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book: 2Chr
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But the people always made fun of the men sent by God. They hated God’s words and laughed at His men who spoke for God, until the Lord was very angry with His people. And there was no way for things to be better.


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So God brought the king of the Babylonians against them, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of God. He had no pity on anyone, young or old, men or women or the sick. He gave them all into the king’s hand.


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And he brought to Babylon all the things of the house of God, great and small, and the riches of the Lord’s house, and the riches of the king and of his rulers.


book: 2Chr
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Then they burned the house of God, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned all of its buildings built for battles, and destroyed all of its objects of great worth.


book: 2Chr
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He carried away to Babylon those who had not been killed by the sword. They were made to work for him and his sons until the rule of the nation of Persia.


book: 2Chr
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This was done so the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah came true. For the seventy years that the land was not being used, the Day of Rest was kept. So the Days of Rest were enjoyed that had not been kept before.


book: 2Chr
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Cyrus Tells the Jews to Return
The Lord’s word by the mouth of Jeremiah came true in this way also: In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, the Lord caused the spirit of King Cyrus to send word to all his nation, and also to write it down, saying,


book: 2Chr
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“King Cyrus of Persia says, ‘The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the nations of the earth. He has chosen me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever is among you of all His people, may the Lord his God be with him, and let him go up.’”


book: Ezra
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Cyrus Lets the Jews Return
In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, the words of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah came true. The Lord worked in the spirit of King Cyrus of Persia so that he made it known through all his nation, and also put it in writing, saying,


book: Ezra
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“This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the nations of the earth. He has chosen me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.


book: Ezra
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Whoever there is among you of all His people, may his God be with him! Let him go up to Jerusalem which is in Judah, and build again the house of the Lord, the God of Israel. He is the God Who is in Jerusalem.


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Let each one who is still alive, at whatever place he may live, be helped by the men of his place with silver and gold and with good things and cattle. Let the men also give a free-will gift for the house of God in Jerusalem.’”


book: Ezra
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Then the leaders of the family groups of Judah and Benjamin and the religious leaders and Levites stood up, everyone in whose spirit the Lord had worked to go up and build the Lord’s house in Jerusalem again.


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All those around them helped them with gifts of silver, gold, good things, cattle, and things worth much money, besides all that was given as a free-will gift.


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King Cyrus brought out the objects of the house of the Lord, which Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and put in the house of his gods.


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King Cyrus of Persia had them brought out by Mithredath, the man who took care of the nation’s riches. And he numbered them as he handed them over to Sheshbazzar, the leader of Judah.


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There were 5,400 objects of gold and silver in all. Sheshbazzar brought all of them back when the people who had been taken away went up from Babylon to Jerusalem.


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Families Who Returned
These are the people who left the land of Babylon and returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own city. Their families had been taken away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon.


book: Ezra
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These people returned with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.
The number of the men of Israel:


book: Ezra
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The men who worked in the house of the Lord: the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth,


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Now these are the men who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer. But they were not able to show that their fathers and they were children of Israel:


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And the sons of the religious leaders: the sons of Habaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai, who had married one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called by their name.


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These men looked for their names among the names of all the families, but could not find them. So they were thought of as being unclean, and were not allowed to work as religious leaders.


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And the leader told them that they should not eat from the most holy things until a religious leader learned God’s will by the Urim and Thummin.


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When they came to the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the family groups gave a free-will gift for the house of God to be built again on the same place.


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As they were able, they gave 61,000 gold-pieces and 5,000 silverpieces and 100 coats for the religious leaders, for the work to be done.


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So the religious leaders, the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the gate-keepers and the servants of the Lord’s house lived in their own cities, and all Israel lived in their cities.


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Worship Begins
When the seventh month came, and the sons of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered together as one man in Jerusalem.


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Then Jozadak’s son Jeshua and his brothers the religious leaders, and Shealtiel’s son Zerubbabel and his brothers, built the altar of the God of Israel, to give burnt gifts on it. They did this as it is written in the Law of Moses, the man of God.


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So they set up the altar in its place, for they were afraid because of the peoples of the lands. On it they gave burnt gifts in worship to the Lord morning and evening.


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They kept the Special Supper of Tents, as it is written. They gave the right number of burnt gifts every day by the Law, as was needed for each day.


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After that they gave the gifts to be burned day and night and for the new moons, and for all the special times of the Lord, and the gifts from every one who brought a free-will gift to the Lord.


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From the first day of the seventh month they began to give burnt gifts to the Lord. But the house of the Lord had not begun to be built.


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So they gave money to the men who worked with stone and wood. They gave food, drink and oil to the Sidonians and Tyrians so the cedar wood could be brought from Lebanon to the sea at Joppa, as King Cyrus of Persia had allowed them.


book: Ezra
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Work on the House of God Begins
In the second month of the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brothers the religious leaders and Levites, and all who returned from Babylon to Jerusalem, began the work. And they chose the Levites from twenty years old and older to watch over the work of the Lord’s house.


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Then Jeshua with his sons and brothers, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, and the sons of Henadad with their sons and brothers the Levites, together watched over the workmen in the house of God.


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When the builders had begun building the house of the Lord, the religious leaders stood in their religious clothing blowing horns. The Levites, the sons of Asaph, stood with brass noise-makers. And they praised the Lord, as they had been told by King David of Israel.


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They sang, praising and giving thanks to the Lord, saying, “For He is good, for His loving-kindness is upon Israel forever.” All the people called out with a loud voice when they praised the Lord because the work on the house of the Lord had begun.


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But many of the religious leaders and Levites and heads of the family groups were old men who had seen the first house of the Lord. And they cried with a loud voice when the work of this house was begun in front of their eyes. But many called out for joy in a loud voice.


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The people could not tell the difference between the sound of joy and the sound of crying. For the people called out with a loud voice, and the sound was heard far away.


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People of the Land Try to Keep the Jews from Building
Now those who hated Judah and Benjamin heard that the people had returned from Babylon and were building a house of worship to the Lord God of Israel.


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They came to Zerubbabel and the heads of the family groups and said to them, “Let us build with you. For we worship your God as you do. We have been giving gifts to Him since the days of King Esar-haddon of Assyria, who brought us here.”


book: Ezra
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But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the heads of the family groups of Israel said to them, “You have nothing to do with us in building a house to our God. But we alone will build to the Lord God of Israel, as King Cyrus of Persia has told us to do.”


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Then the people of the land made the hearts of the people of Judah weak, and made them afraid to go on building.


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They paid people to speak against them and to make trouble in their plans all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the rule of King Darius of Persia.


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People of the Land Do Not Want Jerusalem Built Up Again
In the beginning of Ahasuerus’ rule, people of the land wrote that the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem had done something wrong.


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During Artaxerxes’ rule, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel and the rest of their friends wrote to King Artaxerxes of Persia. The letter was written in the Aramaic language.


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It was written by Rehum the captain and Shimshai the writer and the rest of their friends, the judges, the leaders and important men, the men of Erech, Babylon, Shusha (that is, the Elamites),


book: Ezra
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and the rest of the nations. The people of these nations were sent away by the great and honored Osnappar, and made their home in the city of Samaria and in the rest of the land on the other side of the Euphrates River. Now


book: Ezra
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this is what they said in their letter to him: “To King Artaxerxes, your servants, the men in the land on the other side of the River,


book: Ezra
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let it be known to the king that the Jews who came up from you have come to Jerusalem. They are building again the sinful city that is not willing to be ruled. They are finishing the walls and beginning the work on the buildings.


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Now let it be known to the king that, if that city is built again and the walls are finished, they will not pay what should be paid to the king. The taxes paid to the king will be less.


book: Ezra
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We are under the care of the king, and it is not right for us to see the king not being honored. So we have sent to let the king know.


book: Ezra
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Look through the books kept by your fathers. You will find from these books that Jerusalem is not willing to be ruled, and that it is a danger to kings and lands. They have turned against kings in past times, and this is why that city was laid waste.


book: Ezra
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We are letting the king know that, if that city is built again and the walls are finished, you will own nothing in the land on the other side of the River.”


book: Ezra
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The king sent an answer to Rehum the captain, Shimshai the writer, and to the rest of their friends who live in Samaria and in the rest of the land on the other side of the River. He wrote: “Peace.


book: Ezra
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I have had men look through the books. And it has been found that the city has turned against kings in past times, and that plans against kings have been made in it.


book: Ezra
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Powerful kings have ruled over Jerusalem, who ruled over all the lands on the other side of the River, and taxes were paid to them.


book: Ezra
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So give word to these men to make them stop the work. This city may not be built again until I allow it.


book: Ezra
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When the letter from King Artaxerxes was read to Rehum and Shimshai the writer and their friends, they went in a hurry to the Jews at Jerusalem and with their power made them stop.


book: Ezra
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Then the work on the house of God in Jerusalem stopped. It was stopped until the second year of the rule of Darius king of Persia.


book: Ezra
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Work on the House of God Starts Again
Now the men who spoke for God, Haggai and Zechariah the son of Iddo, spoke for God to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem. They spoke in the name of the God of Israel Who was over them.


book: Ezra
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Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak began to build again the house of God in Jerusalem. The men who spoke for God were with them and helped them.


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Then Tattenai, the leader over the land on the other side of the River, and Shethar-bozenai, and their friends, came to them and said, “Who told you to build on this house and to finish the building?”


book: Ezra
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But the eye of their God was on the leaders of the Jews. They did not stop them until a letter was sent to Darius about it, and a written answer received from him.


book: Ezra
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This is what was said in the letter sent to King Darius from Tattenai, the leader over the land on the other side of the River, and Shethar-bozenai and his important friends.


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Let it be known to the king that we have gone to the land of Judah, to the house of the great God. It is being built with very large stones, and heavy pieces of wood are being laid in the walls. This work is being done with much care and is going well in their hands.


book: Ezra
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We also asked them their names, that we might write down the names of their leaders and let you know.


book: Ezra
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They answered, ‘We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth. We are building again the house of God that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and finished.


book: Ezra
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But because our fathers had made the God of heaven angry, He gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean. Nebuchadnezzar destroyed this house of God, and carried the people away to Babylon.


book: Ezra
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But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, King Cyrus told us to build again this house of God.


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Nebuchadnezzar had taken the gold and silver objects of the house of God from the house in Jerusalem, and brought them to the house of worship at Babylon. But King Cyrus took them from the house of worship at Babylon and they were given to Sheshbazzar, whom he had chosen as leader over the land.


book: Ezra
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He said to him, “Go, take these objects to Jerusalem and carry them into the place of worship. And let the house of God be built again in its place.”


book: Ezra
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Then Sheshbazzar came and began building the house of God in Jerusalem. The building has been going on from then until now, and it is not yet finished.’


book: Ezra
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So now, if it pleases the king, have men look through the books kept there in Babylon to see if King Cyrus had told them to build again this house of God at Jerusalem. Let the king send us word on what is decided about this.”


book: Ezra
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And in Ecbatana, the most important city in the land of Media, a book was found in which was written:


book: Ezra
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“In the first year of King Cyrus, Cyrus the king said that this was to be done about the house of God at Jerusalem: ‘Let the house of God, the place where burnt gifts are given in worship, be built again with a good base. It should be sixteen times taller than a man, and as wide as thirty long steps.


book: Ezra
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There should be three very large stones laid on the top of each other, and then one large piece of wood laid. Let it be paid for from the king’s money.


book: Ezra
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Let the gold and silver objects which Nebuchadnezzar took from the house of God in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon be returned to their places in the house of God in Jerusalem. You must put them in the house of God.’


book: Ezra
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“So now, Tattenai, leader over the land on the other side of the River, Shethar-bozenai, and your friends who are leaders in the lands on the other side of the River, stay away from there.


book: Ezra
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Leave this work on the house of God alone. Let the leaders of the Jews build this house of God again where it stood before.


book: Ezra
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Also, I am making it known what you are to do for these leaders of Judah for the building of this house of God. All of it is to be paid for from the king’s money out of the taxes from the lands on the other side of the River. And waste no time to get it to them.


book: Ezra
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Be sure to give them each day whatever is needed, young bulls, rams and lambs for a burnt gift to the God of heaven, and grain, salt, wine, and oil for pouring.


book: Ezra
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This is so they may give pleasing gifts in worship to the God of heaven and pray for the life of the king and his sons.


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I here make it known that if anyone does not do what I say, a piece of wood will be taken from his house and he will be nailed on it. And his house will become a place to gather waste.


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May the God Who has caused His name to be there take away the power of any king or people who will try to change what I have said, so as to destroy this house of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have told this to you. Let it be done with much care.”


book: Ezra
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The House of God Is Set Apart for Use
Then Tattenai, the leader over the land on the other side of the River, and Shethar-bozenai and their friends obeyed the words of the king with much care, just as King Darius had told them.


book: Ezra
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The leaders of the Jews did well in building, through the words spoken by Haggai the man who spoke for God and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They finished building as they had been told to do by the God of Israel, and by Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.


book: Ezra
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The house of God was finished on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the rule of King Darius.


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The people of Israel, the religious leaders, the Levites, and the rest of the people who returned from Babylon, set apart this house of God with joy.


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To set apart this house of God they gave 100 bulls, 200 rams, 400 lambs. For a sin gift for all Israel they gave twelve male goats, one for each number of the families of Israel.


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Then they put the religious leaders and the Levites into groups by the work they were to do for God in Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moses.


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The Passover
The people who had returned from Babylon kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.


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For the religious leaders and the Levites had made themselves holy together. All of them were clean. Then they killed the Passover lamb for all the people, for their brothers the religious leaders, and for themselves.


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It was eaten by the people of Israel who returned from Babylon and all those who had separated themselves from the sin of the nations of the land to join them and to look for the Lord God of Israel.


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They kept the Special Supper of Bread Without Yeast for seven days with joy, for the Lord had made them very happy. He had turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to give them strength in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.


book: Ezra
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Ezra Comes to Jerusalem
Now after this, during the rule of King Artaxerxes of Persia, Ezra went up from Babylon. Ezra was the son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah,


book: Ezra
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This Ezra went up from Babylon. He was a writer who knew well the Law of Moses which the Lord God of Israel had given. The king gave him everything he asked for, because the Lord his God was good to him.


book: Ezra
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Some of the sons of Israel and some of the religious leaders, the Levites, the singers, the gate-keepers and the servants of the house of God went up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes.


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He left Babylon on the first day of the first month, and came to Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, because the good hand of his God was upon him.


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For Ezra had set his heart to learn the Law of the Lord, to live by it, and to teach His Laws in Israel.


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This is what was written in the letter which King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the religious leader, the writer, who had much learning in the Laws of the Lord and His Laws for Israel:


book: Ezra
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“Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the religious leader, the writer who knows the Law of the God of heaven: Peace. And now


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I let it be known that if there are any people of Israel, religious leaders or Levites in my nation who are willing to go to Jerusalem, they may go with you.


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For you are sent by the king and his seven men of wisdom to see if the Law of your God which is in your hand is being obeyed in Judah and Jerusalem.


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Take the silver and gold which the king and his men of wisdom have given because they wanted to give to the God of Israel, Whose house is in Jerusalem.


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Take this with all the silver and gold you will find in the whole land of Babylon. And take the gifts of the people and of the religious leaders, who have given because they have wanted to for the house of their God in Jerusalem.


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With this money, buy bulls, rams, and lambs, with their grain gifts and their drink gifts. And give them on the altar of the house of your God in Jerusalem.


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Whatever you and your brothers think is best to do with the rest of the silver and gold, you may do, if it is the will of your God.


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Also take to the God of Jerusalem all the objects given to you for the work of the house of your God.


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I, King Artaxerxes, here make this known to all those who take care of the money in the lands on the other side of the River. You should be ready and willing to give Ezra, the religious leader and writer who knows the Law of the God of heaven, whatever he needs.


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Give silver weighing up to as much as 100 men, and as much as 1,000 baskets of grain, 1,100 jars of wine, 1,100 jars of oil, and as much salt as is needed.


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Whatever is wanted by the God of heaven, let it be done in full for the house of the God of heaven. Or else He might be angry with the nation of the king and his sons.


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We also let you know that it is not allowed to take any taxes from any of the religious leaders, Levites, singers, door-keepers, or servants of this house of God.


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And you, Ezra, use the wisdom of your God which is in your hand to choose leaders and judges. They are to judge all the people in the land on the other side of the River, all those who know the Laws of your God. You may teach anyone who does not know them.


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Whoever will not obey the Law of your God and the law of the king, let his punishment be hard. Put him to death, or send him out of the land, or take what he has, or put him in prison.”


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Ezra Gives Praise to God
Honor and thanks be to the Lord, the God of our fathers, Who has put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to make the house of the Lord in Jerusalem beautiful.


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He has shown loving-kindness to me in front of the king and his wise men, and in front of all the king’s powerful leaders. I was given strength, because the hand of the Lord my God was upon me. And I gathered leaders from Israel to go up with me.


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Families Who Returned
These are the leaders of family groups and the family names of those who went up with me from Babylon during the rule of King Artaxerxes:


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there was Gershom of the sons of Phinehas, Daniel of the sons of Ithamar, and from the house of David, Hattush,


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the son of Shecaniah. There was Zechariah of the sons of Parosh, and with him were 150 men whose family names were written down.


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Of the sons of Adonikam, the last to come, there were Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah, and sixty men with them.


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Ezra Finds Levites for the House of God
I gathered them at the river that flows to Ahava, where we had our camp for three days. When I saw the people and the religious leaders, I did not find any Levites there.


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So I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, who were leaders, and for Joiarib and Elnathan, who were teachers.


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I sent them to Iddo, the leader at Casiphia. I told them what to say to Iddo and his brothers, servants in the house of worship at Casiphia. They were to bring men to us to care for the house of our God.


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And by the good hand of our God upon us, they brought us a man of wisdom, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel. His name is Sherebiah, and with him came his sons and brothers, eighteen men.


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They also brought Hashabiah and Jeshaiah of the sons of Morari, with his brothers and their sons, twenty men.


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They brought 220 men to work in the house of God, whom David and the leaders had chosen to help the Levites. All of them were chosen by name.


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The People Pray
Then I set apart a time there at the river of Ahava when we would not eat any food. This was so we might put away our pride before our God, and pray that He would keep us and our children and all our things safe as we traveled.


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For I was ashamed to ask the king for soldiers and horsemen to keep us safe from those who hate us on the way, because we had said to the king, “The hand of our God brings good to all who look for Him. But His power and His anger are against all who turn away from Him.”


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Gifts for the House of God
Then I set apart twelve of the head religious leaders: Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers.


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And I weighed and gave to them the silver, the gold and the dishes and objects, which had been given for the house of our God by the king and his wise men and leaders, and all the people of Israel who were there.


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I gave them silver weighing as much as 650 men, silver dishes and objects weighing as much as 100 men, and gold weighing as much as 100 men.


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I gave them twenty deep, gold dishes, worth 1,000 gold-pieces, and two pots of fine shining brass, worth as much as gold.


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Then I said to them, “You are holy to the Lord, and these objects are holy. The silver and the gold are a free-will gift to the Lord God of your fathers.


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Watch and keep them until you weigh them in front of the head religious leaders, the Levites, and the heads of the family groups of Israel at Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord.”


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So the religious leaders and the Levites took the weight of silver and gold and objects, to bring them to the house of our God at Jerusalem.


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Then we left the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month to go to Jerusalem. And God helped us and kept us safe from those who hated us and from those who hid waiting to fight us on the way.


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On the fourth day the silver and gold and objects were weighed in the house of our God and given to Meremoth the son of Uriah the religious leader. With him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas. And with them were the Levites, Jozabad the son of Jeshua and Noadiah the son of Binnui.


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The people who had returned from Babylon gave burnt gifts in worship to the God of Israel. They gave 12 bulls for all Israel, 96 rams, 77 lambs, and 12 male goats for a sin gift. All this was a burnt gift to the Lord.


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Then they let the king’s rulers and leaders in the lands on the other side of the River know what the king said for them to do. And they helped the people and the house of God.


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The Jews Return to Jerusalem
After these things had been done, the leaders came to me, saying, “The people of Israel and the religious leaders and the Levites have not separated themselves from the people of the lands. They have followed the sinful ways of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.


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For they have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and for their sons. The holy people have mixed with the peoples of the lands. The leaders and rulers of the government have been the first in this sin.”


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When I heard this, I tore my clothing and my coat, and pulled hair from my head and face, and sat down filled with much trouble and fear.


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Then everyone who shook with fear at the words of the God of Israel, because of the sin of the Jews who returned from Babylon, gathered around me. And I sat filled with trouble and fear until the time to give the evening gift in worship.


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When the evening gift was given, I rose up from my trouble, with my clothing and coat torn. And I got down on my knees and spread out my hands to the Lord my God.


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I said, “O my God, I am ashamed to lift up my face to You, my God, for our sins have risen above our heads. Our guilt has grown even to the heavens.


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We have been very guilty since the days of our fathers to this day. Because of our sins, we and our kings and our religious leaders have been given into the hand of the kings of the lands. We have been killed by the sword. We have been carried away to a strange land. We have had our things taken from us, and have been put to shame, as it is this day.


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But now for a short time loving-favor has been shown to us from the Lord our God. He has kept some of us alive to return to get a hold on His holy place, that our God may give light to our eyes, and give us some new life while we are under the power of Persia.


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For we are servants, but our God has not left us even while we are servants of another nation. He has shown us loving-kindness in the eyes of the kings of Persia. He has given us new life to set up the house of our God, to build again its parts that have been destroyed, and to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem.


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which You have given to us by Your servants who spoke for You, saying, ‘The land which you are going in to take for your own is an unclean land. The peoples of the lands are unclean and have sinful ways, and they have filled it from end to end with their sin.


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So do not let your daughters marry their sons, or their daughters marry your sons. Never look for their peace or their well-being, that you may be strong and eat the good things of the land, and leave it as a gift to your children forever.’


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You, our God, have made our punishment less than our sins. You have given us these people who are left of the Jews and who have returned from a strange land. And after all that has come upon us because of our wrong-doing and much guilt,


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should we break Your Laws again and marry the peoples who do these sinful things? Would You not be angry with us until we are destroyed and there is no one left?


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O Lord God of Israel, You are right and good. For some of us have been left alive to return, as it is this day. See, we are guilty before You. No one can stand before You because of this.”


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The Jews Not to Marry People Living in the Land
Ezra was praying and telling their sins, and crying and lying on the ground before the house of God. Many people, men, women and children, gathered around him from Israel, for the people cried with many tears.


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Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, said to Ezra, “We have not been faithful to our God. We have married strange women from the people of the land. But even so, there is hope for Israel.


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So let us make an agreement with our God to put away all the wives and their children. Let this be done by the wise words of my lord and of those who shake with fear at the Word of our God. And let it be done by the Law.


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So Ezra got up and made the head religious leaders, the Levites and all Israel promise that they would do as he had said, and they promised.


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Then Ezra got up from before the house of God and went into the room of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib. He went there, but he did not eat bread or drink water, for he was filled with sorrow because the people who returned had not been faithful to God.


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And it was made known to all the Jews who had returned to Judah and Jerusalem that they should gather together at Jerusalem.


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Whoever would not come within three days, as the leaders had said, would have all he owned taken away from him. He would be sent away from the people who had returned from Babylon.


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So all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered together at Jerusalem within the three days. It was the twentieth day of the ninth month. All the people sat in the open space before the house of God, shaking because of this trouble and because of much rain.


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Then Ezra the religious leader stood up and said to them, “You have been sinful and have married wives of strange lands, adding to the guilt of Israel.


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So now tell your sins to the Lord God of your fathers, and do His will. Separate yourselves from the people of the land and from the strange wives.”


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But there are many people, and there is much rain. We cannot stand in the open. This cannot be done in one or two days, for we have sinned very much.


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Let our leaders speak for all the people. Then let all those in our cities who have married strange wives come at certain times, together with the leaders and judges of each city. Let this be done until the anger of our God, because of this sin, is turned away from us.”


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Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah were against this, with Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite following them.


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But the other people who had returned from Babylon agreed to do this. Ezra the religious leader chose men who were leaders of family groups for each of their fathers’ houses. Each of them were chosen by name. So they met together on the first day of the tenth month to look into the problem.


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And by the first day of the first month, they finished finding the names of all the men who had married wives from the other nations.


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Of the sons of the religious leaders who had married strange wives were found the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.


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They promised to put away their wives, and because they were guilty, they gave a ram of the flock for their sin.


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Of the Levites there were Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (that is, Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.


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Of Israel, there were Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malchijah, and Benaiah, of the sons of Parosh.


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There were Adna, Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh, of the sons of Pahath-moab.


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There were Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei, of the sons of Hashum.


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All these had married wives of the other nations, and some of the wives had given birth to children.


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Nehemiah Prays for His People
These are the words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah.
Now in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, while I was in the king’s house in Susa,


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Hanani, one of my brothers, and some men from Judah came. I asked them about the Jews who were still living and had gotten away from Babylon, and about Jerusalem.


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They said to me, “The Jews who are left who have returned to the land from Babylon are in much trouble and shame. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down and its gates are destroyed by fire.”


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When I heard this, I sat down and cried and was filled with sorrow for days. I did not eat, and I prayed to the God of heaven.


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I said, “O Lord God of heaven, the great God Who is honored with fear, Who keeps the agreement and loving-kindness for those who love Him and keep His Laws,


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listen to me and let Your eyes be open. Hear the prayer of Your servant which I now pray to You day and night for the sons of Israel Your servants, telling the sins of the sons of Israel which we have sinned against You. I and my father’s house have sinned.


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We have sinned in our actions against You. We have not kept the Laws which You gave to Your servant Moses.


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Remember what You told Your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are not faithful, I will make you go different places in other nations.


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But if you return to Me and keep My Laws and obey them, I will gather you and bring you to the place where I have chosen for My name to be. I will do this even if you have been spread out to the farthest part of the heavens.’


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O Lord, hear the prayer of Your servant and the prayer of Your servants who are happy to fear Your name. Make Your servant do well today, and give him loving-pity in front of this man.”
Now I was the one who carried the cup for the king.


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The King Sends Nehemiah to Jerusalem
In the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, wine was in front of him. And I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad in front of him before.


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So the king said to me, “Why is your face so sad when you are not sick? It must be that you are sad in your heart.” Then I was very much afraid.


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I said to the king, “Let the king live forever. Why should my face not be sad when the city, the place of my fathers’ graves, lies waste and its gates destroyed by fire?”


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And I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your eyes, send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers’ graves. Let me build it again.”


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The king said to me, with the queen sitting beside him, “How long will you be gone, and when will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me, and I set him a time.


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And I said to the king, “If it please the king, let letters be given to me for the leaders of the lands on the other side of the River, that they may allow me to pass through until I come to Judah.


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Send a letter with me for Asaph, the keeper of the king’s trees, that he may give me cut trees. These will be for making heavy wood pieces for the gates of the strong place by the house of God, and for the city wall, and for the house where I will stay.” And the king gave me what I asked for, because the good hand of my God was upon me.


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Then I came to the leaders of the lands on the other side of the River and gave them the letters. Now the king had sent army captains and horsemen with me.


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When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite workman heard about it, they were not pleased that someone had come to make things go well for the sons of Israel.


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Then I got up in the night, I and a few men with me. I did not tell anyone what my God was putting into my mind to do for Jerusalem. There was no animal with me except the one I was sitting on.


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I went out at night by the Valley Gate to the Dragon’s Well and to the Waste Gate. I looked at the walls of Jerusalem which were broken down and its gates which were destroyed by fire.


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Then I went on to the Well Gate and the King’s Pool, but there was no place for the animal I was on to pass.


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So I went up in the night by the valley and looked at the wall. Then I went in through the Valley Gate again and returned.


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The leaders did not know where I had gone or what I had done. And I had not yet told the Jews, the religious leaders, the rulers, the leaders, or the rest who did the work.


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Then I said to them, “You see the problem we have. Jerusalem lies waste and its gates are destroyed by fire. Come, let us build the wall of Jerusalem again, that we may no longer be put to shame.”


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I told them how the hand of my God had brought good to me, and the words that the king had spoken to me. Then they said, “Let us get up and build.” So they put their hands to the good work.


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But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite servant, and Geshem the Arab heard about it, they made fun of us and hated us. They said, “What is this thing you are doing? Are you turning against the king?”


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I answered them, “The God of heaven will make it go well for us. So we His servants will get up and build. But you have no share or right or anything to be remembered in Jerusalem.”


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Work on the Wall
Then Eliashib the head religious leader and his brothers the religious leaders started to work and built the Sheep Gate. They set it apart as holy, and hung its doors. They set apart as holy the wall to the Tower of the Hundred, and to the Tower of Hananel.


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The sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate. They laid the long wood pieces that hold up the gate and hung its doors with its iron pieces.


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Next to them Meremoth the son of Uriah, son of Hakkoz, did the needed work. Next to him Meshullam the son of Berechiah, son of Meshezabel, did the needed work. And next to him Zadok the son of Baana did the needed work.


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Next to him the Tekoites did the needed work, but their rulers would not do the work they were told to do by their lords.


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Joiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah did the needed work on the Old Gate. They laid its long wood pieces and hung its doors with its iron pieces.


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Next to them Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite did the needed work. They were the men of Gibeon and Mizpah, who were under the rule of the leader of the land on the other side of the River.


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Next to them Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, who worked with gold, did the needed work. Next to him Hananiah, one of the men who made perfume, did the needed work. They made Jerusalem like new as far as the Wide Wall.


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Next to them Jedaiah the son of Harumaph did the needed work beside his house. And next to him Hattush the son of Hashabneiah did the needed work.


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Malchijah the son of Harim and Hasshub the son of Pahath-moab did the needed work on another part and on the Tower of the Stoves.


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Next to him Shallum the son of Hallohesh, the leader of half of Jerusalem, did the needed work, he and his daughters.


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Hanun and the people of Zanoah did the needed work on the Valley Gate. They built it and hung its doors with its iron pieces. And they built the wall to the Waste Gate, as far as 500 long steps.


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Malchijah the son of Rechab, the leader of Beth-haccherem did the needed work on the Waste Gate. He built it and hung its doors with its iron pieces.


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Shallum the son of Col-hozeh, the leader of Mizpah, did the needed work on the Well Gate. He built it, covered it, and hung its doors with its iron pieces. And he built the wall of the Pool of Shelah at the King’s Garden as far as the steps that go down from the City of David.


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After him Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, leader of half of Beth-zur, did the needed work as far as David’s grave, and as far as the Man-made Pool and the House of the Powerful Men.


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Levites Who Worked on the Wall
After him the Levites did the needed work, led by Rehum the son of Bani. Next to him Hashabiah, the leader of half of Keilah, did the needed work for his part of the city.


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After him their brothers did the needed work, led by Bavvai the son of Henadad, leader of the other half of Keilah.


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Next to him Ezer the son of Jeshua, the leader of Mizpah, did the needed work on another part, in front of the hill up to the place where the things for battle were kept at the turn of the wall.


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After him Baruch the son of Zabbai did the needed work with much care on another part, from the turn of the wall to the door of the house of Eliashib the head religious leader.


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After him Meremoth the son of Uriah, son of Hakkoz did the needed work on another part from the door of Eliashib’s house to the end of the house.


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Religious Leaders Who Worked on the Wall
After him the religious leaders, the men of the valley, did the needed work.


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After them Benjamin and Hasshub did the needed work in front of their house. After them Azariah the son of Maaseiah, son of Ananiah, did the needed work beside his house.


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After him Binnui the son of Henadad did the needed work on another part, from the house of Azariah as far as the turn of the wall, and to the corner.


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Palal the son of Uzai did the needed work in front of the turn of the wall and the tower which stands out from the upper house of the king, by the open space of the house soldiers. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh


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and the servants of the house of worship living in Ophel did the needed work as far as the front of the Water Gate on the east and the tall tower.


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After him the Tekoites did the needed work on another part in front of the tall tower and as far as the wall of Ophel.


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The religious leaders did the needed work above the Horse Gate. Each one worked in front of his house.


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After them Zadok the son of Immer did the needed work in front of his house. And after him Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the East Gate, did the needed work.


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After him Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, did the needed work on another part. After him Meshullam the son of Berechiah did the needed work in front of his own room.


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After him Malchijah, one of the men who worked with gold, did the needed work as far as the house of the servants of the Lord’s house and of the traders. He worked in front of the Master Gate and as far as the upper room of the corner.


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The gold-workers and the traders did the needed work between the upper room of the corner and the Sheep Gate.


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Working and Watching at the Same Time
When Sanballat heard that we were building the wall again, he became very angry. He was filled with anger and he made fun of the Jews.


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He said to his brothers and the rich men of Samaria, “What are these weak Jews doing? Are they going to build things again for themselves? Will they give gifts on the altar in worship? Will they finish in a day? Will they get good stones for building from the dust, seeing they are burned?”


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Tobiah the Ammonite was near him and said, “If a fox would jump on what they build, he would break their stone wall down!”


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Hear, O our God, how we are hated! Return their shame on their own heads. Let them be taken as servants to a strange land.


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Do not forgive their sin. Do not let their sin be covered from Your eyes. For they have made much fun of the builders.


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But we built the wall, and the whole wall was joined together to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.


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When Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites and the Ashdodites heard that the work of building the walls of Jerusalem went on, and that the broken places began to be closed, they were very angry.


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So in Judah it was said, “Those who carry the loads are becoming weaker, and there is much dust. We are not able to work on the wall.”


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Those who hated us said, “They will not know it or see us until we are among them, kill them, and stop the work.”


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When the Jews who lived by them came, they told us ten times, “They will come up against us from all the places where they live.”


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So I put men in the lowest parts of the places behind the wall, in the open places. I put the people in place by their families with their swords, spears and bows.


