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Ezra 1
The Proclamation of Cyr us
In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spir it of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing: 2 "Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. 3 Whoever is among you of all his people, may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and rebuild the house of the LORD, the God oflsrael-he is the God who is in Jerusalem. 4 And let each survivor, in whatever place he sojourns, be assisted by the men of his place with silver and gold, with goods and with beasts, besides freewill of ferings for the house of God that is in Jerusalem:' s Then rose up the heads of the fa thers' houses of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and the Levites, ev eryone whose spirit God had stirred to go up to rebuild the house of the LORD that is in Jerusalem. 6 And all who were about them aided them with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, with beasts, and with costly wares, besides all that was freely of fered. 7 Cyrus the king also brought out the vessels of the house of the LORD that Nebuchadnezzar had car ried away from Jerusalem and placed in the house of his gods. s Cyrus king of Persia brought these out in the charge of Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Shesh bazzar the prince of Judah. 9 And this was the number of them: 30 basins of
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13 Then, according to the word sent by Darius the king, Tattenai, the governor of the province Beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and their as sociates did with all diligence what Darius the king had ordered. 14 And the elders of the Jews built and pros pered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They finished their build ing by decree of the God of Israel and by decree of Cyrus and Darius and 1 Aramaic
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EZRA 9: 1 3- 1 0:6 of the land and leave it for an inheri tance to your children forever: 1 3 And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great guilt, see ing that you, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserved and have given us such a remnant as this, 14 shall we break your com mandments again and intermarry with the peoples who practice these abominations? Would you not be an gry with us until you consumed us, so that there should be no remnant, nor any to escape? i s 0 LORD, the God of Israel, you are just, for we are left a remnant that has escaped, as it is to day. Behold, we are before you in our guilt, for none can stand before you because of this:' The People Confess Their Sin
10
While Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and cast ing himself down before the house of God, a very great assembly of men, women, and children, gathered to him out of Israel, for the people wept bitterly. 2 And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam, addressed Ezra: "We have broken faith with our God and have married foreign women from the peoples of the land, but even now there is hope for Israel in spite of this. 3 Therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all these wives and their children, ac cording to the counsel of my lord 1 and of those who tremble at the com mandment of our God, and let it be done according to the Law. 4 Arise, for it is your task, and we are with you; be strong and do it:' s Then Ezra arose and made the leading priests and Levites and all Israel take an oath that they would do as had been said. So they took the oath. 6 Then Ezra withdrew from be fore the house of God and went to the chamber of Jehohanan the son of 1 Or
of the Lord
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NEHEMIAH 2:8- 1 6 the king, let letters be given me to the governors of the province Beyond the River, that they may let me pass through until I come to Judah, s and a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the fortress of the temple, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall occupy:' And the king granted me what I asked, for the good hand of my God was upon me. Nehemiah Inspects Jerusalem's Walls
9 Then I came to the governors of the province Beyond the River and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent with me officers of the army and horsemen. 10 But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant heard this, it displeased them greatly that someone had come to seek the welfare of the people of Israel. 11 So I went to Jerusalem and was there three days. 12 Then I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. And I told no one what my God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem. There was no animal with me but the one on which I rode. 13 I went out by night by the Valley Gate to the Dragon Spring and to the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that were bro ken down and its gates that had been destroyed by fire. 14 Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and to the King's Pool, but there was no room for the animal that was under me to pass. 1 5 Then I went up in the night by the valley and inspected the wall, and I turned back and entered by the Valley Gate, and so returned. 16 And the of ficials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing, and I had not yet told the Jews, the priests, the nobles,
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the-River Beyond-of governors-of
to
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letters
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great
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manuscripts, Syriac, 'li1
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tJ"J�iwm
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tJ"N'tzijm
the-weapon
and-the-blowing
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on-the-work
-the-burden and-the-ones-carrying on-the-wall -
to-the-people
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:
carrying
and-the-ones-building
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beside-me
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Judah
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holding
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the-small-shields
and-the-bows
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the-that
half-of
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who
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W �l 3
and-there-were
that-we-may-take
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mortgaging
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and-vineyards-of-us
and-now
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fields-of-us
for-tax-of money we-have-borrowed
the-king
i1Ji11
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children-of-us
as-children-of-them
flesh-of-us
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to-them
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and-I-said
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the-assembly
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the-people
and-they-did
Yahweh
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6 Now when Sanballat and Tobiah
also
the-this
them with food and wine afterward 2 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 1 1 grams 3 0r prepared for me
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silver
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years
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we-ate
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and-fifty
fear-of
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being-gathered
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hundred and-the-officials
and-the-Jews
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table-of-me
at
around-us
that
the-nations from
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for-me they-were-done
and-birds
six-of
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to-say
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to
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T ;
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not
i1"i1" i1:J:J1
l T
being-shaken -out
and-empty
and-they-said
being-done he-was now-what
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he-will-make-stand
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amen
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and Geshem the Arab and the rest of our enemies heard that I had built the wall and that there was no breach left in it (although up to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates), 2 Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, "Come and let us
ilf iJ i �1 iJ -n �
and-from-labor-of-him from-house-of-him the-this the-word
from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twen tieth year to the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, twelve years, neither I nor my brothers ate the food allowance of the governor. lS The for mer governors who were before me laid heavy burdens on the people and took from them for their daily ration 1 forty shekels2 of silver. Even their ser vants lorded it over the people. But I did not do so, because of the fear of God. 1 6 I also persevered in the work on this wall, and we acquired no land, and all my servants were gathered there for the work. 17 Moreover, there were at my table 1 50 men, Jews and officials, besides those who came to us from the nations that were around us. i s Now what was prepared at my expense3 for each day was one ox and six choice sheep and birds, and every ten days all kinds of wine in abundance. Yet for all this I did not demand the food allowance of the governor, because the service was too heavy on this people. 1 9 Remember for my good, 0 my God, all that I have done for this people. Conspiracy Against Nehemiah
Hebrew (BHS)
and-by-rest-of
i D i1
in-her he-was-left-over
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Sanballat
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and-he-sent
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in-the-gates
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NEHEMIAH 6:3- 1 3
: i1Ui "7. nio/�7 tl"�o/t;i h rp ;J 1 it iN nP- i? :;l� O"J"�f� 1Jr;t� IT
T
to-me
harm
to-do
but-they
intending
Ono
in-plain-of
at-Hakkephirim together
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:
and-not
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doing
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together and set them in their sta tions. 1 2 Then all Judah brought the tithe of the grain, wine, and oil into the storehouses. 13 And I appointed as treasurers over the storehouses Shele miah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites, and as their assistant Hanan the son of Zaccur, son of Mattaniah, for they were con sidered reliable, and their duty was to distribute to their brothers. 1 4 Re member me, 0 my God, concerning this, and do not wipe out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God and for his service. i s I n those days I saw i n Judah
NEHEMIAH 1 3 : 1 6-24 people treading winepresses o n the Sabbath, and bringing in heaps of grain and loading them on donkeys, and also wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of loads, which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. And I warned them on the day when they sold food. 16 Tyrians also, who lived in the city, brought in fish and all kinds of goods and sold them on the Sabbath to the people of Judah, in Jerusalem itself! !? Then I confronted the nobles of Judah and said to them, "What is this evil thing that you are doing, profaning the Sabbath day? i s Did not your fathers act in this way, and did not our God bring all this disasterl on us and on this city? Now you are bringing more wrath on Israel by profaning the Sabbath:' 19 As soon as it began to grow dark
at the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut and gave orders that they should not be opened until after the Sabbath. And I stationed some of my servants at the gates, that no load might be brought in on the Sabbath day. 20Then the merchants and sellers of all kinds of wares lodged outside Je rusalem once or twice. 21 But I warned them and said to them, "Why do you lodge outside the wall? If you do so again, I will lay hands on you:' From that time on they did not come on the Sabbath. 22 Then I commanded the Levites that they should purify them selves and come and guard the gates, to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remem ber this also in my favor, 0 my God, and spare me according to the great ness of your steadfast love.
23 In those days also I saw the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab. 24 And half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod, and they could not speak I The Hebrew word can mean evil, harm, or disaster, depending on the context
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Now in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over 127 provinces, 2 in those days when King Ahasu erus sat on his royal throne in Susa, the citadel, 3 in the third year of his reign he gave a feast for all his offi cials and servants. The army of Persia and Media and the nobles and gov ernors of the provinces were before him, 4 while he showed the riches of his royal glory and the splendor and pomp of his greatness for many days, 1 80 days. s And when these days were completed, the king gave for all the people present in Susa the citadel, both great and small, a feast lasting for seven days in the court of the gar den of the king's palace. 6 There were white cotton curtains and violet hang ings fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rods I and marble pillars, and also couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of por phyry, marble, mother-of-pearl and precious stones. 7 Drinks were served in golden vessels, vessels of different kinds, and the royal wine was lavished according to the bounty of the king. s And drinking was according to this edict: "There is no compulsion:' For the king had given orders to all the staff of his palace to do as each man desired. 9 Queen Vashti also gave a feast for the women in the palace that belonged to King Ahasuerus. Queen Vashti's Refusal 10
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to-them
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the-officials
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and-she-said
N�9�1
1 7��1
the-king
Ahasuerus
Esther
both-of-them then-they-hanged
: 1? �iJ Haman
ESTHER 2:23-3:8
ten
:
in-year-of
two
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to-day
.
from-day
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Haman
.
before
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provinces-of in-all-of the-peoples
among
1 1brt1
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and-being-separated being-scattered
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being-hurried
they-went-out
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for-time
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the-Jews
as-this
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or-day
night
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the-king
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the-king
and-he-said
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and-he-shall-be-given the-kingdom half-of
to-you
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to
to-her
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the-day and-Haman the-king let-him-come he-is-good the-king
get-quickly the-king then-he-said
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that
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word-of
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the-feast
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request-of-you
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so-he-came
and-he-said
and-he-shall-be-given
then-she-answered
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on-the-day Haman and-he-went-out
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N7,rp�1
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even
Haman
and-
the-king
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he-had-made-great-him
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wrath
and-he-brought
splendor-of
Ni 9 N!t1 12 : 17 �iJ
then-he-said
the-that
N:J!t1
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p� � 1:1�1 10
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and-large-number-of wealth-of-him
iNip�
joyful
ones-loving-of-him
ii'2>1'
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above
T
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sons-of-him
she-let-come
T
Haman
wife-of-him
and-
Q
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he-trembled and-not he-rose that-not
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and-he-went
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and-he-sent
o;1;
JT T
and-tomorrow for-them
Haman but-as-to-see heart and-good-of
"�"Jl9 -;� 1 9ij
wish-of-me
inm
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as-word-of I-will-do
the-king
the-king
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T
let-him-come
the-king
and-Haman
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and-if
to
� -;f .,w which all-of
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and-servants-of
tJ"l� iJ
the-officials
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but
she-made
which
the-feast
to
the-king
with
the-Queen
Esther
ESTHER 5:3- 12 golden scepter that was i n his hand. Then Esther approached and touched the tip of the scepter. 3 And the king said to her, "What is it, Queen Esther? What is your request? It shall be given you, even to the half of my kingdom:' 4 And Esther said, "If it please the king, let the king and Haman come today to a feast that I have prepared for the king:' s Then the king said, "Bring Haman quickly, so that we may do as Esther has asked." So the king and Haman came to the feast that Es ther had prepared. 6 And as they were drinking wine after the feast, the king said to Esther, "What is your wish? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? Even to the half of my kingdom, it shall be fulfilled:' 7 Then Esther answered, "My wish and my request is: s If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my wish and fulfill my request, let the king and Haman come to the feast that I will prepare for them, and tomorrow I will do as the king has said:' Haman Plans to Hang Mordecai
9 And Haman went out that day joyful and glad of heart. But when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he neither rose nor trembled before him, he was filled with wrath against Mordecai. 1 0 Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home, and he sent and brought his friends and his wife Zeresh. 11 And Haman recounted to them the splen dor of his riches, the number of his sons, all the promotions with which the king had honored him, and how he had advanced him above the of ficials and the servants of the king. 12 Then Haman said, "Even Queen Es ther let no one but me come with the king to the feast she prepared. And
ESTHER 5: 13-6:8 tomorrow also I am invited by her together with the king. u Yet all this is worth nothing to me, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate:' 14 Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, "Let a gallows I fifty cubits2 high be made, and in the morning tell the king to have Morde cai hanged upon it. Then go joyfully with the king to the feast:' This idea pleased Haman, and he had the gal lows made.
6
1 164 i1 ! -?:Ji 13 : 17.giJ -011 i1? -Ni1 j? "JN to-her being-called with this yet-all-of the-king T
"?-TV? -nN hN1 "t.� i o/� nµ -?� =il Mordecai
that
see
1 Or stake; twice in this verse 2 A cubit was
about 18 inches or 45 centimeters 3 Higthana is an alternate spelling of Bigtha n
(see 2:2 l )
4 Qr suspended o n a stake
T
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being-even
there-is-not-he
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and-in-the-morning
cubit
fifty
high
wood let-them-make ones-loving-of-him
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to
the-king
with
then-go
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upon-him
T:
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1i1J -nN
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and-he-told
he-had-happened-him
V1JP
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the-garment
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(
whom
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in-open-square-of
he-delights
and-
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•
in-honor-of-him
the-king
not
i"Vi1 the-city
:
and-they-shall-call-out
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and-he-called-out
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before-him
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house-of
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1 168
ESTHER 8:9- 1 5 b e revoked." 9The king's scribes were summoned at that time, in the third month, which is the month of Sivan, on the twenty third day. And an edict was written, according to all that Mordecai com manded concerning the Jews, to the satraps and the governors and the officials of the provinces from India to Ethiopia, 127 provinces, to each province in its own script and to each people in its own language, and also to the Jews in their script and their language. 10 And he wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed it with the king's signet ring. Then he sent the letters by mounted couriers riding on swift horses that were used in the king's service, bred from the royal stud, 11 saying that the king al lowed the Jews who were in every city to gather and defend their lives, to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate any armed force of any people or prov ince that might attack them, children and women included, and to plunder their goods, 1 2 on one day throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar. 1 3 A copy of what was written was to be issued as a decree in every prov ince, being publicly displayed to all peoples, and the Jews were to be ready on that day to take vengeance on their enemies. 1 4 So the couriers, mounted on their swift horses that were used in the king's service, rode out hur riedly, urged by the king's command. And the decree was issued in Susa the citadel. i s Then Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal robes of blue and white, with a great golden crown 1 and a robe of fine linen and 1 O r headdress
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at-the-time
UfHT 1 9
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the-king ones-writing-of
1"�
::J"o/. ;:t?
and-they-were-called
to-turn-back
and-twenty
on-third
O"iii1 ; 0 -; � "?-Jl 9 the-Jews
as-to
i1�W
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T
the-third
Q
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according-to-all-of and-he-was-written
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the-satraps
and-the-governors
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in-the-month the-that
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that
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Mordecai
l iWN niJ"1 7?0 who
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1? p 0
there-is-not
No"1o/� 1 ;i w;;t.p� ti"t? w7 ry -N1i1 "iP"7V! 0
on-him
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then-he-sent
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lT
nv:io:i
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province
,.,
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0
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province
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Ahasuerus
the-King
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in-name-of
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on-the-horses Q
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life-of-them
for
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one
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on-day
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l"1 Q71
and-to-annihilate and-to-kill
ot;t;w1
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and-women
lT T
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city
and-spoil-of-them
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to-plunder
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and-city
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that
ten
two-of
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and-province
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T
on-three T
T
to-be-given
order
Ahasuerus
ready
to-the-day
the-Jews
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the-writing
and-to-be
O"ilii1 14
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the-peoples
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to-all-of being-revealed
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T T
the-ones-running
the-King
:ili:>i1 Po/.t;i;J 13 :i1N copy-of Adar
hi m�0?
:
in-every-of
province
ten
Oi �7 0"1 1 .n� 0""7b ; 0 ni�i!71 0" 9lJ ;:t - ;�7
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the-that :J'1i1
and-being-hurried
ones-making-haste
they-went-out
the-royal
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0
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then-Mordecai
h i:J? Q royalty
and-robe-of
great
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and-purple
T
and-the-order
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and-I -have-escaped
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in-house-of
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and-he-struck
on-four-of
n":i::i
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1:21
j? 'n�¥:
LORD
1 1 76 i� D
JOB 2:6-3:4 6 A n d t h e LORD said t o Satan, "Behold, he is i n your hand; only spare h i s life:' 7 So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and struck Job with loathsome sores from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head. s And he took a piece of broken pottery with which to scrape himself while he sat in the ashes. 9 Then his wife said to him, "Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die:' 1 0 But he said to her, "You speak as one of the fool ish women would speak. Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?" 1 In all this Job did not sin with his lips. Job's Three Friends
11 Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, they came each from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naama thite. They made an appointment together to come to show him sympathy and comfort him. 1 2 And when they saw him from a distance, they did not recognize him. And they raised their voices and wept, and they tore their robes and sprinkled dust on their heads toward heaven. 13 And they sat with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his suffering was very great.
3
Job Laments His Birth
After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. 2 And Job said:
3 " Let the day perish on which I was born, and the night that said, 'A man is conceived.' 4 Let that day be darkness! ' Or disaster; also verse 1 1
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in-hand-of-you
Hebrew (BHS)
m�;:i -? � il.);i ; 1 9 N�1 6 b :;r;n�; to
behold-he the-adversary
Yahweh and-he-said
" l "
J "" :
presence-of from-with the-adversary so-he-went-out
i?.li l:
Vl 1" 1)1.p� :ii!!� -n �
ti# Q
-
from-sole-of
foot-of-him
1'J.�.t;i D7
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and-die
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the-good-one
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the-evil
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man
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he-was-great that they-saw for
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let-him-perish
., 1:
o?ip voice-of-them
ni?"? n1':il.V1 O"D" • l" T n1':il.V and-seven-of seven-of days nights n
and-there-was-no
I-was-born .,
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I
let-him-be
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to-him
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they-recognized-him
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to-him
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and-to-comfort-him
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when -they-lifted-up
to-the-ground
as-to-speak
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J
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still-you
with-lips-of-him
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and-they-sprinkled
one-of
the-God
and-
and-they-made-an-appointment
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the-foolish-ones
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then-she-said
i 9 N�1 10 :n �1 O" iJ' � a '1:9
but-he-said
Yahweh
crown-of-head-of-him
and-he-took
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to-him
il1il" nT :
and-he-struck
Job
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i? for-him
potsherd
1?
int.p�
wife-of-him
bad
W"JQ
to-scrape-himself
and-they-raised
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:ibl.V io/-? J -n � '1 � I : life-of-him guard only
nND•
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he-will-bless-you
and-he-said
Job
ilih T J
he-is-conceived
he-opened
thus
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3
after
:i r?i"
and-he-answered
day-of-him
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1 1 77 1"1ll VP-in -; �l ;�gQ ni;N 1i1W11" - ; � 1wr:i on-him let-her-shine and-not from-above let-him-seek-him God not darkness
JOB 3:5-23
English (ES V)
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nm;�,
-?;n�>r:i
upon-him
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let-her-settle
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months
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in-number-of ...
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day
ones-cursing-of
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cloud
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not
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I-will-speak
eye-of-me
,,;.,
on-me
1 "tP.
eyes-of-you
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one-going-down
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he-recognizes-him
in-anxiety-of
days-of-me
: i1 lJ?D O!JN:J ·: J•: : hope with-nothing
remember
N; ;;No/
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then-there-is-not-me
he-comes-up
"1iZJ:J J• T :
flesh-of-me
they-are-swift
:"JJ"N1 • 1·:
he-is-at-an-end
not
... .
that
but-he-is-long
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m- iJ
she-will-behold-me
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he-returns
0
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breath
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evening
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more-than
weaver's-shuttle
one-seeing-of-me
;in"ibN T " T
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so
they-are-apportioned
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and-I-am -full
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it;?�i
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and-they-come-to-an-end
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days-of-him
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as-for-me
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like-slave
he-longs
months-of
emptiness
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on-tongue-of-me
hard-service
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he-is-clothed
J
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injustice
NJ� JT T
WiJN; J ·: : ·: for-man
on
earth
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n;;.,;, J •• :
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more
fl�
and-turn
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palate-of-me
and-like-hired-one
and-nights-of
I-shall-arise
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yet
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righteousness-of-me
on-her
?-there-is
and-he-goes-away
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and-how
one-despairing words-of when-for-wind you-consider
even
Job Continues: My Life Has No Hope
" Has not man a hard service on earth, and are not his days like the days of a hired hand? Like a slave who longs for the shadow, and like a hired hand who looks for his wages, 3 so I am allotted months of emptiness, and nights of misery are apportioned to me. 4 When I lie down I say, 'When shall I arise?' But the night is long, and I am full of tossing till the dawn. s My flesh is clothed with worms and dirt; my skin hardens, then breaks out afresh. 6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle and come to their end without hope.
n"?,i!t
to-reprove
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I-have-gone-astray
make-understand
:o:m from-you
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how
and-not
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to-house-of-him
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so
mouth-of-me
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I-will -restrain
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they-will-teach-you
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ti P.iT
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:
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he-increases
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they-will-be-clothed
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shout
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strength
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heart
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we-know
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:
as-to-generatioi:
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V JJ
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shadow
days-of-us
on
Then Job answered and said:
2 " Truly I know that it is so: But how can a man be in the right before God? 3 If one wished to contend with him, one could not answer him once in a thousand times. 4 He is wise in heart and mighty in strength -who has hardened himself against him, and succeeded?s he who removes mountains, and they know it not,
8:21
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fathers-of-them
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for
Hebrew (BHS
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thousand
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from
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against-him
one
he-answers-him
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he-has-hardened
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she
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he-brings-death
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one
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when he overturns them in his anger, 6 who shakes the earth out of its place, and its pillars tremble; 7 who commands the sun, and it does not rise; who seals up the stars; s who alone stretched out the heavens and trampled the waves of the sea; 9 who made the Bear and Orion, the Pleiades and the chambers of the south; 1 0 who does great things beyond searching out, and marvelous things beyond number. 11 Behold, he passes by me, and I see him not he moves on, but I do not perceive him. 1 2 Behold, he snatches away; who can turn him back? Who will say to him, 'What are you doing?' 13
" God will not turn back his anger; beneath him bowed the helpers of Rahal:>. 1 4 How then can I answer him, choosing my words with him? i s Though I am in the right, I cannot answer him; I must appeal for mercy to my accuser. 1 1 6 If I summoned him and he answered me, I would not believe that he was listening to my voice. 1 7 For he crushes me with a tempest and multiplies my wounds without cause: i s he will not let me get my breath, but fills me with bitterness. 1 9 If it is a contest of strength, behold, he is mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon him?2 2 0 Though I am in the right, my own mouth would condemn me; though I am blameless, he would pro\· .; me perverse. 21 I am blameless; I regard not myself; I loathe my life. 22 It is all one; therefore I say, ' He destroys both the blameless and tf-. � wicked: 23 When disaster brings sudden death, he mocks at the calamity3 of the innocent. 24 The earth is given into the hand of th.: wicked; he covers the faces of its judgesI Or to myjudge 2 Compare Septuagint; Hebrew J The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
IT -
life-of-me
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self-of-me
innocent-ones
I-believe
he-will-declare-guilty-me
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to-one-judging-of-me
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blameless
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if
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words-of-me
with-him
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and-he-answered-me
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behold
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earth
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1110
1 1 86 a "D"1 25
JOB 9:25- 1 0:8 if it is not he, who then is it? 2s
" My days are swifter than a runner; they flee away; they see no good. 2 6 They go by like skiffs of reed, like an eagle swooping on the prey. 27 If I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face, and be of good cheer; 2 s I become afraid of all my suffering, for I know you will not hold me innocent. 29 I shall be condemned; why then do I labor in vain? 3 0 If I wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye, 3 1 yet you will plunge me into a pit, and my own clothes will abhor me. 3 2 For he is not a man, as I am, that I might answer him, that we should come to trial together. 33 There is no 1 arbiter between us, who might lay his hand on us both. 34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not dread of him terrify me. 35 Then I would speak without fear of him, for I am not so in myself.
Job Continues: A Plea to God
10 3
4 s 6 7
8
"I loathe my life; I will give free utterance to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. I will say to God, Do not condemn me; let me know why you contend against me. Does it seem good to you to oppress, to despise the work of your hands and favor the designs of the wicked? Have you eyes of flesh? Do you see as man sees? Are your days as the days of man, or your years as a man's years, that you seek out my iniquity and search for my sin, although you know that I am not guilty, and there is none to deliver out of your hand? Your hands fashioned and made me, and now you have destroyed me altogether.
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witnesses-of-you
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t;1flT n-:-.,
let-him-Cease
itVN::l J•: -: - 19 as-that
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days-of-me
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I-shall-return and-not
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doctrine-of-me
pure
11
and-you-say
4
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unanswered, and a man full of talk be judged right? Should your babble silence men, and when you mock, shall no one shame you? For you say, 'My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in God'sl eyes.'
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then-he-answered
t:J"na J• : men
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land-of
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Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:
2 " Should a multitude of words go
1o/ t:i fl�
darkness
he-is-to-be-answered
they-are-to-put-to-silence
" Pi?7
11
I-was-brought
N;, t:J"i10 J : mat;� •: T : -l • T : with-no deep-shadow order
and-if
b 1t.z>"in" ,, - : -
Zophar Speaks: You Deserve Worse
-
-
-0 � 1
man-of
"Why did you bring me out from the wom b ; Would that I h a d died before any eye h a d seen m e 1 9 and were a s though I h a d n o t been, carried from the womb to the grave. 20 Are not my days few? Then cease, and leave me alone, that I may find a little cheer 21 before I go-and I shall not returnto the land of darkness and deep shadO\,._ 22 the land of gloom like thick darkness, like deep shadow without any order, where light is as thick darkness."
i1l"':J.N1 T J" : :
:ma;�, •: IT : :
and-she-shines-forth
:t;�iN
is
that-let-me-become-cheerful
:J.'1i1 J -: 2 :1 9 N� 1 "D T?!mJ i�� ?-multitude-of and-he-said the-Naamathite Zophar
he-is-to-be-right
1"� 1
like
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and-deep-shadow
vnrn - J-
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.
she-had-seen-me
-N;Q 2 0
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1·
Remember that you have made me like clay; and will you return me to the dust? 10 Did you not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese? 11 You clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews. 12 You have granted me life and steadfast love, and your care has preserved my spi rit. u Yet these things you hid in your heart; I know that this was your purpose. 14 If I sin, you watch me and do not acquit me of my iniquity. i s If I am guilty, woe to me! If I am in the right, I cannot lift up m' head, for I am filled with disgrace and look on my affliction. 16 And were my head lifted up,1 you would hunt me like a lion and again work wonders against me. 1 7 You renew your witnesses against me and increase your vexation toward me: you bring fresh troops against me.
N;J not
1"1.� 3
loose-talk-of-you
:ot;:Jaone-putting-to-shame r
:
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y
l 0:20 j? n'W1 ;·mi 11 :3 b sic i'n a;; Hebrew manuscripts ;;� . editions, i -
1 188 i�n i1 i?�
JOB 1 1:5- 12:2 s 6
But oh, that God would speak and open his lips to you, and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding. I Know then that God exacts of you less than your guilt deserves.
