauty, which is on the head of the rich valley, will be like the early fig before the fruit harvest, which, when anyone sees it, he snatches and eats it up greedily at once. [So in an amazingly short time will the Assyrians devour Samaria, Israel’s capital.]


book: Isa
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[But] in that [future Messianic] day the Lord of hosts shall become a crown of glory and a diadem of beauty to the [converted] remnant of His people,


book: Isa
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And a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment and administers the law, and strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.


book: Isa
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But even these reel from wine and stagger from strong drink: the priest and the prophet reel from strong drink; they are confused from wine, they stagger and are gone astray through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble when pronouncing judgment.


book: Isa
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To whom will He teach knowledge? [Ask the drunkards.] And whom will He make to understand the message? Those who are babies, just weaned from the milk and taken from the breasts? [Is that what He thinks we are?]


book: Isa
contenido:
For it is [His prophets repeating over and over]: precept upon precept, precept upon precept, rule upon rule, rule upon rule; here a little, there a little.


book: Isa
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No, but [the Lord will teach the rebels in a more humiliating way] by men with stammering lips and another tongue will He speak to this people [says Isaiah, and teach them His lessons].


book: Isa
contenido:
To these [complaining Jews the Lord] had said, This is the true rest [the way to true comfort and happiness] that you shall give to the weary, and, This is the [true] refreshing—yet they would not listen [to His teaching].


book: Isa
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Therefore the word of the Lord will be to them [merely monotonous repeatings of]: precept upon precept, precept upon precept, rule upon rule, rule upon rule; here a little, there a little—that they may go and fall backward, and be broken and snared and taken.


book: Isa
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Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol (the place of the dead) we have an agreement—when the overflowing scourge passes through, it will not come to us, for we have made lies our refuge, and in falsehood we have taken shelter.


book: Isa
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Therefore thus says the Lord God, Behold, I am laying in Zion for a foundation a Stone, a tested Stone, a precious Cornerstone of sure foundation; he who believes (trusts in, relies on, and adheres to that Stone) will not be ashamed or give way or hasten away [in sudden panic].


book: Isa
contenido:
I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the plummet; and hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and waters will overwhelm the hiding place (the shelter).


book: Isa
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And your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol (the place of the dead) shall not stand; when the overwhelming scourge passes through, then you will be trodden down by it.


book: Isa
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As often as it passes through, it [the enemy’s scourge] will take you; for morning by morning will it pass through, by day and by night. And it will be utter terror merely to hear and comprehend the report and the message of it [but only hard treatment and dispersion will make you understand God’s instruction].


book: Isa
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For [they will find that] the bed is too short for a man to stretch himself on and the covering too narrow for him to wrap himself in. [All their sources of confidence will fail them.]


book: Isa
contenido:
For the Lord will rise up as on Mount Perazim, He will be wrathful as in the Valley of Gibeon, that He may do His work, His strange work, and bring to pass His act, His strange act.


book: Isa
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Now therefore do not be scoffers, lest the bands which bind you be made strong; for a decree of destruction have I heard from the Lord God of hosts upon the whole land and the whole earth.


book: Isa
contenido:
Does he who plows for sowing plow continually? Does he continue to plow and harrow the ground after it is smooth?


book: Isa
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When he has leveled its surface, does he not cast abroad [the seed of] dill or fennel and scatter cummin [a seasoning], and put the wheat in rows, and barley in its intended place, and spelt [an inferior kind of wheat] as the border?


book: Isa
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For dill is not threshed with a sharp threshing instrument, nor is a cartwheel rolled over cummin; but dill is beaten off with a staff, and cummin with a rod [by hand].


book: Isa
contenido:
Does one crush bread grain? No, he does not thresh it continuously. But when he has driven his cartwheel and his horses over it, he scatters it [tossing it up to the wind] without having crushed it.


book: Isa
contenido:
This also comes from the Lord of hosts, Who is wonderful in counsel [and] excellent in wisdom and effectual working.


