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Also Maacah, King Asa’s mother, he removed from being queen mother, because she had made an abominable image for [the goddess] Asherah. Asa cut down her idol, crushed it, and burned it at the brook Kidron.


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But the high places were not taken out of Israel. Nevertheless, the heart of Asa was blameless all his days.


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And he brought into the house of God the things that his father [Abijah] had dedicated and those he himself had dedicated—silver and gold and vessels.


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In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built (fortified) Ramah intending to intercept anyone going out or coming in to Asa king of Judah.


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Then Asa brought silver and gold out of the treasuries of the house of the Lord and of the king’s house and sent them to Ben-hadad king of Syria, who dwelt at Damascus, saying,


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Let there be a league between me and you, as was between my father and your father. Behold, I am sending you silver and gold; go, break your league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may withdraw from me.


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And Ben-hadad hearkened to King Asa and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.


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Then King Asa took all Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its timber with which Baasha had been building, and with them he built Geba and Mizpah.


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At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him, Because you relied on the king of Syria and not on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Syria has escaped you.


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Were not the Ethiopians and Libyans a huge host with very many chariots and horsemen? Yet because you relied then on the Lord, He gave them into your hand.


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For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth to show Himself strong in behalf of those whose hearts are blameless toward Him. You have done foolishly in this; therefore, from now on you shall have wars.


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Then Asa was angry with the seer and put him in prison [in the stocks], for he was enraged with him because of this. Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.


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In the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa was diseased in his feet—until his disease became very severe; yet in his disease he did not seek the Lord, but relied on the physicians.


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And they buried him in his own tomb which he had hewn out for himself in the City of David, and they laid him on a bier which was filled with sweet odors and various kinds [of spices] prepared by the perfumers’ art; and they made a very great burning [of spices] in his honor.


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And he placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah and set garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim which Asa his father had taken.


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The Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the first ways of his father [David]. He did not seek the Baals


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But sought and yearned with all his desire for the Lord, the God of his father, and walked in His commandments and not after the ways of Israel.


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Therefore the Lord established the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought tribute to Jehoshaphat, and he had great riches and honor.


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His heart was cheered and his courage was high in the ways of the Lord; moreover, he took away the high places and the Asherim out of Judah.


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Also in the third year of his reign he sent his princes Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah to teach in the cities of Judah;


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And with them were the Levites—Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah; and with these Levites were the priests Elishama and Jehoram.


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And they taught in Judah, and had the Book of the Law of the Lord with them; they went about throughout all the cities of Judah and taught among the people.


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And a terror from the Lord fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat.


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And some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat gifts and tribute silver, and the Arabs brought him flocks: 7,700 each of rams and of he-goats.


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This was the number of them by their fathers’ houses: Of Judah, the captains of thousands: Adnah the chief, with 300,000 mighty men of valor;


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And next to him Amasiah son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself to the Lord, with 200,000 mighty men of valor.


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These were in the king’s service, besides those [he] had placed in fortified cities throughout all Judah.


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After some years he went down to Ahab in Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance and for the people with him and persuaded him to go up with him against Ramoth-gilead.


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Ahab king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Will you go with me to Ramoth-gilead? He answered, I am as you are, and my people as your people; we will be with you in the war.


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And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Inquire first, I pray you, for the word of the Lord today.


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So King [Ahab] of Israel gathered together the prophets, 400 men, and said to them, Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up, for God will deliver it into the king’s hand.


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King [Ahab] of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is another man, Micaiah son of Imla, by whom we may inquire of the Lord, but I hate him, for he never has prophesied good for me, but always evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.


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And King [Ahab] of Israel called for one of his officers and said, Bring quickly Micaiah son of Imla.


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The king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat each on his throne, arrayed in their robes; they were sitting in an open place [at the threshing floor] at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; all the prophets were prophesying before them.


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And Zedekiah son of Chenaanah had made himself horns of iron, and said, Thus says the Lord: With these you shall push the Syrians until they are destroyed.


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All the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead and prosper; the Lord will deliver it into the king’s hand.


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The messenger who went to call Micaiah said to him, Behold, the words of the prophets foretell good to the king with one accord. So let your word be like one of them, and speak favorably.


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And when he had come to the king, King [Ahab] said to him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, Go up and prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand.


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And the king said to him, How many times shall I warn you to tell nothing but the truth to me in the name of the Lord?


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Then Micaiah said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains as sheep that have no shepherd, and the Lord said, These have no master. Let each return to his house in peace.


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And King [Ahab] of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy good to me, but evil?


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[Micaiah] said, Therefore hear the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing at His right hand and His left.


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And the Lord said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one said this thing, and another that.


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Then there came a spirit and stood before the Lord and said, I will entice him. The Lord said to him, By what means?


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And he said, I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets. And the Lord said, You shall entice him and also succeed. Go forth and do so.


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Now, you see, the Lord put a lying spirit in the mouths of your prophets; and the Lord has spoken evil concerning you.


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Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near and smote Micaiah upon the cheek and said, Which way went the Spirit of the Lord from me to speak to you?


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And Micaiah said, Behold, you shall see on that day when you shall go into an inner chamber to hide yourself.


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Then King [Ahab] of Israel said, Take Micaiah back to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king’s son,


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And say, Thus says the king: Put this fellow in prison and feed him with bread and water of affliction until I return in peace.


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Micaiah said, If you return at all in peace, the Lord has not spoken by me. And he [added], Hear it, you people, all of you!


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And [Ahab] king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself and will go to the battle, but you put on your royal robes. So King Ahab of Israel disguised himself, and they went into the battle.


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Now Syria’s king had commanded his chariot captains, Fight not with small or great, but only with the king of Israel.


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And when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat [of Judah], they said, It is the king of Israel. So they turned to fight against him, but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the Lord helped him; and God moved them to depart from him.


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For when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.


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A certain man drew his bow at a venture and smote King [Ahab] of Israel between the lower armor and the breastplate. So Ahab said to his chariot driver, Turn, carry me out of the battle, for I am wounded.


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And the battle increased that day; however, King [Ahab] of Israel propped himself up in his chariot opposite the Syrians until evening, and about sunset he died.


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Jehu son of Hanani, the seer, went out to meet him and said to Jehoshaphat, Should you help the ungodly and love those who hate the Lord? Because of this, wrath has gone out against you from the Lord.


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But there are good things found in you, for you have destroyed the Asherim out of the land and have set your heart to seek God [with all your soul’s desire].


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Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem, and he went out again among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim and brought them back to the Lord, the God of their fathers.


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And said to the judges, Be careful what you do, for you judge not for man but for the Lord, and He is with you in the matter of judgment.


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So now let the reverence and fear of the Lord be upon you; take heed what you do, for there is no injustice with the Lord our God, or partiality or taking of bribes.


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Also in Jerusalem, Jehoshaphat set certain Levites, priests, and heads of families of Israel to give judgment for the Lord and decide controversies. When they [of the commission] returned to Jerusalem,


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The king charged them, Do this in the fear of the Lord, faithfully, with integrity and a blameless heart.


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Whenever any controversy shall come to you from your brethren who dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, you shall warn and instruct them that they may not be guilty before the Lord; otherwise wrath will come upon you and your brethren. Do this and you will not be guilty.


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And behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the Lord, and Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the governor of the house of Judah, in all the king’s matters; also the Levites will serve you as officers. Deal courageously [be strong and do], and may the Lord be with the good!


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After this, the Moabites, the Ammonites, and with them the Meunites came against Jehoshaphat to battle.


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It was told Jehoshaphat, A great multitude has come against you from beyond the [Dead] Sea, from Edom; and behold they are in Hazazon-tamar, which is En-gedi.


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Then Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself [determinedly, as his vital need] to seek the Lord; he proclaimed a fast in all Judah.


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And Judah gathered together to ask help from the Lord; even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord [yearning for Him with all their desire].


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And Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem in the house of the Lord before the new court


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And said, O Lord, God of our fathers, are You not God in heaven? And do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? In Your hand are power and might, so that none is able to withstand You.


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Did not You, O our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham Your friend?


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If evil comes upon us, the sword of judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house and before You—for Your Name [and the symbol of Your presence] is in this house—and cry to You in our affliction, and You will hear and save.


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And now behold, the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, whom You would not let Israel invade when they came from the land of Egypt, and whom they turned from and did not destroy—


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Behold, they reward us by coming to drive us out of Your possession which You have given us to inherit.


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O our God, will You not exercise judgment upon them? For we have no might to stand against this great company that is coming against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.


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Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jahaziel son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, in the midst of the assembly.


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He said, Hearken, all Judah, you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you King Jehoshaphat. The Lord says this to you: Be not afraid or dismayed at this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s.


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Tomorrow go down to them. Behold, they will come up by the Ascent of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the ravine before the Wilderness of Jeruel.


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You shall not need to fight in this battle; take your positions, stand still, and see the deliverance of the Lord [Who is] with you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Fear not nor be dismayed. Tomorrow go out against them, for the Lord is with you.


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And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before the Lord, worshiping Him.


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And some Levites of the Kohathites and Korahites stood up to praise the Lord, the God of Israel, with a very loud voice.


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And they rose early in the morning and went out into the Wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in the Lord your God and you shall be established; believe and remain steadfast to His prophets and you shall prosper.


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When he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers to sing to the Lord and praise Him in their holy [priestly] garments as they went out before the army, saying, Give thanks to the Lord, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever!


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And when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushments against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir who had come against Judah, and they were [self-] slaughtered;


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For [suspecting betrayal] the men of Ammon and Moab rose against those of Mount Seir, utterly destroying them. And when they had made an end of the men of Seir, they all helped to destroy one another.


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And when Judah came to the watchtower of the wilderness, they looked at the multitude, and behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none had escaped!


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When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take the spoil, they found among them much cattle, goods, garments, and precious things which they took for themselves, more than they could carry away, so much they were three days in gathering the spoil.


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On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Beracah. There they blessed the Lord. So the name of the place is still called the Valley of Beracah [blessing].


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Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, Jehoshaphat leading them, to Jerusalem with joy, for the Lord had made them to rejoice over their enemies.


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And the fear of God came upon all the kingdoms of those countries when they heard that the Lord had fought against the enemies of Israel.


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Thus Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he began his twenty-five-year reign in Jerusalem. His mother was Azubah daughter of Shilhi.


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And he walked in the ways of Asa his father and departed not from it, doing what was right in the sight of the Lord.


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But the high places [of idolatry] were not taken away, for the people had not yet set their hearts on their fathers’ God.


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Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, from first to last, they are written in the records of Jehu son of Hanani, which are in the Book of the Kings of Israel.


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Then Eliezer son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because you have joined Ahaziah, the Lord will destroy your works. So the ships were wrecked and unable to go to Tarshish.


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Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers and was buried with [them] in the City of David. Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.


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He had brothers: Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah, all the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.


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Their father gave them great gifts of silver, gold, and precious things, together with fortified cities in Judah, but the kingdom he gave to Jehoram, the firstborn.


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When Jehoram had ascended to the kingship of his father, he strengthened himself and slew all his brethren with the sword and also some of Israel’s princes.


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He walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab, for he married the daughter of Ahab and did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord.


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But the Lord would not destroy the house of David, because He had made a covenant with David and promised to give a light to him and to his sons forever.


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Then Jehoram passed over [the Jordan] with his captains and all his chariots, and rose up by night and smote the Edomites who had surrounded him and his chariot captains.


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So Edom revolted from the rule of Judah to this day. Then Libnah also revolted from Jehoram’s rule, because he had forsaken the Lord, the God of his fathers.


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Moreover, he made idolatrous high places in the hill country of Judah and debauched spiritually the inhabitants of Jerusalem and led Judah astray [compelling the people’s cooperation].


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And there came a letter to Jehoram from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father [forefather]: Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat your father nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,


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But have walked in the ways of Israel’s kings, and made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem play the harlot like the [spiritual] harlotry of Ahab’s house, and also have slain your brothers of your father’s house, who were better than you,


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Behold, the Lord will smite your people, and your children, your wives, and all your possessions with a great plague.


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And you yourself shall have a severe illness because of an intestinal disease, until your bowels fall out because of the sickness, day after day.


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And the Lord stirred up against Jehoram the anger of the Philistines and of the Arabs who were near the Ethiopians.


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They came against Judah, invaded it, and carried away all the possessions found in and around the king’s house, together with his sons and his wives; so there was not a son left to him except Jehoahaz, the youngest.


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In process of time, after two years, his bowels fell out because of his disease. So he died in severe distress. And his people made no funeral fire to honor him, like the fires for his fathers.


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Thirty-two years old was Jehoram when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being wanted. Yet they buried him in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.


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The people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, his youngest son, king in his stead, for the troop that came with the Arabs to the camp had slain all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.


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Forty-two years old was Ahaziah when he began his one-year reign in Jerusalem. His mother was Athaliah, a granddaughter of Omri.


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So he did evil in the sight of the Lord like the house of Ahab, for they were his counselors after his father’s death, to his destruction.


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He followed their counsel and even went with Joram son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead. And the Syrians wounded Joram;


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And he returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds given him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. Azariah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram son of Ahab in Jezreel because he was sick.


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But the destruction of Ahaziah was ordained of God in his coming to visit Joram. For when he got there he went out with Joram against Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab.


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And when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, he met the princes of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s slain brothers, who attended Ahaziah, and he slew them.


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And [Jehu] sought Ahaziah, who was hiding in Samaria; he was captured, brought to Jehu, and slain. They buried him, for they said, After all, he is the grandson of Jehoshaphat, who sought the Lord with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no one left able to rule the kingdom.


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But when Athaliah mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal family of Judah.


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But Jehosheba, the daughter of the king, took Joash [infant] son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the king’s sons who were to be slain, and she put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehosheba daughter of King Jehoram, sister of Ahaziah, and wife of Jehoiada the priest, hid [Joash] from [his grandmother] Athaliah, so that she did not slay him.


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In the seventh year Jehoiada [the priest] took strength and courage and made a covenant with the captains of hundreds: Azariah son of Jeroham, Ishmael son of Jehohanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zichri.


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And they went about in Judah and gathered the Levites out of all the cities, and the chiefs of the fathers’ houses of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.


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And all the assembly made a covenant in the house of God with the king [little Joash, to suddenly proclaim his sovereignty and overthrow Athaliah’s tyranny]. And Jehoiada the priest said to them, Behold, the king’s son shall reign, as the Lord has said of the offspring of David.


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This is what you shall do: a third of you priests and Levites who are resuming service on the Sabbath shall be doorkeepers,


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A [second] third shall be at the king’s house, and [the final] third at the Foundation Gate; and all the people shall be in the courts [only] of the house of the Lord.


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But let none come into the [main] house of the Lord except the priests and those of the Levites who minister; they may go in, for they are holy, but let all the rest of the people carefully observe the law against entering the holy place of the Lord.


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And the Levites shall surround the young king, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whoever comes into the house [breaking through the ranks of the guard to get near Joash] shall be put to death. But you be with the king when he comes in [from the temple chamber where he is hiding] and when he goes out.


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So the Levites and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the priest had commanded; and took every man his men who were to resume duty on the Sabbath, with those who were to go out on the Sabbath, for Jehoiada the priest did not dismiss the divisions [of priests and Levites].


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Also Jehoiada the priest gave the captains of hundreds spears, bucklers, and shields that had been King David’s, which were in the house of God.


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And he set all the people as a guard for the king, every man having his weapon (missile) in his hand, from the right side to the left side of the temple, around the altar and the temple.


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Then they brought out the king’s son and put the crown on him and gave him the testimony or law and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him and said, Long live the king!


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When Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she went into the Lord’s house to the people.


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And behold, there the king stood by his pillar at the entrance, the captains and the trumpeters beside him; and all the people of the land rejoicing and blowing trumpets, and the singers with musical instruments led in singing of praise. Athaliah rent her clothes and cried, Treason! Treason!


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Then Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds who were over the army, Bring her out between the ranks, and whoever follows her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest said, Do not slay her in the Lord’s house.


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So they made way for Athaliah, and she went into the entrance of the Horse Gate of the king’s house; there they slew her.


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Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, all the people, and the king, that they should be the Lord’s people.


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Then all the people went to the house of Baal, tore it down, and broke its altars and its images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.


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Also Jehoiada appointed the offices and officers [for the care] of the house of the Lord under the direction of the Levitical priests, whom David had distributed [in his day] in the house of the Lord, to offer the burnt offerings of the Lord as written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and singing, as ordered by David.


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Jehoiada set the gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the Lord so that no one should enter who was in any way unclean.


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And he took the captains of hundreds and the nobles and governors of the people and all the people of the land and brought down the king from the house of the Lord; and they came through the Upper Gate to the king’s house and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.


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So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet after Athaliah had been slain with the sword.


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Joash was seven years old when he began his forty-year reign in Jerusalem. His mother was Zibiah of Beersheba.


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And Joash did what was right in the sight of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest [his uncle].


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He gathered the priests and the Levites and said to them, Go out to the cities of Judah, and gather from all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year; and see that you hasten the matter. But the Levites did not hasten it.


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So the king called for Jehoiada the high priest and said to him, Why have you not required the Levites to bring in from Judah and Jerusalem the tax authorized by Moses the servant of the Lord and of the assembly of Israel for the Tent of the Testimony?


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For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken into the house of God and also had used for the Baals all the dedicated things of the house of the Lord.


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And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem to bring in for the Lord the tax that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness.


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And all the princes and people rejoiced and brought their tax and dropped it into the chest until they had finished.


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When the Levites brought the chest to the king’s office, and whenever they saw that there was much money, the king’s secretary and the high priest’s officer came and emptied the chest and carried it to its place again. Thus they did day by day and collected money in abundance.


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And the king and Jehoiada gave it to those who did the work of the temple service; and they hired masons and carpenters and also those who worked in iron and bronze to repair the house of the Lord.


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So the workmen labored, and the work of repairing went forward in their hands; and they set up the house of God according to its design and strengthened it.


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When they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada; from it were made utensils for the Lord’s house, vessels for ministering and for offerings, and cups and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the Lord continually all the days of Jehoiada.


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But Jehoiada became old and full of [the handicaps of great] age, and he died. He was 130 years old at his death.


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They buried him in the City of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel and toward God and His house.


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Now after the death of Jehoiada [the priest, who had hidden Joash], the princes of Judah came and made obeisance to King Joash; then the king hearkened to them.


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They forsook the house of the Lord, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and idols; and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for their sin (guilt).


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Yet [God] sent prophets to them to bring them again to the Lord; these testified against them, but they would not listen.


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Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood over the people, and he said to them, Thus says God: Why do you transgress the commandments of the Lord so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the Lord, He also has forsaken you.


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They conspired against Zechariah the priest and stoned him at the command of the king in the court of the Lord’s house!


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Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness which Jehoiada, Zechariah’s father, had done him, but slew his son. And when [Zechariah the priest] was dying, he said, May the Lord see and avenge!


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At the end of the year, the army of Syria came up against Joash. They came to Judah and Jerusalem and destroyed all the princes from among the people and sent all their spoil to the king of Damascus.


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Though the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, the Lord delivered a very great host into their hands, because Joash and Judah had forsaken the Lord, the God of their fathers. So the Syrians executed judgment against Joash.


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And when they had departed from Joash, leaving him very ill, his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and they slew him on his bed. So he died and they buried him in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.


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The conspirators against Joash were Zabad son of Shimeath the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad son of Shimrith the Moabitess.


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Now concerning his sons and the greatness of the prophecies uttered against him and the rebuilding of the house of God, they are written in the commentary on the Book of Kings. And Amaziah his [Joash’s] son reigned in his stead.


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Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.


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But he did not slay their children; he did as it is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the Lord commanded, The fathers shall not die for the children, or the children die for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin.


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Amaziah assembled the men of Judah and set them by fathers’ houses under commanders of thousands and of hundreds for all Judah and Benjamin. He numbered them from twenty years old and over and found them to be 300,000 choice men fit for war and able to handle spear and shield.


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But a man of God came to him, saying, O king, do not let all this army of Ephraimites of Israel go with you [of Judah], for the Lord is not with you,


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For if you go [in spite of warning], no matter how strong you are for battle, God will cast you down before the enemy, for God has power to help and to cast down.


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And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do about the 100 talents which I have given to the army of Israel? The man of God answered, The Lord is able to give you much more than this.


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So Amaziah discharged the army that came to him from Ephraim to go home. So their anger was greatly kindled against Judah; they returned home in fierce wrath.


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And Amaziah took courage and led forth his people to the Valley of Salt and smote 10,000 of the men of Seir [Edom].


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Another 10,000 the men of Judah captured alive and brought them to the top of a crag and cast them down from it, and they were all dashed to pieces.


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But the soldiers of the band which Amaziah sent back, not allowing them to go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even to Beth-horon, and smote 3,000 [men] and took much spoil.


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After Amaziah came back from the slaughter of the Edomites, he brought their gods and set them up to be his gods and bowed before them and burned incense to them.


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So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Amaziah, and He sent to him a prophet, who said, Why have you sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of your hand?


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As he was talking, the king said to him, Have we made you the king’s counselor? Stop it! Why should you be put to death? The prophet stopped but said, I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and ignored my counsel.


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Then Amaziah king of Judah took counsel and sent to Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come [to battle], let us look one another in the face.


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Jehoash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, A little thistle in Lebanon sent to a great cedar in Lebanon, saying, Give your daughter to my son as wife. And a wild beast of Lebanon passed by and trampled down the thistle.


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You say, See, [I] have smitten Edom! Your heart lifts you up to boast. Stay at home; why should you meddle [and court disaster], so you will fall and Judah with you?


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But Amaziah would not hear, for it came from God, that He might deliver Judah into the hands of their enemies, because they sought after the gods of Edom.


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So Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah faced one another at Beth-shemesh of Judah.


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And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh and brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate, 400 cubits.


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And he took all the gold, the silver, and all the vessels found in God’s house with [the doorkeeper] Obed-edom, and the treasures of the king’s house and hostages also, and returned to Samaria.


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And Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.


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The rest of the acts of Amaziah, from first to last, are they not written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel?


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Now after Amaziah turned away from the Lord, they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But they sent to Lachish and slew him there.


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Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.


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Uzziah was sixteen years old when he began his fifty-two-year reign in Jerusalem. His mother was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.


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He set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the things of God; and as long as he sought (inquired of, yearned for) the Lord, God made him prosper.


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He went out against the Philistines and broke down the walls of Gath, of Jabneh, and of Ashdod, and built cities near Ashdod and elsewhere among the Philistines.


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The Ammonites paid tribute to Uzziah, and his fame spread abroad even to the border of Egypt, for he became very strong.


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Also Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, the Valley Gate, and at the angle of the wall, and fortified them.


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Also he built towers in the wilderness and hewed out many cisterns, for he had much livestock, both in the lowlands and in the tableland. And he had farmers and vinedressers in the hills and in the fertile fields [of Carmel], for he loved farming.


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And Uzziah had a combat army for waging war by regiments according to the number as recorded by Jeiel the secretary and Maaseiah the officer under the direction of Hananiah, one of the king’s commanders.


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Under their command was an army of 307,500 who could fight with mighty power to help the king against the enemy.


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Uzziah prepared for all the army shields, spears, helmets, coats of mail, bows, and stones to sling.


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In Jerusalem he made machines invented by skillful men to be on the towers and the [corner] bulwarks, with which to shoot arrows and great stones. And his fame spread far, for he was marvelously helped till he was strong.


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But when [King Uzziah] was strong, he became proud to his destruction; and he trespassed against the Lord his God, for he went into the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense.


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They opposed King Uzziah and said to him, It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the Lord, but for the priests, the sons of Aaron, who are set apart to burn incense. Withdraw from the sanctuary; you have trespassed, and that will not be to your credit and honor before the Lord God.


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Then Uzziah was enraged, and he had a censer in his hand to burn incense. And while he was enraged with the priests, leprosy broke out on his forehead before the priests in the house of the Lord, beside the incense altar.


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And as Azariah the chief priest and all the priests looked upon him, behold, he was leprous on his forehead! So they forced him out of there; and he also made haste to get out, because the Lord had smitten him.


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And King Uzziah was a leper to the day of his death, and, being a leper, he dwelt in a separate house, for he was excluded from the Lord’s house. And Jotham his son took charge of the king’s household, ruling the people of the land.


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So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the burial field of the kings [outside the royal tombs], for they said, He is a leper. Jotham his son reigned in his stead.


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Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jerushah daughter of Zadok.


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He did right in the sight of the Lord, to the extent of all that his father Uzziah had done. However, he did not invade the temple of the Lord. But the people still did corruptly.


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Moreover, he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and in the forests he built forts and towers.


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He fought with the king of the Ammonites and prevailed against them. The Ammonites gave him that year 100 talents of silver and 10,000 measures each of wheat and of barley. That much the Ammonites paid to him also the second year and third year.


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Now the rest of Jotham’s acts, and all his wars and his ways, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.


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And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David. Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.


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Ahaz was twenty years old when he began his sixteen-year reign in Jerusalem. He did not do right in the sight of the Lord, like David his father [forefather].


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And he burned incense in the Valley of Ben-hinnom [son of Hinnom] and burned his sons as an offering, after the abominable customs of the [heathen] nations whom the Lord drove out before the Israelites.


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Therefore the Lord his God gave Ahaz into the power of the king of Syria, who defeated him and carried away a great multitude of the Jews as captives, taking them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hands of the king of Israel, who smote Judah with a great slaughter.


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For Pekah son of Remaliah slew in Judah 120,000 in one day, all courageous men, because they had forsaken the Lord, the God of their fathers.


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And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah, King Ahaz’ son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah, who was second to the king.


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contenido:
And the Israelites carried away captive 200,000 of their kinsmen [of Judah]—women, sons, and daughters—and also took much plunder from them and brought it to Samaria.


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But a prophet of the Lord was there whose name was Oded, and he went out to meet the army that was returning to Samaria and said to them, Behold, because the Lord, the God of your fathers, was angry with Judah, He delivered them into your hand; but you have slain them in a fury that reaches up to heaven.


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And now you intend to suppress the people of Judah and Jerusalem, both men and women, as your slaves. But are not you yourselves guilty of crimes against the Lord your God?


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Now hear me therefore, and set the prisoners free again whom you have taken captive of your kinsmen, for the fierce wrath of the Lord is upon you.


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Then certain of the heads of the Ephraimites [Israel]—Azariah son of Johanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai—stood up against those returning from the war


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And said, You shall not bring the captives in here; we are guilty before the Lord already, and what you intend will add more to our sins and our guilt. For our trespass (guilt) is great, and there is fierce anger against Israel.


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So the armed men [of Israel] left the captives and the spoil [of Judah] before the princes and all the assembly.


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And the men who have been mentioned by name rose up and took the captives, and with the spoil they clothed all who were naked among them; and having clothed them, shod them, given them food and drink, anointed them [as was a host’s duty], and carried all the feeble of them upon donkeys, they brought them to Jericho, the City of Palm Trees, to their brethren. Then they returned to Samaria.


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The Philistines had invaded the cities of the low country and of the South (the Negeb) of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, and Soco, and also Timnah and Gimzo, with their villages, and they settled there.


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For the Lord brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel, for Ahaz had dealt with reckless cruelty against Judah and had been faithless [had transgressed sorely] against the Lord.


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For Ahaz took [treasure] from the house of the Lord and out of the house of the king and from the princes and gave it as tribute to the king of Assyria, but it did not help Ahaz.


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For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, which had defeated him, for he said, Since the gods of the kings of Syria helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him and of all Israel.


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And Ahaz collected the utensils of the house of God and cut them in pieces; and he shut up the doors of the Lord’s temple [the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies] and made himself altars in every corner of Jerusalem.


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In each city of Judah he made high places to burn incense to other gods, provoking to anger the Lord, the God of his fathers.


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contenido:
Now the rest of his acts and of all his ways, from first to last, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.


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contenido:
And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, in Jerusalem, but they did not bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel. And Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.


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Hezekiah began to reign when he was twenty-five years old, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother was Abijah daughter of Zechariah.


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And he did right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that David his father [forefather] had done.


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In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the Lord [which his father had closed] and repaired them.


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And said to them, Levites, hear me! Now sanctify (purify and make free from sin) yourselves and the house of the Lord, the God of your fathers, and carry out the filth from the Holy Place.


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For our fathers have trespassed and have done what was evil in the sight of the Lord our God, and they have forsaken Him and have turned away their faces from the dwelling place of the Lord and have turned their backs.


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Also they have closed the doors of the porch and put out the lamps, and they have not burned incense or offered burnt offerings in the place holy to the God of Israel.


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contenido:
Therefore the wrath of the Lord was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He has delivered them to be a terror and a cause of trembling, to be an astonishment, and a hissing, as you see with your own eyes.


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For, behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons, our daughters, and our wives are in captivity for this.


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Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the Lord, the God of Israel, that His fierce anger may turn away from us.


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My sons, do not now be negligent, for the Lord has chosen you to stand in His presence, to serve Him, to be His ministers, and to burn incense to Him.


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Then the Levites arose: Mahath son of Amasai, Joel son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites; of the sons of Merari: Kish son of Abdi, Azariah son of Jehallelel; of the Gershonites: Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah;


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They gathered their brethren and sanctified themselves and went in, as the king had commanded by the words of the Lord, to cleanse the house of the Lord.


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The priests went into the inner part of the house of the Lord to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness they found in the temple of the Lord into the court of the Lord’s house. And the Levites carried it out to the brook Kidron.


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They began on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day they came to the porch of the Lord. Then for eight days they sanctified the house of the Lord, and on the sixteenth day they finished.


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Then they went to King Hezekiah and said, We have cleansed all the house of the Lord and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils and the showbread table with all its utensils.


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Moreover, all the utensils which King Ahaz in his reign cast away when he was transgressing [faithless] we have made ready and sanctified; and behold, they are before the altar of the Lord.


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Then King Hezekiah rose early and gathered the officials of the city and went up to the house of the Lord.


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They brought seven each of bulls, rams, lambs, and he-goats for a sin offering for the kingdom, the sanctuary, and Judah. He commanded the priests, the sons of Aaron, to offer them on the Lord’s altar.


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So they killed the bulls, and the priests received the blood and dashed it against the altar. Likewise, when they had killed the rams and then the lambs, they dashed the blood against the altar.


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Then the he-goats for the sin offering were brought before the king and the assembly, and they laid their hands on them.


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The priests killed them and made a sin offering with their blood upon the altar to make atonement for all Israel, for the king commanded that the burnt offering and sin offering be made for all Israel.


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Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the Lord’s house with cymbals, harps, and lyres, as David [his forefather] and Gad the king’s seer and Nathan the prophet had commanded; for the commandment was from the Lord through His prophets.


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Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the Lord began also with the trumpets and with the instruments ordained by King David of Israel.


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And all the congregation worshiped, the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded; all this continued until the burnt offering was finished.


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Also King Hezekiah and the princes ordered the Levites to sing praises to the Lord with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness and bowed themselves and worshiped.


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Then Hezekiah said, Now you have consecrated yourselves to the Lord; come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the Lord. And the assembly brought in sacrifices and thank offerings, and as many as were of a willing heart brought burnt offerings.


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contenido:
And the number of the burnt offerings which the assembly brought was 70 bulls, 100 rams, and 200 lambs. All these were for a burnt offering to the Lord.


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But the priests were too few and could not skin all the burnt offerings. So until the other priests had sanctified themselves, their Levite kinsmen helped them until the work was done, for the Levites were more upright in heart than the priests in sanctifying themselves.


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Also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace offerings, and the drink offerings for every burnt offering. So the service of the Lord’s house was set in order.


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Thus Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, because of what God had prepared for the people, for it was done suddenly.


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contenido:
Hezekiah sent to all Israel [as well as] Judah and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh to come to the Lord’s house at Jerusalem to keep the Passover to the Lord, the God of Israel.


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For the king and his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem took counsel to keep the Passover in the second month.


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For they could not keep it at the set time because not enough priests had sanctified themselves, neither had the people assembled in Jerusalem.


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So they decreed to make a proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, that the people should come to keep the Passover to the Lord, the God of Israel, at Jerusalem. For they had not kept it collectively as prescribed for a long time.


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So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, as the king commanded, saying, O Israelites, return to the Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, that He may return to those left of you who escaped out of the hands of the kings of Assyria.


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Do not be like your fathers and brethren, who were unfaithful to the Lord, the God of their fathers, so that He gave them up to desolation [to be an astonishment], as you see.


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Now be not stiff-necked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves to the Lord and come to His sanctuary, which He has sanctified forever, and serve the Lord your God, that His fierce anger may turn away from you.


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For if you return to the Lord, your brethren and your children shall find compassion with their captors and return to this land. For the Lord your God is gracious and merciful, and He will not turn away His face from you if you return to Him.


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So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, even to Zebulun, but the people laughed them to scorn and mocked them.


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Also the hand of God came upon Judah to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the Lord.


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And many people came to Jerusalem to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread in the second month, a very great assembly.


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They rose up and took away the altars [to idols] that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars and utensils for incense [to the gods] they took away and threw into the Kidron Valley [dumping place for the ashes of such abominations].


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Then they killed the Passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the second month. And the priests and the Levites were ashamed and sanctified themselves and brought burnt offerings to the Lord’s house.


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They stood in their accustomed places, as directed in the Law of Moses the man of God. The priests threw [against the altar] the blood they received from the hand of the Levites.


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For many were in the assembly who had not sanctified themselves [become clean and free from all sin]. So the Levites had to kill the Passover lambs for all who were not clean, in order to make them holy to the Lord.


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For a multitude of the people, many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet they ate the Passover otherwise than Moses directed. For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, May the good Lord pardon everyone


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Who sets his heart to seek and yearn for God—the Lord, the God of his fathers—even though not complying with the purification regulations of the sanctuary.


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And the Israelites who were in Jerusalem kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy. The Levites and priests praised the Lord day by day, singing with instruments of much volume to the Lord.


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Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites who had good understanding in the Lord’s work. So the people ate the seven-day appointed feast, offering peace offerings, making confession [and giving thanks] to the Lord, the God of their fathers.


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And the whole assembly took counsel to prolong the feast another seven days; and they kept it another seven days with joy.