7
" Can you find out the deep things of God? Can you find out the limit of the Almighty? s It is higher than heaven2-what can you do? Deeper than Sheol-what can you know? 9 Its measure is longer than the earth and broader than the sea. 10 If he passes through and imprisons and summons the court, who can turn him back? 11 For he knows worthless men; when he sees iniquity, will he not consider it? 1 2 But a stupid man will get understanding when a wild donkey's colt is born a man! 13
" If you prepare your heart, you will stretch out your hands toward him. 1 4 If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, and let not injustice dwell in your tents. ts Surely then you will lift up your face without blemish; you will be secure and will not fear. 1 6 You will forget your misery; you will remember it as waters that have passed away. 1 7 And your life will be brighter than the noonday; its darkness will be like the morning. 18 And you will feel secure, because there is hope; you will look around and take your rest in security. 1 9 You will lie down, and none will make you afraid; many will court your favor. 20 But the eyes of the wicked will fail; all way of escape will be lost to them, and their hope is to breathe their last:'
n tt�:1
and-he-opens
to-speak
12 2
Then Job answered and said:
" No doubt you are the people,
I
double
for
wisdom
secrets-of
to-you
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and-belt-of
deep-darkness
: o nJ!ti not
n"tm
strong-ones
and-he-leads-them -the-nations dispersing and-he-destroys-them
heart-of removing
way
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he-loosens
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making-great
to-the-nations
t:J"j?.".;J �
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deep-ones
out-of
if
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darkness
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he-shall-come
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and-declaration -of-me
word-of-me
to-listen
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then with-me
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or
I-will-answer
and-dread-of-you withdraw from-on-me
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l'IT
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:inON
hand-of-you
to-me
yet
and-I-pass-away I -am-silent
only
1�� 21
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I-shall-be-right
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that
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ways-of-me
to
godless-one before-him
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1i�� t-6
face-of-him
I-will-argue
un�w 17 listen
1"J!l
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1 191 "�Tf - 1� ; p ��
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and-return-me
ilJ1'N fl"." "." :
I-will-speak
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stubb1e
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:
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and-
who is born of a woman :in:l n 1 4 "Man is few of days and full of trouble.
being-scattered
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face-of-you
you-hide
and-you-count-me
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for-one-being-hostile
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l'IT
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paths-of-me
at
il?.:;i:
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he-wastes-away
and- he
you-marked
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trouble
and-full-of
days
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he-stands
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being-born-of
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He comes out like a flower and withers; he flees like a shadow and continues not. 3 And do you open your eyes on such a one and bring me into judgment with you? 4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? There is not one. s Since his days are determined, and the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his limits that he cannot pass, 6 look away from him and leave him alone,3 1 Or you marked 2 Hebrew He 3 Probable reading; Hebrew look awayfrom him, that he may cease
T Tl
and-not like-the-shadow and-he-flees and-he-withers he-comes-out
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l"
:
in-judgment
being-determined T
:
:
he-has-eaten-him like-garment
short-of woman
= 1· �1' U!lt.Vn:i N":in "nNi
with-you
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words
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what
in-holy-one-of-him
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he
more-than-father-of-you
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man
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to-you and-you-limit
both
days
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wisdom
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against )
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he-is-pure
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you-were-brought-forth
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?-small
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what
tJl'Di1 11 : 0"9:
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God
:
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1 D 1i
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1iO:J.i1 8
one-being-gray-haired
also
-
spirit-of-you
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T
1�7
1·
crafty-ones
against-you
?-first
?-in-confidential-discussion-of
comforts-of more-than-you
heart-of-you
:O"Diil'
he-declares-guilty-you
man
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ninnJn J
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nT
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he-teaches
N71 l;ll;'1;l - ;i Q 9 : i1 9 �1:1 1 "7.� VJ�Dl
VJJ
u:i
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1"& mouth-of-you
T
ti? �;
iniquity-of-you
you-understand we-know that-not you-know
among-us aged-one
J ""
•
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1 "� �
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a i1i?N
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:
nT
mouth-of-you
n•• T
you-have-listened
1i�9 :
he-is-profitable
you-are-doing-away-with
you-were-born
or-before
knowledge-of
wind
or-words
not
1-
fear
11?1n
niv:i.:t "J:J?i
-
i1Ni"
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1"l)-9o/�
and-he-fills
2
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and-lips-of-you
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and-you-choose
tongue-of
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east-wind
with-them
IT
also
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•
belly-of-him
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JOB 15:3-2 1
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:
1 5:8 a sic L 1 5: 1 2 a a few Hebrew manuscripts, Tlini' · ·
rip1i?�
Septuagint, 15:15
j?
br�vEyKav
=
...
jHJ"')'
;
JOB 15:22- 16:3 in prosperity the destroyer will come upon him. He does not believe that he will return out of darkness, and he is marked for the sword. He wanders abroad for bread, saying, 'Where is it?' He knows that a day of darkness is ready at his hand; distress and anguish terrify him; they prevail against him, like a king ready for battle. Because he has stretched out his hand against God and defies the Almighty, running stubbornly against him with a thickly bossed shield; because he has covered his face with his fat and gathered fat upon his waist and has lived in desolate cities, in houses that none should inhabit, which were ready to become heaps of ruins; he will not be rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the earth; 7 he will not depart from darkness; the flame will dry up his shoots, and by the breath of his mouth he will depart. Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself, for emptiness will be his payment. It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not be green. He will shake off his unripe grape like the vine, and cast off his blossom like the olive tree. For the company of the godless is barren, and fire consumes the tents of bribery. They conceive trouble and give birth to evil, and their womb prepares deceit:'
22 23
24
2s 26 27
28
29
30
31
32 33
34 35
Job Replies: Miserable Comforters Are You
12 6 3
wandering
sword
= 1w � - o ;.,I darkness day-of
1 5: 3 1 a many Hebrew manuscripts,
at-hand-of-him
1"Tt1' 1?�:P • T 1like-king ready and-to
":ll ) ..
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i1��
iZJvit1 - l--
l
o n�? ·: J•: -
for-the-bread
mnv:J." • • -: - l:l24
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distress
they-terrify-him
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i1 O:J JT •
1"J!l JT T
i:i?n:i .., : : ...
rr1: 26
1"?N JT ••
against-him
for-the-battle
:i:iln" IT - : •
he-runs
he-is-arrogant
- ":l1• 27 : 1".:1.lO IT • IT
face-of-him he-has-covered because
with-fat-of-him
tJ".?1• :1Tl niin:>J T : • tJ":flJ being-desolate
not
1o/ Q -.,� Q :J.il.Vl out-of to-return
darkness
against he-has-stretched-out because
1Ni�:l f\T- : with-neck
���
in-ears-of-him
_.,::'.)1· I V1"-T ;iitN ..,.. that he-knows where
and-anguish
with-thickness-of
and-he-has-made
i!l�1 lT:
being-ready
hand-of-him God
.,
-
boss-of
in-the-peace
she- overpowers-him
i1:
"1w -? � 1
Shaddai
1"JtN:l flT : T :
o;t;w:i T-
.
and-he-eyes
m ,P i?� r:i
shield-of-him
I 1i fo/�128 :? 9'.2 _.,,� i1 9"$
cities
houses
and-he-has-lived
waist
upon
fat
�629 :tJ"�.l? nnvn;i 1W1'" -: - : l·: -not J : - : • 1WN-: io?f\T i:J.W" : J .. for-heap-of-rubble they-were-ready which -them they-inhabit 1•
I
he-will-be-rich
he-will-spread
in i?J�l
mi:i - J:
:1"�1·
by-breath-of
mouth-of-him
1i 0T"1:
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iOi"l
1:
in-the-emptiness
she-will-be-leafy
n:1�
like-the-olive-tree
i1���
she-consumes
17.V?�l
..,
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barren
n� evil
-
as-these
..,
N1W :T
J": :
she-will-be
worthlessness
N?�n ..,•• T •
ili�:>1 T•:
she-will-be-full
and-branch-of-him
iio:i : .
godless-one
i?J:1
and-to-bring-forth
n:w -"i 34
company-of
?9�
trouble
for
1�}�
like-the-vine
:inI �T J•
blossom-of-him
;i1 ;:i 35 : i t:io/ ?D� -.,
to-conceive
bribery
tents-of
: i1 �1 Q 1"?.J;l
".til'Ot.V : J- T 2 :10Nit1- :J.i��
I -have-heard
1-
and-he-said
Job
deceit
r: :
.
16
she-prepares
1�;1 1
then-he-answered
iN mi - -.,·�917 fi?.. D 3 : tJ :Jly:l. ?ov JT T or wind to-words-of ?-end all-of-you misery J
not
..,
t.V�i 1 :i97J tiJt:i
and-fire
-?N 3 1
unripe-grape-of-him
and-he-will-cast-off
o� t?:;i�
many
N?J not
-
i1"i1.t1•
:inimn I T :
: i1JJlJ1 T IT - : -
obn" J : - 33
he-will-shake-off
l.V:i"n J .. :
she-will-dry-up
let-him-trust
what-is-exchanged-him
in-not
property-of-them
n:J.i1? •flame : f\T : t.V-
a 1W:l JT -
i11JnJ f\T : •
and-not
: o?Jo IT : •
not
and-he-shall-depart
-�61
he-will-stand
l 1i0"T
he-will-be-deceiving-himself
day-of-him
tJi i?:
..
he-will-depart
from
darkness
i?"n ..,
wealth-of-him
and-not
-.,� Q
1tpti
shoot-of-him
l":
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i1t>" w·
fl� ?
to-the-earth
ni:ii i1�N ·: J.. :J: NlWJ.
)
he
to
i1JT":i:
and-womb-of-them
� 'l!?_¥1 rw:;i
11it.V .
one-destroying
1).3'2 3 ::J.l � _ .,,� Nii}
Nii1J he
nor will his produce bend down to the earth
1 5:22 1 5:3 1 i'
Hebrew (BHSJ
1
Then Job answered and said:
"I have heard many such things; miserable comforters are you all. Shall windy words have an end?
1 Or
1 1 94 1" 9�� -�6 22 :UNi:J." ·: he-will-come-him not he-believes
" Ol.. nJ -: - O:
ones-comforting-of
1 195 "::l W" - 1; i1i:J.J . 1N t:J:J::l --:,:JjN I t:Jl 4 : i1JlJn 1·:-: also if
JOB 1 6:4- 19
English (ES V) y••
N" n
: ··.
-
:
ii::J:i
1"i:i
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members-of-him
he-consumes
being-ready
T -
:
n
ilif"
;;
over
he-is-scattered
to-him
iW:J."
1"WiW roots-of-him
-ii:Jt 17
1:J.N -
Tl
:
he-perishes
iiNiJ J
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skin-of-him
members-of
i?ilNiJ""l
Pnr 14
•
T:
T
from-tent-of-him he-is-torn T:
T
1if o/T:l 15
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she-dwells
in-tent-of-him
:n"i!l.l
iilU
sulfur
dwelling-place-of-him
1•
from-under
:iT ¥ i?
T
strength-of-him
i?ilN:l
from-not
1·
remembrance-of-him
l'I
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trust-of-him
nn.nn - - "l 16
T IT
·:: ·:
and-calamity-of
-"7:P. Q
;,
they-dry-up
JT
-
rope-of-him
r
and-she-brings-him
:
.
in'O:J.iJ
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i?:J.n ,., :
:
niil1,:J.
firstborn-of
l".'
he-seizes
sudden -terrors
) '• .
death
: n i ;:i7� 1? 97 terrors to-king-of
by-heel
iil�"!lil1
for-stumble-of-him J
-:
and-they-push-away-him
- :
:nm '.' IT
T
:1"?.li? :
I
trap
and-trap-of-him
on
:iv?�?
l
he-consumes
I
plan-of-him
to-heels-of-him
IT :
he-is
:in�v
I"
in1:>?n- f
J"' - :
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path
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n � :J.i?..� :P. t !J N" 9
PJ.Q�
on-him he-takes-hold
Tl
all-around
-"D; 12
:J.lJi
famished -
J-
he-is-put-out
he-is-sent-out for
:J.":J.D 11 ::J."nJ "'lJ
mnv:i : j•• • -
snare
J ".' :
in- net
Pi?'? 1 0 : t:l" i?.� 1"1�
in-the-ground being-hidden
J" "
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l'IT :
mesh
flame-of
ii�" 7
-
steps-of
: 1?0�: il � '.to/ -?l}l ,.,;.li:i nwi:i n1,w., he-walks
••
l'IT
as-the-cattle
we-are-unclean
:J.tlJ.n - JT
snares-of
iliJil:l::J
••
she-shall-be-forsaken
in-tent-of-him
1:
r? Q7 "f.Pi?
T
t:l"lJWi iiN t:l� 5
1�T
iil::J"?wm
•
consider-you
••
1·:
earth
he-is-put-out
and-they-throw-down-him
U":in
:
in-eyes-of-you
1'1�
and-lamp-of-him
-
: t:J:l"J"lJ:l a U"Q\?j
one-tearing
or-he-shall-be-moved
he-shines
1-
and-after
ti').\? 4
self-of-him
-pmr 1
rock
- :
we-will-speak
ilb!;J J
:
in-nose-of-him
ii�
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why
then-he-answered
Bil dad
inN1
U:J.WnJ lJi1'iJ 3 :i:l1J we-are-counted
18
1l!�l 1
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r :
branch-of-him
:
JOB 18: 1-20
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Bildad Speaks: God Punishes the Wicked
18
T en Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
2 " How long will you hunt for words?
Consider, and then we will speak. 3 Why are we counted as cattle? Why are we stupid in your sight? 4 You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be forsaken for you, or the rock be removed out of its place? s
" Indeed, the light of the wicked is put out, and the flame of his fire does not shine. 6 The light is dark in his tent, and his lamp above him is put out. 7 His strong steps are shortened, and his own schemes throw him down. s For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks on its mesh. 9 A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare lays hold of him. 1 0 A rope is hidden for him in the ground, a trap for him in the path. 1 1 Terrors frighten him on every side, and chase him at his heels. 1 2 His strength is famished, and calamity is ready for his stumbling. 13 It consumes the parts of his skin; the firstborn of death consumes his limbs. 1 4 He is torn from the tent in which he trusted and is brought to the king of terrors. i s In his tent dwells that which is none of his; sulfur is scattered over his habitation. 1 6 His roots dry up beneath, and his branches wither above. 17 His memory perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the street. i s He is thrust from light into darkness, and driven out of the world. 1 9 He has no posterity or progeny among his people, and no survivor where he used to live. 20 They of the west are appalled at his day, and horror seizes them of the east.
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and I am a stench to the children of my own mother. Even young children despise me; when I rise they talk against me. All my intimate friends abhor me, and those whom I loved have turned against me. My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth. Have mercy on me, have mercy on me, 0 you my friends, for the hand of God has touched me! Why do you, like God, pursue me? Why are you not satisfied with my flesh?
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" Oh that my words were written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book! 24 Oh that with an iron pen and lead they were engraved in the rock forever! 2s For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth. I 26 And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in2 my flesh I shall see God, 27 whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. My heart faints within me! 28 If you say, 'How we will pursue him !' and, 'The root of the matter is found in him; 29 be afraid of the sword, for wrath brings the punishment of the sword, that you may know there is a judgment:'
Zophar Speaks: The Wicked Will Suffer
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1 7 " How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity comes upon them? That God ' distributes pains in his anger? 18 That they are like straw before the wind, and like chaff that the storm carries away? 1 9 You say, 'God stores up their iniquity for their children.' Let him pay it out to them, that they may know it. 20 Let their own eyes see their destruction, and let them drink of the wrath of the Almighty. 21 For what do they care for their houses after them, when the number of their months is cut off? 22 Will any teach God knowledge, seeing that he judges those who are on high? 2 3 One dies in his full vigor, being wholly at ease and secure, 24 his pails2 full of milk and the marrow of his bones moist. 25 Another dies in bitterness of soul, never having tasted of prosperity. 26 They lie down alike in the dust, and the worms cover them. 27 " Behold, I know your thoughts and your schemes to wrong me. 28 For you say, 'Where is the house of the prince? Where is the tent in which the wicked lived?' 29 Have you not asked those who travel the roads, and do you not accept their testimony 30 that the evil man is spared in the day of calamity, that he is rescued in the day of wrath? 31 Who declares his way to his face, and who repays him for what he has done? 3 2 When he is carried to the grave, watch is kept over his tomb. 33 The clods of the valley are sweet to him; 1 Hebrew he
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and backward, but I do not perceive him; 9 on the left hand when he is working, I do not behold him; he turns to the right hand, but I do not see him. 10 But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold. 1 1 My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept his way and have not turned aside. 1 2 I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food. 1 3 But he is unchangeable, 7 and who can turn him back? What he desires, that he does. 1 4 For he will complete what he appoints for me, and many such things are in his mind. i s Therefore I am terrified at his presence; when I consider, I am in dread of him. 16 God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me; I 7 yet I am not silenced because of the darkness, nor because thick darkness covers my face.
nor-from-face-of-me darkness because-of I-am-silenced not
thick-darkness he-covers
: !JlJilY1 I :• -
and-Shaddai
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but
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and-like-they allotment-of-me he-will-complete for
from-him and-I-dread I-consider I-am-horrified from-presence-of-him
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W"DN h" T
"01 T "." :l N!Ji11 1 3 J" inN:l as-one but-he
:
she-desires and-person-of-him he-makes-turn-back-him and-who with-him
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U:l"W"
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I-have-treasured
itP!JJ1 l
iln!JN JT : •
as-the-gold
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:t>NIT
I-have-turned-aside
"rlJ!J�T
words-of
I-shall-go-out
on-step-of-him
commandment-of
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mouth-of-him
I
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she-has-held-on J-:
lips-of-him
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but
ni�n 12
1"n!Jiv T T :l
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and-not
he-knows
ilinN -: T
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foot-of-me
-him I-perceive but-not
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v1;l
way
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i:;)ii l
way-of-him J
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left
I-see and-not when-to-do-him
he-turns-to
JOB 23:9-24: 1 1
!J?il" : : "l 9
they-snatch
!J:l;il : "l
they-go-about
:i!J�I rock
OiilJ J T 10 naked
2 Some move landmarks; they seize flocks and pasture them. 3 They drive away the donkey of the fatherless; they take the widow's ox for a pledge. 4 They thrust the poor off the road; the poor of the earth all hide themselves. s Behold, like wild donkeys in the desert the poor2 go out to their toil, seeking game; the wasteland yields food for their children. 6 They gather theirJ fodder in the field, and they glean the vineyard of the wicked man. 7 They lie all night naked, without clothing, and have no covering in the cold. s They are wet with the rain of the mountains and cling to the rock for lack of shelter. 9 (There are those who snatch the fatherless child from the breast, and they take a pledge against the poor.) J O They go about naked, without clothing; hungry, they carry the sheaves; I Or
one 2 Hebrew they 3 Hebrew his
23:9 b = ;im� 23: 1 2 a read� with
several Hebrew manuscripts, codex Alexandrinus, N;
24: i 24:6
j? r�1�i j? ni¥i?:
JOB 24: 12-25: 3 1 1 among the olive rows o f the wicked 1 they
12
make oil; they tread the winepresses, but suffer thirst. From out of the city the dying groan, and the soul of the wounded cries for help; yet God charges no one with wrong.
1 3 "There are those who rebel against the light,
who are not acquainted with its ways, and do not stay in its paths. 1 4 The murderer rises before it is light, that he may kill the poor and needy, and in the night he is like a thief. is The eye of the adulterer also waits for the twilight, saying, 'No eye will see me'; and he veils his face. 16 In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves up; they do not know the light. 1 7 For deep darkness is morning to all of them; for they are friends with the terrors of deep darkness.
is
" You say, 'Swift are they on the face of the waters; their portion is cursed in the land; no treader turns toward their vineyards. 1 9 Drought and heat snatch away the snow waters; so does Sheol those who have sinned. 20 The womb forgets them; the worm finds them sweet; they are no longer remembered, so wickedness is broken like a tree:
21
1206 : u� ml�, i:rrt : •but-they-are-thirsty they-tread
1 Hebrew their olive
rows
2 Hebrew he
3
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those
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for-the-light
.,
J : Sheol
T
not
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by-power-of-him mighty-ones
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T
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and-he-is-supported
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she-has-borne-children
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ways-of-them
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they-have-sinned
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a a few Hebrew manuscripts, :i:mzj; ; cf. Vulgate, reversi sunt 24: 1 8 a-a :i';ij? has been proposed 24: 18 b cf. 5 : 10, BHS note a 24:24 a or�1 has been proposed 24:24 c P!:l\?iT has been proposed; cf. 30:4
24: 1 3
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like-the-all
" Dominion and fear are with God;J he makes peace in his high heaven.
on•nw
rows-of-them
they-press-out-olive-oil
yet-God she-cries-for-help pierced-ones and-soul-of they-groan
Bildad Speaks: Man Cannot Be Righteous
said:
winepresses
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yet-he-draws
2
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"They wrong the barren, childless woman, and do no good to the widow. 22 Yet God2 prolongs the life of the mighty by his power; they rise up when they despair of life. 2 3 He gives them security, and they are supported, and his eyes are upon their ways. 2 4 They are exalted a little while, and then are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like the heads of grain. 2 s If it is not so, who will prove me a liar and show that there is nothing in what I say?"
2 5 T�en Bildad the Shuhite answered and
Hebrew (BHS)
-security
1 "� 7P little
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to-him
mi1 24
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darkness
T
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north
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over-him
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cloud-of-him
prescription-of
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wisdom
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to-the-abundance
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from-you
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moon
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man
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to-no
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how
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power
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in-eyes-of-him
whom and-upon to-troops-of-him
one-being-born-of he-is-pure and-how God
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Upon whom does his light not arise? 4 How then can man be in the right before God? How can he who is born of woman be pure? s Behold, even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not pure in his eyes; 6 how much less man, who is a maggot, and the son of man, who is a worm!"
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1
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a cf. 5: 10, BHS note a a sic L; many Hebrew manuscripts and editions, '? 26:9 a ilD.:.> has been proposed 26:4 26:6
26: 12 26: 14 26: 14
P 1n�1::it;l::i:i p 1'::r11 p ,,�;:.,'1::i4
1208 :"!lN:J 1· - : i1i;N -GodJ in-nose-of-me
JOB 27:4-2 1 3 as long as my breath is in me,
and the spirit of God is in my nostrils, 4 my lips will not speak falsehood, and my tongue will not utter deceit. s Far be it from me to say that you are right; till I die I will not put away my integrity from me. 6 I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go; my heart does not reproach me for any of my days. 7
" Let my enemy be as the wicked, and let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous. s For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts him off, when God takes away his life? 9 Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him? 10 Will he take delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times? 1 1 I will teach you concerning the hand of God; what is with the Almighty I will not conceal. 12 Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain? 13 " This is the portion of a wicked man with
14
1s 16 17
is
19
20 21
God, and the heritage that oppressors receive from the Almighty: If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword, and his descendants have not enough bread. Those who survive him the pestilence buries, and his widows do not weep. Though he heap up silver like dust, and pile up clothing like clay, he may pile it up, but the righteous will wear it, and the innocent will divide the silver. He builds his house like a moth's, like a booth that a watchman makes. He goes to bed rich, but will do so no more; he opens his eyes, and his wealth is gone. Terrors overtake him like a flood; in the night a whirlwind carries him off. The east wind lifts him up and he is gone;
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m11
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deceit
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he-reproaches
godless-one
i
tit??.i
and-silver
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w�?:
from-Shaddai
oppressive-ones
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and-he-goes
tJ"�:> • - -l
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in":J. .
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like-the-moth
•
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1i1NW J.. T "• 21
he-lifts-up-him
survivor-of-him
he-heaps-up
-o � 16
though
i":;J;l 17 :t.V1:;i;o I:
he-makes-rise
i1J:J JT T 18
he-builds
:i�o/� 1"W1' J• T 19 rich
1i1Jl.."ton 20
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, :;i�., J :•
like-the-dust
like-the-waters she-overtakes-him
east-wind
o"�"ili • •T
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nm:;i •:JT in-the-death
i'"J�l
house-of-him
a ri p��
you-are-vain
but-righteous-one
he-will-wear ...
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and-what-emerges-of-him
:
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time
behold
man
11 t.iT 1"rijo;Nf T : -: and-widows-of-him they-bury
he-may-make-rise innocent-one
wicked
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- 1 v�o/:
they-are-satisfied
: i1J":!>:Jn T 1•: :
1"J"1' lT ••
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:;11':J IT- :
as-unrighteous-person
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eyes-of-him he-shall-be-gathered but-not he-lies-down
27: 1 9
let-him-be
she-comes when God he-will-hear ?-cry-of-him
he-makes
27: 1 5
and-not
"i1" J• : 7
as-wicked-one
n)J7n -;iQ ":!> 8
tiJIJ
when he-cuts-off when
I-will-let-go-her
Vo/l�
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silver
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Ophir
n":>i:m :tilt fl"
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and-glass
fl"."
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and-not
in-onyx
in-me
il".nn.n
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fl"
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gold
:
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r� i6N 0"1 N"il she there-is-not
precious
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2
4
s 6 7
" That path no bird of prey knows, and the falcon's eye has not seen it. s The proud beasts have not trodden it; the lion has not passed over it. 9 " Man puts his hand to the flinty rock
and overturns mountains by the roots.
1 0 He cuts out channels in the rocks,
and his eye sees every precious thing.
1 1 He dams up the streams so that they do
not trickle, and the thing that is hidden he brings out to light.
N;
And where is the place of understanding?
1 3 Man does not know its worth,
and it is not found in the land of the living. 1 4 The deep says, 'It is not in me: and the sea says, 'It is not with me: i s It cannot be bought for gold, and silver cannot be weighed as its price. 1 6 It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire. 1 1 Gold and glass cannot equal it, nor can it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold. 1 Or He (that is, God); also verse 23 2 Or 3 0r
lapis lazuli; also verse
16
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not
a iilO J
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enclosure
il;on ·:
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she-is-paid
ilJ:JilJ" T J"."
" Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold that they refine. Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted from the ore. Man puts an end to darkness and searches out to the farthest limit the ore in gloom and deep darkness. He opens shafts in a valley away from where anyone lives; they are forgotten by travelers; they hang in the air, far away from mankind; they swing to and fro. As for the earth, out of it comes bread, but underneath it is turned up as by fire. Its stones are the place of sapphires,3 and it has dust of gold.
28
12 " But where shall wisdom be found?
;,o;vnf
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he-brings-out
Job Continues: Where Is Wisdom?
pride
1��
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light
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she-sees precious-thing and-every-of
:iiN
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he-comes-out
mountains from-root he-overturns hand-of-him
understanding
he-says the-deep
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and-dust-of stones-of-her
lT T
over-him
from-weeping eye-of-him :
not
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but-the-wisdom
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from-where he-knows
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he-is-turned but-under-her bread
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they-hang-down
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he flees from its2 power in headlong flight. 23 It claps its hands at him and hisses at him from its place.
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out-of-earth
he-is-taken
22 lt7 hurls at him without pity;
3
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the-heavens
under
he-looks the-earth to-ends-of
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he
for
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he-knows
place-of-her
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and-he-declared-her
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mi? - JT
weight
and-way
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and-waters
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way-of-her
he-apportioned
i1Ni :rii?p T Tl iNJT 27 thunders I
rrn?J" - :
he-saw-her then
N" D "tr�l ri �-,: EJ o; �� I i 9 N�l28 that Lord fear-of behold to-the-man and-he-said : i1�":;1
for-lightning-of
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he-searched-out-her and-also
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understanding from-evil and-to-turn-aside wisdom
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ti 9 �1 1
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as-days-of
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darkness I-walked to-light-of-him head-of-me upon lamp-of-him when-to-shine-him -:
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when-to-wash
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gate
in-words
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steps-of-me
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young-men
m"ip; ri� i o"? Q :i
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seat-of-me I-prepared in-the-open-square they-stood
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boys-of-me
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and-death
they-say
beyond-coral-pearls
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then-the-wisdom
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he-shall-be-remembered
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they-saw-me
they-refrained
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editions, r -
29:24 a many Hebrew manuscripts,
1212 w9 �
JOB 30:4-2 1 3 Through want and hard hunger they gnaw the dry ground by night in waste and desolation; 4 they pick saltwort and the leaves of bushes, and the roots of the broom tree for their food. I s They are driven out from human company; they shout after them as after a thief. 6 In the gullies of the torrents they must dwell, in holes of the earth and of the rocks. 7 Among the bushes they bray; under the nettles they huddle together. s A senseless, a nameless brood, they have been whipped out of the land. 9 " And now I have become their song; I am a byword to them. 1 0 They abhor me; they keep aloof from me; they do not hesitate to spit at the sight of me. 11 Because God has loosed my cord and humbled me, they have cast off restraint2 in my presence. 1 2 On my right hand the rabble rise; they push away my feet; they cast up against me their ways of destruction. 1 3 They break up my path; they promote my calamity; they need no one to help them. 1 4 As through a wide breach they come; amid the crash they roll on. i s Terrors are turned upon me; my honor is pursued as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed away like a cloud. 16 " And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction have taken hold of me. 1 7 The night racks my bones, and the pain that gnaws me takes no rest. 18 With great force my garment is disfigured; it binds me about like the collar of my tunic. 1 9 God3 has cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes. 20 I cry to you for help and you do not answer me; I stand, and you only look at me. 2 1 You have turned cruel to me; with the might of your hand you persecute me. I
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" If I have walked with falsehood and my foot has hastened to deceit; 6 (Let me be weighed in a just balance, and let God know my integrity!) 7 if my step has turned aside from the way and my heart has gone after my eyes, and if any spot has stuck to my hands, s then let me sow, and another eat, and let what grows for me2 be rooted out. 9 " If my heart has been enticed toward a woman, T The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain lQr
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descendants
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out his hand, and in his disaster cry for help ? l D i d not I weep for h i m whose day was hard? Was not my soul grieved for the needy? But when I hoped for good, evil came, and when I waited for light, darkness came. My inward parts are in turmoil and never still; days of affliction come to meet me. I go about darkened, but not by the sun; I stand up in the assembly and cry for help. I am a brother of jackals and a companion of ostriches. My skin turns black and falls from me, and my bones burn with heat. My lyre is turned to mourning, and my pipe to the voice of those who weep.
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she-has-turned-aside
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then-how
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for-the-needy-one soul-of-me she-grieved
when
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22 You lift me up on the wind; you make me
in-disaster-of-him
for
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for-all-of
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I-go-about one-being-darkened
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alive
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yet
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p ;i�w. m L� many Hebrew manuscripts and
30:22 : 3 1 :7 a sic
editions,
CJ�NT?
121 4 "T-'IWN inN;
JOB 3 1 : 1 0-27 and I have lain in wait at my neighbor's door, 1 0 then let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down on her. 11 For that would be a heinous crime; that would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges; 1 2 for that would be a fire that consumes as far as Abaddon, and it would burn to the root all my increase. n
" If l have rejected the cause of my manservant or my maidservant, when they brought a complaint against me, 1 4 what then shall I do when God rises up? When he makes inquiry, what shall I answer him? 1 5 Did not he who made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb? 16
" If l have withheld anything that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail, 17 or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it 18 (for from my youth the fatherless ' grew up with me as with a father, and from my mother's womb I guided the widow2), 1 9 if l have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, or the needy without covering, 20 if his body has not blessed me,3 and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep, 2 1 if I have raised my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate, 22 then let my shoulder blade fall from my shoulder, and let my arm be broken from its socket. 23 For I was in terror of calamity from God, and I could not have faced his majesty. 24 " If I have made gold my trust or called fine gold my confidence, 25 if l have rejoiced because my wealth was abundant or because my hand had found much, 26 if I have looked at the sun4 when it shone, or the moon moving in splendor, 27 and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my mouth has kissed my hand, 1
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2
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blessed me 4 Hebrew
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" If I have rejoiced at the ruin of him who hated me, or exulted when evil overtook him 3 0 (I have not let my mouth sin by asking for his life with a curse), 3 1 if the men of my tent have not said, ' Who is there that has not been filled with his meat?' 3 2 (the sojourner has not lodged in the street; I have opened my doors to the traveler), 33 if I have concealed my transgressions as others do 7 by hiding my iniquity in my heart, 1 4 because I stood in great fear of the multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and did not go out of doors35 Oh, that I had one to hear me! (Here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me!) Oh, that I had the indictment written by my adversary! 3 6 Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; I would bind it on me as a crown; 37 I would give him an account of all my steps; like a prince I would approach him. 3 8 " If my land has cried out against me and its furrows have wept together, 39 if I have eaten its yield without payment and made its owners breathe their last, 40 let thorns grow instead of wheat, and foul weeds instead of barley." The words of Job are ended.