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When I saw their fear, I got up and said to the rulers and leaders and the rest of the people, “Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord Who is great and honored with fear. And fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses.”


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When those who hated us heard that it was known to us, and that God had brought trouble to their plan, then all of us returned to the wall. Each one returned to his work.


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From that day on, half of my servants did the work while half of them held the spears, battle-coverings, bows, and battle-clothes. And the captains stood behind the whole house of Judah.


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Those who were building the wall and those who carried loads did their work with one hand, and held something to fight with in the other hand.


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I said to the rulers, leaders, and the rest of the people, “There is very much work to do, and we are separated on the wall far from one another.


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In whatever place you hear the sound of the horn, gather together to us there. Our God will fight for us.”


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At that time I also said to the people, “Let every man and his servant spend the night within Jerusalem so they may watch for us during the night and work during the day.”


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So none of us, I, my brothers, my servants, or the soldiers who followed me, took off our clothes. Each man kept something to fight with in his hand, even when he went to wash.


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Help for Poor People
Now the people and their wives began to cry in a loud voice against their Jewish brothers.


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For some said, “We, our sons and our daughters are many. Let us get grain, that we may eat and live.”


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And some said, “We are giving up our fields, our grape-vines and our houses, that we might get grain because of no food.”


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Others said, “We have taken money from others to pay the king’s tax on our fields and our grape-vines, and we must pay back this money.


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Our flesh is like the flesh of our brothers. Our children are like their children. Yet we are made to sell our sons and daughters to work for others. Some of our daughters have already been sold and taken away. We cannot do anything, because our fields and vines belong to others.”


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I thought about it, and spoke sharp words to the rulers and leaders. I said to them, “You are making the people pay back more money than you give them to use!” So I gathered many people together against them.


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And I said to them, “As we have been able, we have bought and freed our Jewish brothers who were sold to the nations. But you would even sell your brothers that they may be sold to us!” They were quiet and could not find a word to say.


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So I said, “What you are doing is not good. Should you not walk in the fear of our God to stop the nations who hate us from putting us to shame?


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I, my brothers and my servants are giving them money and grain. Let us stop making them pay back more than they are given.


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Return to them this very day their fields, vines, olive trees, and houses. Also return to them one-hundredth part of the money, grain, new wine, and oil, that you have been making them pay.”


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Then they said, “We will give these back and will ask nothing from them. We will do just as you say.” So I called the religious leaders, and had them promise that they would keep their word.


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I shook out the front of my clothing and said, “So may God shake out every man from his house and from all he has worked for, who does not keep this promise. So may he be shaken out and made empty.” And all the people said, “Let it be so!” and praised the Lord. Then they did as they had promised.


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Nehemiah Does Not Think of Himself
Also, in the twelve years after I was chosen to be their ruler in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year to the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes, I and my brothers did not eat the food allowed to the ruler.


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The rulers who were before me made the people work very hard. They took bread and wine from them, besides forty pieces of silver. Even their servants ruled over the people. But I did not do so because of the fear of God.


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I also worked on this wall myself, and we did not buy any land. And all my servants were gathered there for the work.


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Also, there were 150 Jews and leaders at my table, besides those who came to us from the nations that were around us.


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One bull, six of the best sheep, and birds were made ready for me each day. All kinds of wine were brought in every ten days. Yet for all this I did not make them give me the food allowed to me as ruler, because the work was very hard for these people.


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Neighbors Do Not Want the Wall Built
It was told to Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and to the rest of those who hated us that I had built the wall again. They were told that the wall had no more open places, but I had not yet set up the doors in the gates.


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So Sanballat and Geshem sent word to me, saying, “Come, let us meet together in one of the villages in the plain of Ono.” But they were planning to hurt or kill me.


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So I sent men with word to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you?”


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Then Sanballat sent his servant to me in the same way for a fifth time, with an open letter in his hand.


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In it was written, “It is said among the nations, and Gashmu says that you and the Jews are planning to turn against the king. This is why you are building the wall again. It is said that you wish to be their king.


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You have also chosen men who tell what will happen to speak to the people in Jerusalem about you, saying, ‘A king is in Judah!’ Now this will be told to the king. So come now, let us meet to speak with each other.”


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Then I sent word to him, saying, “No such things as you say have been done. You are making them up in your own mind.”


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For they all wanted to make us afraid, thinking, “Their hands will become weak and the work will not be done.” But now, O God, strengthen my hands.


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When I went into the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabel, who was at home said, “Let us meet together inside the house of God, and close the doors of the Lord’s house for they are coming to kill you. They are coming to kill you at night.”


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But I said, “Should a man like me run away? And could a man such as I go into the house of God to save his life? I will not go in.”


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Then I understood that God had not sent him. He had spoken these words against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had paid him to do it.


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He had been paid to try to make me afraid and to do as he said and sin, so they would have sinful things to say about me and put me to shame.


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O my God, remember Tobiah and Sanballat by these works of theirs. And remember Noadiah and the rest of the men who tell what will happen who were trying to make me afraid.


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The Wall Is Finished
So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of the month of Elul, in fifty-two days.


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When all those who hated us heard about it, all the nations around us were afraid and troubled. For they saw that this work had been done with the help of our God.


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For many in Judah were joined by promise to him because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arah. And his son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam, son of Berechiah.


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Also they spoke about Tobiah’s good works in front of me, and told my words to him. Then Tobiah sent letters to make me afraid.


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When the wall was built and I had set up the doors, and the gate-keepers and singers and Levites were chosen,


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I gave my brother Hanani, and Hanaiah the captain of the strong place, the work of watching over Jerusalem. For he was a faithful man and honored God with fear more than many.


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I said to them, “Do not let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot. And while the soldiers are on duty watching the gates, let them shut and lock the doors. Choose soldiers from the people of Jerusalem, each one for the place he is to keep watch, and each in front of his own house.”


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The Jews Return to Jerusalem
Now the city was wide and large, but the people in it were few and the houses were not built.


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Then my God put it into my heart to gather together the rulers, the leaders and the people to have their names written down by families. And I found the book of the family names of those who came up first. This is what I found written in it:


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These are the people who left the land of Babylon and returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own city. Their families had been taken away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon.


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These people returned with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah.
The number of the men of Israel:


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Now these were the men who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer. But they were not able to prove their fathers’ houses or that they were children of Israel:


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And the sons of the religious leaders: the sons of Hobaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai, who had married one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called by their name.


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Some from among the heads of the family groups gave to the work. The ruler gave 1,000 gold pieces, fifty deep dishes, and 530 sets of clothing for the religious leaders.


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The rest of the people gave 20,000 gold pieces, 2,000 silver pieces, and 67 sets of clothing for the religious leaders.


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Now the religious leaders, the Levites, the gate-keepers, the singers, some of the people, the servants in the house of the Lord, and all Israel, lived in their cities.
When the seventh month had come, the sons of Israel were in their cities.


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Ezra Reads the Law
Then all the people gathered as one man at the open space in front of the Water Gate. They asked Ezra the writer to bring the book of the Law of Moses which the Lord had given to Israel.


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And on the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the religious leader brought the Law to the gathering of men, women, and all who were able to understand.


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He read from it in the open space by the Water Gate from early morning until noon. He read it in front of men and women and those who were able to understand and all the people listened to the book of the Law.


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Ezra the writer stood on a raised floor of wood which they had made for this reason. Beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right. And Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hash-baddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam stood on his left.


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All the people saw Ezra open the book, for he was standing above all of them. And all the people stood up when he opened it.


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Then Ezra gave honor and thanks to the Lord the great God. And all the people answered, “Let it be so!” while lifting up their hands. They bowed low with their faces to the ground and worshiped the Lord.


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Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, helped the people understand the Law, while the people stayed in their places.


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They read from the book of the Law of God, telling the meaning of it so that they understood what was read.


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Then Nehemiah, who was the ruler, and Ezra the religious leader and writer, and the Levites who taught the people, said to all of them, “This day is holy to the Lord your God. Do not cry or be filled with sorrow.” For all the people were crying when they heard the words of the Law.


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Ezra said to them, “Go, eat and drink what you enjoy, and give some to him who has nothing ready. For this day is holy to our Lord. Do not be sad for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”


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So the Levites made all the people quiet, saying, “Be quiet, for this is a holy day. Do not be sad.”


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And all the people went away to eat and drink, to share what they had, and to show their joy. They understood the words which had been made known to them.


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On the second day the heads of the family groups of all the people, the religious leaders, and the Levites were gathered to Ezra the writer, that they might better understand the words of the Law.


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They found written in the Law how the Lord had said through Moses that the sons of Israel should live in tents during the special supper of the seventh month.


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So they made it known in all their cities and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the hills and bring branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other trees with leaves, to make tents, as it is written.”


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So the people went out and brought them and made tents for themselves, each on his roof. And they made tents in their open spaces, in the open spaces of the house of God, in the place by the Water Gate, and in the place by the Gate of Ephraim.


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All the people who had returned from Babylon made tents and lived in them. The sons of Israel had not done so since the days of Joshua the son of Nun. And there was much joy.


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Every day Ezra read from the book of the Law of God, from the first day to the last day. They held the special supper seven days, and on the eighth day there was a special gathering, as it is written in the Law.


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The People Tell Their Sins to God
Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the sons of Israel gathered together, but they did not eat. They dressed in cloth made from hair, and put dirt on their heads.


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The children of Israel separated themselves from all those of other nations. They stood and told their sins and the sins of their fathers to God.


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While they stood in their place, they read from the book of the Law of the Lord their God for a fourth of the day. And for another fourth they told their sins and worshiped the Lord their God.


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Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani stood on the Levites’ raised floor. And they cried with a loud voice to the Lord their God.


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Then the Levites, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, “Stand up and give honor and thanks to the Lord your God forever and ever! O may Your great name be praised!”


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The Prayer—Telling of Their Sins
“You alone are the Lord. You made the heavens, the heaven of heavens with all their angels. You have made the earth and all that is on it, and the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all of them, and the angels of heaven bow down to You.


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


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You found his heart faithful to You and made an agreement with him, to give his children and their children’s children the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, and the Girgashite. And You have done what You promised, for You are right and good.


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Then You made special things to see and did powerful works against Pharaoh, against all his servants and all the people of his land. For You knew that they were proud and made it hard for our fathers. And You made a name for Yourself, as it is this day.


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You divided the sea in front of them, so they passed through the sea on dry ground. And You threw those who went after them into the deep sea, like a stone into troubled waters.


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You led the people during the day with a cloud, and with a pillar of fire during the night to light the way they were to go.


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Then You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them Laws that are right and true and good.


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You gave them bread from heaven for their hunger. You brought them water from a rock for their thirst. And You told them to go in to take for their own the land You promised to give them.


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“But they, our fathers, acted with pride. They became strong-willed and would not listen to Your Words.


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They would not listen, and did not remember Your powerful works which You had done among them. So they became strong-willed and chose a leader to return to their hard work in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God. You are kind and loving, slow to anger, and full of loving-kindness. You did not leave them.


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They even melted gold and made a calf, and said, ‘This is your God Who brought you up from Egypt.’ They spoke sinful words against You.


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But You, in Your great loving-kindness, did not leave them in the desert. The pillar of cloud which led them on their way during the day did not leave them. And the pillar of fire which gave light to the way they were to go during the night did not leave them.


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You gave Your good Spirit to teach them. You did not keep Your bread from heaven from their mouths. And You gave them water when they were thirsty.


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For forty years You kept them alive in the desert and gave them everything they needed. Their clothes did not wear out, and their feet did not become sore.


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You gave them nations and peoples, and You gave them every part. For their own they took the land of Sihon king of Heshbon and the land of Og king of Bashan.


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You made their sons as many as the stars of heaven. And You brought them into the land which You had told their fathers to go into and take for their own.


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So their sons went into the land and took it. You gave them power over the people of the land, the Canaanites. You gave these people into their hand, with their kings and the peoples of the land, to do with them as they would.


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They took strong cities and a rich land. They took houses full of every good thing. They took wells that had been dug, grape-vines, olive trees, and many fruit trees. So they ate and were filled and became fat. They were glad because You were so good to them.


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“But they would not obey and they turned against You. They put Your Law behind their backs. They killed the men who tell what will happen who had spoken sharp words to them telling them to return to You. The people spoke very sinful words against You.


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So You gave them into the hand of those who made it hard for them. But when they cried to You in the time of their trouble, You heard from heaven. And by Your great loving-kindness You sent men to save them from those who made it hard for them.


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But as soon as they had rest, they sinned against You again. So You left them in the hand of those who hated them, so that they ruled over them. When they cried again to You, You heard from heaven. And many times You took them away from trouble because of Your loving-kindness.


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You spoke sharp words to them to turn them back to Your Law. Yet they acted in pride and did not listen to Your Words, but sinned against Your Laws, by which if a man obeys them he will live. They were strong-willed and made their hearts hard against You, and would not listen.


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But You did not give up taking care of them for many years. You spoke sharp words to them by Your Spirit through the men who tell what will happen. Yet they would not listen. So You gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.


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But in Your great loving-kindness, You did not make an end of them or leave them for You are a kind and loving God.


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“So now, our God, the great and powerful God, honored with fear, Who keeps His agreement and loving-kindness, do not let all this trouble look small in Your eyes which has come upon us, our kings, our princes, our religious leaders, our men who tell what will happen, our fathers, and on all Your people since the days of the kings of Assyria to this day.


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Yet You have been right and fair in all that has come upon us. For You have been faithful, but we have sinned.


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Our kings, leaders, religious leaders, and fathers have not kept Your Law or listened to Your Laws and Your strong words which You have given them.


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Even when they were in their own nation, with all the good things You gave them and with the great rich land You gave them, they did not serve You or turn from their sins.


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See, we are servants today. We are servants in the land You gave to our fathers. You gave it to them so they could eat the fruit and have other good things.


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The many good things the land gives are used by the kings whom You have put over us because of our sins. They also rule over our bodies and over our cattle as they please. So we are in much trouble.


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The People Sign an Agreement
“Now because of all this we are making an agreement in writing. And our leaders, our Levites, and our religious leaders have put their mark on it.”


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Those who put their mark on the agreement are Nehemiah the ruler, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah,


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The Agreement That Was Signed
The rest of the people, the religious leaders, Levites, gate-keepers, singers, servants in the Lord’s house, and all those who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the Law of God, their wives, sons, and daughters, all those who had much learning and understanding,


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are joining with their brothers, their leaders. They all promise and swear to walk in God’s Law which was given through Moses, God’s servant, and to keep and obey all the Words and Laws of God our Lord.


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We promise not to give our daughters in marriage to the people of the land, or take their daughters for our sons.


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If the people of the land bring grain or things to sell on the Day of Rest, we will not buy from them on the Day of Rest or a holy day. During the seventh year we will not grow food in the fields and will do away with anything that is owed.


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We also promise to give one-third part of a piece of silver each year for the work of the house of our God.


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This will be for the holy bread, the grain and burnt gifts that must be given, for gifts on the Days of Rest, the new moon, and the special times, for the holy gifts, and for the sin gifts to pay for the sins of Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.


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We drew names among the religious leaders, the Levites and the people, by our family groups, for the wood to be brought to the house of our God at certain times each year. It is to be burned on the altar of the Lord our God as it is written in the Law.


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We promise to bring the first-fruits of our ground and the first-fruits of all the fruit of every tree to the house of the Lord each year.


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We promise to bring to the house of our God the first-born of our sons, animals, cattle and flocks, as it is written in the Law, for the religious leaders who are working in the house of our God.


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We will bring the first of our grain, our gifts, the fruit of every tree, the new wine and the oil to the religious leaders in the rooms of the house of our God. And we will bring a tenth part of what we get from our ground to the Levites. For the Levites are the ones who receive a tenth part from all the farming towns.


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The religious leader, the son of Aaron, will be with the Levites when they receive a tenth part. And the Levites will bring up a tenth part of all the tenth parts to the rooms of the store-house of the house of our God.


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For the sons of Israel and the sons of Levi will bring the gifts of grain, new wine and oil to the store-rooms where the tools of the holy place are kept. The religious leaders who serve, the gate-keepers, and the singers stay here. We will not forget to take care of the house of our God.


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The People Who Lived in Jerusalem
Now the leaders of the people lived in Jerusalem. But the rest of the people drew names to bring one out of ten to live in Jerusalem, the holy city, while nine-tenths stayed in the other cities.


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These are the leaders of the lands who lived in Jerusalem but in the cities of Judah every one lived on his own land there: Israel, the religious leaders, the Levites, the servants in the house of God, and the children of Solomon’s servants.


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Some of the sons of Judah and some of the sons of Benjamin lived in Jerusalem. Of the sons of Judah there was Athaiah the son of Uzziah, son of Zechariah, son of Amariah, son of Shephatiah, son of Mahalalel, of the sons of Perez,


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and Maaseiah the son of Baruch, son of Col-hozeh, son of Hazaiah, son of Adaiah, son of Joiarib, son of Zechariah, son of the Shilonite.


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The sons of Benjamin are Sallu the son of Meshullam, son of Joed, son of Pedaiah, son of Kolaiah, son of Maaseiah, son of Ithiel, son of Jeshaiah,


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Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, the leader of the house of God,


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and their brothers who did the work of the house of God, 822 men. And there was Adaiah the son of Jeroham, son of Pelaliah, son of Amzi, son of Zechariah, son of Pashhur, son of Malchijah,


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and his brothers, heads of family groups, 242 men. And there was Amashsai the son of Azarel, son of Ahzai, son of Meshillemoth, son of Immer,


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and their brothers, 128 men with strength of heart. Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim, watched over them.


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Of the Levites there was Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, son of Bunni,


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and Shabbethai and Jozabad, from the leaders of the Levites. They watched over the outside work of the house of God.


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And there was Mattaniah the son of Mica, son of Zabdi, son of Asaph, who was the leader in beginning the giving of thanks at prayer, and Bakbukiah, the second among his brothers. And there was Abda the son of Shammua, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun.


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The rest of Israel, of the religious leaders and of the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, each in the land he had been given.


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But the servants of the house of God were living in Ophel. Ziha and Gishpa were over the servants of the house of God.


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The one who watched over the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, son of Hashabiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Mica, from the sons of Asaph, the singers for the work of the house of God.


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Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the sons of Zerah the son of Judah, was the king’s workman in everything to do with the people.


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The People Living outside Jerusalem
As for the villages with their fields, some of the sons of Judah lived in Kiriath-arba and its villages, in Dibon and its villages, in Jekabzeel and its villages,


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Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and its fields, and Azekah and its villages. So they lived from Beersheba as far as the valley of Hinnom.


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The Religious Leaders and Levites
These are the religious leaders and the Levites who came up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua. There were Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,


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Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the heads of the religious leaders and their brothers in the days of Jeshua.


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The Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who with his brothers was over the songs of giving thanks.


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Jeshua was the father of Joiakim. Joiakim was the father of Eliashib. Eliashib was the father of Joiada.


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In the days of Joiakim the religious leader, these were the heads of the family groups: Meraiah of Seraiah, Hananiah of Jeremiah,


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As for the Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, the heads of the family groups were written down. So were the religious leaders in the rule of Darius the Persian.


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The sons of Levi, the heads of the family groups, were written down in the Book of the Chronicles until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.


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The heads of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers beside them. Each group praised and gave thanks, as David the man of God had told them.


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Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon and Akkub were gate-keepers. They watched at the store-houses of the gates.


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These men worked in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the ruler and of Ezra the religious leader and writer.


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Nehemiah Sets Apart the Jerusalem Wall for God
At the special time to praise God for the wall of Jerusalem, they looked for all the Levites in the places where they lived and brought them to Jerusalem so they might join them at this special time with happiness. They sang songs of thanks and other songs as timbrels and harps were played.


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So the sons of the singers were gathered from the land around Jerusalem, from the villages of the Nethophathites,


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from Beth-gilgal, and from their fields in Geba and Azmaveth. For the singers had built villages for themselves around Jerusalem.


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The religious leaders and the Levites made themselves holy, and they made the people, the gates, and the wall holy.


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Then I had the leaders of Judah come up on top of the wall. And I picked two large groups of singers to give thanks. One group was to go to the right on top of the wall to the Waste Gate.


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and some of the sons of the religious leaders blowing horns. Then followed Zechariah the son of Jonathan, son of Shemaiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Micaiah, son of Zaccur, son of Asaph,


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and his brothers, Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani, with the objects that David the man of God had made for playing music. And Ezra the writer went before them.


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At the Well Gate they went straight up the steps of the city of David, by the steps of the wall above the house of David, to the Water Gate on the east.


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The second group went to the left. I followed them with half of the people on the wall, above the Tower of Stoves, to the Wide Wall.


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They went above the Gate of Ephraim, by the Old Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate. And they stopped at the Gate of the Watchmen.


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and the religious leaders, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with the horns,


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and Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang with Jezrahiah as their leader.


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On that day they gave many good gifts and were glad because God had given them great joy. Even the women and children were filled with joy, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard from far away.


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On that day men were chosen for the work of the store-rooms for the gifts, the first-fruits, and the tenth part for the Lord. They were to gather into them from the fields near the towns what was to be given by the Law to the religious leaders and Levites. For Judah was filled with joy because of the religious leaders and Levites who did the work.


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They did the work of their God and the work of making everything clean from sin, together with the singers and the gate-keepers. They did as David and his son Solomon had told them.


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For in the days of David and Asaph, long ago, there were leaders of the singers, and songs of praise and thanks to God.


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So all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah gave what was to be given to the singers and gate-keepers each day. They set apart what was for the Levites. And the Levites set apart what was for the sons of Aaron.


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Nehemiah’s Last Words
On that day they read from the book of Moses in the hearing of the people. And there was found written in it that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever gather together to worship with the people of God.


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It was because they did not meet the sons of Israel with food and water, but paid Balaam to curse them. Yet our God turned the curse into good.


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Before this, Eliashib the religious leader, who watched over the store-rooms of the house of our God, being close to Tobiah,


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made a room for him. They had before used the room to store the grain gifts, special perfume, dishes, and the tenth part of grain, wine and oil to be given to the Levites, the singers and the gate-keepers, and the gifts for the religious leaders.


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But during all this time I was not in Jerusalem. For in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon, I had gone to the king. Then after some time, I asked the king to let me go,


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and came to Jerusalem. I learned about the sinful thing Eliashib had done for Tobiah, by giving a room for him in the house of God.


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Then I said that the rooms must be made clean, and put back the things of the house of God with the grain gifts and the special perfume.


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I also learned that what was to be given to the Levites had not been given. So the Levites and the singers who did the work had gone back to their own fields.


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So I spoke sharp words to the leaders and said, “Why is the house of God no longer cared for?” Then I gathered them together and returned them to their duties.


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All the people of Judah then brought the tenth part of the grain, wine and oil into the store-houses.


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I had Shelemiah the religious leader, Zadok the writer, and Pedaiah of the Levites, watch over the store-houses. With them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah. For they were trusted, and it was their duty to give the needed things to their brothers.


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Remember me for this, O my God. Do not forget my good works which I have done for the house of my God and His worship.


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In those days I saw in Judah some who were crushing grapes to make wine on the Day of Rest. I saw them bringing in bags of grain and loading them on donkeys, as well as wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of loads. And they brought them into Jerusalem on the Day of Rest. So I spoke sharp words to them on the day they sold food.


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Men of Tyre were living there who brought in fish and all kinds of things to sell. They sold them to the people of Judah on the Day of Rest, even in Jerusalem.


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Then I spoke sharp words to the leaders of Judah, saying, “What is this sinful thing you are doing by not keeping the Day of Rest holy?


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Did not your fathers do the same, so that our God brought all this trouble to us and to this city? Yet you are bringing more anger to Israel by not keeping the Day of Rest holy.”


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Just as it became dark at the gates of Jerusalem before the Day of Rest, I had them shut the doors. And I would not let them be opened until after the Day of Rest. Then I had some of my servants watch the gates, that no load should come in on the Day of Rest.


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Then I spoke sharp words to them, saying, “Why do you stay the night in front of the wall? If you do so again, I will send men out to make you leave.” From that time on they did not come on the Day of Rest.


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Then I told the Levites to make themselves free from sin and come and watch the gates to keep the Day of Rest holy. Remember me for this also, O my God. Be good to me because of Your great loving-kindness.


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Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod. They could not speak the language of Judah, but the language of their own people.


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So I fought with them and cursed them and beat some of them and pulled out their hair. And I made them promise in the name of God, saying, “You must not give your daughters to their sons, or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.


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Did not King Solomon of Israel sin because of these women? Yet among the many nations there was no king like him. He was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. But the women from other nations caused even him to sin.


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Should we hear now that you also are sinning in the same way by not being faithful to our God, by marrying women from other nations?”


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Even one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the religious leader, was a son-in-law of Sanballat the Horonite. So I drove him away from me.


book: Neh
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Remember them, O my God, because they have brought sin to the religious leaders and to the agreement of the religious leaders and the Levites.


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So I made them free from the sin of other nations. I gave the religious leaders and the Levites their duties, each in his work.


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And I saw to it that wood would be brought at the right times, and also the first-fruits. O my God, remember me for good.


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This is what happened in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who ruled over 127 parts of the nation from India to Ethiopia.


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In the third year of his rule, he gave a special supper for all his princes and leaders. The army captains of Persia and Media, the important men and princes of the many parts of the country were there with him.


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When all the days were over, the king gave a supper lasting seven days for all the people from the greatest to the least who were in the city of Susa where he ruled. The supper was given in the open space of the garden of the king’s special house.


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There were curtains of fine white and blue linen held by ropes of fine purple linen on silver rings and marble pillars. There were seats of gold and silver on a floor made of small glass-like pieces, marble, mother-of-pearl, and stones of much worth.


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Drinks were served in different kinds of gold cups, and there was much wine, because the king was very able and willing to give it.


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Drinking was done by the law. No one was made to drink. The king had told all the workmen of his house that they should give each person what he wanted.


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Queen Vashti also gave a special supper for the women in the beautiful house that belonged to King Ahasuerus.


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On the seventh day the heart of the king was happy with wine. And he told Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carkas, the seven servants who served King Ahasuerus,


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to bring Queen Vashti to the king with her crown. He wanted to show her beauty to the people and the princes, for she was beautiful.


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But Queen Vashti would not come when the king sent his servants to bring her. So the king became very angry and his anger burned within him.


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Then the king spoke to the wise men who understood the times. For it was the king’s way to speak with all who knew law and what was right and fair.


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These men next to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media. They were allowed to visit with the king and were next to the king in the nation.


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He asked them, “By the law, what is to be done with Queen Vashti, because she did not obey what King Ahasuerus sent the servants to tell her?”


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Then Memucan said in front of the king and the princes, “Queen Vashti has done wrong not only to the king, but to all the princes and all the people in the lands of King Ahasuerus.


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For what the queen has done will become known to all the women, and will make them hate their husbands. They will say, ‘King Ahasuerus told Queen Vashti to be brought to him, but she would not come.’


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This very day the ladies of Persia and Media who have heard what the queen has done will speak in the same way to all the king’s princes. And there will be much hate and anger.


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If it pleases the king, let word be sent by him, and let it be written in the laws of Persia and Media which cannot be changed, that Vashti should not come again to King Ahasuerus. Let the king give the place of queen to another who is better than she.


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Then the king’s word will be heard through all his great nation, and all women will give honor to their husbands, from the greatest to the least.”


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So he sent letters to all parts of the king’s nation, to each land in its own writing and to every people in their own language. The letters said that every man should rule in his own house and speak there in the language of his own people.


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Esther Becomes Queen
After these things, when King Ahasuerus was no longer angry, he remembered Vashti and what she had done, and what had been decided against her.


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Let the king choose men to watch over all the parts of his nation, that they may gather every beautiful young woman who has never had a man to the city of Susa. Have them brought to the house for the king’s wives, under the care of Hegai, the king’s servant, who takes care of the women. And let their things for making them beautiful be given to them.


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Then let the young lady who pleases the king be queen in place of Vashti.” This pleased the king, and he did so.


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Now in the city of Susa where the king lived there was a Jew whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite.


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He had been taken from Jerusalem with the people who had been taken away with King Jeconiah of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon.


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He had brought up Hadassah, that is Esther, the daughter of his father’s brother. For she did not have a father or mother. The young lady was beautiful in body and face. When her father and mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter.


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The words of the king were made known, and many young ladies were gathered to the city of Susa and put under the care of Hegai. So Esther was taken to the king’s house into the care of Hegai, who cared for the women.


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Now the young lady pleased Hegai and she found favor with him. He was quick to give her oils and special food, and gave her seven of the best women servants from the king’s special house. He moved her and her women servants to the best place in the house for the king’s wives.


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And every day Mordecai walked in front of the open space of the house of the king’s women to learn how Esther was and how she was getting along.


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The time for each young lady came to go in to King Ahasuerus after the end of her twelve months of being under the rules for the women. The days of making themselves beautiful were finished after using oil from spices for six months, and perfumes and oils for making themselves beautiful for another six months.


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When the young woman went in to the king, whatever she wanted was given to her to take from the house of the king’s women to the king’s special house.


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In the evening she would go in and in the morning she would return to the second house for the king’s women, into the care of Shaashgaz, the king’s servant who took care of his women who acted as wives. She would not go in to the king again unless the king was pleased with her and she was called by name.


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Now the turn came for Esther, the daughter of Abihail, the brother of the father of Mordecai who had taken her as his daughter, to go in to the king. She did not ask for anything except what Hegai, the king’s servant who took care of the women, said she should take. And Esther found favor in the eyes of all who saw her.


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So Esther was taken to the beautiful house of King Ahasuerus in the tenth month, the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his rule.


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And the king loved Esther more than all the women. She found favor and kindness with him more than all the young women, so that he set the queen’s crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.


book: Esth
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Then the king gave a great supper for all his princes and leaders. It was a special supper for Esther. He also made a special day for the nation, and gave many gifts.


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Mordecai Saves the King’s Life
When the young women were gathered together the second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate.


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Esther had not yet told who her family or her people were, as Mordecai had said. For she did what Mordecai told her just as she had done when she was under his care.


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In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s servants from those who watched over the door, became angry. And they planned to kill King Ahasuerus.


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But their plan became known to Mordecai and he told Queen Esther. And Esther told the king what Mordecai had heard.


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When the plan was learned and found to be true, both men were hanged on a tree. It was written down in the Book of the Chronicles in front of the king.


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Haman Wants to Destroy the Jews
After these things King Ahasuerus raised Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, to a more important duty. He was made to rule over all the princes who were with him.


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All the king’s servants who were at the king’s gate bowed down and gave honor to Haman, for the king had said that this should be done. But Mordecai did not bow down or give him honor.


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Then the king’s servants who were at the king’s gate said to Mordecai, “Why are you not obeying the king?”


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They spoke to him each day, but he would not listen to them. So they told Haman to see if Mordecai’s reason was good enough. For he had told them that he was a Jew.


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But he did not want to only hurt Mordecai. They had told him who the people of Mordecai were and Haman wanted to destroy all the Jews. He wanted to destroy all the people of Mordecai in the whole nation of Ahasuerus.


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In the first month, the month of Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, names were drawn in front of Haman from day to day and from month to month, until the twelfth month, the month of Adar.


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Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people spread out among the people in all the parts of your nation whose laws are different from those of all other people, and they do not obey the king’s laws. So it is not good for the king to let them stay.


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If it pleases the king, let it be made known that they should be destroyed. And I will pay silver weighing as much as 10,000 men to those who do the king’s work, to be put into the king’s store-houses.”


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Then the king took the special ring from his hand that he used for marking his name and gave it to Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, who hated the Jews.


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Then the king’s writers were called on the thirteenth day of the first month. And all that Haman had said was written to the king’s rulers who were over each part of the land, and to the princes of each people. It was written to each part in its own writing, and in the language of each people. It was written in the name of King Ahasuerus and marked with the king’s special ring.


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Men were sent with letters to all the king’s lands, to destroy, to kill, and to put an end to all the Jews, both young and old, women and children, in one day. This was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar. And they could take the things that belonged to the Jews.


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The letters were to be made a law in every land to all the people so that they should be ready for this day.


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The men went out with the letters in a hurry as the king told them. And the law was made known in the city of Susa where the king lived. While the king and Haman sat down to drink, the city of Susa was troubled.


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Mordecai Asks for Esther’s Help
When Mordecai learned all that had been done, he tore his clothes. He dressed in cloth made from hair and put on ashes, and went out into the city and cried with loud cries.


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He went as far as the king’s gate, for no one was to go through the king’s gate wearing cloth made from hair.


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There was much sorrow among the Jews in each and every part of the nation where the king’s law was made known. They went without food and cried with sounds of sorrow. Many lay in cloth made from hair and in ashes.


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Then Esther’s women and men servants came and told her, and the queen was very troubled. She sent clothes for Mordecai to wear, that he might take off his clothes made from hair. But he would not take them.


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Then Esther called Hathach from the king’s servants whom the king had chosen to help her. She told him to go to Mordecai and find out what was wrong and why.


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And Mordecai told him all that had happened to him. He told him just how much money Haman had promised to pay to the king’s store-houses to have the Jews destroyed.


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He also gave him one of the letters of the law that was sent out from Susa to destroy the Jews, that he might show it to Esther and let her know. And he said that she should go in to the king and beg him to show favor to her people.


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“All the king’s servants and the people of the king’s nation know that he has one law for any man or woman who comes to him in his room who has not been called: They will be put to death, unless the king holds out his special golden stick to him so that he may live. And I have not been called to come to the king for these thirty days.”


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Mordecai answered, “Do not think that you in the king’s special house will live any more than all the other Jews.


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For if you keep quiet at this time, help will come to the Jews from another place. But you and your father’s house will be destroyed. Who knows if you have not become queen for such a time as this?”