book: Isa
contenido:
Woe to Ariel [Jerusalem], to Ariel, the city where David encamped! Add yet another year; let the feasts run their round [but only one year more].


book: Isa
contenido:
Then will I distress Ariel; and there shall be mourning and lamentation, yet she shall be to Me like an Ariel [an altar hearth, a hearth of burning, the altar of God].


book: Isa
contenido:
And I will encamp against you round about; and I will hem you in with siege works and I will set up fortifications against you.


book: Isa
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And you shall be laid low [Jerusalem], speaking from beneath the ground, and your speech shall come humbly from the dust. And your voice shall be like that of a ghost [produced by a medium] coming from the earth, and your speech shall whisper and squeak as it chatters from the dust.


book: Isa
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But the multitude of your [enemy] strangers that assail you shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the ruthless and terrible ones like chaff that blows away. And in an instant, suddenly,


book: Isa
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You shall be visited and delivered by the Lord of hosts with thunder and earthquake and great noise, with whirlwind and tempest and the flame of a devouring fire.


book: Isa
contenido:
And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel [Jerusalem], even all that fight against her and her stronghold and that distress her, shall be as a dream, a vision of the night.


book: Isa
contenido:
It shall be as when a hungry man dreams that he is eating, but he wakens with his craving not satisfied; or as when a thirsty man dreams that he is drinking, but he wakens and is faint, and his thirst is not quenched. So shall the multitude of all the nations be that fight against Mount Zion.


book: Isa
contenido:
Stop and wonder [at this prophecy, if you choose, whether you understand it or not; soon you will witness the actual event] and be confounded [reluctantly]! Blind yourselves [now, if you choose; take your pleasure] and then be blinded [at the actual occurrence]. They are drunk, but not from wine; they stagger, but not from strong drink [but from spiritual stupor].


book: Isa
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For the Lord has poured out on you the spirit of deep sleep. And He has closed your eyes, the prophets; and your heads, the seers, He has covered and muffled.


book: Isa
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And the vision of all this has become for you like the words of a book that is sealed. When men give it to one who can read, saying, Read this, I pray you, he says, I cannot, for it is sealed.


book: Isa
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And when the book is given to him who is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray you, he says, I cannot read.


book: Isa
contenido:
And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near Me with their mouth and honor Me with their lips but remove their hearts and minds far from Me, and their fear and reverence for Me are a commandment of men that is learned by repetition [without any thought as to the meaning],


book: Isa
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Therefore, behold! I will again do marvelous things with this people, marvelous and astonishing things; and the wisdom of their wise men will perish, and the understanding of their discerning men will vanish or be hidden.


book: Isa
contenido:
Woe to those who [seek to] hide deep from the Lord their counsel, whose deeds are in the dark, and who say, Who sees us? Who knows us?


book: Isa
contenido:
[Oh, your perversity!] You turn things upside down! Shall the potter be considered of no more account than the clay? Shall the thing that is made say of its maker, He did not make me; or the thing that is formed say of him who formed it, He has no understanding?


book: Isa
contenido:
Is it not yet a very little while until Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field and the fruitful field esteemed as a forest?


book: Isa
contenido:
And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and out of obscurity and gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind shall see.


book: Isa
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The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord, and the poor among men shall rejoice and exult in the Holy One of Israel.


book: Isa
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For the terrible one [the Assyrian enemy] shall come to nought, and the scoffer shall cease, and all those who watch for iniquity [as an occasion for accusation] shall be cut off—


book: Isa
contenido:
Those who make a man an offender and bring condemnation upon him with a word, and lay a trap for him who upholds justice at the city gate, and thrust aside the innocent and truly righteous with an empty plea.


book: Isa
contenido:
Therefore thus says the Lord, Who redeemed Abraham [out of Ur and idolatry], concerning the house of Jacob: Jacob shall not then be ashamed; not then shall his face become pale [with fear and disappointment because of his children’s degeneracy].


book: Isa
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For when he sees his children [walking in the way of piety and virtue], the work of My hands in his midst, they will revere My name; they will revere the Holy One of Jacob and reverently fear the God of Israel.