32
Elihu Rebukes Job's Three Friends
So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. 2 Then Elihu the son of Earache! the Buzite, of the family of Ram, burned with anger. He burned with anger at Job because he justified himself rather than God. 3 He burned 1 Or as Adam did
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32
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24
25
26 27
2s
29
30
further, that he should go before God in judgment. He shatters the mighty without investigation and sets others in their place. Thus, knowing their works, he overturns them in the night, and they are crushed. He strikes them for their wickedness in a place for all to see, because they turned aside from following him and had no regard for any of his ways, so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him, and he heard the cry of the afflictedWhen he is quiet, who can condemn? When he hides his face, who can behold him, whether it be a nation or a man?that a godless man should not reign, that he should not ensnare the people.
3 1 " For has anyone said to God,
32
33
34 35 36 37
'I have borne punishment; I will not offend any more; teach me what I do not see; if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more'? Will he then make repayment to suit you, because you reject it? For you must choose, and not I; therefore declare what you know.2 Men of understanding will say to me, and the wise man who hears me will say: ' Job speaks without knowledge; his words are without insight: Would that Job were tried to the end, because he answers like wicked men. For he adds rebellion to his sin; he claps his hands among us and multiplies his words against God:'
3 s And Elihu answered and said:
Elihu Condemns Job
2 " Do you think this to be just?
Do you say, 'It is my right before God; 3 that you ask, 'What advantage have I? How am I better off than if I had sinned?' 4 I will answer you and your friends with you. 5 Look at the heavens, and see; I Hebrew he 2The meaning of the Hebrew in verses 29-33 is uncertain
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and-they-die
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to-them
ear-of-them
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what-is-searched and-not years-of-him
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spreading-of
they-pour-down
he-understands
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about-him
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food
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peoples
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"Or who shut in the sea with doors when it burst out from the womb, 9 when I made clouds its garment and thick darkness its swaddling band, 10 and prescribed limits for it and set bars and doors, 11 and said, 'Thus far shall you come, and no farther, and here shall your proud waves be stayed'? 12
" Have you commanded the morning since your days began, and caused the dawn to know its place, 13 that it might take hold of the skirts of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it? 1 4 It is changed like clay under the seal, and its features stand out like a garment. 1 5 From the wicked their light is withheld, and their uplifted arm is broken.
16
" Have you entered into the springs of the sea, or walked in the recesses of the deep? 1 7 Have the gates of death been revealed to you, or have you seen the gates of deep darkness? 18 Have you comprehended the expanse of the earth? Declare, if you know all this. 19
"Where is the way to the dwelling of light, and where is the place of darkness, 20 that you may take it to its territory and that you may discern the paths to its home? 2 1 You know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great! 22
" Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, or have you seen the storehouses of the hail, 2 3 which I have reserved for the time of trouble, for the day of battle and war? 2 4 What is the way to the place where the light is distributed, or where the east wind is scattered upon the earth?
2 5 " Who has cleft a channel for the torrents of rain and a way for the thunderbolt, 26 to bring rain on a land where no man is, on the desert in which there is no man, 2 7 to satisfy the waste and desolate land,
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editions,
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JOB 38:28-39:6 2s
and to make the ground sprout with grass?
" Has the rain a father, or who has begotten the drops of dew? 29 From whose womb did the ice come forth, and who has given birth to the frost of heaven? 30 The waters become hard like stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. 3 1 " Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loose the cords of Orion? 32 Can you lead forth the Mazzaroth 1 in their season, or can you guide the Bear with its children? 33 Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you establish their rule on the earth? 34
" Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that a flood of waters may cover you? 35 Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go and say to you, 'Here we are'? 36 Who has put wisdom in the inward parts2 or given understanding to the mind?3 37 Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens, 38 when the dust runs into a mass and the clods stick fast together?
39 " Can you hunt the prey for the lion, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions, 40 when they crouch in their dens or lie in wait in their thicket? 4 1 Who provides for the raven its prey, when its young ones cry to God for help, and wander about for lack of food?
39
" Do you know when the mountain goats give birth? Do you observe the calving of the does? 2 Can you number the months that they fulfill, and do you know the time when they give birth, 3 when they crouch, bring forth their offspring, and are delivered of their young? 4 Their young ones become strong; they grow up in the open; they go out and do not return to them. s
" Who has let the wild donkey go free? Who has loosed the bonds of the swift donkey, 6 to whom I have given the arid plain for his home 1 Probably the name of a constellation 2 Q r in 3Qr rooster
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but are they the pinions and plumage of love?7 1 4 For she leaves her eggs to the earth and lets them be warmed on the ground, i s forgetting that a foot may crush them and that the wild beast may trample them. 16 She deals cruelly with her young, as if they were not hers; though her labor be in vain, yet she has no fear, 17 because God has made her forget wisdom and given her no share in understanding. i s When she rouses herself to flee,2 she laughs at the horse and his rider. 19
" Do you give the horse his might? Do you clothe his neck with a mane? 20 Do you make him leap like the locust? His majestic snorting is terrifying. 21 He paws3 in the valley and exults in his strength; he goes out to meet the weapons. 22 He laughs at fear and is not dismayed; he does not turn back from the sword. 23 Upon him rattle the quiver, the flashing spear, and the javelin. 24 With fierceness and rage he swallows the ground; he cannot stand still at the sound of the trumpet. 2s When the trumpet sounds, he says 'Aha!' He smells the battle from afar, 1
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the Hebrew is uncertain 3 Hebrew
They paw
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ground
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majesty
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1".lnDJ
inj
in-loins-of-him
strength-of-him
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tail-of-him
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mountains
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h e eats grass like an ox. B ehold, his strength in his loins, and his power in the muscles of his belly. He makes his tail stiff like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together. His bones are tubes of bronze, his limbs like bars of iron.
19
" He is the first of the works 7 of God; let him who made him bring near his sword! 20 For the mountains yield food for him where all the wild beasts play. 2 1 Under the lotus plants he lies, in the shelter of the reeds and in the marsh. 2 2 For his shade the lotus trees cover him; the willows of the brook surround him. 2 3 Behold, if the river is turbulent he is not frightened; he is confident though Jordan rushes against his mouth. 24 Can one take him by his eyes,2 or pierce his nose with a snare?
413
" Can you draw out Leviathan4 with a fishhook or press down his tongue with a cord? 2 Can you put a rope in his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook? 3 Will he make many pleas to you? Will he speak to you soft words? 4 Will he make a covenant with you to take him for your servant forever? s Will you play with him as with a bird, or will you put him on a leash for your girls? 6 Will traders bargain over him? Will they divide him up among the merchants? Can you fill his skin with harpoons or his head with fishing spears? s Lay your hands on him; remember the battle-you will not do it again! 95 Behold, the hope of a man is false; he is laid low even at the sight of him. 1 0 No one is so fierce that he dares to stir him up. Who then is he who can stand before me?
1 Hebrew ways 2 Or in his sight 3 Ch 40:25 in Hebrew large sea animal, exact identity unknown ' Ch 41 :1 in Hebrew
4A
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he-is-hurled
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editions, i' -
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probably read
JOB 4 1 :4[ 1 1 ] -23 [ 3 1 ] 1 1 Who has first given to me, that I should
repay him? Whatever is under the whole heaven is mine.
12 " I will not keep silence concerning his limbs,
13
14 15 16 17
18
19 20 21 22 23
24 25
26
27
28 29 30
31 1
or his mighty strength, or his goodly frame. Who can strip off his outer garment? Who would come near him with a bridle? Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth is terror. His back is made of7 rows of shields, shut up closely as with a seal. One is so near to another that no air can come between them. They are joined one to another; they clasp each other and cannot be separated. His sneezings flash forth light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the dawn. Out of his mouth go flaming torches; sparks of fire leap forth. Out of his nostrils comes forth smoke, as from a boiling pot and burning rushes. His breath kindles coals, and a flame comes forth from his mouth. In his neck abides strength, and terror dances before him. The folds of his flesh stick together, firmly cast on him and immovable. His heart is hard as a stone, hard as the lower millstone. When he raises himself up the mighty2 are afraid; at the crashing they are beside themselves. Though the sword reaches him, it does not avail, nor the spear, the dart, or the javelin. He counts iron as straw, and bronze as rotten wood. The arrow cannot make him flee; for him sling stones are turned to stubble. Clubs are counted as stubble; he laughs at the rattle of javelins. His underparts are like sharp potsherds; he spreads himself like a threshing sledge on the mire. He makes the deep boil like a pot; he makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
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man-of
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to-you
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12
For you are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil may not dwell with you. The boastful shall not stand before your eyes; you hate all evildoers. You destroy those who speak lies; the LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man. But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love, will enter your house. I will bow down toward your holy temple in the fear of you. Lead me, 0 LORD, in your righteousness because of my enemies; make your way straight before me. For there is no truth in their mouth; their inmost self is destruction; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue. Make them bear their guilt, 0 God; let them fall by their own counsels; because of the abundance of their transgressions cast them out, for they have rebelled against you. But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy, and spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may exult in you. For you bless the righteous, 0 LORD; you cover him with favor as with a shield.
1 Or I direct my prayer to you
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PSALMS
1236
6: 1 -7:6 (5]
0 LORD, Deliver My Life
6
To THE CHOIRMASTER: WITH STRINGED INSTRUMENTS; ACCORDING TO THE SHF.MTNITH.7 A PSALM OF DAVID.
1
0 LORD, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath. 2 Be gracious to me, 0 LORD, for I am languishing; heal me, 0 LORD, for my bones are troubled. 3 My soul also is greatly troubled. But you, 0 LORD-how long? 4
s
Turn, 0 LORD, deliver my life; save me for the sake of your steadfast love. For in death there is no remembrance of you; in Sheol who will give you praise?
6 I am weary with my moaning;
8
9 10
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Depart from me, all you workers of evil, for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping. The LORD has heard my plea; the LORD accepts my prayer. All my enemies shall be ashamed and greatly troubled; they shall turn back and be put to shame in a moment.
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0 LORD my God, ifI have done this, if there is wrong in my hands, if I have repaid my friend3 with evil or plundered my enemy without cause, let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it,
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judgment
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PSALMS 3
4
6
8
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When [ look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him? Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings I and crowned him with glory and honor. You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas. 0
our Lord. how majestic is your name in all the earth! LORD.
I Will Recount Your Wonderful Deeds 9 2 To A
12 3 8
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Yahweh
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they-have-devised
Sing praises to the LORD, who sits enthroned in Zion ! Tell among the peoples his deeds! For he who avenges blood is mindful of them; he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.
Be gracious to me, 0 LORD! See my affliction from those who hate me, 0 you who lift me up from the gates of death, 1 4 that I may recount all your praises, that in the gates of the daughter of Zion I may rejoice in your salvation. 15
16
The nations have sunk in the pit that they made; in the net that they hid, their own foot has been caught. The LORD has made himself known; he has executed judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion . 1 Selah
17
The wicked shall return to Sheol, all the nations that forget God.
18
For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.
19 20
Arise, 0 LORD! Let not man prevail; let the nations be judged before you! Put them in fear, 0 LORD! Let the nations know that they are but men! Selah
Why Do You Hide Yourself? Why, 0 LORD, do you stand far away? 1 0 Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
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a stronghold i n times o f trouble. And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, 0 LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.
13
fear
in-schemes let-them-be-caught poor-one he-pursues wicked-one in-arrogance-of
soul-of-him
12
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l;'ti p; r:q:µ ibvn i11Ti1":l ;in? i1i�J • : c o"7 T l T - ninv? JT T 1 10 to-times you-hide in-far-one you-stand Yahweh why iiJ ni�iDJ "JV mNlJ l • : • I iW!lrl" : T• J--: - : 2 II" T P?T
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1 0:4 b many Hebrew manuscripts, Syriac,
Targums, '.l:;t
1 0: 10 p iJ#T p 1 r:J11 10: 1 0 p : o'N�;'n 1 0: 1 2 p : o'ulJ 1 0: 1 6 b sev���l H�brew manuscrip �'.
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God
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orphan
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eternity
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you-hear
king-of
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the-earth
he-renounces
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he-seeks
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judgments-of-you
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T
your judgments are on high, out of his
7
1240
you-make-firm
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and-oppressed-on.:
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ri::J-rr o"µo/1;:i they-bend
behold
the-wicked
string
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the-foundation
they-are-destroyed
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he-says
lest
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until
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:n �.� iJ 1W"� they-rejoice
when
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over-me
consider
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you-will-hide
sorrow
in-heart-of-me
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to-the-one-di recting
psalm
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from-me face-of-you
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to-David
until
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heart-of-me
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they-have-become-corrupt
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all-of
ones-doing-of
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evil
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seeking
there-is-no
God
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they-behave-corruptly
he-looks-down from-heaven
on
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man
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to-the-one-directing
in"rit»;i
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deed
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to-David
he-says
foolish-one
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let-him-be-glad
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you-put-to-shamf
but )"
they-dread
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nviw" y-
:
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salvation -o:
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let-him-be-glac
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in-you
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but-
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2 He
righteousness
not
fearing-ones-of
LORD,
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he-shall-dwell
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you-delivered-me
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rock-of-me
vengeance
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to-me
i;:i_.,
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the-one-giving
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at
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from-strife-of
Yahweh
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alive
•
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d -it.V Q :;;>;
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they-cringed
to-me
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they-served-me
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from-fortresses-of-them
ori"f
You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your right hand supported me, and your gentleness made me great.
36 You gave a wide place for my steps under me,
and my feet did not slip. 37
38
I pursued my enemies and overtook them,
T :
and-let-him-be-exalted
I thrust them through, so that they were not able to rise; they fell under my feet.
39
For you equipped me with strength for the battle; you made those who rise against me sink under me.
40
You made my enemies turn their backs to me,2 and those who hated me I destroyed.
41
They cried for help, but there was none to save; they cried to the LORD, but he did not answer them . I beat them fine as dust before the wind; I cast them out like the mire of the streets .
43
You delivered me from strife with the people; you made me the head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me.
44
As soon as they heard of me they obeyed me; foreigners came cringing to me.
45
Foreigners lost heart and came trembling out of their fortresses.
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people
to-hearing-of
children-of
i11il"
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one-saving
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foreign-land
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the-God
iV OtV"
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bronze. 35
neck
wind
you-made-me
they-obeyed
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they-lost-heart
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to-head-of
:
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like-mire-of
J :
nations
n•
children-of
and-they-trembled
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people
Yahweh
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streets
:
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:
but-not
J
I -cast-out-them
J- T
I-had-known
J
he-answered-them
and-I-beat-them
as-dust
so that my arms can bend a bow of
ones-rising-up-to-me
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i!Jl':l 0 i?. t:l o/� 1: 43
and set me secure on the heights .
42
and-ones-hating-of-me
I-destroyed-them
He trains my hands for war,
they-fell
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under-me
34
and made my way blameless.
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feet-of-me
He made my feet like the feet of a deer
ti i11� 3 8
I-pursued
: oni?:l IT
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they-cried-for-help
: -
to-consume-them
and-you-girded-me
and-ones-being-hostile-to-me
J
but-there-was-not
"."l
33
And who is a rock, except our God?-
consumed.
you -make-wide-space
ones-being-hostile-to-me
:
the God who equipped me with strength
and did not turn back till they were
"Ji·t Nni 40 :";li nnn it;::r'
strength
il'ilV" 42
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I -severely-wound-them
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you-give
T
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:J."ni.rt 37
":l"iN :
32
:
and-right-hand-of-you
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step-of-me
For who is God, but the LORD?
training
-
o�nON 39
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and-not
for-the-battle
J " -:
refuge in him. 31
:
arms-of-me
•
a "11'�
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ilnn;D; ;.,n
you-made-sink
:
under-me
•
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she-supported-me
nT
1D,Q 35
hands-of-me
:
he is a shield for all those who take
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making-the-same
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"nnn
i1ilVQ34
This God-his way is perfect; ' the word o f the LORD proves true;
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the-God
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and-you-have-given
and- I -overtook-them
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n••
and-not
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to-me
and-not
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they-were-able
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for-the-war
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who
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To
DOE OF
PSALM OF DAVID.
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
not
1 J.i => r;i
i1i"WJ T J" T
1 9D�i
answer, and by night, but I find no rest.
:
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they-devise
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3 Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises2 of Israel. 4
In you our fathers trusted;
s
To you they cried and were rescued;
they trusted, and you delivered them. in you they trusted and were not put to shame.
1 Or make him
the praises
a
source of blessing forever 2 Or dwelling in
"liViW"D " T 1°
from-salvation-of-me
: 1n1 1:J�
but-not
by-day
Israel
praises-of
sitting
I -cry
i11 7P Pi
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22
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to-the-one-directing
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why
God-of-me
at
and-we-will-praise
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they-will-succeed
1 n�Jo? -••
according-to
you-have-forsaken-me
man
:t:Ji1"J!:l 1·: •• :
power-of-you
doe-of
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i1J1'n n•:-: -
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God-of-me
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God-of-me
groaning-of-me
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words - o :·
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=
far
you-answer
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j?i l}l
"l
faces-of-them
be-exalted
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the-dawn
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for
i10ii T J 14
i11i1" JT :
Yahweh
Yahweh
fruit-of-them
"l
you-will-put-them
ridge
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though
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inn"wn • :
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i'OJ JT
they-plot
against -you
i11i1" T
i!:lN:l:
in -nose-of-him
from-earth
you-will-destroy
evil
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l'lW�
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hand-of-you
ones-hating-of-you
J
he-will-swallow-them
and-seed-of-them
psalm
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t:Jlh:J" .. : ,.,
in-strength-of-you
to-David
minn r· - :
i1)1i":l
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iv? n- T
;innJ T J- T
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r:
i? i11j!J� 1 7P Q ?�o/ I t:J":TJ s 1Dltt W"�
1ii1
splendor
for-evermore
good
you-set
length-of to-him
J
and-majesty
We will sing and praise your power.
1
days
...
and-request-of
n"WI;l :Ji'? ni:;r-9
tJ�i V t:J" Q;' 1�-�
eternity
nuh N1 -: -
lips-of-him
not
to-head-of-him
crown-of
you will aim at their faces with your bows.
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you-have-withheld
nit>v "." J"." -:
the earth, children of man.
Hebrew (BHS)
r
selah
and their offspring from among the 11
12 5 0 rllJJO T: T
2 1 :4[3] -22:6 [5]
:iot>;:Jn1 1·· : - : 1 -
holy
and-you -delivered-them
:1wi :;i
they-were-ashamed
yet-you
irit?:i :T
they-trusted
in'l?:J J:T
they-trusted
:r�
in-you
to-me
U"njN-:
rest
,., ..
fathers-of-us
but-no
mt>::i J:T
they-trusted
nT?OJ1 : ":
m
and-they-were-rescued
and-nigh:
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in-yo .:
i in?!
they- c ri � :
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English (ES V)
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: ov
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people
and-being-despised-of mankind
i V"J" i1!>iv:i J"T
T
they-shake
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I-was-cast
from-womb
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many
bulls
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they-surround-me
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and-tongue-of-me
strength-of-me
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PSALM 25:5-22 teach me your paths. s
Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long.
6
Remember your mercy, 0 LORD, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old.
7
Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for the sake of your goodness, 0 LORD!
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Good and upright is the LORD; therefore he instructs sinners in the way.
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10
He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way. All the paths of the LORD are steadfast love and faithfulness, for those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.
11
For your name's sake, 0 LORD,
12
Who is the man who fears the LORD?
pardon my guilt, for it is great. Him will he instruct in the way that he should choose. 13
His soul shall abide in well-being, and his offspring shall inherit the land.
14
and he makes known to them his covenant. My eyes are ever toward the LORD, for he will pluck my feet out of the net. 16
Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.
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PSALMS 33: 1 1 -34: 6 [5] h e frustrates the plans o f the peoples. The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the plans of his heart to all generations. 12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage!
11
13
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19
Behold, the eye of the Lo RD is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love, that he may deliver their soul from death and keep them alive in famine.
20
Our soul waits for the LORD; he is our help and our shield. 21 For our heart is glad in him, because we trust in his holy name. 22 Let your steadfast love, 0 LORD, be upon us, even as we hope in you.
Taste and See That the LORD Is Good OF DAVID, WHEN HE CHANGED HIS BEHAVIOR BEFORE ABIMELECH, SO THAT HE DROVE HIM OUT, AND HE WENT AWAY. 1 I will bless the LORD at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. 2 My soul makes its boast in the LORD; let the humble hear and be glad. 3 Oh, magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together! 4 I sought the LORD, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears. s Those who look to him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed. I This psalm is an acrostic poem, each verse beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet
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10 In just a little while, the wicked will be no more; though you look carefully at his place, he will not be there. 11 But the meek shall inherit the land and delight themselves in abundant peace. 12 The wicked plots against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him, 1 3 but the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he sees that his day is coming. 1 4 The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose way is upright; 1 5 their sword shall enter their own heart, and their bows shall be broken. 16 Better is the little that the righteous has than the abundance of many wicked. 1 7 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous. 1 8 The LORD knows the days of the blameless, and their heritage will remain forever; 1 9 they are not put to shame in evil times; in the days of famine they have abundance. 20 But the wicked will perish; the enemies of the Lo RD are like the glory of the pastures; they vanish-like smoke they vanish away. 2 1 The wicked borrows but does not pay back, but the righteous is generous and gives; 22 for those blessed by the LORD 1 shall inherit the land, but those cursed by him shall be cut off. 2 3 The steps of a man are established by the LORD, when he delights in his way; 2 4 though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the LORD upholds his hand. 2 5 I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging for bread. 26 He is ever lending generously, 1
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PSALMS 37:27-38:3 [2] and his children become a blessing. 27 2R
29
Turn away from evil and do good; so shall you dwell forever. For the LORD loves justice; he will not forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off. The righteous shall inherit the land and dwell upon it forever.
30 The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice. 3 1 The law of his God is in his heart; his steps do not slip. 3 2 The wicked watches for the righteous and seeks to put him to death. 33 The LORD will not abandon him to his power or let him be condemned when he is brought to trial. 34
Wait for the LORD and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land; you will look on when the wicked are cut off.
35 I have seen a wicked, ruthless man,
36
spreading himself like a green laurel tree. I But he passed away,2 and behold, he was no more; though I sought h im, he could not be found.
37
Mark the blameless and behold the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace. 3 8 But transgressors shall be altogether destroyed; the future of the wicked shall be cut off. 39 The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD;
40
he is their stronghold in the time of trouble. The LoRo helps them and delivers them; he delivers them from the wicked and saves them, because they take refuge in him.
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But for you, 0 LORD, do I wait; it is you, 0 Lord my God, who will answer. For I said, "Only let them not rejoice over me, who boast against me when my foot slips!"
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but-ones-being-hostile-to-me
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PSALMS 38:2 1 [20 ] - 39: 1 3 [ 1 2] 20
21 22
and many are those who hate me wrongfully. Those who render me evil for good accuse me because I follow after good. Do not forsake me, 0 LoRo! 0 my God, be not far from me! Make haste to help me, 0 Lord, my salvation!
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salvation
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in-days-of-them
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let-them-lead-me
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and-majesty-of-you
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and-let-her-teach-you righteousness and-humility
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Hebrew (BHS)
splendor-of-you
nnN ·: ·:a -1:;rr truth matter-of
J ..
ones-being-hostile-to
t>:it.V : ) .. ·
uprightness
wickedness
beyond-companions-of-you
scepter-of
NJWr-11 T: •-
and-you-hated
tiibo/ 11?¥.! joy
: 1 �." Q;
right-hand-of-you
oil-of
:i?�
in-heart-of
i1'1 11•: T
and-evermore
righteousness
1" ij?�,
God-of-you
12 77 1"!t9� -?:J
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stringed-instrument
" T
ni.l::i 1 0
1��
and-house-of
people-of-you
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1:tr� Niil -.,� he
lord-of-you
1: ��
since
T :
l��;
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Tyre
with-gift
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she-is-brought
•
1Nn"1 12
:
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father-of-you
and-he-will-desire
all-of
: i1Wi:J.? IT
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I
to-him
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and-bow-down-in-worship
people rich-ones-of they-will-seek-favor
ni�:::tt.V �D ilD".l!:l
:Lili JT T
:
garment-of-her
to-robes
"Niil and-consider
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JT
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she-stands
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and-daughter-of
daughter-of what-is-valuable
king
··
queen
"t;)il1 -: and-incline
1JT�
ear-of-you
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beauty-of-you
iln.lD::l I i �
face-of-you
1?9
J
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to-right-hand-of-you
and-forget
cassia
they-make-glad-you
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a "n:>t.Vi J" :
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gold
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companions-of-her
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for-princes
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you-will-set-them
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sons-of-you
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song
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refuge
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thus
in-heart-of
upon
t:J"iri • T
mountains
t:J"iil -1w11i ., l" they-tremble mountains T
t.V1 p t:J"ii?N 11· :: -i"l? holy-of
46
to-the-one-directing
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Most-High-One
T T
river
II T
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they-foam
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T
nations thus upon
ilOnD u? t:J"ii?N 2
ti'1
and-strength
when-to-shake
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streams-of-him
to-sons-of
i"Dil::l
earth
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Korah
:1ND N�D.l nii�:i ilit1' I he-is-found very in-troubles help
All glorious is the princess in her chamber, with robes interwoven with gold. 14 In many-colored robes she is led to the king, with her virgin companions following behind her. i s With joy and gladness they are led along as they enter the palace of the king. 16
In place of your fathers shall be your sons; you will make them princes in all the earth. 1 7 I will cause your name to be remembered in all generations; therefore nations will praise you forever and ever.
OF THE
ALAMOTH.3 A SONG.
ni�
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13
SONS OF KORAH. ACCORDING TO
and-evermore for-eternity they-will-praise-you
Alamoth
J-
in-place-of
Hear, 0 daughter, and consider, and incline your ear: forget your people and your father's house, 11 and the king will desire your beauty. Since he is your lord, bow to him. 12 The people7 of Tyre will seek your favor with gifts, the richest of the people.2
THE CHOIRMASTER.
and-generation generation in-all-of name-of-you
:i"o/. ni T??�
-
fathers-of-you
10
ilT?. T� 18 : fl� Q -;'.?� God Is OurToFortress I-will-profess the-earth in-all-of 4 6 iil t:J" ; l} l} TP. 1?. 11. f 1
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nnn 17
1"l)��l
they-shall-be
your robes are all fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia . From ivory palaces stringed instruments make you glad; daughters of kings are among your ladies of honor; at your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir.
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kings
I"
n"?.i
all-of
garments-of-you
n:iJ- -"l? T? W n :i"!l iN on:>::i . . J": : Ophir in-gold-of hear
daughter
a ni V" ¥ i2
T
tr:>?o
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among-female-noble-ones-of-you
PSALMS 45: 1 0 [9] -46:5 [4]
city-of
I
m�w., J
:
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they-make-glad
45:9 a a few Hebrew manuscripts, most versions, 'j?� 45:9 c Cl'�Q ; cf. Sirach 39: 1 5 45: 1 1 a a few Hebrew manuscripts, 'iz..i 4 5 : 1 5 c - c probably delete 45: 1 5 d 2 Hebrew manuscripts, ::i? ; not present in Septuagint minuscules, Syriac; nJ?h has been proposed (haplography) 46:3 b Origen (6 'E�pafoc;) (Septuagint), aapcr = 'Ni) 46:4 a Septuagint (Symmachus), Syriac put copula before =
:
-:
God is our refuge and strength, a very present4 help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, 3 though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah
4
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High.
1 Hebrew daughter 2 Or The daughter of Tyre is here with gifts, the richest ofpeople seek your favor 3 Probably a musical or liturgical term 40r well proved
12 78 il1Tl1'
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he-will-help-her
she-shall-be-moved
PSALMS 46:6 [5J -48: 3 [2J s
God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved; God will help her when morning dawns.
6 The nations rage, the kingdoms totter; he utters his voice, the earth melts. the God of Jacob is our fortress. Come, behold the works of the LORD, earth.
9 H e makes wars cease to the end of the he breaks the bow and shatters the spear; 10 " B e still, and know that
ow
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THE SONS OF KORA H .
she-melts
earth
:
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feared, -1
He subdued peoples under us,
4
H e chose our heritage for us,
wars
to
o � i l�
he-burns J
spear
and-he-cuts-in-pieces
O'ii?N::
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God has gone up with a shout,
6
Sing praises to G od, sing praises!
IT
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Yahweh
Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
1.J1' 4
peoples
he-subdued
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The pri nces of the peoples gather
God sits o n his holy throne.
: ;i79 ::i��� ' r.f?� God-of
as the people of the God of Abraham. for the shields of the earth belong to God; he is highly exalted!
A SONG. A PSALM O F THE SONS OF KO R A H .
Great is the L O R D and greatly to be praised i n the city of our God!