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For Hezekiah king of Judah gave to the assembly 1,000 young bulls and 7,000 sheep, and the princes gave 1,000 young bulls and 10,000 sheep. And a great number of priests sanctified themselves [for service].


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All the assembly of Judah, with the priests, the Levites, and all the assembly who with the sojourners came from the land of Israel to dwell in Judah, rejoiced.


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So there was great joy in Jerusalem, for since the time of Solomon son of David king of Israel there was nothing like this in Jerusalem.


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Then the priests and Levites arose and blessed the people; and their voice was heard and their prayer came up to [God’s] holy habitation in heaven.


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Now when all this was finished, all Israel present there went out to the cities of Judah and broke in pieces the pillars or obelisks, cut down the Asherim, and threw down the high places [of idolatry] and the altars in all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the Israelites returned to their own cities, every man to his possession.


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And Hezekiah appointed the priests and the Levites after their divisions, each man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the camp of the Lord.


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King Hezekiah’s personal contribution was for the burnt offerings: [those] of morning and evening, for the Sabbaths, for the New Moons, and for the appointed feasts, as written in the Law of the Lord.


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He commanded the people living in Jerusalem to give the portion due the priests and Levites, that they might [be free to] give themselves to the Law of the Lord.


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As soon as the command went abroad, the Israelites gave in abundance the firstfruits of grain, vintage fruit, oil, honey, and of all the produce of the field; and they brought in abundantly the tithe of everything.


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The people of Israel and Judah who lived in Judah’s cities also brought the tithe of cattle and sheep and of the dedicated things which were consecrated to the Lord their God, and they laid them in heaps.


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In the third month [at the end of wheat harvest] they began to lay the foundation or beginning of the heaps and finished them in the seventh month.


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Azariah the high priest, of the house of Zadok, answered him, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the Lord’s house, we have eaten and have plenty left, for the Lord has blessed His people, and what is left is this great store.


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Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare chambers [for storage] in the house of the Lord, and they prepared them


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And brought in the offerings, tithes, and dedicated things faithfully. Conaniah the Levite was in charge of them, and Shimei his brother came next.


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contenido:
And Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers directed by Conaniah and Shimei his brother, at the appointment of King Hezekiah and Azariah the chief officer of the house of God.


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Kore son of Imnah the Levite, keeper of the East Gate, was over the freewill offerings to God, to apportion the contributions of the Lord and the most holy things.


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Under him were Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the priests’ cities, in their office of trust faithfully to give to their brethren by divisions, to great and small alike,


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Except those [Levites] registered as males from three years old and upward—who were consecrated to the temple service [in Jerusalem, for their daily portion] as the duty of every day required, for their service according to their offices by their divisions.


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The registration of the priests was according to their fathers’ houses; that of the Levites from twenty years old and upward was according to their offices by their divisions;


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Also there was the registration of all their little ones, their wives, and their older sons and daughters through all the congregation. For in their office of trust they cleansed themselves and set themselves apart in holiness.


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Also for the sons of Aaron the priests, who were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities or in every city, there were men who were mentioned by name to give portions to all the males among the priests and to all who were registered among the Levites.


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Hezekiah did this throughout all Judah, and he did what was good, right, and faithful before the Lord his God.


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And every work that he began in the service of the house of God, in keeping with the law and the commandments to seek his God [inquiring of and yearning for Him], he did with all his heart, and he prospered.


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After these things and this loyalty, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, invaded Judah, and encamped against the fortified cities, thinking to take them.


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He decided with his officers and his mighty men to stop up the waters of the fountains which were outside the city [by enclosing them with masonry and concealing them], and they helped him.


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So many people gathered, and they stopped up all the springs and the brook which flowed through the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come and find much water?


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Also Hezekiah took courage and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised towers upon it, and he built another wall outside and strengthened the Millo in the City of David and made weapons and shields in abundance.


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And he set captains of war over the people and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city and spoke encouragingly to them, saying,


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Be strong and courageous. Be not afraid or dismayed before the king of Assyria and all the horde that is with him, for there is Another with us greater than [all those] with him.


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With him is an arm of flesh, but with us is the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles. And the people relied on the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.


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And this Sennacherib king of Assyria, while he himself with all his forces was before Lachish, sent his servants to Jerusalem, to Hezekiah king of Judah, and to all Judah who were at Jerusalem, saying,


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Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria: On what do you trust, that you remain in the strongholds in Jerusalem?


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Is not Hezekiah leading you on in order to let you die by famine and thirst, saying, The Lord our God will deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?


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Has not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, You shall worship before one altar and burn incense upon it?


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contenido:
Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of other lands? Were the gods of the nations of those lands in any way able to deliver their lands out of my hand?


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Who among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed was able to deliver his people out of my hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of my hand?


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So now, do not let Hezekiah deceive or mislead you in this way, and do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of my hand or the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you out of my hand!


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The Assyrian king also wrote letters insulting the Lord, the God of Israel, and speaking against Him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands have not delivered their people out of my hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver His people out of my hand.


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And they shouted it loudly in the Jewish language to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten and terrify them, that they might take the city.


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And they spoke of the God of Jerusalem as they spoke of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of the hands of men.


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And the Lord sent an angel, who cut off all the mighty warriors and commanders and officers in the camp of the king of Assyria. So the Assyrian king returned with shamed face to his own land. And when he came into the house of his god, they who were his own offspring slew him there with the sword.


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Thus the Lord saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria and from the hand of all his enemies, and He guided them on every side.


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And many brought gifts to Jerusalem to the Lord and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah; so from then on he was magnified in the sight of all nations.


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In those days Hezekiah was sick to the point of death; and he prayed to the Lord and He answered him and gave him a sign.


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But Hezekiah did not make return [to the Lord] according to the benefit done to him, for his heart became proud [at such a spectacular response to his prayer]; therefore there was wrath upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.


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But Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the Lord came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.


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And Hezekiah had very great wealth and honor, and he made for himself treasuries for silver, gold, precious stones, spices, shields, and all kinds of attractive vessels,


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Storehouses also for the increase of grain, vintage fruits, and oil, and stalls for all kinds of cattle, and sheepfolds.


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Moreover, he provided for himself cities and flocks and herds in abundance, for God had given him very great possessions.


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This same Hezekiah also closed the upper springs of Gihon and directed the waters down to the west side of the City of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.


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And so in the matter of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon who were sent to him to inquire about the wonder that was done in the land, God left him to himself to try him, that He might know all that was in his heart.


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Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah and his good deeds, behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, and in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.


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And Hezekiah slept with his fathers and was buried in the ascent of the tombs of the descendants of David; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honor at his death. Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.


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But he did evil in the Lord’s sight, like the abominations of the heathen whom the Lord drove out before the Israelites.


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For he built again the [idolatrous] high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared altars for the Baals and made the Asherim and worshiped all the hosts of the heavens and served them.


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Also he built [heathen] altars in the Lord’s house, of which the Lord had said, In Jerusalem shall My Name be forever.


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And he burned his children as an offering [to his god] in the Valley of Ben-hinnom [son of Hinnom], and practiced soothsaying, augury, and sorcery, and dealt with mediums and wizards. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him to anger.


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And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put My Name [and Presence] forever;


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And I will no more remove Israel from the land which I appointed for your fathers, if they will only take heed to do all that I have commanded them, the whole law, the statutes, and the ordinances given through Moses.


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So Manasseh led Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to do more evil than the heathen whom the Lord had destroyed before the Israelites.


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So the Lord brought against them the commanders of the host of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh with hooks and in fetters and brought him to Babylon.


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When he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.


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He prayed to Him, and God, entreated by him, heard his supplication and brought him again to Jerusalem to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord is God.


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And he built an outer wall to the City of David west of Gihon in the valley, to the entrance of the Fish Gate, and ran it around Ophel, raising it to a very great height; and he put commanders of the army in all the fortified cities of Judah.


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And he took away the foreign gods and the idol out of the house of the Lord and all the altars that he had built on the mount of the house of the Lord and in Jerusalem; and he cast them out of the city.


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And he restored the Lord’s altar and sacrificed on it offerings of peace and of thanksgiving; and he commanded Judah to serve the Lord, the God of Israel.


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Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer to his God, and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel.


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His prayer and how God heard him, and all his sins and unfaithfulness, and the sites on which he built high places and set up the Asherim and graven images before he humbled himself, behold, they are written in the Chronicles of the Seers.


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So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house [garden]. And Amon his son reigned in his stead.


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But he did evil in the sight of the Lord, as did Manasseh his father; for Amon sacrificed to all the images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them,


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And he did not humble himself before the Lord, as Manasseh his father [finally] did; but Amon trespassed and became more and more guilty.


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But the people of the land slew all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made Josiah his son king in his stead.


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He did right in the sight of the Lord and walked in the ways of David his father [forefather] and turned aside neither to the right hand nor to the left.


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For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young [sixteen], he began to seek after and yearn for the God of David his father [forefather]; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherim, and the carved and molten images.


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They broke down the altars of the Baals in his presence; the sun-images that were high above them he hewed down; the Asherim and the graven images and the molten images he broke in pieces and made dust of them and strewed it upon the graves of those who sacrificed to them.


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Josiah burned the bones of the [idolatrous] priests upon their altars, and so cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.


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So he did in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, even to Naphtali, in their ruins round about [with their axes],


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He broke down the altars and the Asherim and beat the graven images into powder and hewed down all the sun-images throughout all the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.


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In the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign, when he had purged the land and the [Lord’s] house, he sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah governor of the city, and Joah son of Joahaz, the recorder, to repair the house of the Lord his God.


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When they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that had been brought into the house of God, which the Levites who kept the doors had collected from Manasseh, Ephraim, all the remnant of Israel, and from all Judah, Benjamin, and Jerusalem.


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They delivered it to the workmen who had oversight of the Lord’s house, who gave it to repair and restore the temple:


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To the carpenters and builders to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings and beams for the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed [by neglect].


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The men did the work faithfully. Their overseers were Jahath and Obadiah, Levites of the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites. The Levites—all who were skillful with instruments of music—


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Also had oversight of the burden bearers and all who did work in any kind of service; and some of the Levites were scribes, officials, and gatekeepers.


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When they were bringing out the money that was brought into the house of the Lord, Hilkiah the priest found the Book of the Law of the Lord given by Moses.


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Hilkiah told Shaphan the scribe, I have found the Book of the Law in the Lord’s house. And [he] gave the book to Shaphan.


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Shaphan took the book to King Josiah, but [first] reported to him, All that was committed to your servants they are doing.


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They have emptied out the money that was found in the house of the Lord and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers and the workmen.


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Then Shaphan the scribe said to the king, Hilkiah the priest has given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.


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And the king commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king, saying,


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Go, inquire of the Lord for me and for those who are left in Israel and in Judah about the words of the book that is found. For great is the Lord’s wrath that is poured out on us because our fathers have not kept the word of the Lord, to do according to all that is written in this book.


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And Hilkiah and they whom the king had appointed went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe. She dwelt in Jerusalem, in the Second Quarter. They spoke to her to that effect.


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Thus says the Lord: Behold, I will bring evil upon this place and upon its inhabitants, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah.


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Because they have forsaken Me and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands, therefore My wrath shall be poured out upon this place and shall not be quenched.


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But say to King Josiah of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the Lord, Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the words which you have heard:


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Because your heart was tender and penitent and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and its inhabitants, and humbled yourself before Me and rent your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you, says the Lord.


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Behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, and your eyes shall not see all the evil that I will bring upon this place and its inhabitants. So they brought the king word again.


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And [he] went up into the house of the Lord, as did all the men of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the priests, the Levites, and all the people, great and small; and he [the king] read in their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant that was found in the Lord’s house.


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Then the king stood in his place and made a covenant before the Lord—to walk after the Lord and to keep His commandments, His testimonies, and His statutes with all his heart and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant that are written in this book.


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And he caused all who were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand in confirmation of it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.


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Josiah removed all the [idolatrous] abominations from all the territory that belonged to the Israelites, and made all who were in Israel serve the Lord their God. All his days they did not turn from following the Lord, the God of their fathers.


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Josiah kept the Passover to the Lord in Jerusalem; they killed the Passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the first month.


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He appointed the priests to their positions and encouraged them in the service of the house of the Lord.


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To the Levites who taught all Israel and were holy to the Lord he said: Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon son of David king of Israel, built; it shall no longer be a burden carried on your shoulders. Now serve the Lord your God and His people Israel.


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Prepare yourselves according to your fathers’ houses by your divisions, after the directions of David king of Israel and of Solomon his son.


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And stand in the holy court of the priests according to the sections of the fathers’ families of your kinsmen, the common people, and let there be a section of the Levites [to attend] to each division of the families of the people.


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Kill the Passover lambs and sanctify yourselves and prepare for your brethren to do according to the word of the Lord by Moses.


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contenido:
Then Josiah contributed to the lay people lambs and kids of the flock as Passover offerings for all who were present, to the number of 30,000, and 3,000 young bulls—all from the king’s possessions.


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And his princes gave for a freewill offering to the people, to the priests, and the Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, chief officers of God’s house, gave the priests for the Passover offerings 2,600 [lambs and kids] and 300 bulls.


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Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethanel his brothers, and Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad, chiefs of the Levites, gave to the Levites for Passover offerings 5,000 [lambs and kids] and 500 bulls.


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When the service was ready, the priests stood in their place and the Levites in their divisions as the king commanded.


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They killed the Passover lambs, and the priests sprinkled the blood they received from the Levites who skinned the animals.


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Then they removed the burnt offerings, that they might distribute them according to the divisions of the lay families to offer to the Lord, as directed in the Book of Moses. And so they did with the bulls.


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And they roasted the Passover lambs with fire according to the ordinance; and they cooked the holy offerings in pots, in caldrons, and in pans and carried them quickly to all the people.


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Afterward [the Levites] prepared for themselves and the priests, because the priests, the sons of Aaron, were busy in offering the burnt offerings and the fat until night; so the Levites prepared for themselves and also for the priests, the sons of Aaron.


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The singers, the sons of Asaph, were in their places according to the command of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer. And the gatekeepers were at every gate; they did not need to leave their service, for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.


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So all the Lord’s service was prepared the same day to keep the Passover and to offer burnt offerings upon the Lord’s altar, as King Josiah commanded.


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contenido:
And the Israelites who were present kept the Passover at that time, and the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days.


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contenido:
No Passover like it had been kept in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet, even by any of the kings of Israel, as was kept by Josiah and the priests, the Levites, and all Judah and Israel who were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.


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contenido:
After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Neco king of Egypt went out to fight against Carchemish on the Euphrates, and Josiah went out against him.


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But [Neco] sent ambassadors to [Josiah], saying, What have I to do with you, you king of Judah? I come not against you this day, but against the house with which I am at war; and God has commanded me to make haste. Refrain from opposing God, Who is with me, lest He destroy you.


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Yet Josiah would not turn away from him, but disguised himself in order to fight with him. He did not heed the words of Neco from the mouth of God, but came to fight with him in the valley of Megiddo.


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contenido:
And the archers shot King Josiah, and the king said to his servants, Take me away, for I am severely wounded.


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So his servants took him out of the chariot and put him in his second chariot and brought him to Jerusalem. And he died and was buried in the tombs of his fathers. All Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.


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contenido:
Jeremiah gave a lament for Josiah, and all the singing men and women have spoken of Josiah in their laments to this day. They made them an ordinance in Israel; behold, they are written in the Laments.


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contenido:
Now the rest of the acts of Josiah and his deeds, according to what is written in the Law of the Lord,


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contenido:
And his acts, from first to last, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.


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contenido:
Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in his father’s stead in Jerusalem.


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contenido:
Then the king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem and fined the land a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.


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And the king of Egypt made Eliakim, Jehoahaz’ brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem and changed his name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Jehoahaz his brother and carried him to Egypt.


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Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. He did evil in the sight of the Lord his God.


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contenido:
Nebuchadnezzar also took some of the vessels of the house of the Lord to Babylon and put them in his temple or palace there.


book: 2Chr
contenido:
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and the abominations which he did, and what was found against him, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. And Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.


book: 2Chr
contenido:
Jehoiachin was eight[een] years old then; he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. He did evil in the Lord’s sight.


book: 2Chr
contenido:
In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon, with the precious vessels of the house of the Lord, and made Zedekiah the [boy’s] brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.


book: 2Chr
contenido:
He did evil in the sight of the Lord his God and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke at the dictation of the Lord.


book: 2Chr
contenido:
He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who made him swear by God. He stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the Lord, the God of Israel.


book: 2Chr
contenido:
Also all the chiefs of the priests and the people trespassed greatly in accord with all the abominations of the heathen, and they polluted the house of the Lord which He had hallowed in Jerusalem.


book: 2Chr
contenido:
And the Lord, the God of their fathers, sent to them persistently by His messengers, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place.


book: 2Chr
contenido:
But they kept mocking the messengers of God and despising His words and scoffing at His prophets till the wrath of the Lord rose against His people, till there was no remedy or healing.


book: 2Chr
contenido:
Therefore He brought against them the king of the Chaldeans, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or hoary-headed; He gave them all into his hand.


book: 2Chr
contenido:
And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the Lord’s house, of the king, and of his princes, all these he brought to Babylon.


book: 2Chr
contenido:
And they burned God’s house and broke down Jerusalem’s wall and burned all its palaces with fire and destroyed all its choice vessels.


book: 2Chr
contenido:
Those who had escaped from the sword he took away to Babylon, where they were servants to him and his sons until the kingdom of Persia was established there,


book: 2Chr
contenido:
To fulfill the Lord’s word by Jeremiah, till the land had enjoyed its sabbaths; for as long as it lay desolate it kept sabbath to fulfill seventy years.


book: 2Chr
contenido:
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing:


book: 2Chr
contenido:
Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth the Lord, the God of heaven, has given me, and He has charged me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all His people, may the Lord his God be with him, and let him go up [to Jerusalem].


book: Ezra
contenido:
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia [almost seventy years after the first Jewish captives were taken to Babylon], that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might begin to be accomplished, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and put it also in writing:


book: Ezra
contenido:
Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and He has charged me to build Him a house at Jerusalem in Judah.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Whoever is among you of all His people, may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem in Judah and rebuild the house of the Lord, the God of Israel, in Jerusalem; He is God.


book: Ezra
contenido:
And in any place where a survivor [of the Babylonian captivity of the Jews] sojourns, let the men of that place assist him with silver and gold, with goods and beasts, besides freewill offerings for the house of God in Jerusalem.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Then rose up the heads of the fathers’ houses of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and Levites, with all those whose spirits God had stirred up, to go up to rebuild the house of the Lord in Jerusalem.


book: Ezra
contenido:
And all those who were around them aided them with vessels of silver, with gold, goods, beasts, and precious things, besides all that was willingly and freely offered.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Also Cyrus the king brought out the vessels of the house of the Lord, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought from Jerusalem [when he took that city] and had put in the house of his gods.


book: Ezra
contenido:
These Cyrus king of Persia directed Mithredath the treasurer to bring forth and count out to Sheshbazzar [who is Zerubbabel, recognized as the legitimate heir to the throne of David] the prince of Judah.


book: Ezra
contenido:
All the vessels of gold and of silver were 5,400. All these Sheshbazzar [the governor] brought with the people of the captivity from Babylon to Jerusalem.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Now these are the people of the province [of Judah] who went up out of the captivity of those exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, but who came again to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his own city.


book: Ezra
contenido:
These came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah [not the author], Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai [not Esther’s relative], Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of Israel:


book: Ezra
contenido:
And these were they who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but they could not show a record of their fathers’ houses or prove their descent, whether they were of Israel:


book: Ezra
contenido:
And of the sons of the priests: the sons of Habaiah, of Hakkoz, and of Barzillai, who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the [noted] Gileadite and had assumed their name.


book: Ezra
contenido:
These sought their names among those enrolled in the genealogies, but they were not found; so they were excluded from the priesthood as [ceremonially] unclean.


book: Ezra
contenido:
[Zerubbabel] the governor told them they should not eat of the most holy things [the priests’ food] until there should be a priest with Urim and Thummim [who by consulting these articles in his breastplate could know God’s will in the matter].


book: Ezra
contenido:
Besides their menservants and maidservants, 7,337; and among them they had 200 men and women singers.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Some of the heads of families, when they came to the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, made freewill offerings for the house of God to [re]build it on its site.


book: Ezra
contenido:
They gave as they were able to the treasury for the work 61,000 darics of gold, 5,000 minas of silver, and 100 priests’ garments.


book: Ezra
contenido:
So the priests, the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants lived in their own towns, and all Israel [gradually settled] into their towns.


book: Ezra
contenido:
When the seventh month came and the Israelites were in the towns, the people gathered together as one man to Jerusalem.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Then stood up Jeshua son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and they built the altar of the God of Israel to offer burnt offerings upon it, as it is written in the instructions of Moses the man of God.


book: Ezra
contenido:
And they set the altar [in its place] upon its base, for fear was upon them because of the peoples of the countries; and they offered burnt offerings on it to the Lord morning and evening.


book: Ezra
contenido:
They kept also the Feast of Tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number according to the ordinances, as each day’s duty required,


book: Ezra
contenido:
And after that, the continual burnt offering, the offering at the New Moon, and at all the appointed feasts of the Lord, and the offerings of everyone who made a freewill offering to the Lord.


book: Ezra
contenido:
From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the Lord, but the foundation of the temple of the Lord was not yet laid.


book: Ezra
contenido:
They gave money also to the masons and to the carpenters, and gave food, drink, and oil to the Sidonians and the Tyrians, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the seaport of Joppa, according to the grant they had from Cyrus king of Persia.


book: Ezra
contenido:
In the second year of their coming to God’s house at Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua son of Jozadak made a beginning, with the rest of their brethren—the priests and Levites and all who had come to Jerusalem out of the captivity. They appointed the Levites from twenty years old and upward to oversee the work of the Lord’s house.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Then Jeshua with his sons and his kinsmen, Kadmiel and his sons, sons of Judah, together took the oversight of the workmen in the house of God—the sons of Henadad, with their sons and Levite kinsmen.


book: Ezra
contenido:
And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, the priests stood in their vestments with trumpets, and the Levite sons of Asaph with their cymbals, to praise the Lord, after the order of David king of Israel.


book: Ezra
contenido:
They sang responsively, praising and giving thanks to the Lord, saying, For He is good, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout when they praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid!


book: Ezra
contenido:
But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers’ houses, old men who had seen the first house [Solomon’s temple], when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice, though many shouted aloud for joy.


book: Ezra
contenido:
So the people could not distinguish the shout of joy from the sound of the weeping of the people, for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the sound was heard far off.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Now when [the Samaritans] the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles from the captivity were building a temple to the Lord, the God of Israel,


book: Ezra
contenido:
They came to Zerubbabel [now governor] and to the heads of the fathers’ houses and said, Let us build with you, for we seek and worship your God as you do, and we have sacrificed to Him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us here.


book: Ezra
contenido:
But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the heads of fathers’ houses of Israel said to them, You have nothing to do with us in building a house to our God; but we ourselves will together build to the Lord, the God of Israel, as King Cyrus, the king of Persia, has commanded us.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Then [the Samaritans] the people of the land [continually] weakened the hands of the people of Judah and troubled and terrified them in building


book: Ezra
contenido:
And hired counselors against them to frustrate their purpose and plans all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius [II] king of Persia.


book: Ezra
contenido:
And in the reign of Ahasuerus [or Xerxes], in the beginning of his reign, [the Samaritans] wrote to him an accusation against the [returned] inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Later, in the days of King Artaxerxes, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their associates wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the letter was written in the Syrian or Aramaic script and interpreted in that language.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Rehum the [Persian] commander [of the Samaritans] and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king of this sort—


book: Ezra
contenido:
Then wrote Rehum the [Persian] commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their associates—the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehaites, the Elamites,


book: Ezra
contenido:
And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Osnappar deported and settled in the city of Samaria and the rest of the country beyond [west of] the Euphrates River, and so forth.


book: Ezra
contenido:
This is a copy of the letter which they sent to King Artaxerxes: Your servants, the men beyond [that is, west of] the River [Euphrates], and so forth.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Be it known to the king that the Jews who came up from you to us have come to Jerusalem. This rebellious and bad city they are rebuilding, and have restored its walls and repaired the foundations.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Be it known now to the king that if this city is rebuilt and the walls finished, then they will not pay tribute, custom, or toll, and the royal revenue will be diminished.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Now because we eat the salt of the king’s palace and it is not proper for us to witness the king’s discredit, therefore we send to inform the king,


book: Ezra
contenido:
In order that a search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers, in which you will learn that this is a rebellious city, hurtful to kings and provinces, and that sedition was stirred up in it of old. That is why [it] was laid waste.


book: Ezra
contenido:
We declare to the king that if this city is rebuilt and its walls finished, it will mean that you will have no portion on this side of the [Euphrates] River.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Then the king sent an answer: To Rehum the [Persian] official, to Shimshai the scribe, to the rest of their companions who dwell in Samaria and in the rest of the country beyond the River: Greetings.


book: Ezra
contenido:
I commanded and search has been made, and it is found that this city [Jerusalem] of old time has made insurrection against kings and that rebellion and sedition have been made in it.


book: Ezra
contenido:
There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem who have ruled over all countries beyond [west of] the [Euphrates] River, and tribute, custom, and toll were paid to them.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Therefore give a decree to make these men stop, that this city not be rebuilt, until a command is given by me.


book: Ezra
contenido:
When the copy of King Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews and by force and power made them cease.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Then the work on the house of God in Jerusalem stopped. It stopped until the second year of Darius [I] king of Persia.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Now the prophets, Haggai and Zechariah son [grandson] of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, Whose [Spirit] was upon them.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Then rose up Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel [heir to the throne of Judah] and Jeshua son of Jozadak and began to build the house of God in Jerusalem; and with them were the prophets of God [Haggai and Zechariah], helping them.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Then Tattenai, governor on the west side of the [Euphrates] River, and Shethar-bozenai and their companions came to them and said, Who authorized you to build this house and to restore this wall?


book: Ezra
contenido:
But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, so the enemy could not make them stop until the matter came before Darius [I] and an answer was returned by letter concerning it.


book: Ezra
contenido:
This is a copy of the letter that Tattenai, governor on this side of the River, and Shethar-bozenai and his associates, the Apharsachites who were on this [west] side of the River, sent to Darius [I] the king.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Be it known to the king that we went to the province of Judah, to the house of the great God. It is being built with huge stones, with timber laid in the walls; this work goes on with diligence and care and prospers in their hands.


book: Ezra
contenido:
They replied, We are servants of the God of heaven and earth, rebuilding the house which was erected and finished many years ago by a great king of Israel.


book: Ezra
contenido:
But after our fathers had provoked the God of heaven to wrath, He gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house and carried the people away into Babylon.


book: Ezra
contenido:
But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, the same King Cyrus made a decree to rebuild this house of God.


book: Ezra
contenido:
And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and brought into the temple of Babylon, King Cyrus took from the temple of Babylon and delivered to a man named Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor.


book: Ezra
contenido:
And King Cyrus said to him, Go, take these vessels to Jerusalem and carry them into the temple, and let the house of God be built upon its site.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Then came this Sheshbazzar and laid the foundation of the house of God in Jerusalem; and since that time until now it has been in the process of being rebuilt and is not completed yet.


book: Ezra
contenido:
So now, if it seems good to the king, let a search be made in the royal archives there in Babylon to see if it is true that King Cyrus issued a decree to build this house of God at Jerusalem; and let the king send us his pleasure in this matter.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Then King Darius [I] decreed, and a search was made in Babylonia in the house where the treasured records were stored.


book: Ezra
contenido:
And at Ecbatana in the capital in the province of Media, a scroll was found on which this was recorded:


book: Ezra
contenido:
In the first year of King Cyrus, [he] made a decree: Concerning the house of God in Jerusalem, let the house, the place where they offer sacrifices, be built, and let its foundations be strongly laid, its height and its breadth each 60 cubits,


book: Ezra
contenido:
With three courses of great stones and one course of new timber. Let the cost be paid from the royal treasury.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Also let the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, be restored and brought back to the temple in Jerusalem, each put in its place in the house of God.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Now therefore, Tattenai, governor of the province [west of] the River, Shethar-bozenai, and your associates, the Apharsachites who are [west of] the River, keep far away from there.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Leave the work on this house of God alone; let the governor and the elders of the Jews build this house of God on its site.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Moreover, I make a decree as to what you shall do for these elders of the Jews for the rebuilding of this house of God: the cost is to be paid in full to these men at once from the king’s revenue, the tribute of the province [west of] the River, that they may not be hindered.


book: Ezra
contenido:
And all they need, including young bulls, rams, and lambs for the burnt offerings to the God of heaven, and wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the word of the priests at Jerusalem, let it be given them each day without fail,


book: Ezra
contenido:
That they may offer pleasing sacrifices to the God of heaven and pray for the life of the king and his sons.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Also I make a decree that whoever shall change or infringe on this order, let a beam be pulled from his house and erected; then let him be fastened to it, and let his house be made a dunghill for this.


book: Ezra
contenido:
May the God Who has caused His Name to dwell there overthrow all kings and peoples who put forth their hands to alter this or to destroy this house of God in Jerusalem. I Darius make a decree; let it be executed speedily and exactly.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Then Tattenai, governor of the province this side of the River, with Shethar-bozenai and their associates, diligently did what King Darius had decreed.


book: Ezra
contenido:
And the elders of the Jews built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished their building as commanded by the God of Israel and by decree of Cyrus and Darius and Artaxerxes king of Persia.


book: Ezra
contenido:
And this house was finished on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.


book: Ezra
contenido:
And the Israelites—the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the returned exiles—celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy.


book: Ezra
contenido:
They offered at the dedication of this house of God 100 young bulls, 200 rams, 400 lambs, and, for a sin offering for all Israel, 12 he-goats, according to the number of Israel’s tribes.


book: Ezra
contenido:
And they set the priests in their divisions and the Levites in their courses for the service of God at Jerusalem, as it is written in the Book of Moses.


book: Ezra
contenido:
For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were clean. So they killed the Passover lamb for all the returned exiles, for their brother priests, and for themselves.


book: Ezra
contenido:
It was eaten by the Israelites who had returned from exile and by all who had joined them and separated themselves from the pollutions of the peoples of the land to seek the Lord, the God of Israel.


book: Ezra
contenido:
They kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with joy, for the Lord had made them joyful and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria [referring to Darius king of Persia] to them, so that he strengthened their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Now after this, in the reign of Artaxerxes [son of Xerxes, or Ahasuerus] king of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,


book: Ezra
contenido:
This Ezra went up from Babylon. He was a skilled scribe in the five books of Moses, which the Lord, the God of Israel, had given. And the king granted him all he asked, for the hand of the Lord his God was upon him.


book: Ezra
contenido:
And also some of the Israelites, with some of the priests and Levites, the singers and gatekeepers, and the temple servants, went up [from Babylon] to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes.


book: Ezra
contenido:
On the first of the first month he started out from Babylon, and on the first of the fifth month he arrived in Jerusalem, for upon him was the good hand of his God.


book: Ezra
contenido:
For Ezra had prepared and set his heart to seek the Law of the Lord [to inquire for it and of it, to require and yearn for it], and to do and teach in Israel its statutes and its ordinances.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Now this is the copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe [occupied with] the words of the commands of the Lord and of His statutes to Israel:


book: Ezra
contenido:
Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, scribe of the instructions of the God of heaven: Greetings.


book: Ezra
contenido:
I make a decree that all of the people of Israel and of their priests and Levites in my realm, who offer freely to go up to Jerusalem, may go with you.


book: Ezra
contenido:
For you are sent by the king and his seven counselors to inquire about Judah and Jerusalem according to the instruction of your God, which is in your hand,


book: Ezra
contenido:
And to carry the silver and gold which the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, Whose dwelling is in Jerusalem,


book: Ezra
contenido:
And all the silver and gold that you may find in all the province of Babylonia, with the freewill offerings of the people and of the priests, offered willingly for the house of their God in Jerusalem.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Therefore you shall with all speed and exactness buy with this money young bulls, rams, lambs, with their cereal offerings and drink offerings, and offer them on the altar of the house of your God in Jerusalem.


book: Ezra
contenido:
And whatever shall seem good to you and to your brethren to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of your God.


book: Ezra
contenido:
The vessels also that are given to you for the service of the house of your God, those deliver before the God of Jerusalem.


book: Ezra
contenido:
And whatever more shall be needful for the house of your God which you shall have occasion to provide, provide it out of the king’s treasury.


book: Ezra
contenido:
And I, Artaxerxes the king, make a decree to all the treasurers in the province beyond the [Euphrates] River that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the instructions of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it shall be done exactly and at once—


book: Ezra
contenido:
Up to 100 talents of silver, 100 measures of wheat, 100 baths of wine, 100 baths of oil, and salt not specified.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be done diligently and honorably for the house of the God of heaven, lest His wrath be against the realm of the king and his sons.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Also we notify you that as to any of the priests and Levites, singers, gatekeepers, temple servants, or other servants of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, custom, or toll on them.


book: Ezra
contenido:
You, Ezra, after the wisdom of your God, which is [in His instructions] in your hand, set magistrates and judges who may judge all the people [west] of the River; choose those who know the instructions of your God, and teach him who does not know them.


book: Ezra
contenido:
And whoever will not do the law of your God and the law of the king, let judgment be executed upon him exactly and speedily, whether it be unto death or banishment or confiscation of goods or imprisonment.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Blessed be the Lord, the God of our fathers [said Ezra], Who put such a thing as this into the king’s heart, to beautify the house of the Lord in Jerusalem,


book: Ezra
contenido:
And Who has extended His mercy and steadfast love to me before the king, his counselors, and all the king’s mighty officers. I was strengthened and encouraged, for the hand of the Lord my God was upon me, and I gathered together outstanding men of Israel to go with me to Jerusalem.