book: Isa
contenido:
Those who err in spirit will come to understanding, and those who murmur [discontentedly] will accept instruction.


book: Isa
contenido:
Woe to the rebellious children, says the Lord, who take counsel and carry out a plan, but not Mine, and who make a league and pour out a drink offering, but not of My Spirit, thus adding sin to sin;


book: Isa
contenido:
Who set out to go down into Egypt, and have not asked Me—to flee to the stronghold of Pharaoh and to strengthen themselves in his strength and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!


book: Isa
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Therefore shall the strength and protection of Pharaoh turn to your shame, and the refuge in the shadow of Egypt be to your humiliation and confusion.


book: Isa
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Yet will all be ashamed because of a people [the Egyptians] who cannot profit them, who are not a help or benefit, but a shame and disgrace.


book: Isa
contenido:
A mournful, inspired prediction (a burden to be lifted up) concerning the beasts of the South (the Negeb): Oh, the heavy burden, the load of treasures going to Egypt! Through a land of trouble and anguish, in which are lioness and lion, viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of young donkeys, and their treasures upon the humps of camels, to a people that will not and cannot profit them.


book: Isa
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For Egypt’s help is worthless and toward no purpose. Therefore I have called her Rahab Who Sits Still.


book: Isa
contenido:
Now, go, write it before them on a tablet and inscribe it in a book, that it may be as a witness for the time to come forevermore.


book: Isa
contenido:
For this is a rebellious people, faithless and lying sons, children who will not hear the law and instruction of the Lord;


book: Isa
contenido:
Who [virtually] say to the seers [by their conduct], See not! and to the prophets, Prophesy not to us what is right! Speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceitful illusions.


book: Isa
contenido:
Get out of the true way, turn aside out of the path, cease holding up before us the Holy One of Israel.


book: Isa
contenido:
Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel: Because you despise and spurn this [My] word and trust in cunning and oppression, in crookedness and perverseness, and rely on them,


book: Isa
contenido:
Therefore this iniquity and guilt will be to you like a broken section of a high wall, bulging out and ready [at some distant day] to fall, whose crash will [then] come suddenly and swiftly, in an instant.


book: Isa
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And he shall break it as a potter’s vessel is broken, breaking it in pieces without sparing so that there cannot be found among its pieces one large enough to carry coals of fire from the hearth or to dip water out of the cistern.


book: Isa
contenido:
For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: In returning [to Me] and resting [in Me] you shall be saved; in quietness and in [trusting] confidence shall be your strength. But you would not,


book: Isa
contenido:
And you said, No! We will speed [our own course] on horses! Therefore you will speed [in flight from your enemies]! You said, We will ride upon swift steeds [doing our own way]! Therefore will they who pursue you be swift, [so swift that]


book: Isa
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One thousand of you will flee at the threat of one of them; at the threat of five you will flee till you are left like a beacon or a flagpole on the top of a mountain, and like a signal on a hill.


book: Isa
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And therefore the Lord [earnestly] waits [expecting, looking, and longing] to be gracious to you; and therefore He lifts Himself up, that He may have mercy on you and show loving-kindness to you. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are all those who [earnestly] wait for Him, who expect and look and long for Him [for His victory, His favor, His love, His peace, His joy, and His matchless, unbroken companionship]!


book: Isa
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O people who dwell in Zion at Jerusalem, you will weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry; when He hears it, He will answer you.


book: Isa
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And though the Lord gives you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your Teacher will not hide Himself any more, but your eyes will constantly behold your Teacher.


book: Isa
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And your ears will hear a word behind you, saying, This is the way; walk in it, when you turn to the right hand and when you turn to the left.


book: Isa
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Then you will defile your carved images overlaid with silver and your molten images plated with gold; you will cast them away as a filthy bloodstained cloth, and you will say to them, Be gone!


book: Isa
contenido:
Then will He give you rain for the seed with which you sow the soil, and bread grain from the produce of the ground, and it will be rich and plentiful. In that day your cattle will feed in large pastures.