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“Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and have them all go without food so they can pray better for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my women servants will go without food in the same way. Then I will go in to the king, which is against the law. And if I die, I die.”


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Esther’s Special Supper
On the third day Esther put on her queen’s clothing and stood in the open space inside the king’s special house in front of his throne room. The king was sitting on his throne in the throne room looking toward the door of his house.


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When the king saw Esther the queen standing in the open space, she found favor in his eyes. The king held his special golden stick in his hand toward Esther. So Esther came near and touched the top of the special stick.


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Then the king said to her, “What do you want, Queen Esther? What do you ask of me? You would be given even as much as half the nation.”


book: Esth
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Esther said, “If it please the king, may the king and Haman come today to the special supper I have made ready for him.”


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Then the king said, “Be quick to bring Haman, that we may do as Esther wants.” So the king and Haman came to the special supper that Esther had made ready.


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As they drank their wine at the supper, the king said to Esther, “What is it that you want? For it will be given to you. What do you ask of me? You would be given as much as half the nation.”


book: Esth
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If I have found favor in the king’s eyes, and if it please the king to give me what I ask of him, may the king and Haman come to the special supper that I will make ready for them. And tomorrow I will tell you what I want.”


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Then Haman went out that day glad and with joy in his heart. But when he saw Mordecai at the king’s gate, and when he did not stand up or show any fear in front of him, Haman was filled with anger against Mordecai.


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But Haman kept himself from doing anything at that time, and went home. There he sent for his friends and his wife Zeresh.


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Haman told them about the greatness of his riches and the number of his sons. He told them how the king had raised him to a place of honor, and how he had made him more important than the princes and the king’s servants.


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Haman said, “Even Queen Esther let no one but me come with the king to the special supper that she had made ready. She has asked me to come with the king tomorrow also.


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Yet all of this is not enough to please me every time I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”


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Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, “Have a tower made ready for hanging him. Let it be thirteen times taller than a man. And in the morning ask the king to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go with joy to the special supper with the king.” These words pleased Haman, so he had the tower built.


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The King Honors Mordecai
During that night the king could not sleep. So he had the Book of the Chronicles brought to him, and they were read to the king.


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And it was found written what Mordecai had told him about Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s servants who were door-keepers, who had planned to kill King Ahasuerus.


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The king said, “What honor or reward has been given to Mordecai for this?” Then the king’s servants who served him said, “Nothing has been done for him.”


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So the king said, “Who is outside?” Now Haman had just come into the garden outside the king’s special house. He wanted to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the tower he had made ready for him.


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The king’s servants said to him, “See, Haman is standing in the garden.” And the king said, “Let him come in.”


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So Haman came in and the king said to him, “What is to be done for the man whom the king wants to honor?” Haman thought to himself, “Whom would the king want to honor more than me?”


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let them bring clothing which the king wears, and the horse on which the king rides, and on whose head a crown has been placed.


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Let the clothing and the horse be handed over to one of the king’s most honored princes. Let them dress the man whom the king wants to honor and lead him on the horse through the center of the city. Have them make it known before him, ‘This is being done to the man whom the king wants to honor.’”


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Then the king said to Haman, “Be quick to take the clothing and the horse as you have said. Do this for Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting at the king’s gate. Do not do any less than all that you have said.”


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So Haman took the clothing and the horse. He dressed Mordecai and led him on the horse through the center of the city. And he made known before him, “This is being done to the man whom the king wants to honor.”


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Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman went home in a hurry with his head covered and very sad.


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Haman told 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 Jewish people, you cannot stand against him. For sure you will fall before him.”


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While they were still talking with him, the king’s servants came and brought Haman in a hurry to the special supper that Esther had made ready.


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And the king said again to Esther on the second day, as they drank their wine at the special supper, “What do you want to ask of me, Queen Esther? It will be done for you. What do you want? You would be given as much as half the nation.”


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Queen Esther answered, “If I have found favor in your eyes, O king, and if it please the king, I ask that my life and the lives of my people be saved.


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For I and my people have been sold, to be destroyed, to be killed, and to be done away with. If we had only been sold as men and women servants, I would have kept quiet. For our trouble is not to be compared with the trouble it will make for the king.”


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Esther said, “This sinful Haman hates us very much!” Then Haman was very afraid in front of the king and queen.


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The king got up from drinking the wine very angry, and went into his garden, but Haman stayed to beg for his life from Queen Esther. He knew that the king planned to punish him.


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When the king returned from his garden to the place where they were drinking wine, Haman was falling on the bed-like seat where Esther was lying. Then the king said, “Will he even trouble the queen while I am in the house?” As the king spoke the words, they covered Haman’s face.


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Then Harbonah, one of the king’s servants helping the king, said, “See, there is a tower made for hanging people at Haman’s house, thirteen times taller than a man. Haman had it made for hanging Mordecai who spoke good and helped the king!” And the king said, “Hang Haman on it.”


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The Jews Are Allowed to Fight for Their Lives
On that day King Ahasuerus gave everything Haman owned, the one who hated the Jews, to Queen Esther. Mordecai came to the king, for Esther had told him what he was to her.


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The king took off the ring he used for marking his name, which he had taken away from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther put Mordecai over everything Haman had owned.


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Then Esther spoke again to the king. She fell at his feet and cried and begged him to stop the sinful plan of Haman the Agagite, the plan he had made against the Jews.


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The king held out the special golden stick toward Esther. So she got up and stood in front of the king.


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Then she said, “If it pleases the king and if I have his favor, if the king thinks it is right and if I am pleasing in his eyes, let letters be written to keep Haman’s letters from being carried out. The letters Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, wrote would destroy the Jews in all the king’s nation.


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For how can I stand to see all the trouble that will come to my people? How can I keep on if I see them destroyed?”


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contenido:
So King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, “See, I have given everything Haman owned to Esther. They have hanged him on the tower because he had wanted to destroy all the Jews.


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Now you write whatever pleases you about the Jews, in the king’s name, and mark it with the king’s special ring. For what is written in the king’s name and marked with the king’s special ring may not be changed.”


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So the king’s writers were called at that time, on the twenty-third day of the third month, the month of Sivan. All that Mordecai said was written and sent to the Jews, the rulers, the leaders, and the princes of the 127 parts of the nation from India to Ethiopia. The letters were sent to every land in its own writing and to every people in their own language. And they were sent to the Jews in their own writing and language.


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He wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus and marked it with the king’s special ring. He sent the letters by men on fast horses used in the king’s work, raised from the king’s best male horse.


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In the letters the king allowed the Jews who were in every city the right to gather together to fight for their lives. He gave them the right to destroy, kill, and do away with the whole army of any people or nation which might come to fight against them. They were given the right to kill even the children and women, and to take whatever belonged to them.


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On one day in all the nation of King Ahasuerus, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, they were to do this.


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The letter was law in every part of the nation and was sent to all the people, so the Jews would be ready on that day to stand against those who hated them.


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The men went out in a hurry on the fast horses that were used for the king’s work, just as the king told them. And the letter was made known in the city of Susa where the king ruled.


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Then Mordecai went out from the king wearing king’s clothing of blue and white, with a large gold crown and a long coat of fine linen and purple cloth. The people in the city of Susa were filled with joy and called out in loud voices.


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In every part of the nation and in every city where the king’s law had come, there was happiness and joy for the Jews, a special supper and a good day. And many people who had come there from other countries became Jews because they were afraid of the Jews.


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The Jews Destroy Those Who Try to Kill Them
Now came the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, when the king’s law was about to be carried out. It was the day when those who hated the Jews hoped to get the rule over them. But their plan was turned around, and the Jews ruled over those who hated them.


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The Jews gathered in their cities in all the parts of the nation of King Ahasuerus to hurt those who wanted to kill them. No one could stand in front of them, for the fear of them had come upon all the people.


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The princes of the nation, the rulers, the leaders, and those who were doing the king’s work all helped the Jews, because the fear of Mordecai had come upon them.


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For Mordecai was great in the king’s house. His name spread through all the nation, for the man Mordecai became greater and greater.


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So the Jews killed and destroyed with sword all those who hated them. They did as they pleased to those who hated them.


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These were the ten sons of Haman, the son of Hammedatha, who hated the Jews. But they did not touch anything that belonged to them.


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On that day the number of those who were killed in the city of Susa where the king lived was told to the king.


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And the king said to Queen Esther, “The Jews have killed and destroyed 500 men and the ten sons of Haman in Susa. What then have they done in the rest of the king’s nation! Now what do you ask of me? It will be done for you. What else do you want? It will be done.”


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Esther said, “If it pleases the king, let the Jews in Susa be allowed tomorrow also to carry out today’s law. Let the bodies of Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the tower.”


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So the king said that this should be done. He made it known in Susa, and the bodies of Haman’s ten sons were hanged.


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The Jews in Susa gathered also on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar and killed 300 men in Susa. But they did not touch anything that belonged to them.


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Now the rest of the Jews who were in the king’s nation gathered to fight for their lives and get rid of those who hated them. They killed 75,000 of those who hated them. But they did not touch anything that belonged to them.


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This was on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar. On the fourteenth day they rested and made it a day of eating and joy.


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But the Jews in Susa gathered on the thirteenth and fourteenth days of the same month. And they rested on the fifteenth day and made it a day of eating and joy.


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So the Jews of the villages, who lived in the small towns without walls, made the fourteenth day of the month of Adar a special day of joy and eating and sharing their food with one another.


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The Special Supper of Purim
Mordecai wrote down these things. And he sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the nation of King Ahasuerus, both near and far.


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Because on those days the Jews got rid of those who hated them. It was a month which was changed from sorrow into joy, from a day of sorrow into a special day. He said that they should make them days of eating and joy and sending food to one another and gifts to the poor.


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For Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the one who hated all the Jews, had planned to destroy the Jews. He had drawn names, using Pur, to trouble them and destroy them.


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But when the king heard about it, he made it known by letter that his plan against the Jews should bring trouble upon himself. And he had Haman and his sons hanged on the tower.


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So they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Because of what was written in this letter, and what they had seen and what had happened to them,


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the Jews set apart this special time each year for themselves, for their children and their children’s children, and for all who joined them. They would always remember to keep these two days special, as it was written and at the same time every year.


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These days were to be remembered and kept as a special time for all their children-to-come, in every family, every land, and every city. These days of Purim were not to be forgotten by the Jews. Their children and their children’s children were to remember them forever.


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Then Queen Esther, the daughter of Abihail, with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full power to make this second letter about Purim sure.


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Letters were sent to all the Jews in the 127 parts of the nation of Ahasuerus, in words of peace and truth.


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They made sure that these days of Purim would be kept at the right times, as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had told them. These days were set apart for themselves and for their children and their children’s children, with the times they were to go without food and the times they were to be sad.


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Mordecai Is Honored by the King
King Ahasuerus put a tax on the people of the nation and the parts beside the sea.


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All the acts of his power and strength, and the whole story of the high honor given to Mordecai by the king, are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia.


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For Mordecai the Jew was second in power only to King Ahasuerus and great among the Jews. He found favor in the eyes of his people. He worked for the good of his people and spoke for the well-being of all the Jews.


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Satan Tests Job
There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. That man was without blame. He was right and good, he feared God, and turned away from sin.


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He had 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 1,000 oxen, 500 female donkeys, and many servants. He was the greatest of all the men of the east.


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His sons used to go and make a special supper in each one’s house on a special day. And they would send for their three sisters to eat and drink with them.


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When the days of their special supper were over, Job would get up early in the morning and send for them. Then he would give burnt gifts for each of them so that they would be pure. For Job said, “It might be that my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” Job always did this.


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Now there was a day when the sons of God came to show themselves before the Lord. Satan came with them also.


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And the Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan answered the Lord and said, “From traveling around on the earth and walking around on it.”


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The Lord said to Satan, “Have you thought about My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth. He is without blame, a man who is right and good. He honors God with fear and turns away from sin.”


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Have You not made a wall around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have brought good to the work of his hands, and he has received more and more in the land.


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Then the Lord said to Satan, “See, all that he has is in your power. Only do not put your hand on him.” So Satan went out from the Lord.


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Job’s Children and Riches Are Destroyed
On a day when Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,


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a man came to Job with news, saying, “The oxen were pulling the plow and the donkeys were eating beside them.


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And the Sabeans came and took them. They also killed the servants with the sword. I alone have run away from them to tell you.”


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While he was still speaking, another man came and said, “The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants and destroyed them. I alone have gotten away to tell you.”


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While he was still speaking, another came and said, “The Babylonians divided into three groups and came to fight. They took the camels and killed the servants with the sword. I alone have gotten away to tell you.”


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While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house.


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And see, a strong wind came from the desert and hit the four corners of the house. It fell on the young people and they are dead. I alone have gotten away to tell you.”


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Then Job stood up and tore his clothing and cut the hair from his head. And he fell to the ground and worshiped.


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He said, “Without clothing I was born from my mother, and without clothing I will return. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away. Praise the name of the Lord.”


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Satan Tests Job the Second Time
Again there was a day when the sons of God came to show themselves before the Lord. And Satan came with them also to show himself before the Lord.


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The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan answered the Lord and said, “From traveling around the earth and walking around on it.”


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The Lord said to Satan, “Have you thought about My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth. He is without blame, a man who is right and good. He fears God and turns away from sin. He still holds to his good ways, even when I allowed you to go against him, and to destroy him for no reason.”


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Satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.


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Then Satan went out from the Lord. And he made very bad sores come on Job from the bottom of his foot to the top of his head.


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But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Should we receive good from God and not receive trouble?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.


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Job’s Friends Come to Him
Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this trouble that had come upon him, they came each from his own place. They were Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They agreed to meet together to come to share Job’s sorrow and comfort him.


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And when they looked up from far away and saw how different he looked, they cried in loud voices. They tore their clothing and threw dust over their heads toward the sky.


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Then they sat down on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to him, for they saw that his suffering was very bad.


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Let darkness and a heavy shadow take it for their own. Let a cloud come upon it. Let the darkness of the day bring fear upon it.


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As for that night, let darkness take hold of it. Let it not have joy among the days of the year. Let it not come into the number of months.


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Let the early morning stars be made dark. Let it wait for light but have none. Do not let it see the light of day.


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Those in prison are at rest together. They do not hear the voice of the one who rules over their work.


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The strong lion dies because there is no food to get. And the young of the lioness are sent everywhere.


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The spirit stood still, but I could not understand what I saw. Something was in front of my eyes. All was quiet, then I heard a voice:


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How much more those who live in houses of clay, who build upon the dust, who are crushed like the moth!


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Eliphaz Keeps On Talking
“Call now. Is there anyone who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?


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The hungry eat the food of his field. They take it even out of the thorns. And the thirsty want his riches.


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He does great things, too great for us to understand. He does too many wonderful things for us to number.


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He puts those who are in low places up to high places. Those who are filled with sorrow are lifted to where they are safe.


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He troubles the plans of those who try to fool people, so that their hands cannot do what they plan.


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God gets them into a trap when they use their own wisdom. And the plans of the wise are brought to a quick end.


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“See, happy is the man to whom God speaks strong words. So do not hate the strong teaching of the All-powerful.


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You will be hidden from the punishment of the tongue. You will not be afraid of being destroyed when danger comes.


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For you will be in agreement with the stones of the field. And the animals of the field will be at peace with you.


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You will know that your tent is safe. You will look over what you have and see that nothing is gone.


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You will know also that your children and children’s children will be many. They will be as the grass of the earth.


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They would weigh more than the sand of the seas. My words have been spoken fast and without thought.


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For the arrows of the All-powerful are in me. My spirit drinks their poison. The hard things from God are like an army against me.


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But this gives me comfort even though I suffer much pain because I have not turned away from the words of the Holy One.


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“Kindness from a friend should be shown to a man without hope, or he might turn away from the fear of the All-powerful.


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Have I said, ‘Take me out from under the power of the one who hates me,’ or, ‘Save me from those who make it hard for me’?


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Do you think you can speak against my words, and act as if the words of a man without hope are wind?


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Job Keeps On Talking
“Is not man made to work on earth? Are not his days like the days of a man paid to work?


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When I lie down I say, ‘When will I get up?’ But the night is long, and I am always turning from side to side until morning.


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When a cloud goes away, it is gone. And he who goes down to the place of the dead does not come back.


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“So I will not keep my mouth shut. I will speak in the suffering of my spirit. I will complain because my soul is bitter.


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Have I sinned? What have I done to You, O watcher of men? Why have you made me something to shoot at, so that I am a problem to myself?


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Why then do You not forgive my wrong-doing and take away my sin? For now I will lie down in the dust. You will look for me, but I will not be.”


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if you are pure and right and good, for sure He will help you. Because you are right and good He will put you back where you should be.


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“Can the tall river grass grow up from dry ground? Can the grass that grows in wet places grow without water?


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See, God will not turn away from a man who is honest and faithful. And He will not help those who do wrong.


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If one wished to argue with Him, he would not be able to answer one out of a thousand of His questions.


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If it is a question of power, see, He is the strong one! If it is a question of what is right and fair, who can call Him to a trial?


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Even if I were right, my mouth would say that I am guilty. Even if I were without blame, He would say I am guilty.


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The earth is given into the hand of the sinful. He covers the faces of its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?


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Job Keeps On Talking
“I hate my life. I will be free in my complaining. I will show how bitter I am in my soul when I speak.


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Do You think it is right for You to make it hard for me, to turn away from the work of Your hands and favor the plans of the sinful?


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If I am sinful, it would be bad for me! If I am right and good, I cannot lift my head for I am filled with shame and see all my trouble.


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If I would lift up my head, You would hunt me like a lion. Again You would show Your power against me.


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You would send new ones who would speak against me, and become more angry with me. You would send me more and more trouble.


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Should your words of pride make men quiet? Should you make fun of truth and no one speak sharp words to you?


book: Job
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He would show you the secrets of wisdom because there are two sides. Then you would know that God is punishing you less than you should get.


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They are higher than the heavens. What can you do? They are deeper than the place of the dead. What can you know?


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But the eyes of the sinful will waste away. There will be no way for them to get away. And their hope is to breathe their last.”


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But I have understanding as well as you. I am not less than you. Who does not know such things as these?


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Even my friends laugh at me. The man who called on God, and God answered him, the man who is right and without blame is laughed at.


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The tents of those who destroy have much. Those who make God angry are safe and have their god in their own hands.


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“But ask the wild animals, and they will teach you. Ask the birds of the heavens, and let them tell you.


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He makes religious leaders walk without pride, and takes the power away from those who think they are safe.


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He makes the nations great, and then destroys them. He helps nations to become large, then leads them away.


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He takes away understanding from the leaders of the people of the earth, and makes them travel in a waste-land with no path.


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They feel their way in darkness with no light. And He makes them walk from side to side like a drunk man.


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Will You make a wind-blown leaf afraid? Will You go after the dry parts of a grain-field that have no worth?


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Job Keeps On Talking—Death Is Sure
“Man who is born of woman lives only a short time and is full of trouble.


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A man’s days are numbered. You know the number of his months. He cannot live longer than the time You have set.


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So now look away from him that he may rest, until he has lived the time set for him like a man paid to work.


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“For there is hope for a tree, when it is cut down, that it will grow again, and that its branches will not stop growing.


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so man lies down and does not get up again. Until the heavens are no more, he will not wake up or come out of his sleep.


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“If only You would hide me in the place of the dead! If only You would hide me until Your anger is past, and set a time for me and remember me!


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Men whose hair has grown white and those who have lived many years are among us. They are older than your father.


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Sounds of fear are in his ears. When all seems to be going well, the one who destroys will come upon him.


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He has lived in cities that have been laid waste, in houses where no one lives which will be destroyed.


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He will not get away from darkness. The fire will dry up his branches, and the breath of God’s mouth will drive him away.


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He will be like the vine that drops off its grapes before they are ready. And he will throw off his flower like the olive tree.


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I also could speak like you, if I were in your place. I could put words together against you, and shake my head at you.


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He has made me dry up, and this speaks against me. The wasting away of my body rises up against me. It speaks against me to my face.


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His anger has torn me and hated me. He has ground His teeth at me. The one against me looks hard at me.


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Men have looked at me with their mouths open. They have hit me on the face with anger. They have gathered together against me.


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I was living in comfort, but He has taken that away. He has taken hold of me by the neck and shaken me to pieces. He has set me up for something to shoot at.


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His arrows are all around me. He cuts my kidneys open without pity. He pours the bitter insides on the ground.


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Men who are right and good will be surprised and afraid at this. He who is without guilt will be moved to go against the sinful.


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But the one who is right with God will hold to his way. And he who has clean hands will become stronger and stronger.


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contenido:
You who tear yourself in your anger, will the earth be left alone because of you? Or will the rocks be moved from their place?


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Those in the west are surprised and afraid at what happened to him. And those in the east are filled with fear.


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“See, I cry, ‘Someone is hurting me!’ but I get no answer. I call for help, but no one stands for what is right and fair.


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Those who live in my house and my women servants think of me as a stranger. I am like one from another country in their eyes.


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But as for me, I know that the One Who bought me and made me free from sin lives, and that He will stand upon the earth in the end.


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I myself will see Him. With my own eyes I will see Him and not another. My heart becomes weak within me.


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you should be afraid of the sword for yourselves. For anger is punished by the sword, that you may know there is punishment for wrong-doing.”


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He must return what he has worked for, and can not eat it. He will not have joy from the riches of his trading.


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For he has taken from the poor and left them with nothing. He has taken houses which he has not built.


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When he fills his stomach, God will send His great anger on him. He will send it on him while he is eating.


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It cuts through his body and comes out of his back. The shining arrow comes out of his liver. Much fear comes upon him.


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contenido:
Complete darkness is stored up for his riches. A fire not kept going by man will burn him up. It will destroy all that is left in his tent.


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They spend their days with much more than they need. And all at once they go down to the place of the dead.


book: Job
contenido:
Who is the All-powerful, that we should serve Him? What would we have more than we have if we prayed to Him?’


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“How many times is the lamp of the sinful put out, that their trouble comes upon them? How often does God send trouble to them in His anger?


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You say, ‘God stores up a man’s punishment for his sons.’ Let God punish him so that he may know it.


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For what does he care for his house and family after he is dead, when the number of his months is over?


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The earth of the valley will be sweet to him. All men will follow after him, and those who go before him are too many to number.


book: Job
contenido:
Is the All-powerful pleased if you are right and good? Is it of any use to Him if your ways were perfect?


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contenido:
For you have taken things from your brothers when they did not owe you anything. You have taken all their clothing and they have had nothing to wear.


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You have sent women away with nothing, whose husbands have died. And you have crushed the strength of children who have no parents.


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contenido:
I have not turned away from the words of His lips. I have stored up the words of His mouth. They are worth more to me than the food I need.


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contenido:
Job Keeps On Talking
“Why are times for judging not set up by the All-powerful? And why do those who know Him not see these days?


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They drive away the donkeys that belong to those who have no parents. They take the bull that belongs to a woman whose husband has died, as a promise that she will pay what she owes.


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They gather food in the fields, and gather what they can that is left from the grape-fields owned by the sinful.


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Others take from the breast the child who has no father. They take the child from the poor as a promise that they will pay what they owe.


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They make the poor go about without clothing, making them carry loads of cut grain while they are hungry.


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Men from the city cry inside themselves. The souls of those who are hurt cry out. Yet God does not listen to their prayer.


book: Job
contenido:
“Then there are those who turn against the light. They do not want to know its ways or stay in its paths.


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contenido:
The one who kills people gets up early in the morning. He kills the poor and those in need. And during the night he is like a robber.


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The eye of the one who is not faithful in marriage waits for the evening, saying, ‘No one will see me.’ And he covers his face.


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“They are taken away on the top of the waters. Their part of the earth is cursed. They do not go to their grape-fields.


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Dry weather and heat take away the water from the snow, just as the place of the dead takes away those who have sinned.


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contenido:
A mother will forget him. The worm is pleased to eat him until he is remembered no more. Sin will be broken like a tree.


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contenido:
He does wrong to the woman who cannot give birth. And he does no good for the woman whose husband has died.


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contenido:
But God by His power gives long life to the strong. They rise again, even when they had no hope of life.


book: Job
contenido:
They are given honor for a little while, and then they are gone. They are brought low and gathered up as all others are. They are cut off like the heads of grain.


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contenido:
By His breath the heavens are made beautiful. His hand cut through the snake as it tried to get away.


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See, these are only a few of the things He does. And how quiet are the words spoken about Him! But who can understand His powerful thunder?”


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contenido:
I hold on to what is right and good and will not let it go. My heart does not put me to shame for any of my days.


book: Job
contenido:
“May the one who hates me be as the sinful. And may the one who is against me be as those who are not right and good.


book: Job
contenido:
“This is what God gives to a sinful man, the gift that a man who makes it hard for others receives from the All-powerful.


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contenido:
If he has many sons, they will be killed by the sword. And his children will not have enough bread to eat.


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contenido:
Those who are left to him will be buried because of disease. And the wives who have lost their husbands will not be able to cry.


book: Job
contenido:
He may have it, but those who are right with God will wear it. And those who are without guilt will divide the silver.


book: Job
contenido:
Where Can Wisdom Be Found?
“For sure there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is made pure.


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contenido:
Man looks into the deepest darkness. And he goes out to the farthest part of the earth to look for rocks in the dark places.


book: Job
contenido:
Men break open deep holes far from where people live, forgotten by travelers. In the holes they hang and move from side to side far from men.


book: Job
contenido:
There is no need to say anything about coral or crystal because wisdom cannot be paid for with rubies.


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The topaz of Ethiopia cannot be compared to it in worth and it cannot be compared with the worth of pure gold.


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And He said to man, ‘See, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. And to turn away from sin is understanding.’”


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because I helped the poor man when he cried for help and the child without parents who had no one to help him.


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Good came to me from the man who was dying. And I made the heart of the woman whose husband had died sing for joy.


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I put on what was right and good, and it clothed me. The right things done were my coat and head-covering.


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My roots go to the water. As the water is on the grass in the early morning, it will be all night on my branches.


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I looked at them with joy when they were not sure of themselves, and the light of my face gave them comfort.


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I decided the way for them and sat as their leader. I lived as a king among his army, and like one who gives comfort to those in sorrow.


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Job Keeps On Talking
“But now those who are younger than I make fun of me. I thought so little of their fathers that I did not want them with my sheep dogs.


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Because God has made the string of my bow loose and has troubled me, they have thrown off their respect for me.


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Fears come upon me. They go after my honor like the wind. And my well-being has passed away like a cloud.


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I go about full of sorrow without comfort. I stand up where the people are gathered and cry out for help.


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Job Keeps On Talking
“I have made an agreement with my eyes not to look with desire at a young woman.


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Does not trouble come to those who are not right and good? Do not hard times come to those who do wrong?


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If my step has turned from the way, and my heart has followed my eyes, or if my hands have held on to sin,


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For that would be a very sinful thing to do. It would be a sin that would be punished by the judges.


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For that would be a fire that burns at the Place That Destroys. It would dig out all I have planted.


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Did not He Who made me inside my mother make him also? Did not the same One give us life from our mothers?


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“If I have kept what the poor should have or have caused the eyes of the woman whose husband has died to be tired,


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(but from the time I was young, he grew up with me as a father, and I have helped the woman without a husband since I was born,)


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if he has not thanked me for the clothing on his body, and been made warm with the wool of my sheep,


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if I have not done these things, or if I have lifted up my hand against the child who has no parents, because I saw I had help in the gate,


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and have in secret worshiped them in my heart, and have honored them by throwing them a kiss with my hand,


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“Have I been glad when a person who hated me was destroyed? Have I been filled with joy when trouble came to him?


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because I was afraid of all the people, and of families who hated me? Did I keep quiet and not go out of the door?


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If only I had one to hear me! See, here my name is written. Let the All-powerful answer me! May what is against me be written down!


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let thorns grow instead of grain. And let weeds with a bad smell grow instead of barley.”
The words of Job are finished.


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Elihu Talks
Then these three men stopped answering Job, because he was right and good in his own eyes.


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But Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became very angry. He was angry at Job because he said he was right with God.


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And he was angry at his three friends because they had found no answer, yet they had said that Job was wrong.


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So Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite said, “I am young, and you are old. So I did not feel that I should speak. I was afraid to tell you what I think.


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I was careful to listen to you. There was no one who could prove that Job was wrong. None of you could answer his words.


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See, my stomach is like wine that cannot get out. It is ready to break like new wine bottles made of skin.


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For I do not know how to say sweet-sounding words that are not true, for then my Maker would soon take me away.


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In a dream, a special dream of the night, when deep sleep comes upon men, while they sleep in their beds,


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He keeps his soul from going to the place of the dead. And He keeps his life from being destroyed by the sword.


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“If there is an angel, one out of a thousand, to speak with God for him, and to show a man what is right for him,


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then let him be kind to him, and say, ‘Save him from going down to the grave. I have found someone to pay the price to make him free.


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Then he will pray to God, and God will be pleased with him. He will see His face with joy. And God will make man right with Him again.


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He will sing to men and say, ‘I have sinned and have not done what is right, but He did not punish me.


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“So listen to me, you men of understanding. Far be it from God to do what is sinful, and from the All-powerful to do wrong.


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Should one who hates what is right be the one to rule? Will you say that He Who is right and good and strong is guilty?


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Who shows no favor to princes, or thinks of the rich as more important than the poor? They are all the work of His hands.


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In a short time they die. At midnight the people are shaken and pass away. And the powerful are taken away by no human hand.


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When He keeps quiet, who can say He is wrong? When He hides His face, who can see Him? But He is over both nation and man.


book: Job
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Will God ask what you want to do, when you will not do what He says? You must decide, and not I. So tell what you know.


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To his sin he adds a strong will against God. Making fun he claps his hands among us, and speaks many words against God.’”


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If you have sinned, what does that do to God? If you have done many wrongs, what does that do to Him?


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“People cry out because of their many hard times. They cry for help because of the arm of the powerful.


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Who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’


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How much less when you say you do not see Him, that your trial is before Him, and you must wait for Him!


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He does not turn His eyes away from those who are right with Him. He puts them on the throne with kings and they are honored forever.


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If they hear and serve Him, the rest of their days will be filled with what they need and their years with peace.


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“But those who do not know God keep anger in their heart. They do not cry for help when He puts them in chains.


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They die when they are young. And their life ends among those who sell the use of their bodies in the houses of the false gods.


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He led you from being close to trouble to a wide place where you were free with your table full of food.


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Be careful or anger will tempt you to laugh at the truth. Do not take pay in secret for wrong-doing and be turned aside.


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His voice sounds after it. He thunders with His great and powerful voice. And He does not hold back the lightning when His voice is heard.


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It changes its path and turns around by His leading, doing whatever He tells it to do on the earth where people live.


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Do you know how the clouds are set in heaven, the great works of Him Who is perfect in understanding?


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“Now men cannot look on the light when it is bright in the sky, when the wind has passed and made it clear.


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We cannot come near the All-powerful. He is lifted high with power. And He is right and fair and good and will not make it hard for us.


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Who decided how big it was to be, since you know? Who looked to see if it was as big as it should be?


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“Have you ever in your life told the morning when to come, and caused the first light of day to know its place,


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Can you lead the groups of stars out at the right times? Can you lead the stars of the Bear with her young?


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The Lord Is Speaking to Job
“Do you know when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch the deer giving birth?


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Can you number the months that they carry their young? Or do you know the time when their young are born?


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Their young ones become strong. They grow up in the open field. They leave and do not return to them.


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Will the wild ox be willing to serve you? Will he stay through the night by the food you give him to eat?


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She is bad in the way she acts toward her young, as if they were not hers. Her work of giving birth is for nothing, for she does not care.


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Do you make him jump like the locust? The powerful noise he makes with his nostrils fills men with fear.


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He hits his foot against the ground in the valley, and has joy in his strength. He goes out to meet the battle.


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He runs fast over the ground with shaking and anger. He cannot stand still at the sound of the horn.


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When the horn sounds, he laughs without fear. He smells the battle from far away. He hears the thunder of the captains, and the war cry.


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“Will one who finds fault not agree with the All-powerful? He who speaks strong words against God, let him answer.”


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Will you say what I decide is wrong? Will you say that I have done wrong, that you may be made right?


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If a river flows over, he is not afraid. He is sure of himself even if the Jordan rushes against his mouth.


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The Lord Is Speaking to Job
“Can you pull the crocodile out with a fish-hook? Can you tie his tongue down with a rope?


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Who has given Me everything, that I should pay him back? Whatever is under the whole heaven is Mine.


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‘Who is this that hides words of wisdom without much learning?’ I have said things that I did not understand, things too great for me, which I did not know.


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Job Is Richer Now
After the Lord had spoken these words to Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My anger burns against you and your two friends, because you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.


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So now take seven bulls and seven rams, and go to My servant Job. Give a burnt gift for yourselves, and My servant Job will pray for you. For I will hear his prayer and not punish you for being foolish, because you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.”


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So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, did what the Lord told them. And the Lord heard Job’s prayer.


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The Lord returned to Job all the things that he had lost, when he prayed for his friends. The Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.


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Then all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before came to him, and ate bread with him in his house. They showed pity and comforted him for all the trouble the Lord had brought upon him. Each one gave him one piece of money and a gold ring.


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The Lord brought more good to Job in his later years than in his beginning. He had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 2,000 oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.


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No women were found in all the land who were as beautiful as Job’s daughters. And their father gave them a share among their brothers.


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The Difference between Good and Sinful People
Happy is the man who does not walk in the way sinful men tell him to, or stand in the path of sinners, or sit with those who laugh at the truth.


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This man is like a tree planted by rivers of water, which gives its fruit at the right time and its leaf never dries up. Whatever he does will work out well for him.


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So the sinful will not stand. They will be told they are guilty and have to suffer for it. Sinners will not stand with those who are right with God.