book: Ezra
contenido:
These are the heads of their fathers’ houses and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylonia in the reign of King Artaxerxes:


book: Ezra
contenido:
Of the sons of Shecaniah; of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah, and with him were registered 150 men by genealogy;


book: Ezra
contenido:
Of the sons of Adonikam, the last to come, their names are Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah, with 60 men;


book: Ezra
contenido:
I [Ezra] gathered them together at the river that runs to Ahava, and there we encamped three days. I reviewed the people and the priests, and found no Levites.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Then I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, Meshullam, who were chief men, and also for Joiarib and Elnathan,who were teachers.


book: Ezra
contenido:
And I sent them to Iddo, the leading man at the place Casiphia, telling them to say to Iddo and his brethren the Nethinim [temple servants] at the place Casiphia, Bring to us servants for the house of our God.


book: Ezra
contenido:
And by the good hand of our God upon us, they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli son of Levi, the son of Israel, named Sherebiah, with his sons and his kinsmen, 18;


book: Ezra
contenido:
Also 220 of the Nethinim, whose forefathers David and the officials had set apart [with their descendants] to attend the Levites. They were all mentioned by name.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God to seek from Him a straight and right way for us, our little ones, and all our possessions.


book: Ezra
contenido:
For I was ashamed to request of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to protect us against the enemy along the way, because we had told the king, The hand of our God is upon all them for good who seek Him, but His power and His wrath are against all those who forsake Him.


book: Ezra
contenido:
And weighed out to them the silver, the gold, and the vessels, the offering for the house of our God which the king, his counselors, his lords, and all Israel there present had offered.


book: Ezra
contenido:
I weighed into their hands 650 talents of silver, and silver vessels valued at 100 talents, and 100 talents of gold;


book: Ezra
contenido:
And I said to them, You are holy to the Lord, the vessels are holy also, and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to the Lord, the God of your fathers.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Guard and keep them until you weigh them before the chief priests and Levites and heads of the fathers’ houses of Israel in Jerusalem in the chambers of the house of the Lord.


book: Ezra
contenido:
So the priests and the Levites received the weight of the silver, the gold, and the vessels to bring them to Jerusalem into the house of our God.


book: Ezra
contenido:
We left the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of our God was upon us, and He delivered us from the enemy and those who lay in wait by the way.


book: Ezra
contenido:
On the fourth day, the silver, the gold, and the vessels were weighed in the house of our God into the hands of Meremoth the priest, son of Uriah, and with him was Eleazar son of Phinehas, and with them were Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui—the Levites.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Also those returned exiles whose parents had been carried into captivity offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel: twelve young bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and twelve he-goats for a sin offering. All this was a burnt offering to the Lord.


book: Ezra
contenido:
And they delivered the king’s commissions to the king’s lieutenants and to the governors west of the River, and they aided the people and God’s house.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Afterward, the officials came to me and said, The Israelites and the priests and Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, but have committed the abominations of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.


book: Ezra
contenido:
For they have taken as wives some of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy offspring have mixed themselves with the peoples of the lands. Indeed, the officials and chief men have been foremost in this wicked act and direct violation [of God’s will].


book: Ezra
contenido:
When I heard this, I rent my undergarment and my mantle, I pulled hair from my head and beard and sat down appalled.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Then all those who trembled at the words of the God of Israel because of the offensive violation of His will by the returned exiles gathered around me as I sat astounded until the evening sacrifice.


book: Ezra
contenido:
At the evening sacrifice I arose from my depression, and, having rent my undergarment and my mantle, I fell on my knees and spread out my hands to the Lord my God,


book: Ezra
contenido:
Saying, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift my face to You, my God, for our iniquities have risen higher than our heads and our guilt has mounted to the heavens.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Since the days of our fathers we have been exceedingly guilty; and for our willfulness we, our kings, and our priests have been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, captivity, plundering, and utter shame, as it is today.


book: Ezra
contenido:
And now, for a brief moment, grace has been shown us by the Lord our God, Who has left us a remnant to escape and has given us a secure hold in His holy place, that our God may brighten our eyes and give us a little reviving in our bondage.


book: Ezra
contenido:
For we are bondmen; yet our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but has extended mercy and steadfast love to us before the kings of Persia, to give us some reviving to set up the house of our God, to repair its ruins, and to give us a wall [of protection] in Judah and Jerusalem.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Which You have commanded by Your servants the prophets, saying, The land which you are entering to possess is an unclean land with the pollutions of the peoples of the lands, through their abominations which have filled it from one end to the other with their filthiness.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Therefore, do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons; and never seek their peace or prosperity, that you may be strong and eat the good of the land and leave it as an inheritance to your children always.


book: Ezra
contenido:
And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great guilt, seeing that You, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserved and have given us such a remnant,


book: Ezra
contenido:
Shall we break Your commandments again and intermarry with the peoples who practice these abominations? Would You not be angry with us till You had consumed us, so that there would be no remnant nor any to escape?


book: Ezra
contenido:
O Lord, the God of Israel, You are rigidly just and righteous, for we are left a remnant that is escaped, as it is this day. Behold, we are before You in our guilt, for none can stand before You because of this.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Now while Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there gathered to him out of Israel a very great assembly of men, women, and children; for the people wept bitterly.


book: Ezra
contenido:
And Shecaniah [II] son of Jehiel [one of the congregation], of the sons of Elam, said to Ezra: We have broken faith and dealt treacherously against our God and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land; yet now there is still hope for Israel in spite of this thing.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God; and let it be done according to the Law.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Then Ezra arose and made the chiefs of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel swear that they would do as had been said. So they took the oath.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Then Ezra came from before the house of God and went into the lodging place of Jehohanan son of Eliashib [for the night]. There he ate no bread and drank no water, for he mourned over the returned exiles’ faithlessness [and violation of God’s law].


book: Ezra
contenido:
And proclamation was made throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the returned exiles, that they should assemble in Jerusalem,


book: Ezra
contenido:
And that whoever did not come within three days, by order of the officials and the elders, all his property should be forfeited and he himself banned from the assembly of the exiles.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered at Jerusalem within three days. It was the twentieth day of the ninth month, and all the people sat in the open space before the house of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the heavy rain.


book: Ezra
contenido:
And Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, You have acted wickedly and broken faith [with God] and have married foreign (heathen) women, increasing the guilt of Israel.


book: Ezra
contenido:
So now make confession and give thanks to the Lord, the God of your fathers [for not consuming you], and do His will. Separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from [your] foreign (heathen) wives.


book: Ezra
contenido:
But the people are many and it is a time of heavy rain; we cannot stand outside. Nor can this work be done in a day or two, for we have greatly transgressed in this matter.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Let our officials stand for the whole assembly; let all in our cities who have foreign wives come by appointment, and with each group the elders of that city and its judges, until the fierce wrath of our God over this matter is turned away from us.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah opposed this, and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite supported them.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Then the returned exiles did so. Ezra the priest and certain heads of fathers’ houses were selected, according to their fathers’ houses, each of them by name; and they sat down on the first day of the tenth month to investigate the matter.


book: Ezra
contenido:
And by the first day of the first month they had come to the end of the cases of the men married to foreign wives.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Of the sons of the priests who had married non-Jewish women were found: of the sons of Jeshua [the high priest] son of Jozadak, and his brethren: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.


book: Ezra
contenido:
They solemnly vowed to put away their [heathen] wives, and, being guilty, [each] offered a ram of the flock for [his] guilt.


book: Ezra
contenido:
And of Israel: of the sons of Parosh: Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malchijah (Hashabiah), and Benaiah.


book: Ezra
contenido:
Of the sons of Pahath-moab: Adna, Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh.


book: Neh
contenido:
The words or story of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah: Now in the month of Chislev in the twentieth year [of the Persian king], as I was in the castle of Shushan,


book: Neh
contenido:
Hanani, one of my kinsmen, came with certain men from Judah, and I asked them about the surviving Jews who had escaped exile, and about Jerusalem.


book: Neh
contenido:
And they said to me, The remnant there in the province who escaped exile are in great trouble and reproach; the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its [fortified] gates are destroyed by fire.


book: Neh
contenido:
When I heard this, I sat down and wept and mourned for days and fasted and prayed [constantly] before the God of heaven,


book: Neh
contenido:
And I said, O Lord God of heaven, the great and terrible God, Who keeps covenant, loving-kindness, and mercy for those who love Him and keep His commandments,


book: Neh
contenido:
Let Your ear now be attentive and Your eyes open to listen to the prayer of Your servant which I pray before You day and night for the Israelites, Your servants, confessing the sins of the Israelites which we have sinned against You. Yes, I and my father’s house have sinned.


book: Neh
contenido:
We have acted very corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, statutes, and ordinances which You commanded Your servant Moses.


book: Neh
contenido:
Remember [earnestly] what You commanded Your servant Moses: If you transgress and are unfaithful, I will scatter you abroad among the nations;


book: Neh
contenido:
But if you return to Me and keep My commandments and do them, though your outcasts were in the farthest part of the heavens [the expanse of outer space], yet will I gather them from there and will bring them to the place in which I have chosen to set My Name.


book: Neh
contenido:
Now these are Your servants and Your people, whom You have redeemed by Your great power and by Your strong hand.


book: Neh
contenido:
O Lord, let Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant and the prayer of Your servants who delight to revere and fear Your name (Your nature and attributes); and prosper, I pray You, Your servant this day and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was cupbearer to the king.


book: Neh
contenido:
In the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad before in his presence.


book: Neh
contenido:
So the king said to me, Why do you look sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was very much afraid


book: Neh
contenido:
And said to the king, Let the king live forever! Why should I not be sad faced when the city, the place of my fathers’ sepulchers, lies waste, and its [fortified] gates are consumed by fire?


book: Neh
contenido:
And I said to [him], If it pleases the king and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you will send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers’ sepulchers, that I may rebuild it.


book: Neh
contenido:
The king, beside whom the queen was sitting, asked me, How long will your journey take, and when will you return? So it pleased [him] to send me; and I set him a time.


book: Neh
contenido:
Also I said to the king, If it pleases the king, let letters be given me for the governors beyond the [Euphrates] River, that they may let me pass through to Judah,


book: Neh
contenido:
And a letter to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest or park, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the fortress of the temple and for the city wall and for the house that I shall occupy. And the king granted what I asked, for the good hand of my God was upon me.


book: Neh
contenido:
Then I came to the governors beyond the River and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.


book: Neh
contenido:
When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard this, it distressed them exceedingly that a man had come to inquire for and require the good and prosperity of the Israelites.


book: Neh
contenido:
Then I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. And I told no one what my God had put in my heart to do for Jerusalem. No beast was with me except the one I rode.


book: Neh
contenido:
I went out by night by the Valley Gate toward the Dragon’s Well and to the Dung Gate and inspected the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and its gates, which had been destroyed by fire.


book: Neh
contenido:
I passed over to the Fountain Gate and to the King’s Pool, but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.


book: Neh
contenido:
So [gradually] I went up by the brook [Kidron] in the night and inspected the wall; then I turned back and entered [the city] by the Valley Gate, and so returned.


book: Neh
contenido:
And the magistrates knew not where I went or what I did; nor had I yet told the Jews, the priests, the nobles, the officials, or the rest who did the work.


book: Neh
contenido:
Then I said to them, You see the bad situation we are in—how Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates are burned with fire. Come, let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer be a disgrace.


book: Neh
contenido:
Then I told them of the hand of my God which was upon me for good, and also the words that the king had spoken to me. And they said, Let us rise up and build! So they strengthened their hands for the good work.


book: Neh
contenido:
But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arab heard of it, they laughed us to scorn and despised us and said, What is this thing you are doing? Will you rebel against the king?


book: Neh
contenido:
I answered them, The God of heaven will prosper us; therefore we His servants will arise and build, but you have no portion or right or memorial in Jerusalem.


book: Neh
contenido:
Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests and built the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and set up its doors; they consecrated it even to the Tower of Hammeah or the Hundred, as far as the Tower of Hananel.


book: Neh
contenido:
And the Fish Gate the sons of Hassenaah built; they laid its beams and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars.


book: Neh
contenido:
And next to them Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, repaired. Next to them Meshullam son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabel, repaired. Next to them Zadok son of Baana repaired.


book: Neh
contenido:
Next to them the Tekoites repaired, but their nobles or lords did not put their necks to the work of their Lord.


book: Neh
contenido:
Moreover, the Old Gate Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah repaired. They laid its beams and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars.


book: Neh
contenido:
Next to them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah, [up] to the seat or residence of the governor [west of] the River [Euphrates, there in Jerusalem].


book: Neh
contenido:
Next to them repaired Uzziel son of Harhaiah, one of the goldsmiths. Next to him repaired Hananiah, one of the perfumers, and they abandoned [fortification of] Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall [omitting that part of the ancient city and reducing the area].


book: Neh
contenido:
Next to them repaired Jedaiah son of Harumaph, opposite his own house. And next to him repaired Hattush son of Hashabneiah.


book: Neh
contenido:
Malchijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-moab repaired another portion and the Tower of the Furnaces.


book: Neh
contenido:
Next to [them] repaired Shallum son of Hallohesh, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.


book: Neh
contenido:
The Valley Gate [the main entrance in the west wall, the Jaffa Gate] was repaired by Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah. They built it and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall, as far as the Dung Gate.


book: Neh
contenido:
The Dung Gate was repaired by Malchijah son of Rechab, the ruler of the district of Beth-haccherem. He rebuilt it and set its doors, its bolts, and its bars.


book: Neh
contenido:
The Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallum son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah. He rebuilt and covered it and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and the wall of the Pool of Shelah (Siloam), by the King’s Garden, as far as the stairs that go down [the eastern slope] from the [portion of Jerusalem known as] the City of David.


book: Neh
contenido:
After him Nehemiah [III] son of Azbuk, ruler of half the district of Beth-zur, repaired [the wall] to a point opposite the sepulchers of David, and to the artificial pool and the house of the guards.


book: Neh
contenido:
After him the Levites: Rehum son of Bani. Next to him repaired Hashabiah, ruler of half the district of Keilah.


book: Neh
contenido:
After him repaired their brethren under Bavvai son of Henadad, ruler of [the other] half of the district of Keilah.


book: Neh
contenido:
Next to him repaired Ezer son of Jeshua, ruler of Mizpah, another district over opposite the ascent to the armory at the angle [in the wall].


book: Neh
contenido:
After him Baruch son of Zabbai (Zaccai) earnestly repaired another portion [toward the hill] from the angular turning of the wall to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.


book: Neh
contenido:
After him Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, repaired from the door of Eliashib’s house to the end of his house.


book: Neh
contenido:
After them Benjamin and Hasshub repaired opposite their house. After them repaired Azariah son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah beside his own house.


book: Neh
contenido:
After him Binnui son of Henadad repaired another section [of the wall], from the house of Azariah to the angular turn of the wall and to the corner.


book: Neh
contenido:
Palal son of Uzai repaired opposite the angular turn of the wall and the tower which stands out from the upper house of the king by the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah son of Parosh


book: Neh
contenido:
And the servants of the priests dwelling on Ophel [the hill south of the temple] repaired to opposite the Water Gate on the east and the projecting tower.


book: Neh
contenido:
After them the Tekoites repaired another portion opposite the great projecting tower to the wall of Ophel.


book: Neh
contenido:
After them repaired Zadok son of Immer opposite his house. Then Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, keeper of the East Gate, repaired.


book: Neh
contenido:
After him Hananiah son of Shelemiah, and Hanun, the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired another section. After him Meshullam son of Berechiah repaired opposite his chamber.


book: Neh
contenido:
After him Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths, repaired as far as the house of the temple servants and of the merchants, opposite the Muster Gate, and to the ascent and upper room of the corner.


book: Neh
contenido:
And from the ascent and upper room of the corner to the Sheep Gate the goldsmiths and merchants repaired.


book: Neh
contenido:
But when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry and in a great rage, and he ridiculed the Jews.


book: Neh
contenido:
And he said before his brethren and the army of Samaria, What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they restore things [at will and by themselves]? Will they [try to bribe their God] with sacrifices? Will they finish up in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, seeing they are burned?


book: Neh
contenido:
Now Tobiah the Ammonite was near him, and he said, What they build—if a fox climbs upon it, he will break down their stone wall.


book: Neh
contenido:
[And Nehemiah prayed] Hear, O our God, for we are despised. Turn their taunts upon their own heads, and give them for a prey in a land of their captivity.


book: Neh
contenido:
Cover not their iniquity and let not their sin be blotted out before You, for they have vexed [with alarm] the builders and provoked You.


book: Neh
contenido:
So we built the wall, and all [of it] was joined together to half its height, for the people had a heart and mind to work.


book: Neh
contenido:
But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabians, Ammonites, and Ashdodites heard that the walls of Jerusalem were going up and that the breaches were being closed, they were very angry.


book: Neh
contenido:
And they all plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem, to injure and cause confusion and failure in it.


book: Neh
contenido:
And [the leaders of] Judah said, The strength of the burden bearers is weakening, and there is much rubbish; we are not able to work on the wall.


book: Neh
contenido:
And our enemies said, They will not know or see till we come into their midst and kill them and stop the work.


book: Neh
contenido:
And when the Jews who lived near them came, they said to us ten times, You must return [to guard our little villages]; from all places where they dwell they will be upon us.


book: Neh
contenido:
So I set [armed men] behind the wall in places where it was least protected; I even thus used the people as families with their swords, spears, and bows.


book: Neh
contenido:
I looked [them over] and rose up and said to the nobles and officials and the other people, Do not be afraid of the enemy; [earnestly] remember the Lord and imprint Him [on your minds], great and terrible, and [take from Him courage to] fight for your brethren, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your homes.


book: Neh
contenido:
And when our enemies heard that their plot was known to us and that God had frustrated their purpose, we all returned to the wall, everyone to his work.


book: Neh
contenido:
And from that time forth, half of my servants worked at the task, and the other half held the spears, shields, bows, and coats of mail; and the leaders stood behind all the house of Judah.


book: Neh
contenido:
Those who built the wall and those who bore burdens loaded themselves so that everyone worked with one hand and held a weapon with the other hand,


book: Neh
contenido:
And every builder had his sword girded by his side, and so worked. And he who sounded the trumpet was at my side.


book: Neh
contenido:
And I said to the nobles and officials and the rest of the people, The work is great and scattered, and we are separated on the wall, one far from another.


book: Neh
contenido:
At that time also I said to the people, Let everyone with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that at night they may be a guard to us and a laborer during the day.


book: Neh
contenido:
So none of us—I, my kinsmen, my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me—took off our clothes; each kept his weapon [in his hand for days].


book: Neh
contenido:
Now there arose a great cry of the [poor] people and of their wives [driven to borrowing] against their Jewish brethren [the few who could afford to lend].


book: Neh
contenido:
For some said, We, our sons and daughters, are many; therefore allow us to take grain, that we may eat and live! If we are not given grain, let us take it!


book: Neh
contenido:
Also some said, We are mortgaging our lands, vineyards, and houses to buy grain because of the scarcity.


book: Neh
contenido:
Others said, We have borrowed money on our fields and vineyards to pay the [Persian] king’s heavy tax.


book: Neh
contenido:
Although our flesh is the same as that of our brethren and our children are as theirs, yet we are forced to sell our children as slaves; some of our daughters have already been thus sold, and we are powerless to redeem them, for others have our lands and vineyards.


book: Neh
contenido:
I thought it over and then rebuked the nobles and officials. I told them, You are exacting interest from your own kinsmen. And I held a great assembly against them.


book: Neh
contenido:
I said to them, We, according to our ability, have bought back our Jewish brethren who were sold to the nations; but will you even sell your brethren, that they may be sold to us? Then they were silent and found not a word to say.


book: Neh
contenido:
Also I said, What you are doing is not good. Should you not walk in the fear of our God to prevent the taunts and reproach of the nations, our enemies?


book: Neh
contenido:
I, my brethren, and my servants are lending them money and grain. Let us stop this forbidden interest!


book: Neh
contenido:
Return this very day to them their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses, and also a hundredth of all the money, grain, new wine, and oil that you have exacted from them.


book: Neh
contenido:
Then they said, We will restore these and require nothing from them. We will do as you say. Then I called the priests and took an oath of the lenders that they would do according to this promise.


book: Neh
contenido:
I shook out my lap and said, So may God shake out every man from his house and from [the exercise and fruits of] his labor who does not keep this promise! So may he be shaken out and emptied. And all the assembly said, Amen, and praised the Lord. And the people did according to this promise.


book: Neh
contenido:
Also, in the twelve years after I was appointed to be their governor in Judah, from the twentieth to the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes, neither I nor my kin ate the food allowed to [me] the governor.


book: Neh
contenido:
But the former governors lived at the expense of the people and took from them food and wine, besides forty shekels of silver [a large monthly official salary]; yes, even their servants assumed authority over the people. But I did not so because of my [reverent] fear of God.


book: Neh
contenido:
I also held fast to the work on this wall; and we bought no land. And all my servants were gathered there for the work.


book: Neh
contenido:
And there were at my table 150 Jews and officials, besides those who came to us from the nations about us.


book: Neh
contenido:
Now these were prepared for each day: one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days a store of all sorts of wine. Yet for all this, I did not demand [my rights] the food allowed me as governor, for the [tribute] bondage was heavy upon this people.


book: Neh
contenido:
Now when Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had built the wall and that there was no breach left in it, although at that time I had not set up the doors in the gates,


book: Neh
contenido:
Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, Come, let us meet together in one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they intended to do me harm.


book: Neh
contenido:
And I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work and cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave to come down to you?


book: Neh
contenido:
In it was written: It is reported among the neighboring nations, and Gashmu says it, that you and the Jews plan to rebel; therefore you are building the wall, that you may be their king, according to the report.


book: Neh
contenido:
Also you have set up prophets to announce concerning you in Jerusalem, There is a king in Judah. And now this will be reported to the [Persian] king. So, come now and let us take counsel together.


book: Neh
contenido:
I replied to him, No such things as you say have been done; you are inventing them out of your own heart and mind.


book: Neh
contenido:
For they all wanted to frighten us, thinking, Their hands will be so weak that the work will not be done. But now strengthen my hands!


book: Neh
contenido:
I went into the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was shut up. He said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you—at night they are coming to kill you.


book: Neh
contenido:
But I said, Should such a man as I flee? And what man such as I could go into the temple [where only the priests are allowed to go] and yet live? I will not go in.


book: Neh
contenido:
And behold, I saw that God had not sent him, but he made this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.


book: Neh
contenido:
He was hired that I should be made afraid and do as he said and sin, that they might have matter for an evil report with which to taunt and reproach me.


book: Neh
contenido:
My God, think on Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets who would have put me in fear.


book: Neh
contenido:
When all our enemies heard of it, all the nations around us feared and fell far in their own esteem, for they saw that this work was done by our God.


book: Neh
contenido:
Moreover, in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters came to them.


book: Neh
contenido:
For many in Judah were bound by oath to him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam son of Berechiah.


book: Neh
contenido:
Also they spoke of [Tobiah’s] good deeds before me and told him what I said. And Tobiah sent letters to frighten me.


book: Neh
contenido:
Now when the wall was built and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites had been appointed,


book: Neh
contenido:
I gave my brother Hanani, with Hananiah the ruler of the castle, charge over Jerusalem, for Hananiah was a more faithful and God-fearing man than many.


book: Neh
contenido:
I said to them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot; and while the watchmen are still on guard, let them shut and bar the doors. Appoint guards from the people of Jerusalem, each to his watch [on the wall] and each opposite his own house.


book: Neh
contenido:
Now the city was wide and large, but the people in it were few, and their houses were not yet built.


book: Neh
contenido:
And my God put it into my mind and heart to assemble the nobles, the officers, and the people, that they might be counted by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of those who came [from Babylon] at the first, and found written in it:


book: Neh
contenido:
These are the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of those exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away; they returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each to his town,


book: Neh
contenido:
Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah [not the author], Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The men of Israel numbered:


book: Neh
contenido:
And these were they who went up also from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but they [had no birth records and] could not prove their father’s house nor their descent, whether they were of Israel:


book: Neh
contenido:
Of the priests: the sons of Hobaiah, of Hakkoz, and of Barzillai, who [was so named because he] married one of the daughters of the [noted] Gileadite Barzillai and was called by their name.


book: Neh
contenido:
These sought their registration among those recorded in the genealogies, but it was not found; so they were excluded from the priesthood as [ceremonially] unclean.


book: Neh
contenido:
The governor told them that they should refrain from eating any of the most holy food until a priest with Urim and Thummim should arise [to determine the will of God in the matter].


book: Neh
contenido:
Besides their manservants and their maidservants, of whom there were 7,337; and they had 245 singers, men and women.


book: Neh
contenido:
And some of the heads of fathers’ houses gave to the work. The Tirshatha or governor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics of gold, 50 basins, 530 priests’ garments.


book: Neh
contenido:
Some of the heads of fathers’ houses gave to the treasury for the work 20,000 darics of gold and 2,200 minas of silver.


book: Neh
contenido:
What the rest of the people gave was 20,000 darics of gold, 2,000 minas of silver, and 67 priests’ garments.


book: Neh
contenido:
So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the Nethinim [the temple servants], along with all Israel, dwelt in their towns, and were in them when the seventh month came.


book: Neh
contenido:
Then all the people gathered together as one man in the broad place before the Water Gate; and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses, which the Lord had given to Israel.


book: Neh
contenido:
And Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly of both men and women and all who could hear with understanding, on the first of the seventh month.


book: Neh
contenido:
He read from it, facing the broad place before the Water Gate, from early morning until noon, in the presence of the men and women and those who could understand; and all the people were attentive to the Book of the Law.


book: Neh
contenido:
Ezra the scribe stood on a wooden pulpit which they had made for the purpose. And beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.


book: Neh
contenido:
Ezra opened the book in sight of all the people, for he was standing above them; and when he opened it, all the people stood up.


book: Neh
contenido:
And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, lifting up their hands; and they bowed their heads and worshiped the Lord with faces to the ground.


book: Neh
contenido:
Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah—the Levites—helped the people to understand the Law, and the people [remained] in their place.


book: Neh
contenido:
So they read from the Book of the Law of God distinctly, faithfully amplifying and giving the sense so that [the people] understood the reading.


book: Neh
contenido:
And Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all of them, This day is holy to the Lord your God; mourn not nor weep. For all the people wept when they heard the words of the Law.


book: Neh
contenido:
Then [Ezra] told them, Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet drink, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. And be not grieved and depressed, for the joy of the Lord is your strength and stronghold.


book: Neh
contenido:
So the Levites quieted all the people, saying, Be still, for the day is holy. And do not be grieved and sad.


book: Neh
contenido:
And all the people went their way to eat, drink, send portions, and make great rejoicing, for they had understood the words that were declared to them.


book: Neh
contenido:
On the second day, all the heads of fathers’ houses, with the priests and Levites, gathered to Ezra the scribe to study and understand the words of divine instruction.


book: Neh
contenido:
And they found written in the law, which the Lord had commanded through Moses, that the Israelites should dwell in booths during the feast of the seventh month


book: Neh
contenido:
And that they should publish and proclaim in all their towns and in Jerusalem, saying, Go out to the hills and bring branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees to make booths, as it is written.


book: Neh
contenido:
So the people went out and brought them and made themselves booths, each on the roof of his house and in their courts and the courts of God’s house and in the squares of the Water Gate and the Gate of Ephraim.


book: Neh
contenido:
All the assembly of returned exiles made booths and dwelt in them; for since the days of Jeshua (Joshua) son of Nun up to that day, the Israelites had not done so. And there was very great rejoicing.


book: Neh
contenido:
Also day by day, from the first day to the last, Ezra read from the Book of the Law of God. They kept the feast for seven days; the eighth day was a [closing] solemn assembly, according to the ordinance.


book: Neh
contenido:
Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month, the Israelites were assembled with fasting and in sackcloth and with earth upon their heads.


book: Neh
contenido:
And the Israelites separated themselves from all foreigners and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.


book: Neh
contenido:
And they stood in their place and read from the Book of the Law of the Lord their God for a fourth of the day, and for another fourth of it they confessed and worshiped the Lord their God.


book: Neh
contenido:
On the stairs of the Levites stood Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and they cried with a loud voice to the Lord their God.


book: Neh
contenido:
Then the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—said, Stand up and bless the Lord your God from everlasting to everlasting. Blessed be Your glorious name which is exalted above all blessing and praise.


book: Neh
contenido:
[And Ezra said], You are the Lord, You alone; You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them; and You preserve them all, and the hosts of heaven worship You.


book: Neh
contenido:
You are the Lord, the God Who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldees and gave him the name Abraham.


book: Neh
contenido:
You found his heart faithful before You, and You made the covenant with him to give his descendants the land of the Canaanite, Hittite, Amorite, Perizzite, Jebusite, and Girgashite. And You have fulfilled Your promise, for You are just and righteous.


book: Neh
contenido:
You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh and all his servants and all the people of his land, for You knew that they dealt insolently against the Israelites. And You got for Yourself a name, as it is today.


book: Neh
contenido:
You divided the sea before them, so that they went through its midst on dry land; their persecutors You threw into the depths, as a stone into mighty waters.


book: Neh
contenido:
Moreover, by a pillar of cloud You led them by day, and by a pillar of fire by night to light the way they should go.


book: Neh
contenido:
You came down also upon Mount Sinai and spoke with them from Heaven and gave them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments.


book: Neh
contenido:
And You made known to them Your holy Sabbath and gave them commandments, statutes, and a law through Moses Your servant.


book: Neh
contenido:
You gave them bread from heaven for their hunger and brought water for them out of the rock for their thirst; and You told them to go in and possess the land You had sworn to give them.


book: Neh
contenido:
But they and our fathers acted presumptuously and stiffened their necks, and did not heed Your commandments.


book: Neh
contenido:
They refused to obey, nor were they mindful of Your wonders and miracles which You did among them; but they stiffened their necks and in their rebellion appointed a captain, that they might return to their bondage [in Egypt]. But You are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great steadfast love; and You did not forsake them.


book: Neh
contenido:
Even when they had made for themselves a molten calf and said, This is your god, who brought you out of Egypt, and had committed great and contemptible blasphemies,


book: Neh
contenido:
You in Your great mercy forsook them not in the wilderness; the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day to lead them in the way, nor the pillar of fire by night to light the way they should go.


book: Neh
contenido:
You also gave Your good Spirit to instruct them, and withheld not Your manna from them, and gave water for their thirst.


book: Neh
contenido:
Forty years You sustained them in the wilderness; they lacked nothing, their clothes did not wear out, and their feet did not swell.


book: Neh
contenido:
Also You gave them kingdoms and peoples and allotted to them every corner. So they possessed the land of Sihon king of Heshbon and the land of Og king of Bashan.


book: Neh
contenido:
Their children You also multiplied as the stars of heaven and brought them into the land which You told their fathers they should go in and possess.


book: Neh
contenido:
So the descendants went in and possessed the land; and You subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them into their hands, with their kings and the peoples of the land, that they might do with them as they would.


book: Neh
contenido:
And they captured fortified cities and a rich land and took possession of houses full of all good things, cisterns hewn out, vineyards, olive orchards, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled and became fat and delighted themselves in Your great goodness.


book: Neh
contenido:
Yet they were disobedient and rebelled against You and cast Your law behind their back and killed Your prophets who accused and warned them to turn to You again; and they committed great and contemptible blasphemies.


book: Neh
contenido:
Therefore You delivered them into the hand of their enemies, who distressed them. In the time of their suffering when they cried to You, You heard them from heaven, and according to Your abundant mercy You gave them deliverers, who saved them from their enemies.


book: Neh
contenido:
But after they had rest, they did evil again before You; therefore You left them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had dominion over them. Yet when they turned and cried to You, You heard them from heaven, and many times You delivered them according to Your mercies,


book: Neh
contenido:
And reproved and warned them, that You might bring them again to Your law. Yet they acted presumptuously and did not heed Your commandments, but sinned against Your ordinances, which by keeping, a man shall live. And they turned a stubborn shoulder, stiffened their neck, and would not listen.


book: Neh
contenido:
Yet You bore with them many years more and reproved and warned them by Your Spirit through Your prophets; still they would not listen. Therefore You gave them into the power of the peoples of the lands.


book: Neh
contenido:
Yet in Your great mercies You did not utterly consume them or forsake them, for You are a gracious and merciful God.


book: Neh
contenido:
Now therefore, our God, the great, mighty, and terrible God, Who keeps covenant and mercy and loving-kindness, let not all the trouble and hardship seem little to You—the hardship that has come upon us, our kings, our princes, our priests, our prophets, our fathers, and on all Your people, since the time of the kings of Assyria to this day.


book: Neh
contenido:
However, You are just in all that has come upon us; for You have dealt faithfully, but we have done wickedly;


book: Neh
contenido:
Our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers have not kept Your law or hearkened to Your commandments and Your warnings and reproofs which You gave them.


book: Neh
contenido:
They did not serve You in their kingdom, and in Your great goodness that You gave them and in the large and rich land You set before them, nor did they turn from their wicked works.


book: Neh
contenido:
Behold, we are slaves this day, and as for the land that You gave to our fathers to eat the fruit and the good of it, behold, we are slaves in it.


book: Neh
contenido:
And its rich yield goes to the kings whom You have set over us because of our sins; they have power also over our bodies and over our livestock at their pleasure. And we are in great distress.


book: Neh
contenido:
Because of all this, we make a firm and sure written covenant, and our princes, Levites, and priests set their seal to it.


book: Neh
contenido:
And the rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, Nethinim [temple servants], and all they who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the Law of God, their wives, their sons, their daughters, all who had knowledge and understanding—


book: Neh
contenido:
Join now, with their brethren, their nobles, and enter into a curse and an oath to walk in God’s Law which was given to Moses the servant of God and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord, and His ordinances and His statutes:


book: Neh
contenido:
And if the peoples of the land bring wares or any grain on the Sabbath day to sell, we shall not buy it on the Sabbath or on a holy day; and we shall forego raising crops the seventh year [letting the land lie fallow] and the compulsory payment of every debt.


book: Neh
contenido:
Also we pledge ourselves to pay yearly a third of a shekel for the service expenses of the house of our God [which are]:


book: Neh
contenido:
For the showbread; for the continual cereal offerings and burnt offerings; [for the offerings on] the Sabbaths, the New Moons, the set feasts; for the holy things, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel; and for all the work of the house of our God.