book: Isa
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The oxen likewise and the young donkeys that till the ground will eat savory and salted fodder, which has been winnowed with shovel and with fork.


book: Isa
contenido:
And upon every high mountain and upon every high hill there will be brooks and streams of water in the day of the great slaughter [the day of the Lord], when the towers fall [and all His enemies are destroyed].


book: Isa
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Moreover, the light of the moon will be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, like the light of seven days [concentrated in one], in the day that the Lord binds up the hurt of His people, and heals their wound [inflicted by Him because of their sins].


book: Isa
contenido:
Behold, the Name of the Lord comes from afar, burning with His anger, and in thick, rising smoke. His lips are full of indignation, and His tongue is like a consuming fire.


book: Isa
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And His breath is like an overflowing stream that reaches even to the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction; and a bridle that causes them to err will be in the jaws of the people.


book: Isa
contenido:
You shall have a song as in the night when a holy feast is kept, and gladness of heart as when one marches in procession with a flute to go to the temple on the mountain of the Lord, to the Rock of Israel.


book: Isa
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And the Lord shall cause His glorious voice to be heard and the descending blow of His arm to be seen, coming down with indignant anger and with the flame of a devouring fire, amid crashing blast and cloudburst, tempest, and hailstones.


book: Isa
contenido:
At the voice of the Lord the Assyrians will be stricken with dismay and terror, when He smites them with His rod.


book: Isa
contenido:
And every passing stroke of the staff of punishment and doom which the Lord lays upon them shall be to the sound of [Israel’s] timbrels and lyres, when in battle He attacks [Assyria] with swinging and menacing arms.


book: Isa
contenido:
For Topheth [a place of burning and abomination] has already been laid out and long ago prepared; yes, for the [Assyrian] king and [the god] Molech it has been made ready, its pyre made deep and large, with fire and much wood; the breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, kindles it.


book: Isa
contenido:
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses and trust in chariots because they are many and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they look not to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek and consult the Lord!


book: Isa
contenido:
And yet He is wise and brings calamity and does not retract His words; He will arise against the house (the whole race) of evildoers and against the helpers of those who work iniquity.


book: Isa
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Now the Egyptians are men and not God, and their horses are flesh and not spirit; and when the Lord stretches out His hand, both [Egypt] who helps will stumble, and [Judah] who is helped will fall, and they will all perish and be consumed together.


book: Isa
contenido:
For the Lord has said to me, As the lion or the young lion growls over his prey—and though a large band of shepherds is called out against him, he will not be terrified at their voice or daunted at their noise—so the Lord of hosts will come down to fight upon Mount Zion and upon its hills.


book: Isa
contenido:
Like birds hovering, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem; He will protect and deliver it, He will pass over and spare and preserve it.


book: Isa
contenido:
For in that day every man of you will cast away [in contempt and disgust] his idols of silver and his idols of gold, which your own hands have sinfully made for you.


book: Isa
contenido:
Then the Assyrian shall fall by a sword not of man; and a sword, not of men [but of God], shall devour him. And he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be subjected to forced labor.


book: Isa
contenido:
[In his flight] he shall pass beyond his rock [refuge and stronghold] because of terror; even his officers shall desert the standard in fear and panic, says the Lord, Whose fire is in Zion and Whose furnace is in Jerusalem.


book: Isa
contenido:
And each one of them shall be like a hiding place from the wind and a shelter from the storm, like streams of water in a dry place, like the shade of a great rock in a weary land [to those who turn to them].


book: Isa
contenido:
Then the eyes of those who see will not be closed or dimmed, and the ears of those who hear will listen.


book: Isa
contenido:
And the mind of the rash will understand knowledge and have good judgment, and the tongue of the stammerers will speak readily and plainly.


book: Isa
contenido:
The fool (the unbeliever and the ungodly) will no more be called noble, nor the crafty and greedy [for gain] said to be bountiful and princely.


book: Isa
contenido:
For the fool speaks folly and his mind plans iniquity: practicing profane ungodliness and speaking error concerning the Lord, leaving the craving of the hungry unsatisfied and causing the drink of the thirsty to fail.