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For the Lord knows the way of those who are right with Him. But the way of the sinful will be lost from God forever.


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The kings of the earth stand in a line ready to fight, and all the leaders are against the Lord and against His Chosen One.


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I will make known the words of the Lord. He said to Me, “You are My Son. Today I have become Your Father.


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Kiss the Son. Be afraid that He may be angry and destroy you in the way. For His anger is quick. Happy are all who put their trust in Him.


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Rise up, O Lord! Save me, O my God! For You have hit on the face all those who hate me, and you have broken the teeth of the sinful.


book: Ps
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Evening Prayer of Trust
Answer me when I call, O my God Who is right and good! You have made a way for me when I needed help. Be kind to me, and hear my prayer.


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O sons of men, how long will you turn my honor into shame? How long will you love what is of no use, and run after lies?


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Know that the Lord has set apart him who is God-like for Himself. The Lord hears when I call to Him.


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In the morning, O Lord, You will hear my voice. In the morning I will lay my prayers before You and will look up.


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But as for me, by Your great loving-kindness, I will come into Your house. At Your holy house I will put my face to the ground before You in love and fear.


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O Lord, lead me in what is right and good, because of the ones who hate me. Make Your way straight in front of me.


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For in their talk there is no truth. Their hearts destroy. Their mouths are like an open grave. With their tongues, they say sweet-sounding words that are not true.


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Hold them guilty, O God! Let them fall by their own plans. Throw them out because of their many sins. For they have fought against You.


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But let all who put their trust in You be glad. Let them sing with joy forever. You make a covering for them, that all who love Your name may be glad in You.


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For You will make those happy who do what is right, O Lord. You will cover them all around with Your favor.


book: Ps
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Prayer for Help in Time of Trouble
O Lord, do not speak sharp words to me in Your anger, or punish me when You are angry.


book: Ps
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I am tired of crying inside myself. All night long my pillow is wet with tears. I flood my bed with them.


book: Ps
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All those who hate me will be ashamed and worried. They will turn away. They will be put to shame right away.


book: Ps
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Prayer for Help against the Sinful
O Lord my God, in You I have put my trust. Save me from all those who come for me, and keep me safe.


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if I have done wrong to him who was at peace with me, or without a reason have robbed him who worked against me,


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let him who hates me come for me and catch me. Let him break me under his feet until I die, and lay my honor in the dust.


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Rise up in Your anger, O Lord. Rise up against the anger of those who hate me. Awake, my God, and help me. Prove what is right.


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May the Lord judge which people are guilty or not. O Lord, judge in my favor if I am right with You, and if I am without blame.


book: Ps
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Let the sins of the sinful stop. But build up those who are right with You. For the God Who is right and good tests both the hearts and the minds.


book: Ps
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If a man is not sorry for his sins and will not turn from them, God will make His sword sharp. He will string His bow and make it ready.


book: Ps
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I will give thanks to the Lord because He is right and good. I will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.


book: Ps
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God’s Shining-Greatness
O Lord, our Lord, how great is Your name in all the earth. You have set Your shining-greatness above the heavens.


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Out of the mouth of children and babies, You have built up strength because of those who hate You, and to quiet those who fight against You.


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When I look up and think about Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in their place,


book: Ps
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Thanks to God for the Way He Judges
I will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart. I will tell of all the great things You have done.


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You have spoken sharp words to the nations and have destroyed the sinful. You have thrown out their name forever and ever.


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Those who fight against You are finished forever. You have destroyed their cities. They will be remembered no more.


book: Ps
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Those who know Your name will put their trust in You. For You, O Lord, have never left alone those who look for You.


book: Ps
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For He Who punishes for the blood of another remembers them. He does not forget the cry of those who suffer.


book: Ps
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Have pity on me, O Lord! See how I suffer from those who hate me, You Who have lifted me up from the gates of death,


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that I may tell of all Your praises in the gates of the people of Zion. There I will be full of joy because You save.


book: Ps
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The nations have fallen into the hole they have dug. Their own feet have been caught in the net they have hidden.


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The Lord has made Himself known. He is fair in His Law. The sinful trap themselves by the work of their own hands.


book: Ps
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Rise up, O Lord! Do not let man win the fight against You. Let the nations come to You and be judged.


book: Ps
contenido:
Prayer for God to Destroy the Sinful
Why do You stand far away, O Lord? Why do You hide Yourself in times of trouble?


book: Ps
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The sinful man is proud of the desires of his heart. He praises those who want everything but he speaks against the Lord.


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His ways always go well for him. Your laws are too high for him to see. He laughs at those who hate him.


book: Ps
contenido:
With his mouth he swears and lies. He makes it hard for other people. Trouble and sin are under his tongue.


book: Ps
contenido:
He lies hidden in the towns, waiting to kill those who are not guilty. His eyes are always watching for the weak.


book: Ps
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He lies in wait like a hidden lion. He lies in wait to catch the weak, and they become caught in his net.


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But You have seen it. You look upon trouble and suffering, to take it into Your hands. The suffering man gives himself to You. You are the Helper of the one who has no father.


book: Ps
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O Lord, You have heard the prayers of those who have no pride. You will give strength to their heart, and You will listen to them.


book: Ps
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In this way, You will do the right thing for those without a father and those who suffer, so that man who is of the earth will no longer make them afraid.


book: Ps
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The Lord—a Safe Place
In the Lord I am safe. How can you say to me, “Fly away as a bird to your mountain?


book: Ps
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For look, the sinful raise their bow. They make their arrow ready on the string to shoot in the dark against the pure in heart.


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The Lord is in His holy house. The Lord’s throne is in heaven. His eyes see as He tests the sons of men.


book: Ps
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The Lord tests and proves those who are right and good and those who are sinful. And His soul hates the one who loves to hurt others.


book: Ps
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He will send down fire upon the sinful. Fire and sulphur and burning wind will be the cup they will drink.


book: Ps
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For the Lord is right and good. He loves what is right and good. And those who are right with Him will see His face.


book: Ps
contenido:
God—Our Helper
Help, Lord! For God-like men are here no more. The faithful can no longer be seen among the sons of men.


book: Ps
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“Because of the suffering of the weak, and because of the cries of the poor, I will now rise up,” says the Lord. “I will keep him safe as he has wanted to be.”


book: Ps
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The words of the Lord are pure words. They are like silver that has been made pure seven times in a stove of earth.


book: Ps
contenido:
Prayer for Help in Time of Trouble
How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?


book: Ps
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How long must I plan what to do in my soul, and have sorrow in my heart all the day? How long will those who hate me rise above me?


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Or the one who hates me will say, “I have power over him.” And those who hate me will be happy when I am shaken.


book: Ps
contenido:
Sinful Men
The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are sinful and their actions are sinful. There is no one who does good.


book: Ps
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The Lord has looked down from heaven on the sons of men, to see if there are any who understand and look for God.


book: Ps
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They have all turned aside. Together they have become bad. There is no one who does good, not even one.


book: Ps
contenido:
Will those who sin never learn? They eat up my people like they eat bread. They do not call on the Lord.


book: Ps
contenido:
O, that it would come out of Zion that Israel would be saved! When the Lord returns His people to their land, Jacob will be full of joy and Israel will be glad.


book: Ps
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He looks down upon a sinful person, but honors those who fear the Lord. He keeps his promises even if it may hurt him.


book: Ps
contenido:
He gives money to be used without being paid for its use. And he does not take money to hurt those who are not guilty. He who does these things will never be shaken.


book: Ps
contenido:
Those who have traded for another god bring many troubles on themselves. I will not take part in their altar gifts of blood. And I will not take their names upon my lips.


book: Ps
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I will give honor and thanks to the Lord, Who has told me what to do. Yes, even at night my mind teaches me.


book: Ps
contenido:
You will show me the way of life. Being with You is to be full of joy. In Your right hand there is happiness forever.


book: Ps
contenido:
Prayer for Help in Time of Trouble
Hear what is right, O Lord. Listen to my cry. Hear my prayer, for it does not come from lying lips.


book: Ps
contenido:
You have tested my heart. You have visited me during the night. You have tested me and have found nothing wrong. I have decided that my mouth will not sin.


book: Ps
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As for the actions of men, by the word of Your lips, I have kept myself from the paths of those who want to hurt others.


book: Ps
contenido:
Show Your great loving-kindness. You save by Your right hand the people that come to You for help from those who hate them.


book: Ps
contenido:
They have followed our every step and are all around us. They are watching for a way to bring us down to the ground.


book: Ps
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O Lord, save me by Your hand from such men. Their riches are in this life. Their stomach is filled with what you have stored for them. Their children are filled. Let them leave some for their babies.


book: Ps
contenido:
The Lord is my rock, and my safe place, and the One Who takes me out of trouble. My God is my rock, in Whom I am safe. He is my safe-covering, my saving strength, and my strong tower.


book: Ps
contenido:
I called to the Lord in my trouble. I cried to God for help. He heard my voice from His holy house. My cry for help came into His ears.


book: Ps
contenido:
Smoke went out from His nose and the fire that kept coming from His mouth burned everything around it.


book: Ps
contenido:
Then the deep part of the sea could be seen. And the deep part of the earth was opened up, because of Your sharp words, O Lord, because of the powerful breath from Your nose.


book: Ps
contenido:
He took me away from the powerful one who fights against me, and from those who hated me. They were too strong for me.


book: Ps
contenido:
To the faithful, You show Yourself faithful. To those without blame, You show Yourself without blame.


book: Ps
contenido:
As for God, His way is perfect. The Word of the Lord has stood the test. He is a covering for all who go to Him for a safe place.


book: Ps
contenido:
You have also given me the covering that saves me. Your right hand holds me up. And Your care has made me great.


book: Ps
contenido:
I went after those who fight against me, and caught them. And I did not return until they were destroyed.


book: Ps
contenido:
They cried for help, but there was no one to save. They cried to the Lord, but He did not answer them.


book: Ps
contenido:
You have taken me away from the fighting of the people. You have made me the leader of nations. People whom I have not known will serve me.


book: Ps
contenido:
These people from other lands lose their strength of heart. And they come shaking from behind their walls.


book: Ps
contenido:
He saves me from those who hate me. Yes, You lift me above those who rise up against me. You save me from those who want to hurt me.


book: Ps
contenido:
He gives His king great power over trouble. And He shows loving-kindness to His chosen one, to David, and to his children after him forever.


book: Ps
contenido:
The Works and the Word of God
The heavens are telling of the greatness of God and the great open spaces above show the work of His hands.


book: Ps
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Their sound has gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them He has placed a tent for the sun.


book: Ps
contenido:
It is as a man soon to be married coming out of his room and as a strong man who is happy to run his race.


book: Ps
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Its rising is from one end of the heavens, and it makes its way to the other end. Nothing is hidden from its heat.


book: Ps
contenido:
The Law of the Lord is perfect, giving new strength to the soul. The Law He has made known is sure, making the child-like wise.


book: Ps
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The Laws of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart. The Word of the Lord is pure, giving light to the eyes.


book: Ps
contenido:
The Word of the Lord is worth more than gold, even more than much fine gold. They are sweeter than honey, even honey straight from the comb.


book: Ps
contenido:
And keep Your servant from sinning by going my own way. Do not let these sins rule over me. Then I will be without blame. And I will not be found guilty of big sins.


book: Ps
contenido:
Let the words of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart be pleasing in Your eyes, O Lord, my Rock and the One Who saves me.


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Prayer to Be Kept Safe
May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble! May the name of the God of Jacob keep you safe.


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May He remember all your gifts of grain given on the altar in worship. And may He be pleased with your burnt gifts.


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We will sing for joy when you win. In the name of our God we will lift up our flags. May the Lord give you all the things you ask Him for.


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Now I know that the Lord saves His chosen one. He will answer him from His holy heaven, with the saving power of His right hand.


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Song of Praise for Being Kept Safe
O Lord, in Your strength the king is glad! How great is his joy in Your saving power!


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You have given him the desire of his heart. You have not kept from him anything that he has asked for.


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For the king trusts in the Lord. Because of the loving-kindness of the Most High, he will not be shaken.


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You will make them like a stove of fire in the time of Your anger. The Lord will eat them up in His anger. And the fire will destroy them.


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A Cry of Fear and a Song of Praise
My God, my God, why have You left me alone? Why are You so far from helping me, and from the words I cry inside myself?


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“He trusts in the Lord. Let the Lord help him. Let the Lord take him out of trouble, because he is happy in Him.”


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I am poured out like water. And all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like a melted candle within me.


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My strength is dried up like a piece of a broken clay pot. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. And You lay me in the dust of death.


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For dogs have gathered around me. A group of sinful men stand around me. They have cut through my hands and feet.


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I will make Your name known to my brothers. In the center of the meeting of worship I will praise You.


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You who fear the Lord, give Him praise. All you children of Jacob, honor Him. Fear Him, all you children of Israel.


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For He has not turned away from the suffering of the one in pain or trouble. He has not hidden His face from him. But He has heard his cry for help.


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My praise will be from You in the big meeting of worship. I will keep my promises to Him in front of those who fear Him.


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Those who suffer will eat and have enough. Those who look for the Lord will praise Him. May your heart live forever!


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All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord. All the families of the nations will worship before Him.


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All the proud ones of the earth will eat and worship. All who go down to the dust will fall to their knees before Him, even he who cannot keep his soul alive.


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He makes me strong again. He leads me in the way of living right with Himself which brings honor to His name.


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Yes, even if I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will not be afraid of anything, because You are with me. You have a walking stick with which to guide and one with which to help. These comfort me.


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You are making a table of food ready for me in front of those who hate me. You have poured oil on my head. I have everything I need.


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For sure, You will give me goodness and loving-kindness all the days of my life. Then I will live with You in Your house forever.


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The King of Shining-Greatness
The earth is the Lord’s, and all that is in it, the world, and all who live in it.


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He who has clean hands and a pure heart. He who has not lifted up his soul to what is not true, and has not made false promises.


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Lift up your heads, O gates. And be lifted up, O doors that last forever. And the King of shining-greatness will come in.


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Lift up your heads, O gates. Lift them up, O doors that last forever and the King of shining-greatness will come in.


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Yes, let no one who hopes in You be put to shame. But put to shame those who hurt others without a reason.


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Do not remember my sins from when I was young, or my sinful ways. By Your loving-kindness remember me for You are good, O Lord.


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Prayer of a Good Man
O Lord, stand by me for I have lived my life without blame. I have trusted in the Lord without changing.


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I do not sit with men who lie about the truth. I would not be seen with those who pretend to be someone they are not.


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Prayer of Trust in God
The Lord is my light and the One Who saves me. Whom should I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life. Of whom should I be afraid?


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Even if an army gathers against me, my heart will not be afraid. Even if war rises against me, I will be sure of You.


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One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I will look for: that I may live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to look upon the beauty of the Lord, and to worship in His holy house.


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For in the day of trouble He will keep me safe in His holy tent. In the secret place of His tent He will hide me. He will set me high upon a rock.


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Then my head will be lifted up above all those around me who hate me. I will give gifts in His holy tent with a loud voice of joy. I will sing. Yes, I will sing praises to the Lord.


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Do not hide Your face from me. Do not turn Your servant away in anger. You have been my Helper. Do not turn away from me or leave me alone, O God Who saves me!


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Do not give me over to the desire of those who hate me. For people who tell lies about me rise against me, and breathe a desire to hurt me.


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I would have been without hope if I had not believed that I would see the loving-kindness of the Lord in the land of the living.


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Prayer for Help—Praise for the Answer
O Lord, to You I call. O my Rock, listen to me. If You will not hear me, I will be like those who have gone down to the grave.


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Hear my cry for loving-kindness as I call to You for help, and when I lift up my hands to Your holy place.


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Do not drag me away with the sinful and with those who do bad things. They speak peace with their neighbors, while sin is in their hearts.


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Pay them for their work and for the sins they do. Pay them for the works of their hands. Give them what they have earned.


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They do not think about the works of the Lord and what His hands have done. So He will pull them down and not build them up again.


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The Lord is my strength and my safe cover. My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. So my heart is full of joy. I will thank Him with my song.


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The Voice of the Lord in the Storm
Give to the Lord, O sons of the powerful. Give to the Lord shining-greatness and strength.


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The voice of the Lord is upon the waters. The God of shining-greatness thunders. The Lord is over many waters.


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The voice of the Lord makes the deer give birth, and tears away the leaves of the trees. And in His holy house everything says, “Honor to God!”


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Prayer of Thanks
I will lift You up, O Lord, for You have lifted me up. You have not let those who hate me stand over me in joy.


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O Lord, You have brought me up from the grave. You have kept me alive, so that I will not go down into the deep.


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For His anger lasts only a short time. But His favor is for life. Crying may last for a night, but joy comes with the new day.


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O Lord, by Your favor You have made my mountain stand strong. But when You hid Your face, I was troubled.


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What good will come from my blood, if I go down to the grave? Will the dust thank You? Will it tell how You are faithful?


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You have turned my crying into dancing.You have taken off my clothes made from hair, and dressed me with joy.


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So my soul may sing praise to You, and not be quiet. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever.


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Prayer of Trust in God
O Lord, in You I have found a safe place. Let me never be ashamed. Set me free, because You do what is right and good.


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Turn Your ear to me, and be quick to save me. Be my rock of strength, a strong place to keep me safe.


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I will be glad and full of joy in Your loving-kindness. For You have seen my suffering. You have known the troubles of my soul.


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Show me loving-kindness, O Lord, for I am in trouble. My eyes, my soul and my body are becoming weak from being sad.


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For my life gets weaker with sorrow, and my years with crying inside myself. My strength has left me because of my sin. And my bones waste away.


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Because of all those who hate me, I have become a shame to my neighbors. Even my friends do not want to be with me. Those who see me on the street run from me.


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For I have heard many say things to hurt me. Fear is on every side. They planned together against me. They thought of ways to take away my life.


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My times are in Your hands. Free me from the hands of those who hate me, and from those who try to hurt me.


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Do not let me be put to shame, O Lord. For I call to You. Let the sinful be put to shame. Let them be quiet in the grave.


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How great is Your loving-kindness! You have stored it up for those who fear You. You show it to those who trust in You in front of the sons of men.


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You will hide them with You in secret from the sinful plans of men. You keep them in Your tent in secret from those who fight with tongues.


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Honor and thanks be to the Lord. For He has shown His great loving-favor to me when I was in a city with armies all around.


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In my fear I said, “You have closed Your eyes to me!” But You heard my cry for loving-kindness when I called to You.


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Love the Lord, all you who belong to Him! The Lord keeps the faithful safe. But He gives the proud their pay in full.


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How happy is the man whose sin the Lord does not hold against him, and in whose spirit there is nothing false.


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I told my sin to You. I did not hide my wrong-doing. I said, “I will tell my sins to the Lord.” And You forgave the guilt of my sin.


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So let all who are God-like pray to You while You may be found, because in the floods of much water, they will not touch him.


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You are my hiding place. You keep me safe from trouble. All around me are your songs of being made free.


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I will show you and teach you in the way you should go. I will tell you what to do with My eye upon you.


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Do not be like the horse or the donkey which have no understanding. They must be made to work by using bits and leather ropes or they will not come to you.


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Many are the sorrows of the sinful. But loving-kindness will be all around the man who trusts in the Lord.


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Be glad in the Lord and be full of joy, you who are right with God! Sing for joy all you who are pure in heart!


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Song of Praise
Sing for joy in the Lord, you who are right with Him. It is right for the pure in heart to praise Him.


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He loves what is right and good and what is fair. The earth is full of the loving-kindness of the Lord.


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Those Who Trust in God Are Happy
I will honor the Lord at all times. His praise will always be in my mouth.


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The young lions suffer want and hunger. But they who look for the Lord will not be without any good thing.


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The face of the Lord is against those who sin. He will keep the people of the earth from remembering them.


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Those who are right with the Lord cry, and He hears them. And He takes them from all their troubles.


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A man who does what is right and good may have many troubles. But the Lord takes him out of them all.


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The Lord saves the soul of those who work for Him. None of those who trust in Him will be held guilty.


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Take a spear and battle-ax against those who come to get me. Say to my soul, “I am the One Who saves you.”


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Let the people be ashamed and without honor who want to take my life. Let those be turned away and brought to shame who plan to hurt me.


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Let them be destroyed before they know it. And let them be caught in their own net. May they destroy themselves as they fall into their own hole.


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All my bones will say, “Lord, who is like You? Who saves the weak from those too strong for them? Who saves the poor from those who would rob them?”


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But when they were sick, I put on clothes made from hair. With no pride in my soul, I would not eat. And I prayed with my head on my chest.


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I went about as if it were my friend or brother. I put my head down in sorrow, like one crying for his mother.


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But when I would fall, they would gather together in joy. Those who say things to hurt people would gather against me. I did not know them. They spoke against me without stopping.


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Do not let those who hate me for no reason stand over me with joy. Do not let those who hate me for no reason wink their eye.


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Say what is right or wrong with me, O Lord my God, because You are right and good. Do not let them have joy over me.


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Do not let them say in their heart, “O, just what we wanted!” Do not let them say, “We have swallowed him up!”


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Let all who are happy because of my trouble be ashamed and without honor. Let those who think they are better than I, be covered with shame and without honor.


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Let them call out for joy and be glad, who want to see the right thing done for me. Let them always say, “May the Lord be honored. He is pleased when all is going well for His servant.”


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Sinful Men—Loving God
Sin speaks to the sinful man within his heart. There is no fear of God in his eyes.


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He plans wrong-doing upon his bed. He sets himself on a path that is not good. He does not hate what is bad.


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You are as right and good as mountains are big. You are as fair when You judge as a sea is deep. O Lord, You keep safe both man and animal.


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Of what great worth is Your loving-kindness, O God! The children of men come and are safe in the shadow of Your wings.


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Keep on giving Your loving-kindness to those who know You. Keep on being right and good to the pure in heart.


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A Safe Place for Those Who Trust in the Lord
Do not trouble yourself because of sinful men. Do not want to be like those who do wrong.


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Rest in the Lord and be willing to wait for Him. Do not trouble yourself when all goes well with the one who carries out his sinful plans.


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A little while, and the sinful man will be no more. You will look for his place, and he will not be there.


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But those who have no pride will be given the earth. And they will be happy and have much more than they need.


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The sinful have taken up their sword and their bow, to bring down the poor and those in need, and to kill those whose ways are right.


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They will not be ashamed in the time of trouble. And in days when there is no food they will have enough.


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But the sinful will be lost forever. Those who hate the Lord will be like the beauty of the fields. They will be gone. Like smoke they will be gone.


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The sinful ask for something, but do not return it. But those who are right with God are kind and give.


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For those who are made happy by Him will be given the land. But those who are being punished by Him will be cut off.


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I have been young, and now I am old. Yet I have never seen the man who is right with God left alone, or his children begging for bread.


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For the Lord loves what is fair and right. He does not leave the people alone who belong to Him. They are kept forever. But the children of the sinful will be cut off.


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The mouth of the man who is right with God speaks wisdom. And his tongue speaks what is fair and right.


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Wait for the Lord. Keep His way. And He will give you a high place to receive the land. When the sinful are cut off, you will see it.


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Look at the man without blame. And watch the man who is right and good. For the man of peace will have much family to follow him.


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But the saving of those who are right with God is from the Lord. He is their strength in time of trouble.


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The Lord helps them and takes them out of trouble. He takes them away from the sinful, and saves them, because they go to Him for a safe place.


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Prayer of a Suffering Man
O Lord, do not speak sharp words to me when You are angry. Do not punish me in Your burning anger.


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Those who want to take my life set their traps. And those who want to destroy me talk about ways to do it. They make their sinful plans all day long.


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But those who fight against me are full of action and strength. There are many who hate me without reason.


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Prayer of a Suffering Man
I said, “I will watch my ways so I may not sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth shut as if it were tied with ropes, while the sinful are near me.”


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My heart was hot within me. As I thought about things, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue,


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“O Lord, let me know my end and how many days I have to live. Let me know that I do not have long to stay here.


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You have made each of my days as long as a hand is wide. My whole life is nothing in Your eyes. Every man at his best is only a breath.


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Every man walks here and there like a shadow. He makes a noise about nothing. He stores up riches, not knowing who will gather them.


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With sharp words You punish a man for sin. You destroy like a moth what is of worth to him. For sure, every man is only a breath.


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O Lord, hear my prayer, and listen to my cry. Do not be quiet when You see my tears. For I am a stranger with You, a visitor like all my fathers.


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He brought me up out of the hole of danger, out of the mud and clay. He set my feet on a rock, making my feet sure.


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He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and will put their trust in the Lord.


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How happy is the man who has made the Lord his trust, and has not turned to the proud or to the followers of lies.


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O Lord my God, many are the great works You have done, and Your thoughts toward us. No one can compare with You! If I were to speak and tell of them, there would be too many to number.


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You have not wanted gifts given on the altar in worship. You have opened my ears. You have not wanted burnt gifts or gifts to cover sins.


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I have told the good news about what is right and good in the big meeting with many people. You know I will not close my lips, O Lord.


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I have not hidden what is right and good with You in my heart. I have spoken about how faithful You are and about Your saving power. I have not hidden Your loving-kindness and Your truth from the big meeting.


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O Lord, You will not keep Your loving-pity from me. Your loving-kindness and Your truth will always keep me safe.


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Too many troubles gather around me. My sins have taken such a hold on me that I am not able to see. There are more of them than there are hairs on my head. And the strength of my heart has left me.


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Let all who want to destroy my life be ashamed and troubled. Let those who want to hurt me be turned away without honor.


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But let all who look for You have joy and be glad in You. Let those who love Your saving power always say, “The Lord be honored!”


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Because I suffer and am in need, let the Lord think of me. You are my help and the One Who sets me free. O my God, do not wait.


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Prayer of a Sick Man about False Friends
Happy is the man who cares for the poor. The Lord will save him in times of trouble.


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The Lord will keep him alive and safe. And he will be happy upon the earth. You will not give him over to the desire of those who hate him.


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The Lord will give him strength on his bed of sickness. When he is sick, You will make him well again.


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As for me, I said, “O Lord, have loving-kindness for me. Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You.”


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Those who hate me speak bad words against me, saying, “When will he die, and his name be forgotten?”


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When one comes to see me, he speaks lies. His heart gathers up bad stories. Then he goes outside and tells them.


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These things I remember, and I pour out my soul within me. For I used to go with many people and lead them to the house of God, with the voice of thankful joy, among the many happy people.


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Why are you sad, O my soul? Why have you become troubled within me? Hope in God, for I will praise Him again for His help of being near me.


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O my God, my soul is troubled within me. So I remember You from the land of the Jordan and the tops of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.


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The Lord will send His loving-kindness in the day. And His song will be with me in the night, 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 do I have sorrow because those who hate me come against me with power?”


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As a breaking of my bones, those who hate me speak sharp words to me. All day long they say to me, “Where is your God?”


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Why are you sad, O my soul? Why have you become troubled within me? Hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my help and my God.


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Prayer to Be Kept Safe
Stand by me, O God, and speak in my favor against a sinful nation. Save me from the lying and sinful man.


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For You are the God of my strength. Why have You turned away from me? Why do I have sorrow because those who hate me come against me with power?


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Send out Your light and Your truth. Let them lead me. Let them bring me to Your holy hill and to the places where You live.


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Then I will go to the altar of God, the God of my joy. And I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God.


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Why are you sad, O my soul? Why have you become troubled within me? Hope in God, for I will praise Him again, my help and my God.


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Prayer because of Troubles
O God, we have heard with our ears. Our fathers have told us what work You did in their days, in the days long ago.


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With Your own hand You made the nations leave, and put our fathers in the land. You brought trouble upon the nations, and You spread them out.


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It was not by their sword that they took the land. Their own arm did not save them. But it was Your right hand, and Your arm, and the light of Your face, for You favored them.


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Through You we will push away those who hate us. Through Your name we will walk over those who rise up against us.


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But we are killed all day long because of You. We are thought of as sheep that are ready to be killed.


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The King’s Wedding Song
My heart flows over with good words. I sing my songs to the King. My tongue writes the words of a good writer.


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You are more beautiful than the children of men. Loving-favor is poured upon Your lips. So God has honored You forever.


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And in Your great power, move on to win the fight for truth and for not having pride and for what is right and good. Let Your right hand teach You to do great things.


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Your arrows are sharp. The people fall under You. Your arrows are in the heart of those who hate the King.


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You have loved what is right and good. You have hated what is wrong. That is why God, Your God, has chosen You. He has poured over You the oil of joy more than over anyone else.


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Daughters of kings are among Your women of honor. At Your right hand stands the queen, wearing gold from Ophir.


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She will be led to the King in clothes sewed for beauty. The young women who have never had men are her friends. They follow her and will be brought to You.


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I will make Your name to be remembered to all the children-to-come. So that the nations will honor You forever and ever.


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God Is with Us
God is our safe place and our strength. He is always our help when we are in trouble.


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So we will not be afraid, even if the earth is shaken and the mountains fall into the center of the sea,


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He stops wars to the ends of the earth. He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two. He burns the war-wagons with fire.


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Be quiet and know that I am God. I will be honored among the nations. I will be honored in the earth.


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The rulers of the people have gathered together as the people of the God of Abraham. For the powers of the earth belong to God. He is much honored.


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It Is Foolish to Trust in Riches
The Lord is great and should be given much praise, in the city of our God, His holy mountain.


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Mount Zion in the far north is beautiful and high, the joy of the whole earth, the city of the great King.


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As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the Lord of All, in the city of our God. God will make her last forever.


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Like Your name, O God, Your praise is heard to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is full of what is right and good.


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Let Mount Zion be glad! Let the people of Judah be full of joy because You are right in how You judge.


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Give thought to her walls. Go through her beautiful houses where kings live. And tell about it to the children-to-come.


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For he sees that even wise men die. The fool and those who cannot think well die alike. And they leave their riches to others.


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They think in their hearts that their houses will last forever, and that the places where they live will last for all their children to follow. They have used their own names to name their lands.


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Like sheep they are meant for the grave. Death will be their shepherd. And those who are right with God will rule over them in the morning. Their bodies will be eaten by the grave, so that they have no place to stay.


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Even if while he lives, he thinks good of himself, and even though men praise you when you do well for yourself,


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God Decides Right from Wrong
The Powerful One, God, the Lord, has spoken. And He calls the earth from where the sun rises to where the sun goes down.


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“Gather My holy ones to Me, those who have made an agreement with Me by their gifts given on an altar.”


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I do not speak sharp words to you for your gifts given on an altar. And your burnt gifts are always before Me.


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But to the sinful, God says: “What right do you have to tell of My Laws, and take My agreement in your mouth?


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You have done these things, and I have kept quiet. You thought that I was just like you. But I will speak sharp words to you, and tell you who is guilty to your face.


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“Now think about this, you who forget God, or I will tear you in pieces and there will be no one to save you.


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He who gives a gift of thanks honors Me. And to him who makes his way right, I will show him the saving power of God.”


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Prayer of the Sinner
O God, favor me because of Your loving-kindness. Take away my wrong-doing because of the greatness of Your loving-pity.


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I have sinned against You, and You only. I have done what is sinful in Your eyes. You are always right when You speak, and fair when You judge.


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Save me from the guilt of blood, O God. You are the God Who saves me. Then my tongue will sing with joy about how right and good You are.


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For You are not happy with a gift given on the altar in worship, or I would give it. You are not pleased with burnt gifts.


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The gifts on an altar that God wants are a broken spirit. O God, You will not hate a broken heart and a heart with no pride.


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Then You will be happy with gifts given on the altar that are right and good, with burnt gifts and whole burnt gifts. Then young bulls will be given on Your altar.


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Trust in God’s Love
Why do you take pride in wrong-doing, O powerful man? The loving-kindness of God lasts all day long.


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But God will destroy you forever. He will pick you up and pull you away from your tent. He will pull up your roots from the land of the living.


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“Look, the man who would not make God his safe place, but trusted in his many riches and was strong in his sinful desire.”


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But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the loving-kindness of God forever and ever.


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I will give You thanks forever because of what You have done. And I will hope in Your name, for it is good to be where those who belong to You are.


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Foolish Men
The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are sinful and have done bad things. There is no one who does good.


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God has looked down from heaven at the children of men to see if there is anyone who understands and looks for God.


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They have all turned back. They have all turned to sin. There is no one who does good, not even one.


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Have those who do wrong no understanding? They eat up My people like they eat bread. They have not called upon God.


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There they were, in much fear, where there was nothing to be afraid of. For God has spread out the bones of those who come against you. You put them to shame, because God has turned away from them.


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O, that the saving of Israel would come out of Zion! Jacob will be full of joy and Israel will be glad when God returns His people to their land.


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For strangers have risen against me. And men who hurt others want to take my life. They do not think about God.


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He will punish those who hate me, for the wrong they have done. He will destroy them because He is faithful.


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I will be glad to give You a gift on the altar. I will give thanks to Your name, O Lord, for it is good.


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For He has taken me out of all trouble. And my eyes have looked without fear upon those who hate me.


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because of the voice of those who hate me and the power of the sinful. For they bring trouble upon me, and in anger they keep on having bad thoughts against me.


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I would be able to take it if one who hates me were putting me to shame. I could hide from him. It is not one who hates me who has put himself up against me.


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Let death take them by surprise. Let them go down alive to the grave. For sin is with them where they live.


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God sits on His throne forever. And He will hear them and bring trouble upon them, because there has been no change in them. They do not fear God.


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What he says is smoother than butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are raised swords.


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Give all your cares to the Lord and He will give you strength. He will never let those who are right with Him be shaken.


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But You, O God, will bring the sinful down into the hole that destroys. Men who kill and lie will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.


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Prayer of Trust in God
Show me Your loving-kindness, O God, for man has walked on me. All day long the one who tries to keep me down fights with me.