book: Neh
contenido:
We also cast lots—the priests, the Levites, and the people—for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, according to our fathers’ houses, at appointed times year by year, to burn upon the altar of the Lord our God, as it is written in the Law.


book: Neh
contenido:
And [we obligate ourselves] to bring the firstfruits of our ground and the first of all the fruit of all trees year by year to the house of the Lord,


book: Neh
contenido:
As well as the firstborn of our sons and of our cattle, as is written in the Law, and the firstlings of our herds and flocks, to bring to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in [His] house.


book: Neh
contenido:
And we shall bring the first and best of our coarse meal, our contributions, the fruit of all kinds of trees, of new wine, and of oil to the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God. And we shall bring the tithes from our ground to the Levites, for they, the Levites, collect the tithes in all our rural towns.


book: Neh
contenido:
And the priest, the son of Aaron, shall be with the Levites when [they] receive tithes, and [they] shall bring one-tenth of the tithes to the house of our God, to the chambers, into the storehouse.


book: Neh
contenido:
For the Israelites and the sons of Levi shall bring the offering of grain, new wine, and oil to the chambers where the vessels of the sanctuary are, along with the priests who minister and the gatekeepers and singers. We will not forsake or neglect the house of our God.


book: Neh
contenido:
Now the leaders of the people dwelt at Jerusalem; the rest of the people also cast lots to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem, the holy city, while nine-tenths dwelt in other towns and villages.


book: Neh
contenido:
These are the province chiefs who dwelt in Jerusalem, but in the towns of Judah everyone lived on his property there—Israelites, the priests, the Levites, the temple servants, and the descendants of Solomon’s servants.


book: Neh
contenido:
And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the sons of Judah and Benjamin. Of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, of the sons of Perez;


book: Neh
contenido:
Maaseiah son of Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of the Shilonite.


book: Neh
contenido:
These are the sons of Benjamin: Sallu son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, son of Jeshaiah,


book: Neh
contenido:
Seraiah son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, ruler of the house of God,


book: Neh
contenido:
And their brethren, who did the work of the house, 822; and Adaiah son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah,


book: Neh
contenido:
And his brethren, chiefs of fathers’ houses, 242; and Amashsai son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,


book: Neh
contenido:
And their brethren, mighty men of valor, 128. Their overseer was Zabdiel son of Haggedolim [one of the great men].


book: Neh
contenido:
And of the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;


book: Neh
contenido:
And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who had charge of the outside work of the house of God;


book: Neh
contenido:
Mattaniah son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, the leader to begin the thanksgiving in prayer; and Bakbukiah, second among his brethren; and Abda son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.


book: Neh
contenido:
And the rest of Israel, with the priests and the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, each in his inheritance.


book: Neh
contenido:
Overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem and the work of God’s house was Uzzi son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica, of Asaph’s sons, the singers.


book: Neh
contenido:
For the [Persian] king had ordered concerning them that a certain provision be made for the singers, as each day required.


book: Neh
contenido:
Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, of the sons of Zerah son of Judah, was at the king’s hand in all matters concerning the people.


book: Neh
contenido:
As for the villages with their fields, some people of Judah dwelt in Kiriath-arba, Dibon, and Jekabzeel, and their villages,


book: Neh
contenido:
Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and its fields, Azekah and its villages. So they encamped from Beersheba to the Hinnom Valley.


book: Neh
contenido:
Now these are the priests and Levites who went up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,


book: Neh
contenido:
Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the chiefs of the priests and their brethren in the days of Jeshua.


book: Neh
contenido:
And the Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who, with his brethren, was over the thanksgiving [choirs].


book: Neh
contenido:
And in the days of Joiakim were priests, heads of fathers’ houses: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;


book: Neh
contenido:
As for the Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, the heads of fathers’ houses were recorded, as well as the priests, until the reign of Darius the Persian.


book: Neh
contenido:
The sons of Levi, heads of fathers’ houses, were recorded in the Book of the Chronicles until the days of Johanan son of Eliashib.


book: Neh
contenido:
And the chiefs of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, with their brethren opposite them, to praise and to give thanks, as David, God’s man, commanded, [one] watch [singing] in response to [the men in the opposite] watch.


book: Neh
contenido:
Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers guarding at the storehouses of the gates.


book: Neh
contenido:
These were in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and of Ezra the priest and scribe.


book: Neh
contenido:
And for the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, they sought the Levites in all their places to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication with gladness, with thanksgivings, and with singing, cymbals, harps, and lyres.


book: Neh
contenido:
And the sons of the singers gathered together from the plain and circuit around Jerusalem and from the villages of the Netophathites,


book: Neh
contenido:
And also from Beth-gilgal and the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for the singers had built for themselves villages around Jerusalem.


book: Neh
contenido:
Then I brought the princes of Judah up on the wall, and I appointed two great companies of them who gave thanks and went in procession. One went to the right upon the wall toward the Dung Gate.


book: Neh
contenido:
And certain of the priests’ sons with trumpets, and Zechariah son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph,


book: Neh
contenido:
And his kinsmen—Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, Hanani—with the musical instruments of David, God’s man. And Ezra the scribe went before them.


book: Neh
contenido:
At the Fountain Gate they went up straight ahead by the stairs of the City of David at the wall’s ascent above David’s house to the Water Gate on the east.


book: Neh
contenido:
The other company of those who gave thanks went to the left; I followed with half of the people upon the wall, above the Tower of the Furnaces to the Broad Wall,


book: Neh
contenido:
And above the Gate of Ephraim, and by the Old Gate and by the Fish Gate and by the Tower of Hananel and the Tower of Hammeah, even to the Sheep Gate; and they stopped at the Gate of the Guard.


book: Neh
contenido:
So the two companies of those who gave thanks stood in the house of God, and I, and the half of the officials with me;


book: Neh
contenido:
And the priests Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;


book: Neh
contenido:
And Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang and made themselves heard, with Jezrahiah as leader.


book: Neh
contenido:
Also that day they offered great sacrifices and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy; the women also and the children rejoiced. The joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.


book: Neh
contenido:
On that day men were appointed over the chambers for the stores, the contributions, the firstfruits, and the tithes, to gather into them the portions required by law for the priests and the Levites according to the fields of the towns, for Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who served [faithfully].


book: Neh
contenido:
And they performed the due service of their God and of the purification; so did the singers and gatekeepers, as David and his son Solomon had commanded.


book: Neh
contenido:
For in the days of David and Asaph of old, there was a chief of singers and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.


book: Neh
contenido:
And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and [later] of Nehemiah gave the daily portions for the singers and the gatekeepers; and they set apart what was for the Levites, and the Levites set apart what was for the sons of Aaron [the priests].


book: Neh
contenido:
On that day they read in the Book of Moses in the audience of the people, and in it was found written that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever come into the assembly of God,


book: Neh
contenido:
For they met not the Israelites with food and drink but hired Balaam to curse them; yet our God turned the curse into a blessing.


book: Neh
contenido:
Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the chambers of the house of our God, and was related [by marriage] to Tobiah [our adversary],


book: Neh
contenido:
Prepared for Tobiah a large chamber where previously they had put the cereal offerings, the frankincense, the vessels, and the tithes of grain, new wine, and oil which were given by commandment to the Levites, the singers, and gatekeepers, and the contributions for the priests.


book: Neh
contenido:
But in all this time I was not at Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes [Persian] king of Babylon I went to the king. Then later I asked leave of him


book: Neh
contenido:
And came to Jerusalem. Then I discovered the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah in preparing him [an adversary] a chamber in the courts of the house of God!


book: Neh
contenido:
Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers; and I brought back there the vessels of the house of God, with the cereal offerings and the frankincense.


book: Neh
contenido:
And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them, so that the Levites and the singers who did the work [forced by necessity] had each fled to his field.


book: Neh
contenido:
Then I contended with the officials and said, Why is the house of God neglected and forsaken? I gathered the Levites and singers and set them in their stations.


book: Neh
contenido:
I set treasurers over the storerooms: Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites; assisting them was Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, for they were counted faithful, and their task was to distribute to their brethren.


book: Neh
contenido:
O my God, [earnestly] remember me concerning this and wipe not out my good deeds and kindnesses done for the house of my God and for His service.


book: Neh
contenido:
In those days I saw in Judah men treading winepresses on the Sabbath, bringing in sheaves or heaps of grain with which they loaded donkeys, as well as wine, grapes, figs, and all sorts of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. And I protested and warned them on the day they sold the produce.


book: Neh
contenido:
There dwelt men of Tyre there also who brought fish and all kinds of wares and sold on the Sabbath to the people of Judah and in Jerusalem.


book: Neh
contenido:
Then I reproved the nobles of Judah and said, What evil thing is this that you do—profaning the Sabbath day?


book: Neh
contenido:
Did not your fathers do thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us and upon this city? Yet you bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the Sabbath.


book: Neh
contenido:
And when it began to get dark at the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath [day began], I commanded that the gates should be shut and not be opened till after the Sabbath. And I set some of my servants at the gates to prevent any burden being brought in on the Sabbath day.


book: Neh
contenido:
But I reproved and warned them, saying, Why do you lodge by the wall? If you do so again, I will lay hands on you. Then they stopped coming on the Sabbath.


book: Neh
contenido:
And I commanded the Levites to cleanse themselves and come and guard the gates to keep the Sabbath day holy. O my God, [earnestly] remember me concerning this also and spare me according to the greatness of Your mercy and loving-kindness.


book: Neh
contenido:
And their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak the Hebrew, but in the language of each people.


book: Neh
contenido:
And I contended with them and reviled them and beat some of them and pulled out their hair and made them swear by God, saying, You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.


book: Neh
contenido:
Did not Solomon king of Israel act treacherously against God and miss the mark on account of such women? Among many nations there was no king like him. He was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel; yet strange women even caused him to sin [when he was old he turned treacherously away from the Lord to other gods, and God rent his kingdom from him].


book: Neh
contenido:
Shall we then listen to you to do all this great evil and act treacherously against our God by marrying strange (heathen) women?


book: Neh
contenido:
One of the sons of Joiada son of Eliashib the high priest was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite; therefore I chased him from me.


book: Neh
contenido:
O my God, [earnestly] remember them, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priests and Levites.


book: Neh
contenido:
Thus I cleansed them from everything foreign (heathen), and I defined the duties of the priests and Levites, everyone in his work;


book: Neh
contenido:
And I provided for the wood offering at appointed times, and for the firstfruits. O my God, [earnestly] remember me for good and imprint me [on Your heart]!


book: Esth
contenido:
It was in the days of Ahasuerus [Xerxes], the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over 127 provinces.


book: Esth
contenido:
In those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne which was in Shushan or Susa [the capital of the Persian Empire] in the palace or castle,


book: Esth
contenido:
In the third year of his reign he made a feast for all his princes and his courtiers. The chief officers of the Persian and Median army and the nobles and governors of the provinces were there before him


book: Esth
contenido:
While he showed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the splendor and excellence of his majesty for many days, even 180 days.


book: Esth
contenido:
And when these days were completed, the king made a feast for all the people present in Shushan the capital, both great and small, a seven-day feast in the court of the garden of the king’s palace.


book: Esth
contenido:
There were hangings of fine white cloth, of green and of blue [cotton], fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings or rods and marble pillars. The couches of gold and silver rested on a [mosaic] pavement of porphyry, white marble, mother-of-pearl, and [precious] colored stones.


book: Esth
contenido:
Drinks were served in different kinds of golden goblets, and there was royal wine in abundance, according to the liberality of the king.


book: Esth
contenido:
And drinking was according to the law; no one was compelled to drink, for the king had directed all the officials of his palace to serve only as each guest desired.


book: Esth
contenido:
On the seventh day, when the king’s heart was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carkas, the seven eunuchs who ministered to King Ahasuerus as attendants,


book: Esth
contenido:
To bring Queen Vashti before the king, with her royal crown, to show the peoples and the princes her beauty, for she was fair to behold.


book: Esth
contenido:
But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s command conveyed by the eunuchs. Therefore the king was enraged, and his anger burned within him.


book: Esth
contenido:
Then the king spoke to the wise men who knew the times—for this was the king’s procedure toward all who were familiar with law and judgment—


book: Esth
contenido:
Those next to him being Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media who were in the king’s presence and held first place in the kingdom.


book: Esth
contenido:
[He said] According to the law, what is to be done to Queen Vashti because she has not done the bidding of King Ahasuerus conveyed by the eunuchs?


book: Esth
contenido:
And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen has not only done wrong to the king but also to all the princes and to all the peoples who are in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus.


book: Esth
contenido:
For this deed of the queen will become known to all women, making their husbands contemptible in their eyes, since they will say, King Ahasuerus commanded Queen Vashti to be brought before him, but she did not come.


book: Esth
contenido:
This very day the ladies of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen’s behavior will be telling it to all the king’s princes. So contempt and wrath in plenty will arise.


book: Esth
contenido:
If it pleases the king, let a royal command go forth from him and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and Medes, so that it may not be changed, that Vashti is to [be divorced and] come no more before King Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal position to another who is better than she.


book: Esth
contenido:
So when the king’s decree is made and proclaimed throughout all his kingdom, extensive as it is, all wives will give honor to their husbands, high and low.


book: Esth
contenido:
He sent letters to all the royal provinces, to each in its own script and to every people in their own language, saying that every man should rule in his own house and speak there in the language of his own people. [If he had foreign wives, let them learn his language.]


book: Esth
contenido:
After these things, when the wrath of King Ahasuerus was pacified, he [earnestly] remembered Vashti and what she had done and what was decreed against her.


book: Esth
contenido:
Then the king’s servants who ministered to him said, Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king.


book: Esth
contenido:
And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom to gather all the beautiful young virgins to the capital in Shushan, to the harem under the custody of Hegai, the king’s eunuch, who is in charge of the women; and let their things for purification be given them.


book: Esth
contenido:
And let the maiden who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti. This pleased the king, and he did so.


book: Esth
contenido:
There was a certain Jew in the capital in Shushan whose name was Mordecai son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite,


book: Esth
contenido:
Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captives taken away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried into exile.


book: Esth
contenido:
He had brought up Hadassah, that is Esther, his uncle’s daughter, for she had neither father nor mother. The maiden was beautiful and lovely, and when her father and mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter.


book: Esth
contenido:
So when the king’s command and his decree were proclaimed and when many maidens were gathered in Shushan the capital under the custody of Hegai, Esther also was taken to the king’s house into the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.


book: Esth
contenido:
And the maiden pleased [Hegai] and obtained his favor. And he speedily gave her the things for her purification and her portion of food and the seven chosen maids to be given her from the king’s palace; and he removed her and her maids to the best [apartment] in the harem.


book: Esth
contenido:
Esther had not made known her nationality or her kindred, for Mordecai had charged her not to do so.


book: Esth
contenido:
And Mordecai [who was an attendant in the king’s court] walked every day before the court of the harem to learn how Esther was and what would become of her.


book: Esth
contenido:
Now when the turn of each maiden came to go in to King Ahasuerus, after the regulations for the women had been carried out for twelve months—since this was the regular period for their beauty treatments, six months with oil of myrrh and six months with sweet spices and perfumes and the things for the purifying of the women—


book: Esth
contenido:
Then in this way the maiden came to the king: whatever she desired was given her to take with her from the harem into the king’s palace.


book: Esth
contenido:
In the evening she went and next day she returned into the second harem in the custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch who was in charge of the concubines. She came to the king no more unless the king delighted in her and she was called for by name.


book: Esth
contenido:
Now when the turn for Esther the daughter of Abihail, the uncle of Mordecai who had taken her as his own daughter, had come to go in to the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king’s attendant, the keeper of the women, suggested. And Esther won favor in the sight of all who saw her.


book: Esth
contenido:
So Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus into his royal palace in the tenth month, the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.


book: Esth
contenido:
And the king loved Esther more than all the women, and she obtained grace and favor in his sight more than all the maidens, so that he set the royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.


book: Esth
contenido:
Then the king gave a great feast for all his princes and his servants, Esther’s feast; and he gave a holiday [or a lessening of taxes] to the provinces and gave gifts in keeping with the generosity of the king.


book: Esth
contenido:
And when the maidens were gathered together the second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate.


book: Esth
contenido:
Now Esther had not yet revealed her nationality or her people, for she obeyed Mordecai’s command to her [to fear God and execute His commands] just as when she was being brought up by him.


book: Esth
contenido:
In those days, while Mordecai sat at the king’s gate, two of the king’s eunuchs, Bigthan and Teresh, of those who guarded the door, were angry and sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus.


book: Esth
contenido:
And this was known to Mordecai, who told it to Queen Esther, and Esther told the king in Mordecai’s name.


book: Esth
contenido:
When it was investigated and found to be true, both men were hanged on the gallows. And it was recorded in the Book of the Chronicles in the king’s presence.


book: Esth
contenido:
After these things, King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite and advanced him and set his seat above all the princes who were with him.


book: Esth
contenido:
And all the king’s servants who were at the king’s gate bowed down and did reverence to Haman, for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai did not bow down or do him reverence.


book: Esth
contenido:
Then the king’s servants who were at the king’s gate said to Mordecai, Why do you transgress the king’s command?


book: Esth
contenido:
Now when they spoke to him day after day and he paid no attention to them, they told Haman to see whether Mordecai’s conduct would stand, for he had told them that he was a Jew.


book: Esth
contenido:
But he scorned laying hands only on Mordecai. So since they had told him Mordecai’s nationality, Haman sought to destroy all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus.


book: Esth
contenido:
In the first month, the month of Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, Haman caused Pur, that is, lots, to be cast before him day after day [to find a lucky day for his venture], month after month, until the twelfth, the month of Adar.


book: Esth
contenido:
Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom; their laws are different from every other people, neither do they keep the king’s laws. Therefore it is not for the king’s profit to tolerate them.


book: Esth
contenido:
If it pleases the king, let it be decreed that they be destroyed, and I will pay 10,000 talents of silver into the hands of those who have charge of the king’s business, that it may be brought into the king’s treasuries.


book: Esth
contenido:
And the king took his signet ring from his hand [with which to seal his letters by the king’s authority] and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews’ enemy.


book: Esth
contenido:
And the king said to Haman, The silver is given to you, the people also, to do with them as it seems good to you.


book: Esth
contenido:
Then the king’s secretaries were called in on the thirteenth day of the first month, and all that Haman had commanded was written to the king’s chief rulers and to the governors who were over all the provinces and to the princes of each people, to every province in its own script and to each people in their own language; it was written in the name of King Ahasuerus and it was sealed with the king’s [signet] ring.


book: Esth
contenido:
And letters were sent by special messengers to all the king’s provinces—to destroy, to slay, and to do away with all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, and to seize their belongings as spoil.


book: Esth
contenido:
A copy of the writing was to be published and given out as a decree in every province to all the peoples to be ready for that day.


book: Esth
contenido:
The special messengers went out in haste by order of the king, and the decree was given out in Shushan, the capital. And the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Shushan was perplexed [at the strange and alarming decree].


book: Esth
contenido:
Now when Mordecai learned all that was done, [he] rent his clothes and put on sackcloth with ashes and went out into the midst of the city and cried with a loud and bitter cry.


book: Esth
contenido:
He came and stood before the king’s gate, for no one might enter the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.


book: Esth
contenido:
And in every province, wherever the king’s commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping, and wailing, and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.


book: Esth
contenido:
When Esther’s maids and her attendants came and told it to her, the queen was exceedingly grieved and distressed. She sent garments to clothe Mordecai, with orders to take his sackcloth from off him, but he would not receive them.


book: Esth
contenido:
Then Esther called for Hathach, one of the king’s attendants whom he had appointed to attend her, and ordered him to go to Mordecai to learn what this was and why it was.


book: Esth
contenido:
So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the open square of the city, which was in front of the king’s gate.


book: Esth
contenido:
And Mordecai told him of all that had happened to him, and the exact sum of money that Haman had promised to pay to the king’s treasuries for the Jews to be destroyed.


book: Esth
contenido:
[Mordecai] also gave him a copy of the decree to destroy them, that was given out in Shushan, that he might show it to Esther, explain it to her, and charge her to go to the king, make supplication to him, and plead with him for the lives of her people.


book: Esth
contenido:
All the king’s servants and the people of the king’s provinces know that any person, be it man or woman, who shall go into the inner court to the king without being called shall be put to death; there is but one law for him, except [him] to whom the king shall hold out the golden scepter, that he may live. But I have not been called to come to the king for these thirty days.


book: Esth
contenido:
Then Mordecai told them to return this answer to Esther, Do not flatter yourself that you shall escape in the king’s palace any more than all the other Jews.


book: Esth
contenido:
For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance shall arise for the Jews from elsewhere, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows but that you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this and for this very occasion?


book: Esth
contenido:
Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast for me; and neither eat nor drink for three days, night or day. I also and my maids will fast as you do. Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law; and if I perish, I perish.


book: Esth
contenido:
On the third day [of the fast] Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the royal or inner court of the king’s palace opposite his [throne room]. The king was sitting on his throne, facing the main entrance of the palace.


book: Esth
contenido:
And when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, she obtained favor in his sight, and he held out to [her] the golden scepter that was in his hand. So Esther drew near and touched the tip of the scepter.


book: Esth
contenido:
Then the king said to her, What will you have, Queen Esther? What is your request? It shall be given you, even to the half of the kingdom.


book: Esth
contenido:
And Esther said, If it seems good to the king, let the king and Haman come this day to the dinner that I have prepared for the king.


book: Esth
contenido:
And during the serving of wine, the king said to Esther, What is your petition? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? Even to the half of the kingdom, it shall be performed.


book: Esth
contenido:
Then Esther said, My petition and my request is: If I have found favor in the sight of the king and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come tomorrow to the dinner that I shall prepare for them; and I will do tomorrow as the king has said.


book: Esth
contenido:
Haman went away that day joyful and elated in heart. But when he saw Mordecai at the king’s gate refusing to stand up or show fear before him, he was filled with wrath against Mordecai.


book: Esth
contenido:
Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home. There he sent and called for his friends and Zeresh his wife.


book: Esth
contenido:
And Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, the abundance of his [ten] sons, all the things in which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.


book: Esth
contenido:
Haman added, Yes, and today Queen Esther did not let any man come with the king to the dinner she had prepared but myself; and tomorrow also I am invited by her together with the king.


book: Esth
contenido:
Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, Let a gallows be made, fifty cubits [seventy-five feet] high, and in the morning speak to the king, that Mordecai may be hanged on it; then you go in merrily with the king to the dinner. And the thing pleased Haman, and he caused the gallows to be made.


book: Esth
contenido:
On that night the king could not sleep; and he ordered that the book of memorable deeds, the chronicles, be brought, and they were read before the king.


book: Esth
contenido:
And it was found written there how Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s attendants who guarded the door, who had sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus.


book: Esth
contenido:
And the king said, What honor or distinction has been given Mordecai for this? Then the king’s servants who ministered to him said, Nothing has been done for him.


book: Esth
contenido:
The king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman had just come into the outer court of the king’s palace to ask the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows he had prepared for him.


book: Esth
contenido:
And the king’s servants said to him, Behold, Haman is standing in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.


book: Esth
contenido:
So Haman came in. And the king said to him, What shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor? Now Haman said to himself, To whom would the king delight to do honor more than to me?


book: Esth
contenido:
Let royal apparel be brought which the king has worn and the horse which the king has ridden, and a royal crown be set on his head.


book: Esth
contenido:
And let the apparel and the horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king’s most noble princes. Let him array the man whom the king delights to honor, and conduct him on horseback through the open square of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor.


book: Esth
contenido:
Then the king said to Haman, Make haste and take the apparel and the horse, as you have said, and do so to Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king’s gate. Leave out nothing that you have spoken.


book: Esth
contenido:
Then Haman took the apparel and the horse and conducted Mordecai on horseback through the open square of the city, proclaiming before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor.


book: Esth
contenido:
Then Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. But Haman hastened to his house, mourning and having his head covered.


book: Esth
contenido:
And Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of the offspring of the Jews, you cannot prevail against him, but shall surely fall before him.


book: Esth
contenido:
While they were yet talking with him, the king’s attendants came and hastily brought Haman to the dinner that Esther had prepared.


book: Esth
contenido:
And the king said again to Esther on the second day when wine was being served, What is your petition, Queen Esther? It shall be granted. And what is your request? Even to the half of the kingdom, it shall be performed.


book: Esth
contenido:
Then Queen Esther said, If I have found favor in your sight, O king and if it pleases the king, let my life be given me at my petition and my people at my request.


book: Esth
contenido:
For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, slain, and wiped out of existence! But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I would have held my tongue, for our affliction is not to be compared with the damage this will do to the king.


book: Esth
contenido:
Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther, Who is he, and where is he who dares presume in his heart to do that?


book: Esth
contenido:
And Esther said, An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and queen.


book: Esth
contenido:
And the king arose from the feast in his wrath and went into the palace garden; and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Queen Esther, for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.


book: Esth
contenido:
When the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the drinking of wine, Haman was falling upon the couch where Esther was. Then said the king, Will he even forcibly assault the queen in my presence, in my own palace? As the king spoke the words, [the servants] covered Haman’s face.


book: Esth
contenido:
Then said Harbonah, one of the attendants serving the king, Behold, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman has made for Mordecai, whose warning saved the king, stands at the house of Haman. And the king said, Hang him on it!


book: Esth
contenido:
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath was pacified.


book: Esth
contenido:
On that day King Ahasuerus gave the house of Haman, the Jews’ enemy, to Queen Esther. And Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had told what he was to her.


book: Esth
contenido:
And the king took off his [signet] ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.


book: Esth
contenido:
And Esther spoke yet again to the king and fell down at his feet and besought him with tears to avert the evil plot of Haman the Agagite and his scheme that he had devised against the Jews.


book: Esth
contenido:
And she said, If it pleases the king and if I have found favor in his sight and the thing seems right before the king and I am pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the king’s provinces.


book: Esth
contenido:
For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come upon my people? Or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?


book: Esth
contenido:
Then the King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows because he laid his hand upon the Jews.


book: Esth
contenido:
Write also concerning the Jews as it pleases you in the king’s name, and seal it with the king’s [signet] ring—for writing which is in the king’s name and sealed with the king’s ring no man can reverse.


book: Esth
contenido:
Then the king’s scribes were called, in the third month, the month of Sivan, on the twenty-third day, and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, to the chief rulers, and the governors and princes of the provinces from India to Ethiopia, 127 provinces, to every province in its own script and to every people in their own language and to the Jews according to their writing and according to their language.


book: Esth
contenido:
He wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed it with the king’s ring and sent letters by messengers on horseback, riding on swift steeds, mules, and young dromedaries used in the king’s service, bred from the [royal] stud.


book: Esth
contenido:
In it the king granted the Jews who were in every city to gather and defend their lives; to destroy, to slay, and to wipe out any armed force that might attack them, their little ones, and women; and to take the enemies’ goods for spoil.


book: Esth
contenido:
On one day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar,


book: Esth
contenido:
A copy of the writing was to be issued as a decree in every province and as a proclamation to all peoples, and the Jews should be ready on that day to avenge themselves upon their enemies.


book: Esth
contenido:
So the couriers, who were mounted on swift beasts that were used in the king’s service, went out, being hurried and urged on by the king’s command; and the decree was released in Shushan, the capital.


book: Esth
contenido:
And Mordecai went forth from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, with a great crown of gold and with a robe of fine linen and purple; and the city of Shushan shouted and rejoiced.


book: Esth
contenido:
And in every province and in every city, wherever the king’s command and his decree came, the Jews had gladness and joy, a feast and a holiday. And many from among the peoples of the land [submitted themselves to Jewish rite and] became Jews, for the fear of the Jews had fallen upon them.


book: Esth
contenido:
Now in the twelfth month, the month of Adar, on the thirteenth day of Adar when the king’s command and his edict were about to be executed, on the [very] day that the enemies of the Jews had planned for a massacre of them, it was turned to the contrary and the Jews had rule over those who hated them.


book: Esth
contenido:
The Jews gathered together in their cities throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus to lay hands on such as sought their hurt; and no man could withstand them, for the fear of them had fallen upon all the peoples.


book: Esth
contenido:
And all the princes of the provinces and the chief rulers and the governors and they who attended to the king’s business helped the Jews, because the fear of Mordecai had fallen upon them.


book: Esth
contenido:
For Mordecai was great in the king’s palace; and his fame went forth throughout all the provinces, for the man Mordecai became more and more powerful.


book: Esth
contenido:
So the Jews smote all their enemies with the sword, slaughtering and destroying them, and did as they chose with those who hated them.


book: Esth
contenido:
And Vaizatha, the ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the Jews’ enemy; but on the spoil they laid not their hands.


book: Esth
contenido:
On that day the number of those who were slain in Shushan, the capital, was brought before the king.


book: Esth
contenido:
And the king said to Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed 500 men in Shushan, the capital, and the ten sons of Haman. What then have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces! Now what is your petition? It shall be granted to you. Or what is your request further? It shall be done.


book: Esth
contenido:
Then said Esther, If it pleases the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to do tomorrow also according to this day’s decree, and let [the dead bodies of] Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows.


book: Esth
contenido:
And the king commanded it to be done; the decree was given in Shushan, and they hanged [the bodies of] Haman’s ten sons.


book: Esth
contenido:
And the Jews that were in Shushan gathered together on the fourteenth day also of the month of Adar and slew 300 men in Shushan, but on the spoil they laid not their hands.


book: Esth
contenido:
And the other Jews who were in the king’s provinces gathered to defend their lives and had relief and rest from their enemies and slew of them that hated them 75,000; but on the spoil they laid not their hands.


book: Esth
contenido:
This was done on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested and made it a day of feasting and gladness.


book: Esth
contenido:
But the Jews who were in Shushan [Susa] assembled on the thirteenth day and on the fourteenth, and on the fifteenth day they rested and made it a day of feasting and gladness.


book: Esth
contenido:
Therefore the Jews of the villages, who dwell in the unwalled towns, make the fourteenth day of the month of Adar a day of gladness and feasting, a holiday, and a day for sending choice portions to one another.


book: Esth
contenido:
And Mordecai recorded these things, and he sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of the King Ahasuerus, both near and far,


book: Esth
contenido:
As the days on which the Jews got rest from their enemies, and as the month which was turned for them from sorrow to gladness and from mourning into a holiday—that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, days of sending choice portions to one another and gifts to the poor.


book: Esth
contenido:
Because Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, [to find a lucky day] to crush and consume and destroy them.


book: Esth
contenido:
But when Esther brought the matter before the king, he commanded in writing that Haman’s wicked scheme which he had devised against the Jews should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.


book: Esth
contenido:
Therefore they called these days Purim, after the name Pur [lot]. Therefore, because of all that was in this letter and what they had faced in this matter and what had happened to them,


book: Esth
contenido:
The Jews ordained and took it upon themselves and their descendants and all who joined them that without fail every year they would keep these two days at the appointed time and as it was written,


book: Esth
contenido:
That these days should be remembered (imprinted on their minds) and kept throughout every generation in every family, province, and city, and that these days of Purim should never cease from among the Jews, nor the commemoration of them cease among their descendants.


book: Esth
contenido:
Then Queen Esther, the daughter of Abihail, with Mordecai the Jew, gave full power [written authority], confirming this second letter about Purim.


book: Esth
contenido:
And letters were sent to all the Jews, to the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, in words of peace and truth,


book: Esth
contenido:
To confirm that these days of Purim should be observed at their appointed times, as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had commanded [the Jews], and as they had ordained for themselves and for their descendants in the matter of their fasts and their lamenting.


book: Esth
contenido:
And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the full account of the greatness of Mordecai to which the king advanced him, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia?


book: Esth
contenido:
For Mordecai the Jew was next to King Ahasuerus and great among the Jews, and was a favorite with the multitude of his brethren, for he sought the welfare of his people and spoke peace to his whole race.


book: Job
contenido:
There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who [reverently] feared God and abstained from and shunned evil [because it was wrong].


book: Job
contenido:
He possessed 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very great body of servants, so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the East.


book: Job
contenido:
His sons used to go and feast in the house of each on his day (birthday) in turn, and they invited their three sisters to eat and drink with them.


book: Job
contenido:
And when the days of their feasting were over, Job sent for them to purify and hallow them, and rose up early in the morning and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned and cursed or disowned God in their hearts. Thus did Job at all [such] times.


book: Job
contenido:
Now there was a day when the sons (the angels) of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan (the adversary and accuser) also came among them.


book: Job
contenido:
And the Lord said to Satan, From where did you come? Then Satan answered the Lord, From going to and fro on the earth and from walking up and down on it.


book: Job
contenido:
And the Lord said to Satan, Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who [reverently] fears God and abstains from and shuns evil [because it is wrong]?


book: Job
contenido:
Have You not put a hedge about him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have conferred prosperity and happiness upon him in the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.


book: Job
contenido:
And the Lord said to Satan (the adversary and the accuser), Behold, all that he has is in your power, only upon the man himself put not forth your hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord.


book: Job
contenido:
And there was a day when [Job’s] sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house [on his birthday],


book: Job
contenido:
And there came a messenger to Job and said, The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them,


book: Job
contenido:
And the Sabeans swooped down upon them and took away [the animals]. Indeed, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.


book: Job
contenido:
While he was yet speaking, there came also another and said, The fire of God (lightning) has fallen from the heavens and has burned up the sheep and the servants and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.


book: Job
contenido:
While he was yet speaking, there came also another and said, The Chaldeans divided into three bands and made a raid upon the camels and have taken them away, yes, and have slain the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.


book: Job
contenido:
While he was yet speaking, there came also another and said, Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house,


book: Job
contenido:
And behold, there came a great [whirlwind] from the desert, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young people and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you.


book: Job
contenido:
And said, Naked (without possessions) came I [into this world] from my mother’s womb, and naked (without possessions) shall I depart. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; blessed (praised and magnified in worship) be the name of the Lord!


book: Job
contenido:
Again there was a day when the sons of God [the angels] came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan (the adversary and the accuser) came also among them to present himself before the Lord.


book: Job
contenido:
And the Lord said to Satan, From where do you come? And Satan (the adversary and the accuser) answered the Lord, From going to and fro on the earth and from walking up and down on it.