H is holy mountain, 2 beautiful in elevation, H�b.-�w
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great
he-loves
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horn
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for
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pride-of
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over
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God
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wisdom
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ear-of-me
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49
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rich-one
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to-the-one-directing
ones-inhabiting-of all-of
and-poor
i1t>N s
I
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to-proverb
to-sons-of
beyond
give-ear
the-peoples
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mouth-of-me
he-speaks
iniquity-of trouble
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world
Korah
next-one
that
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:
understanding
together
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man
sons-of
num l T :
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heart-of-me
and-meditation-of
"D":J Ni"N ;inl; 6 :"n,Tn 1it;l � n.p -? N ••
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in-days-of
T
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I-fear
T JT
why
13
riddle-of-me
14
For behold, the kings assembled; they came on together. As soon as they saw it, they were astounded; they were in panic; they took to flight. Trembling took hold of them there, anguish as of a woman in labor. By the east wind you shattered the ships of Tarshish. As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God, Selah which God will establish forever. We have thought on your steadfast love, O God, in the midst of your temple. As your name, 0 God, so your praise reaches to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is filled with righteousness. Let Mount Zion be glad! Let the daughters of Judah rejoice because of your judgments! Walk about Zion, go around her, number her towers, consider well her ramparts, go through her citadels, that you may tell the next generation that this is God, our God forever and ever. He will guide us forever. 1
Why Should I Fear in Times ofTrouble? 49 To
THE CHOIRMASTER. A PSALM OF
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go-through
to-die
all-of
Zion
a ;it;.,n1;
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12
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and-go-around-her
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in-midst-of
daughters-of let-them-rejoice Zion
count
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unto
i'l#. l'l� - W i? righteousness earth ends-of J
Judah
i1"niJDiN
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she-fills
towers-of-her
11'1
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eternity
selah
t>J o? i1J m ; niJ:i:
set
to-generation
i1N1;n
9
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as-name-of-you
walk-about judgments-of-you because-of
;
you-shattered
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Mountain-of let-him-be-glad right-hand-of-you
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:
we-have-thought-on
God
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J"
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1�7DlJ 1?. t:I"�., �
heart-of-you
1�w�
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ships-of
Tarshish
s
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that
t:l"iil;N
1Jt;'TJ steadfast-love-of-you
-1;,
ontnN
7
she-took-hold-them
t:l"ii5N U"iil;N i"lJ:J niN:J.� i1J\i1; -..,.,3:' � Yahweh in-city-of God hosts God-of-us in-city-of
he-will-establish-her
to
they-were-astounded
llT
no
being-firm and-spirit
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nin�::i ... · . ".JN�nn 9
in-the- inward-parts
let-hear-you-me
iniquities-of-me and-all-of from-sins-of-me face-of-you
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i1nDiV1
;i :;, rn
you -are-blameless
:
ii1t>N1
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Vii11
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T
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and-the-evil-one
she-conceived-me
and-in-being-shut-up
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o.tio::i� •••
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and-sin-of-me
1"j "µ :;i
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before-me
and-I -shall-be-clean
nT :
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in-eyes-of-you
.
and-gladness
;inn
blot-out
"nNt>nm
J" :
mother-of-me
·
and-from-sin-of-me
in-to-judge-you
nT :
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tJ"ii1?N: :
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b "1l.l
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continually
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wash-you-me
i1.J1?jn
nin�v
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wisdom
.
and-more-than-snow
:1"Dn
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i1D:Jn
:".JV"iin .
you-make-known-me
IT T
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behold
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cleanse-me
behold
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you-delight
N":JJi1
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PJQ? "D"W� so-that I -have-done
in-iniquity
51
transgressions-of-me
,.
for
against-you
you-are-right
in-to-speak-you
- 1:
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11¥J 97 1
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alone-you
lest
to-the-one-directing
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1 ��97
T
I-have-sinned
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to-make-much
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ti"i '? �
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wash-me
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according-to-steadfast-love-of-you
transgressions-of-me
I-know
JT
he-had-gone-in according-to-when the-prophet
to
".lO:J.:l
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from-iniquity-of-me
1:
i1:JiVN1
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according-to-abundance-of
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psalm
to-David
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1• T :
1:
Bathsheba
mercy-of-you
b
and-there-is-not
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when-to-go
-
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be-gracious-me
•
and-I-kept-silent
JT :
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to-him
•
1"� 1
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delivering
on-salvation-of I-will-show-him
1"'N
Nathan
:'"�D
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one-sacrificing
God
•
to-eyes-of-you that-I-might-lay-out
now consider
n:it 23
. :tJ"i1, 1?N
I"
JT
this
ones-forgetting-of
thanksgiving
T
I-have-thought-on
nNt N.J -u":i. 22 c =1"tµ7
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"nwinm ·:
n"61
1·::
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I-rebuke-you
-t;p against-son-of
mother-of-you
you-give
-
:
she-binds-together
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deceit
you-sit
i1�N 21 :"!J"i
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you-have-done
1"D�n
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:iwn 20
against-brother-of-you
you-speak
PSALM OF
DAVID, WHEN NATHAN THE PROPHET
1
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Hebrew (BHS)
:
-
:
purify-you-me
=n+7 �
I-shall-be-white
:n":>i
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you -have-crushed
, -Ni:J. iii1t> :i; 12 : i1nD J"
to-me
T :
create
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cast-you-away-me
Tl.,
clean
-; � 13 not
J ""
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heart
blot-out
:"�l i?�
in-midst-of-me
128 3
English (ES V)
t i �� joy-of
;i :r1VJ" ;i 14 :"JT)Q T
restore
to-me
15 i11n?N JT
.
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and-mouth-of-me
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':>1• 1M!J : i·t!:l C'f6N God bones-of he-scatters for terror
J
people-of-him
T
they-have-become-corrupt
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•
from -heaven
in; �•:: d•:
1'� there-is-not
T
when-to-go
"'c 'OWO•
ti' i?. o/D
ones-working-of
evil
they-were-terrified
from-Zion
;.l' 1•"T
and-they-act-abominably
one-seeking one-understanding
:iion - ;ii.Vb •• good doing
1�h
let-him-be-rejoice
JT T
he-looks-down
God
you-put-to-shame one-encamping-of-you
salvation-of
;:iJ
foolish-one
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people-of-me
i1'i1 -�6 "'1 1J ,;J he-is
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they-eat
;:;i;:;i .a
iniquity
children-of
53
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T
even
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to-the-one-directing
in-heart-of-him
there-is-no
together he-is-disloyal all-of-him
:1MN•: one
n�Jo; : 1
according-to
1'�
T
man
to-see
11J :ii '5
godly-ones-of-you before good
1'�
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niN1; C1N
J o- :
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T
there-is-no
one-doing-of
W'il
?-there-is
-:
C'ii'N n· ·:: God
in' li• wri : 1·
they-behave-corruptly
C'f6N • 1 •:: 3 ::iio good God
-
STRINGED INSTRUMENTS. A MAS KIL4
1
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T -
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in-steadfast-love-of
OF DAVID, WHEN THE ZIPHITES WENT AND TOLD SAUL, "Is NOT DAVID HIDING AMONG us? "
b :inm::i:
in-destruction-of-him
by-name-of-you
C'!J'• ·T• i1
-l
the-Ziphites
C'ii'N • 3 •: : L
God
'n;!J.n V9o/ C'ii'N - 1 7? �7 i1give-ear tt� d prayer-of-me • 4 n• • hear God '
to-words-of
T
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128 5 mp
English (ES V)
t:J" ¥"ll? l
N? "o/=?J 1t.¥i?�
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t'IT
il:l:liD" T J"•. :
:
they-go-around-her
ni1 il 12 J -
in-midst-of-her
JU
one-being-hostile
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tongue-of-them
i1�li?�
1:
T
he-departs
,
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from-wind
lT T
and-iniquity
"J!>1n"
NivN1
ilnN1 14 :UTJQ but-you
J" :
from-open-square-of-her
then-I-bear
11'11
and-trembling
to-me
nnn
JT
raging
in-the-city and-strife violence
: i1�li?�
in-midst-of-her
T
he-trembles -
JT
1:1N
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T
like-the-dove
from-storm
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ilJ:>:
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soul-of-me
In God I Trust To 56
1
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17. iJ�
we-walked
in-throng
f-o"
"�1� �
companion-of-me
and-one-knowing-of-me
iln"ivN " - T: T !l T J" T 0"ii1�1 and-noon I-lament
companion 1 stretched out his hand against his friends; he violated his covenant. 2 1 His speech was smooth as butter, yet war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
23
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that
I-call
20 My
22
iWN ls
Hebrew (BHS)
f-o
f-o
"J!lNW T : • J-
he-tramples-me
"iiil.V -: l
ones-watching-of-me
4 i] �l' ;;.iJ� No., ij?N � s : n �:;i� 1"?� .,� � Ni"N f-.T • b Oi" in-God I-trust to-you I I-am-afraid day J
word-of-him I-praise
128 7 �6 "nno:i O"ii;N:i
English (ES V)
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T
JT
to-me
all-of
flesh
he-does
/IT
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9 But those who seek to destroy my life shall go down into the depths of the earth; 10 they shall be given over to the power of the sword; they shall be a portion for jackals. 11 But the king shall rejoice in God; all who swear by him shall exult, for the mouths of liars will be stopped.
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My soul will be satisfied as with fat and rich food, and my mouth will praise you with joyful lips, 6 when I remember you upon my bed, and meditate on you in the watches of the night; 7 for you have been my help, and in the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy. s My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me.
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PSALMS 72: 1 5-73:10 14
From oppression and violence he redeems their life, and precious is their blood in his sight.
15
Long may he live; may gold of Sheba be given to him! May prayer be made for him continually, and blessings invoked for him all the day! 1 6 May there be abundance of grain in the land; on the tops of the mountains may it wave; may its fruit be like Lebanon; and may people blossom in the cities like the grass of the field! 1 7 May his name endure forever, his fame continue as long as the sun ! May people be blessed in him, all nations call him blessed! is 19
20
Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who alone does wondrous things. Blessed be his glorious name forever; may the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen and Amen! The prayers of David, the son of Jesse, are ended. BO O K T H REE
God Is My Strength and Portion Forever A PSALM OF ASAPH. 7 3 Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart. 2 But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, my steps had nearly slipped. 3 For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 4
For they have no pangs until death; their bodies are fat and sleek. s They are not in trouble as others are; they are not stricken like the rest of mankind. 6 Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them as a garment. 7 Their eyes swell out through fatness; their hearts overflow with follies. s They scoff and speak with malice; loftily they threaten oppression. 9 They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongue struts through the earth. 10 Therefore his people turn back to them, and find no fault in them. 1 1 Probable reading; Hebrew
the waters of afull cup are
drained by them
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for-him
in-the-land
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continually
on-top-of
mountains
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may-he-increase
name-of-him
:1"J"1'�
like-vegetation-of from-city and-may-they-blossom fruit-of-him
the-land
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f,'
all-of
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in-eyes-of-him
and-may-he-live
oi�d -;:;, 1"0n i11'�
may-he-wave
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may-he-be
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a - m:1
and-may-he-give
the-day
l.VlJi"
like-the-Lebanon
T
and-from-violence
he-redeems
T
T :
may-he-bless-him
oonm
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from-gold-of
1,Nl"
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life-of-them
and-he-is-precious
blood-of-them
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Hebrew (BHS)
1?n� she-goes
"Di , ..
and-waters-of
oj;u,;1,i T
:
and-tongue-of-them
b o;;i f, - :
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people-of-him
0i1"!:J ,,...
.
mouth-of-them
:i�ih J
T
he-turns-back
1 3 05 rinN1 11
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W"1: ;N God and-there-is
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o?ip
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and-I-have-been
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) 20 :ni;i;� terrors -: -
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like-the-dream
he-was-embittered
lT T
.nrriN
-,�f
T : -
on-hand-of
glory
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and-after
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T
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far-ones-of-you
JT T
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behold
:
for-eternity
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he-smokes
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:
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for-eternity
T
O"ii'N r ·:: God T
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.nnJi T
: J-T
:
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you-cast-off
•
God
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For behold, those who are far from you shall perish; you put an end to everyone who is unfaithful to you. But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord Goo my refuge, that I may tell of all your works .
MASKIL2 OF
SAPH
1·
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to-Asaph
I Hebrew rock 2 Probably a musical or liturgical term
n..
i- -:
O"ii'N
27
and-portion-of-me
-
JT
Nevertheless, I am continually with you; you hold my right hand. 24 You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory. 25 Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you. 26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength 1 of my heart and my portion forever.
= r1�;i Arise, 0 God, Defend Your Cause A A . 74 0 God, why do you cast us off " i?7 D1 forever? on-the-earth
;i.n6�;i ii:J.N" but-I from-you one-being-unfaithful every-of you-destroy they-shall-perish < "Onn i1ii1" "J1N� 1 ".n\V :iit>) -.,?. O"ii. .,N·.·: a n:J.ii?I
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in-midst-of ones-attacking-of-you
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fl �, .
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totality
with-axe
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sanctuary-of-you
Tl
on-the-fire
rv?� s
o �7:;t
J"."
carvings-of-her
1Pli?Q
T
to-the-ground
they-profaned
they-burned together we-will-oppress-them
T�
this
T
he-has-done-evil
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and-hammers
they-smashed
dwelling-place-of
T
in-forest-of to-above-DIR like-one-bringing he-was-known
= ri r?'n�
:
they-sent-out
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1:1't.i?
you -have-purchased
on-him you-have-dwelt
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they-set
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nose-of-you
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T
direct
one-being-hostile
in-the-sanctuary
:ninN onniN miV I
t:qp of-old
1;17��l
steps-of-you
signs
1 N �9 against-sheep-of
pasture-of-you
tribe-of you-have-redeemed
heritage-of-you
they-have-roared
: 1 9v;
in-heart-of-them they-said
name-of-you
U'�l N? U'Diii� 9 : flt9 ?� _,1� in -;� we-see not signs-of-us in-the-land God appointed-places-of all-of 'no -,� 10 : i10 -,� lJ1� u nN -N?i N':lJ 1ilJ -)
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when
until
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from-of-old
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King-of-me
i1rlN 13
tJ'ii?Ni i1?:J •• • ..l12 :destroy yet-God
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JT
you-gave-him
to-desert-animals for-people
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continuous
JT
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streams-of you-dried-up
:iVOiV1 •: iiNO and-sun light IT T
rnni
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T
nij':Jri T
T
sea-monsters
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you
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earth
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ni>) 1iV"
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one-working
salvation
T
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by-might-of-you
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Leviathan heads-of you-crushed
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and-brook
spring
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you
night
:
T
to-you
also
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day
:
boundaries-of all-of you-have-caused-to-stand
:i�i�
you
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f�i?- fl� ni?1:i:A -?:>
and-winter summer
:llj?.Q
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tJ'�'�tl 'iVNi rli:tiV : l- • tJ' heads-of you-broke sea
IT
JT
tJ'ii?N . ·::l God
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boundary-of-you
in-midst-of
the-earth
you
J
longer
for-eternity name-of-you
why
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and-all-of
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to-the-on-high
not
ii:iin
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O"liiV1;1 " T :T :
and-to-the-wicked
l :
you -must -speak
02,f li?
horn-of-you
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and-wine
i1"iDiV T T •:
Yahweh
:l
dregs-of-her
1"lN J" -
I-will-declare
O"lJiVi J" T :
wicked-ones
•
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in-hand-of
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surely
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cup
from-this
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horns-of
and-all-of
9
10
N 2
mouth-of-me :
T
n
we-have-heard
JT
T
:
in-parable
iWN 3 J•: -:
that
JT
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old
T
:1p1j
J" T
IT
they-were-known
to-Asaph
1·
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- 1 7? �7
a o :J JtN •: : : T
to-words-of
nii" r:i
dark-sayings
What god is great like our God? you have made known your might among the peoples.
1 5 You with your arm redeemed your people,
the children of Jacob and Joseph. 16
Selah
When the waters saw you, 0 God, when the waters saw you, they were afraid;
17
indeed, the deep trembled. The clouds poured out water;
18
your arrows flashed on every side. The crash of your thunder was in the your lightnings lighted up the world;
the earth trembled and shook. 1 9 Your way was through the sea, your path through the great waters; yet your footprints were unseen.2 20
You led your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
Tell the Coming Generation 78 0
A MASKIL3 O F AsAPH. Give ear,
my people, to my teaching;
incline your ears to the words of my mouth!
ear-of-you
i1l'":JN T
I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old,
1 Or This is my grief that the right hand of the Most High has changed 2Hebrew unknown 3 Probably a musical or liturgical term
77: 1 2 i? ,;?r � 77: 1 2 b many Hebrew manuscripts, most
versions, 'Tf'N�!:l · 77: 1 4 a Sept�� int, Syriac add first person plural suffix
maskil
"
mouth-of-me
You are the God who works wonders;
3 things that we have heard and known,
J• -: -
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11
and meditate on your mighty deeds.
1�11
and-Aaron
"ni i n
-
Your way, 0 God, is holy.
2
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i'-'i1
13
yes, I will remember your wonders of old.
lightnings
way-of-you
n"nJ 2 1
you-led
: •
they-went-about
and-paths-of-you
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1"7��o/ l
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I will ponder all your work,
:
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still
IT
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he-split
IT "
O"ii,NJ
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against-God
and-they-spoke
:
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and-he-caused-to-go-down
Most-High-One
to-soul-of-them
J
with-light-of
niohn:l
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in-the-dry-place
ii NJ
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as-the-deep-of
IT
: i1!t�J
and-they-tested
like
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heap
abundant
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waters
field-of
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J ""
and-he-made-go-out
yet-they-added
;N
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on.l!t1 14
rocks
J"
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to-sin
r
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to-walk
he-had-shown-them
he-divided
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p;oo
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in -the-wilderness
from-rock
God
:
:
and-he-led-them
with-the-cloud
iJ1�::1 and-he-gave-to-drink
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Tl
sea
1i>?�
f>T
:
before
0"
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and-he-made-to-pass-them
battle
and-they-forgot
•: J "."
fathers-of-them
Oi":Jl)!t1 .
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people-of
not
1J J 12
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T
he-did
wonder
Ephraim
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he-has-made-firm
they-kept
works-of-him
f>T
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covenant-of
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being-armed-of
1".tiiN,!J.l1 :
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they-forget
o.tii:JN:l
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and-ones-being-wonderful-of-him
:
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like- fathers-of-them
" . heart-of-him
that
T
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works-of
generation
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lT
she-was-faithful
they-know
to-children-of-them
God
y••
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God
generation
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next-one
and-being-rebellious
l
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.
1
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he-commanded
so-that-they-set
JT
:imi ;N b -n �
spirit-of-him
children
but-commandments-of-him
r:
generation
J" T
in-God
iii�
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they-keep
and-he-set-up
fathers-of-us
1 ··
•
JT :
o p;:1 s
testimony
U"ni:JN -nN
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•
they-will-be-born
confidence-of-them
not
in-Jacob
:
Yahweh
:
T
11•• T "
�61
f>T
and-might-of-him
0".l::l 1ii t) � ,1;r . O"ii ,N:J m"W"1 7
and-not
i11i1"
·: : ·:
and-law
T
they-arise
and-not
itnvi J
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•
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from-children-of-them
�iiini :Jj;��f:. I n rh?
T •
78:6
they-have-told
0""1 � Q g 1ii 0 �
:
he-has-done
and caused waters to flow down like 1 7 Yet they sinned still more against him,
to-us
praiseworthy-actions-of
He made streams come out of the rock rivers.
not
ni�;m
LORD, and his
might, s
1 1 0'.;;)�
Hebrew (BHS 1
T
:
to-ask
I"
;;
" against-him
O:J:J;J f>T T :
"
in-heart-of-them
131 1 1 Q?'f.! 11 �7 ;N ;:J1''i1 110N
English (ES V)
m 20
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he-struck
:1:i1�:i
;� n � o ry? -o J n bread
•
l
J
?-also
he-heard
JT T
nose
for-thus
and-also
1Titd
�61
they-trust
and-not
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l.. :
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O"Oil:>:l • '°'T
T
man
he-ate
on-them
J-
wing
I
bird-of
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IT
:
•
:
to-them
:
J•: T
li1J"1 l. .
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he-brought
and-craving-of-them
very
...
:Lli?..�
in-midst-of 1
:
and-they-were-filled
omNnn
11r
in-mouth-of-them
food-of-them
still
from-craving-of-them
they-had-turned-aside
T
JT :
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l1i1:t1
oii:i
;i;"'v
and-he-killed
against-them
he-rose
- : -1-l
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-;:>:i 32 T
J T
ti � l 3 1
and-nose-of
God
:lJ"1:Ji1
;N1W"
"1m:i1
Oi1"JOWO:l
he-brought-low
Israel
and-young-men-of
on-stout-soldiers-of-them
J ..
•
1· :
-
:
in-all-of
•
I 0" �; �
m . . -
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cattle-of-them
they-drank
and-he-destroyed-them
: i1::11N; I'." ; - T
J -:
he-destroyed
i11�1 :0"1'1T a ":JN;7J . - : - nnt;iz>d -/\T T : harmful
Hebrew hand
he-sent
and-he-gave
l'1i1"47 -
1i::l::l JT T -
with-the-hail
Zoan
n7w; 45 :p;f;lo/:
i!J�1 4 6
'"On; J" •:
to-the-young-locust
Ol!Jl /\T ; -
and-he-turned
among-them
fly
foe
'1�0�1 44 : tl} ¥
01; T :l
to-blood
Oil::l J'." T
:J'11'Tl
when
he-set
in-Egypt
rivers-of-them
,,. :
vine-of-them
;
•:
•
I
o;:JN!11 . -
o;i:J" /\T ;
J
rninN 0"1�o::i JT -1tl>N-: 43 :1�IT - : • :l OiV /\T
and-he-devoured-them
produce-of-them
i1:JtT
they-remembered
power-of-him
signs-of-him
and-ones-flowing-of-them
and-frog
i:Jil.¥;1 41
;,.,/\T
day
that
and-wonders-of-him
lt11.;J ¥�
like-what
i9J;1
'�
iz>il i? i
i1D:J4 T -l 0
they-rebelled-him
and-Holy-One-of God and-they-tested and-they-returned
Israel
he-redeemed-them
not
-
in-the-wilderness
•
they-hurt
1jtll1 : • -l39
and-he-remembered
ii1i17J" J:-
1::11D:J /\T : •
-N;42 :i1ni1 ;NiiV" J .. T :
in-field-of
:J"tVi1' J" T :
to-make-go-back
that
flesh
not
compassionate
nose-of-him
they
wind
they-grieved-him
-i1 1o/:;l
:
i!lN /\ -
:
and-not
)
going
and-not
in-desert
from
) .
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::JitV"T
-.,� Q
I
being-firm
1!l:r .-
-N;,
1"1'"• T
he-stirred-up
all-of
he-does-again
not
(
ti �� -N;
with-him
he-atoned-for
iniquity
and-not
with-mouth-of-them
i lpl?
N?l
and-not
1W
1:
:
he-destroyed
:innn I T -:
wrath-of-him
-N;,
n"niz>'-
i1::11i11 T ; • :l
and-he-multiplied
O [.J".;Jf
and-with-tongue-of-them
in-covenant-of-him they-were-faithful
yet-he
and the fruit of their labor to the locust. 47
oJ iiz>?:;i�
they-lied
:i r;ri �:;i
Nii1138
or the day when he redeemed them from the foe,
to-him
Hebrew (BHS)
17µ �
like-the-flock
i1n!J /\T T
)
they-trembled
.
firstfruits
in-tents-of
Oli1l"1: r· - : -
,-
and-he-guided-them
�61 J:
so-that-not
iD1' /\ -
•
in- Egypt
people-of-him
n "- :i; .. Tl
to-security
;
J
:
firstborn
1 N ¥�
like-the-sheep
onJ!li J.. - 53 : -
and-he-led-them
-; �
ON":J"1 .. • : 54 -l
to
right-hand-of-him
"O:Jl.V
tlrt"?i1N:tl in-tents-of-them
.
:
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i1l:J:t1 : : ·1-l
: i1lt1Jj
ONO:t1 r -
:
Shiloh
i.niN!Jm : : -
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fire
she-devoured
:iin::i ',' J','
young-men-of-him
1"Ji1j64 -; l
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as-asleep
,.,,�
behind
adversaries-of-him
n
T
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ii1)
Mountain-of
Joseph
i o/l i? Q ii:JVn :
servant-of-him
iN":J;1 .
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T
among-the-mankind
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IT
foe
in-hand-of
ili?nJ:ii ;
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and-on-heritage-of-him
and-young-women-of-him
I','
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they-wept
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and-he-struck
1?::>J
1"li.l o?Ni -
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they-fell
and-widows-of-him
1 �.i il;l Q
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from-wine
ii:b.��
becoming-sober
his glory to the hand of the foe. and vented his wrath on his heritage. and their young women had no marriage song. Their priests fell by the sword,
and their widows made no lamentation. 6 5 Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a strong man shouting because of wine. 66 And he put his adversaries to rout; he put them to everlasting shame. 67
He rejected the tent of Joseph;
68
but he chose the tribe of Judah,
69
He built his sanctuary like the high
he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim, Mount Zion, which he loves. heavens, like the earth, which he has founded forever.
7 0 He chose David his servant 71
like-strong-one
the tent where he dwelt among mankind,
and took him from the sheepfolds; from following the nursing ewes he brought him
o � 7?�1l67 :io� mi o?i v n�l Q
in-tent-of
and-he-rejected
to-them
he-put
eternity
shame-of
-nN i111i1" o:it.z> -nN',' 1n:i:t16s - ; ' -l :in:i N? O"i::>N
sanctuary-of-him
)
:tl1N::l
not
o�w�1 ti P. i" ? v� 9
and-on-tribe-of
64
they-were-praised
then-he-awoke
iinN
greatly
in-Israel
1"fi?1n:ii
l'i?-�1 65
-;
Lord
Fire devoured their young men,
N?
IT
priests-of-him
"J1N 1 1w:f
63
:1?�1i1
T
by-the-sword
they-made-jealous-him
:i�
he-was-wrathful
and he utterly rejected Israel.
He gave his people over to the sword
and-he-put
IT -
idols.
62
;
T
:i::ivn;i'
-
JT
they moved him to jealousy with their
and delivered his power to captivity,
'
and-they-provoked-to-anger-him
J" :
For they provoked him to anger with their
61
)
and-he-gave-over
1"i1n::l63
IT
58
He forsook his dwelling at Shiloh,
1;i1o"V:J:t15s --
il0lt162 --
to-the-sword
like their fathers; they twisted like a deceitful bow.
60
lP.�1 61
"?.�7
57 but turned away and acted treacherously
59 When God heard, he was full of wrath,
-;
nT
and-he-forsook
to-the-captivity
:iin? ·:J',' -
-
people-of-him
nT
dwelling-place-of
Most High God and did not keep his testimonies,
high places;
oni:JN:;)-
J-
tents. 5 6 Yet they tested and rebelled against the
" ;
like-fathers-of-them
;
and settled the tribes of Israel in their
and-testimonies-of-him
he-heard
power-of-him
i�V T :
not
T
:1i1U�"� i?� o"ii?N ' '.':l v ot.z> 59 God t.z>t>�1� 0 :? �1o/::p. 1N � 1?-o/ Q
i !P.
1:
and-glory-of-him
...
T
and-he-was-wrathful
tent
he-dwelt
they-kept
with-high-places-of-them
b i#W ? Q N i?W
1"lii1vi
He drove out nations before them; he apportioned them fo r a possession
:
yet-they-tested
i :J -? ;:-ti
nT
nT -
J -
they-twisted
i:::tVn:t• 1,-
·
:
10J"156 -
T
onio:i::i
and-with-images-of-them
t.z>N..
IT
like-bow-of
and-he-rejected
:11ot.z> �6J
but-they-turned
tl Q"7."t?!? :;ii
nT -;
and-they-rebelled
nW P.f
;
deceit
;i?nJ-
inheritance
: - -l
J • -
and-they-dealt-treacherously
and-he-drove-out
1i0lt1 Ub:t1 57
55
'.' < T : -
??.o/�1
J'
Most-High-One
territory-of
and-he-caused-to-dwell
And he brought them to his holy land, to the mountain which his right hand
t.zhl"155
from-before-them
;
tl"ii?N·:: God
t i �?�
n
" T: T
54
had won.
J :
holiness-of-him
I ory"J -?Q
nations
tribes-of
)"
T ;
Israel
?1:il
i o/li?
mountain
o�il
but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
ones-being-hostile-to-them
-1 0
this
and-let-him-fall-them
:?NiiV"•
JT •
i1f
o?"!)lt1 .. • -1-l
in-portion-of
J
he-covered
she-had-acquired
J',' :
IT '
the-sea
i1 D� i?
:itQ;
I"
i10:;)
IT -
and-he-brought-them
?:in::i ·:
: tJlti1
PSALM 78:54-7 1
1313 ory"�;iN
English (ES V)
he-brought-him
I'.'
nT
:
',' J "
Judah
tribe-of
a tl"Oi •
Tl
ones-being-high
111::1 J' T ;
on-David
-; o f a like
T
ones-nursing
IT T
not
IT
;
for-eternity
I" T
'
- ;
','
Ephraim
sheep
J',' -:
he-loves
which
n10" JT T ;
he-founded-her
il) � Q n : t N¥ n �7:;> Q7?.
from-after
J
he-chose
p;1 69 ::Ji1N il.VN
and-he-built
1n:i:t17 - : • -l 0 :o?iv?
and-he-chose
n ;t;v
but-he-chose
from-folds-of
fl� �
like-earth
m flw�i
and-he-took-him
78:60 b Septuagint (Theodotion, Syriac, Targums), Kar£ox � vwo£v = Pl.¥ 78:69 a-a probably read, CJ'Q'17?� ; cf. 1 48: 1
131 4
PSALMS 78:72-79: 1 2
:in?nJ
?Nitv"J�
inheritance-of-him
and-over-Israel
to shepherd Jacob his people, 72
Israel his inheritance.
I
With upright heart he shepherded them and guided them with his skillful hand.
How Long, 0 LORD? 79 0
Hebrew (BHS)
-
T -:
..
II
•
,.,
people-of-him
J
••
:onJ"
1"!:l:l hands-of-him
I .. : -
they have defiled your holy temple;
1�? 0J�
they have laid Jerusalem in ruins. servants the flesh of your faithful to the beasts of the earth. 3
They have poured out their blood like water and there was no one to bury them.
4 We have become a taunt to our neighbors,
mocked and derided by those around us. s
How long, 0 LORD? Will you be angry forever?
6
Do not remember against us our former iniquities; 1
let your compassion come speedily to meet us,
for your name's sake! Why should the nations say, Let the avenging of the outpoured blood of your servants be known among the nations before our eyes! Let the groans of the prisoners come according to your great power, preserve those doomed to die!
�u?
-i�m
against-us
remember-you
T
?�
i"oN
·
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?nn :
: •.•1
1�o/ 6
�1:190 T
:
T
•
wrath-of-you
let-him-be-known
Septuagint, Syriac, Targums,
T
-
• ll T T
:
i:J!JW 3
1 061
taunt
�1-� lJ
II
O"rJWi1 the-heavens
r
T
:
1tv:J
i1!:11n U";;:t 4 :1�ij?
•
you-will-be-angry
for-the-sake-of
nffnrmer generations
78:72 a many Hebrew manuscripts,
:
to-neighbors-of-us
word-of
before you;
Or the iniquities
11•• ••
to
y
1• •
to-ruins
flesh-of
blood-of-them
like-the-water
U"J:>W?
)
and-
" Where is their God?"