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All day long those who hate me have walked on me. For there are many who fight against me with pride.


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I praise the Word of God. I have put my trust in God. I will not be afraid. What can only a man do to me?


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All day long they change my words to say what I did not say. They are always thinking of ways to hurt me.


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They go after me as in a fight. They hide themselves. They watch my steps, as they have waited to take my life.


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For You have set my soul free from death. You have kept my feet from falling, so I may walk with God in the light of life.


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Prayer for Help
Show me loving-kindness, O God, show me loving-kindness. For my soul goes to You to be safe. And I will be safe in the shadow of Your wings until the trouble has passed.


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He will send from heaven and save me. He will put to shame him who is breaking me under his feet. God will send His loving-kindness and His truth.


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My soul is among lions. I must lie among the sons of men who breathe fire, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and whose tongues are a sharp sword.


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They have set a net for my steps. My soul is brought down. They dug a deep hole in front of me. But they themselves have fallen into it.


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Prayer for God to Punish the Sinful
Do you speak what is right and good, O you powerful ones? Are you always right in how you judge, O sons of men?


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It does not hear the voice of the man who has power over it, even if the man is very good in his work.


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Let them be like a snail that melts away as it goes. Like a baby born dead, may they never see the sun.


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Before your pots can feel the fire of thorns, He will blow them away with a storm, both the green and the burning ones.


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The one who is right and good will be full of joy when he sees the sinful punished. He will wash his feet in their blood.


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And men will say, “For sure there is pay for those who are right and good. For sure there is a God Who says who is guilty or not on the earth.”


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Prayer for a Safe Place
O my God, take me away from those who hate me. Put me up high above those who rise up against me.


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For, look, they lie in wait for my life. Strong men are gathering together to fight me, but not because of my wrong-doing or my sin, O Lord.


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You, O Lord God of All, God of Israel, rise up to punish all the nations. Show no loving-kindness to those people who cannot be trusted and plan sins.


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My God in His loving-kindness will meet me. God will let me look at those who come against me and know that I will win the fight.


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Do not kill them, or my people may forget. Divide them by Your power and bring them down, O Lord, our safe-covering.


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Let them be caught in their pride for the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips. For the lies and bad things they say,


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destroy them in anger. Destroy them so that they will be no more. Let it be known that God rules in Jacob and to the ends of the earth.


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But as for me, I will sing of Your strength. Yes, I will sing with joy of Your loving-kindness in the morning. For You have been a strong and safe place for me in times of trouble.


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O my Strength, I will sing praises to You. For God is my strong place and the God Who shows me loving-kindness.


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Prayer for Help
O God, You have turned away from us. You have broken us. You have been angry. O heal us and turn to us again.


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You have made Your people suffer hard things. You have given us wine to drink that makes us not able to walk straight.


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God has said in His holy place: “I will be full of joy. I will divide Shechem and the valley of Succoth.


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I call to You from the end of the earth when my heart is weak. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.


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For You have been a safe place for me, a tower of strength where I am safe from those who fight against me.


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For You have heard my promises, O God. You have given me that which You give to those who fear Your name.


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You will add days to the life of the king. His years will be as long as the lives of many children and grandchildren added together.


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How long will all of you go against a man to break him down, that you may kill him, like a wall that no longer stands straight, like a fence ready to fall?


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They have talked only about throwing him down from his high place. They find joy in lies. They pray with their mouth that good will come. But inside they hope that bad will come instead.


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Men who are not important come to nothing. Men who are important are a lie. When weighed they go up. Together they weigh less than a breath.


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Do not get money in a wrong way or be proud in stolen things. If you get more riches, do not set your heart on them.


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Giving Thanks to God
O God, You are my God. I will look for You with all my heart and strength. My soul is thirsty for You. My flesh is weak wanting You in a dry and tired land where there is no water.


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But the king will be full of joy in God. All who are faithful to God will be full of joy. For the mouth of those who speak lies will be stopped.


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Prayer for a Safe Place
O God, hear my voice when I complain. Keep my life safe from the fear of those who hate me.


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They shoot at the man without blame from their hiding place. They are quick to shoot at him and are not afraid.


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They talk each other into doing sinful things. They talk about setting hidden traps. They say, “Who will see them?”


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They think of ways to do bad things, and say, “We have made a perfect plan!” For the inside thoughts and the heart of a man are deep.


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They will be made to trip and fall. Their own tongue is against them. All who see them will shake their heads.


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Then all men will be afraid. They will tell about the work of God. And they will think about what He has done.


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The man who is right and good will be glad in the Lord and go to Him to be safe. All those whose hearts are right will give Him praise.


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God’s Favor to Earth and Man
All will be quiet before You, and praise belongs to You, O God, in Zion. And our promise to You will be kept.


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Happy is the man You choose and bring near to You to live in Your holy place. We will be filled with the good things of Your house, Your holy house.


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O God Who saves us, You answer us in the way that is right and good by Your great works that make people stand in fear. You are the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas.


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Those who live far away are afraid of Your great works. You make morning and evening call out for joy.


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You visit the earth and water it. You make it very rich. The river of God is full of water. You give the people grain when You have made the earth ready.


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You water where the plow has been used. You cover the seeds with earth. You make it soft with rain. And You make the plants grow well.


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The grass lands are covered with birds. And the valleys are covered with grain. They call out for joy and sing.


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Say to God, “How Your great works make those who hate You afraid! They will have to obey You because of Your great power.


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Come and see what God has done. There is much fear because of His great works toward the children of men.


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He changed the sea into dry land. They passed through the river on foot. There we were full of joy in Him.


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He rules forever by His power. His eyes keep watch over the nations. Do not let those who do not obey You honor themselves.


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You made men travel over our heads. We went through fire and through water. But You brought us out into a place where we have much more than we need.


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I will give You burnt gifts of fat animals with the smoke of rams. I will give You bulls with male goats.


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Honor and thanks be to God! He has not turned away from my prayer or held His loving-kindness from me.


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Nations Praise God
May God show loving-kindness toward us and bring good to us. May He make His face shine upon us.


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May the nations be glad and sing for joy. For You will be fair when You judge the people and rule the nations of the earth.


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The God of Israel at Sinai
May God rise up. May those who hate Him be divided. And may they run away from Him.


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Drive them away like smoke in the wind. Let the sinful be destroyed before God like a candle melts by the fire.


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But let those who are right and good be glad. Let them be happy before God. Yes, let them be full of joy.


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Sing to God. Sing praises to His name. Make a road for Him Who goes through the deserts. The Lord is His name. Be full of joy before Him.


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God in His holy house is a father to those who have no father. And He keeps the women safe whose husbands have died.


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God makes a home for those who are alone. He leads men out of prison into happiness and well-being. But those who fight against Him live in an empty desert.


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the earth shook. The heavens poured down rain before God. And Sinai shook before God, the God of Israel.


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When you lie down among the sheep, you are like the wings of a dove covered with silver, and the end of its wings with shining gold.


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A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan. A mountain of many high tops is the mountain of Bashan.


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O mountains of many high tops, why do you look with jealousy at the mountain which God has chosen for His home? For sure, the Lord will live there forever.


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The war-wagons of God are 20,000, even thousands of thousands. The Lord is among them, as at Sinai, in the holy place.


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You have gone up on high. You have taken those who were held with You. You have received gifts of men, even among those who fought against You. So the Lord God may live there with them.


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Honor and thanks be to the Lord, Who carries our heavy loads day by day. He is the God Who saves us.


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But God will break the head of those who hate Him, the hair-covered head of him who goes on in his sins.


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The Lord said, “I will bring them back from Bashan. I will bring them back from the bottom of the sea.


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So your feet may crush them in blood. And the tongue of your dogs may have a share of those who hate you.”


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They have seen Your people walking together, O God. They have seen the people of my God and King walking into the holy place.


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Those who sing are in front. Those who play music are behind. And young women who beat timbrels are between.


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Give thanks to God in the meetings of worship. Give thanks to the Lord, you who are of the family of Israel.


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There is young Benjamin leading them. The rulers of Judah are among the people, and the rulers of Zebulun, and the rulers of Naphtali.


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Speak sharp words to the wild animals in the tall grass by the river, the group of bulls with the calves of the people. Walk on those who desire pieces of silver. Divide the people who have joy in war.


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Sing to Him Who sits upon the heavens, the heavens of old. Listen, He sends out His voice, His powerful voice.


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O God, You are honored with fear as You come from Your holy place. The God of Israel Himself gives strength and power to His people. Honor and thanks be to God!


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I have gone down into deep mud and there is no place to put my feet. I have come into deep waters and a flood comes over me.


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Those who hate me, without a reason, are more than the hairs on my head. Those who want to destroy me are powerful. I am made to return things that I did not steal.


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May those who wait for You not be put to shame because of me, O Lord God of All. May those who look for You not lose respect because of me, O God of Israel.


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For the strong desire for Your house has burned me up. And the bad things said about You have fallen on me.


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But as for me, my prayer is to You at the right time, O Lord. Answer me with Your saving truth in Your great loving-kindness, O God.


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Take me out of the mud and do not let me go down in it. Take me away from those who hate me and from the deep waters.


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Keep the flood water from covering me. Do not let the sea swallow me up. Do not let the deep hole close its mouth over me.


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You know how I have been put to shame by the bad things said about me. All those who hate me are before You.


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Being put to shame has broken my heart, and I feel very sick. I looked for pity but there was none. I looked for someone to comfort me but there was no one.


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For they have made it hard for the one You have punished. And they talk about the pain of those You have hurt.


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May they be taken out of the book of life, and not be written down with those who are right with You.


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Those without pride will see it and be glad. You who look for God, let your heart receive new strength.


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For God will save Zion and build the cities of Judah. Then His people may live there and have it for their own.


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And the children of those who obey Him will have it given to them. Those who love His name will live there.


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Let those who want to kill me be ashamed and brought low. Let those who want to hurt me be turned away in shame.


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Let all who look for You be full of joy and be glad in You. And let those who love Your saving power always say, “Let God be honored.”


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But I am poor and in need. Hurry to me, O God! You are my help and the One Who takes me out of trouble. O Lord, do not wait.


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Be a rock to me where I live, where I may always come and where I will be safe. For You are my rock and my safe place.


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O my God, take me from the hand of the sinful, from the hand of the wrong-doer and the man without pity.


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You have kept me safe from birth. It was You Who watched over me from the day I was born. My praise is always of You.


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They say, “God has turned away from him. Run and catch him, for there is no one to take him out of trouble.”


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Let those who are against me be ashamed and destroyed. Let those who want to hurt me be without honor and covered with shame.


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My mouth will tell about how right and good You are and about Your saving acts all day long. For there are more than I can know.


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I will come in the strength of the Lord God. I will tell about how right and good You are, and You alone.


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Even when I am old and my hair is turning white, O God, do not leave me alone. Let me tell about Your strength to all the people living now, and about Your power to all who are to come.


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O God, You are right and good, as the heavens are high. You have done great things, O God. Who is like You?


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You have shown me many troubles of all kinds. But You will make me strong again. And You will bring me up again from deep in the earth.


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O my God, I will praise You with a harp. I will praise Your truth. I will sing praises to You with different kinds of harps, O Holy One of Israel.


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My tongue will tell about how right and good You are all day long. For those who want to hurt me are ashamed and troubled.


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A Prayer for the King
O God, make the king right in what he decides. Make the king’s son right with You.


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May he stand by those who are poor, save the children of those in need, and destroy the bad power over them.


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In His days may all go well with those who are right and good. And may there be much peace until the moon is no more.


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Those who live in the desert will put their faces to the ground before Him. And those who hate Him will kiss the dust.


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Let the kings of Tarshish and of the islands bring gifts. Let the kings of Sheba and Seba bring gifts.


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For He will take out of trouble the one in need when he cries for help, and the poor man who has no one to help.


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He will take them from the bad power that is held over them and from being hurt. Their blood will be of much worth in His eyes.


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He will live, and the gold of Sheba will be given to Him. Prayer will be given for Him all the time. Let them honor Him all day long.


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May there be much grain in the land on top of the mountains. May its fruit grow like the trees of Lebanon. And may those of the city grow like the grass of the earth.


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May His name last forever. May His name become bigger as long as the sun shines. And let men respect themselves through Him. Let all nations honor Him.


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And honor be to His great name forever. May the whole earth be filled with His shining-greatness. Let it be so.


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They laugh at the truth, and speak sinful things about making it hard for others. They speak from a high place.


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For sure, You set the sinful in places where there is danger at every step. You throw them down to be destroyed.


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You will lead me by telling me what I should do. And after this, You will bring me into shining-greatness.


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For, see, those who are far from You will be lost from You forever. You have destroyed all those who are not faithful to You.


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But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Lord God my safe place. So I may tell of all the things You have done.


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A Prayer for the Nation
O God, why have You turned away from us forever? Why does Your anger burn against the sheep in Your fields?


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Remember Your people that You bought a long time ago. You made them free to be the family of Your promise, and Mount Zion, where You have lived.


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Turn Your steps toward this place that has been destroyed forever. Those who hate You have destroyed all that is in the holy place.


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Those who hate You have called out in the center of Your meeting place. They have set up their flags to show that they have won.


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They said in their hearts, “Let us destroy all of these places!” They have burned all the meeting places where God was worshiped in the land.


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We do not see any special things happening. There is no longer anyone who speaks for God. And none of us knows how long this will be.


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O God, how long will those who hate You laugh at the truth? Will they speak against Your name forever?


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It was You Who opened up the earth for water to flow out. And You dried up rivers that flow forever.


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Remember how those who hate You have laughed at the truth, O Lord. Foolish people have spoken against Your name.


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Do not give the life of Your dove over to the wild animal. Do not forget the lives of Your troubled people forever.


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Do not let those who suffer under a bad power return without honor. Let those who suffer and those who are in need praise Your name.


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Rise up, O God. Stand up for Your rights. Remember how the foolish man speaks against You all day long.


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Do not forget the voice of those who hate You, the noise that comes without stopping from those who rise against You.


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God Puts Down the Proud and Lifts Up Those Who Are Right with Himself
We give thanks to You, O God. We give thanks that Your name is near. Men tell about the great things You have done.


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For there is a cup in the Lord’s hand. It is full of strong wine that is well mixed. He pours out from it, and all the sinful people of the earth must drink all of it.


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He will cut off all the horns of the sinful. But the horns of those who are right with God will be lifted up.


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There He broke the burning arrows, the iron covering and the sword, and all the things used for fighting in war.


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Strong men have been robbed. They sleep their last sleep. Not one of the soldiers can lift his hands.


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when God stood up to say who is guilty or not, and to save all the people of the earth who are not proud.


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Make promises to the Lord your God and keep them. Let all who are around Him bring gifts to Him, Who is to be feared.


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Comfort in Times of Trouble
My voice goes up to God, and I will cry out. My voice goes up to God and He will hear me.


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I looked to the Lord when I was in trouble. I put out my hand at night, and it did not get tired. My soul would not be comforted.


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The clouds poured down water. The sky sounded with thunder. Your arrows of lightning went this way and that.


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Your way was through the sea. Your paths went through the powerful waters. And it cannot be known where You stepped.


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I will open my mouth in picture-stories. I will tell things which have been kept secret from long ago,


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We will not hide them from their children. But we will tell the children-to-come the praises of the Lord, and of His power and the great things He has done.


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For He has made His will known to Jacob. He made the Law in Israel, which He told our fathers to teach their children.


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So the children-to-come might know, even the children yet to be born. So they may rise up and tell it to their children.


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Then they would put their trust in God and not forget the works of God. And they would keep His Law.


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They would not be like their fathers, who were not right with God and would not obey Him or be faithful to Him.


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See, He hit the rock and water poured out and rivers flowed over. Can He give bread also? Will He give meat to His people?”


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The Lord was full of anger when He heard them. And a fire was set against Jacob. His anger went up against Israel,


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the anger of God came upon them. And He killed the strongest of them. He cut down the young men of Israel.


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But He showed them loving-kindness and forgave their sins. He did not destroy them. He held back His anger many times. He did not let all of His anger loose.


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He sent them His burning anger and trouble. He sent a group of angels to bring trouble and sorrow to them.


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He made a straight path for His anger. He did not save their soul from death. But He gave their lives over to all these troubles.


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He drove out the nations before them. He gave them parts of the land for a gift. And He made the families of Israel live in their tents.


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They turned away and acted without faith like their fathers. They were like a bow that cannot be trusted.


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They made Him angry with their sinful places of worship. And they made Him jealous with their false gods.


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He allowed His people to be killed with the sword. And He was very angry with those who belong to Him.


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He brought him from caring for the sheep and their lambs to being the shepherd of Jacob His people, and Israel who belongs to Him.


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A Prayer for Jerusalem
O God, the nations have come into the land of Your people. They have made Your holy house dirty. They have crushed the walls and buildings of Jerusalem.


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They have given the dead bodies of Your servants to the birds of the heavens for food. The flesh of those who belong to You has been given to the wild animals of the earth.


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They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem. And there was no one to bury them.


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Pour out Your anger on the nations that do not know You, and on the nations that do not call on Your name.


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Do not hold the sins of our fathers against us. Let Your loving-pity come fast to meet us. For we are in much need.


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O God Who saves us, help us for the honor of Your name. Take us out of trouble and forgive our sins, for the honor of Your name.


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Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” Make it known among the nations, in front of our eyes, that You punish for the blood that has poured from Your servants.


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Hear the cries of those in prison. By the greatness of Your power, save those who are being sent to death.


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Then we Your people, the sheep of Your field, will give thanks to You forever. We will tell of Your praise to all the people of all times.


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A Prayer for the Nation
Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, You Who lead Joseph like a flock! You Who sit on Your throne above the angels, let Your light shine!


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Take care of the root Your right hand has planted, and the branch that You have raised up for Yourself.


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He made it a Law for Joseph, when he went through the land of Egypt. I heard a language that I did not know:


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You called in your trouble, and I took you out of it. I answered you in the hiding place of thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah.


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


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I would hurry to crush those who fight against them. I would turn My hand against those who hate them.


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Do the right thing for the weak and those without a father. Stand up for the rights of those who are suffering and in need.


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They know nothing; they understand nothing. They walk around in the dark. All that the earth is built upon is shaking.


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For, look, those who hate You are making much noise. Those who fight against You have honored themselves.


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O my God, make them like dust turning in the wind, like parts of the grass that have no worth and are blown away.


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My soul wants and even becomes weak from wanting to be in the house of the Lord. My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.


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Even the bird has found a home. The swallow has found a nest for herself where she may lay her young at Your altars, O Lord of all, my King and my God.


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As they pass through the dry valley of Baca, they make it a place of good water. The early rain fills the pools with good also.


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For a day in Your house is better than a thousand outside. I would rather be the one who opens the door of the house of my God, than to live in the tents of the sinful.


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For the Lord God is a sun and a safe-covering. The Lord gives favor and honor. He holds back nothing good from those who walk in the way that is right.


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A Prayer for the Nation’s Good
O Lord, You showed favor to Your land. You have returned those of Jacob who were taken away.


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I will listen to what God the Lord will say. For He will speak peace to His people, to those who are right with Him. But do not let them turn again to foolish things.


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For sure His saving power is near those who fear Him, so His shining-greatness may live in the land.


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Loving-kindness and truth have met together. Peace and what is right and good have kissed each other.


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For You are good and ready to forgive, O Lord. You are rich in loving-kindness to all who call to You.


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All the nations You have made will come and worship before You, O Lord. And they will bring honor to Your name.


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O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You with all my heart. I will bring honor to Your name forever.


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For Your loving-kindness toward me is great. And You have saved my soul from the bottom of the grave.


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O God, proud men have come up against me. A group of fighting men want to take my life. And they do not think of You.


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But You, O Lord, are a God full of love and pity. You are slow to anger and rich in loving-kindness and truth.


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Turn to me, and show me loving-kindness. Give Your strength to Your servant. And save the son of your woman servant.


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Give me something special to see of Your favor. Then those who hate me may see it and be ashamed. Because You, O Lord, have helped me and comforted me.


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I will say that Rahab and Babylon are among those who know Me. Look, Philistia and Tyre and Ethiopia say, “This one was born there.”


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But it will be said of Zion, “This one and that one were born in her.” And the Most High Himself will make her strong.


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A Prayer to Be Saved from Death
O Lord, the God Who saves me, I have cried out before You day and night.


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I am left among the dead, like those who have been killed and lie in the grave, whom You remember no more. They are cut off from Your help.


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You have taken my good friends far from me. You have made me hated by them. I am shut in and cannot go out.


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My eyes have become weak because of trouble. I have called to You every day, O Lord. I have spread out my hands to You.


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Will Your loving-kindness be told about in the grave, and how faithful You are in the place that destroys?


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Will Your great works be known in the darkness, and Your right and good works in the land where all is forgotten?


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I have been troubled and near death since I was young. I have suffered Your punishment. And I cannot win.


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God’s Promise to David
I will sing of the loving-kindness of the Lord forever. I will make known with my mouth how faithful You are to all people.


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For I said, “Loving-kindness will be built up forever. You will make known how faithful You are in the heavens.”


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O Lord, the heavens will praise Your great works and how faithful You are in the meeting of the holy ones.


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God is honored with fear in the meeting of the holy ones. He is honored with fear more than all who are around Him.


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You have crushed Rahab like one who is killed. You have destroyed those who hate You with Your powerful arm.


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Once You spoke in a special dream to Your faithful ones, saying: “I have given help to a powerful one. I have honored a chosen one from among the people.


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But You have thrown off and turned away from Your chosen one. You have been full of anger against him.


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You have honored the right hand of those who fight against him. You have made all who hate him glad.


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O Lord, remember the shame of those who work for You. Remember how I carry near my heart the shame of all the nations.


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Those who hate You have put us to shame, O Lord. They have put to shame the footsteps of Your chosen one.


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God Is Forever—Man’s Short Life
Lord, You have been the place of comfort for all people of all time.


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Before the mountains were born, before You gave birth to the earth and the world, forever and ever, You are God.


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For a thousand years in Your eyes are like yesterday when it passes by, or like the hours of the night.


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You carry men away as with a flood. They fall asleep. In the morning they are like the new grass that grows.


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The days of our life are seventy years, or eighty if we have the strength. Yet the best of them are only hard work and sorrow. For they are soon gone and we fly away.


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Who understands the power of Your anger? Your anger is as great as the fear that we should have for You.


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Let Your work be shown to Your servants. And let Your wonderful greatness be shown to their children.


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Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us. And make the work of our hands stand strong. Yes, make the work of our hands stand strong.


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The Lord—the One We Trust
He who lives in the safe place of the Most High will be in the shadow of the All-powerful.


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He will cover you with His wings. And under His wings you will be safe. He is faithful like a safe-covering and a strong wall.


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You will not be afraid of the sickness that walks in darkness, or of the trouble that destroys at noon.


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


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You will walk upon the lion and the snake. You will crush under your feet the young lion and the snake.


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Because he has loved Me, I will bring him out of trouble. I will set him in a safe place on high, because he has known My name.


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He will call upon Me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will take him out of trouble and honor him.


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For You have made me glad by what You have done, O Lord. I will sing for joy at the works of Your hands.


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Even if the sinful grow up like grass and all goes well with wrong-doers, they will be destroyed forever.


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For, look, those who hate You will be lost from You forever, O Lord. All those who do wrong will be destroyed.


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The man who is right and good will grow like the palm tree. He will grow like a tall tree in Lebanon.


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And they will show that the Lord is faithful. He is my rock. There is nothing in Him that is not right and good.


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God Is King
The Lord rules. He is dressed with great power. The Lord has dressed Himself with strength. For sure, the world is built to last. It will not be moved.


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The floods have lifted up, O Lord. The floods have lifted up their voice. The floods lift up their beating waves.


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They pour out proud words. All those who do wrong, talk about themselves as if they are great people.


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They kill the woman whose husband has died and the stranger. They kill the children who have no parents.


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He Who punishes nations so they might give up sin, will He not speak strong words to them? Is He not the One Who teaches man all he knows?


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Who will rise up for me against the sinful? Who will take a stand for me against those who do wrong?


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They join together against the life of those who are right and good. They send those who are not guilty to their death.


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He has brought back their own sin upon them and will destroy them for their wrong-doing. The Lord our God will destroy them.


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A Song of Praise
Come, let us sing with joy to the Lord. Let us sing loud with joy to the rock Who saves us.


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For He is our God. And we are the people of His field, and the sheep of His hand. If you hear His voice today,


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do not let your hearts become hard as you did at Meribah, as you did that day at Massah in the desert.


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I was angry with the people of that day for forty years. I said, “They always think wrong thoughts. And they do not know My ways.”


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For the Lord is great and should be given much praise. He is to be honored with fear above all gods.


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Give to the Lord, O families of the nations, give to the Lord the honor and strength that He should have.


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Say among the nations that the Lord rules. The world is built to last. It will not be moved. He will be right when He says who is guilty or not.


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Let the heavens be glad. And let the earth be full of joy. Let the sea and all that is in it make a loud noise.


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Let the fields and all that is in them be full of joy. Then all the trees of the land will sing for joy


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before the Lord. For He is coming. He is coming to say who is guilty or not on the earth. He will be right in what He decides about the world. And He will be faithful to the people.


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God’s Power over the Earth
The Lord rules. Let the earth be full of joy. Let the many islands be glad.


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Let all those who serve false gods be ashamed, those who talk about how great their gods are. Worship Him, all you gods!


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Zion heard this and was glad. The people of Judah have been full of joy because of what You decide, O Lord.


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Let those who love the Lord hate what is bad. For He keeps safe the souls of His faithful ones. He takes them away from the hand of the sinful.


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A Call to Praise the Lord
Sing a new song to the Lord. For He has done great things. His right hand and His holy arm have won the fight for Him.


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He has shown His loving-kindness and how beautiful He is to the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of our God.


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before the Lord. For He is coming to say who is guilty or not on the earth. He will be right in what He decides about the world. And He will be fair to the people.


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The Lord Is Good to His People
The Lord rules! Let the people shake in fear! He sits on His throne above the angels. Let the earth shake!


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The strength of the King loves what is right. You have set up what is fair. You do what is right and fair in Jacob.


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Moses and Aaron were among His religious leaders. And Samuel was among those who called on His name. They called upon the Lord, and He answered them.


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O Lord our God, You answered them. You were a forgiving God to them. But You punished them for their wrong-doing.


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Know that the Lord is God. It is He Who made us, and not we ourselves. We are His people and the sheep of His field.


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Go into His gates giving thanks and into His holy place with praise. Give thanks to Him. Honor His name.


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For the Lord is good. His loving-kindness lasts forever. And He is faithful to all people and to all their children-to-come.


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A Song of Praise
I will sing of loving-kindness and of what is right and fair. I will sing praises to You, O Lord.


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I will be careful to live a life without blame. When will You come to me? I will walk within my house with a right and good heart.


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I will set no sinful thing in front of my eyes. I hate the work of those who are not faithful. It will not get hold of me.


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I will stop whoever talks against his neighbor in secret. I will not listen to anyone who has a proud look and a proud heart.


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My eyes will look with favor on the faithful in the land, so they may serve me. He who walks without blame will help me.


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I will destroy all the sinful in the land every morning. I will cut off all those who do wrong from the city of the Lord.


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Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my trouble. Turn Your ear to me. Hurry to answer me in the day when I call.


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You will rise up and have loving-pity on Zion. For it is time to show favor to her. The set time has come.


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The nations will fear the name of the Lord. All the kings of the earth will fear Your shining-greatness.


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This will be written for the children-to-come. So a people not yet born may give thanks to the Lord.


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I said, “O my God, do not take me away when my days are only half done. Your years go on to all people of all time.


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They will be destroyed but You will always live. They will all become old as clothing becomes old. You will change them like a coat. And they will be changed,


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But the loving-kindness of the Lord is forever and forever on those who fear Him. And what is right with God is given forever to their children’s children,


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The Lord Watches Over All His Works
Praise the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, You are very great. You are dressed with great honor and wonderful power.


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They give water to all the animals of the field. The wild donkeys drink until they are no longer thirsty.


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He makes the grass grow for the cattle, and plants for man to use. So He may bring food from the earth,


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O Lord, how many are Your works! You made them all in wisdom. The earth is full of what You have made.


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They are troubled and afraid when You hide Your face. And when You take away their breath, they die and return to the dust.


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Let sinners be destroyed from the earth. And let the sinful be no more. Honor the Lord, O my soul! Praise the Lord!


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God’s Work with Israel
O give thanks to the Lord. Call on His name. Make His works known among the people.


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Remember the great and powerful works that He has done. Keep in mind what He has decided and told us,


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He has remembered His agreement forever, the promise He made to last through a thousand families-to-come,


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And He made the number of His people grow until they were stronger than those who held power over them.


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Then He brought Israel out with silver and gold. And there was not one weak person among their families.


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The Lord Is Good to His People
Praise the Lord! O give thanks to the Lord for He is good. His loving-kindness lasts forever.


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So I may share in the well-being of Your chosen ones. So I may share in the joy of Your nation, and be proud of Your people.


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Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your powerful works. They did not remember how many times You showed Your loving-kindness. But they turned against You by the sea, the Red Sea.


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So He spoke sharp words to the Red Sea and it dried up. And He led them through the sea as through a desert.


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He saved them from the hand of those who hated them. He set them free from the hand of those who went against them.


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They were jealous of Moses in the place where they set up their tents. And they were jealous of Aaron, the holy one of the Lord.


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So He said that He would destroy them. But Moses, His chosen one, stood in the way to keep His anger from destroying them.


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They poured out the blood of those who were not guilty, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they gave on an altar to the gods of Canaan. And the land was poisoned with blood.


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He remembered His agreement because of them, and took pity on them by the greatness of His loving-kindness.


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O Lord our God, save us! Gather us from among the nations. And we will give thanks to Your holy name and find honor in Your praise.


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Honor and thanks be to the Lord, the God of Israel, forever and ever. Let all the people say, “Let it be so!” Praise the Lord!


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Let the people who have been saved say so. He has bought them and set them free from the hand of those who hated them.


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Let them give thanks to the Lord for His loving-kindness and His great works to the children of men!


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They went up to the heavens and down to the deep. Their strength of heart left them in their danger.


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They could not walk straight but went from side to side like a drunk man. They did not know what to do.


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He lets good come to them and they become many in number. And He does not let the number of their cattle become less.


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When the number of people becomes less and they are put to shame under a bad power and trouble and sorrow,


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A Song of Praise
My heart will not be moved, O God. I will sing. Yes, I will sing praises with my soul.


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Moab is where I wash My hands. I will throw My shoe over Edom. I will call out over Philistia that I have won.”


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With God’s help we will do great things. And He will break under His feet those who fight against us.


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For sinners and liars have opened their mouths against me. They have spoken against me with lying tongues.


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Let the one to whom he owes money take all that he has. May strangers take away all he has worked for.


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Let the sins of his fathers be remembered by the Lord, and do not let the sins of his mother be forgotten.


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Because he did not remember to show loving-kindness. Instead he made it hard for the poor and those in need and those with a broken heart. He even put them to death.


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He loved to curse others, so may it come to him. He did not like to have good come to others, so good was far from him.


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He dressed himself with cursing as with a coat. They came into his body like water and into his bones like oil.


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Let this be what the Lord pays to those who speak against me and wish bad things would happen to me.


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But You, O God, the Lord, be kind to me because of Your name. Take me out of trouble because Your loving-kindness is good.


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Let them hope that bad things will happen. But You make good things happen. Let them be ashamed when they rise up against me. But let Your servant be full of joy.


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Let those who speak against me be dressed with shame. Let them cover themselves with shame as with a coat.


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The King Rules
The Lord says to my Lord, “Sit at My right side, for those who hate You will be a place to rest Your feet.”


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Your people will be willing to help in the day of Your power. Your young men will be dressed in holy clothes. They will come to You like water on the grass in the early morning.


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The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a Religious Leader forever, in the same way as Melchizedek.”


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He will say who is guilty or not among the nations. He will fill them with dead bodies. He will crush the leaders of many lands.


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The Lord Be Praised
Praise the Lord! I will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart where those who are right with God gather together and in the meeting of the people.


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He has made a way for His people to be free. He has set up His agreement forever. His holy name is to be honored with fear.


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The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. All who obey His Laws have good understanding. His praise lasts forever.


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Good Comes to the Person Who Honors the Lord
Praise the Lord! How happy is the man who honors the Lord with fear and finds joy in His Law!


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Light rises even in darkness for the one who is right. He is kind and has loving-pity and does what is right.


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His heart will not be shaken. He will not be afraid and will watch those lose who fight against him.


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He has given much to the poor. His right-standing with God lasts forever. His horn will be lifted high in honor.


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The sinful man will see it and be troubled and angry. He will grind his teeth and waste away. The desire of the sinful will come to nothing.


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The Lord Helps the Poor
Praise the Lord! Praise Him, O you who serve the Lord. Praise the name of the Lord.


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He gives a home to the woman who could not give birth and makes her the mother of children. Praise the Lord!


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God Takes Israel from Egypt
Israel came out of Egypt. The house of Jacob came from a people who spoke a strange language.


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One True God
Let honor be given to Your name and not to us, O Lord, not to us. Because You are loving and kind and faithful.


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They have hands but they cannot feel. They have feet but they cannot walk. They cannot make a sound come out of their mouths.


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The Lord has remembered us and will make good come to us. He will make good come to the house of Israel. He will make good come to the house of Aaron.


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Praises to God for Being Saved from Death
I love the Lord, because He hears my voice and my prayers.


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The strings of death are all around me. And the fear of the grave came upon me. I suffered with trouble and sorrow.


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For sure I am Your servant, O Lord. I am Your servant, the son of the woman who served You. You have set me free from my chains.