book: Isa
contenido:
The instruments and methods of the fraudulent and greedy [for gain] are evil; he devises wicked devices to ruin the poor and the lowly with lying words, even when the plea of the needy is just and right.


book: Isa
contenido:
But the noble, openhearted, and liberal man devises noble things; and he stands for what is noble, openhearted, and generous.


book: Isa
contenido:
Rise up, you women who are at ease! Hear my [Isaiah’s] voice, you confident and careless daughters! Listen to what I am saying!


book: Isa
contenido:
In little more than a year you will be shaken with anxiety, you careless and complacent women; for the vintage will fail, and the ingathering will not come.


book: Isa
contenido:
Tremble, you women who are at ease! Shudder with fear, you complacent ones! Strip yourselves bare and gird sackcloth upon your loins [in grief]!


book: Isa
contenido:
For the land of my people growing over with thorns and briers—yes, for all the houses of joy in the joyous city.


book: Isa
contenido:
For the palace shall be forsaken, the populous city shall be deserted; the hill and the watchtower shall become dens [for wild animals] endlessly, a joy for wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks,


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Until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is valued as a forest.


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Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation) will abide in the fruitful field.


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And the effect of righteousness will be peace [internal and external], and the result of righteousness will be quietness and confident trust forever.


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But it [the wrath of the Lord] shall hail, coming down overpoweringly on the forest [the army of the Assyrians], and the capital city shall be utterly humbled and laid prostrate.


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Happy and fortunate are you who cast your seed upon all waters [when the river overflows its banks; for the seed will sink into the mud and when the waters subside, the plant will spring up; you will find it after many days and reap an abundant harvest], you who safely send forth the ox and the donkey [to range freely].


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Woe to you, O destroyer, you who were not yourself destroyed, who deal treacherously though they [your victims] did not deal treacherously with you! When you have ceased to destroy, you will be destroyed; and when you have stopped dealing treacherously, they will deal treacherously with you.


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O Lord, be gracious to us; we have waited [expectantly] for You. Be the arm [of Your servants—their strength and defense] every morning, our salvation in the time of trouble.


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At the noise of the tumult [caused by Your voice at which the enemy is overthrown], the peoples flee; at the lifting up of Yourself, nations are scattered.


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And the spoil [of the Assyrians] is gathered [by the inhabitants of Jerusalem] as the caterpillar gathers; as locusts leap and run to and fro, so [the Jews spoil the Assyrians’ forsaken camp as they] leap upon it.


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The Lord is exalted, for He dwells on high; He will fill Zion with justice and righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation).


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And there shall be stability in your times, an abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; the reverent fear and worship of the Lord is your treasure and His.


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The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceases. The enemy has broken the covenant, he has despised the cities and the witnesses, he regards no man.


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The land mourns and languishes, Lebanon is confounded and [its luxuriant verdure] withers away; Sharon [a fertile pasture region south of Mount Carmel] is like a desert, and Bashan [a broad, fertile plateau east of the Jordan River] and [Mount] Carmel shake off their leaves.


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Hear, you who are far off [says the Lord], what I have done; and you who are near, acknowledge My might!


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The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling seizes the godless ones. [They cry] Who among us can dwell with that devouring fire? Who among us can dwell with those everlasting burnings?


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He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, who despises gain from fraud and from oppression, who shakes his hand free from the taking of bribes, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed and shuts his eyes to avoid looking upon evil.


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[Such a man] will dwell on the heights; his place of defense will be the fortresses of rocks; his bread will be given him; water for him will be sure.


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Your eyes will see the King in His beauty; [your eyes] will behold a land of wide distances that stretches afar.


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Your mind will meditate on the terror: [asking] Where is he who counted? Where is he who weighed the tribute? Where is he who counted the towers?


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You will see no more the fierce and insolent people, a people of a speech too deep and obscure to be comprehended, of a strange and stammering tongue that you cannot understand.