1
o: Q �
1:
-nN1 ·: 1 : JI?�� -nN1·:
for the glory of your name;
11
•
$ o/ Q Ni;:i t; �lo/:7 j?f} "f. s :U$.fJ
For it is a statute for Israel, a rule2 of the God of Jacob.
10
sing-aloud
at-the-full-moon
s He made it a decree in Joseph
7
J T
we-shall-turn-away
••
Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the full moon, on our feast day.
liOJ
'J� Q
O"iit;Nt; U"rl Q 2 : ti � �7 n"D�iJ -;� tambourine
the sweet lyre with the harp.
1}.."Q;
T
to-God
shout for joy to the God of Jacob!
nivlo l--: - .
right-hand-of-you
on
from-you
T
•
J-
from -rebuke-of
niN:J� J
-:
restore-us
saved!
Oh, That My People Would Listen to Me 8 1 To
U� TJ �
you-make-alive-us
U:J"Wi1 .....
T
let-shine
1")..�
face-of-you
son-of
man
;
you-made-strong
01 � -p -;)J
•
:
and-on-name-of-you
face-of-you
Let your face shine, that we may be
T
T
for-you
they-perish
you-have-made-strong
�F?W:ti
:N"Ji?�
we-will-call
1:
n��N r
IT
for-you
1"��
Restore us, 0 LORD God of hosts!
•
let-her-be
hand-of-you
on
i1rl��N
:1· �IT
;
-.,;in ls :i1� N"
11;l
J"
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JT
one-being-burned
with-the-fire
W"N then-not
a i1!l1'i.V 1 7
J"" T
:
cut-down
man-of
Hebrew (BHS)
-:
1:
after-counsels-of-them
JT
not
i :J7� they-go
Olm� . - : ·1 1 5 :i:J;il"
tJil":l"iN 1·.· •• :
ones-being-hostile-to-them
,
as-little-one
. - :
1-
.. !
!l
T
-
I"
!
ones-hating-of
••
•
-: --1l
IT
but-he-feeds-him
T
)"
T
:
1·
JT •
for-eternity
time-of-them
I-satisfy-you
?� tJ"�o/l
in-council-of standing
1• T
oin"i
afflicted-ones
and-orphan
they-understand
: -
: fl�
Tl
I-said
JT T
like-man
J
however
God
2 " How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked?
4
1•
1· -
not
n• T : -
•
T :
i1:JW" "1iV l :
:
'
they-break
-l
-J"
springs
-:
T
: - T
-
I ilJ oi j? � this
nio:J; they-flow
hills
li �tp: 0 :9o/iJ - ti i V Oi'.)"7.R 12 :tJNQ� IT T
tJ"1i1
mountains
nT
l 1"�n •
T
grass
' -: "
•
-
I good you-hide
face-of-you
Oi!llJ JT T -;
you-give
to-them
l�;17 lt??iJ;
rli�" T : J-T
you-formed
in-him
all-of-them
and-there-is-not
in-works-of-him
0"ii1J J' T '.'
on-the-mountains
:"1i))J I' :
when-still-me
: i11i1"J IT -
in-Yahweh
"ii;N; J- ..
to-God-of-me
nntv: N... I-rejoice i-
133 9 1i1'
English (ES V)
i1ii1" T : Yahweh
"W!lJ • : -l ".'.Ji:J J•bless-: soul-of-me
oj"N T there-is-not-them ••
T
I 0"1'Wi1 T :
l) 9 �
O""J�l
and-ones-sojourning
people
and-he-made-Stand
to-Jacob
;:i.. n.·.' 1�l� - r1� -n � m �
_
not
i.:Jt J- T 8
o;;µ; JT :
in"i:J n •:
covenant-of-him
••
to-Israel
covenant-of
inheritance-of-you portion-of Canaan
-;�
:1"i"n::i IT " !
chosen-ones-of-him
:ii1I Oi1i:JN � ni:l J"." -: 9 generation - T\ iWN nT T ! - a -n that Abraham he-cut with i11"7J1'�, ?NiW"t? T : • ! P l)? :i ���? T J"." " -: 1-- 10
n"i:J J" :
:o?ip IT eternity
another
he
and-oath-of-him
to-Isaac
in-her
1·
inv1:iw1 JT \ :
:j? lJo/:7
: i1:JIT
a :1"!l mouth-of-him
seed-of
in-anointed-ones-of-me
U1' J • 18
: ti9. i" Joseph
i�TJJ• J-
:
he-was-sold
his judgments are in all the earth. He remembers his covenant forever, the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations, 9 the covenant that he made with Abraham, his sworn promise to Isaac, 1 0 which he confirmed to Jacob as a statute, to Israel as an everlasting covenant, 1 1 saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan as your portion for an inheritance:' B
12 When they were few in number, of little account, and sojourners in it, 1 3 wandering from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people, 1 4 he allowed no one to oppress them; he rebuked kings on their account, is saying, "Touch not my anointed ones, do my prophets no harm! " 16 When he summoned a famine o n the land and broke all supply I of bread, 17 he had sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave. is His feet were hurt with fetters; his neck was put in a collar of iron; 1 9 until what he had said came to pass, 1 Hebrew staff
11'l.n J
:
•
n;w Oil"J!l; J- T 1 7 ,��? W"N •• : • he-sent n· before-them man J"."
for-slave
,.;,li -N::iI nv -,� 1 9 :il.V!lJ i1N:J I T JT b 't1� n: feet-of-him life-of-him she-came to-come time until iron J""
Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wondrous works! 3 Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rej oice! 4 Seek the LORD and his strength; seek his presence continually! s Remember the wondrous works that he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he uttered, 6 0 offspring of Abraham, his servant, children of Jacob, his chosen ones!
touch-you
:i �'V o ry7 -;i � Q a -;� f�.� ;:t -;� :J>tl NJ i?�1 16 :1 V).T;l he-broke bread tribe-of all-of the-land on famine and-he-called do-you-harm they-violated
2
7 He is the LORD our God;
ones-being-wonderful-of-him
Oi1i:JN JT T : Abraham
-
servant-of-him
children-of
iJ�l
W?i?� seek
presence-of-him
let-him-rejoice
heart-of
ones-seeking-of
and let the wicked be no more! Bless the LORD, 0 my soul! Praise the LORD!
J
:
in-land-of-them
J tJ!l :i 9� :µ
:
and-he-broke-in -pieces
b 1"�1
nT
: -
i�w;i
l'P.
firstfruit
:
:O�i N J
and-there-is-not
:
T
in-all-of
in-land-of-them
tree-of
'
n"W Ni
T :
:
country-of-them
:
number
to-all-of
,.,��np�
:0,1 Jl
ground-of-them
and-he-struck-down
:O Ji N
T-
-
l�l 33
:i!:lOD
J-
.
and-he-struck
country-of-them
and-he-devoured
l�P 6
•
and-he-killed
IT
he-gave
IT
Tl
he-said
;:JN�1 35
T
strength-of-them
OJ !ll-l
.
Tl
T :
all-of
1 05:28 j? :ii:r1 1 05:28 c sic 'i; Hebrew fragment from Cairo
T
•
:
rains-of-them
vine-of-them
J T-
-;:l
••
J'.'
t'tT T
NJ�i
nn�1 :
:
i0 N 31 :Oil"::J'D , .. . : kings-of-them in-chambers-of -;:JJ Oil"D\Vl :0,1Jl
hail
and-he-came
1 05:24 a cf. 2:2, BHS note b 1 05:26 a few Hebrew manuscripts, Latin in
all-of
IT T
-
: -
n·:
T
they-rebelled
: on.li
he-said
nT T "
IT
1 id
:
fish-of-them
he-swarmed J T-
onJNn1 :
locust
I T
NJ�1
l"
he-had-chosen
words-of-him
and-he-Came
n T
fire-of
on-him
-
IT
l'Jo/ 3 0
: -
and-fig-trees-of-them
ilJi N
they-set
J1lJ
T '.'
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1�;:t 29 c :i11:J1
n i :J il; \VN 1iJ J
:iJ I
IT
swarm-of-flies
flames
IT T -:
with-servants-of-him
-miV27
he-turned
land-of-them
h o.,��
:1"1JlJJ-
Tl
1'P il n;u,; 2s :on l'l�P O"l\?b, Ham he-sent in-land-of and-wonders
••
JT
frogs
he-turned
darkness
O�i N
0"lJ1i!J�
-
he-sent
1- J T
waters-of-them
nT :
J'.'
Moses
among-them
1W T;1 �1
01;
1�;:t 25
T 'l
il\Vb n;u,; 26
:
Tl
and-he-made-dark
to-blood
-
J
o:i;
:
OJ
•
words-of
signs-of-him
i�lJ
people-of-him
:
heart-of-them
i'1JlJ-
Israel
very
to-hate
J
JT T
princes-of-him
Egypt
NJiV;
servant-of-him
J" :
1"iiV
:
1ND t't
-:
-
C "jJ1
nT
•
people-of-him
Aaron
·: J "
,,
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n
:
:
JP �� i o:J¥ Q '�1�:
,�
a 1 i1D�lJ�1 1--
••
n
at-soul-of-him
and-he-made-mighty-him
i�lJ
to-deal-craftily
in"J'
in-land-of he-sojourned and-Jacob
'
more-than-foes-of-him
-
to-house-of-him
i\V!J J- J n
.
n··
and-one-ruling
and-elder-ones-of-him
:o lJ -r1� :µ
j!)�124 :J :and-he-made-fruitful
iili"T-1"1-
and- he- released-him
'w b �
:
1"rli?.P
he-made-wise
then-he-Came
word-of-him
J""
-;:>:i over-all-of
:
n T
word-of
one-ruling-of
T
iiJ1
•
l- :
:
peoples
-
:
possession -of-him
to-bind
JT
Yahweh
O"Q �
:
:i. �;1 i?
ibN;22
niDN
i11i1"
T :
:mnn!l"1 , - , ..
T
he-set-him
: ·:
IT
and-he-set-free-him
iniV 21
1i1 �
JiVlJ -;:;)
Geniza, many Hebrew manuscripts, Syriac, Targums as Qere, Ketiv of BHK and/or BH ed. Snaith 1 958, Septuagint, � 1 05:3 1 b Septuagint, Syriac put copula before 1 05:34 b a few Hebrew manuscripts, Targums,
:
she-has-tested-him
he-sent
vegetation
part, Syriac, 'N1 1 05:27 c not present in Syriac
:m n!li�
- JT
king
J
Hebrew (BHSJ
J
:
firstborn
o �"¥i�p7
among-tribes-of-him and-there-was-not and-gold with-silver then-he-brought-out-them
'!)J
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he-had-fallen
for
l-
T
.
o nN �J nT
"
:
when-to-go-out-them
O"i�D •
J- :
Egypt
•
nD'\V38 J-
T
he-was-glad
:;\Vi:l , ..
one- stumbling
I
I
1"Ni1? J" T :
and-fire
;i? ' JT
if-not J'
-:
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n'.'
I
T" -
J :
:
tJi1?
i 1;
n'.' T
to-them
tJlJiT T
hand-of-him
nT T :
before-him
i1i.J�!!,-l28
a 10"1:'?�1 �9
1bl]!!13 J -: - 0 -
:iwnm 31 '.'
JT .. -
and-she-was-counted
1vaw a N? :
J
T
on-voice-of they-obeyed
not
'"!!li1?
-them
to-make-fall
: '
-
:tJ".t)Q
T
tJiiiiT?�
T -: T
among-the-lands
T
" p :;ir
: i1!lli.J
o#
plague
among-them
J'
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:
tJ il:J. "
n'
T :
and-to-scatter-them
-
among-the-nations
i�i N!!i ii lJ� ?l}?-7
ones-being-dead sacrifices-of and-they-ate
IT " -
.'
nT :
delight
oniN
IT
I
I
:i:J.1�:1
:ni�iN:l
•
then-he-stood-up
Yahweh
not
in-the-wilderness
J' - :
and-to-make-fall ! JT
: i1 1i1 ; ?i i?f
N Ytl 26
therefore-he-raised
then -they-attached-themselves
-N? i11i.Jn'
: '
to-word-of-him they-had-faith
'"!!li1?i 27
: -l
seed-of-them
T
1:
1"J!l?
T :
:i1:i1?
Uli!!125
tJi1"?i1N:J.
!
to-destroy-them
on-land-of then-they-despised
in-tents-of-them and-they-murmured
'
nT
ones-being-feared
chosen-one-of-him
:
glory-of-them
one-doing
:
T
by
: •
:l.J. h f
in- Horeb
a tJ1i:J.:l
with-image-of
10Na!!124 :n"nw;ia ifmri :J."Wi1? 1-l from-to-destroy to-turn wrath-of-him -:
nT T
Dathan
ii QDo/� i
great-ones
ii" D :;i
J- T
T •.•
' :
:
Sea-of
1i.Jl]
1n1
and-she-covered
on1v:i
ox
:t']it;' -o., -?l}
he-had-stood
in-the-camp
in -congregation-of-them
T
)"
in-Egypt
Reed
-Aaron
and-they-bowed-down -in-worship
one-eating
• IT !
therefore-he-said
l'l.� :;;i
l- - : -
flame
:tJ"i�i.J:l ni?"ll
'l
ones-being-wonderful-of
in -the-breach
n�W"1
T
i1:li117
?::iN
I"
vegetation
niN?!lJ22
over
she-burned-up
m::iw 2 1 ::iivv :
J
r -:
: i1�� G7
and-they-exchanged J"
not
wasting-disease but-he-sent
holy-one-of
:tJi":J.N
·: ) "
God
I
they-waited
and-they-put-to-the-test
: - :
among-person-of-them
?.lv ·1iv�� 19 : tJ"l;!o/l ?N
-�6
God
in-desert
she-opened
and-she-burned
calf
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fl� -n D!?D l7 : i1 1i1; Wi1 i? ti n �? i1JQ Q�
WN fire
nT T
T -: -
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T
for-counsel-of-him
: tJW!lJ:l
a
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lP.�1 15 : ti T?"W"� ?�
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nT T '.': '.'
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but-they-craved
then -they-provoked-to-anger
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PSALMS 1 07:38- 1 08: 1 3 [ 12] 38
and get a fruitful yield. By his blessing they multiply greatly, and he does not let their livestock diminish.
When they are diminished and brought low through oppression, evil, and sorrow, 4 0 he pours contempt on princes and makes them wander in trackless wastes; 4 1 but he raises up the needy out of affliction and makes their families like flocks. 42 The upright see it and are glad, and all wickedness shuts its mouth. 39
43
Whoever is wise, let him attend to these things; let them consider the steadfast love of the LORD.
With God We Shall Do Valiantly A SONG. A PSALM OF DAVID. 1 0 8 My heart is steadfast, 0 God! I will sing and make melody with all my being! l 2 Awake, 0 harp and lyre! I will awake the dawn! 3 I will give thanks to you, 0 LORD, among the peoples; I will sing praises to you among the nations. 4 For your steadfast love is great above the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the clouds. s 6
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Be exalted, 0 God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth! That your beloved ones may be delivered, give salvation by your right hand and answer me! God has promised in his holiness:2 "With exultation I will divide up Shechem and portion out the Valley of Succoth. Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is my helmet, Judah my scepter. Moab is my washbasin; upon Edom I cast my shoe; over Philistia I shout in triumph." Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom? Have you not rejected us, 0 God? You do not go out, 0 God, with our armies.
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The Lord is at your right hand; he will shatter kings on the day of his wrath. 6 He will execute judgment among the nations, filling them with corpses; he will shatter chiefs4 over the wide earth . 7 He will drink from the brook by the way; therefore he will lift up his head.
Great Are the LoRo's Works Praise the LORD! 1 1 1 I will give thanks to the LORD with s
my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation. 2 Great are the works of the LORD, studied by all who delight in them. 3 Full of splendor and majesty is his work, and his righteousness endures forever. 4 He has caused his wondrous works to be remembered; the LORD is gracious and merciful. He provides food for those who fear him; he remembers his covenant forever. 6 He has shown his people the power of his works, in giving them the inheritance of the nations. 7 The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts are trustworthy; s they are established forever and ever, to be performed with faithfulness and uprightness. 9 He sent redemption to his people; he has commanded his covenant forever. Holy and awesome is his name! 1 0 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever! 1 Or on the day you lead your forces 2 Masoretic Text; some Hebrew manuscripts and Jerome on the holy mountains J The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain 4 0r the head 5This psalm is an acrostic poem, each line beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet
1 10:6 b 1 Hebrew manuscript, 'WN1 1 10:7 b 2 Hebrew manuscripts, Syriac, i1V�1 1 1 1 : 10 a Septuagint, Syriac, Hieronymus, third person feminine singular suffix
PSALMS 1 12: 1 - 1 1 3:9 The Righteous Will Never Be Moved
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Praise the LORD! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in his commandments! His offspring will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed. Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever. Light dawns in the darkness for the upright; he is gracious, merciful, and righteous. It is well with the man who deals generously and lends; who conducts his affairs with justice. For the righteous will never be moved; he will be remembered forever. He is not afraid of bad news; his heart is firm, trusting in the LORD. His heart is steady; he will not be afraid, until he looks in triumph on his adversaries. He has distributed freely; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn is exalted in honor. The wicked man sees it and is angry; he gnashes his teeth and melts away; the desire of the wicked will perish! 1
Who Is like the LORD Our God?
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Praise the LORD! Praise, 0 servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD!
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Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and forevermore! 3 From the rising of the sun to its setting, the name of the LORD is to be praised! 4 s
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The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens ! Who is like the LORD our God, who is seated on high, who looks far down on the heavens and the earth? He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap, to make them sit with princes, with the princes of his people. He gives the barren woman a home, making her the joyous mother of children. Praise the LORD!
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How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word. With my whole heart I seek you; let me not wander from your commandments! I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you. Blessed are you, 0 LORD; teach me your statutes! With my lips I declare all the rules2 of your mouth. In the way of your testimonies I delight as much as in all riches . I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your ways. I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word.
GI MEL Deal bountifully with your servant, that I may live and keep your word. Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law. I am a sojourner on the earth; hide not your commandments from me! My soul is consumed with longing for your rules3 at all times. You rebuke the insolent, accursed ones, who wander from your commandments. Take away from me scorn and contempt, for I have kept your testimonies. Even though princes sit plotting against me, your servant will meditate on your statutes. Your testimonies are my delight; they are my counselors. DALETH
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1 355
English (ES V)
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My soul clings to the dust; give me life according to your word! 26 When I told of my ways, you answered me; teach me your statutes! 2 7 Make me understand the way of your precepts, and I will meditate on your wondrous works. 2 8 My soul melts away for sorrow; strengthen me according to your word! 1 Or your just and righteous decrees; also verses 62, 106, 160, 164 2Qr all the just decrees J Or your just decrees; also verses 30, 39, 43, 52, 75, 102, 108, 1 37, 1 56, 1 75
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PSALM 1 1 9:29-49 29
Put false ways far from me and graciously teach me your law! 3 0 I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I set your rules before me. 3 1 I cling to your testimonies, 0 LORD; let me not be put to shame! 32 I will run in the way of your commandments when you enlarge my heart! 1 33 34
35
36 37
38 39 40
41 42
43
44 45 46
47
48
HE Teach me, 0 LORD, the way of your statutes; and I will keep it to the end.2 Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and observe it with my whole heart. Lead me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in it. Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain! Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things; and give me life in your ways. Confirm to your servant your promise, that you may be feared. Turn away the reproach that I dread, for your rules are good. Behold, I long for your precepts; in your righteousness give me life! WAW
Let your steadfast love come to me, 0 LORD, your salvation according to your promise; then shall I have an answer for him who taunts me, for I trust in your word. And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, for my hope is in your rules. I will keep your law continually, forever and ever, and I shall walk in a wide place, for I have sought your precepts. I will also speak of your testimonies before kings and shall not be put to shame, for I find my delight in your commandments, which I love. I will lift up my hands toward your commandments, which I love, and I will meditate on your statutes. ZAYIN
49 1
Remember your word to your servant,
Or for you set my heart free 2 0r keep it as my reward
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righteousness JT
:•
J
:1"�
=1"J 1 jP..;J
precepts-of-you
mouth-of-you
nnv J
••
testimony-of
J;l��i:D
you-have-established
faithfulness-of-you
;�iJ "f. oi� iJ
the-all
for
tN
I-perished
then
•
:
r
T
they-stand
o:i ":lJ• for
'Tf":!!Ji� !;:l
T
for
i1 � Ql l' i?..
�i:iwo
commandment-of-you
for
:
T
• J ..
"1 D?n:
i1 Q "o/
to-me -
1�?nJ -;i Q 103 J::• how they-are-smooth
: 'Tf").:t1
word-of-you
ii Ni
T
and-light
righteousness-of-you
: 'Tf").:tl�
:
IT
J
not
precepts-of-you
miN
"Jltn . ·i . -
�1:1li 1:1 i
"rli O
a 'Tf� l7?�
":Dn; • . 'Tf"7.P P:;:J Q 104
-
i1 9;:.i? �1
;, ; ;, .; 1N D :
- ;i �n accept
fl
from-precepts-of-you
-ipo5
falsehood
101 1 02 1 03 1 04
1 05 106 1 07
NUN
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. I have sworn an oath and confirmed it, to keep your righteous rules. I am severely afflicted; give me life, 0 LORD, according to your word! Accept my freewill offerings of praise, O LORD,
and teach me your rules. 1 0 9 I hold my life in my hand continually, but I do not forget your law. 1 Or the elders
"rl1':J.t.VJ • : • 10 6 "I1"J1JJ 107 : i-
up-to
"!;)
.l
mouth-of-me
r·-: -
I -am-afflicted
I1i:J.1J J : • 108 freewill-offerings-of
1"7:JI1
"!:l:J:J. in-hand-of-me
-
108
Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day. Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies, for it is ever with me. I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation . I understand more than the aged, 1 for I keep your precepts. I hold back my feet from every evil way, in order to keep your word. I do not turn aside from your rules, for you have taught me. How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth! Through your precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.
I-have-sworn .
:
very
J•
: i pw
lamp
continually
T
100
:l
to-palate-of-me
and-I-have-confirmed
Yahweh
99
: flT
to-foot-of-me
N
feet-of-me
I-turn-aside
T
cause-to-live-me
-
you
r :
to-keep
flT :
-
a "?li;:
'TfJ.:tl
"'li
in-order-that
I -get-understanding
word-of-you
98
for I-understand
PJQ7
T
:
"f. iJi:l.1:1 �
'Tf"J 1 P.;J
1Ji:::i. i:i �
-
but-law-of-you
: fl-
i·
for
Your faithfulness endures to all generations; you have established the earth, and it stands fast. By your appointment they stand this day, for all things are your servants. If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction. I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have given me life. I am yours; save me, for I have sought your precepts. The wicked lie in wait to destroy me, but I consider your testimonies . I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commandment is exceedingly broad. MEM
97
:
"rl;:Dtvi1 • • I -have-understanding
":l
word-of-you
and-rules-of-you Yahweh please
T
for-eternity
IT
="nrp? 'Tf "9�V?o1 i1);i; N� :".nn:>w �6 • I-forget
to-me
JT
I-keep
"t>::Jt.Vn Jrules-of .. : : • iow=·t.;.'
according-to-word-of-you
teach-me
o;;p;
:"JI1iii1 • • you-have-taught-me
T
:
:"'
i'?o/�
r : .
T
I
IT
l
: IT T
:"!J' w:i1n 1· : more-than-honey " t.. niN -;:D l "I1NJW
o'I"" T : • : nnv T: i1;JT
:rrn" IT : -
•
Yah
decree
for-Israel
Jerusalem
oibw T "." 4
y
they-go-up
tribes
tribes-of
Yahweh
ot;w11" • J- T : 3
-
the-one-being-built
as-city
that-she-is-joined
as-to-her
together
i11i1" JT :
l
they-were
122
J'
song-of
the-ascents
ni1n: v 2
1�;:i
feet-of-us
-
Tl
I-was-glad
U'?..n
in-gates-of-you
which-there
'O!:lWD? J • 1:iJ l.V"T I i1DW J"" : niih7 T T "::l J"" : niN t?� "o'IT T : t:ii?l.V : 6 :1"11 I" T n":i; J : 1t;Nl.Z) T : "• !
:
!
for-judgment
Jerusalem
they-may-be-at-ease
;i;;l.Z)' T: -
there- DIR
they-sat
thrones
-
-
-l
I-will-seek
1· :
J- -
brothers-of-me
Yahweh
thrones
: ·:p :;t t) N
_.,i1., 7
ones-loving-of-you
1l}Q� 8 =1�J;J iJ T?l � 9
"nN
God-of-us
to-house-of
may-he-be
in-towers-of-you
for-the-sake
1l}Q� 9 = 1· :JIT t:ii?W J T NJlT
:ii 9 myp � � U" D'� i1);i; -n.,� good
to-name-of to-give-thanks
David
peace
and-companions-of-me
I-will-speak
-
ask
oit;l.V JT
"l'i1 o'IT ••:
-i1i:J1N T: :
Yahweh
for
peace-of
in-outer-rampart-of-you
security
house-of
in-you
for-the-sake
peace
now
:1·'IT
0 you who are enthroned in the heavens! Behold, as the eyes of servants
to-you
look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant
"J"l' ...-
to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the LORD our God, till he has mercy upon us. 3 Have mercy upon us, 0 LORD, have mercy upon us, for we have had more than enough of contempt. 4 Our soul has had more than enough of the scorn of those who are at ease, of the contempt of the proud.
Our Help Is in the Name of the LORD 1 24
A SONG OF ASCENTS. OF DAVID. If it had not been the LORD who
the-one-sitting-of
"}."P.�
..
eyes-of-me
t:l Q "Ji11�
as-eyes-of
-.,:>I" for
uJn o'I" T
3 then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us; 4 then the flood would have swept us away, the torrent would have gone over us; 1 Or as a
testimony for
hand-of
Ul.V!JJ J'" !
-
soul-of-us
!
Yahweh
i1;YT
to
i1ni:ll JT : • :
uJn J"" T 3
-inN" - I ut;o'IT U"'l' J" T
against-us
:U:JIT
against-us
over
for-us
-
enough
in-the-heavens
as-eyes-of behold
,.,
:n:iI
�i n!ll.V T
-; �
y-
1� U"ii'N n• • God-of-us ·::
until
Ul':JiV : J- T
we-are-satisfied
contempt
t:l"JJNWi1 . :
: t:l"Ji"N.lt; 1· J'" : .
,..
-
-
-
enough
.ll';i1
-
-
:l
t:l1 i? �
t:i!:lN JT -
nose-of-them
he-has-gone-over
Yahweh
ut;o'IT
i1"i1l.V T JT "."
niin:i :l -
when-to-burn
;it;nj' T: -
torrent-DIR
J'
J ""
if-not
who-he-was
for-us
r
-
the-contempt the-at-ease-ones the-scorn-of
i1"i1W -: - 1- i"l.V i T .,;1; ,,.,.; J" T : nit;l'Di1 T JT "." i11i1"
who-he-was
•
:
female-servant
to
hand-of
:UJn!!l.Z) 1•• T :
n�1 4
she-is-satisfied
when-to-rise
i:Jl' J- T
123
song-of
)
•:
to-proud
let-him-say
the-ascents
that-he-is-gracious-us
be-gracious-us
-;iv:iiV T : IT
to-her
servants
mistress-of-her
so
i11i1" JT
be-gracious-us
to-you
,
J bed-of
Hebrew (BHS)
1-
r
-
-;v1on
11� going-down
how
-
i)"i"t?Qi
and-faithful-ones-of-her
"T-l'.JilJ •: T
111; n• T :
r
I-have-set-in-order
for-David
1"7lJi nw� tV"f.-7 �
but-on-him
shame
I-will-clothe
n:it.V •: l"." t:J"l'.1 n• T -;im - :iit>l -;io ;i;i;i• 111; J' T : nit;lJDi1 -: - 1- i"t.VJ' 1
to-dwell pleasant and-how good
:
I-will-satisfy
J '"
behold to-David
the-ascents
133
song-of
t.VNii) -;>J I :ii \Z> iJ 1 1?.'#� 2 :1 0: -o � tl" lJ� the-head
on
the-good
like-the-oil
unity
also
brother�
I,
:1"rii1n IT •
I oo/ "? ti ;¥ for
tm �
"!:! r edge-of
measurements-of-him
there
PSALMS 133:3-135: 13
1 369
English (ES V)
on
Aaron
which-going-down
beard-of the-beard
-;)J
"Jl iJ
Zion
1 �! iJ
mountains-of
on
which-one-going-down
Hermon
on the beard of Aaron, running down on the collar of his robes! 3
which falls on the mountains of Zion! For there the LORD has commanded the
like-dew-of
blessing, life forevermore.
: ot,ip;i - i1:Ji:Ji1 IT T -11'- O"�ri T i'IT T : - -riN•: i11i1" life
m� JT • Come, Bless the LORD -;:;,T i11i1" "1:11' i:Ji:J J.. : -: - - i"'P 1 134 1 3 4 - T l i1Ji1 T i1W T• s
great
Yahweh
1-
wind
from-storehouses-of-him
:
signs
:1"1:11' IT T -:
;57� and-to-all-of
beast
-;:J:ii T:
servants-of-him
:O"Di�1' 1· -: mighty
he-sent
i1W1' i'IT T
one-bringing-out he-makes
J"
kings
O":Jimany ... .
and-he-killed
1W�D 17. 9 lipt,1 :l
the-Bashan
king-of
and-to-Og
":J:JiI1:J • J•• : i1:>i1W T • l0:l 10
O"i�D i'IT : • •
against-Pharaoh
lii11 -T :
Egypt
from-man
i1Vi!J:i
and-in-all-of
O":Jt,Q T:
to
in-midst-of-you
Egypt
O"il J•
nations
"ibNi1 • •:: T
the-Amorites
who-he-struck-down
17. g I ti l) " t;>7 11
king-of
to-Sihon
?NiW"; lf-91 12 : t>JP I1i:Jt,nn ).. T : • : ;i?ni i'IT -: - O�iN T -: - ;it,nJ JT :;iiT i1":' o?ip? �l �T i'IT : IT 1 3 :iD1' j 7? lP i11i1" to-Israel
heritage
heritage
: -
land-of-them
and-he-gave
Canaan
)
:
kingdoms-of
:\
remembrance-of-you
Yahweh
for-eternity
name-of-you
Yahweh
and bless the LORD ! he who made heaven and earth!