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For His loving-kindness toward us is great. And the truth of the Lord lasts forever. Praise the Lord!


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They were all around me like bees and they died out fast like burning thorns. I will destroy them in the name of the Lord.


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The joy of being saved is being heard in the tents of those who are right and good. The right hand of the Lord does powerful things.


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The Lord is God. He has given us light. Tie the gift with rope to the horns of the altar on this special day.


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May the proud be ashamed, because they do wrong to me for no reason, but I will think about Your Law.


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A Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem
I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord.”


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That is where the different families go, the families of the Lord. There they give thanks to the name of the Lord, by the Law that was given to Israel.


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See, the eyes of servants look to the hand of their owner. The eyes of a woman servant look to the hand of her owner. So our eyes look to the Lord our God, until He shows us loving-kindness.


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God’s People Are Safe
Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but stands forever.


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For the sinful will not rule over the land of those who are right with God. So those who are right and good may not use their hands to do wrong.


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But the Lord will let all those who turn aside to their sinful ways go with those who are sinners. Peace be upon Israel.


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A Prayer for Help
It was like a dream when the Lord brought back to Zion those who had been held in another land.


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Then we laughed with our mouths, and we sang with our tongues. Then it was said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.”


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He who goes out crying as he carries his bag of seed will return with songs of joy as he brings much grain with him.


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God Is Good to His People
Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders work for nothing. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the men who watch over it stay awake for nothing.


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You rise up early, and go to bed late, and work hard for your food, all for nothing. For the Lord gives to His loved ones even while they sleep.


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Happy is the man who has many of them. They will not be put to shame when they speak in the gate with those who hate them.


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Your wife will be like a vine with much fruit within your house. Your children will be like olive plants around your table.


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May the Lord do good things for you from Zion. And may you see good come to Jerusalem all the days of your life.


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A Prayer against All Who Hate Zion
“They have made it hard for me many times since I was young,” let Israel now say.


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And those who pass by do not say, “May the Lord be good to you. We pray that good will come to you in the name of the Lord.”


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My soul waits for the Lord more than one who watches for the morning; yes, more than one who watches for the morning.


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O Israel, hope in the Lord! For there is loving-kindness with the Lord. With Him we are saved for sure.


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Child-Like Trust in the Lord
O Lord, my heart is not proud. My eyes are not filled with pride. And I do not trouble myself with important things or in things too great for me.


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For sure I have made my soul quiet like a child who no longer nurses while he is with his mother. My soul within me is like a child who no longer nurses.


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Rise up, O Lord. Go to the place where You can rest, You and the special box of the Way of Worship which is Your strength.


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Let Your religious leaders be dressed with what is right and good. And let those who belong to You sing for joy.


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The Lord has made a sure promise to David that He will never break: “I will set upon your throne your own children.


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If your sons will keep My Law and My Word which I will teach them, then their sons will sit upon your throne forever.”


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I will dress her religious leaders with saving power. And those in her that belong to Me will sing for joy.


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It is like oil of great worth poured on the head, flowing down through the hair on the face, even the face of Aaron, and flowing down to his coat.


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It is like the morning water of Hermon coming down upon the hills of Zion. For there the Lord has given the gift of life that lasts forever.


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A Call to Praise
See, give honor and thanks to the Lord, all who work for the Lord, who stand during the night in the house of the Lord.


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He makes the clouds rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning come with the rain. He brings the wind out from where He stores His riches.


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He sent special things to see and did great works among you, O Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants.


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O house of Israel, give honor and thanks to the Lord. O house of Aaron, give honor and thanks to the Lord.


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O house of Levi, give honor and thanks to the Lord. You who fear the Lord, give honor and thanks to the Lord.


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But He caused the death of Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea, for His loving-kindness lasts forever.


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For those who held us there made us sing. And those who made it hard for us asked for joy. They said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”


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May my tongue hold to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not honor Jerusalem above my highest joy.


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O Lord, remember what the sons of Edom did on the day Jerusalem fell. “Knock it down,” they said, “Knock it down to the ground.”


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O daughter of Babylon, you who will be destroyed, how honored will be the one who pays you back for what you have done to us!


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A Song of Praise
I will give You thanks with all my heart. I will sing praises to You in front of the gods.


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I will bow down toward Your holy house. And I will give thanks to Your name for Your loving-kindness and Your truth. For You have honored Your Word because of what Your name is.


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O Lord, all the kings of the earth will give thanks to You when they have heard the words of Your mouth.


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For even if the Lord is honored, He thinks about those who have no pride. But He knows the proud from far away.


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Even if I walk into trouble, You will keep my life safe. You will put out Your hand against the anger of those who hate me. And Your right hand will save me.


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The Lord will finish the work He started for me. O Lord, Your loving-kindness lasts forever. Do not turn away from the works of Your hands.


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even the darkness is not dark to You. And the night is as bright as the day. Darkness and light are the same to You.


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I will give thanks to You, for the greatness of the way I was made brings fear. Your works are great and my soul knows it very well.


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My bones were not hidden from You when I was made in secret and put together with care in the deep part of the earth.


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Your eyes saw me before I was put together. And all the days of my life were written in Your book before any of them came to be.


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A Prayer for Help
O Lord, take me away from sinful men. Keep me safe from men who want to hurt others.


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O Lord, keep me from the hands of the sinful. Keep me safe from men who want to hurt others and have planned to trip my feet.


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The proud have hidden a trap for me. With ropes they have spread a net. They have set traps for me beside the road.


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O Lord, do not give the sinful what they want. Do not let their plans work, or they will be honored.


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May burning coals fall upon them. May they be thrown into the fire, into deep holes, and rise no more.


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Do not let the man whose talking hurts people stand in the land. May trouble hurry to catch and destroy the man who wants to hurt others.”


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For sure those who are right and good will give thanks to Your name. Those who are right will live with You.


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May my prayer be like special perfume before You. May the lifting up of my hands be like the evening gift given on the altar in worship.


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Do not let my heart turn to any sinful thing, to do wrong with men who sin. And do not let me eat their fine food.


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Let those who are right with God punish me and speak strong words to me in kindness. It is oil upon my head. Do not let my head turn away from it. Yet my prayer is always against the sinful works of those who sin.


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For my eyes are toward You, O God the Lord. In You I have a safe place. Do not leave me without help.


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When my spirit had grown weak within me, You knew my path. They have hidden a trap for me in the way where I walk.


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Look to the right and see. For there is no one who thinks about me. There is no place for me to go to be safe. No one cares about my soul.


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Listen to my cry, for I am brought down. Save me from those who make it hard for me. For they are too strong for me.


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Bring my soul out of prison, so that I may give thanks to Your name. Those who are right and good will gather around me. For You will give much to me.”


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A Prayer for Help
Hear my prayer, O Lord. Listen when I ask for help. Answer me because You are faithful and right.


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For the one who hates me has made it hard for my soul. He has crushed my life to the ground. He has made me live in dark places, like those who have been dead for a long time.


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I remember the days long ago. I think about all You have done. I think about the work of Your hands.


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Hurry to answer me, O Lord! My spirit is becoming weak! Do not hide Your face from me, or I will become like those who go down to the grave.


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Let me hear Your loving-kindness in the morning, for I trust in You. Teach me the way I should go for I lift up my soul to You.


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Give me new life, O Lord, because of Your name. Bring me out of trouble because You are right and good.


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In Your loving-kindness cut off those who hate me. Destroy all those who make it hard for my soul, for I am Your servant.


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A Song of Thanks
Praise and thanks be to the Lord, my rock. He makes my hands ready for war, and my fingers for battle.


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He is my loving-kindness and my walls of strength, my strong place and the One Who sets me free, my safe-covering and the One in Whom I trust. He brings my people under my rule.


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Put out Your hand from above. Take me out of trouble and away from the many waters, from the power of those from other lands.


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Take me out of trouble and away from the power of those from other lands. Their mouths speak lies. And their right hand is a right hand that is false.


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May our young sons be like plants that are full-grown. And may our daughters be like the corner pieces of a great house.


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May our store-houses be full of all kinds of food. And may our sheep grow by the thousands and ten thousands in our fields.


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Let our cattle give birth without trouble and without loss. And may there be no cry of trouble in our streets.


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Families of this time will praise Your works to the families-to-come. They will tell about Your powerful acts.


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Many words will come from their mouths about how good You are. They will sing for joy about how right You are.


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My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord. And all flesh will honor His holy name forever and ever.


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He helps those who have a bad power over them. He gives food to the hungry. And He sets those in prison free.


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The Lord opens the eyes of the blind. The Lord raises up those who are brought down. The Lord loves those who are right and good.


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The Lord keeps the strangers safe. He takes care of the children who have no father and the woman whose husband has died. But He destroys the way of the sinful.


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The Lord will rule forever. Your God, O Zion, will rule over all people for all time. Praise the Lord!


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Praise for God’s Goodness
Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God. For it is pleasing and praise is right.


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He covers the heavens with clouds. He gives rain for the earth. He makes grass grow on the mountains.


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The Whole World Should Praise the Lord
Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord from the heavens! Praise Him on high!


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Let them praise the name of the Lord. For His name alone is honored. His shining-greatness is above earth and heaven.


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He has raised up a horn for His people, praise for all who belong to Him, for the people of Israel, who are near to Him. Praise the Lord!


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A Call to Praise God
Praise the Lord! Sing a new song to the Lord! Praise Him in the meeting of His people.


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Let the punishment that is written be given to them. This is an honor for all His faithful ones. Praise the Lord!


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A Song of Praise
Praise the Lord! Praise God in His holy place! Praise Him in the heavens of His power!


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If they say, “Come with us. Let us lie in wait to kill someone. Let us set a trap for those who are without blame.


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Such are the ways of all who get things by hurting others. Their desire for stolen riches takes away their own lives.


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“O foolish ones, how long will you love being foolish? How long will those who laugh at others be happy in their laughing? How long will fools hate much learning?


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Listen to my strong words! See, I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make my words known to you.


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You did not listen when I told you what you should do, and you would not hear any of my strong words.


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Fear will come to you like a storm. Hard times will come like a strong wind. When trouble and suffering come upon you,


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For the foolish will be killed by their turning away. The trust that fools put in themselves will destroy them.


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But he who listens to me will live free from danger, and he will rest easy from the fear of what is sinful.”


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He stores up perfect wisdom for those who are right with Him. He is a safe-covering to those who are right in their walk.


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Then you will understand what is right and good, and right from wrong, and you will know what you should do.


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but the sinful will be destroyed from the land, and those who are not faithful will be taken away from it.


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The Reward That Comes from Following Wisdom
My son, do not forget my teaching. Let your heart keep my words.


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Then your store-houses will be filled with many good things and your barrels will flow over with new wine.


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Do not be afraid of fear that comes all at once. And do not be afraid of the storm of the sinful when it comes.


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Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and return tomorrow, and I will give it,” when you have it with you.


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The punishment of the Lord is on the house of the sinful, but He makes good come to the house of those who are right with Him.


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But the way of those who are right is like the early morning light. It shines brighter and brighter until the perfect day.


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Strangers would be filled with your strength, and the fruits of your work would go to a strange house.


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I have not listened to the voice of my teachers. I have not turned my ear to those who would teach me.


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Let her be like a loving, female deer. Let her breasts please you at all times. Be filled with great joy always because of her love.


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My son, why should you be carried away with a sinful woman and fall into the arms of a strange woman?


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He will die for want of teaching, and will go the wrong way because of the greatness of his foolish ways.


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A Father Talks to His Son
My son, if you have put yourself as a trust for what your neighbor owes to another, or if you have made a promise for a stranger,


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you have been trapped with the words of your lips. You have been caught with the words of your mouth.


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Do this now, my son, and get yourself out of trouble, for you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go without pride and beg your neighbor to let you go.


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Take yourself away like a deer from the man who kills animals, and like a bird from the hand of the man who catches birds.


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So trouble will come upon him all at once. Right then he will be broken, and there will be no healing.


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They will lead you when you walk. They will watch over you when you sleep, and they will talk with you when you wake up.


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For because of a woman who sells the use of her body, one is brought down to a loaf of bread. A sinful woman hunts to take a man’s very life.


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But if he is caught, he must pay seven times what he took. He must give up all the things in his house.


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And I saw among the child-like and among the young people a young man without wisdom and understanding.


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See, a woman comes to meet him. She is dressed like a woman who sells the use of her body, and with a heart that wants to fool and trap someone.


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She is now in the street, now in the center of town where people gather. She lies in wait at every corner.


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until an arrow cuts through him. Like a bird that hurries into the net, he does not know that he will lose his life.


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I was there when He marked out the places for the sea, so that the waters would not go farther than what He said. I was there when He marked out the ground for the earth.


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I was beside Him as the leading workman. I was His joy every day. I was always happy when I was near Him.


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He who speaks strong words to the man who laughs at the truth brings shame upon himself. He who speaks strong words to a sinful man gets hurt.


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Do not speak strong words to a man who laughs at the truth, or he will hate you. Speak strong words to a wise man, and he will love you.


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Give teaching to a wise man and he will be even wiser. Teach a man who is right and good, and he will grow in learning.


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If you are wise, your wisdom is a help to you. If you laugh at the truth, you alone will suffer for it.


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But he does not know that the dead are there, and that the ones who visit her are in the bottom of hell.


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The Wise Sayings of Solomon, Chapters 10 through 29
The sayings of Solomon:
A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.


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The Lord will not let those who are right with Him go hungry, but He puts to one side the desire of the sinful.


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The mouth of the one who is right with God is a well of life, but the mouth of the sinful hides trouble.


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Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has understanding, but a stick is for the back of him who has no understanding.


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He who listens to teaching is on the path of life, but he who will not listen to strong words goes the wrong way.


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The tongue of those who are right with God is like fine silver, but the heart of the sinful is not worth much.


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What the sinful man is afraid of will come upon him, and what is wanted by the man who is right with God will be given to him.


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When the storm passes, the sinful man is no more, but the man who is right with God has a place to stand forever.


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The way of the Lord is a strong-place to those who are faithful, but it destroys those who do wrong.


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The lips of those who are right with God speak what is pleasing to others, but the mouth of the sinful speaks only what is bad.


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The honor of good people will lead them, but those who hurt others will be destroyed by their own false ways.


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Those right with God, who are without blame, make a straight way for themselves, but the sinful will fall by their own wrong-doing.


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Being right with God will save the honest man, but those who hurt others will be trapped by their wrong desires.


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The sinful man destroys his neighbor with his mouth, but those who are fair will be saved through knowing God.


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The city is glad when everything goes well with those who are right with God, and there are shouts of joy when the sinful are destroyed.


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A city is honored by the good things that come to the faithful, but it is torn down by the mouth of the sinful.


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He who is always telling stories makes secrets known, but he who can be trusted keeps a thing hidden.


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A nation falls where there is no wise leading, but it is safe where there are many wise men who know what to do.


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He who puts himself as trust for what a stranger owes to another will suffer for it, but he who hates to be trusted for what another owes is safe.


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He who will not be moved from being right with God will live, but he who goes for what is bad will bring about his own death.


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Know for sure that the sinful man will not go without being punished, but the children of those who are right with God will be saved.


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There is one who is free in giving, and yet he grows richer. And there is one who keeps what he should give, but he ends up needing more.


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He who trusts in his riches will fall, but those who are right with God will grow like a green leaf.


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He who troubles his own house will be given the wind, and the foolish will serve those with a wise heart.


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A man will not stand by doing what is wrong, but the root of those who are right with God will not be moved.


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A good wife is the pride and joy of her husband, but she who brings shame is like cancer to his bones.


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The words of the sinful lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the faithful will take them away from trouble.


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A man who has only a little honor and has a servant is better than one who honors himself and does not have bread.


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He who works his land will have all the bread he needs, but he who follows what is of no worth has no wisdom.


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The sinful man wants what sinful men have, but the root of those who are right with God gives fruit.


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A sinful man is trapped by the sin of his lips, but those who are right with God will get away from trouble.


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A man will be filled with good from the fruit of his words, and the work of a man’s hands will return to him.


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The man who is right with God is a teacher to his neighbor, but the way of the sinful leads them the wrong way.


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The lazy man will not cook the food he has caught, but the man who does his best has what is of great worth.


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A wise son listens when his father tells him the right way, but one who laughs at the truth does not listen when strong words are spoken to him.


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The one who is careful what he says will have good come to him, but the one who wants to hurt others will have trouble.


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The soul of the lazy person has strong desires but gets nothing, but the soul of the one who does his best gets more than he needs.


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A man who is right with God hates lies, but the actions of a sinful man are hated and he is put to shame.


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What is right and good watches over the one whose way is without blame, but sin destroys the sinful.


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There is one who pretends to be rich, but has nothing. Another pretends to be poor, but has many riches.


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A rich man can use his riches to save his life, but the poor man does not hear strong words spoken to him.


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Riches taken by false ways become less and less, but riches grow for the one who gathers by hard work.


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He who will not listen to strong teaching will become poor and ashamed, but he who listens when strong words are spoken will be honored.


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A good man leaves what he owns for his children’s children. The riches of the sinner are stored up for those who are right with God.


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He who does not punish his son when he needs it hates him, but he who loves him will punish him when he needs it.


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The man who is right with God has all the food he needs, but the stomach of the sinful man never has enough.


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One who laughs at the truth looks for wisdom and does not find it, but much learning is easy to him who has understanding.


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The man who has gone back into sin will get the fruit of his ways, and a good man will get the fruit of what he does.


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A wise man fears God and turns away from what is sinful, but a fool is full of pride and is not careful.


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Do not those who make sinful plans go the wrong way? Kindness and truth are for those who plan good.


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He who is slow to get angry has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper makes his foolish way look right.


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A heart that has peace is life to the body, but wrong desires are like the wasting away of the bones.


book: Prov
contenido:
He who makes it hard for the poor brings shame to his Maker, but he who shows loving-favor to those in need honors Him.


book: Prov
contenido:
The sinful is thrown down by his wrong-doing, but the man who is right with God has a safe place when he dies.


book: Prov
contenido:
Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, but what is in the heart of fools is made known.


book: Prov
contenido:
The king’s favor is toward a wise servant, but his anger is toward the one who brings shame by what he does.


book: Prov
contenido:
The tongue of the wise uses much learning in a good way, but the mouth of fools speaks in a foolish way.


book: Prov
contenido:
A fool turns away from the strong teaching of his father, but he who remembers the strong words spoken to him is wise.


book: Prov
contenido:
Great riches are in the house of those who are right with God, but trouble is what the sinful will receive.


book: Prov
contenido:
A man who laughs at the truth has no love for the one who speaks strong words to him. He will not go to the wise.


book: Prov
contenido:
The mind of him who has understanding looks for much learning, but the mouth of fools feeds on foolish ways.


book: Prov
contenido:
Plans go wrong without talking together, but they will go well when many wise men talk about what to do.


book: Prov
contenido:
The Lord will tear down the house of the proud, but He will make a place for the woman whose husband has died.


book: Prov
contenido:
He who gets things by doing wrong brings trouble to his family, but he who will not be paid in secret for wrong-doing will live.


book: Prov
contenido:
The mind of the one who is right with God thinks about how to answer, but the mouth of the sinful pours out sinful things.


book: Prov
contenido:
He who does not listen to strong teaching hates himself, but he who listens when strong words are spoken gets understanding.


book: Prov
contenido:
When the ways of a man are pleasing to the Lord, He makes even those who hate him to be at peace with him.


book: Prov
contenido:
The lips of the king should decide as God would. His mouth should not sin in deciding what is right or wrong.


book: Prov
contenido:
What is fair in telling the weight of something belongs to the Lord. He cares about all the weights of the bag.


book: Prov
contenido:
To get wisdom is much better than getting gold. To get understanding should be chosen instead of silver.


book: Prov
contenido:
It is better to be poor in spirit among poor people, than to divide the riches that were taken with the proud.


book: Prov
contenido:
The wise in heart will be called understanding. And to speak in a pleasing way helps people know what you say is right.


book: Prov
contenido:
He who winks his eyes plans to do bad things. He who closes his lips allows sinful things to happen.


book: Prov
contenido:
Hair that is turning white is like a crown of honor. It is found in the way of being right with God.


book: Prov
contenido:
He who is slow to anger is better than the powerful. And he who rules his spirit is better than he who takes a city.


book: Prov
contenido:
A servant who is wise in what he does will rule over a son who acts in shame. He will share in what is given as one of the brothers.


book: Prov
contenido:
Being paid in secret for wrong-doing is like a stone of much worth to the one who has it. Wherever he turns, he does well.


book: Prov
contenido:
A man of understanding learns more from being told the right thing to do than a fool learns from being beaten a hundred times.


book: Prov
contenido:
A man who will not obey looks only for what is bad. So one who has no loving-pity will be sent against him.


book: Prov
contenido:
He who says that the sinful are right, and he who says those who do right are wrong, both are hated by the Lord.


book: Prov
contenido:
A man without good thinking makes promises, and becomes a trust for what another man owes his neighbor.


book: Prov
contenido:
He who loves sin loves making trouble. He who opens his door wide for trouble is looking for a way to be destroyed.


book: Prov
contenido:
It is not good to punish those who are right with God, and it is wrong to beat men of honor for being faithful.


book: Prov
contenido:
He who is careful in what he says has much learning, and he who has a quiet spirit is a man of understanding.


book: Prov
contenido:
Even a fool, when he keeps quiet, is thought to be wise. When he closes his lips, he is thought of as a man of understanding.


book: Prov
contenido:
The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters. Wisdom comes like a flowing river making a pleasant noise.


book: Prov
contenido:
The words of one who speaks about others in secret are like tempting bites of food. They go down into the inside parts of the body.


book: Prov
contenido:
A brother who has been hurt in his spirit is harder to be won than a strong city, and arguing is like the iron gates of a king’s house.


book: Prov
contenido:
A man’s stomach will be filled with the fruit of his mouth. He will be filled with what his lips speak.


book: Prov
contenido:
It is not good for a person to be without much learning, and he who hurries with his feet rushes into sin.


book: Prov
contenido:
Many will ask for the favor of a man who gives much, and every man is a friend to him who gives gifts.


book: Prov
contenido:
All the brothers of a poor man hate him. How much more do his friends go far from him! He runs to them with words, but they are gone.


book: Prov
contenido:
It is not right for a fool to live in great comfort, and for sure, for a servant to rule over rulers.


book: Prov
contenido:
A man’s understanding makes him slow to anger. It is to his honor to forgive and forget a wrong done to him.


book: Prov
contenido:
A foolish son destroys his father. The arguing of a wife is like water falling drop by drop all the time.


book: Prov
contenido:
He who shows kindness to a poor man gives to the Lord and He will pay him in return for his good act.


book: Prov
contenido:
An angry man will suffer punishment. For if you save him from his trouble, you will only have to do it again.


book: Prov
contenido:
Listen to words about what you should do, and take your punishment if you need it, so that you may be wise the rest of your days.


book: Prov
contenido:
The fear of the Lord leads to life, and he who has it will sleep well, and will not be touched by sin.


book: Prov
contenido:
Hit a man who laughs at the truth, and the foolish may become wise. But speak strong words to one who has understanding, and he will get more learning.


book: Prov
contenido:
My son, stop listening to teaching that will cause you to turn away from the words of much learning.


book: Prov
contenido:
A man without worth who tells all he knows laughs at what is right and fair, and the mouth of the sinful spreads wrong-doing.


book: Prov
contenido:
Ways of punishing are made ready for those who laugh at the truth, and beatings are for the back of fools.


book: Prov
contenido:
Wine makes people act in a foolish way. Strong drink starts fights. Whoever is fooled by it is not wise.


book: Prov
contenido:
“It is bad, it is bad,” says the one who buys, but when he goes away, he talks much about his good buy.


book: Prov
contenido:
Take a man’s coat when he has given himself as trust for what a stranger owes. And hold him to his promise when he gives himself as trust for what the people from other lands owe.


book: Prov
contenido:
Make plans by listening to what others have to say, and make war by listening to the leading of wise men.


book: Prov
contenido:
He who goes about talking to hurt people makes secrets known. So do not be with those who talk about others.


book: Prov
contenido:
It is a trap for a man to say without thinking, “It is holy,” and then later think more about what he has promised.


book: Prov
contenido:
A king will stay in power as long as he is faithful and true. He can stay on his throne if he does what is right and good.


book: Prov
contenido:
To do what is right and good and fair is more pleasing to the Lord than gifts given on the altar in worship.


book: Prov
contenido:
The plans of those who do their best lead only to having all they need, but all who are in a hurry come only to want.


book: Prov
contenido:
The way the sinful hurt others will draw them away, because they will not do what is right and fair.


book: Prov
contenido:
When the man who laughs at the truth is punished, the fool becomes wise. When a wise man is taught, he gets much learning.


book: Prov
contenido:
The One Who is right and good thinks about the house of the sinful, and the sinful are thrown down to be destroyed.


book: Prov
contenido:
When what is right and fair is done, it is a joy for those who are right with God. But it fills the sinful with fear.


book: Prov
contenido:
The sinful man is the price given for the man who is right with God, the man who is not faithful for the faithful man.


book: Prov
contenido:
There are riches and oil of great worth in the house of the wise, but a foolish man swallows them up.


book: Prov
contenido:
A wise man goes over the city walls of the powerful, and brings down the strong-place in which they trust.


book: Prov
contenido:
“Proud,” “Self-important” and “One who laughs at the truth” are the names of the man who acts without respect and is proud.


book: Prov
contenido:
The gift given on an altar in worship by the sinful is a hated thing. How much more when he brings it for the wrong reason!


book: Prov
contenido:
A person who tells a lie about someone else will be lost, but the man who listens to the truth will speak forever.


book: Prov
contenido:
Bring up a child by teaching him the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn away from it.


book: Prov
contenido:
The rich rules over the poor. The man who uses something that belongs to someone else is ruled by the one who let him use it.


book: Prov
contenido:
The eyes of the Lord keep watch over much learning, but He destroys the words of the man who is not faithful.


book: Prov
contenido:
He who makes it hard for the poor by getting more for himself, or who gives to the rich, will become poor himself.


book: Prov
contenido:
Do you see a man who is good at his work? He will stand in front of kings. He will not stand in front of men who are not important.


book: Prov
contenido:
When you set your eyes upon it, it is gone. For sure, riches make themselves wings like an eagle that flies toward the heavens.


book: Prov
contenido:
Do not eat the bread of a man who thinks only about himself. Do not have a desire for his fine food.


book: Prov
contenido:
For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. He says to you, “Eat and drink!” But his heart is not with you.


book: Prov
contenido:
Do not keep from punishing the child if he needs it. If you beat him with the stick, he will not die.


book: Prov
contenido:
For the man who drinks too much or eats too much will become poor, and much sleep will dress a man in torn clothes.


book: Prov
contenido:
The father of one who is right with God will have much joy. He who has a wise son will be glad in him.


book: Prov
contenido:
Who has trouble? Who has sorrow? Who is fighting? Who is complaining? Who is hurt without a reason? Who has eyes that have become red?


book: Prov
contenido:
And you will be like one who lies down in the center of the sea, or like one who lies above a ship’s sail.


book: Prov
contenido:
“They hit me, but I was not hurt. They beat me, but I did not know it. When will I wake up? I will look for another drink.”


book: Prov
contenido:
For by wise leading you will make war, and the fight is won when there are many wise men to help you make the plans.


book: Prov
contenido:
If you say, “See, we did not know this,” does not He Who knows what is in hearts see it? Does not He Who keeps watch over your soul know it? And will He not pay each man for his work?


book: Prov
contenido:
Know that wisdom is like this to your soul. If you find it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.


book: Prov
contenido:
O sinful man, do not lie in wait against the house of the man who is right with God. Do not destroy his resting place.


book: Prov
contenido:
For a man who is right with God falls seven times, and rises again, but the sinful fall in time of trouble.


book: Prov
contenido:
Do not be full of joy when the one who hates you falls. Do not let your heart be glad when he trips.


book: Prov
contenido:
He who says to the sinful, “You are right and good,” will be spoken against by people and hated by nations.


book: Prov
contenido:
And see, it was all grown over with thorns. The ground was covered with weeds, and its stone wall was broken down.


book: Prov
contenido:
These also are wise sayings of Solomon, which were written down by the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah.


book: Prov
contenido:
It is the greatness of God to keep things hidden, but it is the greatness of kings to find things out.


book: Prov
contenido:
For it is better to be told, “Come up here,” than to be put down in front of the ruler whom your eyes have seen.


book: Prov
contenido:
Do not go out in a hurry to argue. Or what will you do in the end, when your neighbor puts you to shame?


book: Prov
contenido:
A wise man speaking strong words to a listening ear is like a piece of gold for the ear and a beautiful object of fine gold.


book: Prov
contenido:
A faithful man who carries news is like the cold of snow at gathering time to those who send him, for he makes the spirit of his owners feel new again.


book: Prov
contenido:
Do not let your foot be in your neighbor’s house too much, or he may become tired of you and hate you.


book: Prov
contenido:
In time of trouble, trusting in a man who is not faithful is like a bad tooth or a foot out of joint.


book: Prov
contenido:
He who sings songs to a heavy heart is like one who takes off a coat on a cold day, or like sour wine poured on soda.


book: Prov
contenido:
A man who does what is right but gives way in front of the sinful, is like a well of mud or poisoned water.


book: Prov
contenido:
Like a sparrow in its traveling, like a swallow in its flying, so bad words said against someone without reason do not come to rest.


book: Prov
contenido:
A wise saying in the mouth of fools is like a thorn that goes into the hand of a man who drinks too much.


book: Prov
contenido:
When there is no wood, the fire goes out. Where there is no one telling secret stories about people, arguing stops.


book: Prov
contenido:
The words of one who tells secret things about people are like good-tasting bites of food. They go down into the inside parts of the body.


book: Prov
contenido:
When he speaks with kindness, do not believe him, for there are seven things that are hated in his heart.


book: Prov
contenido:
Even if his hate is covered with false ways, his sin will be found out in front of the great meeting.


book: Prov
contenido:
Do not leave your own friend or your father’s friend alone, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your trouble. A neighbor who is near is better than a brother who is far away.


book: Prov
contenido:
Take the man’s coat who has given himself as trust for what a stranger owes. And hold him to his promise who has given it as trust for a sinful woman.


book: Prov
contenido:
He who praises his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning will be thought of as saying bad things against him.


book: Prov
contenido:
He who cares for the fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who cares for the one he works for will be honored.


book: Prov
contenido:
There will be enough goats’ milk for your food, for the food of all your house, and a living for your young women.


book: Prov
contenido:
The sinful run away when no one is trying to catch them, but those who are right with God have as much strength of heart as a lion.


book: Prov
contenido:
When a nation sins, it has many rulers, but with a man of understanding and much learning, it will last a long time.


book: Prov
contenido:
Sinful men do not understand what is right and fair, but those who look to the Lord understand all things.


book: Prov
contenido:
He who gets money by being paid much for the use of it, gathers it for him who will be kind to the poor.


book: Prov
contenido:
He who leads good people into a sinful way will fall into his own deep hole, but good will come to those without blame.


book: Prov
contenido:
When those who are right with God win, there is great honor, but when the sinful rule, men hide themselves.


book: Prov
contenido:
It will not go well for the man who hides his sins, but he who tells his sins and turns from them will be given loving-pity.


book: Prov
contenido:
A ruler who takes much from the people who have little does not have understanding. But he who hates wanting something that belongs to someone else will live a long time.


book: Prov
contenido:
A man who is loaded down with the guilt of human blood will run in fear until death. Let no one help him.


book: Prov
contenido:
He who works his land will have more than enough food, but he who wastes his time will become very poor.


book: Prov
contenido:
He who speaks strong words to a man will later find more favor than he who gives false respect with his tongue.


book: Prov
contenido:
He who robs his father or his mother, and says, “It is not a sin,” is the friend of a man who destroys.


book: Prov
contenido:
He who gives to the poor will never want, but many bad things will happen to the man who shuts his eyes to the poor.


book: Prov
contenido:
When the sinful rule, men hide themselves, but when they pass away, those who do what is right become many.


book: Prov
contenido:
A man who does not listen after many strong words are spoken to him will be destroyed all at once and without help.


book: Prov
contenido:
When those who are right with God rule, the people are glad, but when a sinful man rules, the people have sorrow.


book: Prov
contenido:
A man who loves wisdom makes his father glad, but he who goes with women who sell the use of their bodies wastes his money.


book: Prov
contenido:
The king makes the land strong by doing what is right and fair, but the one who takes pay for doing wrong, destroys it.


book: Prov
contenido:
The man who is right with God cares about the rights of poor people, but the sinful man does not understand such things.


book: Prov
contenido:
When a wise man argues with a foolish man, the fool only gets angry or laughs, and there is no peace and quiet.


book: Prov
contenido:
The stick and strong words give wisdom, but a child who gets his own way brings shame to his mother.


book: Prov
contenido:
Punish your son when he does wrong and he will give you comfort. Yes, he will give joy to your soul.


book: Prov
contenido:
Where there is no understanding of the Word of the Lord, the people do whatever they want to, but happy is he who keeps the law.


book: Prov
contenido:
He who gives good care to his servant from the time he is young, will in the end find him to be a son.


book: Prov
contenido:
He who works with a robber hates his own life. He knows about the bad that will come, but can tell nothing.


book: Prov
contenido:
A sinful man is a shame to those who are right with God, and he who is right with God is a shame to the sinful.


book: Prov
contenido:
Who has gone up into heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has gathered the waters in His coat? Who has put in place all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is His Son’s name? For sure you know!


book: Prov
contenido:
Take lies and what is false far from me. Do not let me be poor or rich. Feed me with the food that I need.