book: Job
contenido:
And the Lord said to Satan, Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who [reverently] fears God and abstains from and shuns all evil [because it is wrong]? And still he holds fast his integrity, although you moved Me against him to destroy him without cause.


book: Job
contenido:
But put forth Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse and renounce You to Your face.


book: Job
contenido:
So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord and smote Job with loathsome and painful sores from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.


book: Job
contenido:
And he took a piece of broken pottery with which to scrape himself, and he sat [down] among the ashes.


book: Job
contenido:
But he said to her, You speak as one of the impious and foolish women would speak. What? Shall we accept [only] good at the hand of God and shall we not accept [also] misfortune and what is of a bad nature? In [spite of] all this, Job did not sin with his lips.


book: Job
contenido:
Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came each one from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite, for they had made an appointment together to come to condole with him and to comfort him.


book: Job
contenido:
And when they looked from afar off and saw him [disfigured] beyond recognition, they lifted up their voices and wept; and each one tore his robe, and they cast dust over their heads toward the heavens.


book: Job
contenido:
So they sat down with [Job] on the ground for seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief and pain were very great.


book: Job
contenido:
Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night which announced, There is a man-child conceived.


book: Job
contenido:
Let gloom and deep darkness claim it for their own; let a cloud dwell upon it; let all that blackens the day terrify it (the day that I was born).


book: Job
contenido:
As for that night, let thick darkness seize it; let it not rejoice among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.


book: Job
contenido:
Let the stars of the early dawn of that day be dark; let [the morning] look in vain for the light, nor let it behold the day’s dawning,


book: Job
contenido:
For then would I have lain down and been quiet; I would have slept; then would I have been at rest [in death]


book: Job
contenido:
I was not or am not at ease, nor had I or have I rest, nor was I or am I quiet, yet trouble came and still comes [upon me].


book: Job
contenido:
If we venture to converse with you, will you be offended? Yet who can restrain himself from speaking?


book: Job
contenido:
But now it is come upon you, and you faint and are grieved; it touches you, and you are troubled and dismayed.


book: Job
contenido:
Is not your [reverent] fear of God your confidence and the integrity and uprightness of your ways your hope?


book: Job
contenido:
Think [earnestly], I beg of you: who, being innocent, ever perished? Or where were those upright and in right standing with God cut off?


book: Job
contenido:
The roaring of the lion and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions are broken.


book: Job
contenido:
The old and strong lion perishes for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.


book: Job
contenido:
[The spirit] stood still, but I could not discern the appearance of it. A form was before my eyes; there was silence, and then I heard a voice, saying,


book: Job
contenido:
Can mortal man be just before God, or be more right than He is? Can a man be pure before his Maker, or be more cleansed than He is?


book: Job
contenido:
Even in His [heavenly] servants He puts no trust or confidence, and His angels He charges with folly and error—


book: Job
contenido:
How much more those who dwell in houses (bodies) of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who are crushed like the moth.


book: Job
contenido:
Is not their tent cord plucked up within them [so that the tent falls]? Do they not die, and that without [acquiring] wisdom?


book: Job
contenido:
I have seen the foolish taking root [and outwardly prospering], but suddenly I saw that his dwelling was cursed [for his doom was certain].


book: Job
contenido:
His children are far from safety; [involved in their father’s ruin] they are crushed in the [court of justice in the city’s] gate, and there is no one to deliver them.


book: Job
contenido:
His harvest the hungry eat and take it even [when it grows] among the thorns; the snare opens for [his] wealth.


book: Job
contenido:
He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise or anything of [lasting] worth.


book: Job
contenido:
He catches the [so-called] wise in their own trickiness, and the counsel of the schemers is brought to a quick end.


book: Job
contenido:
But [God] saves [the fatherless] from the sword of their mouth, and the needy from the hand of the mighty.


book: Job
contenido:
Happy and fortunate is the man whom God reproves; so do not despise or reject the correction of the Almighty [subjecting you to trial and suffering].


book: Job
contenido:
You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, neither shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes.


book: Job
contenido:
At destruction and famine you shall laugh, neither shall you be afraid of the living creatures of the earth.


book: Job
contenido:
For you shall be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.


book: Job
contenido:
And you shall know that your tent shall be in peace, and you shall visit your fold and your dwelling and miss nothing [from them].


book: Job
contenido:
You shall come to your grave in ripe old age, and as a shock of grain goes up [to the threshing floor] in its season.


book: Job
contenido:
This is what we have searched out; it is true. Hear and heed it and know for yourself [for your good].


book: Job
contenido:
Oh, that my impatience and vexation might be [thoroughly] weighed and all my calamity be laid up over against them in the balances, one against the other [to see if my grief is unmanly]!


book: Job
contenido:
[But it is] because the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison which my spirit drinks up; the terrors of God set themselves in array against me.


book: Job
contenido:
Can that which has no taste to it be eaten without salt? Or is there any flavor in the white of an egg?


book: Job
contenido:
[These afflictions] my soul refuses to touch! Such things are like diseased food to me [sickening and repugnant]!


book: Job
contenido:
Then would I still have consolation—yes, I would leap [for joy] amid unsparing pain [though I shrink from it]—that I have not concealed or denied the words of the Holy One!


book: Job
contenido:
What strength have I left, that I should wait and hope? And what is ahead of me, that I should be patient?


book: Job
contenido:
To him who is about to faint and despair, kindness is due from his friend, lest he forsake the fear of the Almighty.


book: Job
contenido:
The caravans which travel by way of them turn aside; they go into the waste places and perish. [Such is my disappointment in you, the friends I fully trusted.]


book: Job
contenido:
They were confounded because they had hoped [to find water]; they came there and were bitterly disappointed.


book: Job
contenido:
Now to me you are [like a dried-up brook]; you see my dismay and terror, and [believing me to be a victim of God’s anger] you are afraid [to sympathize with me].


book: Job
contenido:
How forcible are words of straightforward speech! But what does your arguing argue and prove or your reproof reprove?


book: Job
contenido:
Do you imagine your words to be an argument, but the speeches of one who is desperate to be as wind?


book: Job
contenido:
Now be pleased to look upon me, that it may be evident to you if I lie [for surely I would not lie to your face].


book: Job
contenido:
Return [from your suspicion], I pray you, let there be no injustice; yes, return again [to confidence in me], my vindication is in it.


book: Job
contenido:
Is there not an [appointed] warfare and hard labor to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?


book: Job
contenido:
As a servant earnestly longs for the shade and the evening shadows, and as a hireling who looks for the reward of his work,


book: Job
contenido:
When I lie down I say, When shall I arise and the night be gone? And I am full of tossing to and fro till the dawning of the day.


book: Job
contenido:
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken and has become loathsome, and it closes up and breaks out afresh.


book: Job
contenido:
As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol (the place of the dead) shall come up no more.


book: Job
contenido:
Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit, I will complain in the bitterness of my soul [O Lord]!


book: Job
contenido:
What is man that You should magnify him and think him important? And that You should set Your mind upon him?


book: Job
contenido:
How long will Your [plaguing] glance not look away from me, nor You let me alone till I swallow my spittle?


book: Job
contenido:
If I have sinned, what [harm] have I done You, O You Watcher and Keeper of men? Why have You set me as a mark for You, so that I am a burden to myself [and You]?


book: Job
contenido:
And why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; and [even if] You will seek me diligently, [it will be too late, for] I shall not be.


book: Job
contenido:
How long will you say these things [Job]? And how long shall the words of your mouth be as a mighty wind?


book: Job
contenido:
If your children have sinned against Him, then He has delivered them into the power of their transgression.


book: Job
contenido:
Then, if you are pure and upright, surely He will bestir Himself for you and make your righteous dwelling prosperous again.


book: Job
contenido:
For inquire, I pray you, of the former age and apply yourself to that which their fathers have searched out,


book: Job
contenido:
Shall not [the forefathers] teach you and tell you and utter words out of their hearts (the deepest part of their nature)?


book: Job
contenido:
While it is yet green, in flower, and not cut down, it withers before any other herb [when without water].


book: Job
contenido:
He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand; he shall hold fast to it, but it shall not last.


book: Job
contenido:
[Godless] his roots are wrapped about the [stone] heap, and see their way [promisingly] among the rocks.


book: Job
contenido:
But if [God] snatches him from his property, [then having passed into the hands of others] it [his property] will forget and deny him, [saying,] I have never seen you [before, as if ashamed of him—like his former friends].


book: Job
contenido:
See, this is the joy of going the way [of the ungodly]! And from the dust others will spring up [to take his place].


book: Job
contenido:
[God] is wise in heart and mighty in strength; who has [ever] hardened himself against Him and prospered or even been safe?


book: Job
contenido:
Who made [the constellations] the Bear, Orion, and the [loose cluster] Pleiades, and the [vast starry] spaces of the south;


book: Job
contenido:
God will not withdraw His anger; the [proud] helpers of Rahab [arrogant monster of the sea] bow under Him.


book: Job
contenido:
Whom, though I were righteous (upright and innocent) yet I could not answer? I must appeal for mercy to my Opponent and Judge [for my right].


book: Job
contenido:
Though I am innocent and in the right, my own mouth would condemn me; though I am blameless, He would prove me perverse.


book: Job
contenido:
It is all one; therefore I say, God [does not discriminate, but] destroys the blameless and the wicked.


book: Job
contenido:
The earth is given into the hands of the wicked; He covers the faces of its judges [so that they are blinded to justice]. If it is not [God], who then is it [responsible for all this inequality]?


book: Job
contenido:
They are passed away like the swift rowboats made of reeds, or like the eagle that swoops down on the prey.


book: Job
contenido:
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer and brighten up,


book: Job
contenido:
I become afraid of all my pains and sorrows [yet to come], for I know You will not pronounce me innocent [by removing them].


book: Job
contenido:
Yet You will plunge me into the ditch, and my own clothes will abhor me [and refuse to cover so foul a body].


book: Job
contenido:
For [God] is not a [mere] man, as I am, that I should answer Him, that we should come together in court.


book: Job
contenido:
That He might take His rod away from [threatening] me, and that the fear of Him might not terrify me.


book: Job
contenido:
[Then] would I speak and not fear Him, but I am not so in myself [to make me afraid, were only a fair trial given me].


book: Job
contenido:
I am weary of my life and loathe it! I will give free expression to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.


book: Job
contenido:
Does it seem good to You that You should oppress, that You should despise and reject the work of Your hands, and favor the schemes of the wicked?


book: Job
contenido:
Although You know that I am not wicked or guilty and that there is none who can deliver me out of Your hand?


book: Job
contenido:
Remember [earnestly], I beseech You, that You have fashioned me as clay [out of the same earth material, exquisitely and elaborately]. And will You bring me into dust again?


book: Job
contenido:
Yet these [the present evils] have You hid in Your heart [for me since my creation]; I know that this was with You [in Your purpose and thought].


book: Job
contenido:
If I am wicked, woe unto me! And if I am righteous, yet must I not lift up my head, for I am filled with disgrace and the sight of my affliction.


book: Job
contenido:
If I lift myself up, You hunt me like a lion and again show Yourself [inflicting] marvelous [trials] upon me.


book: Job
contenido:
You renew Your witnesses against me and increase Your indignation toward me; I am as if attacked by a troop time after time.


book: Job
contenido:
I should have been as though I had not existed; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.


book: Job
contenido:
The land of sunless gloom as intense darkness, [the land] of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as thick darkness.


book: Job
contenido:
Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk [and making such great professions] be pronounced free from guilt or blame?


book: Job
contenido:
Should your boastings and babble make men keep silent? And when you mock and scoff, shall no man make you ashamed?


book: Job
contenido:
For you have said, My doctrine [that God afflicts the righteous knowingly] is pure, and I am clean in [God’s] eyes.


book: Job
contenido:
And that He would show you the secrets of wisdom! For He is manifold in understanding! Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your guilt and iniquity [deserve].


book: Job
contenido:
Can you find out the deep things of God, or can you by searching find out the limits of the Almighty [explore His depths, ascend to His heights, extend to His breadths, and comprehend His infinite perfection]?


book: Job
contenido:
His wisdom is as high as the heights of heaven! What can you do? It is deeper than Sheol (the place of the dead)! What can you know?


book: Job
contenido:
If [God] sweeps in and arrests and calls into judgment, who can hinder Him? [If He is against a man, who shall call Him to account for it?]


book: Job
contenido:
For He recognizes and knows hollow, wicked, and useless men (men of falsehood); when He sees iniquity, will He not consider it?


book: Job
contenido:
But a stupid man will get wisdom [only] when a wild donkey’s colt is born a man [as when he thinks himself free because he is lifted up in pride].


book: Job
contenido:
Then can you lift up your face to Him without stain [of sin, and unashamed]; yes, you shall be steadfast and secure; you shall not fear.


book: Job
contenido:
And [your] life shall be clearer than the noonday and rise above it; though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.


book: Job
contenido:
And you shall be secure and feel confident because there is hope; yes, you shall search about you, and you shall take your rest in safety.


book: Job
contenido:
But the eyes of the wicked shall look [for relief] in vain, and they shall not escape [the justice of God]; and their hope shall be to give up the ghost.


book: Job
contenido:
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these [of God’s wisdom and might]?


book: Job
contenido:
I am become one who is a laughingstock to his friend; I, one whom God answered when he called upon Him—a just, upright (blameless) man—laughed to scorn!


book: Job
contenido:
In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune—but it is ready for those whose feet slip.


book: Job
contenido:
The dwellings of robbers prosper; those who provoke God are [apparently] secure; God supplies them abundantly [who have no god but their own hands and power].


book: Job
contenido:
For ask now the animals, and they will teach you [that God does not deal with His creatures according to their character]; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you;


book: Job
contenido:
Or speak to the earth [with its other forms of life], and it will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare [this truth] to you.


book: Job
contenido:
Who [is so blind as] not to recognize in all these [that good and evil are promiscuously scattered throughout nature and human life] that it is God’s hand which does it [and God’s way]?


book: Job
contenido:
Is it not the task of the ear to discriminate between [wise and unwise] words, just as the mouth distinguishes [between desirable and undesirable] food?


book: Job
contenido:
But [only] with [God] are [perfect] wisdom and might; He [alone] has [true] counsel and understanding.


book: Job
contenido:
He withholds the waters, and the land dries up; again, He sends forth [rains], and they overwhelm the land or transform it.


book: Job
contenido:
He leads [great and scheming] counselors away stripped and barefoot and makes the judges fools [in human estimation, by overthrowing their plans].


book: Job
contenido:
He looses the fetters [ordered] by kings and has [the] waistcloth [of a slave] bound about their [own] loins.


book: Job
contenido:
He deprives of speech those who are trusted and takes away the discernment and discretion of the aged.


book: Job
contenido:
He pours contempt on princes and loosens the belt of the strong [disabling them, bringing low the pride of the learned].


book: Job
contenido:
He makes nations great, and He destroys them; He enlarges nations [and then straitens and shrinks them again], and leads them [away captive].


book: Job
contenido:
He takes away understanding from the leaders of the people of the land and of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no path.


book: Job
contenido:
Surely I wish to speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue and reason my case with God [that He may explain the conflict between what I believe of Him and what I see of Him].


book: Job
contenido:
But you are forgers of lies [you defame my character most untruthfully]; you are all physicians of no value and have no remedy to offer.


book: Job
contenido:
Oh, that you would altogether hold your peace! Then you would evidence your wisdom and you might pass for wise men.


book: Job
contenido:
Will you show partiality to Him [be unjust to me in order to gain favor with Him]? Will you act as special pleaders for God?


book: Job
contenido:
Would it be profitable for you if He should investigate your tactics [with me]? Or as one deceives and mocks a man, do you deceive and mock Him?


book: Job
contenido:
Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes [valueless]; your defenses are defenses of clay [and will crumble].


book: Job
contenido:
Why should I take my flesh in my teeth and put my life in my hands [incurring the danger of God’s wrath]?


book: Job
contenido:
[I do it because, though He slay me, yet will I wait for and trust Him and] behold, He will slay me; I have no hope—nevertheless, I will maintain and argue my ways before Him and even to His face.


book: Job
contenido:
Withdraw Your hand and take this bodily suffering far from me; and let not my [reverent] dread of You terrify me.


book: Job
contenido:
How many are my iniquities and sins [that so much sorrow should come to me]? Make me recognize and know my transgression and my sin.


book: Job
contenido:
Will You harass and frighten a [poor, helpless] leaf driven to and fro, and will You pursue the chaff of the dry stubble?


book: Job
contenido:
For You write bitter things against me [in Your bill of indictment] and make me inherit and be accountable now for the iniquities of my youth.


book: Job
contenido:
You put my feet also in the stocks and observe critically all my paths; You set a circle and limit around the soles of my feet [which I must not overstep].


book: Job
contenido:
Since a man’s days are already determined, and the number of his months is wholly in Your control, and he cannot pass the bounds of his allotted time—


book: Job
contenido:
[O God] turn from him [and cease to watch him so pitilessly]; let him rest until he has accomplished as does a hireling the appointed time for his day.


book: Job
contenido:
For there is hope for a tree if it is cut down, that it will sprout again and that the tender shoots of it will not cease. [But there is no such hope for man.]


book: Job
contenido:
Yet through the scent [and breathing] of water [the stump of the tree] will bud and bring forth boughs like a young plant.


book: Job
contenido:
But [the brave, strong] man must die and lie prostrate; yes, man breathes his last, and where is he?


book: Job
contenido:
So man lies down and does not rise [to his former state]. Till the heavens are no more, men will not awake nor be raised [physically] out of their sleep.


book: Job
contenido:
Oh, that You would hide me in Sheol (the unseen state), that You would conceal me until Your wrath is past, that You would set a definite time and then remember me earnestly [and imprint me on your heart]!


book: Job
contenido:
If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my warfare and service I will wait, till my change and release shall come.


book: Job
contenido:
My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and You glue up my iniquity [to preserve it in full for the day of reckoning].


book: Job
contenido:
As waters wear away the stones and as floods wash away the soil of the earth, so You [O Lord] destroy the hope of man.


book: Job
contenido:
You prevail forever against him, and he passes on; You change his appearance [in death] and send him away [from the presence of the living].


book: Job
contenido:
But his body [lamenting its decay in the grave] shall grieve over him, and his soul shall mourn [over the body of clay which it once enlivened].


book: Job
contenido:
Should a wise man utter such windy knowledge [as we have just heard] and fill himself with the east wind [of withering, parching, and violent accusations]?


book: Job
contenido:
Indeed, you are doing away with [reverential] fear, and you are hindering and diminishing meditation and devotion before God.


book: Job
contenido:
Were you present to hear the secret counsel of God? And do you limit [the possession of] wisdom to yourself?


book: Job
contenido:
Are God’s consolations [as we have interpreted them to you] too trivial for you? Is there any secret thing (any bosom sin) which you have not given up? [Or] were we too gentle [in our first speech] toward you to be effective?


book: Job
contenido:
Why does your heart carry you away [why allow yourself to be controlled by feeling]? And why do your eyes flash [in anger or contempt],


book: Job
contenido:
That you turn your spirit against God and let [such] words [as you have spoken] go out of your mouth?


book: Job
contenido:
What is man, that he could be pure and clean? And he who is born of a woman, that he could be right and just?


book: Job
contenido:
Behold, [God] puts no trust in His holy ones [the angels]; indeed, the heavens are not clean in His sight—


book: Job
contenido:
Unto whom alone the land was given, and no stranger intruded or passed among them [corrupting the truth].


book: Job
contenido:
The wicked man suffers with [self-inflicted] torment all his days, through all the years that are numbered and laid up for him, the oppressor.


book: Job
contenido:
A [dreadful] sound of terrors is in his ears; in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him [the dwellings of robbers are not at peace].


book: Job
contenido:
He believes that he will not return out of darkness, and [because of his guilt] he is waited for by the sword [of God’s vengeance].


book: Job
contenido:
He wanders abroad for food, saying, Where is it? He knows that the day of darkness and destruction is already close upon him.


book: Job
contenido:
Distress and anguish terrify him; [he knows] they shall prevail against him, like a king ready for battle.


book: Job
contenido:
Because he has stretched out his hand against God and bids defiance and behaves himself proudly against the Almighty,


book: Job
contenido:
Because he has covered his face with his fat, adding layers of fat on his loins [giving himself up to animal pleasures],


book: Job
contenido:
And has lived in desolate [God-forsaken] cities and in houses which no man should inhabit, which were destined to become heaps [of ruins];


book: Job
contenido:
He shall not be rich, neither shall his wealth last, neither shall his produce bend to the earth nor his possessions be extended on the earth.


book: Job
contenido:
He shall not depart out of darkness [and escape from calamity; the wrath of God] shall consume him as flame consumes a dry tree, and by the blast of His mouth he shall be swept away.


book: Job
contenido:
Let him not deceive himself and trust in vanity (emptiness, falseness, and futility), for these shall be his recompense [for such living].


book: Job
contenido:
It shall be accomplished and paid in full while he still lives, and his branch shall not be green [but shall wither away].


book: Job
contenido:
He shall fail to bring his grapes to maturity [leaving them to wither unnourished] on the vine and shall cast off blossoms [and fail to bring forth fruit] like the olive tree.


book: Job
contenido:
For the company of the godless shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery (wrong and injustice).


book: Job
contenido:
I also could speak as you do, if you were in my stead; I could join words together against you and shake my head at you.


book: Job
contenido:
[But] I would strengthen and encourage you with [the words of] my mouth, and the consolation of my lips would soothe your suffering.


book: Job
contenido:
If I speak [to you miserable comforters], my sorrow is not soothed or lessened; and if I refrain [from speaking], in what way am I eased? [I hardly know whether to answer you or be silent.]


book: Job
contenido:
But now [God] has taken away my strength. You [O Lord] have made desolate all my family and associates.


book: Job
contenido:
You have laid firm hold on me and have shriveled me up, which is a witness against me; and my leanness [and wretched state of body] are further evidence [against me]; [they] testify to my face.


book: Job
contenido:
[My adversary Satan] has torn [me] in his wrath and hated and persecuted me; he has gnashed upon me with his teeth; my adversary sharpens his eyes against me.


book: Job
contenido:
[The forces of evil] have gaped at me with their mouths; they have struck me upon the cheek insolently; they massed themselves together and conspired unanimously against me.


book: Job
contenido:
God has delivered me to the ungodly (to the evil one) and cast me [headlong] into the hands of the wicked (Satan’s host).


book: Job
contenido:
I was living at ease, but [Satan] crushed me and broke me apart; yes, he seized me by the neck and dashed me in pieces; then he set me up for his target.


book: Job
contenido:
[Satan’s] arrows whiz around me. He slashes open my vitals and does not spare; he pours out my gall on the ground.


book: Job
contenido:
[Satan] stabs me, making breach after breach and attacking again and again; he runs at me like a giant and irresistible warrior.


book: Job
contenido:
I have sewed sackcloth over my skin [as a sign of mourning] and have defiled my horn (my insignia of strength) in the dust.


book: Job
contenido:
My face is red and swollen with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death [my eyes are dimmed],


book: Job
contenido:
O earth, cover not my blood, and let my cry have no resting-place [where it will cease being heard].


book: Job
contenido:
Oh, that there might be one who would plead for a man with God and that he would maintain his right with Him, as a son of man pleads with or for his neighbor!


book: Job
contenido:
Surely there are mockers and mockery around me, and my eye dwells on their obstinacy, insults, and resistance.


book: Job
contenido:
Give me a pledge with Yourself [acknowledge my innocence before my death]; who is there that will give security for me?


book: Job
contenido:
But their hearts [Lord] You have closed to understanding; therefore You will not let them triumph [by giving them a verdict against me].


book: Job
contenido:
He who denounces his friends [in order to make them] a prey and get a share, the eyes of his children shall fail [to find food].


book: Job
contenido:
Upright men shall be astonished and appalled at this, and the innocent shall stir himself up against the godless and polluted.


book: Job
contenido:
Yet shall the righteous (those upright and in right standing with God) hold to their ways, and he who has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger.


book: Job
contenido:
My days are past, my purposes and plans are frustrated; even the thoughts (desires and possessions) of my heart [are broken off].


book: Job
contenido:
These [thoughts] extend from the night into the day, [so that] the light is short because of darkness.


book: Job
contenido:
If I say to the grave and corruption, You are my father, and to the worm [that feeds on decay], You are my mother and my sister [because I will soon be closest to you],


book: Job
contenido:
[My hope] shall go down to the bars of Sheol (the unseen state) when once there is rest in the dust.


book: Job
contenido:
How long will you lay snares for words and have to hunt for your argument? Do some clear thinking, and then we will reply.


book: Job
contenido:
You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be forsaken for you, or the rock be removed out of its place?


book: Job
contenido:
The steps of his strength shall be shortened, and his own counsel and the plans in which he trusted shall bring about his downfall.


book: Job
contenido:
The strength [of the wicked] shall be hunger-bitten, and calamity is ready at his side [if he halts].


book: Job
contenido:
By disease his strength and his skin shall be devoured; the firstborn of death [the worst of diseases] shall consume his limbs.


book: Job
contenido:
He shall be rooted out of his dwelling place in which he trusted, and he shall be brought to the king of terrors [death].


book: Job
contenido:
There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his [family]; sulphur shall be scattered over his dwelling [to purify it after his going].


book: Job
contenido:
The roots [of the wicked] shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off and wither.


book: Job
contenido:
They [of the west] that come after [the wicked man] shall be astonished and appalled at his day, as they [of the east] that went before were seized with horror.


book: Job
contenido:
Surely such are the dwellings of the ungodly, and such is the place of him who knows not (recognizes not and honors not) God.


book: Job
contenido:
These ten times you have reproached me; you are not ashamed that you make yourselves strange [harden yourselves against me and deal severely with me].


book: Job
contenido:
His troops come together and cast up their way and siege works against me and encamp round about my tent.


book: Job
contenido:
Those who live temporarily in my house and my maids count me as a stranger; I am an alien in their sight.


book: Job
contenido:
All the men of my council and my familiar friends abhor me; those whom I loved are turned against me.


book: Job
contenido:
Why do you, as if you were God, pursue and persecute me? [Acting like wild beasts] why are you not satisfied with my flesh?


book: Job
contenido:
Oh, that the words I now speak were written! Oh, that they were inscribed in a book [carved on a tablet of stone]!


book: Job
contenido:
For I know that my Redeemer and Vindicator lives, and at last He [the Last One] will stand upon the earth.


book: Job
contenido:
And after my skin, even this body, has been destroyed, then from my flesh or without it I shall see God,


book: Job
contenido:
Whom I, even I, shall see for myself and on my side! And my eyes shall behold Him, and not as a stranger! My heart pines away and is consumed within me.


book: Job
contenido:
If you say, How we will pursue him! [and continue to persecute me with the claim] that the root [cause] of all these [afflictions] is found in me,


book: Job
contenido:
Then beware and be afraid of the sword [of divine vengeance], for wrathful are the punishments of that sword, that you may know there is a judgment.


book: Job
contenido:
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless and defiled is but for a moment?


book: Job
contenido:
He will fly away like a dream and will not be found; yes, he will be chased away as a vision of the night.


book: Job
contenido:
The eye which saw him will see him no more, neither will his [accustomed] place any more behold him.


book: Job
contenido:
He has swallowed down [his ill-gotten] riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God will cast them out of his belly.


book: Job
contenido:
He shall suck the poison of asps [which ill-gotten wealth contains]; the viper’s tongue shall slay him.


book: Job
contenido:
That which he labored for shall he give back and shall not swallow it down [to enjoy it]; according to his wealth shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice in it.


book: Job
contenido:
For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has violently taken away a house which he did not build.


book: Job
contenido:
Because his desire and greed knew no quietness within him, he will not save anything of that in which he delights.


book: Job
contenido:
In the fullness of his sufficiency [in the time of his great abundance] he shall be poor and in straits; every hand of everyone who is in misery shall come upon him [he is but a wretch on every side].


book: Job
contenido:
When he is about to fill his belly [as in the wilderness when God sent the quails], God will cast the fierceness of His wrath upon him and will rain it upon him while he is eating.


book: Job
contenido:
[The arrow] is drawn forth and it comes out after passing through his body; yes, the glittering point comes out of his gall. Terrors march in upon him;


book: Job
contenido:
Every misfortune is laid up for his treasures. A fire not blown by man shall devour him; it shall consume what is left in his tent [and it shall go ill with him who remains there].


book: Job
contenido:
The produce and increase of his house will go into exile [with the victors], dragged away in the day of [God’s] wrath.


book: Job
contenido:
As for me, is my complaint to man or of him? And why should I not be impatient and my spirit be troubled?


book: Job
contenido:
They themselves lift up their voices and sing to the tambourine and the lyre and rejoice to the sound of the pipe.


book: Job
contenido:
They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol (the unseen state) in a moment and peacefully.


book: Job
contenido:
But notice, [you say] the prosperity of the wicked is not in their power; the mystery [of God’s dealings] with the ungodly is far from my comprehension.


book: Job
contenido:
How often [then] is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity comes upon them? That God distributes pains and sorrows to them in His anger?


book: Job
contenido:
You say, God lays up [the punishment of the wicked man’s] iniquity for his children. Let Him recompense it to the man himself, that he may know and feel it.


book: Job
contenido:
For what pleasure or interest has a man in his house and family after he is dead, when the number of his months is cut off?


book: Job
contenido:
His pails are full of milk [his veins are filled with nourishment], and the marrow of his bones is fresh and moist,


book: Job
contenido:
For you say, Where is the house of the rich and liberal prince [meaning me]? And where is the tent in which the wicked [Job] dwelt?


book: Job
contenido:
That the evil man is [now] spared in the day of calamity and destruction, and they are led forth and away on the day of [God’s] wrath?


book: Job
contenido:
But who declares [a man’s] way [and rebukes] him to his face? And who pays him back for what he has done?


book: Job
contenido:
The clods of the valley are sweet to him, and every man shall follow him to a grave, as innumerable people [have gone] before him.


book: Job
contenido:
How then can you comfort me with empty and futile words, since in your replies there lurks falsehood?


book: Job
contenido:
Is it any pleasure or advantage to the Almighty that you are righteous (upright and in right standing with Him)? Or is it gain to Him that you make your ways perfect?


book: Job
contenido:
Is it for your [reverential] fear of Him that He [thus] reproves you, that He enters with you into judgment?


book: Job
contenido:
Thick clouds are a covering to Him, so that He does not see, and He walks on the vault of the heavens.


book: Job
contenido:
Men who were snatched away before their time, whose foundations were poured out like a stream [during the flood]?


book: Job
contenido:
Surely those who rose up against us are cut off, and that which remained to them the fire has consumed.


book: Job
contenido:
Acquaint now yourself with Him [agree with God and show yourself to be conformed to His will] and be at peace; by that [you shall prosper and great] good shall come to you.


book: Job
contenido:
If you return to the Almighty [and submit and humble yourself before Him], you will be built up; if you put away unrighteousness far from your tents,


book: Job
contenido:
If you lay gold in the dust, and the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brook [considering them of little worth],


book: Job
contenido:
You shall also decide and decree a thing, and it shall be established for you; and the light [of God’s favor] shall shine upon your ways.


book: Job
contenido:
When they make [you] low, you will say, [There is] a lifting up; and the humble person He lifts up and saves.


book: Job
contenido:
He will even deliver the one [for whom you intercede] who is not innocent; yes, he will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.


book: Job
contenido:
There the righteous [one who is upright and in right standing with God] could reason with Him; so I should be acquitted by my Judge forever.


book: Job
contenido:
Behold, I go forward [and to the east], but He is not there; I go backward [and to the west], but I cannot perceive Him;


book: Job
contenido:
On the left hand [and to the north] where He works [I seek Him], but I cannot behold Him; He turns Himself to the right hand [and to the south], but I cannot see Him.


book: Job
contenido:
But He knows the way that I take [He has concern for it, appreciates, and pays attention to it]. When He has tried me, I shall come forth as refined gold [pure and luminous].


book: Job
contenido:
I have not gone back from the commandment of His lips; I have esteemed and treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.


book: Job
contenido:
Therefore am I troubled and terrified at His presence; when I consider, I am in dread and afraid of Him.


book: Job
contenido:
Because I was not cut off before the darkness [of these woes befell me], neither has He covered the thick darkness from my face.


book: Job
contenido:
Why [seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty] does He not set seasons for judgment? Why do those who know Him see not His days [for punishment of the wicked]?


book: Job
contenido:
Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks and pasture them [appropriating land and flocks openly].


book: Job
contenido:
Behold, as wild asses in the desert, [the poor] go forth to their work, seeking diligently for prey and food; the wilderness yields them bread for their children [in roots and herbage].


book: Job
contenido:
They reap each one his fodder in a field [that is not his own], and they glean the vintage of the wicked man.


book: Job
contenido:
[The violent men whose wickedness seems unnoticed] pluck the fatherless infants from the breast [to sell or make them slaves], and take [the clothing on] the poor for a pledge,


book: Job
contenido:
So that the needy go about naked for lack of clothing, and though hungry, they must carry [but not eat from] the sheaves.


book: Job
contenido:
Among the olive rows [of the wicked, the poor] make oil; they tread [the fresh juice of the grape from] the presses, but suffer thirst.


book: Job
contenido:
From out of the populous city men groan, and the very life of the wounded cries for help; yet God [seemingly] regards not the wrong done them.


book: Job
contenido:
These wrongdoers are of those who rebel against the light; they know not its ways nor stay in its paths.


book: Job
contenido:
The murderer rises with the light; he kills the poor and the needy, and in the night he becomes as a thief.


book: Job
contenido:
The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me, and he puts a disguise upon his face.


book: Job
contenido:
In the dark, they dig through [the penetrable walls of] houses; by day they shut themselves up; they do not know the sunlight.


book: Job
contenido:
[You say] Swiftly such men pass away on the face of the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth; [no treader] turns into their vineyards.


book: Job
contenido:
Drought and heat consume the snow waters; so does Sheol (the place of the dead) those who have sinned.


book: Job
contenido:
The womb shall forget him, the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered, and unrighteousness shall be broken like a tree [which cannot be healed].