Your Name, 0 LORD, Endures Forever 1 35 Praise the LORD !
Praise the name of the LORD,
give praise, 0 servants of the LORD, 2 who stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God! 3
Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good;
4
For the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself,
s
For I know that the LORD is great,
sing to his name, for it is pleasant! 1 Israel as his own possession. and that our Lord is above all gods. 6 Whatever the LORD pleases, he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all deeps. 7
people-of-him
He it is who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth, who makes lightnings for the rain and brings forth the wind from his storehouses.
s
He it was who struck down the firstborn of Egypt,
:
l'
for-eternity
":>l'
o;;p; .JT :
for
":>l'
"
ii:i; r. - :
ni;1l J : great
i1Ji:in:i nT : '
-;l}
:
in-the-night
r.·:
..
•
;Ni : 'l " Tiv" Israel
;i mn strong
..
tJ"DWil ' - T -l
•
N�iit1 J" - 11
1":1 JT : 1 2
:iion I: -
steadfast-love-of-him
the-sun
:iion I: -
steadfast-love-of-him
:iion I:-
the-moon
steadfast-love-of-him
:iion :I
steadfast-love-of-him
o;;p; JT :
for-eternity
o;;p; JT :
:iion I: -
for-eternity
o;;p; JT : ":>l'
for-eternity
:
:i10 I : 1J
a
steadfast-love-of-him
steadfast-love-of-him
J"
p p_17 6
il'ivp; 7
to-one-striking-of
Egypt
;iivp; s to-one-making-of
to-one-spreading-out-of
a
and-stars
and-he-brought-out
with-hand
•
WDWil-l -n � s n;woo; . . J'.' :
for-authority-of
in-firstborns-of-them
niN,!JJ JT:
to-one-making-of
for-authority-of
to-Lord-of
ones-being-wonderful-of
the-earth ..
"JJ"1 N;
the-lords
the-heavens
niit;i ":>l' ;i;.,;:i -J"T •T J : . : tJ":J:Ji:n T : nT - ni;woo; i1:>D; tJ"i�D tJil"ii:J:J:J - : 'l J" - : 10 : for
136
give-thanks
fl�iJ
above
lights
r. -
i1ii1 J 1
tJ"J1Ni1 n' -: T
for
by-understanding
tJ"�il ' nT -
in-the-day
for
pW
one-dwelling
give-thanks
the-gods
o;p; JT :
":>l' tJ",1l J' ' : tJ"iiN great for
for
alone-of-him
the-waters
for
for-eternity
Jerusalem
to-Yahweh
for-eternity
steadfast-love-of-him
steadfast-love-of-him
"Wl �
I"
for-eternity
steadfast-love-of-him
to-one-doing
Aaron
fearing-ones-of
q?o/ii�
i11i1"' JT
for
good
who
o;;p; ni;,l 2 n• ·:: T "ii'N' J'' JT : ":>l' tJ"ii,Nil to-God-of
:iion I:-
give-thanks
o;;p; JT :
for
bless
Yahweh
praise
-., :µ
o;;p; JT : ":>l' :Jit>r.
for-eternity
trusting
;i i ;i ;'
bless
Yah
steadfast-love-of-him
in-them
'=Pl� 2 1 : i1 li1; -n � 9-:\� : H: - :i;7 �
being-blessed
o;;p; JT : ":>l' tJiit:i
;j1
to-them
I'.'
bless
Yahweh
for-eternity
1 35 : 1 8 a several Hebrew manuscripts,
work-of
but-not
:o�:r ��
a
like-them
T
Yahweh
for-eternity
Septuagint, Theodotion, Syriac,
i1 W� Q
J":.,
,
hands-of
human
n"# il);i ; -n � :i:Ji:i J - : ;Niiv" " T : 'l n":iJ" 19 :o;i:iT nt>:i -J" -iwN • , i11i1" i:Ji:J 9-:\� ?"it)� .. -l n":i2 J" 0 : i11i1" nT : IT : .J -: T .,,. ;;,
house-of
for his steadfast love endures forever; 10
1"i:Jli T T -:
o ry1z tJ"'J-:JtNT 17 :iNi" J : oiit? '.' T I : ' N;,
but-not
.
ones-doing-of-them
to-generation
servants-of-him .,
1·:
i"il" J : tJiliD:> 18
o il"ivV .
all
:onJn" IT '.' : '
mouth-of
to-them
but-not
ti� U"].�� N?l
there-is-not
I
-;i :;, 16 :tJ1N IT T
Oil; '.' Tl
N;1 J:
.
..
· r
eyes
:i11T
and-generation
for
he-will-have-compassion
idols-of
the-nations
tJ" J"l' ii:l1" ,.. - :
for his steadfast love endures forever;
for his steadfast love endures forever;
he-will-vindicate
•
silver
_.,:> 14 I'
Yahweh
:Ji1T1 J" - -: 1 5 nT T : ti9?. tJ"ilil-l ":1�1'
for his steadfast love endures forever; 4
i11i1" JT :
people-of-him
and-gold
so do all who trust in them. 19
Hebrew (BHS)
i�l' n-
For the LORD will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants.
18
1 370
for
o:Ji.no nT '
.,� l"
for
from-midst-of-them
:iion I
:
o;;p; JT :
-
-
for-eternity
-
for-eternity
"::Jl' :i :i9
JT
for-eternity
for
•
:
kings •
... .
JT
for
o;;p? for-eternity
o;;p? JT
for-eternity
for
i1Jl' servant-of-him
for
o;;p; ":;)l' u; :
JT
for
o;;p; for-eternity
...T
for-eternity
o;;p; JT
:
for-eternity
T
T
":Jl'
tl"1J'1)i1
;N;
the-heaven
to-God-of
...T
-
T
I
J"'
-
I
:
and made Israel pass through the midst of
1s
:
Red Sea, for his steadfast love endures forever; 16
11
.. :
T
and killed mighty kings,
19
Sihon, king of the Amorites,
20
and Og, king of Bashan,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
we-sat
o0 "::J 3 :u"niij:;, U"'rt .n q?o/:ii� 1 r.9 o/� -o � s :i:JJ r: IT "
let-her-forget
Jerusalem
I-forget-you
on
if
foreign-land
For there our captors required of us songs, " Sing us one of the songs of Zion ! "
4
to-us
How shall w e sing the LoRn's song in a foreign land?
137
I f l forget you, 0 Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill! 1
Hebrew shook off 2 0r poplars
Zion
U!\,NtV1: y
ones-taking-captive-of-us
Zion
3
and our tormentors, mirth, saying,
-
0"?.-1� -;� 2 : ti ;¥ -n �
1 "� 4 : ti ;¥ b i"o/ Q
On the willows2 there we hung up our lyres.
-
by
U"�it.z>
words-of
how
rivers-of
when we remembered Zion.
2
steadfast-love-of-him
:
for his steadfast love endures forever; for his steadfast love endures forever.
-
steadfast-love-of-him
willows
for his steadfast love endures forever;
:iion
I
.'
for his steadfast love endures forever;
and rescued us from our foes,
:iion
Babylon
for his steadfast love endures forever; and gave their land as a heritage,
estate,
giving-of
JT
there
�:Jin:i T :
T
we-hung
-
:
also
for his steadfast love endures forever;
21
-
U":J:J. .... T -ol u:it.z>" ot.z> ;:i:i ' T 1 ni1i1J -: - ;vr 1
we-wept
for his steadfast love endures forever;
1s
steadfast-love-of-him
when-to-remember-us
to him who struck down great kings,
24
I
-
to him who led his people through the wilderness,
:iion ui:Jt:i:
but overthrew I Pharaoh and his host in the
steadfast-love-of-him
I
give-thanks
for his steadfast love endures forever;
for his steadfast love endures forever.
:iion I
for his steadfast love endures forever; it,
-
steadfast-love-of-him
mj 2s
:
:
:iion
l
heritage
food
:
steadfast-love-of-him
T
:
to-all-of
JT
:iion
and-he-rescued-us
flesh •
-
:
Ui?,.1� �1 24
for
for
o;;p; for-eternity
I
••
•
:
:iion
and-he-gave
":Jl" iiv:i -;:J; on; ·: '.'l
:
.J T
steadfast-love-of-him
who-in-low-estate-of-us
from -foes-of-us
for
o?;p; JT
... . . T
-
u;::nz> : '.'l 23 : • :nz>
he-remembered
U"i�TJ
":;)l'
:
JT
:
m�1 21
to-Israel
- JT
to-us
:
for-eternity
•
T
i:Ji
...T
for-eternity
J''
14
for his steadfast love endures forever;
steadfast-love-of-him
;Niiv"; : : ;i;nJ -: -l22
-
:
...
to him who divided the Red Sea in two,
-
steadfast-love-of-him
-
:
I
for his steadfast love endures forever;
13
:iion
and-to-Og
land-of-them
JT
but-he-threw
:
o;;p;
:
king-of
:
Pharaoh
. < . .
.li ).',!\2 0
1? 9
for-heritage
-
il'J1 1 5
: -
to-Sihon
tl�iN
:
for-eternity
king-of
:
and-he-made-pass
tin"Q� 19
1? 9
T
;i; nJ? ...T - :
o;;p; ":Jl' JT
'.'!
·:
:iion
and-he-killed
tY?�iJ
":;)l'
:
.
J ' ·: :
ilbi!l
I
arm,
i":ll)il1 14
•
to-one-leading
:
the-Bashan
for
o;;p?
T
the-Amorites
":;)l'
:
JT
...
for
for-eternity
J'
kings
"ibNil
":;)l'
:
JT
-
:
1"?;07 1 6
o;;p;: ":Jl' tl"i"1N tl":J'TJ .l""l i1!!1 -: --1l18 mighty
for-eternity
T
J
and-host-of-him
to-one-striking-of
to-one-dividing-of
Israel
..
il::JTJ? .. - :l 1 7
J'
for
J
people-of-him
":Jl' tl",,l tl":J'TJ T: great
J..
:
J ..
with a strong hand and a n outstretched
.
J :
ii.l' 13
;NiUi"
;;.,m:
i�l'-l
through-the-wilderness
... .
-
Sea-of
in-midst-of-him
in-Sea-of
-
Reed
...
-o�:;i
Reed
:
...T
for
and-with-arm
i:Jin:i:
for
i:J.1�:1
":;)l'
being-outstretched
to-pieces
JT
steadfast-love-of-him
o;;p;:
for
o;;p;: "::Jl'
:iion :
:
JT
steadfast-love-of-him
I
l'iii:l!\
:
... T
for
12
il"H;>J
o;;p; ":Jl' tl"J P7 :i:iq -o.,
:iion :
":Jl'
for-eternity
steadfast-love-of-him
I
PSALMS 1 36: 1 2- 1 37:5
1 37 1
English (ES V)
..
they-asked-us
sing
joy
nTJ1N r ;l} il1i1" ... T
land-of
on
:
Yahweh
1 37:3 b
most versions, plural
PSALMS 137:6- 139:2 6 Let m y tongue stick t o the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy! 7 Remember, 0 LORD, against the Edomites the day of Jerusalem, how they said, "Lay it bare, lay it bare, s
down to its foundations!" 0 daughter of Babylon, doomed to be destroyed, blessed shall he be who repays you
13 72 N?y -cN• not
ones
if
top-of
Ci"< n � cii � c?w11" 'JT T Jerusalem
?:J:i •: T
Babylon
2
1?m4
my whole heart;
before the gods I sing your praise; I bow down toward your holy temple
your name and your word. 1
3 On the day I called, you answered me; my strength of soul you increased.2 4 All the kings of the earth shall give you thanks, 0 LORD, for they have heard the words of your mouth,
C"ii?N ·: l": J• ·:: 1.l.l gods
the lowly, but the haughty he knows from afar. Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life; you stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies, The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, 0 LORD, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands.
Search Me, 0 God, and Know My Heart 1 39
-;�l
0 LORD, you have searched me and known me!
You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
?:J"il y- •
lay-bare
:
lay-bare
joy-of-me
("
the-ones-saying
i11i1Wi1 JT : -
"1WNblessed
the-being-destroyed
to-us
what-you-have-done
)'' :
n?nlW : : J- T •:
1 "1WN- 9 :u?IT blessed :
name-of-you
"?.
fl� -"":;J7 G -;:;)T
for
i11i1" J" nT : "'.J11:l
over-ways-of
Yahweh
i11i1" T a
?nwi JT T :
I-walk
n?v?n
you-stretch-out
"1.U:i ')
y
:
he-will-fulfill
= :i1n -; �
1 38: 1 b several Hebrew manuscripts, most
you-have-searched-me
manuscripts, Syriac,
i1WVD
JT
not
"� Dli? D
ilrlT .l: :l)
you-discern
he-knows
"�;�
1bl"•
: -
for-me
�11i1 T ": 8 Yahweh
1 " J;
hands-of-you
" 9 1 i'l
.,
".l.J.Um - 1-
for
and-to-rise-me
"D N 1i?l Ci":l 3 J :
=1"-?.
words-of
Yahweh
i'Ql � Q
:i � ?P-
nose-of against
: 1 �." Q;
works-of for-eternity
111? J• T :
to-David
J
:
glory-of
"�,�.tJ n
;i �,.,
for
he-looks-upon
you-cause-to-live-me
"�P."Wi !!l
)'
great
i1:l�i but-high-one
il l¥
trouble
1J;
hand-of-you
3lt? D steadfast-love-of-you
n-••�.Jn? - : -l i
i11i1;l
Yahweh
139
to-the-one-directing
.t;ll;'1;l il� � 2
you-know
:i vmzf : T
they-have-heard
and-she-delivers-me
a "W� G c?i v7
"n:iw J• : •
-"17? �
strength
: i11i1" IT : 1i:J.::l ?iiiT ":l
from-distant-place
right-hand-of-you
to-sit-me
:tbI
J
though
psalm
on-day
I -called
1 i1i" 4
mouth-of-you
i11i1" JT : 1iDtD fl : •
Yahweh
faithfulness-of-you
they-shall-give-thanks-you
01
one-being-high
ones-being-hostile-to-me
forsake-you
i11 i1'
i1"W"1 • T :ls
though
have exalted your word above all your name 2 Hebrew you made me bold in my soul with strength
1 38:8 a probably read, with many Hebrew
i11i1" T :l
:
1D Q�
- :;:,1·
· 110 0 - :
:i1i?� 1 17. � -cN 7 : v-r;
in-midst-of
«:
and-I -give-thanks
.t;17J� D
Yahweh
138
i11iNi
19 o/
name-of-you
and-they-shall-sing
Yahweh
and-lowly-one
1 Or you
versions add
all-of
kings-of
earth
1 1h? • T: 1
to-David
= :np r�
then-you -answered-me
you-made-bold-me
children-of-you
I - sing-praise-of-you
all-of above you-have-made-great : -
:
I -give-thanks-you
I -bow-down
over
".l• :J.i11rl l" .
"W!J.J:J. J• : -
in-soul-of-me
against
i1 �.D lJo/� 2
-; �
�T?W -;i -;�
=1.Pl 7? �
word-of-you
b TiliN
-?:J:i T:
with-whole-of
to
temple-of
steadfast-love-of-you
and-on
To THE CHOIRMASTER. A PSALM O F DAVID.
":l' n· •
�V!l i?
and your right hand delivers me.
2
to
the-rock
heart-of-me
before
holiness-of-you
and they shall sing of the ways of the LORD,
for great is the glory of the LORD. 6 For though the LORD is high, he regards
1
P :"nnniv 'I T : '
I i11i1" T :
who-he-repays
t1JN!t'¥
f.$ �1
I -remember-you
1� i1l'flT I i1l' T n :>-
11• T
as-the-darkness
he-is-bright
"J:bori . .. · . :
I-am-wonderful
knowing
and-soul-of-me
. -
-
days
- ;i n
"D"if'P. :
1:Jn�., J"" T "
they-were-written
T
heads-of-them
: 19µ with-you
:"11D1·: •
from-me
.,6�1'
in::JJ he-was-hidden
:
-
1:
book-of-you
1nN
N?1
1i?:l"
one
when-not
they-were-formed
1"}:!.l
11p;
i1D ;N.
T
r:
I-awake
how
God
thoughts-of-you
19T
;; ry ld
they-are-numerous more-than-sand
0"61 "t.Z>JN1 • r· :
,., .
- :
and-men-of
V\¥1
wicked-one
they-are-precious
01�9� 18
I-count-them
I i1i7 � ;\? i?D God
and your right hand shall hold me. me,
12
and the light about me be night;' even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you.
13
For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's
14
womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. 1 Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the
16
earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.
17
How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!
18
How vast is the sum of them ! If I would count them, they are more than the sand.
19
Oh that you would slay the wicked, 0 God! 0 men of blood, depart from me!
1 Or for I am fearfully set apart
nT "•.
l :
J T •:
If I say, "Surely the darkness shall cover
eyes-of-you
and-on
:Oi1:l
"J i V l "D�" i?O T
1"� "µ
among-them
they-are-numerous
blood
I-was-being-woven
1- :
YT "•.
11
I awake, and I am still with you.
in-depths-of
every-of-them
h m�ii :
r : .
T
-;l.),
1•: T
and-still-me
) •
earth
•
bone-of-me
o;:;,
and-to-me
••
works-of-you
:
even there your hand shall lead me,
in-womb-of
:
sea,
lO
?':?�� T
: fl� ni!tnnn:i
T
T
O"N,!JJ J" being-wonderful
1"P�Q •
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the
is
as-the-light
for
mother-of-me
from-you
If I take the wings of the morning
darkness
IT
:"�N 1·
J� Q
when
I "D,l Ni I"."
-iv;�
unformed-substance-of-me
"71 17
how
r
I-was-being-made
7:;i
behold
upon-me
as-to-her
IT
Tl
I-will-go
Yahweh
n"iT
and-all-of
ways-of-me
T
behind
"Pl?
from-afar
tqp1 iinN J s = i1�? r;w:r: i1 l i1� m
and-before
PSALM 1 39:3- 1 9
1373 :piTTV�
English (ES V)
you-slay
- 0� 1 9 if
1 39:6 p ilN'7!:1 1 39:9 c a f ebrew manuscripts, Septuagint,
�� H
Syriac,
'N1
139: 1 1 b Symmachus ( Hieronymus),
£moKrnaon µE ; probably read 'P�iv; (from
1:Jiv = 1'.JO ) 1 39: 1 6 e 'Q�-7::;> has been proposed 1 39: 1 6 p i?i 1 39: 17 b cf. '2:2, BHS note b
PSALMS 1 39:20- 1 40: 1 4 [ 1 3 ] 20 They speak against you with malicious intent;
21
your enemies take your name in vain. 1
Do I not hate those who hate you, 0 LORD?
: �f"�N
I hate them with complete hatred;
i"i1JT
Search me, 0 God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts!2
2 4 And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!3
:"�l}1W
1 40 1
OF DAVID.
Deliver me, 0 LORD, from evil men;
and stir up wars continually.
Selah Guard me, 0 LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from violent men, s
who have planned to trip up my feet. The arrogant have hidden a trap for me, and with cords they have spread a net;4 beside the way they have set snares for me.
6
I say to the LORD, You are my God;
all-of in-heart
wn.l JT T
salvation, battle. Grant not, 0 LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not further theirs evil plot, or they
Selah
9 As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their lips overwhelm
serpent
and-see
n�J T?7 1
140
to-the-one-directing
psalm
1WN
I
them!
Let burning coals fall upon them!
give-ear
"fllJ il.V;
into miry pits, no more to rise! Let not the slanderer be established in the land; let evil hunt down the violent man speedily!
1 2 I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, 1 Hebrew lacks your 11a111e 20r cares J Or in the a11cient way (compare Jeremiah 6: 16) 4 Qr they have sp read cords as a net 5 Hebrew his
140:3 b Septuagint, mxpnacrcrovrn ; Syriac, grgw excitaverunt ; Targums, mgrgjn excitantes ; read rl.l' (from ;'11). ) 1 40: 1 0 p mil)' :iD'OJ' ·-' ' 1 40: 1 1 c s eptuagint, second person si�gul�; ; Syriac, nplwn ; probably read il;!JJ .. 1 40: 1 3 p 'Il1J1;
you
salvation-of-me
"'NJ .. •
w
iDi1"J T
c o1?!l" .. ,.,
.
weapon
you-know
-
pleas-for-mercy-of-me
in-day-of
they-have-set
voice-of
Yahweh
-
J
you-have-covered
-head-of-me
not
plan-of-him
wicked-one
WN1 10 )
WN:l J .. T 0"7. Q � 0;) "7� iO��.,. 11 W"N 12 :mij?"T not
coals
tongue
-
to-blows
...
needy-ones
upon-them )"
man-of
I
let-them-rise
let-him-hunt-him
O$ tpQ
justice-of
"Jl' 11• T
)
let-fall
afflicted-one
-
desires-of
: i11?0 T 1•: selah
head-of
ones-surrounding-of-me
in-the-fire
1 � 14 :O"J�:J.N 1• :
surely
-1nwI T
J"
for-me
selah
":lOD llT • :
1?nl' \- :
mischief-of
I •• : : • -T 13 :nbnin1? I" nvi"
that
for-me
!t _
let-him-be-established
_ .,:;)
: J-
I-say
Yahweh
cause-you-to-reach
-
1t£):
-a
Lord
not
they-will-be-exalted
let-him -cast-them
"r11DNT 7 : i1;0 i11i1"' T I"." .,, T
to-Yahweh
.,,
-
T
grant-you
iD"n!JW J"" T :
•
and-cords
:"JUQD 1?i i? i1 l i1 ;' i1ii1" "J1N J" : 8 T . · :( ;injo .,,;, t... 9 = i'WJ 01· .,J �..,:. . !.�,� ""' " l -7� iDDt vw1 "J ..1ND J T: :j?�nT•(
strength-of
lips-of-them
they-have-planned
o"?:im T -:
they-have-spread
-\
God-of-me
m r:i
i11i1" T :l
Yahweh
•:\
net
.,,., DJ JT ; - ;
in-nets-of-him
r
142
:
maskil
to-David
PR T� i11i1" J : -?�
I-cry-out
voice-of-me
T
Yahweh
to
"lii�
"n"W
1"J!J'
before-him
trouble-of-me
complaint-of-me
before-him
•
T T
J• T
•
1:
path-of-me
T
y- T
you-know
so shall our bones be scattered at the
n•
T
-
:
and-you
s
"f H i
spirit-of-me
But my eyes are toward you, 0 Goo, my in you I seek refuge; leave me not defenseless!3
9 Keep me from the trap that they have laid for me and from the snares of evildoers!
1 0 Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
You Are My Refuge
1 42 1
JT T ;
1 "'1' - T
on-me
A MASKIL4 O F DAV I D, WHEN HE WAS IN THE CAVE. A PRAYER.
With my voice I cry out to the LORD; with my voice I plead for mercy to the
they-have-laid
iii; ?":>WD- 1 n• T ;
As when one plows and breaks up the earth,
while I pass by safely.
J' :
iW i?J:
for-me
�i l1 N 1 1]iJ � iT -niN::i "n:J."nJ n.ui" : I
"!J'
1"J!J' JT T :
I-tell
n;b -J"
I-take-refuge
.,,....
"? i p
:
7
Lord;
one-plowing
not
unity wicked-ones
:
i11i1" -?�
evil deeds. 6 When their judges are thrown over the cliff, 1
:
•
pour-you-out
when-to-be-him
Yahweh
let my head not refuse it. Yet my prayer is continually against their
mouth of Sheol.2
-; � .,n.,ori
il'l1 r:
in�;i::i'
in-the-cave
prayer
••
Sheol
-r
T
kindness; let him rebuke me-it is oil for my head;
T :
l?i?.�i
'
-
not
••
and-one-breaking-open
until
:
•: 1•:
Let a righteous man strike me-it is a
are pleasant.
l'I'.'
:
and-snares-of
: i1�!ln i1ilJnJ
:
against-evil-ones-of-them
T
to-you
I •:; '.'
and let me not eat of their delicacies! s
then they shall hear my words, for they
I'.'
:iiJVN -iv1- .,:J jN in' tJ"lJWi I-pass-by
to busy myself with wicked deeds in company with men who work iniquity,
:Oi1"ni)'i:J
b nit.b i? b�
••
I"
ones-judging-of-them
person-of-me
"'lJ!:l -: J
evil
-"JD,i1" s
let-him-strike-me
then-they-shall-hear
:"W!JJ I'
T
keep watch over the door of my lips!
with
tli1"0!J W
Yahweh
keep-me
i?�: 10 :n.�
let-them-fall
" :
-o.ti
let-him-refuse
J•
"JiDW 9
J•
D o not let my heart incline to any evil,
T
incline-you
i11i1" 1 1"7.� ":Jt
-;:J:i T:
1?t?�
" .., -
pleas-of-me
3
in-darkness
"�in�
143
psalm
in-faithfulness-of-you
servant-of-you
for
in-midst-of-me
work-of-you
�, 1i1., T :
not
"nn:l ) " .. :
he-is-appalled
to-you
for to you I lift up my soul.
-�6I ":l
)' T :
to-David
Junn : ��J��Fl 1J�l} -n � "!:)T t.V: 7J• :i:l Ni:Jn JT
"�j�
answer-me
i'J ¥:
he- is-righteous
you-will-deal
,;6 T Q i
, , ,,
Yahweh
hear
= 1Di?1�9
'
Hide not your face from me,
VOo/ I i11T m:J;D J:-
kingdom -of-you
kingdom-of
all-of
1 9.i O 14
a :ii11 IT
-;�7
: tJ"-? i!l ? iJ
the-ones-being-bowed-down
food-of-them
to-them
giving
l'- " :lWDi l" -
-;:J; T:
alive-one
ti i?.i ti
for-all-of
and-you
:1"W1'D T : 1"�TT IT -: -;:J:i: i"tmi -
T
works-of-him
I
in-all-of and-kind
ways-of-him
l"."
they-call-him
-:
who
cry-of-them
but-
o�i V7
•
and-evermore for-eternity
holiness-of-him
i11i1" JT ; i1�7 iJ � 2 : ;i i;i; -n � I-will-praise
mt>:in : J
•
:
trust-you
Yahweh
N�T-1 4 : i11'it.Vn IT : ;; J""
i1:1N :T I
they-perish
salvation
N i ii d the-that
ii:;iV)
hope-of-him
on
JT - ;:p -n �1 tJ!ti1 all-of
I
••
she-goes-out
and-
I t>�t.VD T ; justice
•
i"rlD 1· -
setting-free
tii?..T lifting-up
to-him
tJ i!t :i J
on-the-day
iiTn : l':l ·: :
on-help-of-him
1'1�1
for-eternity
heaven
Yahweh
i11i1" T :l
Yahweh
iptb one-keeping-watch
••
food
tJ" °i W
blind-ones
�
man
in-noble-ones
imi
l
he-returns
breath-of-him
plans-of-him
one-making
one-giving
T'li?.�
opening
righteous-ones
Yahweh
the-one-keeping
loving
o :inT
in-them
o"i?1w�7
for-the-ones-being-oppressed
I i11i1" l i j'IJ
:ii:J1 I T
:
T
word-of-him
he-runs
ifll i? "J.!?7 tJ"{J!;J ? i T}l i?- T7.o/O 17 :it!l" I" -
he-stands
who
cold-of-him
iti ri
:JW"
they-flow
wind-of-him
he-makes-blow
before
like-crumbs
J" -
ice-of-him
tJ00"1 : : h"
-
and-he-melts-them
throw
ii:ii J T
:
word-of-him
:
he-scatters
n?w" 1s J-
:
•
he-sends
I
1 38 1 i"lO 19 :0"0 • IT
English (ES V)
,.,6g T T w: o� •
statutes-of-him
a O"t> gT w o 1 J"
not
:ij? ��7
1" iRD
and-rules-of-him
to-any-of
J" -
not
he-has-done
:
mvi"T :
1-
they-know-them
praise
!\ili??ri 0"0\Z;}il -n � 1??i1 • n- T - - 1 Q i11i1" :r1 T : I H 'T 1??i1 -1
:
the-heavens
praise-him 0
from
Yahweh
:1N:J� IT T : -?:;,T m1??ri :
host-of-him
Yah
praise
148
praise
1":JN?o -?;:,T 1m??i1 2 :O"Oi1�:::1 nT T :
1-
all-of
1-
J
a
-
praise-him
)
angels-of-him
all-of
:
-1
1·
praise-him
:
-
in-the-heights
1i1i??i1 4 :1iN ":J:Ji:l n1"1 : J -?:;,T 1mt;?;i : : -3 J"." m1??i1 -n""T : wo·: w : 1- l
••
I
praise-him
light
-
stars-of
all-of
1
praise-him
•
1 - 1a
:
let-them-praise
the-heavens
from-on
and-the-waters
that
l
and-they-were-created
N7 1
he-commanded
1Di
and-not
he-gave
decree-of
O"�"� D
-?:>1 T:
and-all-of
the-earth
T'W")
ilivV JT ilivo TT : storm
ow
-n �
wind-of
and-mist
and-all-of
earth
kings-of
0"11n:::l- 12 )"
fruit
earth
"t>!:>t.V ..
iiiri above
majesty-of-him
-?:::>? iltyil.n
greatness-of-him
according-to-abundance-of
I
! "•,
J :
m1'7ol 4 :ii p1 ;:iJ::i 1mt;1,;i"." J "" :
with-tambourine
;:,.;
:i·tlJ
,-
:
praise-him
and-lyre
1 ;i 1?7ry VQW -"?¥7¥:t 1m77ry s ::i�1 v1 sound
praise
1m;;;i 2 )
150
T
Yah
praise-him
in-might-deeds-of-him
with-sounding-of
praise
praise-him
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with-harp
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the-breath
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all-of
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in-sanctuary-of-him
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with-bonds kings-of-them
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ITT
to-do
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let-them-sing-for-joy
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i19in niiVlJ;- 7
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with-tambourine
in-people-of-him
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he-adorns
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beds-of-them
praises-of
vengeance
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and-lyre
let-them -make-melody
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praise-him
(Walton Polyglot) ,
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to-him
with-salvation
-
let-them-exult
praise-him
(compare Genesis 1:6-8)
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for
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loud-noise
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with-cymbals-of
Proverbs I
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The Call of Wisdom
20
Wisdom cries aloud in the street,
:
for-lives-of-them
thus
17
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16
Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and forsake not your mother's teaching, for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck. My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent. If they say, "Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without reason; like Sheol let us swallow them alive, and whole, like those who go down to the pit; we shall find all precious goods, we shall fill our houses with plunder; throw in your lot among us; we will all have one purse"my son, do not walk in the way with them; hold back your foot from their paths, for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood. For in vain is a net spread in the sight of any bird, but these men lie in wait for their own blood; they set an ambush for their own lives. Such are the ways of everyone who is greedy for unjust gain; it takes away the life of its possessors.
master-of
wing
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19
f. 17 :o;r -1!Fo/7
for
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without-cause
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son-of-me
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like-ones-going-down-of
pit
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one-gaining-unjustly every-of
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The Enticement of S i n ners
JO
mother-of-you
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ear-of-you
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son-of-me
with-you
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voice-of-her
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nt1hi:tl
mn
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at-head
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you-treasurt'
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heart-of-you
1 3 85
English (ESV)
i1 �Wi?�f;l -o � 4
you-seek-her
like-the-silver
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in-ways-of
to-walk
uprightness
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in-perverseness-of
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to-deliver-you
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companion-of
youth-of-her
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perverseness •
to-do
evil
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and-being-devious
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words-of-her
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path-of
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and-way-of
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and-understanding
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then
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you-search-for-her
i11i1" -":l 6 : N�Dn
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and-he-stores-up
to-guard
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you-give
T
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he-gives
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you-will-understand
nr
T
wisdom
i1k:in?