book: Prov
contenido:
Then I will not be afraid that I will be full and turn my back against You and say, “Who is the Lord?” And I will not be afraid that I will be poor and steal, and bring shame on the name of my God.


book: Prov
contenido:
Do not speak against a slave while talking with his owner, or he may curse you and you will be found guilty.


book: Prov
contenido:
There is a kind of man whose teeth are swords, whose jaws are like knives, who eat up those who are suffering from the earth, and those in need from among men.


book: Prov
contenido:
The one who lives by the blood of another has two daughters, “Give,” “Give.” There are three things that are never filled, four that never say, “Enough”:


book: Prov
contenido:
The place of the dead, the woman who cannot have children, the earth that is always thirsty for water, and fire that never says, “Enough.”


book: Prov
contenido:
The eye that makes fun of a father and hates to obey a mother will be picked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the young eagles.


book: Prov
contenido:
The way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship out at sea, and the way of a man with a woman.


book: Prov
contenido:
This is the way of a woman who is not faithful in marriage: She eats and washes her mouth, and says, “I have done no wrong.”


book: Prov
contenido:
under a woman who is not loved when she gets a husband, and under a woman servant when she takes the place of the woman of the house.


book: Prov
contenido:
If you have been foolish in honoring yourself, or if you have planned wrong-doing, put your hand on your mouth.


book: Prov
contenido:
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to desire strong drink.


book: Prov
contenido:
Open your mouth. Be right and fair in what you decide. Stand up for the rights of those who are suffering and in need.


book: Prov
contenido:
She rises while it is still night and makes food for all those in her house. She gives work for the young women to do.


book: Eccl
contenido:
The wind blows to the south and goes around to the north. It goes around and around, and returns again on its way.


book: Eccl
contenido:
All the rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is not full. And they return again to the place from which the rivers flow.


book: Eccl
contenido:
All things are tiring. Man is not able to tell about them. The eye never has enough to see, and the ear is never filled with what it hears.


book: Eccl
contenido:
What has been is what will be. And what has been done is what will be done. So there is nothing new under the sun.


book: Eccl
contenido:
Is there anything of which one might say, “See, this is new”? It has already been there since long before us.


book: Eccl
contenido:
No one remembers the things that happened before. And no one will remember the things that will happen in the future among those who will come later.


book: Eccl
contenido:
Looking for Wisdom Is like Trying to Catch the Wind
I, the Preacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.


book: Eccl
contenido:
And I set my mind to look for wisdom to learn about all that has been done under heaven. It is a hard work which God has given to the sons of men to be troubled with.


book: Eccl
contenido:
I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun. And see, it is all for nothing. It is like trying to catch the wind.


book: Eccl
contenido:
I said to myself, “I have received more wisdom than all who were over Jerusalem before me. My mind has seen much wisdom and much learning.”


book: Eccl
contenido:
And I set my mind to know wisdom and to know what is crazy and foolish. I saw that this also is like trying to catch the wind.


book: Eccl
contenido:
Fun Is of No Worth
I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with things that are fun. So have a good time.” But see, this also was for nothing.


book: Eccl
contenido:
I tried to find in my mind how to make my body happy with wine, yet at the same time having my mind lead me with wisdom. I tried to find how to take hold of what is foolish, until I could see what good there is for the sons of men to do under heaven during the few years of their lives.


book: Eccl
contenido:
I bought men and women servants, and had other servants who were born in my house. I had more flocks and cattle than anyone before me in Jerusalem.


book: Eccl
contenido:
I gathered for myself silver and gold and the riches of kings and lands. I got for myself male and female singers, and kept many women who acted as my wives, the joy of man.


book: Eccl
contenido:
Then I became great, greater than all who lived before me in Jerusalem. And my wisdom stayed with me.


book: Eccl
contenido:
Whatever my eyes wanted I did not keep away from them. I did not keep my heart from anything that was pleasing, for my heart was pleased with all my work. This was my reward for all my work.


book: Eccl
contenido:
Then I thought about all that my hands had done, and the work I had done. I saw that it was all for nothing. It was like trying to catch the wind, and there was nothing to get for it under the sun.


book: Eccl
contenido:
The End of the Wise Man or Fool
So I turned to think about wisdom and what is crazy and foolish. For what can the man do who comes after the king, except what has already been done?


book: Eccl
contenido:
The wise man’s eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I know that one thing will happen to both of them.


book: Eccl
contenido:
Then I said to myself, “What happens to the fool will happen to me also. Why then have I been so very wise?” So I said to myself, “This also is for nothing.”


book: Eccl
contenido:
For the wise man will not be remembered forever any more than the fool. All will be forgotten in the days to come. The wise man dies just like the fool!


book: Eccl
contenido:
So I hated life. For the work which had been done under the sun brought sorrow to me. Because everything is for nothing and is like trying to catch the wind.


book: Eccl
contenido:
I hated what came from all my work which I had done under the sun. For I must leave it to the man who will come after me.


book: Eccl
contenido:
And who knows if he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will rule over all that I have worked for by acting with wisdom under the sun. This also is for nothing.


book: Eccl
contenido:
For here is a man who has worked with wisdom, much learning, and an able hand. Yet he must give this to one who has not worked for it. This also is for nothing, and very wrong.


book: Eccl
contenido:
For his work brings pain and sorrow all his days. Even during the night his mind does not rest. This also is for nothing.


book: Eccl
contenido:
There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink and find joy in his work. I have seen that this also is from the hand of God.


book: Eccl
contenido:
For God has given wisdom and much learning and joy to the person who is good in God’s eyes. But to the sinner He has given the work of gathering and getting many riches together to give to the one who pleases God. This also is for nothing, like trying to catch the wind.


book: Eccl
contenido:
A Time for Everything
There is a special time for everything. There is a time for everything that happens under heaven.


book: Eccl
contenido:
There is a time to throw stones, and a time to gather stones; a time to kiss, and a time to turn from kissing.


book: Eccl
contenido:
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has put thoughts of the forever in man’s mind, yet man cannot understand the work God has done from the beginning to the end.


book: Eccl
contenido:
I know that everything God does will last forever. There is nothing to add to it, and nothing to take from it. God works so that men will honor Him with fear.


book: Eccl
contenido:
That which is, already has been. And that which will be, has already been. For God allows the same things to happen again.


book: Eccl
contenido:
Sin Is Everywhere
Also I have seen under the sun that in the place of what is right and fair there is sin. And in the place of what is right and good there is wrong-doing.


book: Eccl
contenido:
I said to myself, “God will judge both the man who is right and good, and the sinful man.” For there is a time for everything to be done and a time for every work.


book: Eccl
contenido:
I said to myself about the sons of men, “God is testing them to show them that they are like animals.”


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For the same thing is to happen to both the sons of men and animals. As one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and to be a man is no better than to be an animal. Because all is for nothing.


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So I have seen that nothing is better than that man should be happy in his work, for that is all he can do. Who can bring him to see what will happen after him?


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Then I saw all the bad powers that were ruling under the sun. I saw the tears of the people who were suffering under these powers, with no one to comfort them. Those who made it hard for them had the power. But the people had no one to comfort them.


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But better than both is the one who has never been, who has never seen the wrong that is done under the sun.


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I have seen that all the work done is because a man wants what his neighbor has. This also is for nothing, like trying to catch the wind.


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There was a certain man who lived alone. He did not have a son or a brother. Yet he worked all the time. His eyes were never happy with the riches he had, and he never asked, “For whom am I working and why am I keeping myself from happiness?” This also is for nothing. It is work that brings sorrow.


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For if one of them falls, the other can help him up. But it is hard for the one who falls when there is no one to lift him up.


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One man is able to have power over him who is alone, but two can stand against him. It is not easy to break a rope made of three strings.


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A poor and wise boy is better than an old and foolish king who will no longer listen to words of wisdom.


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I have seen all the living under the sun gather to the side of the boy who becomes king in his place.


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There was no end to all the people. He ruled over all of them. Yet those who come later will not be happy with him. For this also is for nothing, like trying to catch the wind.


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Do What You Promise
Watch your steps as you go to the house of God. Go near and listen but do not give the gift of fools. For they do not know they are sinning.


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Do not hurry to speak or be in a hurry as you think what to tell God. For God is in heaven and you are on the earth. So let your words be few.


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When you make a promise to God, do not be late in paying it, for He is not pleased with fools. Pay what you promise to pay!


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Do not let your mouth cause you to sin. And do not say to the one sent from God that it was a mistake. Why should God be angry because of what you said, and destroy the work of your hands?


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Money and Honor Are of Little Worth
In one part of a land if you see a bad power held over the poor, and what is right and fair and good taken away, do not be surprised by what you see. For one leader watches over another leader, and more important leaders watch over them.


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He who loves money will never have enough money to make him happy. It is the same for the one who loves to get many things. This also is for nothing.


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When there are more good things, there are also more people to eat them. So what does their owner get except to see them with his eyes?


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The sleep of the working man is pleasing, if he eats little or much. But the full stomach of the rich man does not let him sleep.


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There is something very wrong which I have seen under the sun: Riches being kept by the owner and he is hurt by them.


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When those riches are lost because he used them in a wrong way, and he had become the father of a son, there was nothing left for him.


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A man comes from his mother without clothing, and he will go as he came. He will take nothing from his work that he can carry in his hand.


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This also is very wrong: As a man is born, this is the way he will leave. So what does the man get who works for the wind?


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This is what I have seen to be good and right: to eat and to drink and be happy in all the work one does under the sun during the few years of his life which God has given him. For this is his reward.


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As for every man to whom God has given riches and many good things, He has also given him the power to eat from them, receive his reward and be happy in his work. This is the gift of God.


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God gives a man riches and many good things and honor, so that he has everything he wants. But He does not allow him to have joy from them, for a stranger has joy from them. This is for nothing, and is very bad.


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If a man becomes the father of a hundred children and lives many years until he is very old, but he is not happy with good things, and is not buried as he should be, then I say that the child who dies before it is born is shown more favor than he.


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Even if the other man lives a thousand years twice and does not find joy in good things, do not all go to the same place?


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For what is better for the wise man than for the fool? And what good does the poor man have who knows how to walk among the living?


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What the eyes see is better than what there is a desire for. This also is for nothing, like trying to catch the wind.


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Whatever has come to be has already been given a name. It is known what man is, and that he cannot argue with one who is stronger than he.


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For who knows what is good for a man during his life, during the few years of his living for nothing? He will spend them like a shadow. For who can tell a man what will happen after he is gone under the sun?


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Wisdom Is Worth a Lot
A good name is better than oil of much worth. And the day of one’s death is better than the day of one’s birth.


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It is better to go to a house of sorrow than to go to a house of much eating. For this is the end of all men, and the living takes it to heart.


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The heart of the wise is in the house of sorrow, while the heart of fools is in the house where there is fun.


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For the laughing of a fool is like the sound of a thorn bush burning under a pot. This also is for nothing.


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For sure a bad power makes the wise man angry. And to get paid in secret for wrong-doing destroys the heart.


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The end of something is better than its beginning. Not giving up in spirit is better than being proud in spirit.


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For wisdom keeps one from danger just as money keeps one from danger. But the good thing about much learning is that wisdom keeps alive those who have it.


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In the day of well-being be happy. But in the day of trouble, think about this: God has made the one as well as the other, so that man can never know what is going to happen.


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In the days of my life I have seen everything, but my life has been worth nothing. There is a right and good man who is destroyed while he is right and good. And there is a sinful man who lives long in his wrong-doing.


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It is good that you take hold of one thing, and do not let go of the other. For the one who fears God will have both of them.


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I turned my mind to know, to find out, and to look for wisdom and the reason of things, and to know how sinful it is to be foolish, and that being mad is foolish.


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And I found that the woman whose heart is traps and nets, and whose hands are chains is more bitter than death. He who pleases God will get away from her. But the sinner will be taken in by her.


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“See, I have found this out,” says the Preacher. “I have added one thing to another to find the reason,


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which I am still looking for but have not found. I have found one man among a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all these.


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Who is like the wise man? And who understands the meaning of anything? A man’s wisdom makes his face shine. The hard look on his face is changed.


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No man has the right and power to hold back the wind with the wind, or power over the day of his death. No man is free to leave in the time of war. And sin will not take the sinner out of trouble.


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All this I have seen while thinking about every work that has been done under the sun. There is a time when one man has power over another man and makes him suffer.


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Death Comes to Everyone
Then I saw the sinful buried, who used to go in and out of the holy place. They are soon forgotten in the city where they did this. This also is for nothing.


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Because a sinful act is not punished in a hurry, so the hearts of the sons of men are given completely over to sin.


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Even though a sinner does sinful things a hundred times and lives a long time, still I know that it will be well for those who fear God, and let others know they fear God.


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But it will not go well for the sinful man. His days will not be long like a shadow, because he does not fear God.


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There is something that is of no use on the earth: There are right and good men who have the same thing happen to them that happens to those who do sinful things. And there are sinful men who have the same thing happen to them that happens to those who are right and good. I say this also is for nothing.


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So I say a man should enjoy himself. For there is nothing good for a man under the sun except to eat and drink and be happy. For this will be with him in his work through the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.


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I gave my heart to know wisdom and to see the work which has been done on the earth, not sleeping day or night.


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And I saw all the work of God and knew that man cannot even think of all that is done under the sun. Even if man tries hard to find out, he will not be able to. Even if a wise man says he knows, he does not.


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For I have thought of all this, how good and wise men and their works are in the hand of God. Man does not know if love or hate is waiting for them.


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It is the same for all. The same thing will happen to both the man who is good and the man who is sinful. The same thing will happen to the clean and the unclean, and to the man who gives a gift on the altar and to the man who does not. As the good man is, so is the sinner. As the man who swears is, so is the one who is afraid to swear.


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This is a bad thing in all that is done under the sun, that the same thing happens to all men. Also the hearts of men are sinful and crazy all their lives. Then they join the dead.


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But there is hope for the one who is among the living. For sure a live dog is better off than a dead lion.


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For the living know they will die. But the dead know nothing, and they will receive nothing further, for they are forgotten.


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Their love and hate and desire have already died. They will no longer have a part in what is done under the sun.


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Go and eat your bread in happiness. Drink your wine with a happy heart. For God has already been pleased with your works.


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Enjoy life with the woman you love all the days of your life that will soon be over. God has given you these days under the sun. This is the good you will get in life and in your work which you have done under the sun.


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Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your strength. For there is no work or planning or learning or wisdom in the place of the dead where you are going.


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Again I saw under the sun that the race is not to the fast and the battle to the men of war. Bread is not to the wise and riches are not to the men of understanding. Favor is not to able workers. Time comes and goes and things happen for no reason to them all.


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Man does not know his time. Like fish caught in a bad net, and birds caught in a trap, so men are trapped at a bad time when trouble comes upon them when they do not expect it.


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Wisdom Is Better Than Being Foolish
I have also seen this as wisdom under the sun, and it made me think.


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There was a small city with few men in it, and a great king came to it. His army gathered around it and built a large wall to help them in battle against it.


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But a poor wise man was found in the city, and he brought the city out of its trouble by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.


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So I said, “Wisdom is better than strength.” But the wisdom of the poor man is hated and his words are not carried out.


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Dead flies make a perfume maker’s oil smell bad. So does acting a little foolish weigh more than wisdom and honor.


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A wise man’s heart leads him toward the right. But the foolish man’s heart leads him toward the left.


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Even when the fool walks on the road, he has little understanding and shows everyone that he is a fool.


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If the ruler becomes angry with you, do not back away. If you are quiet, much wrong-doing may be put aside.


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If the ax is not sharp and he does not make it sharp, then he must use more strength. Wisdom helps one to do well.


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If the snake bites before it is put under a man’s power, it will not be of help to the man who would have power over it.


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Yet the fool speaks many words. No man knows what will happen. And who can tell him what will come after him?


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Happy are you, O land, when your king is from parents who have ruled, and your princes eat at the right time, for strength and not to get drunk.


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When men are lazy, the roof begins to fall in. When they will do no work, the rain comes into the house.


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Do not curse a king even in your thoughts, and do not curse a rich man in your bedroom because a bird of the heavens will carry your voice and an animal with wings will make it known.


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Share what you have with seven, or even with eight, for you do not know what trouble may come on the earth.


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If the clouds are full, they pour out rain upon the earth. And if a tree falls to the south or to the north, wherever the tree falls, there it lies.


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He who watches the wind will not plant his seeds. And he who looks at the clouds will not gather the food.


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Just as you do not know the path of the wind or how the bones are made of a child yet to be born, so you do not know the work of God Who makes all things.


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Plant your seeds in the morning, and do not be lazy in the evening. You do not know which will grow well, the morning or evening planting, or if both of them alike will do well.


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If a man should live many years, let him have joy in them all. Yet let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. All that comes is for nothing.


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What Young People Should Do
Young man, be filled with joy while you are young. And let your heart be happy while you are a young man. Follow the ways of your heart and the desires of your eyes. But know that God will judge you for all these things.


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So put away trouble from your heart, and put away pain from your body. Because the years when you were a child and the best years of your life are going by fast.


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Remember also your Maker while you are young, before the days of trouble come and the years when you will say, “I have no joy in them,”


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This will be the day when the men who watch the house shake in fear. Strong men bow. Those who grind will stop because they are few. And the eyes of those who look through windows will not see well.


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The doors on the street will be shut when the sound of the grinding is no more. One will rise up at the sound of a bird. All the daughters of song will sing very low.


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Men will be afraid of a high place and of fears on the road. Flowers will grow on the almond tree. The grasshopper will pull himself along. And desire will be at an end. For man will go to his home that lasts forever, while people filled with sorrow go about in the street.


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Remember Him before the silver rope of life is broken and the gold dish is crushed. Remember Him before the pot by the well is broken and the wheel by the water-hole is crushed.


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The Preacher’s Last Words
Besides being a wise man, the Preacher also taught the people much learning. He thought about, and looked for, and put together many wise sayings.


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The words of wise men are like a stick. Their gathered sayings are like well-driven nails given by one Shepherd.


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But more than this, my son, be careful. There is no end to the writing of many books and reading many of them makes the body tired.


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The last word, after all has been heard, is: Honor God and obey His Laws. This is all that every person must do.


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The First Song
The Woman
“May he kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine.


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Take me away with you, and let us run together. The king has brought me into his room.
“We will have joy and be glad because of you. We will praise your love more than wine. They are right to love you.


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“I am dark but beautiful, O people of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.


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Do not look hard at me because I am dark, for the sun has burned me. My mother’s sons were angry with me, and made me take care of the grape-fields. But I have not taken care of my own grape-field.


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Tell me, O you whom my soul loves. In what field do you feed your flock? Where do your sheep lie down at noon? Why should I need to look for you beside the flocks of your friends?”


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King Solomon
“If you do not know, most beautiful among women, follow the path of the flock. And let your young goats eat in the field beside the tents of the shepherds.


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The Woman
“Like a fruit tree among many trees, so is my loved one among the young men. With much joy I sat down in his shadow. And his fruit was sweet to my taste.


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Make me strong with cakes of dried grapes. Make me strong again with fruit, because I am sick with love.


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King Solomon
“I tell you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and deer of the field, you must not wake up my love until it is pleasing to her.”


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The Second Song
The Woman
“Listen, it is the voice of my loved one! See, he is coming! He is running over the mountains, jumping across the hills.


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My love is like a gazelle or a young deer. See, he is standing behind our wall. He is looking through the windows, through the wood cross-pieces.


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The flowers are coming through the ground. The time for singing has come. The voice of the turtle-dove has been heard in our land.


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The fig tree has its fruits. The flowers on the vines spread their sweet smell. Get up, my love, my beautiful one, and come with me!


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O my dove, hidden in the rock, in the secret place in the mountain-side, let me see you. Let me hear your voice. For your voice is sweet, and you are beautiful.


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‘Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes that are destroying our grape-fields, for the flowers are on the vines.


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Until the morning comes and the shadows hurry away, turn, my love. Be like a gazelle or a young deer on the mountains of Bether.’”


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The Woman
“On my bed night after night I looked for him whom my soul loves. I looked for him but did not find him.


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‘I must get up now and go about the city, in the streets and in the open places. I must look for him whom my soul loves.’ I looked for him but did not find him.


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I had just passed them when I found him whom my soul loves. I held on to him and would not let him go, until I had brought him to my mother’s house, and into the room of her who gave birth to me.”


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King Solomon
“I tell you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the deer of the field, you must not wake up my love until it is pleasing to her.”


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The Third Song
The Woman
“What is this coming up from the desert like smoke? It has the smell of special perfumes, with all the perfumes of the traders.


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All of them use the sword and are very able in war. Each man has his sword at his side, keeping watch against trouble in the night.


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He made its long pieces of silver, its back of gold, and its seat of purple cloth. The inside of it was made beautiful by the daughters of Jerusalem.


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Go out, O daughters of Zion, and look at King Solomon as he wears the crown his mother put on his head on the day of his wedding, on the day his heart was glad.”


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King Solomon
“How beautiful you are, my love! How beautiful you are! Your eyes are like doves behind your face-covering. Your hair is like a flock of goats coming down from Mount Gilead.


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Your teeth are like a flock of sheep that have just had their wool cut and have come up from their washing. All have given birth to two lambs, and not one among them has lost her young.


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Your lips are like a bright red string. Your mouth is beautiful. The sides of your face are like a piece of a pomegranate under your covering.


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Your neck is like the tower of David, built with beauty. On it hang a thousand battle-coverings, the coverings of men of war.


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Your two breasts are like two young deer, the two young ones of a gazelle, that eat among the lilies.


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Until the morning comes and the shadows hurry away, I will go to the mountain of perfume plants, to the hill of special perfume.


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Come with me from Lebanon, my bride. May you come with me from Lebanon. Travel down from the top of Amana, from the top of Senir and Hermon, from the homes of lions, from the mountain homes of leopards.


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You have made my heart beat faster, my sister, my bride. You have made my heart beat faster with one look from your eyes, with one piece of the beautiful chain around your neck.


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How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine, and the sweet smell of your oils than all kinds of spices!


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Honey comes from your lips, my bride. Honey and milk are under your tongue. And the sweet smell of your clothing is like the smell of Lebanon.


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There is nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all the trees of frankincense, myrrh and aloes, with all the best spices.


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The Woman
“Wake up, O north wind! Come, south wind! Blow upon my garden so the sweet smells will spread far. May my loved one come into his garden and eat its best fruits.”


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King Solomon
“I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride. I have gathered my perfume with my spice. I have eaten my honey and the comb. I have drunk my wine and my milk. Eat and drink, friends. Drink much, O lovers.”


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The Fourth Song
The Woman
“I was asleep, but my heart was awake. A voice! My love was knocking: ‘Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my perfect one! For my head is wet from the water on the grass in the early morning. My hair is wet from the night.’


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I have taken off my dress. How can I put it on again? I have washed my feet. Should I get them dirty again?


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I got up to let my love in, and perfume fell from my hands. Wet perfume fell from my fingers onto the lock.


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I opened the door to my love, but he had already gone! My heart went out to him as he spoke. I looked for him, but did not find him. I called him, but he did not answer me.


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The watchmen of the city found me. They beat me and hurt me. The watchmen of the walls took my coat from me.


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I tell you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my loved one, you must tell him that I am weak with love.”


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Women of Jerusalem
“What is your loved one more than another loved one, O most beautiful among women? What is your loved one more than another loved one, that you tell us to do this?”


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His cheeks are like beds of spices, with sweet-smelling plants. His lips are like lily flowers giving off drops of perfume.


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His hands are strong pieces of gold set with stones of much worth. His body is made of ivory set with stones of much worth.


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His legs are pillars of clay put on bases of pure gold. He looks like Lebanon, as beautiful as the cedar trees.


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His mouth is very sweet, everything about him is pleasing. This is my loved one and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.”


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Women of Jerusalem
“Where has your loved one gone, O most beautiful among women? Where has your loved one turned, that we may look for him with you?”


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The Woman
“My love has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices. He has gone to feed his flock in the gardens and to gather lilies.


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The Fifth Song
King Solomon
“You are as beautiful as Tirzah, my love, as beautiful as Jerusalem. You are to be feared as an army with flags.


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Turn your eyes away from me, for they trouble me. Your hair is like a flock of goats that has come down from Gilead.


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Your teeth are like a flock of sheep which has come up from the washing. All of them give birth to two lambs at a time, and not one of them has lost her young.


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There are sixty queens, and eighty women kept who act like wives, and there are too many young women to number who have never had a man.


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But my dove, my perfect one, is special. She is her mother’s only daughter. She is the pure child of the one who gave birth to her. The young women saw her and knew she was honored. The queens and the women who act as wives praised her, saying,


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‘Who is this that looks out like the first light of day? She is as beautiful as the full moon, as pure as the sun. She is to be feared as an army with flags.’”


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The Woman
“I went down to the field of nut trees to see the flowers of the valley, to see if the vines or the pomegranates had flowers.


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Women of Jerusalem
“Return, return, O Shulammite! Return, return, that we may look upon you!”
The Woman
“Why should you look upon the Shulammite, as upon a dance in front of two armies?”


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King Solomon
“How beautiful are your feet in their shoes, O daughter! Your legs are like stones of much worth, the work of an able workman.


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Your navel is like a beautiful glass full of wine. Your stomach is like gathered grain with lilies around it.


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Your neck is like a tower of ivory. Your eyes are like the pools in Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, which looks toward Damascus.


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Your head crowns you like Carmel. Your flowing hair is like strings of purple. The king is held by the beauty of your hair.


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I said, ‘I will go to the top of the palm tree. I will take hold of its branches.’ O, may your breasts be like the fruit of the vine, and the sweet smell of your breath like pleasing fruit.


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And may your mouth be like the best wine.”
The Woman
“For my love, it is smooth going down, flowing through the lips while sleeping.


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Let us get up early and go to the grape-fields. Let us see if the buds are on the vines, and if its flowers have opened. Let us see if the pomegranates have flowers. There I will give you my love.


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The mandrakes have given out their sweet smell. And over our doors are all the best fruits, both new and old, which I have saved for you, my love.


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“O that you were like a brother to me, who nursed from my mother’s breasts! If I found you outside, I would kiss you, and no one would hate me.


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I would lead you and bring you into the house of my mother, who used to teach me. I would give you wine with spices to drink, made from my pomegranates.


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King Solomon
“I tell you, O daughters of Jerusalem. You must not wake up my love, until it is pleasing to her.”


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The Sixth Song
Women of Jerusalem
“Who is this coming up from the desert, resting on her loved one?”
The Woman
“I woke you up under the fruit tree. There your mother suffered and gave birth to you.


book: Song
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Put me over your heart and on your arm, never to be taken off. For love is as strong as death. Jealousy is as hard as the grave. Its bright light is like the light of fire, the very fire of the Lord.


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Many waters cannot put out love. Rivers cannot cover it. If a man were to give all the riches of his house for love, it would all be hated.”


book: Song
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The Woman’s Brothers
“We have a little sister, and she has no breasts. What should we do for our sister on the day when she is promised in marriage?


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If she is a wall, we should build on her a tower of silver. But if she is a door, we should cover her with strong pieces of cedar wood.”


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The Woman
“I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers. Then I was in his eyes as one who finds peace.”


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The Woman’s Brothers
“Solomon has a grape-field at Baal-hamon. He put the grape-field into the care of certain men. Each one was to bring 1,000 pieces of silver for its fruit.


book: Song
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My own grape-field is for myself. The 1,000 pieces of silver are for you, Solomon. And 200 are for those who take care of its fruit.”


book: Isa
contenido:
The Sinful Nation of Judah
This is the special dream of Isaiah the son of Amoz, about Judah and Jerusalem, which he saw during the rule of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.


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Listen, O heavens, and hear, O earth, for the Lord has spoken: “I have brought up and have taken care of sons, but they have turned against Me.


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An ox knows its owner. A donkey knows where to find the food its owner gives it. But Israel does not know. My people do not understand.”


book: Isa
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O sinful nation, people weighed down with sin, children of those who do wrong, sons who act in a sinful way! They have left the Lord. They have hated the Holy One of Israel. They have turned away from Him.


book: Isa
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Where will you be punished again, since you still fight against the Lord? Your whole head is sick, and your whole heart is weak.


book: Isa
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From the bottom of the foot even to the head, there is no good part. There are only sores from beatings and open sores. They are not taken care of or covered or made soft with oil.


book: Isa
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Your land lies waste. Your cities are burned with fire. Strangers are eating the food of your fields in front of you. It lies waste, as destroyed by strangers.


book: Isa
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The people of Zion are left like a tent in a grape-field, like a watchman’s house in a vegetable field, like a city closed in by armies.


book: Isa
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If the Lord of All had not left some people, we would have all been destroyed like those who lived in the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.


book: Isa
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Hear the Word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom. Listen to the teaching of our God, you people of Gomorrah.


book: Isa
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“What are your many gifts given in worship to Me?” says the Lord. “I have had enough burnt gifts of rams and the fat of cattle. And I am not pleased with the blood of bulls, lambs, or goats.


book: Isa
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Do not bring your gifts of no worth any more. Your special perfume is a hated thing to Me. The new moon and Day of Rest, this calling together of the people, I cannot put up with. I cannot put up with your sin and your meetings of worship.


book: Isa
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I hate your new moons and your special suppers. They have become heavy upon Me. I am tired of carrying them.


book: Isa
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So when you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you. Even if you pray many times, I will not listen. Your hands are full of blood.


book: Isa
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“Wash yourselves. Make yourselves clean. Take your sinful actions from My eyes. Stop doing sinful things.


book: Isa
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Learn to do good. Look for what is right and fair. Speak strong words to those who make it hard for people. Stand up for the rights of those who have no parents. Help the woman whose husband has died.


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“Come now, let us think about this together,” says the Lord. “Even though your sins are bright red, they will be as white as snow. Even though they are dark red, they will be like wool.


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But if you are not willing and turn against Me, you will be destroyed by the sword.” For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.


book: Isa
contenido:
The Sinful City
The faithful city has become like a woman who sells the use of her body. At one time she was full of what was right and fair! Those who are right and good lived in her, but now those who kill.


book: Isa
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Your rulers have turned against what is right. They are the friends of robbers. Every one loves to get pay in secret for wrong-doing, and they run after gifts. They do not stand for the rights of those who have no parents. And they never hear the cry for help of the woman whose husband has died.


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So the Lord God of All, the Powerful One of Israel, says, “I will put an end to those who fight against Me. I will punish those who hate Me.


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I will turn My hand against you and burn what is of no worth in you. And I will take away from you all that is not pure.


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Then I will give you judges as at the first, and your wise men as at the beginning. After that you will be called the city that is right and good, a faithful city.”


book: Isa
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Zion will be saved by being fair. Those who are sorry for their sins and turn from them will be saved by being right and good.


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But wrong-doers and sinners will be crushed together. Those who turn away from the Lord will come to an end.


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For you will be ashamed of the oaks where you worshiped. You will be ashamed of the gardens you have chosen.


book: Isa
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The strong man will become easy to burn, and his work also a fire. They will burn together, and there will be no one to put the fire out.


book: Isa
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The Mountain of the House of God
This is what Isaiah the son of Amoz saw about Judah and Jerusalem that was coming:


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In the last days, the mountain of the house of the Lord will be the most important of the mountains. It will be raised above the hills. All the nations will come to it.


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Many people will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob. Then He will teach us about His ways, that we may walk in His paths. For the Law will go out from Zion, and the Word of the Lord from Jerusalem.”


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He will judge between the nations, and will decide for many people. And they will beat their swords into plows, and their spears into knives for cutting vines. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, and they will not learn about war anymore.


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For You have left Your people, the family of Jacob, because they are filled with the sinful ways of the East. They use secret ways to tell the future like the Philistines. And they make agreements with the children of strangers.


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Their land is filled with silver and gold. There is no end to their riches. Their land is filled with horses also. And there is no end to their war-wagons.


book: Isa
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Their land is filled with false gods. They worship the work of their hands, that which their fingers have made.


book: Isa
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So pride has been taken away from the poor man, and important men have been put to shame. Do not forgive them.


book: Isa
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Go into the rock and hide in the dust from the anger of the Lord and from the shining-greatness of His power.


book: Isa
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The proud look of man will be put to shame. The pride of men will be taken away. And the Lord alone will be honored in that day.


book: Isa
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On that day the Lord of All will be against everyone who is proud and feels important, and against all who are honored. They will be put to shame.


book: Isa
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He will be against all the cedar trees of Lebanon that are tall and honored, and against all the oak trees of Bashan.


book: Isa
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The pride of man will be taken away. What men honor will be put to shame. The Lord alone will be honored in that day.


book: Isa
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Men will go into the caves of the rocks and into holes of the earth because of the anger of the Lord and the shining-greatness of His power when He rises up to shake the earth.


book: Isa
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In that day men will take their false gods of silver and gold which they made for themselves to worship and will throw them away to the moles and the bats.


book: Isa
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They will go into the caves of the rocks and mountains. They will try to hide from the anger of the Lord and from the shining-greatness of His power, when He rises up to shake the earth.


book: Isa
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God Will Remove the Leaders of Judah
See, the Lord, the Lord God of All, is going to take away from Jerusalem and Judah all they have to keep themselves alive and safe, all the bread and all the water.


book: Isa
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He will take away the strong man, the man of war, the man who judges, the man who tells what will happen in the future, the man who uses secret ways, and the leader.


book: Isa
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He will take away the captain of fifty, the man of honor, the wise man, the able workman, and the one who uses secret powers.


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The people will make it hard for each other. Each one will hurt the other, and each one will be hurt by his neighbor. The younger will show anger toward the older. And the man who is not respected will show anger toward the man of honor.


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A man will take hold of his brother in his father’s house, saying, “You have a coat. You will be our ruler. This destroyed city will be under your rule.”