book: Job
contenido:
Yet [God] prolongs the life of the [wicked] mighty by His power; they rise up when they had despaired of life.


book: Job
contenido:
They are exalted for a little while, and then are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all others are and are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.


book: Job
contenido:
How then can man be justified and righteous before God? Or how can he who is born of a woman be pure and clean?


book: Job
contenido:
Behold, even the moon has no brightness [compared to God’s glory] and the stars are not pure in His sight—


book: Job
contenido:
How you have helped him who is without power! How you have sustained the arm that is without strength!


book: Job
contenido:
How you have counseled him who has no wisdom! And how plentifully you have declared to him sound knowledge!


book: Job
contenido:
With whose assistance have you uttered these words? And whose spirit [inspired what] came forth from you?


book: Job
contenido:
Sheol (the place of the dead) is naked before God, and Abaddon (the place of destruction) has no covering [from His eyes].


book: Job
contenido:
He it is Who spreads out the northern skies over emptiness and hangs the earth upon or over nothing.


book: Job
contenido:
He holds the waters bound in His clouds [which otherwise would spill on earth all at once], and the cloud is not rent under them.


book: Job
contenido:
He has placed an enclosing limit [the horizon] upon the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.


book: Job
contenido:
Yet these are but [a small part of His doings] the outskirts of His ways or the mere fringes of His force, the faintest whisper of His voice! Who dares contemplate or who can understand the thunders of His full, magnificent power?


book: Job
contenido:
As God lives, Who has taken away my right and denied me justice, and the Almighty, Who has vexed and embittered my life,


book: Job
contenido:
God forbid that I should justify you—saying you are right [in your accusations against me]; till I die, I will not put away my integrity from me.


book: Job
contenido:
My uprightness and my right standing with God I hold fast and will not let them go; my heart does not reproach me for any of my days and it shall not reproach me as long as I live.


book: Job
contenido:
For what is the hope of the godless and polluted, even though he has gained [in this world], when God cuts him off and takes away his life?


book: Job
contenido:
I will teach you regarding the hand and handiwork of God; that which is with the Almighty [God’s actual treatment of the wicked man] will I not conceal.


book: Job
contenido:
Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain [cherishing foolish notions]?


book: Job
contenido:
This [which I am about to tell] is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage which oppressors shall receive from the Almighty:


book: Job
contenido:
If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword; and his offspring will not have sufficient bread.


book: Job
contenido:
He builds his house like a moth or a spider, like a booth which a watchman makes [to last for a season].


book: Job
contenido:
[The wicked] will lie down rich, but does it not again; he opens his eyes, and [his wealth] is gone.


book: Job
contenido:
For [God and the storm] hurl at him without pity and unsparingly [their thunderbolts of wrath]; he flees in haste before His power.


book: Job
contenido:
Man sets an end to darkness, and he searches out the farthest bounds for the ore buried in gloom and deep darkness.


book: Job
contenido:
Men break open shafts away from where people sojourn, in places forgotten by [human] foot; and [descend into them], hanging afar from men, they swing or flit to and fro.


book: Job
contenido:
As for the earth, out of it comes bread, but underneath [its surface, down deep in the mine] there is blasting, turning it up as by fire.


book: Job
contenido:
[Man] binds the streams so that they do not trickle [into the mine], and the thing that is hidden he brings forth to light.


book: Job
contenido:
It cannot be valued in [terms of] the gold of Ophir, in the precious onyx or beryl, or the sapphire.


book: Job
contenido:
No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; for the possession of Wisdom is even above rubies or pearls.


book: Job
contenido:
It is hidden from the eyes of all living, and knowledge of it is withheld from the birds of the heavens.


book: Job
contenido:
Abaddon (the place of destruction) and Death say, We have [only] heard the report of it with our ears.


book: Job
contenido:
Then He saw [Wisdom] and declared it; He established it, yes, and searched it out [for His own use, and He alone possesses it].


book: Job
contenido:
But to man He said, Behold, the reverential and worshipful fear of the Lord—that is Wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.


book: Job
contenido:
As I was in the [prime] ripeness of my days, when the friendship and counsel of God were over my tent,


book: Job
contenido:
When my steps [through rich pasturage] were washed with butter and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!


book: Job
contenido:
When I went out to the gate of the city, when I prepared my seat in the street [the broad place for the council at the city’s gate],


book: Job
contenido:
For when the ear heard, it called me happy and blessed me; and when the eye saw, it testified for me [approvingly],


book: Job
contenido:
The blessing of him who was about to perish came upon me, and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.


book: Job
contenido:
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me or clothed itself with me; my justice was like a robe and a turban or a diadem or a crown!


book: Job
contenido:
My glory and honor are fresh in me [being constantly renewed], and my bow gains [ever] new strength in my hand.


book: Job
contenido:
After I spoke, they did not speak again, and my speech dropped upon them [like a refreshing shower].


book: Job
contenido:
I smiled on them when they had no confidence, and their depression did not cast down the light of my countenance.


book: Job
contenido:
I chose their way [for them] and sat as [their] chief, and dwelt like a king among his soldiers, like one who comforts mourners.


book: Job
contenido:
But now they who are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.


book: Job
contenido:
Yes, how could the strength of their hands profit me? They were men whose ripe age and vigor had perished.


book: Job
contenido:
They are gaunt with want and famine; they gnaw the dry and barren ground or flee into the wilderness, into the gloom of wasteness and desolation.


book: Job
contenido:
They pluck saltwort or mallows among the bushes, and roots of the broom for their food or to warm them.


book: Job
contenido:
They must dwell in the clefts of frightful valleys (gullies made by torrents) and in holes of the earth and of the rocks.


book: Job
contenido:
Among the bushes they bray and howl [like wild animals]; beneath the prickly scrub they fling themselves and huddle together.


book: Job
contenido:
They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, and do not refrain from spitting in my face or at the sight of me.


book: Job
contenido:
For God has loosed my bowstring and afflicted and humbled me; they have cast off the bridle [of restraint] before me.


book: Job
contenido:
On my right hand rises the rabble brood; they jostle me and push away my feet, and they cast up against me their ways of destruction [like an advancing army].


book: Job
contenido:
They break up and clutter my path [embarrassing my plans]; they urge on my calamity, even though they have no helper [and are themselves helpless].


book: Job
contenido:
As through a wide breach they come in; amid the crash [of falling walls] they roll themselves upon me.


book: Job
contenido:
Terrors are turned upon me; my honor and reputation they chase away like the wind, and my welfare has passed away as a cloud.


book: Job
contenido:
By the great force [of my disease] my garment is disguised and disfigured; it binds me about like the collar of my coat.


book: Job
contenido:
I cry to You, [Lord,] and You do not answer me; I stand up, but You [only] gaze [indifferently] at me.


book: Job
contenido:
You have become harsh and cruel to me; with the might of Your hand You [keep me alive only to] persecute me.


book: Job
contenido:
For I know that You will bring me to death and to the house [of meeting] appointed for all the living.


book: Job
contenido:
However, does not one falling in a heap of ruins stretch out his hand? Or in his calamity will he not therefore cry for help?


book: Job
contenido:
For what portion should I have from God above [if I were lewd], and what heritage from the Almighty on high?


book: Job
contenido:
If my step has turned out of [God’s] way, and my heart has gone the way my eyes [covetously] invited, and if any spot has stained my hands with guilt,


book: Job
contenido:
Then let me sow and let another eat; yes, let the produce of my field or my offspring be rooted out.


book: Job
contenido:
If my heart has been deceived and I made a fool by a woman, or if I have [covetously] laid wait at my neighbor’s door [until his departure],


book: Job
contenido:
For [adultery] is a heinous and chief crime, an iniquity [to demand action by] the judges and punishment.


book: Job
contenido:
For [uncontrolled passion] is a fire which consumes to Abaddon (to destruction, ruin, and the place of final torment); [that fire once lighted would rage until all is consumed] and would burn to the root all my [life’s] increase.


book: Job
contenido:
If I have despised and rejected the cause of my manservant or my maidservant when they contended or brought a complaint against me,


book: Job
contenido:
What then shall I do when God rises up [to judge]? When He visits [to inquire of me], what shall I answer Him?


book: Job
contenido:
If I have withheld from the poor and needy what they desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to look in vain [for relief],


book: Job
contenido:
No, but from my youth [the fatherless] grew up with me as a father, and I have been [the widow’s] guide from my mother’s womb—


book: Job
contenido:
If his loins have not blessed me [for clothing them], and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep,


book: Job
contenido:
If I have lifted my hand against the fatherless when I saw [that the judges would be favorable and be] my help at the [council] gate,


book: Job
contenido:
For calamity from God was a terror to me, and because of His majesty I could not endure [to face Him] and could do nothing.


book: Job
contenido:
If I beheld [as an object of worship] the sunlight when it shone or the moon walking in its brightness,


book: Job
contenido:
This also would have been [a heinous and principal] iniquity to demand the judges’ action and punishment, for I would have denied and been false to the God Who is above.


book: Job
contenido:
If I rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me or lifted myself up [in malicious triumph] when evil overtook him—


book: Job
contenido:
[Just ask] if the men of my tent will not say, Who can find one in need who has not been satisfied with food he gave them?—


book: Job
contenido:
The temporary resident has not lodged in the street, but I have opened my door to the wayfaring man—


book: Job
contenido:
If like Adam or like [other] men I have concealed my transgressions, by hiding my iniquity in my bosom


book: Job
contenido:
Because I feared the great multitude and the contempt of families terrified me so that I kept silence and did not go out of the door—


book: Job
contenido:
Oh, for a hearing! Oh, for an answer from the Almighty! Let my adversary write out His indictment [and put His vague accusations in tangible form] in a book!


book: Job
contenido:
I would count out to Him the number of my steps [with every detail of my life], approaching His presence as a prince—


book: Job
contenido:
For if my land has cried out against me and its furrows have complained together with tears [that I have no right to them],


book: Job
contenido:
If I have eaten its fruits without paying for them or have caused its [rightful] owners to breathe their last,


book: Job
contenido:
Let thistles grow instead of wheat and cockleburs instead of barley. The [controversial] words of Job [with his friends] are ended.


book: Job
contenido:
So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was [rigidly] righteous (upright and in right standing with God) in his own eyes. [But there was a fifth man there also.]


book: Job
contenido:
Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became indignant. His indignation was kindled against Job because he justified himself rather than God [even made himself out to be better than God].


book: Job
contenido:
Also against [Job’s] three friends was [Elihu’s] anger kindled, because they had found no answer [were unable to show his real error], and yet they had declared him to be in the wrong [and responsible for his own afflictions].


book: Job
contenido:
Then Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite said, I am young, and you are aged; for that reason I was timid and restrained and dared not declare my opinion to you.


book: Job
contenido:
But there is [a vital force] a spirit [of intelligence] in man, and the breath of the Almighty gives men understanding.


book: Job
contenido:
You see, I waited for your words, I listened to your wise reasons, while you searched out what to say.


book: Job
contenido:
Yes, I paid attention to what you said, and behold, not one of you convinced Job or made [satisfactory] replies to his words [you could not refute him].


book: Job
contenido:
Beware lest you say, We have found wisdom; God thrusts [Job] down [justly], not man [God alone is dealing with him].


book: Job
contenido:
Now [Job] has not directed his words against me [therefore I have no cause for irritation], neither will I answer him with speeches like yours. [I speak for truth, not for revenge.]


book: Job
contenido:
[Job’s friends] are amazed and embarrassed, they answer no more; they have not a thing to say [reports Elihu].


book: Job
contenido:
I will not [I warn you] be influenced by respect for any man’s person and show partiality, neither will I flatter any man.


book: Job
contenido:
For I know not how to flatter, [wasting my time in mere formalities, for then] my Maker would soon take me away.


book: Job
contenido:
My words shall express the uprightness of my heart, and my lips shall speak what they know with utter sincerity.


book: Job
contenido:
[It is] the Spirit of God that made me [which has stirred me up], and the breath of the Almighty that gives me life [which inspires me].


book: Job
contenido:
Behold, I am toward God and before Him even as you are; I also am formed out of the clay [though I speak with abnormal wisdom because of a divine illumination].


book: Job
contenido:
See my terror [for I am only a fellow mortal, not God]; I shall not make you afraid, neither shall my pressure be heavy upon you.


book: Job
contenido:
But behold, God finds occasions against me and causes of alienation and indifference; He counts me as His enemy.


book: Job
contenido:
Why do you contend against Him? For He does not give account of any of His actions. [Sufficient for us it should be to know that it is He Who does them.]


book: Job
contenido:
For God [does reveal His will; He] speaks not only once, but more than once, even though men do not regard it [including you, Job].


book: Job
contenido:
[One may hear God’s voice] in a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men while slumbering upon the bed,


book: Job
contenido:
That He may withdraw man from his purpose and cut off pride from him [disgusting him with his own disappointing self-sufficiency].


book: Job
contenido:
He holds him back from the pit [of destruction], and his life from perishing by the sword [of God’s destructive judgments].


book: Job
contenido:
[God’s voice may be heard by man when] he is chastened with pain upon his bed and with continual strife in his bones or while all his bones are firmly set,


book: Job
contenido:
[God’s voice may be heard] if there is for the hearer a messenger or an angel, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show to man what is right for him [how to be upright and in right standing with God],


book: Job
contenido:
Then [God] is gracious to him and says, Deliver him from going down into the pit [of destruction]; I have found a ransom (a price of redemption, an atonement)!


book: Job
contenido:
[Then the man’s] flesh shall be restored; it becomes fresher and more tender than a child’s; he returns to the days of his youth.


book: Job
contenido:
He prays to God, and He is favorable to him, so that he sees His face with joy; for [God] restores to him his righteousness (his uprightness and right standing with God—with its joys).


book: Job
contenido:
He looks upon other men or sings out to them, I have sinned and perverted that which was right, and it did not profit me, or He did not requite me [according to my iniquity]!


book: Job
contenido:
[God] has redeemed my life from going down to the pit [of destruction], and my life shall see the light!


book: Job
contenido:
To bring back his life from the pit [of destruction], that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.


book: Job
contenido:
Would I lie against my right? Yet, notwithstanding my right, I am counted a liar. My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.


book: Job
contenido:
For he has said, It profits a man nothing that he should delight himself with God and consent to Him.


book: Job
contenido:
Therefore hear me, you men of understanding. Far be it from God that He should do wickedness, and from the Almighty that He should commit iniquity.


book: Job
contenido:
For according to the deeds of a man God will [exactly] proportion his pay, and He will cause every man to find [recompense] according to his ways.


book: Job
contenido:
If [God] should set His heart upon him [man] and withdraw His [life-giving] spirit and His breath [from man] to Himself,


book: Job
contenido:
Is it possible that an enemy of right should govern? And will you condemn Him Who is just and mighty?


book: Job
contenido:
[God] Who says to a king, You are worthless and vile, or to princes and nobles, You are ungodly and evil?


book: Job
contenido:
[God] is not partial to princes, nor does He regard the rich more than the poor, for they all are the work of His hands.


book: Job
contenido:
In a moment they die; even at midnight the people are shaken and pass away, and the mighty are taken away by no [human] hand.


book: Job
contenido:
He breaks in pieces mighty men without inquiry [before a jury] and in ways past finding out and sets others in their stead.


book: Job
contenido:
Therefore He takes knowledge of their works, and He overturns them in the night, so that they are crushed and destroyed.


book: Job
contenido:
When He gives quietness (peace and security from oppression), who then can condemn? When He hides His face [withdrawing His favor and help], who then can behold Him [and make Him gracious], whether it be a nation or a man by himself?—


book: Job
contenido:
Teach me what I do not see [in regard to how I have sinned]; if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more?


book: Job
contenido:
Should [God’s] recompense [for your sins] be as you will it, when you refuse to accept it? For you must do the choosing, and not I; therefore say what is your truthful conclusion.


book: Job
contenido:
[Would that Job’s afflictions be continued and] he be tried to the end because of his answering like wicked men!


book: Job
contenido:
For he adds rebellion [in his unsubmissive, defiant attitude toward God] to his unacknowledged sin; he claps his hands [in open mockery and contempt of God] among us, and he multiplies his words of accusation against God.


book: Job
contenido:
If you have sinned, how does that affect God? And if your transgressions are multiplied, what have you done to Him?


book: Job
contenido:
Your wickedness touches and affects a man such as you are, and your righteousness is for yourself, one of the human race [but it cannot touch God, Who is above such influence].


book: Job
contenido:
Because of the multitudes of oppressions the people cry out; they cry for help because of the violence of the mighty.


book: Job
contenido:
Surely God will refuse to answer [the cry which is] vanity (vain and empty—instead of abiding trust); neither will the Almighty regard it—


book: Job
contenido:
How much less when [missing His righteous judgment on earth] you say that you do not see Him, that your cause is before Him, and you are waiting for Him!


book: Job
contenido:
But now because God has not [speedily] punished in His anger and seems to be unaware of the wrong and oppression [of which a person is guilty],


book: Job
contenido:
Job uselessly opens his mouth and multiplies words without knowledge [drawing the worthless conclusion that the righteous have no more advantage than the wicked].


book: Job
contenido:
Bear with me and wait a little longer, and I will show you, for I have something still to say on God’s behalf.


book: Job
contenido:
Behold! God is mighty, and yet despises no one nor regards anything as trivial; He is mighty in power of understanding and heart.


book: Job
contenido:
He withdraws not His eyes from the righteous (the upright in right standing with God); but He sets them forever with kings upon the throne, and they are exalted.


book: Job
contenido:
Then He shows to them [the true character of] their deeds and their transgressions, that they have acted arrogantly [with presumption and self-sufficiency].


book: Job
contenido:
He also opens their ears to instruction and discipline, and commands that they return from iniquity.


book: Job
contenido:
If they obey and serve Him, they shall spend their days in prosperity and their years in pleasantness and joy.


book: Job
contenido:
But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword [of God’s destructive judgments], and they shall die in ignorance of true knowledge.


book: Job
contenido:
But the godless and profane in heart heap up anger [at the divine discipline]; they do not cry to Him when He binds them [with cords of affliction].


book: Job
contenido:
Indeed, God would have allured you out of the mouth of distress into a broad place where there is no situation of perplexity or privation; and that which would be set on your table would be full of fatness.


book: Job
contenido:
But if you [Job] are filled with the judgment of the wicked, judgment and justice will keep hold on you.


book: Job
contenido:
For let not wrath entice you into scorning chastisements; and let not the greatness of the ransom [the suffering, if rightly endured] turn you aside.


book: Job
contenido:
Will your cry be sufficient to keep you from distress, or will all the force of your strength do it?


book: Job
contenido:
Take heed, turn not to iniquity, for this [the iniquity of complaining against God] you have chosen rather than [submission in] affliction.


book: Job
contenido:
Not only that, but can anyone understand the spreadings of the clouds or the thunderings of His pavilion?


book: Job
contenido:
After it His voice roars; He thunders with the voice of His majesty, and He restrains not [His lightnings against His adversaries] when His voice is heard.


book: Job
contenido:
For He says to the snow, Fall on the earth; likewise He speaks to the showers and to the downpour of His mighty rains.


book: Job
contenido:
God seals up (stops, brings to a standstill by severe weather) the hand of every man [and now under His seal their hands are forced to inactivity], that all men whom He has made may know His doings (His sovereign power and their subjection to it).


book: Job
contenido:
And it is turned round about by His guidance, that they may do whatever He commands them upon the face of the habitable earth.


book: Job
contenido:
Whether it be for correction or for His earth [generally] or for His mercy and loving-kindness, He causes it to come.


book: Job
contenido:
Do you know how God lays His command upon them and causes the lightning of His [storm] cloud to shine?


book: Job
contenido:
Do you know how the clouds are balanced [and poised in the heavens], the wonderful works of Him Who is perfect in knowledge?


book: Job
contenido:
[Or] why your garments are hot when He quiets the earth [in sultry summer] with the [oppressive] south wind?


book: Job
contenido:
Tell us [Job] with what words of man we may address such a Being; we cannot state our case because we are in the dark [in the presence of the unsearchable God].


book: Job
contenido:
And now men cannot look upon the light when it is bright in the skies, when the wind has passed and cleared them.


book: Job
contenido:
Golden brightness and splendor come out of the north; [if men can scarcely look upon it, how much less upon the] terrible splendor and majesty God has upon Himself!


book: Job
contenido:
Touching the Almighty, we cannot find Him out; He is excellent in power; and to justice and plenteous righteousness He does no violence [He will disregard no right].


book: Job
contenido:
Men therefore [reverently] fear Him; He regards and respects not any who are wise in heart [in their own understanding and conceit].


book: Job
contenido:
Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Declare to Me, if you have and know understanding.


book: Job
contenido:
So that [light] may get hold of the corners of the earth and shake the wickedness [of night] out of it?


book: Job
contenido:
It is changed like clay into which a seal is pressed; and things stand out like a many-colored garment.


book: Job
contenido:
Can you bind the chains of [the cluster of stars called] Pleiades, or loose the cords of [the constellation] Orion?


book: Job
contenido:
Can you lead forth the signs of the zodiac in their season? Or can you guide [the stars of] the Bear with her young?


book: Job
contenido:
Who has put wisdom in the inward parts [or in the dark clouds]? Or who has given understanding to the mind [or to the meteor]?


book: Job
contenido:
Who provides for the raven its prey when its young ones cry to God and wander about for lack of food?


book: Job
contenido:
Do you know the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth [their young]? [Or] do you observe when the hinds are giving birth? [Do you attend to all this, Job?]


book: Job
contenido:
Can you number the months that they carry their offspring? Or do you know the time when they are delivered,


book: Job
contenido:
Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field; they go forth and return not to them.


book: Job
contenido:
Who has sent out the wild donkey, giving him his freedom? Or who has loosed the bands of the swift donkey [by which his tame brother is bound—he, the shy, the swift-footed, and the untamable],


book: Job
contenido:
Can you bind the wild ox with a harness to the plow in the furrow? Or will he harrow the furrows for you?


book: Job
contenido:
Will you depend upon him to bring home your seed and gather the grain of your threshing floor? [Who, Job, was the author of this strange variance in the disposition of animals so alike in appearance? Was it you?]


book: Job
contenido:
She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers; her labor is in vain because she has no sense of danger [for her unborn brood],


book: Job
contenido:
Yet when she lifts herself up in flight, [so swift is she that] she can laugh to scorn the horse and his rider.


book: Job
contenido:
Was it you [Job] who made him to leap like a locust? The majesty of his [snorting] nostrils is terrible.


book: Job
contenido:
He mocks at fear and is not dismayed or terrified; neither does he turn back [in battle] from the sword.


book: Job
contenido:
[He seems in running to] devour the ground with fierceness and rage; neither can he stand still at the sound of the [war] trumpet.


book: Job
contenido:
As often as the trumpet sounds he says, Ha, ha! And he smells the battle from afar, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.


book: Job
contenido:
Is it by your wisdom [Job] that the hawk soars and stretches her wings toward the south [as winter approaches]?


book: Job
contenido:
Shall he who would find fault with the Almighty contend with Him? He who disputes with God, let him answer it.


book: Job
contenido:
I have spoken once, but I will not reply again—indeed, twice [have I answered], but I will proceed no further.


book: Job
contenido:
Will you also annul (set aside and render void) My judgment? Will you condemn Me [your God], that you may [appear] righteous and justified?


book: Job
contenido:
[Since you question the manner of the Almighty’s rule] deck yourself now with the excellency and dignity [of the Supreme Ruler, and yourself undertake the government of the world if you are so wise], and array yourself with honor and majesty.


book: Job
contenido:
Look on everyone who is proud and bring him low, and tread down the wicked where they stand [if you are so able, Job].


book: Job
contenido:
[If you can do all this, Job, proving yourself of divine might] then will I [God] praise you also [and acknowledge that] your own right hand can save you.


book: Job
contenido:
[The hippopotamus] is the first [in magnitude and power] of the works of God [in animal life]; [only] He Who made him provides him with his [swordlike tusks, or only God Who made him can bring near His sword to master him].


book: Job
contenido:
Behold, if a river is violent and overflows, he does not tremble; he is confident, though the Jordan [River] swells and rushes against his mouth.


book: Job
contenido:
Can you draw out the leviathan (the crocodile) with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?


book: Job
contenido:
Will he make many supplications to you [begging to be spared]? Will he speak soft words to you [to coax you to treat him kindly]?


book: Job
contenido:
Lay your hand upon him! Remember your battle with him; you will not do [such an ill-advised thing] again!


book: Job
contenido:
No one is so fierce [and foolhardy] that he dares to stir up [the crocodile]; who then is he who can stand before Me [the beast’s Creator, or dares to contend with Me]?


book: Job
contenido:
Who has first given to Me, that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole heavens is Mine. [Therefore, who can have a claim against God, God Who made the unmastered crocodile?]


book: Job
contenido:
Who can strip off [the crocodile’s] outer garment? [Who can penetrate his double coat of mail?] Who shall come within his jaws?


book: Job
contenido:
Who can open the doors of his [lipless] mouth? His [extended jaws and bare] teeth are terrible round about.


book: Job
contenido:
His scales are [the crocodile’s] pride, [for his back is made of rows of shields] shut up together [as with] a tight seal;


book: Job
contenido:
The folds of his flesh cleave together; they are firm upon him, and they cannot shake [when he moves].


book: Job
contenido:
When [the crocodile] raises himself up, the mighty are afraid; because of terror and the crashing they are beside themselves.


book: Job
contenido:
Even if one strikes at him with the sword, it cannot get any hold, nor does the spear, the dart, or the javelin.


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His underparts are like sharp pieces of broken pottery; he spreads [grooves like] a threshing sledge upon the mire.


book: Job
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[His swift darting] makes a shining track behind him; one would think the deep to be hoary [with foam].


book: Job
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Upon earth there is not [the crocodile’s] equal, a creature made without fear and he behaves fearlessly.


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He looks all mighty [beasts of prey] in the face [without terror]; he is monarch over all the sons of pride. [And now, Job, who are you who dares not arouse the unmastered crocodile, yet who dares resist Me, the beast’s Creator, to My face? Everything under the heavens is Mine; therefore, who can have a claim against God?]


book: Job
contenido:
I know that You can do all things, and that no thought or purpose of Yours can be restrained or thwarted.


book: Job
contenido:
[You said to me] Who is this that darkens and obscures counsel [by words] without knowledge? Therefore [I now see] I have [rashly] uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.


book: Job
contenido:
[I had virtually said to You what You have said to me:] Hear, I beseech You, and I will speak; I will demand of You, and You declare to me.


book: Job
contenido:
After the Lord had spoken the previous words to Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends, for you have not spoken of Me the thing that is right, as My servant Job has.


book: Job
contenido:
Now therefore take seven bullocks and seven rams and go to My servant Job and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and My servant Job shall pray for you, for I will accept [his prayer] that I deal not with you after your folly, in that you have not spoken of Me the thing that is right, as My servant Job has.


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contenido:
So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the Lord commanded them; and the Lord accepted [Job’s prayer].


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And the Lord turned the captivity of Job and restored his fortunes, when he prayed for his friends; also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.


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Then there came to him all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before, and they ate bread with him in his house; and they sympathized with him and comforted him over all the [distressing] calamities that the Lord had brought upon him. Every man also gave him a piece of money, and every man an earring of gold.


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And the Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; for he had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.


book: Job
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And he called the name of the first Jemimah, and the name of the second Keziah, and the name of the third Keren-happuch.


book: Job
contenido:
And in all the land there were no women so fair as the daughters of Job, and their father gave them inheritance among their brothers.


book: Ps
contenido:
Book One
Psalm 1
Blessed (happy, fortunate, prosperous, and enviable) is the man who walks and lives not in the counsel of the ungodly [following their advice, their plans and purposes], nor stands [submissive and inactive] in the path where sinners walk, nor sits down [to relax and rest] where the scornful [and the mockers] gather.


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But his delight and desire are in the law of the Lord, and on His law (the precepts, the instructions, the teachings of God) he habitually meditates (ponders and studies) by day and by night.


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contenido:
And he shall be like a tree firmly planted [and tended] by the streams of water, ready to bring forth its fruit in its season; its leaf also shall not fade or wither; and everything he does shall prosper [and come to maturity].


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contenido:
Not so the wicked [those disobedient and living without God are not so]. But they are like the chaff [worthless, dead, without substance] which the wind drives away.


book: Ps
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Therefore the wicked [those disobedient and living without God] shall not stand [justified] in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous [those who are upright and in right standing with God].


book: Ps
contenido:
For the Lord knows and is fully acquainted with the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly [those living outside God’s will] shall perish (end in ruin and come to nought).


book: Ps
contenido:
Psalm 2
Why do the nations assemble with commotion [uproar and confusion of voices], and why do the people imagine (meditate upon and devise) an empty scheme?


book: Ps
contenido:
The kings of the earth take their places; the rulers take counsel together against the Lord and His Anointed One (the Messiah, the Christ). They say,


book: Ps
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He Who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord has them in derision [and in supreme contempt He mocks them].


book: Ps
contenido:
He speaks to them in His deep anger and troubles (terrifies and confounds) them in His displeasure and fury, saying,


book: Ps
contenido:
I will declare the decree of the Lord: He said to Me, You are My Son; this day [I declare] I have begotten You.


book: Ps
contenido:
Ask of Me, and I will give You the nations as Your inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth as Your possession.


book: Ps
contenido:
Serve the Lord with reverent awe and worshipful fear; rejoice and be in high spirits with trembling [lest you displease Him].


book: Ps
contenido:
Kiss the Son [pay homage to Him in purity], lest He be angry and you perish in the way, for soon shall His wrath be kindled. O blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) are all those who seek refuge and put their trust in Him!


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contenido:
Psalm 3
A Psalm of David. When he fled from Absalom his son.
Lord, how they are increased who trouble me! Many are they who rise up against me.


book: Ps
contenido:
With my voice I cry to the Lord, and He hears and answers me out of His holy hill. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


book: Ps
contenido:
Arise, O Lord; save me, O my God! For You have struck all my enemies on the cheek; You have broken the teeth of the ungodly.


book: Ps
contenido:
Salvation belongs to the Lord; May Your blessing be upon Your people. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


book: Ps
contenido:
Psalm 4
To the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.
Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness (uprightness, justice, and right standing with You)! You have freed me when I was hemmed in and enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me and hear my prayer.


book: Ps
contenido:
O you sons of men, how long will you turn my honor and glory into shame? How long will you love vanity and futility and seek after lies? Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


book: Ps
contenido:
But know that the Lord has set apart for Himself [and given distinction to] him who is godly [the man of loving-kindness]. The Lord listens and heeds when I call to Him.


book: Ps
contenido:
Be angry [or stand in awe] and sin not; commune with your own hearts upon your beds and be silent (sorry for the things you say in your hearts). Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


book: Ps
contenido:
You have put more joy and rejoicing in my heart than [they know] when their wheat and new wine have yielded abundantly.


book: Ps
contenido:
In peace I will both lie down and sleep, for You, Lord, alone make me dwell in safety and confident trust.


book: Ps
contenido:
Psalm 5
To the Chief Musician; on wind instruments. A Psalm of David.
Listen to my words, O Lord, give heed to my sighing and groaning.


book: Ps
contenido:
In the morning You hear my voice, O Lord; in the morning I prepare [a prayer, a sacrifice] for You and watch and wait [for You to speak to my heart].


book: Ps
contenido:
For You are not a God Who takes pleasure in wickedness; neither will the evil [man] so much as dwell [temporarily] with You.


book: Ps
contenido:
You will destroy those who speak lies; the Lord abhors [and rejects] the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.


book: Ps
contenido:
But as for me, I will enter Your house through the abundance of Your steadfast love and mercy; I will worship toward and at Your holy temple in reverent fear and awe of You.


book: Ps
contenido:
Lead me, O Lord, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make Your way level (straight and right) before my face.


book: Ps
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For there is nothing trustworthy or steadfast or truthful in their talk; their heart is destruction [or a destructive chasm, a yawning gulf]; their throat is an open sepulcher; they flatter and make smooth with their tongue.


book: Ps
contenido:
Hold them guilty, O God; let them fall by their own designs and counsels; cast them out because of the multitude of their transgressions, for they have rebelled against You.


book: Ps
contenido:
But let all those who take refuge and put their trust in You rejoice; let them ever sing and shout for joy, because You make a covering over them and defend them; let those also who love Your name be joyful in You and be in high spirits.


book: Ps
contenido:
For You, Lord, will bless the [uncompromisingly] righteous [him who is upright and in right standing with You]; as with a shield You will surround him with goodwill (pleasure and favor).


book: Ps
contenido:
Psalm 6
To the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments, set [possibly] an octave below. A Psalm of David.
O Lord, rebuke me not in Your anger nor discipline and chasten me in Your hot displeasure.


book: Ps
contenido:
Have mercy on me and be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am weak (faint and withered away); O Lord, heal me, for my bones are troubled.


book: Ps
contenido:
My [inner] self [as well as my body] is also exceedingly disturbed and troubled. But You, O Lord, how long [until You return and speak peace to me]?


book: Ps
contenido:
Return [to my relief], O Lord, deliver my life; save me for the sake of Your steadfast love and mercy.


book: Ps
contenido:
For in death there is no remembrance of You; in Sheol (the place of the dead) who will give You thanks?


book: Ps
contenido:
I am weary with my groaning; all night I soak my pillow with tears, I drench my couch with my weeping.


book: Ps
contenido:
Psalm 7
An Ode of David, [probably] in a wild, irregular, enthusiastic strain, which he sang to the Lord concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite.
O Lord my God, in You I take refuge and put my trust; save me from all those who pursue and persecute me, and deliver me,


book: Ps
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Lest my foe tear my life [from my body] like a lion, dragging me away while there is none to deliver.


book: Ps
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If I have paid back with evil him who was at peace with me or without cause have robbed him who was my enemy,


book: Ps
contenido:
Let the enemy pursue my life and take it; yes, let him trample my life to the ground and lay my honor in the dust. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


book: Ps
contenido:
Arise, O Lord, in Your anger; lift up Yourself against the rage of my enemies; and awake [and stir up] for me the justice and vindication [that] You have commanded.


book: Ps
contenido:
The Lord judges the people; judge me, O Lord, and do me justice according to my righteousness [my rightness, justice, and right standing with You] and according to the integrity that is in me.


book: Ps
contenido:
Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the [uncompromisingly] righteous [those upright and in harmony with You]; for You, Who try the hearts and emotions and thinking powers, are a righteous God.


book: Ps
contenido:
If a man does not turn and repent, [God] will whet His sword; He has strung and bent His [huge] bow and made it ready [by treading it with His foot].


book: Ps
contenido:
He made a pit and hollowed it out and has fallen into the hole which he made [before the trap was completed].


book: Ps
contenido:
His mischief shall fall back in return upon his own head, and his violence come down [with the loose dirt] upon his own scalp.


book: Ps
contenido:
I will give to the Lord the thanks due to His rightness and justice, and I will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.


book: Ps
contenido:
Psalm 8
To the Chief Musician; set to a Philistine lute, or [possibly] to a particular Hittite tune. A Psalm of David.
O Lord, our Lord, how excellent (majestic and glorious) is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory on [or above] the heavens.


book: Ps
contenido:
Out of the mouths of babes and unweaned infants You have established strength because of Your foes, that You might silence the enemy and the avenger.


book: Ps
contenido:
When I view and consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained and established,


book: Ps
contenido:
Yet You have made him but a little lower than God [or heavenly beings], and You have crowned him with glory and honor.


book: Ps
contenido:
Psalm 9
To the Chief Musician; set for [possibly] soprano voices. A Psalm of David.
I will praise You, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will show forth (recount and tell aloud) all Your marvelous works and wonderful deeds!


book: Ps
contenido:
You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked; You have blotted out their name forever and ever.


book: Ps
contenido:
The enemy have been cut off and have vanished in everlasting ruins, You have plucked up and overthrown their cities; the very memory of them has perished and vanished.


book: Ps
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But the Lord shall remain and continue forever; He has prepared and established His throne for judgment.


book: Ps
contenido:
And He will judge the world in righteousness (rightness and equity); He will minister justice to the peoples in uprightness.


book: Ps
contenido:
The Lord also will be a refuge and a high tower for the oppressed, a refuge and a stronghold in times of trouble (high cost, destitution, and desperation).


book: Ps
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And they who know Your name [who have experience and acquaintance with Your mercy] will lean on and confidently put their trust in You, for You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek (inquire of and for) You [on the authority of God’s Word and the right of their necessity].


book: Ps
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For He Who avenges the blood [of His people shed unjustly] remembers them; He does not forget the cry of the afflicted (the poor and the humble).


book: Ps
contenido:
Have mercy upon me and be gracious to me, O Lord; consider how I am afflicted by those who hate me, You Who lift me up from the gates of death,


book: Ps
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That I may show forth (recount and tell aloud) all Your praises! In the gates of the Daughter of Zion I will rejoice in Your salvation and Your saving help.


book: Ps
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The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net which they hid is their own foot caught.


book: Ps
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The Lord has made Himself known; He executes judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion [meditation]. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


book: Ps
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The wicked shall be turned back [headlong into premature death] into Sheol (the place of the departed spirits of the wicked), even all the nations that forget or are forgetful of God.


book: Ps
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For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the expectation and hope of the meek and the poor shall not perish forever.


book: Ps
contenido:
Put them in fear [make them realize their frail nature], O Lord, that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


book: Ps
contenido:
Psalm 10
Why do You stand afar off, O Lord? Why do You hide Yourself, [veiling Your eyes] in times of trouble (distress and desperation)?


book: Ps
contenido:
The wicked in pride and arrogance hotly pursue and persecute the poor; let them be taken in the schemes which they have devised.


book: Ps
contenido:
For the wicked man boasts (sings the praises) of his own heart’s desire, and the one greedy for gain curses and spurns, yes, renounces and despises the Lord.


book: Ps
contenido:
The wicked one in the pride of his countenance will not seek, inquire for, and yearn for God; all his thoughts are that there is no God [so He never punishes].


book: Ps
contenido:
His ways are grievous [or persist] at all times; Your judgments [Lord] are far above and on high out of his sight [so he never thinks about them]; as for all his foes, he sniffs and sneers at them.