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Look upon Zion, the city of our set feasts and solemnities! Your eyes shall see Jerusalem, a quiet habitation, a tent that shall not be taken down; not one of its stakes shall ever be pulled up, neither shall any of its cords be broken.


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But there the Lord will be for us in majesty and splendor a place of broad rivers and streams, where no oar-propelled boat can go, and no mighty and stately ship can pass.


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Your hoisting ropes hang loose; they cannot strengthen and hold firm the foot of their mast or keep the sail spread out. Then will prey and spoil in abundance be divided; even the lame will take the prey.


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And no inhabitant [of Zion] will say, I am sick; the people who dwell there will be forgiven their iniquity and guilt.


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Come near, you nations, to hear; and hearken, you peoples! Let the earth hear, and all that is in it; the world, and all things that come forth from it.


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For the Lord is indignant against all nations, and His wrath is against all their host. He has utterly doomed them, He has given them over to slaughter.


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Their slain also shall be cast out, and the stench of their dead bodies shall rise, and the mountains shall flow with their blood.


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All the host of the heavens shall be dissolved and crumble away, and the skies shall be rolled together like a scroll; and all their host [the stars and the planets] shall drop like a faded leaf from the vine, and like a withered fig from the fig tree.


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Because My sword has been bathed and equipped in heaven, behold, it shall come down upon Edom [the descendants of Esau], upon the people whom I have doomed for judgment.


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The sword of the Lord is filled with blood [of sacrifices], it is gorged and greased with fatness—with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah [capital of Edom] and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.


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And the wild oxen shall fall with them, and the [young] bullocks with the [old and mighty] bulls; and their land shall be drunk and soaked with blood, and their dust made rich with fatness.


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And the streams [of Edom] will be turned into pitch and its dust into brimstone, and its land will become burning pitch.


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[The burning of Edom] shall not be quenched night or day; its smoke shall go up forever. From generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it forever and ever.


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But the pelican and the porcupine will possess it; the owl and the bittern and the raven will dwell in it. And He will stretch over it [Edom] the measuring line of confusion and the plummet stones of chaos [over its nobles].


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They shall call its nobles to proclaim the kingdom, but nothing shall be there, and all its princes shall be no more.


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And thorns shall come up in its palaces and strongholds, nettles and brambles in its fortresses; and it shall be a habitation for jackals, an abode for ostriches.


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And the wild beasts of the desert will meet here with howling creatures [wolves and hyenas] and the [shaggy] wild goat will call to his fellow; the night monster will settle there and find a place of rest.


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There shall the arrow snake make her nest and lay her eggs and hatch them and gather her young under her shade; there shall the kites be gathered [also to breed] every one with its mate.


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Seek out of the book of the Lord and read: not one of these [details of prophecy] shall fail, none shall want and lack her mate [in fulfillment]. For the mouth [of the Lord] has commanded, and His Spirit has gathered them.


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And He has cast the lot for them, and His hand has portioned [Edom] to [the wild beasts] by measuring line. They shall possess it forever; from generation to generation they shall dwell in it.


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The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; the desert shall rejoice and blossom like the rose and the autumn crocus.


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It shall blossom abundantly and rejoice even with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, the excellency of [Mount] Carmel and [the plain] of Sharon. They shall see the glory of the Lord, the majesty and splendor and excellency of our God.


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Say to those who are of a fearful and hasty heart, Be strong, fear not! Behold, your God will come with vengeance; with the recompense of God He will come and save you.


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Then shall the lame man leap like a hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing for joy. For waters shall break forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert.


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And the burning sand and the mirage shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water; in the haunt of jackals, where they lay resting, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.


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And a highway shall be there, and a way; and it shall be called the Holy Way. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it shall be for the redeemed; the wayfaring men, yes, the simple ones and fools, shall not err in it and lose their way.


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No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast come up on it; they shall not be found there. But the redeemed shall walk on it.


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And the ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion with singing, and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.


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Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them.


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And the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh [the military official] from Lachish [the Judean fortress commanding the road from Egypt] to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem with a great army. And he stood by the canal of the Upper Pool on the highway to the Fuller’s Field.