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In that day he will call out, “I can not be of help to you. For in my house there is no bread or coat. You should not choose me to be ruler of the people.”


book: Isa
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For Jerusalem has no strength, and Judah has fallen, because their speaking and their actions are against the Lord. They have turned against His shining-greatness.


book: Isa
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The look on their faces speaks against them. They show their sin like Sodom. They do not even hide it. It is bad for them! For they have brought trouble upon themselves.


book: Isa
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Tell those who are right and good that it will go well for them. For they will enjoy the fruit of what they do.


book: Isa
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It will be bad for the sinful man! It will not go well for him, for what he has done will be done to him.


book: Isa
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O My people! Children make it hard for them. And women rule over them. O My people! Your leaders lead you in the wrong way. You do not know which path to take.


book: Isa
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The Lord Will Judge His People
The Lord is ready to say what He thinks and stands to judge the people.


book: Isa
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The Lord judges the leaders and rulers of His people: “It is you who have destroyed the grape-field. What had belonged to the poor is in your houses.


book: Isa
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What do you mean by crushing My people, and grinding the faces of the poor?” says the Lord God of All.


book: Isa
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Women of Jerusalem Will Suffer
The Lord said, “The daughters of Zion are proud. They walk with heads held high and a wrong desire in their eyes. They walk with short steps, making noise with the chains on their ankles.


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So the Lord will make sores come upon the heads of the daughters of Zion, and take the hair from their head.


book: Isa
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Instead of sweet perfume there will be a bad smell. Instead of a belt there will be a rope. Instead of well set hair there will be no hair. Instead of fine clothes they will wear cloth made from hair. And there will be burnt marks instead of beauty.


book: Isa
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Jerusalem to Have Its Shining-Greatness Again
Seven women will take hold of one man in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes. Only let us be called by your name. Take away our shame!”


book: Isa
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In that day the Branch of the Lord will be beautiful and shining with greatness. The fruit of the earth will be the pride and the beauty of those of Israel who are still alive.


book: Isa
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He who is left in Zion and stays in Jerusalem will be called holy, everyone who has been written down among the living in Jerusalem.


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The Lord will wash away the sin of the daughters of Zion. He will wash away the blood that was shed in Jerusalem, by the spirit of punishment and the spirit of fire.


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Then the Lord will cover the whole land of Mount Zion and her people with a cloud of smoke during the day, and a bright fire that shines during the night. The Lord’s shining-greatness will cover everything.


book: Isa
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It will be a covering from the heat during the day and it will keep the people safe from the storm and the rain.


book: Isa
contenido:
The Song of the Grape-Field
Let me sing for my loved one a love song about His grape-field: My loved one had a grape-field on a hill that grows much fruit.


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He dug all around it and took away its stones, and planted it with the best vine. He built a tower in the center of it, and cut out a place in it for crushing grapes. Then He expected it to give good grapes, but it gave only wild grapes.


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What more was there to do for My grape-field that I have not done for it? When I expected it to give good grapes, why did it give wild grapes?


book: Isa
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Now I will tell you what I am going to do to My grape-field. I will take away its fence and it will be destroyed. I will break down its wall and it will be crushed under foot.


book: Isa
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I will make it a waste. It will not be taken care of, and thistles and thorns will come up. I will also tell the clouds not to rain on it.”


book: Isa
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For the grape-field of the Lord of All is the people of Israel, and the men of Judah are the vines He planted. So He looked for what is right and fair, but He saw blood poured out. He looked for what is right and good, but He heard a cry of those in trouble.


book: Isa
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It Is Bad for the Sinful
It is bad for those who join house to house and field to field until there is no empty space, and you have to live alone in the land.


book: Isa
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The Lord of All has sworn in my ears, “For sure, many houses will be laid waste. Large and beautiful houses will be empty.


book: Isa
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For ten fields of vines will give only eleven large bottles of wine. And 110 jars of seed will give only eleven jars of grain.”


book: Isa
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It is bad for those who get up early in the morning to run after strong drink! It is bad for those who stay up late in the evening that they may get drunk!


book: Isa
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They have harps, a noise-maker, a horn, and wine at their special suppers. But they do not think about the works of the Lord. They do not think of the work of His hands.


book: Isa
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So My people are taken away to strange lands because they have not been wise. Their men of honor are dying because they are hungry. Their people are dried up because they are thirsty.


book: Isa
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So the grave has become larger and has opened its mouth wide. And Jerusalem’s greatness, her people, her sounds of wild joy, and those who are happy with sin go down into it.


book: Isa
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Man’s pride will be taken away. Important men will be put to shame. The eyes of the proud also will be put to shame.


book: Isa
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But the Lord of All will be honored in what is right and fair. The holy God will show Himself holy in what is right and good.


book: Isa
contenido:
It is bad for those who pull sin along with ropes of lies, who pull wrong-doing as with a wagon rope,


book: Isa
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who say, “Let Him hurry. Let Him be quick to do His work, that we may see it. Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel be done, that we may know it!”


book: Isa
contenido:
It is bad for those who call what is sinful good, and good sinful, who say dark is light and light is dark, who make bitter sweet, and sweet bitter!


book: Isa
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They take money in secret for saying that bad people are good. And they take away the rights of those who are not guilty.


book: Isa
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So, as fire destroys what is left of the cut grain and dry grass falls into the fire, so their root will waste away and their flower blow away like dust. For they have turned away from the Law of the Lord of All. They have hated the Word of the Holy One of Israel.


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Because of this the anger of the Lord has burned against His people. He has put out His hand against them and destroyed them. The mountains shook. Their dead bodies lay like waste in the center of the streets. For all this His anger is not turned away but His hand is still put out.


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He will raise up flags as a sign to the nations far away. He will call for them from the ends of the earth, and they will hurry to come.


book: Isa
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Not one of them is tired or falls. No one sleeps. Not a belt is loosened at the waist, or a shoe string broken.


book: Isa
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Their arrows are sharp, and their bows are ready. The feet of their horses are like hard stone. And the wheels of their war-wagons are like a strong-wind.


book: Isa
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Their noise is like that of a female lion. They sound like young lions. They make an angry noise as they take their food, and carry it away where no one can take it from them.


book: Isa
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In that day they will make an angry noise over it like the noise of the sea. If one looks to the land, he will see darkness and trouble. Even the light is made dark by its clouds.


book: Isa
contenido:
Isaiah Called to Be a Man Who Speaks for God
In the year of King Uzziah’s death, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and honored. His long clothing spread out and filled the house of God.


book: Isa
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Seraphim stood above Him, each having six wings. With two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.


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One called out to another and said, “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of All. The whole earth is full of His shining-greatness.”


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And the base of the doorways shook at the voice of him who called out, while the house of God was filled with smoke.


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Then I said, “It is bad for me, for I am destroyed! Because I am a man whose lips are unclean. And I live among a people whose lips are unclean. For my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of All.”


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Then one of the seraphim flew to me, with a burning coal which he had taken from the altar using a special tool.


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He touched my mouth with it, and said, “See, this has touched your lips, and your guilt is taken away. Your sin is forgiven.”


book: Isa
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Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, “Whom should I send? Who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I. Send me!”


book: Isa
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He said, “Go, and tell these people, ‘You hear and hear but do not understand. You look and look but do not see.’


book: Isa
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Make the hearts of these people hard. May their ears hear little and their eyes see little. Or they will see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their hearts, and turn again and be healed.”


book: Isa
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Then I said, “Lord, how long?” And He answered, “Until cities are destroyed and empty, and until houses are without people and the land is laid waste.


book: Isa
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Yet one tenth part of the people will stay in it. But it will be burned again, like an oak tree whose roots are still there when it is cut down. The holy seed is all that will be left (of Israel).”


book: Isa
contenido:
Isaiah Is Sent to King Ahaz
In the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah, King Rezin of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to make war against Jerusalem. But they could not win the battle.


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When the family of David was told, “Syria has joined with Ephraim,” his heart and the hearts of his people shook as trees shake with the wind.


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Then the Lord said to Isaiah, “Now you and your son Shear-jashub go out to meet Ahaz at the end of the ditch of the upper pool on the road to the Fuller’s Field.


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Say to him, ‘Be careful and quiet. Do not be afraid or weak in your heart because of these two pieces of burnt and smoking wood. Do not be afraid of the burning anger of Rezin and Syria and the son of Remaliah.


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“Let us go up against Judah and make the people very afraid. Let us break open its walls, and make the son of Tabeel its king.”


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For the head of Syria is Damascus and the head of Damascus is Rezin. (Within another sixty-five years Ephraim will be destroyed so that it is no longer a people.)


book: Isa
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The head of Ephraim is Samaria. And the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you will not believe, for sure you will not last.”’”


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“Ask for something special to see from the Lord your God. Ask for it to be as deep as the place of the dead or as high as heaven.”


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Then Isaiah said, “Listen now, O people of David! Is it too small a thing for you to test men, that you will test my God as well?


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So the Lord Himself will give you a special thing to see: A young woman, who has never had a man, will give birth to a son. She will give Him the name Immanuel.


book: Isa
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He will eat milk and honey when He knows enough to have nothing to do with wrong-doing and chooses good.


book: Isa
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For before the boy knows to turn away from what is bad and choose good, the land whose two kings you are afraid of will be left empty.”


book: Isa
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The Lord will bring upon you and your people and your father’s house such days as have never come since the day that Ephraim was divided from Judah. He is going to bring the king of Assyria on you.


book: Isa
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In that day the Lord will call for flies that are in the farthest part of the rivers of Egypt, and for bees that are in the land of Assyria.


book: Isa
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They will all come and stay in the narrow valleys, on the hill-sides, on the thorn bushes, and in the fields.


book: Isa
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In that day the Lord will use the king of Assyria from the other side of the Euphrates to cut off the hair from your head, your legs, and your face.


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And because they give much milk, he will have all he can use. For everyone who is left in the land will have milk and honey to eat.


book: Isa
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In that day, every place where there used to be a thousand vines, worth a thousand pieces of silver, will be thistles and thorns.


book: Isa
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Men will go there with bows and arrows because all the land will be covered with thistles and thorns.


book: Isa
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As for all the hills which used to be cared for as a garden, you will not go there for fear of thistles and thorns. They will become a place where cattle feed and where sheep will run.


book: Isa
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Assyria Will Take the Land
Then the Lord said to me, “Take a large piece of stone and write on it in easy-to-read letters: ‘They hurry to get what they can. They run to pick up what is left.’”


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And I took men who could be trusted to watch the writing, Uriah the religious leader and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.


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Then I went to the woman who spoke for God, and she was able to have a child, and gave birth to a son. Then the Lord said to me, “Name him Maher-shalal-hashbaz.


book: Isa
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For before the boy knows how to cry out ‘My father’ or ‘My mother,’ the riches of Damascus and everything of any worth in Samaria will be carried away by the king of Assyria.”


book: Isa
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“These people have turned away from the gentle, flowing waters of Shiloah, and find joy in Rezin and the son of Remaliah.


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So now, see, the Lord is ready to bring on them the strong and powerful waters of the Euphrates, the king of Assyria and all his greatness. It will rise up high and cause a flood.


book: Isa
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Then it will flow into Judah. It will flood and pass through, and come up even to the neck. And the spread of its wings will cover the width of your land, O Immanuel.


book: Isa
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“Be broken, O people, and be afraid. Listen, all you far places of the earth. Get ready, yet be afraid. Get ready, yet be afraid.


book: Isa
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Make a plan, but it will come to nothing. Give your plan, but it will not be done. For God is with us.”


book: Isa
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The People Are Told to Obey
For the Lord said this to me with great power, and told me not to walk in the way of these people. He said,


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It is the Lord of All Whom you should think of as holy. Let Him be the One you fear. He is the One to be afraid of.


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Then He will become a holy place. But He will be a stone of trouble and a rock to fall over for both houses of Israel. He will be a net and a trap for the people of Jerusalem.


book: Isa
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I will wait for the Lord Who is hiding His face from the family of Jacob. I trust Him and hope in Him.


book: Isa
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See, I and the children the Lord has given me are something special to see and a wonder in Israel from the Lord of All, Who lives on Mount Zion.


book: Isa
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When they say to you, “Ask those who speak in secret with the spirits of the dead and who use their secret ways,” should not a people ask their God? Should they speak to the dead for the living?


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Tell them to put their faith in the teaching and the Law. If they do not speak what this word says, it is because they have no light in them.


book: Isa
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They will pass through the land troubled and hungry. And when they are hungry, they will be angry and curse their king and their God as they look up.


book: Isa
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Then they will look to the earth and see trouble and darkness and suffering and will be driven out into darkness.


book: Isa
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Birth and Rule of the Prince of Peace
But there will be no more heavy hearts for those who were suffering. In the past God allowed the lands of Zebulun and Naphtali to be put to shame. In the future He will honor Galilee where those who are not Jews live and where the road to the sea is. It is on the other side of the Jordan.


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The people who walk in darkness will see a great light. The light will shine on those living in the land of dark shadows.


book: Isa
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You will make the nation great. You will give them great joy. They will be glad before You, as with the joy of gathering time, and as men have joy when they divide the riches taken after a battle.


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For You will break the heavy load from their neck and shoulders. You will break the power of those who made it hard for them, as at the battle of Midian.


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For every shoe of the soldiers in the battle, and every coat rolled in blood, will be burned in the fire.


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For to us a Child will be born. To us a Son will be given. And the rule of the nations will be on His shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful, Teacher, Powerful God, Father Who Lives Forever, Prince of Peace.


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There will be no end to His rule and His peace, upon the throne of David and over his nation. He will build it to last and keep it strong with what is right and fair and good from that time and forever. The work of the Lord of All will do this.


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And all the people will know it, that is, Ephraim and the people of Samaria. They say with a proud spirit in their hearts,


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“The clay blocks have fallen down, but we will build again with smooth stones. The sycamore trees have been cut down, but we will put cedar trees in their place.”


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So the Lord brings men from Rezin to fight against them. He makes those who hate them move to action.


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The Syrians on the east and the Philistines on the west swallow Israel with an open mouth. Even with this, the Lord’s anger does not turn away. His hand is still held out.


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So the Lord will cut off the head and tail from Israel, both palm branch and river-grass in one day.


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For those who lead these people are leading them from the right way, and those who are led by them are going the wrong way.


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So the Lord is not pleased with their young men. He does not have pity on their children who have no parents or on their women whose husbands have died. Every one of them is without God and does sinful things. Every mouth speaks foolish words. Even with all this, His anger does not turn away. His hand is still held out.


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For sin burns like a fire. It burns thistles and thorns. It sets the woods on fire, and they go up in smoke.


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The land is burned up by the anger of the Lord, and the people are like wood for the fire. No man shows pity on his brother.


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They take what is on the right hand but still are hungry. They eat what is in the left hand but are not filled. Each of them eats the flesh of his own children.


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Manasseh goes against Ephraim, and Ephraim goes against Manasseh. And together they are against Judah. Even with all this, the Lord’s anger does not turn away. His hand is still held out.


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It is bad for those who make laws that are not fair. It is bad for those who make it hard for people.


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They keep what is right and fair from those in need. They take away the rights of the poor of My people. They take from wives after their husbands die, and take what belongs to those who have no parents.


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Now what will you do in the day of punishment, when the destroying power comes from far away? To whom will you run for help? Where will you leave your riches?


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Nothing will be left to do but to bow down among those who are being taken to prison, or fall among those who are killed. Even with all this, His anger does not turn away. His hand is still held out.


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I sent it against a nation without God, against the people of My anger. I sent it to take away the riches of battle, and to step hard on the people like dirt in the streets.


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But this is not what is in Assyria’s mind. It does not plan this in its heart. It plans to destroy and to cut off many nations.


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My hand took the nations of the false gods, whose false gods were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria.


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So when the Lord has completed all His work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, He will punish the proud heart of the king of Assyria and his proud spirit.


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For the king has said, “I did this by the power of my hand and by my wisdom, for I have understanding. I moved the land-marks of the people and took their riches. Like a strong man I have brought down those who sat on thrones.


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My hand has taken the riches of the people like one taken from a nest. I gathered all the earth as one gathers eggs that have been left. And there was not one that moved its wing or opened its mouth or made a sound.”


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Can an ax say it is more important than the one who uses it? Is the saw more important than the one who saws with it? A stick of wood does not lift up a man. A man lifts up a stick.


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So the Lord, the Lord of All, will send a wasting disease among the strong Assyrian soldiers. Under the king’s greatness a fire will be started that will burn and burn.


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The light of Israel and his Holy One will become a fire. And it will burn and destroy his thorns and thistles in one day.


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The Lord will destroy the greatness of the trees and the fields that give much fruit, both soul and body. It will be as when a sick man wastes away.


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A Few of Israel Will Return
In that day those of Israel and of the family of Jacob who are still alive will never again trust in the one who destroyed them. But they will trust in the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.


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Even if there are as many Jews as the sand by the sea, only a few of them will return. The plan is to destroy them and it will be right and complete.


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Assyria Will Be Punished
So the Lord, the Lord of All, says, “O My people who live in Zion, do not be afraid of the Assyrians when they come to fight against you as the Egyptians did.


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For in a very little while My anger against you will come to an end and it will be turned to destroy them.”


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The Lord of All will punish them like He punished Midian at the rock of Oreb. His special stick will be over the sea and He will lift it up the way He did in Egypt.


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In that day the Assyrian’s load will be taken from your shoulders and neck, and it will be broken because you are so fat.


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They have gone through a narrow path. They stayed in Geba during the night. Ramah is afraid, and Gibeah of Saul has run away.


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Yet today he will stop at Nob. He shakes his hand at the mountain of the people of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.


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See, the Lord, the Lord of All, will cut off the branches with a great noise. Those who stand tall will be cut down. And those who are high will be brought low.


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Peace through the One from the Family of Jesse
Then One will come from the family of Jesse. A branch will grow out of his roots.


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And the Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of wise words and strength, the spirit of much learning and the fear of the Lord.


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He will be glad in the fear of the Lord. He will not judge by what His eyes see, or decide by what His ears hear.


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But He will judge the poor in a right and good way. He will be fair in what He decides for the people of the earth who have much trouble. He will punish the earth with His powerful mouth, and kill the sinful with the breath of His lips.


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The wolf will live with the lamb. The leopard will lie down with the baby goat. The calf and the young lion and the young fat animal will lie down together. And a little boy will lead them.


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The cow and the bear will eat side by side. And their young will lie down together. The lion will eat straw like the ox.


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The nursing child will play by the hole of the cobra. And another child will put his hand in the hole of a snake whose bite is poison.


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They will not hurt or destroy in all My holy mountain. For the earth will be as full of much learning from the Lord as the seas are full of water.


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The People of Israel and Judah Return
In that day the nations will turn to the One from the family of Jesse. He will be honored by the people as someone special to see. And His place of rest will be full of His shining-greatness.


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In that day the Lord will put out His hand a second time to bring back His people who are left. He will bring them back from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.


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He will lift up flags for the nations, and will gather together the people of Israel and of Judah who had been sent away. He will bring them back from the four corners of the earth.


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Ephraim will not be jealous. Those who made it hard for Judah will be cut off. Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah, and Judah will not make it hard for Ephraim.


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But they will go down against the Philistines in the west. Together they will take what belongs to the sons of the east. They will go against Edom and Moab. And they will rule the sons of Ammon.


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The Lord will dry up all the tongue of the Sea of Egypt. He will wave His hand over the Euphrates River with His burning wind, and will break it into seven rivers. Men will be able to walk over it with dry feet.


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And there will be a road from Assyria for those of His people who will be left just as it was for Israel when they came up from the land of Egypt.


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A Song of Thanks
You will say on that day, “I will give thanks to You, O Lord. Even though You were angry with me, Your anger is turned away and You comfort me.


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See, God saves me. I will trust and not be afraid. For the Lord God is my strength and song. And He has become the One Who saves me.”


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In that day you will say, “Give thanks to the Lord. Call on His name. Make known His works among the people. Help them remember that His name is honored.”


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Lift up a flag on the hill without trees. Call out to the people. Wave the hand for them to go into the gates of the princes.


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I have told My holy ones, and My powerful soldiers who take pride in their strength, to carry out My anger.


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Listen to the noise on the mountains, like that of many people! Listen to the loud sound of the many people, of nations gathered together! The Lord of All is gathering an army for battle.


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They are coming from a far country, from the end of the heavens. The Lord and all He is using to show His anger are coming to destroy the whole land.


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Cry out in sorrow, for the day of the Lord is near! It will come as a destroying power from the All-powerful.


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They will be filled with fear. Pain and suffering will take hold of them. They will suffer like a woman giving birth. They will look surprised at one another, their faces burning.


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See, the day of the Lord is coming, without pity and with much anger. He is coming to destroy the land and its sinners from it.


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The stars of heaven and every group of stars will not give out their light. The sun will be dark when it comes up, and the moon will not give its light.


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This is how I will punish the world for its sin, and the sinful for their wrong-doing. I will also put an end to those who are proud. And I will put to shame those who make it hard for others and show no pity.


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I will make the heavens shake. And the earth will be shaken from its place with the anger of the Lord of All in the day of His burning anger.


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Every man will turn to his own people and run to his own land like a hunted gazelle or like sheep with no shepherd.


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Anyone who is found will have a spear put through him. And anyone who is caught will fall by the sword.


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Their little ones will be broken in pieces in front of their eyes. Their things will be taken from their houses. And their wives will be carried away.


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Their bows will cut down the young men. They will have no pity on babies. Their eyes will not pity children.


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And Babylon, the beauty of nations, the shining-greatness and pride of the Babylonians, will be as when God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.


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People will never live in it again, even all the people-to-come. No Arab will set up his tent there. No shepherds will make their flocks lie down there.


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But wild animals of the desert will lie down there. Their houses will be full of owls. Ostriches will live there, and wild goats will play there.


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Hyenas will make noise in their strong towers, and wild dogs in their beautiful houses. The end of her time is near. Her days will be few.


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Loving-Pity on Jacob
The Lord will have loving-pity on Jacob and will again choose Israel. He will have them return to live in their own land. Then people from other countries will come and be with them, and will join themselves to the family of Jacob.


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Nations will take them and bring them to their place. The family of Israel will own them in the Lord’s land as men and women servants. They will take those who had taken them away and they will rule over those who had made it hard for them.


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Babylon’s King in the World of the Dead
When the Lord gives you rest from your pain and trouble and the hard work which you were made to do,


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you will speak against the king of Babylon, and say, “How the one who made it hard for us has been stopped! How his anger has been stopped!


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which used to beat the people in anger without stopping. The nations were ruled in anger. It was very hard for the people and there was no pity shown to them.


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Even the cypress trees and the cedars of Lebanon are glad over you, and say, ‘Since you were cut down no one comes to cut us down.’


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The world of the dead below wants to meet you when you come. It wakes up the spirits of the dead for you, all the leaders of the earth. It raises all the kings of the nations from their thrones.


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All of them will speak and say to you, ‘Even you have become as weak as we. You have become like us.


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Your honor and power along with the music of your harps have been brought down to the place of the dead. Worms are spread out as your bed under you and worms cover you.’


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“How you have fallen from heaven, O shining one, son of the morning! You have been cut down to the earth, you who have made the nations weak!


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You said in your heart, ‘I will go up to heaven. I will raise my throne above the stars of God. And I will sit on the mount of meeting in the far north.


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Those who see you will look hard at you and think about you, and say, ‘Is this the man who made the earth shake with fear, who shook nations?


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Is this the man who made the world like a desert and destroyed its cities, who did not let those whom he had put in prison go home?’


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But you have been thrown out of your grave like a hated part of the family. You are clothed with the dead who were killed with a sword, who go down to the stones of the grave, like a dead body crushed under foot.


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You will not be joined with them when you are buried, because you have destroyed your country. You have killed your people. May the children of sinners never be spoken about again!


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Make a place ready for his sons to be killed because of the sin of their fathers. They must not come into power and take the earth, and fill the world with cities.”


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God Will Destroy Babylon
“I will come against them,” says the Lord of All. “And I will cut off from Babylon its name and people, its children and their children,” says the Lord.


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“I will turn it into a place for hedgehogs, full of pools of water. And I will go over it and destroy it,” says the Lord of All.


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God Will Destroy the Assyrians
The Lord of All has promised, “It will happen just as I have planned it. As I have planned, so will it be.


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I will break Assyria in My land. I will crush him under foot on My mountains. Then his load will be taken from My people. His load will be taken from their shoulder.”


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This is the plan made against the whole earth and this is the hand that is put out against all the nations.


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“Do not be glad, O Philistia, all of you, because the special stick that made it hard for you is broken. One snake dies and a worse one comes, a snake that can fly.


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The poor will eat. Those in need will lie down and be safe. I will destroy all of you with hunger and it will kill those who are left.


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Cry out, O gate. Cry, O city. All you Philistines are weak in heart. For smoke comes from the north, and everyone keeps his place in his army.


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What answer will be given to the men sent by the nation? That the Lord is the builder of Zion, and it will be a safe place for His people who are poor and troubled.”


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God Will Destroy Moab
The special word against Moab: Ar of Moab is destroyed and laid waste in a night. And in a night Kir of Moab is destroyed and laid waste.


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They have gone up to the house of worship and to Dibon. They have gone to the high places to cry. Moab cries over Nebo and Medeba. The hair has been cut from everyone’s head and face.


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In their streets they have dressed themselves with cloth made from hair. On the tops of their houses and in their open spaces everyone is crying with many tears.


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Heshbon and Elealeh cry out also. Their voice is heard as far as Jahaz. So the soldiers of Moab cry out. Moab’s soul shakes within him.


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My heart cries out for Moab. His men have run away as far as Zoar and Eglath-shelishiyah. For they go up the hill of Luhith crying. On the road to Horonaim they cry in sorrow over their being destroyed.


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For the waters of Nimrim have been laid waste. The grass is dried up. The new grass died out. There is no green thing.


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The cry of sorrow has gone around the land of Moab. Its noise is heard as far as Eglaim and Beer-elim.


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The waters of Dimon are full of blood. Yet I will bring more troubles to Dimon. I will bring a lion upon those of Moab who have run away, and upon the people of the land who are still alive.


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Moab Is without Hope
Send lambs as taxes to the ruler of the land, from Sela by the way of the desert to the mountain of the people of Zion.


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Then, like birds driven from their nest, the people of Moab will be where the Arnon River can be crossed.


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“Give us words of wisdom. Do what is right for us. Make your shadow like night at noonday. Hide those who have been sent away. Do not go against those who are running for their lives.


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Let those of Moab who have been sent away stay with you. Hide them from the one who destroys.” For the one who uses sinful power has come to an end, and trouble has stopped. Those who make it hard for the people have gone from the land.


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A throne will be set up in loving-kindness. A faithful judge will sit on it from the family of David. He will be fair as he judges, and will be quick to do what is right and good.


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We have heard of the pride of Moab, how very proud he is. We have heard of how proud he is of himself and of his anger. His proud words are false.


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So Moab will cry out. Everyone of Moab will cry out. You will cry for the dried-grape cakes of Kir-hareseth, as if you were in the worst trouble.


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The fields of Heshbon and the vines of Sibmah have dried up. The lords of the nations have crushed under foot its best vines, which went as far as Jazer and the desert. They spread themselves out and passed over the sea.


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So I will cry with much sorrow for Jazer and for the vines of Sibmah. I will make you wet with my tears, O Heshbon and Elealeh, because there is nothing to gather from your summer fruits.


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Happiness and joy are taken away from the field that gives much fruit. No songs are sung in the grape-fields. No one crushes grapes to make wine, for I have stopped the cry of joy.


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When Moab goes to his high place, he will only become tired. When he goes to his holy place to pray, it will do him no good.


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But now the Lord says, “In three years, as a servant would count them, the shining-greatness of Moab and all his many people will be hated. And those left alive will be very few and weak.”


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God Will Destroy Damascus
The special word about Damascus: “See, Damascus will no longer be a city. It will be destroyed and laid waste.


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The cities of Aroer are left empty. They will be for the flocks to lie down in, and no one will make them afraid.


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The strong city will be gone from Ephraim. Damascus will no longer rule. And those of Syria who are left alive will be like the shining-greatness of the sons of Israel,” says the Lord of All.


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It will be like one who gathers the standing grain, taking the ears of grain with his arm or like one who gathers the ears of grain in the valley of Rephaim.


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Yet some good will be left in it, as when an olive tree is shaken. There will still be two or three olives on the highest branch, and four or five on the branches of a tree that gives much fruit, says the Lord God of Israel.


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He will not look to the altars, the work of his hands. He will not look to what his fingers have made, or to the false goddess Asherah and the altars of special perfume.


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In that day their strong cities will be like places left empty among the trees, or like high branches which they left behind because of the sons of Israel. The land will be laid waste.


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For you have forgotten the God Who saves you. You have not remembered the rock where you are safe. So you plant beautiful plants, and put them with the vine-cuttings of a strange god.


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In the day that you plant it you fence it in, and in the morning your seed is growing. But its fruit will waste away in a day of sickness and pain which cannot be healed.


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Other Nations Are Like Grain Worth Nothing
Listen to the cry of sorrow of many people. They sound like the noise of the seas and the noise of nations! They sound like the rushing of powerful waters.


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The nations move on like the noise of many waters. But God will speak sharp words to them and they will run far away. They will be blown away like the part of grain that is of no worth by the wind in the mountains. They will be like dust blown around in a storm.


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At evening time there is much fear! Before morning, they are gone. This will be what will come to those who take what belongs to us. It will be what happens to those who rob us.


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Word about Cush
Trouble will come to the land on the other side of the rivers of Cush where the sound of wings is heard.


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From that land men are sent by the sea in boats made from tall river-grass. Go, you fast men, to a nation tall and smooth, to a people who fill others with fear both near and far. Go to the powerful nation that rules over those who hate it, whose land is divided by rivers.


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All you people of the world, you who live on the earth, as soon as a flag is raised on the mountain, you will see it. As soon as the horn is sounded, you will hear it.


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For the Lord has said to me, “I will be quiet and watch from the place where I live, like shining heat in the sunshine, like a cloud of fog in the heat of gathering time.”


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For before the gathering time, as soon as the bud blossoms and the grape is ready to eat, He will cut off the new branches with knives and will cut away the spreading branches.


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They will be left for the birds of the mountains and for the wild animals of the earth. The birds will spend the summer eating them. And all the wild animals of the earth will eat them during the winter.


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At that time tall people with smooth skin will bring gifts to the Lord of All. These people make others afraid both near and far. They are a strong and powerful nation who rule over others, whose land is divided by rivers. And they will go to Mount Zion, the place of the Name of the Lord of All.


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Word about Egypt
The special word about Egypt: See, the Lord is traveling on a fast cloud and is coming to Egypt. The false gods of Egypt shake in fear before Him. The hearts of the Egyptians become weak.


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“I will make Egyptians go against Egyptians. Each of them will fight against his brother, and each against his neighbor. City will fight against city, and nation against nation.


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Then the spirit of the Egyptians will become weak within them. And I will bring their plans to nothing. They will go to false gods and spirits of the dead for help, and to those who speak with spirits of the dead and use their secret ways.


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Then I will give the Egyptians into the hand of a bad ruler. An angry king will rule over them,” says the Lord God of All.


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Manmade rivers will smell bad. The small rivers of Egypt will dry up. And the plants by the rivers will waste away.


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The grass by the side of the Nile and all that is planted by the Nile will become dry, will be driven away, and be no more.


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The fishermen will cry in sorrow. All those who fish for a living in the Nile River will be filled with sorrow. And those who put out nets on its waters will become weak.


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The king’s sons of Zoan are very foolish. The words of Pharaoh’s wisest men are foolish words. How can you men say to Pharaoh, “I am a son of the wise, a son of early kings”?


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Where then are your wise men? Let them tell you. And let them understand what the Lord of All has planned against Egypt.


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The king’s sons of Zoan have become fools. The king’s sons of Memphis have been fooled. The heads of her family groups have led Egypt from the right way.


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The Lord has mixed a troubled spirit within her. They have led Egypt the wrong way in all that it does, as a drunk man walks from side to side in what he has spit up.


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And there will be no work in Egypt and nothing can be done by anyone, its head or tail, its palm branch or river-grass.


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Good Will Come to Egypt, Assyria and Israel
In that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will shake with fear because of the hand which the Lord of All is going to wave over them.


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The land of Judah will fill Egypt with fear. Whoever hears its name will be afraid of it, because of the plan which the Lord of All is making against them.


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In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will be speaking the language of Canaan and promising to follow the Lord of All. One will be called the City of Destruction.


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In that day there will be an altar to the Lord in the center of the land of Egypt, and an altar to the Lord by the side of its land.


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It will be something special to see, to make the Lord of All known in the land of Egypt. For they will cry to the Lord because of those who make it hard for them. And He will send a Powerful One to save them, and He will take them out of trouble.


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The Lord will make Himself known to Egypt, and in that day the Egyptians will know the Lord. They will even worship with gifts on the altar. They will make promises to the Lord and keep them.


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And the Lord will punish Egypt, but then He will heal them. So they will return to the Lord, and He will answer their prayers and heal them.


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In that day there will be a road from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt, and the Egyptians will go to Assyria. The Egyptians will worship with the Assyrians.


book: Isa
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In that day Israel will be the third country with Egypt and Assyria, a good and respected nation on the earth,


book: Isa
contenido:
to whom the Lord of All has brought good, saying, “Good will come to Egypt My people, and Assyria the work of My hands, and Israel My chosen people.”


book: Isa
contenido:
Word about Egypt and Cush
In the year that Sargon the king of Assyria sent his head captain to fight against Ashdod, he took it in battle.


book: Isa
contenido:
At that time the Lord spoke through Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go and take off the clothes made from hair, and take your shoes off your feet.” And he did so, going without clothes and shoes.