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He thinks in his heart, I shall not be moved; for throughout all generations I shall not come to want or be in adversity.


book: Ps
contenido:
His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, oppression (fraud); under his tongue are trouble and sin (mischief and iniquity).


book: Ps
contenido:
He sits in ambush in the villages; in hiding places he slays the innocent; he watches stealthily for the poor (the helpless and unfortunate).


book: Ps
contenido:
He lurks in secret places like a lion in his thicket; he lies in wait that he may seize the poor (the helpless and the unfortunate); he seizes the poor when he draws him into his net.


book: Ps
contenido:
[The foe] thinks in his heart, God has quite forgotten; He has hidden His face; He will never see [my deed].


book: Ps
contenido:
Why does the wicked [man] condemn (spurn and renounce) God? Why has he thought in his heart, You will not call to account?


book: Ps
contenido:
You have seen it; yes, You note trouble and grief (vexation) to requite it with Your hand. The unfortunate commits himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.


book: Ps
contenido:
Break the arm of the wicked man; and as for the evil man, search out his wickedness until You find no more.


book: Ps
contenido:
O Lord, You have heard the desire and the longing of the humble and oppressed; You will prepare and strengthen and direct their hearts, You will cause Your ear to hear,


book: Ps
contenido:
To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man, who is of the earth, may not terrify them any more.


book: Ps
contenido:
Psalm 11
To the Chief Musician or Choir Leader. [A Psalm] of David.
In the Lord I take refuge [and put my trust]; how can you say to me, Flee like a bird to your mountain?


book: Ps
contenido:
For see, the wicked are bending the bow; they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they [furtively] in darkness may shoot at the upright in heart.


book: Ps
contenido:
If the foundations are destroyed, what can the [unyieldingly] righteous do, or what has He [the Righteous One] wrought or accomplished?


book: Ps
contenido:
The Lord is in His holy temple; the Lord’s throne is in heaven. His eyes behold; His eyelids test and prove the children of men.


book: Ps
contenido:
The Lord tests and proves the [unyieldingly] righteous, but His soul abhors the wicked and him who loves violence.


book: Ps
contenido:
Upon the wicked He will rain quick burning coals or snares; fire, brimstone, and a [dreadful] scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.


book: Ps
contenido:
For the Lord is [rigidly] righteous, He loves righteous deeds; the upright shall behold His face, or He beholds the upright.


book: Ps
contenido:
Psalm 12
To the Chief Musician; set [possibly] an octave below. A Psalm of David.
Help, Lord! For principled and godly people are here no more; faithfulness and the faithful vanish from among the sons of men.


book: Ps
contenido:
To his neighbor each one speaks words without use or worth or truth; with flattering lips and double heart [deceitfully] they speak.


book: Ps
contenido:
Those who say, With our tongues we prevail; our lips are our own [to command at our will]—who is lord and master over us?


book: Ps
contenido:
Now will I arise, says the Lord, because the poor are oppressed, because of the groans of the needy; I will set him in safety and in the salvation for which he pants.


book: Ps
contenido:
The words and promises of the Lord are pure words, like silver refined in an earthen furnace, purified seven times over.


book: Ps
contenido:
You will keep them and preserve them, O Lord; You will guard and keep us from this [evil] generation forever.


book: Ps
contenido:
The wicked walk or prowl about on every side, as vileness is exalted [and baseness is rated high] among the sons of men.


book: Ps
contenido:
Psalm 13
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
How long will You forget me, O Lord? Forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?


book: Ps
contenido:
How long must I lay up cares within me and have sorrow in my heart day after day? How long shall my enemy exalt himself over me?


book: Ps
contenido:
Consider and answer me, O Lord my God; lighten the eyes [of my faith to behold Your face in the pitchlike darkness], lest I sleep the sleep of death,


book: Ps
contenido:
But I have trusted, leaned on, and been confident in Your mercy and loving-kindness; my heart shall rejoice and be in high spirits in Your salvation.


book: Ps
contenido:
Psalm 14
To the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David.
The [empty-headed] fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable deeds; there is none that does good or right.


book: Ps
contenido:
The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men to see if there were any who understood, dealt wisely, and sought after God, inquiring for and of Him and requiring Him [of vital necessity].


book: Ps
contenido:
They are all gone aside, they have all together become filthy; there is none that does good or right, no, not one.


book: Ps
contenido:
Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread and who do not call on the Lord?


book: Ps
contenido:
There they shall be in great fear [literally—dreading a dread], for God is with the generation of the [uncompromisingly] righteous (those upright and in right standing with Him).


book: Ps
contenido:
You [evildoers] would put to shame and confound the plans of the poor and patient, but the Lord is his safe refuge.


book: Ps
contenido:
Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When the Lord shall restore the fortunes of His people, then Jacob shall rejoice and Israel shall be glad.


book: Ps
contenido:
Psalm 15
A Psalm of David.
Lord, who shall dwell [temporarily] in Your tabernacle? Who shall dwell [permanently] on Your holy hill?


book: Ps
contenido:
He who walks and lives uprightly and blamelessly, who works rightness and justice and speaks and thinks the truth in his heart,


book: Ps
contenido:
He who does not slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his friend, nor takes up a reproach against his neighbor;


book: Ps
contenido:
In whose eyes a vile person is despised, but he who honors those who fear the Lord (who revere and worship Him); who swears to his own hurt and does not change;


book: Ps
contenido:
[He who] does not put out his money for interest [to one of his own people] and who will not take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.


book: Ps
contenido:
Psalm 16
A Poem of David; [probably] intended to record memorable thoughts.
Keep and protect me, O God, for in You I have found refuge, and in You do I put my trust and hide myself.


book: Ps
contenido:
As for the godly (the saints) who are in the land, they are the excellent, the noble, and the glorious, in whom is all my delight.


book: Ps
contenido:
Their sorrows shall be multiplied who choose another god; their drink offerings of blood will I not offer or take their names upon my lips.


book: Ps
contenido:
Therefore my heart is glad and my glory [my inner self] rejoices; my body too shall rest and confidently dwell in safety,


book: Ps
contenido:
For You will not abandon me to Sheol (the place of the dead), neither will You suffer Your holy one [Holy One] to see corruption.


book: Ps
contenido:
You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy, at Your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.


book: Ps
contenido:
Psalm 17
A Prayer of David.
Hear the right (my righteous cause), O Lord; listen to my shrill, piercing cry! Give ear to my prayer, that comes from unfeigned and guileless lips.


book: Ps
contenido:
Let my sentence of vindication come from You! May Your eyes behold the things that are just and upright.


book: Ps
contenido:
You have proved my heart; You have visited me in the night; You have tried me and find nothing [no evil purpose in me]; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.


book: Ps
contenido:
Concerning the works of men, by the word of Your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent (the paths of the destroyer).


book: Ps
contenido:
My steps have held closely to Your paths [to the tracks of the One Who has gone on before]; my feet have not slipped.


book: Ps
contenido:
Show Your marvelous loving-kindness, O You Who save by Your right hand those who trust and take refuge in You from those who rise up against them.


book: Ps
contenido:
They are enclosed in their own prosperity and have shut up their hearts to pity; with their mouths they make exorbitant claims and proudly and arrogantly speak.


book: Ps
contenido:
They track us down in each step we take; now they surround us; they set their eyes to cast us to the ground,


book: Ps
contenido:
Arise, O Lord! Confront and forestall them, cast them down! Deliver my life from the wicked by Your sword,


book: Ps
contenido:
From men by Your hand, O Lord, from men of this world [these poor moths of the night] whose portion in life is idle and vain. Their bellies are filled with Your hidden treasure [what You have stored up]; their children are satiated, and they leave the rest [of their] wealth to their babes.


book: Ps
contenido:
As for me, I will continue beholding Your face in righteousness (rightness, justice, and right standing with You); I shall be fully satisfied, when I awake [to find myself] beholding Your form [and having sweet communion with You].


book: Ps
contenido:
Psalm 18
To the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David the servant of the Lord, who spoke the words of this song to the Lord on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. And he said:
I love You fervently and devotedly, O Lord, my Strength.


book: Ps
contenido:
The Lord is my Rock, my Fortress, and my Deliverer; my God, my keen and firm Strength in Whom I will trust and take refuge, my Shield, and the Horn of my salvation, my High Tower.


book: Ps
contenido:
The cords or bands of death surrounded me, and the streams of ungodliness and the torrents of ruin terrified me.


book: Ps
contenido:
The cords of Sheol (the place of the dead) surrounded me; the snares of death confronted and came upon me.


book: Ps
contenido:
In my distress [when seemingly closed in] I called upon the Lord and cried to my God; He heard my voice out of His temple (heavenly dwelling place), and my cry came before Him, into His [very] ears.


book: Ps
contenido:
Then the earth quaked and rocked, the foundations also of the mountains trembled; they moved and were shaken because He was indignant and angry.


book: Ps
contenido:
There went up smoke from His nostrils; and lightning out of His mouth devoured; coals were kindled by it.


book: Ps
contenido:
He made darkness His secret hiding place; as His pavilion (His canopy) round about Him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.


book: Ps
contenido:
Out of the brightness before Him there broke forth through His thick clouds hailstones and coals of fire.


book: Ps
contenido:
The Lord also thundered from the heavens, and the Most High uttered His voice, amid hailstones and coals of fire.


book: Ps
contenido:
And He sent out His arrows and scattered them; and He flashed forth lightnings and put them to rout.


book: Ps
contenido:
Then the beds of the sea appeared and the foundations of the world were laid bare at Your rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.


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He delivered me from my strong enemy and from those who hated and abhorred me, for they were too strong for me.


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He brought me forth also into a large place; He was delivering me because He was pleased with me and delighted in me.


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The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness (my conscious integrity and sincerity with Him); according to the cleanness of my hands has He recompensed me.


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I was upright before Him and blameless with Him, ever [on guard] to keep myself free from my sin and guilt.


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Therefore has the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness (my uprightness and right standing with Him), according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.


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With the kind and merciful You will show Yourself kind and merciful, with an upright man You will show Yourself upright,


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As for God, His way is perfect! The word of the Lord is tested and tried; He is a shield to all those who take refuge and put their trust in Him.


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He makes my feet like hinds’ feet [able to stand firmly or make progress on the dangerous heights of testing and trouble]; He sets me securely upon my high places.


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You have also given me the shield of Your salvation, and Your right hand has held me up; Your gentleness and condescension have made me great.


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For You have girded me with strength for the battle; You have subdued under me and caused to bow down those who rose up against me.


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Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind; I emptied them out as the dirt and mire of the streets.


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You have delivered me from the strivings of the people; You made me the head of the nations; a people I had not known served me.


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As soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me; foreigners submitted themselves cringingly and yielded feigned obedience to me.


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Who delivers me from my enemies; yes, You lift me up above those who rise up against me; You deliver me from the man of violence.


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Therefore will I give thanks and extol You, O Lord, among the nations, and sing praises to Your name.


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Great deliverances and triumphs gives He to His king; and He shows mercy and steadfast love to His anointed, to David and his offspring forever.


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Psalm 19
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows and proclaims His handiwork.


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Yet their voice [in evidence] goes out through all the earth, their sayings to the end of the world. Of the heavens has God made a tent for the sun,


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Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber; and it rejoices as a strong man to run his course.


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Its going forth is from the end of the heavens, and its circuit to the ends of it; and nothing [yes, no one] is hidden from the heat of it.


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The law of the Lord is perfect, restoring the [whole] person; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.


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The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure and bright, enlightening the eyes.


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The [reverent] fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the ordinances of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.


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More to be desired are they than gold, even than much fine gold; they are sweeter also than honey and drippings from the honeycomb.


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Moreover, by them is Your servant warned (reminded, illuminated, and instructed); and in keeping them there is great reward.


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Keep back Your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me! Then shall I be blameless, and I shall be innocent and clear of great transgression.


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Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my [firm, impenetrable] Rock and my Redeemer.


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Psalm 20
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble! May the name of the God of Jacob set you up on high [and defend you];


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We will [shout in] triumph at your salvation and victory, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners. May the Lord fulfill all your petitions.


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Now I know that the Lord saves His anointed; He will answer him from His holy heaven with the saving strength of His right hand.


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Some trust in and boast of chariots and some of horses, but we will trust in and boast of the name of the Lord our God.


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Psalm 21
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
The king [David] shall joy in Your strength, O Lord; and in Your salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!


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You have given him his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah [pause, and think of that]!


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For You make him to be blessed and a blessing forever; You make him exceedingly glad with the joy of Your presence.


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For the king trusts, relies on, and is confident in the Lord, and through the mercy and steadfast love of the Most High he will never be moved.


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You will make them as if in a blazing oven in the time of Your anger; the Lord will swallow them up in His wrath, and the fire will utterly consume them.


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For they planned evil against You; they conceived a mischievous plot which they are not able to perform.


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Psalm 22
To the Chief Musician; set to [the tune of] Aijeleth Hashshahar [the hind of the morning dawn]. A Psalm of David.
My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?


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Our fathers trusted in You; they trusted (leaned on, relied on You, and were confident) and You delivered them.


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They cried to You and were delivered; they trusted in, leaned on, and confidently relied on You, and were not ashamed or confounded or disappointed.


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He trusted and rolled himself on the Lord, that He would deliver him. Let Him deliver him, seeing that He delights in him!


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Yet You are He Who took me out of the womb; You made me hope and trust when I was on my mother’s breasts.


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I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it is softened [with anguish] and melted down within me.


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My strength is dried up like a fragment of clay pottery; [with thirst] my tongue cleaves to my jaws; and You have brought me into the dust of death.


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For [like a pack of] dogs they have encompassed me; a company of evildoers has encircled me, they pierced my hands and my feet.


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They part my clothing among them and cast lots for my raiment (a long, shirtlike garment, a seamless undertunic). )


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Deliver my life from the sword, my dear life [my only one] from the power of the dog [the agent of execution].


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You who fear (revere and worship) the Lord, praise Him! All you offspring of Jacob, glorify Him. Fear (revere and worship) Him, all you offspring of Israel.


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For He has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither has He hidden His face from him, but when he cried to Him, He heard.


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My praise shall be of You in the great congregation. I will pay to Him my vows [made in the time of trouble] before them who fear (revere and worship) Him.


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The poor and afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; they shall praise the Lord—they who [diligently] seek for, inquire of and for Him, and require Him [as their greatest need]. May your hearts be quickened now and forever!


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All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations shall bow down and worship before You,


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All the mighty ones upon earth shall eat [in thanksgiving] and worship; all they that go down to the dust shall bow before Him, even he who cannot keep himself alive.


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They shall come and shall declare His righteousness to a people yet to be born—that He has done it [that it is finished]!


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Psalm 23
A Psalm of David.
The Lord is my Shepherd [to feed, guide, and shield me], I shall not lack.


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He makes me lie down in [fresh, tender] green pastures; He leads me beside the still and restful waters.


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He refreshes and restores my life (my self); He leads me in the paths of righteousness [uprightness and right standing with Him—not for my earning it, but] for His name’s sake.


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Yes, though I walk through the [deep, sunless] valley of the shadow of death, I will fear or dread no evil, for You are with me; Your rod [to protect] and Your staff [to guide], they comfort me.


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You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my [brimming] cup runs over.


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Surely or only goodness, mercy, and unfailing love shall follow me all the days of my life, and through the length of my days the house of the Lord [and His presence] shall be my dwelling place.


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Psalm 24
A Psalm of David.
The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness of it, the world and they who dwell in it.


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He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted himself up to falsehood or to what is false, nor sworn deceitfully.


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This is the generation [description] of those who seek Him [who inquire of and for Him and of necessity require Him], who seek Your face, [O God of] Jacob. Selah [pause, and think of that]!


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Lift up your heads, O you gates; and be lifted up, you age-abiding doors, that the King of glory may come in.


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Lift up your heads, O you gates; yes, lift them up, you age-abiding doors, that the King of glory may come in.


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Who is [He then] this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, He is the King of glory. Selah [pause, and think of that]!


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O my God, I trust, lean on, rely on, and am confident in You. Let me not be put to shame or [my hope in You] be disappointed; let not my enemies triumph over me.


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Yes, let none who trust and wait hopefully and look for You be put to shame or be disappointed; let them be ashamed who forsake the right or deal treacherously without cause.


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Guide me in Your truth and faithfulness and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; for You [You only and altogether] do I wait [expectantly] all the day long.


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Remember not the sins (the lapses and frailties) of my youth or my transgressions; according to Your mercy and steadfast love remember me, for Your goodness’ sake, O Lord.


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All the paths of the Lord are mercy and steadfast love, even truth and faithfulness are they for those who keep His covenant and His testimonies.


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Who is the man who reverently fears and worships the Lord? Him shall He teach in the way that he should choose.


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The secret [of the sweet, satisfying companionship] of the Lord have they who fear (revere and worship) Him, and He will show them His covenant and reveal to them its [deep, inner] meaning.


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O keep me, Lord, and deliver me; let me not be ashamed or disappointed, for my trust and my refuge are in You.


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Psalm 26
[A Psalm] of David.
Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity; I have [expectantly] trusted in, leaned on, and relied on the Lord without wavering and I shall not slide.


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Psalm 27
[A Psalm] of David.
The Lord is my Light and my Salvation—whom shall I fear or dread? The Lord is the Refuge and Stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid?


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When the wicked, even my enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.


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Though a host encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war arise against me, [even then] in this will I be confident.


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One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek, inquire for, and [insistently] require: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord [in His presence] all the days of my life, to behold and gaze upon the beauty [the sweet attractiveness and the delightful loveliness] of the Lord and to meditate, consider, and inquire in His temple.


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For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; in the secret place of His tent will He hide me; He will set me high upon a rock.


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And now shall my head be lifted up above my enemies round about me; in His tent I will offer sacrifices and shouting of joy; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord.


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You have said, Seek My face [inquire for and require My presence as your vital need]. My heart says to You, Your face (Your presence), Lord, will I seek, inquire for, and require [of necessity and on the authority of Your Word].


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Hide not Your face from me; turn not Your servant away in anger, You Who have been my help! Cast me not off, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation!


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Although my father and my mother have forsaken me, yet the Lord will take me up [adopt me as His child].


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Teach me Your way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain and even path because of my enemies [those who lie in wait for me].


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Give me not up to the will of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen up against me; they breathe out cruelty and violence.


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[What, what would have become of me] had I not believed that I would see the Lord’s goodness in the land of the living!


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Wait and hope for and expect the Lord; be brave and of good courage and let your heart be stout and enduring. Yes, wait for and hope for and expect the Lord.


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Psalm 28
[A Psalm] of David.
Unto You do I cry, O Lord my Rock, be not deaf and silent to me, lest, if You be silent to me, I become like those going down to the pit [the grave].


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Hear the voice of my supplication as I cry to You for help, as I lift up my hands toward Your innermost sanctuary (the Holy of Holies).


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Drag me not away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace with their neighbors, but malice and mischief are in their hearts.


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Repay them according to their work and according to the wickedness of their doings; repay them according to the work of their hands; render to them what they deserve.


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Because they regard not the works of the Lord nor the operations of His hands, He will break them down and not rebuild them.


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The Lord is my Strength and my [impenetrable] Shield; my heart trusts in, relies on, and confidently leans on Him, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoices, and with my song will I praise Him.


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The Lord is their [unyielding] Strength, and He is the Stronghold of salvation to [me] His anointed.


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Psalm 29
A Psalm of David.
Ascribe to the Lord, O sons of the mighty, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.


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Give to the Lord the glory due to His name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness or in holy array.


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The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of glory thunders; the Lord is upon many (great) waters.


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The voice of the Lord makes the hinds bring forth their young, and His voice strips bare the forests, while in His temple everyone is saying, Glory!


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The Lord will give [unyielding and impenetrable] strength to His people; the Lord will bless His people with peace.


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Psalm 30
A Psalm; a Song at the Dedication of the Temple. [A Psalm] of David.
I will extol You, O Lord, for You have lifted me up and have not let my foes rejoice over me.


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O Lord, You have brought my life up from Sheol (the place of the dead); You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit (the grave).


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For His anger is but for a moment, but His favor is for a lifetime or in His favor is life. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.


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By Your favor, O Lord, You have established me as a strong mountain; You hid Your face, and I was troubled.


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What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit (the grave)? Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your truth and faithfulness to men?


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You have turned my mourning into dancing for me; You have put off my sackcloth and girded me with gladness,


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To the end that my tongue and my heart and everything glorious within me may sing praise to You and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever.


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Psalm 31
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
In You, O Lord, do I put my trust and seek refuge; let me never be put to shame or [have my hope in You] disappointed; deliver me in Your righteousness!


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Draw me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me, for You are my Strength and my Stronghold.


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Into Your hands I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O Lord, the God of truth and faithfulness.


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[You and] I abhor those who pay regard to vain idols; but I trust in, rely on, and confidently lean on the Lord.


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I will be glad and rejoice in Your mercy and steadfast love, because You have seen my affliction, You have taken note of my life’s distresses,


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Have mercy and be gracious unto me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; with grief my eye is weakened, also my inner self and my body.


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For my life is spent with sorrow and my years with sighing; my strength has failed because of my iniquity, and even my bones have wasted away.


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To all my enemies I have become a reproach, but especially to my neighbors, and a dread to my acquaintances, who flee from me on the street.


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For I have heard the slander of many; terror is on every side! While they schemed together against me, they plotted to take my life.


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My times are in Your hands; deliver me from the hands of my foes and those who pursue me and persecute me.


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Let me not be put to shame, O Lord, or disappointed, for I am calling upon You; let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol (the place of the dead).


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Let the lying lips be silenced, which speak insolently against the [consistently] righteous with pride and contempt.


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Oh, how great is Your goodness, which You have laid up for those who fear, revere, and worship You, goodness which You have wrought for those who trust and take refuge in You before the sons of men!


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In the secret place of Your presence You hide them from the plots of men; You keep them secretly in Your pavilion from the strife of tongues.


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Blessed be the Lord! For He has shown me His marvelous loving favor when I was beset as in a besieged city.


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As for me, I said in my haste and alarm, I am cut off from before Your eyes. But You heard the voice of my supplications when I cried to You for aid.


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O love the Lord, all you His saints! The Lord preserves the faithful, and plentifully pays back him who deals haughtily.


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Psalm 32
[A Psalm of David.] A skillful song, or a didactic or reflective poem.
Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is he who has forgiveness of his transgression continually exercised upon him, whose sin is covered.


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Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man to whom the Lord imputes no iniquity and in whose spirit there is no deceit.


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When I kept silence [before I confessed], my bones wasted away through my groaning all the day long.


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For day and night Your hand [of displeasure] was heavy upon me; my moisture was turned into the drought of summer. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


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I acknowledged my sin to You, and my iniquity I did not hide. I said, I will confess my transgressions to the Lord [continually unfolding the past till all is told]—then You [instantly] forgave me the guilt and iniquity of my sin. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


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For this [forgiveness] let everyone who is godly pray—pray to You in a time when You may be found; surely when the great waters [of trial] overflow, they shall not reach [the spirit in] him.


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You are a hiding place for me; You, Lord, preserve me from trouble, You surround me with songs and shouts of deliverance. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


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I [the Lord] will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with My eye upon you.


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Be not like the horse or the mule, which lack understanding, which must have their mouths held firm with bit and bridle, or else they will not come with you.


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Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but he who trusts in, relies on, and confidently leans on the Lord shall be compassed about with mercy and with loving-kindness.


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Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you [uncompromisingly] righteous [you who are upright and in right standing with Him]; shout for joy, all you upright in heart!


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Psalm 33
Rejoice in the Lord, O you [uncompromisingly] righteous [you upright in right standing with God]; for praise is becoming and appropriate for those who are upright [in heart].


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Let all the earth fear the Lord [revere and worship Him]; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.


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The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nought; He makes the thoughts and plans of the peoples of no effect.


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Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people He has chosen as His heritage.


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No king is saved by the great size and power of his army; a mighty man is not delivered by [his] much strength.


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Behold, the Lord’s eye is upon those who fear Him [who revere and worship Him with awe], who wait for Him and hope in His mercy and loving-kindness,


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For in Him does our heart rejoice, because we have trusted (relied on and been confident) in His holy name.


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Let Your mercy and loving-kindness, O Lord, be upon us, in proportion to our waiting and hoping for You.


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Psalm 34
[A Psalm] of David; when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, who drove him out, and he went away.
I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.


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I sought (inquired of) the Lord and required Him [of necessity and on the authority of His Word], and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.


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The Angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him [who revere and worship Him with awe] and each of them He delivers.


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O taste and see that the Lord [our God] is good! Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man who trusts and takes refuge in Him.


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O fear the Lord, you His saints [revere and worship Him]! For there is no want to those who truly revere and worship Him with godly fear.


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The young lions lack food and suffer hunger, but they who seek (inquire of and require) the Lord [by right of their need and on the authority of His Word], none of them shall lack any beneficial thing.


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The eyes of the Lord are toward the [uncompromisingly] righteous and His ears are open to their cry.


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The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.


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When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears, and delivers them out of all their distress and troubles.


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The Lord is close to those who are of a broken heart and saves such as are crushed with sorrow for sin and are humbly and thoroughly penitent.


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Evil shall cause the death of the wicked; and they who hate the just and righteous shall be held guilty and shall be condemned.


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The Lord redeems the lives of His servants, and none of those who take refuge and trust in Him shall be condemned or held guilty.


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Psalm 35
[A Psalm] of David.
Contend, O Lord, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me!


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Draw out also the spear and javelin and close up the way of those who pursue and persecute me. Say to me, I am your deliverance!


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Let them be put to shame and dishonor who seek and require my life; let them be turned back and confounded who plan my hurt!


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Let their way be through dark and slippery places, with the Angel of the Lord pursuing and afflicting them.


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For without cause they hid for me their net; a pit of destruction without cause they dug for my life.


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Let destruction befall [my foe] unawares; let the net he hid for me catch him; let him fall into that very destruction.


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All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like You, You Who deliver the poor and the afflicted from him who is too strong for him, yes, the poor and the needy from him who snatches away his goods?


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But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I afflicted myself with fasting, and I prayed with head bowed on my breast.


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I behaved as if grieving for my friend or my brother; I bowed down in sorrow, as one who bewails his mother.


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But in my stumbling and limping they rejoiced and gathered together [against me]; the smiters (slanderers and revilers) gathered against me, and I knew them not; they ceased not to slander and revile me.


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Like profane mockers at feasts [making sport for the price of a cake] they gnashed at me with their teeth.


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Lord, how long will You look on [without action]? Rescue my life from their destructions, my dear and only life from the lions!


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Let not those who are wrongfully my foes rejoice over me; neither let them wink with the eye who hate me without cause.


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For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful matters against those who are quiet in the land.


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Judge and vindicate me, O Lord my God, according to Your righteousness (Your rightness and justice); and let [my foes] not rejoice over me!


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Let them not say in their hearts, Aha, that is what we wanted! Let them not say, We have swallowed him up and utterly destroyed him.


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Let them be put to shame and confusion together who rejoice at my calamity! Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify and exalt themselves over me!


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Let those who favor my righteous cause and have pleasure in my uprightness shout for joy and be glad and say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, Who takes pleasure in the prosperity of His servant.


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And my tongue shall talk of Your righteousness, rightness, and justice, and of [my reasons for] Your praise all the day long.


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Psalm 36
To the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David the servant of the Lord.
Transgression [like an oracle] speaks to the wicked deep in his heart. There is no fear or dread of God before his eyes.


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For he flatters and deceives himself in his own eyes that his iniquity will not be found out and be hated.


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He plans wrongdoing on his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not reject or despise evil.


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Your righteousness is like the mountains of God, Your judgments are like the great deep. O Lord, You preserve man and beast.


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How precious is Your steadfast love, O God! The children of men take refuge and put their trust under the shadow of Your wings.


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They relish and feast on the abundance of Your house; and You cause them to drink of the stream of Your pleasures.


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O continue Your loving-kindness to those who know You, Your righteousness (salvation) to the upright in heart.


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There the workers of iniquity fall and lie prostrate; they are thrust down and shall not be able to rise.


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Psalm 37
[A Psalm] of David.
Fret not yourself because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness (that which is not upright or in right standing with God).


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Trust (lean on, rely on, and be confident) in the Lord and do good; so shall you dwell in the land and feed surely on His faithfulness, and truly you shall be fed.


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Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He will give you the desires and secret petitions of your heart.


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Commit your way to the Lord [roll and repose each care of your load on Him]; trust (lean on, rely on, and be confident) also in Him and He will bring it to pass.


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And He will make your uprightness and right standing with God go forth as the light, and your justice and right as [the shining sun of] the noonday.


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Be still and rest in the Lord; wait for Him and patiently lean yourself upon Him; fret not yourself because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked devices to pass.


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For evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait and hope and look for the Lord [in the end] shall inherit the earth.


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For yet a little while, and the evildoers will be no more; though you look with care where they used to be, they will not be found.


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But the meek [in the end] shall inherit the earth and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.


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The wicked plot against the [uncompromisingly] righteous (the upright in right standing with God); they gnash at them with their teeth.


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The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows to cast down the poor and needy, to slay those who walk uprightly (blameless in conduct and in conversation).


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Better is the little that the [uncompromisingly] righteous have than the abundance [of possessions] of many who are wrong and wicked.


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They shall not be put to shame in the time of evil; and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.


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But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat of lambs [that is consumed in smoke] and as the glory of the pastures. They shall vanish; like smoke shall they consume away.


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The wicked borrow and pay not again [for they may be unable], but the [uncompromisingly] righteous deal kindly and give [for they are able].


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For such as are blessed of God shall [in the end] inherit the earth, but they that are cursed of Him shall be cut off.


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The steps of a [good] man are directed and established by the Lord when He delights in his way [and He busies Himself with his every step].


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Though he falls, he shall not be utterly cast down, for the Lord grasps his hand in support and upholds him.


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I have been young and now am old, yet have I not seen the [uncompromisingly] righteous forsaken or their seed begging bread.