TDD
voice-of-you
if
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fear-of
Yahweh
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tJ" ��l -;�l HD"� nm -? � ;i nw ".::l rn : ;i n:Jw Rephaim and-to house-of-her death she-sinks-down for she-forgets to il"W� -N71 19i\V� N; i1"N:J -?.::l 1 9 : i1"ri?ll.1D T
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they-reach
and-not
they-return
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and-paths-of
fl� land
fl� Q
from-land
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good-ones
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So you will be delivered from the forbidden 1 woman, from the adulteress2 with her smooth words, 1 7 who forsakes the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God; is for her house sinks down to death, and her paths to the departed;3 1 9 none who go to her come back, nor do they regain the paths of life. 20 So you will walk in the way of the good and keep to the paths of the righteous. 2 1 For the upright will inhabit the land, and those with integrity will remain in it, 22 but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous will be rooted out of it. 1
Hebrew strange 2 Hebrew foreign
woman
J Hebrew
to the
Rephaim
paths-of-her
1lJ0? 20 :tJ"lln niniN I" -
so-that
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in-her
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upright-ones
but-wicked-ones
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not
in-way-of
they-will-inhabit "
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precious
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by-understanding
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understanding
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wealth
and-ones-taking-hold-of-her
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and-honor
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days
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let-her-be
barns-of-you
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he-reproves
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produce-of-you
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in-eyes-of-you
to-navel-of-you
and-drink
to-bones-of-you
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ways-of-you in-all-of
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favor T
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1"J,."P.:P.
JT
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heart-of-you
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and-understanding
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and-turn-aside
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and-to
bind-them
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paths-of-you he-will-make-straight and-he
from-evil
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on
neck-of-you
in-eyes-of
understanding-of-you
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to-you
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write-them
on
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son-of-me
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tablet-of
for
steadfast-love
and-faithfulness
let-them-forsake-you
•
teaching-of-me
Tl
days
and-years-of
life
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forget-you
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a Se ptuagint (Syriac), T0 owµar{ O'OU . = �nw+'t; or 'llo/'.;l'? ; cf. Sirach 30:15 and following
n::>u>n
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to-the-ones-taking-hold
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1 3 87 in1n:!l.2 0 nioiiln
English (ESV)
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='\? dew
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they-drop-down
and-clouds
sound-wisdom
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and-grace
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from-being-caught
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she-comes
then
you-lie-down
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and-discretion
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when-you-lie-down
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not
and-they-shall-be
way-of-you
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and-foot-of-you
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for-neck-of-you
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when-there-is
with-you
I-will-give
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man
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not
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dwelling
to-security
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harm
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evil
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without-reason
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council-of-him
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upright-ones
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righteous-ones
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but-to-the-humble
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to-know
and-be-attentive
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son
when
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mother-of-me
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tojace-of
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father
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teaching-of-me
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and-only-one
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he-scoffs
but-fools
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on-house-of
wicked-one
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to-the-ones-scoffing
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disgrace taking-up
for
vw1
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he-blesses
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one-being-devious Yahweh
but-
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they-will-inherit wise-ones
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My son, do not lose sight of these keep sound wisdom and discretion, 22 and they will be life for your soul and adornment for your neck. 2 3 Then you will walk on your way securely, and your foot will not stumble. 24 If you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet. 25 Do not be afraid of sudden terror or of the ruin 1 of the wicked, when it comes, 26 for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being caught. 27 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,2 when it is in your power to do it. 2s
Do not say to your neighbor, "Go, and come again, tomorrow I will give it" -when you have it with you. 29 Do not plan evil against your neighbor, who dwells trustingly beside you. 30 Do not contend with a man for no reason, when he has done you no harm. 31 Do not envy a man of violence and do not choose any of his ways, 32 for the devious person is an abomination to the LORD, but the upright are in his confidence. 33 The LoRD's curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the dwelling of the righteous. 34 Toward the scorners he is scornful, but to the humble he gives favor.3 35 The wise will inherit honor, but fools get4 disgrace.
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owners
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he taught m e a n d said t o me, " Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live. Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth. Do not forsake her, and she will keep you; love her, and she will guard you. The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight. Prize her highly, and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her. She will place on your head a graceful garland; she will bestow on you a beautiful crown:'
10 Hear, my son, and accept my words, that the years of your life may be many. 11 I have taught you the way of wisdom; I have led you in the paths of uprightness. 12 When you walk, your step will not be hampered, and if you run, you will not stumble. 1 3 Keep hold of instruction; do not let go; guard her, for she is your life. 1 4 Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of the evil. is Avoid it; do not go on it; turn away from it and pass on. 16 For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong; they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble. I 7 For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence. i s But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day. 1 9 The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know over what they stumble. 20 My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. 21 Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart. 22 For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their 1 flesh. I Hebrew his
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19
20
21
22 23
flowing water from your own well. Should your springs be scattered abroad, streams of water in the streets? Let them be for yourself alone, and not for strangers with you. Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth, a lovely deer, a graceful doe. Let her breasts fill you at all times with delight; be intoxicated 1 always in her love. Why should you be intoxicated, my son, with a forbidden woman and embrace the bosom of an adulteress?2 For a man's ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondersJ all his paths. The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is held fast in the cords of his sin. He dies for lack of discipline, and because of his great folly he is led astray.
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My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, have given your pledge for a stranger, 2 if you are snared in the words of your mouth, caught in the words of your mouth, 3 then do this, my son, and save yourself, for you have come into the hand of your neighbor: go, hasten,4 and plead urgently with your neighbor. 4 Give your eyes no sleep and your eyelids no slumber; s save yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,s like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Go to the ant, 0 sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. 7 Without having any chief, officer, or ruler, s she prepares her bread in summer and gathers her food in harvest. 9 How long will you lie there, 0 sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep? 10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, 6
led astray; also verse 20 2 Hebrew a foreign woman 30r makes level 40r humble yourself 5 Hebrew lacks of the hunter I
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from-woman-of to-keep-you
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There are six things that the LORD hates seven that are an abomination to him : 17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 1 8 a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, 1 9 a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.
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father-of-you
and-not
forsake-you
and-teaching commandment lamp
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and-sending-out
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man
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30 31 32 33 34
35
none who touches her will go unpunished. People do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his appetite when he is hungry, but if he is caught, he will pay sevenfold; he will give all the goods of his house. He who commits adultery lacks sense; he who does it destroys himself. He will get wounds and dishonor, and his disgrace will not be wiped away. For jealousy makes a man furious, and he will not spare when he takes revenge. He will accept no compensation; he will refuse though you multiply gifts.
7
Warning Aga i nst the Adulteress
My son, keep my words and treasure up my commandments with you; 2 keep my commandments and live; keep my teaching as the apple of your eye; 3 bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart. 4 Say to wisdom, "You are my sister;' and call insight your intimate friend, s to keep you from the forbidden 1 woman, from the adulteress2 with her smooth words.
6
For at the window of my house I have looked out through my lattice, 7 and I have seen among the simple, I have perceived among the youths, a young man lacking sense, B passing along the street near her corner, taking the road to her house 9 in the twilight, in the evening, at the time of night and darkness.
10
And behold, the woman meets him, dressed as a prostitute, wily of heart.3 11 She is loud and wayward; her feet do not stay at home; 1 2 now in the street, now in the market, and at every corner she lies in wait. I
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in heart
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12
but the years o f the wicked will b e short. The hope of the righteous brings joy, but the expectation of the wicked will perish. The way of the LORD is a stronghold to the blameless, but destruction to evildoers. The righteous will never be removed, but the wicked will not dwell in the land. The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off. The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked, what is perverse. false balance is an abomination to the A LORD, but a just weight is his delight. When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom. The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them. Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death. The righteousness of the blameless keeps his way straight, but the wicked falls by his own wickedness. The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the treacherous are taken captive by their lust. When the wicked dies, his hope will perish, and the expectation of wealth J perishes too. The righteous is delivered from trouble, and the wicked walks into it instead. With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered. When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices, and when the wicked perish there are shouts of gladness. By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but by the mouth of the wicked it is overthrown. Whoever belittles his neighbor lacks sense,
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•
T
:
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o"iw"
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•
T
:
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upright-ones
he-delivers-them
to-overthrow
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•
ni:iwnn s
J'
:
he-obtains good-one
JT T
wicked-ones
to-lie-in-wait
wicked-ones
:ii6 2
: ••
by-wickedness
crown-of
J
one-loving
i11i1"D ? i�ll j?"�; favor
12
J"
n1"1' J : ?.,n -nwN 4
-
:ii1N 1
T
discipline
:
ii1?1':!1 :
and-one-sinning
1oml
J
one-loving i'IT
:
wiwi :)
t:J " i?."1�
t:J"1'W1
l'
:ii1N
nT
but-man-of from-Yahweh
but-root-of
righteous-ones T •::
nT
:
·
-:i1N
t:Ji blood
•
nT
•
:
what-is-just
J'
-
knowledge
husband-of-her
but-like-rottenness nT
n1'1
:
schemes
he-condemns
righteous-ones
but-mouth-of
n"?.i
t:J "i?."1�
OJ"�l
according-to-mouth-of he-will-stand righteous-ones but-house-of and-there-are-not-they
: n :t? ;i)�.;:i: :i?
to-contempt
he-is
but-one-being-twisted-of
b i�:;;> t11p Q
;7
i r-1"' Di1:!1 : : : W-?}.
"Dn11
- 1:
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life-of
on?
1i ¥9
V'Vll
snare-of -
T
J-
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"1!:>D 14
: j?" '7 �
hands-of
l'.'
JT T
vexation -of-him
i'1¥
he-declares
righteousness
1"l" J'-
l" " -
but-he-goes-out
:ii 9
-v�t+':
good
ti'J.17? 1
w1w1 ·:
l
:
but-root-of
VJ
evil-one
he-is-satisfied
W"N'l man
1¥?; '"1�l TI! 15 :i? I
right
V1i"
fool
t:Ji!l:!J.-l
J- T'
he-is-known
i1JiON T
truth
·::l
way
at-the-time-period
n"!l" 1 7 -
J' T
he-breathes-out
:
T
wicked-ones
but-one-pursuing
worthless-ones
N�!11
•
1"J"P.�
but-covering
•
cruel
righteous-ones
i11UD
from-trouble
in-eyes-of-him
i01':l "' : -
t:J"liW-i
-
l' T :
good
and-lacking-of
:"1T:lN
t:J"i?."1�
= m:
he-gives
?1 T? _r1
but-listening
:
lacking-of
and-accomplishment-of
:
i10:J1
J"
:ii9 9
-1Qt)1
bread
I"
:
righteous-one
-.,T
T T
J','
knowing
one-working
heart
by-transgression -of
J' :
from-fruit-of
oiN
T
sense-of-him
i1? in
i:iv 11
-l
inn 1 2 ::i?
V W!l:!i 13
:l
lips
:
land-of-him
he-covets
wicked-one
t:J"n!liV •
T
he-has-plenty
he-is-praised
12).i" 10 : o ry�
righteous-one
inD1N
-v�t+'�
•: nT
bread
man
and-servant to-be-lightly-esteemed
i'"1�
·
but-mercy-of beast-of-him
1�}.?l
to-him
; ;� �
w" � -?��?
-;i1�m
heart
more-than-one-making-self-honored
J T ••
p :J'o/.;
i'"1�
fl��
:
: 1'"W1" niTJTD W"N1
-�6 3 not
l"
but-one-hating
reproof
i1�1'' 12 9. l.Vi
29 : 6 1 2: 1 4
nT '•,
he-is-made-complete
I"
to-advice
p
t:J;t,Z,h
.,
how-much-more
wicked-one
man
1 2 : 9 b sic L; many Hebrew manuscripts and editions, 'nT;JQ 1 2 : 1 3 a Se tuagint (Syriac), £µn:frm:t d� rrayi8a� ; perhaps read Wj?iJ ; cf. 6 : 2 , but also
Hebrew (BHS)
to-him
t:J"1'1 n•
T
evil-ones
snare
_ !;J .,
mouth-of
:i1w., J'
T
he-returns
,.,, � 16 :o:ln IT
fool
:t:Ji11' I T
prudent-one
T
wise-one
? i? i? insult
1401 t.z,hJ"" 18 : i1QiQ IT : " O" J i? o/
English (ESV)
nij i?"'fO:P
like-thrusts-of
1i �D
i1t>iJ .. l
one-speaking-rashly ·:
lip-of
i1QiQ20 :i pW T
deception
joy
: ViIT
peace
1N?n : JT
trouble
:i1 i�l
NJi?:
faithfulness
1-
:lit>J
i:Ji1 lT T :
good
:::i?J•• i:
n� -;f evil
any-of
but-word
P"J�
sloth
and-sloth
;ioj ... J
a ;i11n\V" T N." : -
she-will-rule
ii1Vin •• ••
from-neighbor-of-him
-�6 27 not
i1 �1¥ -n1 � � 2s : frp:i C ij?" JTT OiN lT T c in-path-of
diligent
precious
man
rebuke
W!J.l1 "." l"." :
he-listens-to
not
:lit>...
but-soul-of
what-is-good
iW!J.l ... : -
iQ\V J""
?:JN" - J he-eats
life-of-him one-keeping mouth-of-him
i11NnQ JT - : 4
1:� t
and-there-is-not
craving
:i?I
i i?,� -i �1 s : 1win IT "•. :
falsehood thing-of
:i"!ln"i1·
:
she-overthrows
wwii .t;i Q
to-him
man
i�j J"" 3
one-guarding
11J1 but-way-of ii"� ... ..
•
iOm - J
O�lJ 1# 1 wise
he-makes-stink
b i1 �o/!i 11J but-wickedness way ?� any
1" �1
28
2
: onn IT T
O"i.:tj J" :
violence ones-being-treacherous
lips-of-him
\V:J.li "." l"." :
V tihi T T:
but-wicked-one
-onT
pip!:>
one-opening-wide
?�v n• • T
i\V:J.l J : -
blameless-person-of
iWJJ.t;iQ
P"J�
righteous-one
i�n J •
she-guards
3
4
"i!lQ J" : • 2
from -fruit-of
N.liV" JT : •
he-hates
i1 i?1 ¥ 6
righteousness
�:. 7 : nN WlJ
yet-there-is-not one-making-himself-rich there-is
sin
but a false witness utters deceit. There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings heali:--_ ;; Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue is but for a momen t . Deceit is in t h e heart of those who de\·isc evil, but those who plan peace have joy. No ill befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble. Lying lips are an abomination to the LoRr> but those who act faithfully are his delight. A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims folly. The hand of the diligent will rule, while the slothful will be put to forced labor. Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him dmrn _ but a good word makes him glad. One who is righteous is a guide to his neighbor, I but the way of the wicked leads them astray. Whoever is slothful will not roast his game, but the diligent man will get precious wealth.2 In the path of righteousness is life, and in its pathway there is no death. wise s on hears his father's _ mstructlon, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke. From the fruit of his mouth a man eats what is good, but the desire of the treacherous is for violence. Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin. The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied. The righteous hates falsehood, but the wicked brings shameJ and disgrace. Righteousness guards him whose way is blameless, but sin overthrows the wicked. One pretends to be rich, yet has nothin§: another pretends to be poor, yet ha;c ;; � : ._ wealth.
13
13
son
_.,.;J
mouth-of
-;innn i"li:JiV T • : T T : ruin
27
but-wealth-of game-of-him
W"N"l
o"�in J" "•. T
a \Z}"N:J" J• : -
:
one-making-self-poor
: i111n�iV" T I"." : - :
she-is-enriched diligent-ones and-soul-of sluggish-one soul-of-him
and-he-causes-disgrace
ti7.Q r;i
i1lN125 JT T : anxiety
wicked-ones
-
:JNnT
26
folly
he-makes-glad-her
but-one-scoffing father instruction-of
1"!l"l
-i� 24 :d?iN
: nm -?N i1:J"n.l JT : 11.J.1 O"!ln .... and-way-of life path death not "." IT
: i1i1'l V 9o/ IT T :
man
O"VWi J" T :
she-leads-astray-them
23
·: 1·: ·
he-sends-out-to-spy ··
22
2s
in-heart-of
:ovnn 1 : -
21
OiiVTl OiN JT T 23
-:::i?:;i
in"26 J"" T
20
21
hand-of
man
19
n:::iJ- v-: in22
diligent-ones J"
i1fl..�;
he-befalls
is
abomination-of
prudent
W"N
he-weighs-down-her
he-roasts
righteousness
P"T�7
to-the-righteous
concealing
knowledge
J""
righteous-one
i1!1Qi JT • :
"Wl t:'
lips-of
nvi - nT
but-heart-of
she-will-be
iP-7 for-evermore
-i'J1 and-as-far-as
i1"i1n ;i�ni 0"�1in J "." : T • � ?iwnn J" T ... : . •
to-forced-labor
sword
but-to-ones-planning-of evil ones-devising-of in-heart-of
but-wicked-ones
0"7"�? fools
: on?T
VJ
:::ii"." nnT
1i o/?i
but-tongue-of
;i�m � "WV1 i i?,¥? -"D-? W i11i1" T !l but-doing lie Yahweh
delight-of-him
he-calls-out
.,���71
im but-witness-of
falsehood
wise-ones
I-cause-to-find-rest
o"µo/1�
they-are-filled
-
i1 J;"'�l�
tongue-of
-�6 21 : i11J 1? W oi?o/
:
healing
1iV!?
: "l
not
1··
1:
truth
deceit
deceit
19 : N!liQ o"n:m nnN : a -n:JiV J" T -: ·
she-endures
there-is
PROVERBS 1 2 : 1 8- 1 3 : -
s
6
7
'.'-
1 Or The righteous chooses hisfriends carefu!.". diligence is precious wealth 3 Or stench
1 2:25 a read i1m- ( = llD< �, 1 2 :27 c-c Se tuagint, Syria:- - " - .:. - -t perhaps read 1jT : :-:· 1 3: 5 a read W'J.' ; cf. 1 9 � 1 3:6 b 1 Hebre� mar: ·:- :. : - -� : :-ieptuagin t,
p 01�7
D 'l)o/·p ; cf. Syriac -:- � - " -- :11s
:
1402 1'.'11
PROVERBS 1 3 :8-25 s
9
10
11
12 13
14
15
16
17 18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
1
The ransom o f a man's life is h i s wealth, but a poor man hears no threat. The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked will be put out. By insolence comes nothing but strife, but with those who take advice is wisdom. Wealth gained hastiJy7 will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it. Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of !ife. Whoever despises the word brings destruction on himself, but he who reveres the commandment will be rewarded. The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, that one may turn away from the snares of death. Good sense wins favor, but the way of the treacherous is their ruin.2 In everything the prudent acts with knowledge, but a fool flaunts his folly. A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing. Poverty and disgrace come to him who ignores instruction, but whoever heeds reproof is honored. A desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but to turn away from evil is an abomination to fools. Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm. Disaster3 pursues sinners, but the righteous are rewarded with good. A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the sinner's wealth is laid up for the righteous. The fallow ground of the poor would yield much food, but it is swept away through injustice. Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.4 The righteous has enough to satisfy his appetite, but the belly of the wicked suffers want.
Or byfra ud 2 Probable reading (compare Septuagint,
is rugged, or is an enduring rut who loves him disciplines him early
Syriac, Vulgate); Hebrew 30r Evil 4 0r
1 3 : 1 5 a Septuagint (Syriac), EV arrwA.Ei� ; read
DT� ; Targums add tjbd 13:20 j? 13:20 j?
1l7ii1 o�r;i�
=
i.;tNn
. .
-�6
Hebrew (BHS)
(
,.,
1J1 \"":
tJ"1'W1 J" T
T
nDiv" ,.,T :
-;lJ
but-one-gathering
heart
making-sick
;:ln" •: JT ..
i',.,
to-him
n1in J- 14
i:JJT 1 3
1:11, T T :\
: o;w., IT '•. :
sense
death
-;�T 16
1�7 Q 17 : n?�.�
messenger
folly
,.,.
tJ"1.lj J" :
iv"]-?:
il1Nr1 JT-: - 1 9
:1:l:J" IT "•. :
he-is-honored
desire
iiO
tJ"7" t?�
J
but-fool
tJ"'"O:J J' :
i11'11
tJ" i?"1�
tJ"J:l ,.,. T
-:11T 23
;:JN ·:
-'tJ1··:J:
children-of
children l
food
multitude-of
:tJ!:lWD IT : justice
N?f
through-not
i:1w Ni
it.V!>J ,., : -
1D
-11):
favor
he-gives
t:J i 11'T\ i1iv1'" J •: -: he-acts
prudent-one
VJf ;�: Vo/}\
1om ,.,T
W!>J; •: '°'T :
n:l1'in1:
1'1i!:l - J""
instruction
to-soul
:l11'n J-·:: ·:
one-letting-go
i1"i1J : T
she-is-pleasant
'\
being
tJ"D:Jn o:Jm : J" T -: -n � 1 17.M20 :v1 g ·:
i11'1 '°'T T
'"nJ": )'
: Nt?in I"
iJ:l:
'"nJ"
to-satisfaction-of
;:JN •• l
from-evil
:1'i1" -
I"
he-suffers-harm
- o?w;
good
he-makes-whole
for-the-righteous
but-being-laid-up
good-one
wealth-of
sweeping-away
son-of-him
sinful-ones
:li0 22 ::lit?I
-
one-sinning
i1 $ 9j
tJ"Nt!>n ' T -l 21
tiJ1T;1
she-pursues
he-causes-to-inherit
to-walk
with
wise-ones
be-wise
disaster
V:l- 'izh J :
T
-
1"¥.1
but-one-keeping
t.VJ:.1
i'"i �?
tJ"tp Nl
11�¥1 1"}.
but-there-is
ones-being-poor
fallow-ground-of
one-hating
rod-of-him
one-withholding
,.,
but-one-loving-of-him
soul-of-him
- J-
reproof
'°' T
-n �1 but-
111 1
but-way-of
1DiW1 l"" :
nn:Jin
l"."
righteous-ones
tJ:JnT\
faithfulness but-envoy-of in-trouble he-falls wicked
i- -:
but-one-joining
N1"1 r· .
but-fearing-ones-of
fountain-of wise-one
with-knowledge
but-abomination-of
fools
to-turn-aside
fools
healing
JT -: -
desire
-
nl)J�
'" t?? i
1i; i7 \ W"J 1s : N�l Q tJ"}. iD �
and-disgrace poverty
il1Nr1
T
coming
life
ones-being-treacherous
he-spreads-out
: i1:11" 1•: :-
he-will-increase
1 1 07 tJ":,n 1i i? '?
from-snares-of to-turn-aside
continuous
everything-of
wisdom
: i1N:l IT
i1i�ci T: •
:liq -;�ip 1s :n�.� "Wi? �Q good
1iq 11 : i1 � ? 1:1
commandment
he-will-be-made-complete
teaching-of
hope
one-despising
to-word
he-brings-destruction
=1�T
wealth
out-of-breath
being-deferred
he-hears
he-will-be-put-out
i1:JWDD ·: J"." 12 T T '•, :\ n;nin
:l',.,.. -;i;nn T -: -
but-tree-of
life
;� D g
he-will-be-small
yet-wealth
threat
light-of
by-insolence only
tJ � '?:
l'�P1
on
ransom-of great
-1iN 9 : i111'l IT T : V 9o/
tJ" i?. "1�
-n �1 i1 ¥ Q m: strife he-gives
tJ" ¥.l? i�
iJ:
life-of
righteous-ones
he-rejoices
but-lamp-of
ones-being-given-counsel but-with
hand
man
wealth-of-him
but-one-being-poor
wicked-ones
W"NJ" -w:JJ ·: J 8 ::11IT 1 i i) 1 ·: 1·: 1!Jj
i1W1' :
T:
not
one-eating
NJiiv J'"
itJ:lW : "\
i'"i � 2s : 1 � m
righteous-one
discipline
1win24
: 1 �1:11) tJ"P.o/l she-wants
i1nt.V J -: 1·
he-seeks-out-him
1\?.�i
wicked-ones but-belly-of
1403 t:J"WJ nin:m ilnJ:i " Tl wise-ones-of : 1 JT : T women she-builds
English (ESV)
il"1"::J ?�.�1 T r:T : nbut-folly with-hands-of-her Ni" J"":
il1il" ...T :
Yahweh
fearing-ones-of
-"!J::J 3
'"1N
· ·:a
•
t:J"!J'N "T oxen
- :l
11'J"" 5
:i p'f?
11'J""
t:J":id •T: lies
witness-of
falsehood
niNi:iri
-:iiiT :
crops
n"!l"1 - )" T :
:J.·T:J" .. - : �6J
ilD:Jn JT : T wisdom
?:�1
n;iN1: i:;,11 t:J"'"O� 1"?. Q : J" • : but-folly-of fools way-of-him to-discern : ti ¥1
...
1lJD ·: ·:
i.rinntv:i� T: :
- JT
.J -
wisdom-of
1'"7.:
t:J",1N " " ".":l 9 : ilDiD IT : fools deceit "
t:J"iW" J" T :
;ilN1 l:
but-tent-of
:l
.,
.,
but-end-of-her
grief
joy
: illin IT
1"?T 1'D T •• �
and-end-of-her
ori1'1 T:
i:J.1 ...T T thing
-;:J; T:
-every-of
way
t:J"Nn!J J" T :
simple-people
1":li1D JT T : " 14
V::JW" - : "l
1" 9��
from-ways-of-him
"n!:l 1s .
he-believes
::iio W"N I
"."l
good
simple-person
16 Ni"""Tl o:>n JT T being-fearful wise-one
: noi:ii
death
:iiWN; I "•. -:
he-considers
i::Jl'nD J"" -
1;nJ : NJW" i 6T 9 J -: T 1 s he-is-hated I"" T " nschemes
mw J - 19
they-bow-down
righteous-one
:n1'1 - IT
knowledge
"il'W r·-:
W"N1 )" :
iirl:>" }"
:
t:J"Dii1'1
but-prudent-ones
t:J"VWi� T : •
at
.
foolishness - : 1-
-
and-wicked-ones
but -fool
n;iN ilWl'". he-does .. ......
and-man-of
they-wear-a-crown
-
gates-of
J"
man
r�;
-
to-step-of-him
and-being-without-care bringing-his-anger-upon -himself
they-inherit
: j?"'J �
he-will-flourish
in-laughter even
he-will-be-filled
- 1· ·
short-one-of
there-is
:i?. -:i ��: pi �t.p� -o � 13 :n w
heart he-aches
one-being-wayward
and-turning-away
from-evil
even
lieJ
heart
i01 JT :
VJQ
evil
:i;.. ...
but-prudent-one
t:l"l]i " Tl
to-face-of right-one
a il D 9W b i1D"!D�l a
and-from -upon-him
t:J"!:lN • - -l nostrils
man
:iTIT
strange-one
house-of
wicked-ones
heart
io/;l T1.J w'll
severe
for-one-forsaking-of
t:J"7." t?:P
-�6
so
:iJi�i
abomination-of
:
:ni:>l'J '.' IT : .'
n::ir s =1i.
n::i.uin J- -: 9
i11il" T :l
11J
V\7?1
I'
being-brought-trouble
but-prayer-of Yahweh abomination-of wicked-ones sacrifice-of
wicked-one
fool
he-is-prudent
house-of
lips-of
t:J"l'Wi ' T :l
,.,, � 5
n":J.J" 6 :Oil'"-
P"1�
righteous-one
treasure
gentleness-of
he-despises
instruction-of
::linT 191:1
much
but-on-income-of
N!:JiQ J" : - 4
tongue
iOm J-
father-of-him
nN1::in::i1 l- : .
v w1
wicked-one
tree-of
life
PROVERBS 1 5:4-23
NJiiv niN" il1il" - JJ : 11 :nm"T nn:Jin : J',' 1 ii�� 1 l ?iN\V l" nT : 1.lJ one-hating before and-Abaddon Sheol way reproof he-will-die I
·
Yahweh
-::i iJ �� N? 12 :t:J1N IT T
1'�
ni:i?
-"J:l .. 1:
J
not
he-loves
one-scoffing
-
man
)
::lt>"" - iv J' .. no T l ::i? 13 : 1?.� N7 t:J"Q�rj -? � to heart he-will-go not glad wise-ones ..