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Then came out to meet him Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was over the [royal] household, and Shebna the secretary, and Joah son of Asaph, the recording historian.


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And the Rabshakeh said to them, Say to Hezekiah, Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: What reason for confidence is this in which you trust?


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Do you suppose that mere words of the lips can pass for warlike counsel and strength? Now in whom do you trust and on whom do you rely, that you rebel against me?


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Behold, you trust in the staff of this bruised and broken reed, Egypt, which will pierce the hand of any man who leans on it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust and rely on him.


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But if you say to me, We trust in and rely on the Lord our God—is it not He Whose high places and Whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, saying to Judah and to Jerusalem, You shall worship before this altar?


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Now therefore, I pray you, make a wager with my master the king of Assyria and give him pledges, and I will give you two thousand horses—if you are able on your part to put riders on them.


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How then can you repulse the attack of a single captain of the least of my master’s servants, when you put your reliance on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?


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Moreover, is it without the Lord that I have now come up against this land to destroy it? The Lord said to me, Go up against this land and destroy it.


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Then Eliakim and Shebna and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, We pray you, speak to your servants in the Aramaic or Syrian language, for we understand it; and do not speak to us in the language of the Jews in the hearing of the people on the wall.


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But the Rabshakeh said, Has my master sent me to speak these words only to your master and to you? Has he not sent me to the men sitting on the wall, who are doomed with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?


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Then the Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the language of the Jews: Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria!


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Nor let Hezekiah make you trust in and rely on the Lord, saying, The Lord will surely deliver us; this city will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.


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Do not listen to Hezekiah, for thus says the king of Assyria: Make your peace with me and come out to me; and eat every one from his own vine and every one from his own fig tree and drink every one the water of his own cistern,


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Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vineyards.


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Beware lest Hezekiah persuade and mislead you by saying, The Lord will deliver us. Has any one of the gods of the nations ever delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?


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Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad [in Syria]? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim [a place from which the Assyrians brought colonists to inhabit evacuated Samaria]? And have [the gods] delivered Samaria [capital of the ten northern tribes of Israel] out of my hand?


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Who among all the gods of these lands has delivered his land out of my hand, that [you should think that] the Lord can deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?


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But they kept still and answered him not a word, for the king’s [Hezekiah’s] command was, Do not answer him.


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Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the secretary, and Joah son of Asaph, the recording historian came to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of the Rabshakeh [the Assyrian military official].


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And when King Hezekiah heard it, he rent his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth and went into the house of the Lord.


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And he sent Eliakim, who was over the [royal] household, and Shebna the secretary, and the older priests, clothed with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.


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And they said to him, Thus says Hezekiah: This day is a day of trouble and distress and of rebuke and of disgrace; for children have come to the birth, and there is no strength to bring them forth.


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It may be that the Lord your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria, his master, has sent to mock, reproach, insult, and defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which the Lord your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant [of His people] that is left.


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And Isaiah said to them, You shall say to your master, Thus says the Lord: Do not be afraid because of the words which you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have reviled and blasphemed Me.


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Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.


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So the Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah [a fortified city of Judah]; for he had heard that the king had departed from Lachish.


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And [Sennacherib king of Assyria] heard concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He has come forth to make war with you. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,


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Thus shall you speak to Hezekiah king of Judah: Let not your God in Whom you trust deceive you by saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.


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Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, destroying them utterly. And shall you be delivered?


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Have the gods of the nations delivered those whom my predecessors have destroyed, as Gozan, Haran [of Mesopotamia], Rezeph, and the children of Eden who were in Telassar?


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Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad [of northern Syria], and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, the king of Hena, or the king of Ivvah?


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And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it. And Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord and spread it before the Lord.


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O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, Who [in symbol] are enthroned above the cherubim [of the ark in the temple], You are the God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.


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Incline Your ear, O Lord, and hear; open Your eyes, O Lord, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib which he has sent to mock, reproach, insult, and defy the living God.