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For the Lord delights in justice and forsakes not His saints; they are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked [in time] shall be cut off.


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Wait for and expect the Lord and keep and heed His way, and He will exalt you to inherit the land; [in the end] when the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.


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Yet he passed away, and behold, he was not; yes, I sought and inquired for him, but he could not be found.


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But the salvation of the [consistently] righteous is of the Lord; He is their Refuge and secure Stronghold in the time of trouble.


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And the Lord helps them and delivers them; He delivers them from the wicked and saves them, because they trust and take refuge in Him.


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Psalm 38
A Psalm of David; to bring to remembrance and make memorial.
O Lord, rebuke me not in Your wrath, neither chasten me in Your hot displeasure.


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For Your arrows have sunk into me and stick fast, and Your hand has come down upon me and pressed me sorely.


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There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your indignation; neither is there any health or rest in my bones because of my sin.


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For my iniquities have gone over my head [like waves of a flood]; as a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.


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I am faint and sorely bruised [deadly cold and quite worn out]; I groan by reason of the disquiet and moaning of my heart.


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My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; and my neighbors and my near ones stand afar off.


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They also that seek and demand my life lay snares for me, and they that seek and require my hurt speak crafty and mischievous things; they meditate treachery and deceit all the day long.


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Psalm 39
To the Chief Musician; for Jeduthun [founder of an official musical family]. A Psalm of David.
I said, I will take heed and guard my ways, that I may sin not with my tongue; I will muzzle my mouth as with a bridle while the wicked are before me.


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I was dumb with silence, I held my peace without profit and had no comfort away from good, while my distress was renewed.


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Lord, make me to know my end and [to appreciate] the measure of my days—what it is; let me know and realize how frail I am [how transient is my stay here].


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Behold, You have made my days as [short as] handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing in Your sight. Truly every man at his best is merely a breath! Selah [pause, and think calmly of that]!


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Surely every man walks to and fro—like a shadow in a pantomime; surely for futility and emptiness he is in turmoil; each one heaps up riches, not knowing who will gather them.


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Deliver me from all my transgressions; make me not the scorn and reproach of the [self-confident] fool!


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When with rebukes You correct and chasten man for sin, You waste his beauty like a moth and what is dear to him consumes away; surely every man is a mere breath. Selah [pause, and think calmly of that]!


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Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear to my cry; hold not Your peace at my tears! For I am Your passing guest, a temporary resident, as all my fathers were.


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O look away from me and spare me, that I may recover cheerfulness and encouraging strength and know gladness before I go and am no more!


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Psalm 40
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
I waited patiently and expectantly for the Lord; and He inclined to me and heard my cry.


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He drew me up out of a horrible pit [a pit of tumult and of destruction], out of the miry clay (froth and slime), and set my feet upon a rock, steadying my steps and establishing my goings.


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And He has put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many shall see and fear (revere and worship) and put their trust and confident reliance in the Lord.


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Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man who makes the Lord his refuge and trust, and turns not to the proud or to followers of false gods.


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Many, O Lord my God, are the wonderful works which You have done, and Your thoughts toward us; no one can compare with You! If I should declare and speak of them, they are too many to be numbered.


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Sacrifice and offering You do not desire, nor have You delight in them; You have given me the capacity to hear and obey [Your law, a more valuable service than] burnt offerings and sin offerings [which] You do not require.


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I have proclaimed glad tidings of righteousness in the great assembly [tidings of uprightness and right standing with God]. Behold, I have not restrained my lips, as You know, O Lord.


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I have not concealed Your righteousness within my heart; I have proclaimed Your faithfulness and Your salvation. I have not hid away Your steadfast love and Your truth from the great assembly.


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Withhold not Your tender mercy from me, O Lord; let Your loving-kindness and Your truth continually preserve me!


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For innumerable evils have compassed me about; my iniquities have taken such hold on me that I am not able to look up. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed me and forsaken me.


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Let them be put to shame and confounded together who seek and require my life to destroy it; let them be driven backward and brought to dishonor who wish me evil and delight in my hurt!


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Let all those that seek and require You rejoice and be glad in You; let such as love Your salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified!


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[As for me] I am poor and needy, yet the Lord takes thought and plans for me. You are my Help and my Deliverer. O my God, do not tarry!


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Psalm 41
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is he who considers the weak and the poor; the Lord will deliver him in the time of evil and trouble.


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The Lord will protect him and keep him alive; he shall be called blessed in the land; and You will not deliver him to the will of his enemies.


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The Lord will sustain, refresh, and strengthen him on his bed of languishing; all his bed You [O Lord] will turn, change, and transform in his illness.


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And when one comes to see me, he speaks falsehood and empty words, while his heart gathers mischievous gossip [against me]; when he goes away, he tells it abroad.


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All who hate me whisper together about me; against me do they devise my hurt [imagining the worst for me].


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An evil disease, say they, is poured out upon him and cleaves fast to him; and now that he is bedfast, he will not rise up again.


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Even my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted (relied on and was confident), who ate of my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.


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Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting [from this age to the next, and forever]! Amen and Amen (so be it).


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Book Two
Psalm 42
To the Chief Musician. A skillful song, or a didactic or reflective poem, of the sons of Korah.
As the hart pants and longs for the water brooks, so I pant and long for You, O God.


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These things I [earnestly] remember and pour myself out within me: how I went slowly before the throng and led them in procession to the house of God [like a bandmaster before his band, timing the steps to the sound of music and the chant of song], with the voice of shouting and praise, a throng keeping festival.


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Why are you cast down, O my inner self? And why should you moan over me and be disquieted within me? Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall yet praise Him, my Help and my God.


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O my God, my life is cast down upon me [and I find the burden more than I can bear]; therefore will I [earnestly] remember You from the land of the Jordan [River] and the [summits of Mount] Hermon, from the little mountain Mizar.


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[Roaring] deep calls to [roaring] deep at the thunder of Your waterspouts; all Your breakers and Your rolling waves have gone over me.


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Yet the Lord will command His loving-kindness in the daytime, and in the night His song shall be with me, a prayer to the God of my life.


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I will say to God my Rock, Why have You forgotten me? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?


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As with a sword [crushing] in my bones, my enemies taunt and reproach me, while they say continually to me, Where is your God?


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Why are you cast down, O my inner self? And why should you moan over me and be disquieted within me? Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall yet praise Him, Who is the help of my countenance, and my God.


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Psalm 43
Judge and vindicate me, O God; plead and defend my cause against an ungodly nation. O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man!


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For You are the God of my strength [my Stronghold—in Whom I take refuge]; why have You cast me off? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?


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O send out Your light and Your truth, let them lead me; let them bring me to Your holy hill and to Your dwelling.


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Then will I go to the altar of God, to God, my exceeding joy; yes, with the lyre will I praise You, O God, my God!


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Why are you cast down, O my inner self? And why should you moan over me and be disquieted within me? Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall yet praise Him, Who is the help of my [sad] countenance, and my God.


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Psalm 44
To the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of the sons of Korah. A skillful song, or a didactic or reflective poem.
We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us [what] work You did in their days, in the days of old.


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You drove out the nations with Your hand and it was Your power that gave [Israel] a home by rooting out the [heathen] peoples, but [Israel] You spread out.


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For they got not the land [of Canaan] in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but Your right hand and Your arm and the light of Your countenance [did it], because You were favorable toward and did delight in them.


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Through You shall we push down our enemies; through Your name shall we tread them under who rise up against us.


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In God we have made our boast all the day long, and we will give thanks to Your name forever. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


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You have made us the taunt of our neighbors, a scoffing and a derision to those who are round about us.


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All this is come upon us, yet have we not forgotten You, neither have we been false to Your covenant [which You made with our fathers].


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Though You have distressingly broken us in the place of jackals and covered us with deep darkness, even with the shadow of death.


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Psalm 45
To the Chief Musician; [set to the tune of] “Lilies” [probably a popular air. A Psalm] of the sons of Korah. A skillful song, or a didactic or reflective poem. A song of love.
My heart overflows with a goodly theme; I address my psalm to a King. My tongue is like the pen of a ready writer.


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You are fairer than the children of men; graciousness is poured upon Your lips; therefore God has blessed You forever.


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And in Your majesty ride on triumphantly for the cause of truth, humility, and righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God); and let Your right hand guide You to tremendous things.


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Your arrows are sharp; the peoples fall under You; Your darts pierce the hearts of the King’s enemies.


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Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; the scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom.


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You love righteousness, uprightness, and right standing with God and hate wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness above Your fellows.


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Kings’ daughters are among Your honorable women; at Your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir.


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Hear, O daughter, consider, submit, and consent to my instruction: forget also your own people and your father’s house;


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So will the King desire your beauty; because He is your Lord, be submissive and reverence and honor Him.


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The King’s daughter in the inner part [of the palace] is all glorious; her clothing is inwrought with gold.


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She shall be brought to the King in raiment of needlework; with the virgins, her companions that follow her, she shall be brought to You.


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I will make Your name to be remembered in all generations; therefore shall the people praise and give You thanks forever and ever.


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Psalm 46
To the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of the sons of Korah, set to treble voices. A song.
God is our Refuge and Strength [mighty and impenetrable to temptation], a very present and well-proved help in trouble.


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Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change and though the mountains be shaken into the midst of the seas,


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Though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling and tumult. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


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There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.


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God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved; God will help her right early [at the dawn of the morning].


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The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our Refuge (our Fortress and High Tower). Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


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He makes wars to cease to the end of the earth; He breaks the bow into pieces and snaps the spear in two; He burns the chariots in the fire.


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Let be and be still, and know (recognize and understand) that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations! I will be exalted in the earth!


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The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our Refuge (our High Tower and Stronghold). Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


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Psalm 47
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
O clap your hands, all you peoples! Shout to God with the voice of triumph and songs of joy!


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He chose our inheritance for us, the glory and pride of Jacob, whom He loves. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


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The princes and nobles of the peoples are gathered together, a [united] people for the God of Abraham, for the shields of the earth belong to God; He is highly exalted.


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Psalm 48
A song; a Psalm of the sons of Korah.
Great is the Lord, and highly to be praised in the city of our God! His holy mountain,


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Fair and beautiful in elevation, is the joy of all the earth—Mount Zion [the City of David], to the northern side [Mount Moriah and the temple], the [whole] city of the Great King!


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They looked, they were amazed; they were stricken with terror and took to flight [affrighted and dismayed].


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As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it forever. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


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As is Your name, O God, so is Your praise to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness (rightness and justice).


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Walk about Zion, and go round about her, number her towers (her lofty and noble deeds of past days),


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Consider well her ramparts, go through her palaces and citadels, that you may tell the next generation [and cease recalling disappointments].


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Psalm 49
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
Hear this, all you peoples; give ear, all you inhabitants of the world,


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I will submit and consent to a parable or proverb; to the music of a lyre I will unfold my riddle (my problem).


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Why should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of those who would supplant me surrounds me on every side,


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None of them can by any means redeem [either himself or] his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him—


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For he sees that even wise men die; the [self-confident] fool and the stupid alike perish and leave their wealth to others.


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Their inward thought is that their houses will continue forever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands their own [apart from God] and after their own names.


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This is the fate of those who are foolishly confident, yet after them men approve their sayings. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


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Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol (the place of the dead); death shall be their shepherd. And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their form and beauty shall be consumed, for Sheol shall be their dwelling.


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But God will redeem me from the power of Sheol (the place of the dead); for He will receive me. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


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Be not afraid when [an ungodly] one is made rich, when the wealth and glory of his house are increased;


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Though while he lives he counts himself happy and prosperous, and though a man gets praise when he does well [for himself],


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Psalm 50
A Psalm of Asaph.
The Mighty One, God, the Lord, speaks and calls the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.


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Our God comes and does not keep silence; a fire devours before Him, and round about Him a mighty tempest rages.


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Gather together to Me My saints [those who have found grace in My sight], those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.


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And the heavens declare His righteousness (rightness and justice), for God, He is judge. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


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Hear, O My people, and I will speak; O Israel, I will testify to you and against you: I am God, your God.


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For every beast of the forest is Mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills or upon the mountains where thousands are.


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I know and am acquainted with all the birds of the mountains, and the wild animals of the field are Mine and are with Me, in My mind.


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But to the wicked, God says: What right have you to recite My statutes or take My covenant or pledge on your lips,


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These things you have done and I kept silent; you thought I was once entirely like you. But [now] I will reprove you and put [the charge] in order before your eyes.


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He who brings an offering of praise and thanksgiving honors and glorifies Me; and he who orders his way aright [who prepares the way that I may show him], to him I will demonstrate the salvation of God.


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Psalm 51
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came to him after he had sinned with Bathsheba.
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to Your steadfast love; according to the multitude of Your tender mercy and loving-kindness blot out my transgressions.


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Wash me thoroughly [and repeatedly] from my iniquity and guilt and cleanse me and make me wholly pure from my sin!


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Against You, You only, have I sinned and done that which is evil in Your sight, so that You are justified in Your sentence and faultless in Your judgment.


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Behold, I was brought forth in [a state of] iniquity; my mother was sinful who conceived me [and I too am sinful].


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Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean [ceremonially]; wash me, and I shall [in reality] be whiter than snow.


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Deliver me from bloodguiltiness and death, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue shall sing aloud of Your righteousness (Your rightness and Your justice).


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My sacrifice [the sacrifice acceptable] to God is a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart [broken down with sorrow for sin and humbly and thoroughly penitent], such, O God, You will not despise.


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Then will You delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, justice, and right, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering; then bullocks will be offered upon Your altar.


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Psalm 52
To the Chief Musician. A skillful song, or a didactic or reflective poem. [A Psalm] of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, David has come to the house of Ahimelech.
Why boast you of mischief done against the loving-kindness of God [and the godly], O mighty [sinful] man, day after day?


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You love evil more than good, and lying rather than to speak righteousness, justice, and right. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


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God will likewise break you down and destroy you forever; He will lay hold of you and pluck you out of your tent and uproot you from the land of the living. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


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The [uncompromisingly] righteous also shall see [it] and be in reverent fear and awe, but about you they will [scoffingly] laugh, saying,


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See, this is the man who made not God his strength (his stronghold and high tower) but trusted in and confidently relied on the abundance of his riches, seeking refuge and security for himself through his wickedness.


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But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in and confidently rely on the loving-kindness and the mercy of God forever and ever.


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I will thank You and confide in You forever, because You have done it [delivered me and kept me safe]. I will wait on, hope in and expect in Your name, for it is good, in the presence of Your saints (Your kind and pious ones).


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Psalm 53
To the Chief Musician; in a mournful strain. A skillful song, or didactic or reflective poem of David.
The [empty-headed] fool has said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt and evil are they, and doing abominable iniquity; there is none who does good.


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God looked down from heaven upon the children of men to see if there were any who understood, who sought (inquired after and desperately required) God.


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Every one of them has gone back [backslidden and fallen away]; they have altogether become filthy and corrupt; there is none who does good, no, not one.


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Have those who work evil no knowledge (no understanding)? They eat up My people as they eat bread; they do not call upon God.


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There they are, in terror and dread, where there was [and had been] no terror and dread! For God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you; you have put them to shame, because God has rejected them.


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Oh, that the salvation and deliverance of Israel would come out of Zion! When God restores the fortunes of His people, then will Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad.


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Psalm 54
To the Chief Musician; with stringed instruments. A skillful song, or a didactic or reflective poem, of David, when the Ziphites went and told Saul, David is hiding among us.
Save me, O God, by Your name; judge and vindicate me by Your mighty strength and power.


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For strangers and insolent men are rising up against me, and violent men and ruthless ones seek and demand my life; they do not set God before them. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


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With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to You; I will give thanks and praise Your name, O Lord, for it is good.


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Psalm 55
To the Chief Musician; with stringed instruments. A skillful song, or a didactic or reflective poem, of David.
Listen to my prayer, O God, and hide not Yourself from my supplication!


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[And I am distracted] at the noise of the enemy, because of the oppression and threats of the wicked; for they would cast trouble upon me, and in wrath they persecute me.


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Yes, I would wander far away, I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


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Destroy [their schemes], O Lord, confuse their tongues, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.


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For it is not an enemy who reproaches and taunts me—then I might bear it; nor is it one who has hated me who insolently vaunts himself against me—then I might hide from him.


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Let desolations and death come suddenly upon them; let them go down alive to Sheol (the place of the dead), for evils are in their habitations, in their hearts, and their inmost part.


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Evening and morning and at noon will I utter my complaint and moan and sigh, and He will hear my voice.


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contenido:
He has redeemed my life in peace from the battle that was against me [so that none came near me], for they were many who strove with me.


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God will hear and humble them, even He Who abides of old—Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!—because in them there has been no change [of heart], and they do not fear, revere, and worship God.


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[My companion] has put forth his hands against those who were at peace with him; he has broken and profaned his agreement [of friendship and loyalty].


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The words of his mouth were smoother than cream or butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.


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Cast your burden on the Lord [releasing the weight of it] and He will sustain you; He will never allow the [consistently] righteous to be moved (made to slip, fall, or fail).


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But You, O God, will bring down the wicked into the pit of destruction; men of blood and treachery shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in, lean on, and confidently rely on You.


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Psalm 56
To the Chief Musician; [set to the tune of] “Silent Dove Among Those Far Away.” Of David. A record of memorable thoughts when the Philistines seized him in Gath.
Be merciful and gracious to me, O God, for man would trample me or devour me; all the day long the adversary oppresses me.


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They that lie in wait for me would swallow me up or trample me all day long, for they are many who fight against me, O Most High!


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By [the help of] God I will praise His word; on God I lean, rely, and confidently put my trust; I will not fear. What can man, who is flesh, do to me?


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All day long they twist my words and trouble my affairs; all their thoughts are against me for evil and my hurt.


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They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they watch my steps, even as they have [expectantly] waited for my life.


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They think to escape with iniquity, and shall they? In Your indignation bring down the peoples, O God.


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For You have delivered my life from death, yes, and my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of life and of the living.


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Psalm 57
To the Chief Musician; [set to the tune of] “Do Not Destroy.” A record of memorable thoughts of David when he fled from Saul in the cave.
Be merciful and gracious to me, O God, be merciful and gracious to me, for my soul takes refuge and finds shelter and confidence in You; yes, in the shadow of Your wings will I take refuge and be confident until calamities and destructive storms are passed.


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I will cry to God Most High, Who performs on my behalf and rewards me [Who brings to pass His purposes for me and surely completes them]!


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He will send from heaven and save me from the slanders and reproaches of him who would trample me down or swallow me up, and He will put him to shame. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! God will send forth His mercy and loving-kindness and His truth and faithfulness.


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My life is among lions; I must lie among those who are aflame—the sons of men whose teeth are spears and arrows, their tongues sharp swords.


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They set a net for my steps; my very life was bowed down. They dug a pit in my way; into the midst of it they themselves have fallen. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


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Awake, my glory (my inner self); awake, harp and lyre! I will awake right early [I will awaken the dawn]!


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


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For Your mercy and loving-kindness are great, reaching to the heavens, and Your truth and faithfulness to the clouds.


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Psalm 58
To the Chief Musician; [set to the tune of] “Do Not Destroy.” A record of memorable thoughts of David.
Do you indeed in silence speak righteousness, O you mighty ones? [Or is the righteousness, rightness, and justice you should speak quite dumb?] Do you judge fairly and uprightly, O you sons of men?


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The ungodly are perverse and estranged from the womb; they go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.


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Their poison is like the venom of a serpent; they are like the deaf adder or asp that stops its ear,


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Let them melt away as water which runs on apace; when he aims his arrows, let them be as if they were headless or split apart.


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Let them be as a snail dissolving slime as it passes on or as a festering sore which wastes away, like [the child to which] a woman gives untimely birth that has not seen the sun.


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Before your pots can feel the thorns [that are placed under them for fuel], He will take them away as with a whirlwind, the green and the burning ones alike.


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The [unyieldingly] righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance; he will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked.


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Men will say, Surely there is a reward for the [uncompromisingly] righteous; surely there is a God Who judges on the earth.


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Psalm 59
To the Chief Musician; [set to the tune of] “Do Not Destroy.” Of David, a record of memorable thoughts when Saul sent men to watch his house in order to kill him.
Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; defend and protect me from those who rise up against me.


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For, behold, they lie in wait for my life; fierce and mighty men are banding together against me, not for my transgression nor for any sin of mine, O Lord.


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They run and prepare themselves, though there is no fault in me; rouse Yourself [O Lord] to meet and help me, and see!


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You, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, arise to visit all the nations; spare none and be not merciful to any who treacherously plot evil. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


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Behold, they belch out [insults] with their mouths; swords [of sarcasm, ridicule, slander, and lies] are in their lips, for who, they think, hears us?


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O my Strength, I will watch and give heed to You and sing praises; for God is my Defense (my Protector and High Tower).


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My God in His mercy and steadfast love will meet me; God will let me look [triumphantly] on my enemies (those who lie in wait for me).


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contenido:
Slay them not, lest my people forget; scatter them by Your power and make them wander to and fro, and bring them down, O Lord our Shield!


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For the sin of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them even be trapped and taken in their pride, and for the cursing and lying which they utter.


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Consume them in wrath, consume them so that they shall be no more; and let them know unto the ends of the earth that God rules over Jacob (Israel). Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


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Let them wander up and down for food and tarry all night if they are not satisfied (not getting their fill).


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But I will sing of Your mighty strength and power; yes, I will sing aloud of Your mercy and loving-kindness in the morning; for You have been to me a defense (a fortress and a high tower) and a refuge in the day of my distress.


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Unto You, O my Strength, I will sing praises; for God is my Defense, my Fortress, and High Tower, the God Who shows me mercy and steadfast love.


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Psalm 60
To the Chief Musician; [set to the tune of] “The Lily of the Testimony.” A poem of David intended to record memorable thoughts and to teach; when he had striven with the Arameans of Mesopotamia and the Arameans of Zobah, and when Joab returned and smote twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
O God, You have rejected us and cast us off, broken down [our defenses], and scattered us; You have been angry—O restore us and turn Yourself to us again!


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You have made the land to quake and tremble, You have rent it [open]; repair its breaches, for it shakes and totters.


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contenido:
You have made Your people suffer hard things; You have given us to drink wine that makes us reel and be dazed.


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contenido:
[But now] You have set up a banner for those who fear and worshipfully revere You [to which they may flee from the bow], a standard displayed because of the truth. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


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God has spoken in His holiness [in His promises]: I will rejoice, I will divide and portion out [the land] Shechem and the Valley of Succoth [west to east].


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


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Moab is My washpot [reduced to vilest servitude]; upon Edom I cast My shoe in triumph; over Philistia I raise the shout of victory.


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O give us help against the adversary, for vain (ineffectual and to no purpose) is the help or salvation of man.


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Psalm 61
To the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. [A Psalm] of David.
Hear my cry, O God; listen to my prayer.


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From the end of the earth will I cry to You, when my heart is overwhelmed and fainting; lead me to the rock that is higher than I [yes, a rock that is too high for me].


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I will dwell in Your tabernacle forever; let me find refuge and trust in the shelter of Your wings. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


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For You, O God, have heard my vows; You have given me the heritage of those who fear, revere, and honor Your name.


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contenido:
May You prolong the [true] King’s life [adding days upon days], and may His years be to the last generation [of this world and the generations of the world to come].


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May He sit enthroned forever before [the face of] God; O ordain that loving-kindness and faithfulness may watch over Him!


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Psalm 62
To the Chief Musician; according to Jeduthun [Ethan, the noted musician, founder of an official musical family]. A Psalm of David.
For God alone my soul waits in silence; from Him comes my salvation.


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How long will you set upon a man that you may slay him, all of you, like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?


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They only consult to cast him down from his height [to dishonor him]; they delight in lies. They bless with their mouths, but they curse inwardly. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


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With God rests my salvation and my glory; He is my Rock of unyielding strength and impenetrable hardness, and my refuge is in God!


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Trust in, lean on, rely on, and have confidence in Him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is a refuge for us (a fortress and a high tower). Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


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Men of low degree [in the social scale] are emptiness (futility, a breath) and men of high degree [in the same scale] are a lie and a delusion. In the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath.


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Trust not in and rely confidently not on extortion and oppression, and do not vainly hope in robbery; if riches increase, set not your heart on them.


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Also to You, O Lord, belong mercy and loving-kindness, for You render to every man according to his work.


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Psalm 63
A Psalm of David; when he was in the Wilderness of Judah.
O God, You are my God, earnestly will I seek You; my inner self thirsts for You, my flesh longs and is faint for You, in a dry and weary land where no water is.


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My whole being shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips


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But those who seek and demand my life to ruin and destroy it shall [themselves be destroyed and] go into the lower parts of the earth [into the underworld of the dead].


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But the king shall rejoice in God; everyone who swears by Him [that is, who binds himself by God’s authority, acknowledging His supremacy, and devoting himself to His glory and service alone; every such one] shall glory, for the mouths of those who speak lies shall be stopped.


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Psalm 64
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; guard and preserve my life from the terror of the enemy.


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Who shoot from ambush at the blameless man; suddenly do they shoot at him, without self-reproach or fear.


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They encourage themselves in an evil purpose, they talk of laying snares secretly; they say, Who will discover us?


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They think out acts of injustice and say, We have accomplished a well-devised thing! For the inward thought of each one [is unsearchable] and his heart is deep.


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And they will be made to stumble, their own tongues turning against them; all who gaze upon them will shake their heads and flee away.


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And all men shall [reverently] fear and be in awe; and they will declare the work of God, for they will wisely consider and acknowledge that it is His doing.


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The [uncompromisingly] righteous shall be glad in the Lord and shall trust and take refuge in Him; and all the upright in heart shall glory and offer praise.


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Psalm 65
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. A song.
To You belongs silence (the submissive wonder of reverence which bursts forth into praise) and praise is due and fitting to You, O God, in Zion; and to You shall the vow be performed.


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Iniquities and much varied guilt prevail against me; [yet] as for our transgressions, You forgive and purge them away [make atonement for them and cover them out of Your sight]!


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Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man whom You choose and cause to come near, that he may dwell in Your courts! We shall be satisfied with the goodness of Your house, Your holy temple.


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By fearful and glorious things [that terrify the wicked but make the godly sing praises] do You answer us in righteousness (rightness and justice), O God of our salvation, You Who are the confidence and hope of all the ends of the earth and of those far off on the seas;


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So that those who dwell in earth’s farthest parts are afraid of [nature’s] signs of Your presence. You make the places where morning and evening have birth to shout for joy.


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You visit the earth and saturate it with water; You greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; You provide them with grain when You have so prepared the earth.


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You water the field’s furrows abundantly, You settle the ridges of it; You make the soil soft with showers, blessing the sprouting of its vegetation.


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You crown the year with Your bounty and goodness, and the tracks of Your [chariot wheels] drip with fatness.


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The [luxuriant] pastures in the uncultivated country drip [with moisture], and the hills gird themselves with joy.


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The meadows are clothed with flocks, the valleys also are covered with grain; they shout for joy and sing together.


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Say to God, How awesome and fearfully glorious are Your works! Through the greatness of Your power shall Your enemies submit themselves to You [with feigned and reluctant obedience].


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All the earth shall bow down to You and sing [praises] to You; they shall praise Your name in song. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


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Come and see the works of God; see how [to save His people He smites their foes; He is] terrible in His doings toward the children of men.


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He turned the sea into dry land, they crossed through the river on foot; there did we rejoice in Him.


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He rules by His might forever, His eyes observe and keep watch over the nations; let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


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contenido:
You brought us into the net (the prison fortress, the dungeon); You laid a heavy burden upon our loins.


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You caused men to ride over our heads [when we were prostrate]; we went through fire and through water, but You brought us out into a broad, moist place [to abundance and refreshment and the open air].


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I will offer to You burnt offerings of fat lambs, with rams consumed in sweet-smelling smoke; I will offer bullocks and he-goats. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


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Come and hear, all you who reverently and worshipfully fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me!


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contenido:
Blessed be God, Who has not rejected my prayer nor removed His mercy and loving-kindness from being [as it always is] with me.


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Psalm 67
To the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm. A song.
God be merciful and gracious to us and bless us and cause His face to shine upon us and among us—Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!—


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That Your way may be known upon earth, Your saving power (Your deliverances and Your salvation) among all nations.


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Let the peoples praise You [turn away from their idols] and give thanks to You, O God; let all the peoples praise and give thanks to You.


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O let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for You will judge the peoples fairly and guide, lead, or drive the nations upon earth. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


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Let the peoples praise You [turn away from their idols] and give thanks to You, O God; let all the peoples praise and give thanks to You!


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contenido:
The earth has yielded its harvest [in evidence of God’s approval]; God, even our own God, will bless us.


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Psalm 68
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. A song.
God is [already] beginning to arise, and His enemies to scatter; let them also who hate Him flee before Him!


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As smoke is driven away, so drive them away; as wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish before the presence of God.


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But let the [uncompromisingly] righteous be glad; let them be in high spirits and glory before God, yes, let them [jubilantly] rejoice!


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Sing to God, sing praises to His name, cast up a highway for Him Who rides through the deserts—His name is the Lord—be in high spirits and glory before Him!


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contenido:
God places the solitary in families and gives the desolate a home in which to dwell; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity; but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.


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O God, when You went forth before Your people, when You marched through the wilderness—Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!—


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The earth trembled, the heavens also poured down [rain] at the presence of God; yonder Sinai quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel.


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You, O God, did send a plentiful rain; You did restore and confirm Your heritage when it languished and was weary.


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Your flock found a dwelling place in it; You, O God, in Your goodness did provide for the poor and needy.


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The kings of the enemies’ armies, they flee, they flee! She who tarries at home divides the spoil [left behind].


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Though you [the slackers] may lie among the sheepfolds [in slothful ease, yet for Israel] the wings of a dove are covered with silver, its pinions excessively green with gold [are trophies taken from the enemy].


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When the Almighty scattered kings in [the land], it was as when it snows on Zalmon [a wooded hill near Shechem].


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Why do you look with grudging and envy, you many-peaked mountains, at the mountain [of the city called Zion] which God has desired for His dwelling place? Yes, the Lord will dwell in it forever.


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The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands upon thousands. The Lord is among them as He was in Sinai, [so also] in the Holy Place (the sanctuary in Jerusalem).


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You have ascended on high. You have led away captive a train of vanquished foes; You have received gifts of men, yes, of the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell there with them.


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Blessed be the Lord, Who bears our burdens and carries us day by day, even the God Who is our salvation! Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


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contenido:
God is to us a God of deliverances and salvation; and to God the Lord belongs escape from death [setting us free].


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contenido:
But God will shatter the heads of His enemies, the hairy scalp of such a one as goes on still in his trespasses and guilty ways.


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The Lord said, I will bring back [your enemies] from Bashan; I will bring them back from the depths of the [Red] Sea,


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That you may crush them, dipping your foot in blood, that the tongues of your dogs may have their share from the foe.


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They see Your goings, O God, even the [solemn processions] of my God, my King, into the sanctuary [in holiness].


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contenido:
The singers go in front, the players on instruments last; between them the maidens are playing on tambourines.


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contenido:
Bless, give thanks, and gratefully praise God in full congregations, even the Lord, O you who are from [Jacob] the fountain of Israel.


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There is little Benjamin in the lead [in the procession], the princes of Judah and their company, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.


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Your God has commanded your strength [your might in His service and impenetrable hardness to temptation]; O God, display Your might and strengthen what You have wrought for us!


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Rebuke the wild beasts dwelling among the reeds [in Egypt], the herd of bulls (the leaders) with the calves of the peoples; trample underfoot those who lust for tribute money; scatter the peoples who delight in war.


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Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall hasten to stretch out her hands [with the offerings of submission] to God.


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Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth, sing praises to the Lord! Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!


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[Sing praises] to Him Who rides upon the heavens, the ancient heavens; behold, He sends forth His voice, His mighty voice.


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contenido:
Ascribe power and strength to God; His majesty is over Israel, and His strength and might are in the skies.


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O God, awe-inspiring, profoundly impressive, and terrible are You out of Your holy places; the God of Israel Himself gives strength and fullness of might to His people. Blessed be God!


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contenido:
Psalm 69
To the Chief Musician; [set to the tune of] “Lilies.” [A Psalm] of David.
Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck [they threaten my life].


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I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, where the floods overwhelm me.


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contenido:
Those who hate me without cause are more than the hairs of my head; those who would cut me off and destroy me, being my enemies wrongfully, are many and mighty. I am [forced] to restore what I did not steal.


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Let not those who wait and hope and look for You, O Lord of hosts, be put to shame through me; let not those who seek and inquire for and require You [as their vital necessity] be brought to confusion and dishonor through me, O God of Israel.


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For zeal for Your house has eaten me up, and the reproaches and insults of those who reproach and insult You have fallen upon me.


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But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Lord. At an acceptable and opportune time, O God, in the multitude of Your mercy and the abundance of Your loving-kindness hear me, and in the truth and faithfulness of Your salvation answer me.


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Rescue me out of the mire, and let me not sink; let me be delivered from those who hate me and from out of the deep waters.


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Let not the floodwaters overflow and overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up nor the [dug] pit [with water perhaps in the bottom] close its mouth over me.


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Hear and answer me, O Lord, for Your loving-kindness is sweet and comforting; according to Your plenteous tender mercy and steadfast love turn to me.


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contenido:
Draw close to me and redeem me; ransom and set me free because of my enemies [lest they glory in my prolonged distress]!


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contenido:
You know my reproach and my shame and my dishonor; my adversaries are all before You [fully known to You].


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contenido:
Insults and reproach have broken my heart; I am full of heaviness and I am distressingly sick. I looked for pity, but there was none, and for comforters, but I found none.


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They gave me also gall [poisonous and bitter] for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar (a soured wine) to drink.


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Let their own table [with all its abundance and luxury] become a snare to them; and when they are secure in peace [or at their sacrificial feasts, let it become] a trap to them.


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Let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see, and make their loins tremble continually [from terror, dismay, and feebleness].


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Pour out Your indignation upon them, and let the fierceness of Your burning anger catch up with them.


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For they pursue and persecute him whom You have smitten, and they gossip about those whom You have wounded, [adding] to their grief and pain.