::i? 14 : ilN:lJ - J a ::i? IT •• : mi
1i::lJl
J"
heart-of
one-understanding
crushed
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good-thing
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companions
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wife
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favor-of-him
ruins
to-father-of-him
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deep-sleep
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and-person-of
one-despising-of
son
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king
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he-will-perish
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one-being-poor
they-hate-him
them
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but the rich answer roughly. A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool. Desire I without knowledge is not good, and whoever makes haste with his feet misses his way. When a man's folly brings his way to ruin, his heart rages against the LORD. Wealth brings many new friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend. A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will not escape. Many seek the favor of a generous man,2 and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts. All a poor man's brothers hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues them with words, but does not have them.3 Whoever gets sense loves his own soul; he who keeps understanding will discover good. A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will perish. It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury, much less for a slave to rule over princes. Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense. A king's wrath is like the growling of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass. A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife's quarreling is a continual dripping of rain. House and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD. Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger. Whoever keeps the commandment keeps his life; he who despises his ways will die. Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the LORD,
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all-of
he-rages
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many
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do not set your heart on putting him to death. A man of great wrath will pay the penalty, for if you deliver him, you will only have to do it again. Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in the future. Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the LORD that will stand. What is desired in a man is steadfast love, and a poor man is better than a liar. The fear of the LORD leads to life, and whoever has it rests satisfied; he will not be visited by harm. The sluggard buries his hand in the dish and will not even bring it back to his mouth. Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; reprove a man of understanding, and he will gain knowledge. He who does violence to his father and chases away his mother is a son who brings shame and reproach. Cease to hear instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge. A worthless witness mocks at justice, and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity. Condemnation is ready for scoffers, and beating for the backs of fools. Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise. 1 The terror of a king is like the growling of a lion; whoever provokes him to anger forfeits his life. It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling. The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing. The purpose in a man's heart is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
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Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes? Those who tarry long over wine; those who go to try mixed wine. Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly. In the end it bites like a serpent and stings like an adder. Your eyes will see strange things, and your heart utter perverse things. You will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, like one who lies on the top of a mast. 1 "They struck me;' you will say,2 "but I was not hurt; they beat me, but I did not feel it. When shall I awake? I must have another drink:' Be not envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them, for their hearts devise violence, and their lips talk of trouble.
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he-plots
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they-speak
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long-you and-not
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to-the-death
11 - T
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not
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PROVERBS 24: 1 3-29 Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it, and will he not repay man according to his work? 13
My son, eat honey, for it is good, and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste. 1 4 Know that wisdom is such to your soul; if you find it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off. is
Lie not in wait as a wicked man against the dwelling of the righteous; do no violence to his home; 16 for the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity.
17
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19 20
Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles, lest the LORD see it and be displeased, and turn away his anger from him. Fret not yourself because of evildoers, and be not envious of the wicked, for the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be put out.
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More Sayings of the Wise 2 3 These
also are sayings of the wise.
Partiality in judging is not good. 2 4 Whoever says to the wicked, "You are in
2s
26
27
2s
the right;' will be cursed by peoples, abhorred by nations, but those who rebuke the wicked will have delight, and a good blessing will come upon them. Whoever gives an honest answer kisses the lips. Prepare your work outside; get everything ready for yourself in the field, and after that build your house. Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
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ones-being-hostile-to-you
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Yahweh
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rejoice-you
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but-wicked-ones
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in-eyes-of-him
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to-man
and-drippings-of-the-honeycomb
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take
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curse
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prudent-one
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garment-of-him
JT
she-will-be-counted
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and-make-glad
when
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he-sees
harm
he-has-put-up-security
to-him
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heart-of-me
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neighbor
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:
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forsake-you )
near
that-I-may-return
they-go-over
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and-house-of
nNn
more-than-brother
ii:J1'T J
brother-of-you
JT "
far
one-reproaching-of-me
they-suffer
1" D�
PROVERBS 27: 1 1 -27
-ilNiJ1 :• : T
and-he-appears
1w1:i77
to-clothing-of-you
and do n o t g o t o your brother's house i n the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother who is far away. Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me. The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it. Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an adulteress. 7 Whoever blesses his neighbor with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, will be counted as cursing. A continual dripping on a rainy day and a quarrelsome wife are alike; to restrain her is to restrain the wind or to grasp2 oil in one's right hand. Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.3 Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who guards his master will be honored. As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man reflects the man. Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and never satisfied are the eyes of man. The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and a man is tested by his praise. Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him.
23 Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds, 2 4 for riches do not last forever; and does a crown endure to all generations? 25 When the grass is gone and the new growth appears and the vegetation of the mountains is gathered, 26 the lambs will provide your clothing, and the goats the price of a field . 2 7 There will be enough goats' milk for your food, 1 Hebrew a foreign woman; a slight emendation yields (compare Vulgate; see also 20: 1 6) foreigners 2 Hebrew to meet with 3 Hebrew sharpens theface of another
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26 O"W:J:l J• T : lambs
27 : 1 5 27 : 20 27 : 24
p tJ't'F� p i1:JN 1 p :11i1-'
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PROVERBS 28: 1 - 1 6 for the food of your household and maintenance for your girls. The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion. When a land transgresses, it has many rulers, but with a man of understanding and knowledge, its stability will long continue. A poor man who oppresses the poor is a beating rain that leaves no food. Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law strive against them. Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD understand it completely. Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than a rich man who is crooked in his ways. The one who keeps the law is a son with understanding, but a companion of gluttons shames his father. Whoever multiplies his wealth by interest and profit 7 gathers it for him who is generous to the poor. If one turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination. Whoever misleads the upright into an evil way will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will have a goodly inheritance. A rich man is wise in his own eyes, but a poor man who has understanding will find him out. When the righteous triumph, there is great glory, but when the wicked rise, people hide themselves. Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy. Blessed is the one who fears the LORD always, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into calamity. Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a poor people. A ruler who lacks understanding is a cruel oppressor,
28 2
3 4
s
6
7
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9
10
11
12
13
14
is 16
1 That is, profit that comes from charging interest to the
poor
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answering
you-see
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in-there-is-not
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by-words
t:J1N n1N.:l23 : VW!J man
tiiQ
vision
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and-he-will-give-rest-you
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one-being- hasty
she-will-bring-low-him
transgression
but-righteous-ones
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servant he-is-disciplined
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1•:
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in -transgression-of
man
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T
he-tears-down-her
Vo/-f9 6
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P7.in24 :1i:J:> IT being-a-partner honor
NJiW J•• :u� T -l -01'• hating thief with
he-will-obtain
PROVERBS 29:24-30: 1 3
spirit
:1"l" �61 01N � w.·� ;i;N J- : • • 2s he-declares J : vhe-hears JT T T Tl niin curse fear-of man but-not
m:
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Holy-One
n>JJ1
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wisdom
I -have-learned
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and-he-has-gone-down
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he-has-wrapped-up
waters
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words-of-him
1"J:Jn:!l T: T : in-hollows-of-hands-of-him
"ni" - l"
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he-rebukes
on-you
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from-me
V�T? D
deny-you
iwvt WN1j •• .,� � Q from-me poverty
and-wealth
not
lest
I-am-full
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God-of-me name-of and-I-profane and-I-steal I -am-poor
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and-
he-curses
master-of-him
mother-of-him
2s 26
27
3 0 The words of Agur s o n o f Jakeh. The
The Words of Ag u r
oracle. 7
The man declares, I am weary, 0 God; I am weary, 0 God, and worn out.2 2 Surely I am too stupid to be a man. I have not the understanding of a man. 3 I have not learned wisdom, nor have I knowledge of the Holy One. 4 Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has wrapped up the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name? Surely you know!
Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. 6 Do not add to his words, lest he rebuke you and you be found a liar. s
7 Two things I ask of you;
deny them not to me before I die: Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me, 9 lest I be full and deny you and say, "Who is the LORD?" or lest I be poor and steal and profane the name of my God. s
10
allotment-of-me
o w "Do/�i:ii "D:t��1 w:n �
1i1l 11 : T;i T?W�1 n 7 7 R ; - g� generation and-you-are-guilty he-curses-you lest
mi -;inT J T they-are-lofty how
name-of
to-the-ones-taking-refuge
and-you-are-a-liar
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son-of-him
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life-of-him
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or-lest
but-lowly-one-of
to
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but he who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor. The partner of a thief hates his own life; he hears the curse, but discloses nothing. The fear of man lays a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is safe. Many seek the face of a ruler, but it is from the LORD that a man gets justice. An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous, but one whose way is straight is an abomination to the wicked.
Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.
1 1 There are those3 who curse their fathers
12 There are those who are clean in their own and do not bless their mothers.
eyes but are not washed of their filth. I Or fakeh, the man of Massa 2 Revocalization; Hebrew The man declares to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal 3 Hebrew There is a generation; also verses 1 2, 1 3 , 1 4
30: 9 a sic L ; many Hebrew manuscripts and
editions, -r::i 30 : 10
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1 43 0 ni:::ii n I iii 14
PROVERBS 30: 1 4-30:30 13 There are those-how lofty are their eyes, 1 4 There are those whose teeth are swords, how high their eyelids lift!
whose fangs are knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, the needy from among mankind. 15
The leech has two daughters: Give and Give. 7 Three things are never satisfied; four never say, "Enough": 1 6 Sheol, the barren womb, the land never satisfied with water, and the fire that never says, "Enough:' 17
The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother will be picked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures.
1s
Three things are too wonderful for me; four I do not understand: 1 9 the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a virgin.
20
This is the way of an adulteress: she eats and wipes her mouth and says, "I have done no wrong:'
21
Under three things the earth trembles; under four it cannot bear up: 22 a slave when he becomes king, and a fool when he is filled with food; 2 3 an unloved woman when she gets a husband, and a maidservant when she displaces her mistress. 24
Four things on earth are small, but they are exceedingly wise: 2 5 the ants are a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer; 26 the rock badgers are a people not mighty, yet they make their homes in the cliffs; 2 7 the locusts have no king, yet all of them march in rank; 2 s the lizard you can take in your hands, yet it is in kings' palaces. 29
Three things are stately in their tread; four are stately in their stride: 30 the lion, which is mightiest among beasts and does not turn back before any; 1 Or
"Give, give," they cry
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1 Or the magpie, or the greyhound; Hebrew girt-of loins against whom there is no rising up 3 Hebrew What, my son? 4 Hebrew those bitter in soul 5 Hebrew are sons of passing away 6 Verses 10-31 are an acrostic poem, each verse 2 0r
beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet
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the-life
so-I-hated
the-fool
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my heart, "What happens to the fool will hap
pen to me also. Why then have I been so very
wise?" And I said in my heart that this also is vanity. 16 For of the wise as of the fool there is no enduring remembrance, seeing that in the
days to come all will have been long forgotten.
How the wise dies just like the fool! 1 7 So I hated 1 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
the-man
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that-incident
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event happens to all of them. t s Then I said in
in-head-of-him
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gain in light than in darkness. 1 4 The wise per
son has his eyes in his head, but the fool walks
as-gain-of
one
tNJT "JN
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been done. 1 3 Then I saw that there is more
a ?i11:1"f.
as-fate-of
then
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he-happens
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then-I-saw
the-light
more-than
after wind, and there was nothing to be gained
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all-of-them
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in darkness. And yet I perceived that the same
a ;inJ"." I ":lJ" n1??t? l ni??iil l i1 9?Q ni�l7 ;� � "l)"t, � i 12 and-madness what
my toil. 11 Then I considered all that my hands
gain in wisdom than in folly, as there is more
from-all-of
breath
in all my toil, and this was my reward for all
ness and folly. For what can the man do who
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5: 17
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desires, yet God does not give him power to enjoy them, but a stranger enjoys them. This is vanity; 1 it is a grievous evil. 3 If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not satisfied with life's good things, and he also has no burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he. 4 For it comes in vanity and goes in darkness, and in darkness its name is covered. s Moreover, it has not seen the sun or known anything, yet it finds rest rather than he. 6 Even though he should live a thousand years twice over, yet enjoy2 no good-do not all go to the one place? 7 All the toil of man is for his mouth, yet his appetite is not satisfied.J s For what advantage has the wise man over the fool? And what does the poor man have who knows how to conduct himself before the living? 9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the appetite: this also is vanity and a striving after wind. IO Whatever has come to be has already been named, and it is known what man is, and that he is not able to dispute with one stronger than he. 1 1 The more words, the more vanity, and what is the advantage to man? 12 For who knows what is good for man while he lives the few days of his vain4 life, which he passes like a shadow? For who can tell man what will be after him under the sun?
7
The Contrast of Wisdom a n d Folly
A good name is better than precious . omtment, and the day of death than the day of birth. 2 It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting,
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The Hebrew term
"vapor" or "mere breath" (see note on 1 : 2 )
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1 442
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tJiV
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name
good
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and-grief
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he
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ni:i':'f •:
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in-days-of
I-have-seen
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in the bosom hebe/ can refer to a "vapor" or "mere
breath" (see note on 1 : 2)
l"
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14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him. is In my vain3 life I have seen everything. There is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his evildoing. 16 Be not over ly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise.
he-finds that-not matter-of
breath-of-me
"':li1
13
for this i s the end o f all mankind, and the living will lay it to heart. Sorrow is better than laughter, for by sadness of face the heart is made glad. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise than to hear the song of fools. For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fools; this also is vanity. 1 Surely oppression drives the wise into madness, and a bribe corrupts the heart. Better is the end of a thing than its beginning, and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. Be not quick in your spirit to become angry, for anger lodges in the heart2 of fools. Say not, "Why were the former days better than these?" For it is not from wisdom that you ask this. Wisdom is good with an inheritance, an advantage to those who see the sun. For the protection of wisdom is like the protection of money, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it. Consider the work of God: who can make straight what he has made crooked?
he-has-made-crooked-him ·:
the-man
for
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t:J1Ni1 N�D"
,., .
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:
which-he-was
to-know
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llT
by-the-WiSdOm
nl}J?
1 u1?1
and-to-search-out
and-to-seek
wisdom
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•
Wi?.�i
7i �o/ Q1 i10:Jn :
:
he-finds-him
I -turned-about
'Tf#7
heart-of-you
that
I-said
I-will-be-wise
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servant-of-you
N"i11 i1D:fmN "rliDN
but-she
from-me
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the-things
that
lJ-N -o � itf� you
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cursing-you
you-have-cursed
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far
for
also
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times
many
not
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ni:i.1 tJ"DlJ.9
VJ ;
he-knows
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:
heart-of-you give-you
and-one-finding
Syriac put copula before 7 : 2 7 a-a read 'Pi1 10N ; cf. 1 2 : 8 and - Septuagint '
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he-shall-go-out
i"i1 iWN o.,0.,;w
they-are
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all-of-them
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not
you-hear
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y
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from-this
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to-all-of also
and-scheme
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why w ·
not
let-you-go
1-
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you-die
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she-is-strong
time-of-you
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hand-of-you
for
ibrl
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to-the-wise-one
there-is-not
.
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according-to-deed-of
i1W1'D:l J .. -: - :
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who
tJ"lJWi • T :
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as
N1f1 1
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in -toil-of-him
days-of
he-will-accompany-him
9 But all this I laid to heart, examining it all, -.n � "D.P1 io/� � 16 :t.z>9 V? iJ .n t:t .p o" ry' �� ;7 how the righteous and the wise and their I-put
Death Comes to All
and the evil
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work
or-thought
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and-to-see
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or-knowledge
1-
and-in-toil-of-you
hand-of-you
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to-do
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to-the-swift
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:
in-all-of
let-him -be-lacking
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time
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good
Enjoy Life with the One You Love
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he-is-done
nv -?:>:i 8 :-;pip�Q
•
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Nii) "f. that
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wine-of-you
let-them-be
iW � ?iw :w 9 W iJ n r:iD ?ov that
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under
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for
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with
J-
under
garments-of-you
•
the-sun
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he-took-pleasure
white
JT
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P?61
go
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and-oil
on
ST
there-is-not and-share-of she-has-perished
eat
i1 �1
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on:li1N
lT
bread-of-you
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and-there-is-not
hQ T? Wf. ?� � 17. 7 : u>9 W iJ n r:iD i1tvl'J
1¢ r:i7
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and-drink
to-them
knowing
love-of-them
also
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for-eternity more
in-all
more
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for
o.,�,;.,
that-they-will-die
to-them
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but-the-dead
••
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alive
he
o"n�D l
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good
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he-is-forgotten
0D�9i?
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already
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remembrance-of-them
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anything
:
the-lion
the-dead
for
the-alive
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and he who swears is as he who shuns an oath. 3 This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that the same event happens to all. Also, the hearts of the children of man are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead. 4 But he who is joined with all the living has hope, for a liv ing dog is better than a dead lion. s For the liv ing know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten. 6 Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished, and forever they have no more share in all that is done under the sun.
IT
there-DIR
I-did-again
bnt? O"D:>n? N? O Jl i16n?�i1 O"ii:ll? N?1 fi1 � iJ •:
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to-the-wise
not
and-also
J
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bread
T
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to-the-ones-knowing
T
N? Ol1 not
and-also
T
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the-battle
wealth
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J"
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to-the-strong
b .,� :i�7
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and-not
to-the-ones-understanding
the-race
N? OJl not and-also
i:J
Pharaoh
'l!T T
l1i hin\V ".lNW
that-to-me
not
"i1lJ J"
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with-me
J
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I -have-kept
T
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by
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l'
OTHERS
We will exult and rejoice in you; we will extol your love more than wine; rightly do they love you.
among-the-women the-beautiful-one to-you you-know
?lJ
l1i.l:JW7J
OlJ
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine; your anointing oils are fragrant; your name is oil poured out; therefore virgins love you. 4 Draw me after you; let us run. The king has brought me into his chambers.
2
more-than-wine
like-tents-of
Kedar
O"WJ:J
1:
go-out
J"T!
l- T •::
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l' T
right
they-made-me
you-make-lie-down
15 _.,N�
"�i?l:'f
J' -
T
tell
companions-of-you
in-tracks-of to-you :
1"i1n
i niW"WN:J
and-right-hand-of-him
l
in-does-of
•
tJ"Din iJ
•
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l
with-the-apples
for
iJ"0"1 l
ni,"N:J iN
_., :;l
being-sick-of
:"�i?. .:P. Df;l
:
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the-brambles
i"1!>1
and-banner-of-him
i-
-
she-embraces-me -
J
•
and-fruit-of-him
;;l11
-
n;;n
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sweet
love
-:
so
love-of-me
p i�9
:
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l" T :
among
:"::ln;
;�1�7?Q 5 : i1:li1N
sustain-me
"n"lJi
beloved-of-me
1"?.
-
the-sons
to-palate-of-me
he-brought-me
to
T
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rose-of
the-Sharon
the-daughters among
as-apple
,��:p.
".n1�n
I -delighted
J :
The Bride Adores Her Beloved
Hebrew (BHS)
over
o"�i/ D
bounding the-mountains
h"�o/Q ut?n:!l inN 1 gip i1T -i1Ji} 0"'!1Ni1 i!>lh ." the-deer to-fawn-of wall-of-us behind standing this behold gazing i1JlJ 1 0 :t:J"::lini1 - 1 Q 1'"¥.9 b niJ� n;i iDN1 .,, ;, ••
-
JT :
IT
;; i?l
shining
1?
J" T :
beloved-of-me
to-you
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IT
0
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lT
...T T
he-is-over
"Qi i? arise
l?"� D
-
:
the-winter
the-rain
1'1�9
i" 9·! iJ n p
J
:
-:
1-
the-windows
i:llJ int:m i1Ji1 ti?t:l o w�D he-is-past r· .
he-is-gone
to-him
from
"n"lJi-
T T
beautiful-one-of-me
1�Q
I
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1·
the-lattice
"n!>" l"
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li11 : JT
they-give
l-
T
:
blossom
J" T :
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and-the-vines
ii.rli1 l
-
the-turtledove
il"l!> T
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unripened-fruit-of-him
1455
English (ESV)
"nJ1" 14 :1·' ((
"1.ln:J J"":
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.
•
:
to-you
dove-of-me
in-clefts-of
-.,:p
1 7,i p
:l1lJ l"" T
sweet
foxes
".lN1 J" -:
-
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T
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•
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I"."
lovely
?W! 0"7>;' 1o/ little
J" T :
T T
voice-of-you
for
voice-of-you
l"
and-come
iJ ;�.,�l show-me
1 :�1 Q
appearance-of-you
"n"lJ1
"n!J"
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IT
T
SONG OF SONGS 2: 14-3:7
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fl"." T
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the-field
J :
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:
l
T
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T
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:
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111':> ·:
ni:ii�i?D
the-ones-being-shorn
nin"��Q
j••
teeth-of-you
b�:Jiz> T •• •
;J\Z:>il T-
mn:>J iw::i 1·-
mountain-of
from-Lebanon
1:tih-?W
to-veil-of-you
l"
the-ones-grazing
t:J"'' ,.,. �il T: -
as-to-me
I-will-go
1�� 7
ri�:
in-you there-is-not and-flaw beloved-of-me beautiful all-of-you
depart-you
i1?:Jiz>1 lT - !
and-deprived-of-offspring
1::ro/
•:
••
i?l'iz> T"."
like-two-of breasts-of-you two-of
that-he-breathes
n��� -?�1 1i;jiJ
i-
from-mountain-of
and-mouth-of-you
?;r�Q? 4
h1:Jitiz> T -
1il1J
•
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like-tower-of
l"
female-gazelle twins-of \T:
lovely
"DiNrt: 0"1!l1' T T! "J.o/:µ
:
1"�
J
l
•
that-they-have-come-up
there-is-not
l;j ,.,,1'T T "i?rtT lJD·TiJ being-hung the-shield
"tJ?iz> r:· ·
small-shields-of all-of on-him
l-
l
n��p ilJ��
temple-of-you the-pomegranate like-split-of one-being-built
Gilead
il�n1il l'\T: - T
•:
which-all-of-them
bearing-twins
-
to-veil-of-you from-behind
:1v?l IT:
1:�\P2
:
like-flock
11'::11J
1P.9�7
:
that-they-move-down the-goats like-flock-of hair-of-you
lions
4
1�0 I
ii�:
eyes-of-you beautiful behold-you beloved-of-me beautiful behold-you
doves
bride
:il�i:i7D
the-frankincense
li.J:t?Q
ii?�
the-shadows
from-Lebanon
"rtNS
-
J.. •
l
l
as-the-ones-being-arranged awesome as-the-sun the-valley
l
n;o;v, tl"Wl,".9 O"Jbl.Vi
nNt -.,Q 10 this
it.V,lt.V
i'lJt.V
hiJ:J.
1-
the-one-looking-down
that-they-leap
and-virgins
she
and-they-called-blessed-her
i1 � i?o/� iJ
like
from
-
that-they-have-come-up
N" D nnN
:
to-mother-of-her
i1iiWN" 1
queens
from-before-me
1"�
there-is-not
n6N?
N"i1 i1iJ
lovely
that- they
there-is-not
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number
T
lT
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)
N" D nnN 9 :1.900
:
:i.p9�7
•
to-me
as-Jerusalem
- T
:
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T
T
Oi1W
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I'." T
sixty
awesome
the-Gilead
among-them J"
they
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the-washing
a n;:J; �. h �;1 O"WW s T
lT "•. -:
:1lJ,li1
:Oi1J
:
like-split-of
l"."
the-one-grazing
mzn1;i
•:
n;!l:> 7 - i11NJ
-
teeth-of-you
T •• •
the-pomegranate
-
among-the-lily
Together in the Garden of Love
he-has-gone-down
and-to-gather
"J:J."i11i1
that-all-of-them
bearing-twins
queens
6
OTHERS
Where has your beloved gone, 0 most beautiful among women? Where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you?
T
t.V
nin" ��Q
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hair-of-you
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beautiful
11l;'W
111':!>
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the-ewes
1•
lilies
as-the-ones-being-arranged
like-flock-of
O"? n1i1 •
T
11"
to-garden-of-him
:
•
T
i1l9
to-garden-beds-of
'1;17
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and-love-of-me •
love-of-you
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Solomon and His Bride Delight in Each Other
HE 4 You are beautiful as Tirzah, my love, lovely as Jerusalem, awesome as an army with banners. s Turn away your eyes from me, for they overwhelm meYour hair is like a flock of goats leaping down the slopes of Gilead. 6 Your teeth are like a flock of ewes that have come up from the washing; all of them bear twins; not one among them has lost its young. 7 Your cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate behind your veil. s There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and virgins without number. 9 My dove, my perfect one, is the only one, the only one of her mother, pure to her who bore her. The young women saw her and called her blessed; the queens and concubines also, and they praised her. 10
"Who is this who looks down like the dawn, beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun, awesome as an army with banners?" SHE
1 1 I went down to the nut orchard to look at the blossoms of the valley, to see whether the vines had budded, whether the pomegranates were in bloom. 12 Before I was aware, my desire set me among the chariots of my kinsman, a prince.2 OTHERS
1 3 3 Return, return, 0 Shulammite, return, return, that we may look upon you. 1 Or to pasture his flock; also verse 3 Nadib 3Ch 7:1 in Hebrew
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How beautiful are your feet in sandals, 0 noble daughter! Your rounded thighs are like jewels, the work of a master hand. 2 Your navel is a rounded bowl that never lacks mixed wine. Your belly is a heap of wheat, encircled with lilies. 3 Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle. 4 Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim. Your nose is like a tower of Lebanon, which looks toward Damascus. s Your head crowns you like Carmel, and your flowing locks are like purple; a king is held captive in the tresses.
6 How beautiful and pleasant you are, 0 loved one, with all your delights!2 7 Your stature is like a palm tree, and your breasts are like its clusters. B I say I will climb the palm tree and lay hold of its fruit. Oh may your breasts be like clusters of the vine, and the scent of your breath like apples, 9 and your mouthJ like the best wine. SHE It goes down smoothly for my beloved, gliding over lips and teeth.4
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The Bride Gives Her Love
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Come, my beloved, let us go out into the fields and lodge in the villages;5 1 2 let us go out early to the vineyards and see whether the vines have budded, whether the grape blossoms have opened and the pomegranates are in bloom. There I will give you my love. 13 The mandrakes give forth fragrance, and beside our doors are all choice fruits, new as well as old, which I have laid up for you, 0 my beloved.
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And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will remove its hedge, and it shall be devoured; 1 I will break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down. 6 I will make it a waste; it shall not be pruned or hoed, and briers and thorns shall grow up; I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. s
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For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are his pleasant planting; and he looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed;2 for righteousness, but behold, an outcry!3
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and they roll upward in a column of smoke. Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts the land is scorched, and the people are like fuel for the fire; no one spares another. They slice meat on the right, but are still hungry, and they devour on the left, but are not satisfied; each devours the flesh of his own arm, Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim devours Manasseh; together they are against Judah. For all this his anger has not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.
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Woe to those who decree iniquitous decrees, and the writers who keep writing oppression, 2 to turn aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey! 3 What will you do on the day of punishment, in the ruin that will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help, and where will you leave your wealth? 4 Nothing remains but to crouch among the prisoners or fall among the slain. For all this his anger has not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.
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1 2When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, he7 will punish the speech of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the boastful look in his eyes. 1 3 For he says: "By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I have understanding; I remove the boundaries of peoples, and plunder their treasures; like a bull I bring down those who sit on thrones. 14 My hand has found like a nest the wealth of the peoples; and as one gathers eggs that have been forsaken, so I have gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved a wing or opened the mouth or chirped:' Shall the axe boast over him who hews with it, or the saw magnify itself against him who wields it? As if a rod should wield him who lifts it, or as if a staff should lift him who is not wood! 1 6 Therefore the Lord Goo of hosts will send wasting sickness among his stout warriors, and under his glory a burning will be kindled, like the burning of fire. 1 7 The light of Israel will become a fire, and his Holy One a flame, and it will burn and devour his thorns and briers in one day. 1 8 The glory of his forest and of his fruitful land the LORD will destroy, both soul and body, and it will be as when a sick man wastes away. 1 9 The remnant of the trees of his forest will be so few 15
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For the Lord Goo of hosts has a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the valley of vision, a battering down of walls and a shouting to the mountains. 6 And Elam bore the quiver with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield. 7 Your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen took their stand at the gates. s He has taken away the covering of Judah. In that day you looked to the weapons of the House of the Forest, 9 and you saw that the breaches of the city of David were many. You collected the waters of the lower pool, 10 and you counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down the houses to fortify the wall. 1 1 You made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But you did not look to him who did it, or see him who planned it long ago. In that day the Lord Goo of hosts called for weeping and mourning, for baldness and wearing sackcloth; 1 3 and behold, joy and gladness, killing oxen and slaughtering sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine. "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die." 14 The LORD of hosts has revealed himself in my ears: " Surely this iniquity will not be atoned for you until you die;' says the Lord Goo of hosts. 12
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ISAIAH 22: 1 6-25 1 5 Thus says the Lord GoD of hosts, "Come, go to this steward, to Shebna, who is over the household, and say to him: 1 6 What have you to do here, and whom have you here, that you have cut out here a tomb for yourself, you who cut out a tomb on the height and carve a dwell ing for yourself in the rock? 1 7 Behold, the LORD will hurl you away violently, 0 you strong man. He will seize firm hold on you 1 8 and whirl you around and around, and throw you like a ball into a wide land. There you shall die, and there shall be your glorious chariots, you shame of your master's house. 1 9 I will thrust you from your office, and you will be pulled down from your station. 20 In that day I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, 2 1 and I will clothe him with your robe, and will bind your sash on him, and will commit your authority to his hand. And he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. 22 And I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David. He shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open. 23 And I will fasten him like a peg in a secure place, and he will become a throne of honor to his father's house. 24 And they will hang on him the whole honor of his father's house, the offspring and issue, every small vessel, from the cups to all the flagons. 25 In that day, declares the LORD of hosts, the peg that was fastened in a secure place will give way, and it will be cut down and fall, and the load that was on it will be cut off, for the LORD has spoken:'
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Wail, 0 ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is laid waste.
In that day Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, like the days I of one king. At the end of seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the prostitute: 16 "Take a harp; go about the city, 0 forgotten prostitute! Make sweet melody; sing many songs, that you may be remembered:' is
1 7 At the end of seventy years, the LORD will visit
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