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And have cast the gods of those peoples into the fire, for they were not gods but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone. Therefore they have destroyed them.


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Now therefore, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know (understand and realize) that You are the Lord, even You only.


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Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Because you have prayed to Me against Sennacherib king of Assyria,


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This is the word which the Lord has spoken concerning him: The Virgin Daughter of Zion has despised you and laughed you to scorn; the Daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head behind you.


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Whom have you mocked and reviled [insulted and blasphemed]? And against Whom have you raised your voice and haughtily lifted your eyes? Against the Holy One of Israel!


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By your servants you have mocked, reproached, insulted, and defied the Lord, and you have said, With my many chariots I have gone up to the height of the mountains, to the inner recesses of Lebanon. I cut down its tallest cedars and its choicest cypress trees; I came to its remotest height, its most luxuriant and dense forest;


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I dug wells and drank foreign waters, and with the sole of my feet I have dried up all the rivers [the Nile streams] of Egypt.


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[But, says the God of Israel] have you not heard that I purposed to do it long ago, that I planned it in ancient times? Now I have brought it to pass, that you [king of Assyria] should [be My instrument to] lay waste fortified cities, making them ruinous heaps.


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Therefore their inhabitants had little power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were like the grass of the field and like the green herb, like the grass on the housetops and like a field of grain blasted before it is grown or is in stalk.


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But I [the Lord] know your sitting down and your going out and your coming in and your raging against Me.


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Because your raging against Me and your arrogance and careless ease have come to My ears, therefore will I put My hook in your nose and My bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way you came.


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And [now, Hezekiah, says the Lord] this shall be the sign [of these things] to you: you shall eat this year what grows of itself, and in the second year that which springs from the same. And in the third year sow and reap, and plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them.


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For out of Jerusalem will go forth a remnant, and a band that survives out of Mount Zion. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.


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By the way that he came, by the same way he shall return, and he shall not come into this city, says the Lord.


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And the Angel of the Lord went forth, and slew 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians; and when [the living] arose early in the morning, behold, all these were dead bodies.


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And as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons killed him with the sword, and they escaped into the land of Armenia or Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.


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In those days King Hezekiah of Judah became ill and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him and said, Thus says the Lord: Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.


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And said, Remember [earnestly] now, O Lord, I beseech You, how I have walked before You in faithfulness and in truth, with a whole heart [absolutely devoted to You], and have done what is good in Your sight. And Hezekiah wept bitterly.


book: Isa
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Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I will add to your life fifteen years.


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And I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city [Jerusalem].


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Behold, I will turn the shadow [denoting the time of day] on the steps or degrees, which has gone down on the steps or sundial of Ahaz, backward ten steps or degrees. And the sunlight turned back ten steps on the steps on which it had gone down.


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This is the writing of Hezekiah king of Judah after he had been sick and had recovered from his sickness:


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I said, In the noontide and tranquillity of my days I must depart; I am to pass through the gates of Sheol (the place of the dead), deprived of the remainder of my years.


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I said, I shall not see the Lord, even the Lord, in the land of the living; I shall behold man no more among the inhabitants of the world.


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My [fleshly] dwelling is plucked up and is removed from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life as a weaver [rolls up the finished web]; [the Lord] cuts me free from the loom; from day to night You bring me to an end.


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I thought and quieted myself until morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day to night You bring me to an end.


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Like a twittering swallow or a crane, so do I chirp and chatter; I moan like a dove. My eyes are weary and dim with looking upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; take my side and be my security [as of a debtor being sent to prison].


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But what can I say? For He has both spoken to me and He Himself has done it. I must go softly [as in solemn procession] all my years and my sleep has fled because of the bitterness of my soul.


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O Lord, by these things men live; and in all these is the life of my spirit. O give me back my health and make me live!


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Behold, it was for my peace that I had intense bitterness; but You have loved back my life from the pit of corruption and nothingness, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.


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For Sheol (the place of the dead) cannot confess and reach out the hand to You, death cannot praise and rejoice in You; they who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness [to Your promises; their probation is at an end, their destiny is sealed].


